Top-100 Showdown Redux: NL West

Putting together a Top-100 prospect list is a massive undertaking and any site that takes on the challenge deserves to be recognized for their efforts. Just about a month ago I did a 7-part series comparing the lists of six sources – Baseball Instinct, MLB.com, MLB Prospect Portal, Project Prospect, Scout.com, and S2S.

Now that I’m done with my portion of our team prospect lists, I can revisit this comparative series by looking at another grouping of Top-100 lists from seven new sources. Just as I did the first time around I will tackle one division at a time and then cap it off with a conclusion piece with some final thoughts and system rankings. The sources I have selected for the showdown “redux” series are:

The NL West had 29 players make at least one of the seven Top-100 lists while 9 of the 29 were consensus selections.

Arizona Diamondbacks [5]

Position	Player	BA	BP	Bant	JS	Spec	MD	TPA
RHP	Trevor Bauer	9	11	21	7	6	9	9
LHP	Tyler Skaggs	13	21	17	23	11	20	14
RHP	Archie Bradley	25	37	29	24	90	27	16
3B	Matt Davidson	97
RHP	David Holmberg					93

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that Bauer, Skaggs and Bradley made all 13 lists I’ve checked out over the two installments of the “showdown” series. Beyond those three however, the D-Backs have only one other prospect – David Holmberg(3) – named on multiple lists. Matt Davidsonand Patrick Corbin also each made one.

Most curious ranking(s): I don’t know if it’s a case of everyone automatically undervaluing anyone drafted by the White Sox (kidding!) or something else, but the lack of support for Holmberg as a Top-100 guy continues to astound and mystify me.

Colorado Rockies [7]

Position	Player	BA	BP	Bant	JS	Spec	MD	TPA
LHP	Drew Pomeranz	30	34	31	21	44	16	29
3B	Nolan Arenado	42	20	38	13	4	32	31
RHP	Chad Bettis	86	79	37	86	97	74	64
C	Wilin Rosario	87	61	70		73	80	50
OF	Tim Wheeler		97			47
SS	Trevor Story				99
LHP	Tyler Matzek					62

Pomeranz and Arenado are the team’s two consensus prospects (13/13) but Bettis (12) and Rosario (9) also get plenty of love. Interestingly enough their young catcher fared much better this time around than last when he made just 3/6 lists. Other Rockies prospects to receive “votes” were: Wheeler (3), Story (1), Matzek (1) and Hector Gomez (1).

Most curious ranking(s): I get that Wheeler strikes out a ton and there are some concerns about his ability to hit LHP but 30-20 seasons don’t grow on trees and he has the draft status and prospect standing to back up those numbers. He’s a no doubt Top-100 guy for me.

Los Angeles Dodgers [3]

Position	Player	BA	BP	Bant	JS	Spec	MD	TPA
RHP	Zach Lee	62	70	69	75	64	53	82
RHP	Allen Webster	95		96			99	98
RHP	Nathan Eovaldi	96			87	59

Zach Leeran the table on the above, but he didn’t make the cut on the Seedlings to Stars Top-100 and fell just short of being a consensus selection as a result. Webster (7) and Eovaldi (5) were the only other prospects to represent the Dodgers on any list I examined.

Most curious ranking(s): The omission of Lee on our list is a bit out there, especially given his performance as a 19-year old with Great Lakes, but it’s not like a different Dodgers prospect made our list instead. For me he’s a no doubt Top-100 guy, but for Nathaniel he just missed the cut. Incidentally I would also have placed Garret Gould on my list am a little surprised he didn’t wind up in the 90s at least once.

San Diego Padres [12]

Position	Player	BA	BP	Bant	JS	Spec	MD	TPA
1B	Yonder Alonso	33	86	48	28	35	34	33
OF	Rymer Liriano	49	52	87	54		69	49
C	Yasmani Grandal	53	38	43	42	36	44	45
RHP	Casey Kelly	76	78	51		71	43	66
2B	Cory Spangenberg	78	58				87
3B	Jedd Gyorko	98	57	68	50	45	96
LHP	Robbie Erlin		53	74	79	39	41
RHP	Joseph Wieland		74		81
C	Austin Hedges		94
RHP	Joseph Ross		95				98
RHP	Keyvius Sampson			98	82
OF	Jaff Decker					69

The Padres lack true upper echelon talent but there’s no questioning the depth of their system. They’ve been well represented with typically around six players in each Top-100 though they had as few as four (TPA) and as many as 10 (BP). Alonso and Grandal were the only ones from their bevy of prospects to make all 13 lists but four others made at least ten – Liriano, Kelly, Gyorko and Erlin. All told 15 different players received at least one “vote” from a source. The three missing from the above that made lists last time around are Jonathan Galvez, Matt Lollis and James Darnell.

Most curious ranking(s): I’m personally a big believer in Keyvius Sampsonand am a bit surprised that he didn’t land on more lists than he did (5/13).

San Francisco Giants [2]

Position	Player	BA	BP	Bant	JS	Spec	MD	TPA
OF	Gary Brown	38	18	55	43	54	35	38
SS	Joe Panik					58

Talk about a contrast!

Moving from San Diego – which is arguably the deepest system in baseball – to San Francisco is a little jarring. I know it looks like I failed to finish the table, but I assure you it’s complete and it serves as a partial justification for why the Giants are ranked between 23-28 in the bulk of the farm system rankings.

Obviously Gary Brown is the only consensus player while Panik was named on 3 of 13. Francisco Peguero and Eric Surkamp also each made one list last time.

Most curious ranking(s): Hard to find anything overly curious in the above, but it is worth noting that Baseball Prospectus ranks Brown significantly higher than all other sources which have him in the 34-76 range.

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