Top 130 Baseball Prospects for 2009 Based on Average Prospect Ranking

This year, more than ever, I find myself using average prospect rankings when looking at 2009 top prospects. Baseball America, Baseball Prospects, and ESPN top 100 prospect rankings have been released and the player ranks seem to vary wildly in a way I haven't seen before.

While most prospects appear in all three lists, there are a number of players who only made a cameo appearance as well. In that case, the player received a ranking of 101 for the other two lists.

For example: Daryl Jones ranked #50 on ESPN, but did not appear in any other lists. He received rankings of 101 for both B.A. and B.P. and I average the three to find his ranking. I'm not sure this is the best way to do it, and would be open to suggestions, but it seems to serve its purpose.

I also linked player last names to pieces I have written about players appearing on the list. Enjoy!

Rank	Last	First	A.P.R.
1	Wieters	Matt	1
2	Price	David	2
3	Snider	Travis	5.33
4	Heyward	Jason	6
5	Bumgarner	Madison	6
6	Feliz	Neftali	6.67
7	Rasmus	Colby	7.67
8	Hanson	Tommy	8.67
9	Posey	Buster	10
10	Porcello	Rick	12.67
11	Anderson	Lars	13.67
12	Maybin	Cameron	16
13	Anderson	Brett	17
14	Beckham	Tim	18
15	Alvarez	Pedro	18
16	Fowler	Dexter	19
17	Cahill	Trevor	19.33
18	Hosmer	Eric	19.67
19	Smoak	Justin	20
20	Stanton	Mike	20.33
21	Santana	Carlos	24
22	Matusz	Brian	24
23	McCutchen	Andrew	25.33
24	Tillman	Chris	26
25	Moustakas	Mike	26
26	Beckham	Gordon	28
27	LaPorta	Matt	28
28	Martinez	Fernando	30
29	Holland	Derek	30.67
30	Davis	Wade	31.33
31	Morrison	Logan	31.33
32	Parker	Jarrod	32
33	Wallace	Brett	32
34	Vitters	Josh	33
35	Escobar	Alcides	38.33
36	Villalona	Angel	41.67
37	Inoa	Michael	42.33
38	Jackson	Austin	42.67
39	Alderson	Tim	43.67
40	Hicks	Aaron	44.67
41	Zimmermann	Jordan	46.33
42	Alonso	Yonder	48.67
43	Chacin	Jhoulys	49
44	Andrus	Elvis	49.67
45	Jennings	Desmond	51.33
46	Carrasco	Carlos	51.67
47	Flores	Wilmer	52
48	Revere	Ben	52.67
49	Montero	Jesus	53
50	Schafer	Jordan	53
51	Dominguez	Matt	54.33
52	Bowden	Michael	55.33
53	Walden	Jordan	58
54	Gamel	Matt	59.33
55	Arencibia	J.P.	61
56	McDonald	James	62.67
57	Halman	Greg	64
58	Poreda	Aaron	64.67
59	Tabata	Jose	66
60	Adenhart	Nick	67
61	Weglarz	Nick	67.33
62	Cecil	Brett	68.33
63	Lambo	Andrew	68.33
64	Blanks	Kyle	68.33
65	Arrieta	Jake	70.33
66	Triunfel	Carlos	70.67
67	Donald	Jason	72.67
68	Brignac	Reid	72.67
69	Jeffress	Jeremy	73.67
70	Perez	Martin	74.67
71	Carter	Chris	75
72	Castro	Jason	75
73	Hernandez	Gorkys	76
74	Main	Michael	77
75	Freeman	Freddie	77.33
76	Brown	Dominic	77.67
77	Perez	Chris	79.33
78	Lawrie	Brett	79.67
79	Latos	Matt	79.67
80	Miller	Adam	80.33
81	Saunders	Michael	80.33
82	Teagarden	Taylor	81.33
83	Rosario	Wilin	82.33
84	Frazier	Todd	82.33
85	Martin	Ethan	82.33
86	Skipworth	Kyle	83
87	Hellickson	Jeremy	83
88	Salome	Angel	83.67
89	Flowers	Tyler	83.67
90	Jones	Daryl	84
91	Aumont	Phillippe	85
92	Friedrich	Christian	85
93	Taylor	Michael	85.33
94	Cunningham	Aaron	85.67
95	Ramirez	Max	87.33
96	Viciedo	Dayan	87.67
97	Schlereth	Daniel	88.33
98	Samardzija	Jeff	88.33
99	Burgess	Michael	89
100	Marson	Lou	89.33
101	Huff	David	89.33
102	Cardenas	Adrian	89.33
103	Beltre	Engel	90
104	Elbert	Scott	90.67
105	Ramos	Wilson	91
106	Nelson	Chris	91.33
107	Niese	Jonathon	93
108	Parra	Gerardo	93.33
109	Detwiler	Ross	94.33
110	Hagadone	Nick	94.33
111	Kulbacki	Kellen	95.33
112	Stubbs	Drew	95.33
113	Borbon	Julio	95.67
114	Brackman	Andrew	96
115	Bard	Daniel	96.33
116	Reddick	Josh	96.33
117	Cooper	David	96.67
118	Tazawa	Junichi	97.33
119	Cortes	Daniel	97.33
120	Drabek	Kyle	98
121	Marte	Jefry	98.67
122	Holt	Brad	98.67
123	Dejesus	Ivan	99
124	West	Sean	99.33
125	Locke	Jeff	99.67
126	Gonzalez	Gio	99.67
127	Erbe	Brandon	100
128	Jackson	Jay	100
129	Allen	Brandon	100.33
130	Portillo	Adys	100.67

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