Prospects, past and present. 89 comments


MLB.com has posted its Top 100 prospects list for 2016. Five Rangers made the list.

Joey Gallo, 9.
Lewis Brinson, 16.
Nomar Mazara, 18.
Dillon Tate, 36.
Luis Ortiz, 73.

It’s interesting to go to their archive section and look at past prospect lists. They go back to only 2011, so many it’s not that deep a dive, but here it is nonetheless, with the organizations each is currently with in parenthesis :

Top 10 Rangers Prospects, 2015:
1. Joey Gallo (TEX).
2. Nomar Mazara (TEX).
3. Dillon Tate (TEX).
4. Lewis Brinson (TEX).
5. Luis Ortiz (TEX).
6. Ryan Cordell (TEX).
7. Michael Matuella (TEX).
8. Luke Jackson (TEX).
9. Eric Jenkins (TEX).
10. Yohander Mendez (TEX).

Top 10 Rangers Prospects, 2014:
1. Joey Gallo.
2. Jorge Alfaro (PHI).
3. Luke Jackson.
4. Nick Williams (PHI).
5. Chi Chi Gonzalez (TEX).
6. Anthony Ranaudo (TEX).
7. Nomar Mazara.
8. Jake Thomspson (PHI).
9. Delino DeShields (TEX).
10. Lewis Brinson.

Top 10 Rangers Prospects, 2013:
1. Jorge Alfaro.
2. Luis Sardinas (SEA).
3. Michael Choice (CLE).
4. Rougned Odor (TEX).
5. Joey Gallo.
6. Wilmer Font (FREE AGENT).
7. Ronald Guzman (TEX).
8. Jairo Beras (TEX).
9. Cody Buckel (TEX).
10. Luke Jackson (TEX).

Top 10 Rangers Prospects, 2012:
1. Jurickson Profar (TEX).
2. Mike Olt (CHW).
3. Martin Perez (TEX).
4. Cody Buckel.
5. Jorge Alfaro.
6. Wilmer Font.
7. Luis Sardinas.
8. Jairo Beras.
9. Rougned Odor.
10. Joey Gallo.

Top 10 Rangers Propsects, 2011:
1. Jurickson Profar.
2. Martin Perez.
3. Mike Olt.
4. Tanner Scheppers (TEX).
5. Michael Kirkman (COL).
6. Leonys Martin (SEA).
7. Robbie Ross (BOS).
8. Engel Beltre (CHW).
9. Jake Skole (NYY).
10. David Perez (TEX).