Baseball America Top Ten Cubs Prospects List
Baseball America released its annual Cubs Top Ten Prospects list today.
BA doesn't consider MLB service time when rating prospects, but it does hold to the 130 AB and 50 IP rookie limit, making Felix Pie , Ronny Cedeno , and Carlos Marmol ineligible for the list this time around.
BA did provide somewhat detailed scouting reports on each of the Cubs Top Ten prospects, but since it's available only by subscription, I will not provide that additional information here.
TOP 10 PROSPECTS:
1. Josh Vitters , 3B
2. Geovany Soto , C
3. Tyler Colvin , OF
4. Jose Ceda , RHP
5. Sean Gallagher , RHP
6. Donald Veal , LHP
7. Josh Donaldson , C
8. Jeff Samardzija , RHP
9. Tony Thomas , 2B
10. Kevin Hart , RHP
BEST TOOLS
Best Hitter for Average - Tony Thomas
Best Power Hitter - Josh Vitters
Best Strike-Zone Discipline - Sam Fuld
Fastest Baserunner - Leon Johnson
Best Athlete - Tyler Colvin
Best Fastball - Jose Ceda
Best Curveball - Casey Lambert
Best Slider - Alessandro Maestri
Best Changeup - James Russell
Best Control - Mark Holliman
Best Defensive Catcher - Welington Castillo
Best Defensive Infielder - Josh Lansford
Best Infield Arm - Josh Lansford
Best Defensive Outfielder - Sam Fuld
Best Outfield Arm - Kyler Burke
PROJECTED 2011 LINEUP
Catcher - Geovany Soto
First Base - Derrek Lee
Second Base - Tony Thomas
Third Base - Aramis Ramirez
Shortstop - Ronny Cedeno
Left Field - Alfonso Soriano
Center Field - Felix Pie
Right Field - Tyler Colvin
No. 1 Starter - Carlos Zambrano
No. 2 Starter - Rich Hill
No. 3 Starter - Sean Gallagher
No. 4 Starter - Ted Lilly
No. 5 Starter - Donald Veal
Closer - Carlos Marmol
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