2008 BASEBALL PROSPECTS

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TBC has added statistics, highest level reached and current status to the prospects section and we've re-organized for easier review.

BASEBALL PROSPECTS HISTORY

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Hitters (2008)

Pitchers (2008)

Rank	Prospect Name	Pos	Age	Team Name	Current Status	HiLvl	Years	Draft Information
1	Jay Bruce	RF	21	Cincinnati Reds	CIN 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2005	1	12	June-Reg	CIN
2	Evan Longoria	3B	22	Tampa Bay Rays	TB 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2006	1	3	June-Reg	TB
3	Joba Chamberlain	P	22	New York Yankees	NYY 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2006	1	41	June-Reg	NYY
4	Clay Buchholz	P	23	Boston Red Sox	BOS (DL-15) 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2005	1	42	June-Reg	BOS
5	Colby Rasmus	CF	21	St. Louis Cardinals	TOR 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2005	1	28	June-Reg	STL
6	Cameron Maybin	CF	21	Florida Marlins	SD (DL-15) 40m	MLB	2006-2013	2005	1	10	June-Reg	DET
7	Clayton Kershaw	P	20	Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD 40m	MLB	2006-2013	2006	1	7	June-Reg	LAD
8	Franklin Morales	P	22	Colorado Rockies	BOS 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2002	UDFA		Signed	COL
9	Homer Bailey	P	22	Cincinnati Reds	CIN 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2004	1	7	June-Reg	CIN
10	David Price	P	22	Tampa Bay Rays	TB (DL-15) 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2007	1	1	June-Reg	TB
11	Travis Snider	LF-RF	20	Toronto Blue Jays	PIT 40m	MLB	2006-2013	2006	1	14	June-Reg	TOR
12	Matt Wieters	C	22	Baltimore Orioles	BAL 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2007	1	5	June-Reg	BAL
13	Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	24	Boston Red Sox	BOS 40m	MLB	2003-2013	2005	1	23	June-Reg	BOS
14	Andrew McCutchen	CF	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2005	1	11	June-Reg	PIT
15	Jake McGee	P	21	Tampa Bay Rays	TB 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2004	5	135	June-Reg	TB
16	Brandon Wood	3B-2B	23	Los Angeles Angels	BAL Minors [AAA]	MLB	2003-2013	2003	1	23	June-Reg	ANA
17	Wade Davis	P	22	Tampa Bay Rays	KC 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2004	3	75	June-Reg	TB
18	Mike Moustakas	3B	19	Kansas City Royals	KC 40m	MLB	2007-2013	2007	1	2	June-Reg	KC
19	Elvis Andrus	SS	19	Texas Rangers	TEX 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2005	UDFA		Signed	ATL
20	Fernando Martinez	LF	19	New York Mets	NYY Minors	MLB	2006-2013	2006	UDFA		Signed	NYM
21	Rick Porcello	P	19	Detroit Tigers	DET 40m	MLB	2008-2013	2007	1	27	June-Reg	DET
22	Carlos Gonzalez	LF	22	Oakland Athletics	COL 40m	MLB	2003-2013	2002	UDFA		Signed	ARI
23	Matt LaPorta	1B	23	Milwaukee Brewers	CLE (DL-7)	MLB	2004-2013	2007	1	7	June-Reg	MIL
24	Nick Adenhart	P	21	Los Angeles Angels	Deceased	MLB	2005-2009	2004	14	413	June-Reg	ANA
25	Jordan Schafer	CF	21	Atlanta Braves	ATL 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2005	3	107	June-Reg	ATL
26	Gio Gonzalez	P	22	Oakland Athletics	WAN 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2004	1	38	June-Reg	CHW
27	Chris Marrero	1B	19	Washington Nationals	WAN 40m	MLB	2006-2013	2006	1	15	June-Reg	WAN
28	Jason Heyward	RF	18	Atlanta Braves	ATL 40m	MLB	2007-2013	2007	1	14	June-Reg	ATL
29	Adam Miller	P	23	Cleveland Indians	Free Agent	AAA	2003-2012	2003	1	31	June-Reg	CLE
30	Kosuke Fukudome	1B	31	Chicago Cubs	Intl	MLB	1999-2012	0	UDFA
31	Andy LaRoche	3B	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	TOR Minors [AAA]	MLB	2003-2013	2003	39	1171	June-Reg	LAD
32	Chase Headley	3B	24	San Diego Padres	SD 40m	MLB	2003-2013	2005	2	66	June-Reg	SD
33	Angel Villalona	IF	17	San Francisco Giants	SF Minors [A+]	A+	2007-2013	2007	UDFA		Signed	SF
34	Johnny Cueto	P	22	Cincinnati Reds	CIN 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2005	UDFA		Signed	CIN
35	Deolis Guerra	P	19	Minnesota Twins	MIN Minors	AAA	2006-2012	2006	UDFA		Signed	NYM
36	Brett Anderson	P	20	Oakland Athletics	OAK (DL-60)	MLB	2007-2013	2006	2	55	June-Reg	ARI
37	Jose Tabata	RF	19	New York Yankees	PIT (DL-15) 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2005	UDFA		Signed	NYY
38	Ian Stewart	3B	23	Colorado Rockies	CHC	MLB	2003-2013	2003	1	10	June-Reg	COL
39	Reid Brignac	SS	22	Tampa Bay Rays	NYY 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2004	2	45	June-Reg	TB
40	Lars Anderson	1B	20	Boston Red Sox	CHW Minors [AAA] 40m	MLB	2007-2013	2006	18	553	June-Reg	BOS
41	Austin Jackson	CF	21	New York Yankees	DET 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2005	8	259	June-Reg	NYY
42	Jeff Clement	1B	24	Seattle Mariners	MIN Minors [AAA]	MLB	2003-2013	2005	1	3	June-Reg	SEA
43	Josh Vitters	3B	18	Chicago Cubs	CHC (DL-7) 40m	MLB	2007-2013	2007	1	3	June-Reg	CHC
44	Joey Votto	1B	24	Cincinnati Reds	CIN 40m	MLB	2002-2013	2002	2	44	June-Reg	CIN
45	Ian Kennedy	P	23	New York Yankees	ARI 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2006	1	21	June-Reg	NYY
46	Jarrod Parker	P	19	Arizona Diamondbacks	OAK 40m	MLB	2008-2013	2007	1	9	June-Reg	ARI
47	Geovany Soto	C	25	Chicago Cubs	TEX 40m	MLB	2001-2013	2001	11	318	June-Reg	CHC
48	Daric Barton	1B	22	Oakland Athletics	OAK Minors [AAA]	MLB	2003-2013	2003	1	28	June-Reg	STL
49	Jair Jurrjens	P	22	Atlanta Braves	BAL Minors [AAA] 40m	MLB	2003-2013	2003	UDFA		Signed	DET
50	Matt Antonelli	2B-3B	23	San Diego Padres	Free Agent	MLB	2004-2013	2006	1	17	June-Reg	SD
51	Ross Detwiler	P	22	Washington Nationals	WAN 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2007	1	6	June-Reg	WAN
52	Carlos Gomez	CF	22	Minnesota Twins	MIL 40m	MLB	2004-2012	2002	UDFA		Signed	NYM
53	J.R. Towles	C	24	Houston Astros	STL (DL-15)	MLB	2004-2013	2004	20	604	June-Reg	HOU
54	Carlos Carrasco	P	21	Philadelphia Phillies	CLE 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2003	UDFA		Signed	PHI
55	Chin-lung Hu	2B-SS	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	Inactive	MLB	2003-2012	2003	UDFA		Signed	LAD
56	Nick Blackburn	P	26	Minnesota Twins	MIN Minors [AAA]	MLB	2002-2012	2001	29	857	June-Reg	MIN
57	Dan Cortes	P	21	Kansas City Royals	SD Minors [A+]	MLB	2005-2013	2005	7	215	June-Reg	CHW
58	Chris Volstad	P	21	Florida Marlins	COL Minors [AAA] 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2005	1	16	June-Reg	FLA
59	Desmond Jennings	LF	21	Tampa Bay Rays	TB 40m	MLB	2006-2013	2006	10	289	June-Reg	TB
60	Fautino De Los Santos	P	22	Oakland Athletics	Free Agent	MLB	2007-2013	2007	UDFA		Signed	CHW
61	Neil Walker	2B	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2004	1	11	June-Reg	PIT
62	Carlos Triunfel	SS	18	Seattle Mariners	SEA 40m	MLB	2007-2013	2007	UDFA		Signed	SEA
63	Luke Hochevar	P	24	Kansas City Royals	KC 40m	MLB	2003-2013	2006	1	1	June-Reg	KC
64	Justin Masterson	P	23	Boston Red Sox	CLE 40m	MLB	2006-2013	2006	2	71	June-Reg	BOS
65	Chris Davis	DH-1B	22	Texas Rangers	BAL 40m	MLB	2006-2013	2006	5	148	June-Reg	TEX
66	Max Scherzer	P	23	Arizona Diamondbacks	DET 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2006	1	11	June-Reg	ARI
67	Chris Tillman	P	20	Baltimore Orioles	BAL 40m	MLB	2006-2013	2006	2	49	June-Reg	SEA
68	Brett Sinkbeil	P	23	Florida Marlins	Inactive	MLB	2004-2011	2006	1	19	June-Reg	FLA
69	Radhames Liz	P	25	Baltimore Orioles	Inactive	MLB	2005-2010	2003	UDFA		Signed	BAL
70	Brandon Jones	RF	24	Atlanta Braves	Inactive	MLB	2003-2012	2003	24	727	June-Reg	ATL
71	Chuck Lofgren	P	22	Cleveland Indians	Inactive	AAA	2004-2012	2004	4	107	June-Reg	CLE
72	Manny Parra	P	25	Milwaukee Brewers	CIN 40m	MLB	2002-2013	2001	26	778	June-Reg	MIL
73	Jed Lowrie	SS	24	Boston Red Sox	OAK 40m	MLB	2003-2013	2005	1	45	June-Reg	BOS
74	Dexter Fowler	CF	22	Colorado Rockies	COL 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2004	14	410	June-Reg	COL
75	Tyler Colvin	RF-CF	22	Chicago Cubs	COL 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2006	1	13	June-Reg	CHC
76	Adrian Cardenas	2B	20	Philadelphia Phillies	Free Agent	MLB	2006-2012	2006	1	37	June-Reg	PHI
77	Eric Hurley	P	22	Texas Rangers	MIN Minors [AAA]	MLB	2004-2012	2004	1	30	June-Reg	TEX
78	Troy Patton	P	22	Baltimore Orioles	BAL 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2004	9	274	June-Reg	HOU
79	Hank Conger	C	20	Los Angeles Angels	LAA 40m	MLB	2006-2013	2006	1	25	June-Reg	LAA
80	Taylor Teagarden	C	24	Texas Rangers	BAL 40m	MLB	2003-2013	2005	3	99	June-Reg	TEX
81	Jordan Walden	P	20	Los Angeles Angels	ATL 40m	MLB	2007-2013	2006	12	372	June-Reg	LAA
82	Sean Gallagher	P	22	Chicago Cubs	COL Minors [AA]	MLB	2004-2013	2004	12	366	June-Reg	CHC
83	Phillippe Aumont	P	19	Seattle Mariners	PHI Minors [AAA] 40m	MLB	2008-2013	2007	1	11	June-Reg	SEA
84	Tim Alderson	P	19	San Francisco Giants	PIT Minors [AAA]	AAA	2007-2013	2007	1	22	June-Reg	SF
85	Bryan Anderson	C	21	St. Louis Cardinals	CHW Minors [AAA]	MLB	2005-2013	2005	4	140	June-Reg	STL
86	Collin Balester	P	22	Washington Nationals	TEX (DL-7)	MLB	2004-2013	2004	4	114	June-Reg	MTL
87	Beau Mills	1B	21	Cleveland Indians	CIN Minors [AA]	AAA	2005-2012	2007	1	13	June-Reg	CLE
88	Scott Elbert	P	22	Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD (DL-60)	MLB	2004-2013	2004	1	17	June-Reg	LAD
89	Steve Pearce	1B	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	BAL 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2005	8	241	June-Reg	PIT
90	Joe Savery	P	22	Philadelphia Phillies	PHI 40m	MLB	2005-2013	2007	1	19	June-Reg	PHI
91	Nolan Reimold	LF	24	Baltimore Orioles	BAL (DL-15) Rehab 40m	MLB	2003-2013	2005	2	61	June-Reg	BAL
92	Gorkys Hernandez	LF-CF	20	Atlanta Braves	MIA Minors [AAA]	MLB	2006-2013	2006	UDFA		Signed	DET
93	Neftali Feliz	P	20	Texas Rangers	TEX (DL-60)	MLB	2006-2012	2006	UDFA		Signed	ATL
94	Mike Bowden	P	21	Boston Red Sox	CHC Minors [AAA]	MLB	2005-2013	2005	1	47	June-Reg	BOS
95	Hector Gomez	SS	20	Colorado Rockies	MIL Minors [AA]	MLB	2006-2013	2006	UDFA		Signed	COL
96	Ryan Kalish	CF	20	Boston Red Sox	BOS (DL-60)	MLB	2006-2012	2006	9	283	June-Reg	BOS
97	Chris Perez	P	22	St. Louis Cardinals	CLE (DL-15) Rehab 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2006	1	42	June-Reg	STL
98	Greg Reynolds	P	22	Colorado Rockies	CIN Minors [AAA]	MLB	2004-2013	2006	1	2	June-Reg	COL
99	Jeff Niemann	P	25	Tampa Bay Rays	TB (DL-60)	MLB	2002-2012	2004	1	4	June-Reg	TB
100	Drew Stubbs	CF	23	Cincinnati Reds	CLE 40m	MLB	2004-2013	2006	1	8	June-Reg	CIN

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