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Baseball Prospectus Top 10

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Subscriber only info found here: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/artic ... 759#153667


The list
CF Oscar Taveras
2B Kolten Wong
RF Stephen Piscotty
RHP Alexander Reyes
LHP Marco Gonzales
C Carson Kelly
LHP Rob Kaminsky
RF Randal Grichuk
LHP Tim Cooney
CF Vaughn Bryan


Prospects on the Rise
SS Chris Rivera
OF Charlie Tilson
RHP Sam Tuivailala


Factors on the Farm (Prospects likely to contribute at the ML level in 2014)
OF James Ramsey
LHP Lee Stoppelman
RHP Seth Blair


Top 10 Talents 25 and Under (born 4/1/88 or later)
Oscar Taveras
Shelby Miller
Michael Wacha
Carlos Martinez
Trevor Rosenthal
Kolten Wong
Matt Adams
Stephen Piscotty
Alexander Reyes
Joe Kelly

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I liked this blip in their breakdown of Taveras' weaknesses:
Greedy at the plate; thinks he can hit every pitch thrown (usually can)

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This one is pretty great too, in the "The Year Ahead" section:
Taveras lost some of his high-gloss prospect shine in 2013, but only because he was limited by a nagging ankle injury that prevented him from climbing to the major-league level, becoming a media darling in the postseason, and admitting to a national audience that his long-term goal is to become my best friend.

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BP is, of the mainstream outlets, by the far the biggest upside seekers. They must really love what they're hearing on Bryan to have him that high.

Rivera is a kid I've been high on (even saying in the draft review that I like him more than bonus baby Mercado. Big questions with the bat though. Mercado ranked higher for me because of the lower risk factor in my view.

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Yeah, Law used to be the most upside-centric list maker, but since Parks took over when KG left I think he's surpassed Law in that regard.

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