Top 100 Prospects - The Minors First

Saturday, January 03 2004 @ 02:41 AM EST

Contributed by: Jonny German

Mike Gullo of The Minors First has released his 4th annual ranking of the Top 100 Minor Leaguers (Thanks to Steve Z, who initially linked to this in the Hijack thread). Mike describes his ranking philosophy as a little more results oriented than some lists and I do give slightly greater weight to the likelihood of players reaching their potential. I don't consider this just a list rating players' ceilings.

As noted by Steve Z, four Blue Jay farm hands place in the Top 100:
-Alexis Rios is pegged as the top outfielder, #3 overall.
-Guillermo Quiroz is ranked #30, behind Joe Mauer (#1) and Jeff Mathis (#18) among catchers.
-Dustin McGowan is the only Jay pitching prospect to get a mention, checking in at #39.
-Gabe Gross rounds out the Toronto names, placing 72nd.

While Mike may not be as bullish on Toronto's prospects as John Sickels, this year's list compared to last year's does reflect the rapid improvement of the Toronto system. In that list, only Jayson Werth (#66) and Jason Arnold (#85) rated mentions.

Another notable feature at The Minors First is an extensive collection of links to Live Broadcasts of minor league games. Syracuse and Auburn (away games only) are the only Toronto farm teams currently with links, but there are numerous teams with broadcasts available all the way down to the Low A leagues.

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