MLB - Spring Training.

Camps are oepning this week and the Astros will be moving into their new digs in West Palm Beach along with the Washington Nationals. Hopes are high in Houston that our pitchers won't get off to the horrible start that they did last April and dig us a hole so deep that we could climb out. Dallas Kuechel certainly has to rebound. The addition of some Yankee Veterans is considered a plus, and our Cuban refugee will have a full season.

So we'll see.

Here's your top 100 MLB Prospects heading into the Spring...a Lot of Dodgers on this list.


SCOUT.COM'S 2017 TOP-100 PROSPECTS RANKING
1. Andrew Benintendi, OF, Boston Red Sox

2. Dansby Swanson, SS, Atlanta Braves

3. Gleyber Torres, SS, New York Yankees

4. Alex Reyes, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals

5. Cody Bellinger,1B, Los Angeles Dodgers

6. Yoan Moncada, 2B, Chicago White Sox

7. Brendan Rodgers, SS, Colorado Rockies

8. Amed Rosario, SS, New York Mets

9. J.P. Crawford, SS, Philadelphia Phillies

10. Eloy Jimenez, OF, Chicago Cubs

11. Austin Meadows, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates

12. Lucas Giolito, RHP, Chicago White Sox

13. Victor Robles, OF, Washington Nationals

14. Tyler Glasnow, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates

15. Ozzie Albies, SS, Atlanta Braves

16. Rafael Devers, 3B, Boston Red Sox

17. Willy Adames, SS, Tampa Bay Rays

18. Kolby Allard, LHP, Atlanta Braves

19. Lewis Brinson, OF, Milwaukee Brewers

20. Clint Frazier, OF, New York Yankees

21. Anderson Espinoza, RHP, San Diego Padres

22. Manuel Margot, OF, San Diego Padres

23. Brent Honeywell, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays

24. Nick Senzel, 3B, Cincinnati Reds

25. Jason Groome, LHP, Boston Red Sox

26. Michael Kopech, RHP, Chicago White Sox

27. James Kaprielian, RHP, New York Yankees

28. Blake Rutherford, OF, New York Yankees

29. Ian Happ, 2B, Chicago Cubs

30. Francis Martes, RHP, Houston Astros

31. Jose De Leon, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays

32. Mickey Moniak, OF, Philadelphia Phillies

33. Josh Hader, LHP, Milwaukee Brewers

34. Bradley Zimmer, OF, Cleveland Indians

35. Josh Bell, 1B, Pittsburgh Pirates

36. Kyle Lewis, OF, Seattle Mariners

37. Francisco Mejia, C, Cleveland Indians

38. Mitch Keller, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates

39. Kevin Maitan, SS, Atlanta Braves

40. Corey Ray, OF, Milwaukee Brewers

41. Amir Garrett, LHP, Cincinnati Reds

42. Braxton Garrett, LHP, Miami Marlins

43. Nick Gordon, SS, Minnesota Twins

44. Cal Quantrill, RHP, San Diego Padres

45. Alex Verdugo, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers

46. Aaron Judge, OF, New York Yankees

47. Jake Bauers, OF/1B, Tampa Bay Rays

48. Hunter Renfroe, OF, San Diego Padres

49. Riley Pint, RHP, Colorado Rockies

50. Reynaldo Lopez, RHP, Chicago White Sox

51. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., OF, Toronto Blue Jays

52. Triston McKenzie, RHP, Cleveland Indians

53. Kevin Newman, SS, Pittsburgh Pirates

54. Yadier Alvarez, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers

55. Mike Soroka, RHP, Atlanta Braves

56. Franklin Barreto, SS, Oakland Athletics

57. Delvin Perez, SS, St. Louis Cardinals

58. Luis Ortiz, RHP, Milwaukee Brewers

59. Walker Buehler, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers

60. Carson Kelly, C, St. Louis Cardinals

61. Jorge Alfaro, C, Philadelphia Phillies

62. Dominic Smith, 1B, New York Mets

63. Yohander Mendez, LHP, Texas Rangers

64. Kyle Tucker, OF, Houston Astros

65. A.J. Puk, LHP, Oakland Athletics

66. Raimel Tapia, OF, Colorado Rockies

67. Jorge Mateo, SS, New York Yankees

68. Jeff Hoffman, RHP, Colorado Rockies

69. Justus Sheffield, LHP, New York Yankees

70. Matt Manning, RHP, Detroit Tigers

71. Luke Weaver, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals

72. Sean Reid-Foley, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays

73. Isan Diaz, SS, Milwaukee Brewers

74. Max Fried, LHP, Atlanta Braves

75. Matt Chapman, 3B, Oakland Athletics

76. Jesse Winker, OF, Cincinnati Reds

77. Willie Calhoun, 2B, Los Angeles Dodgers

78. Jahmai Jones, OF, Los Angeles Angels

79. Carson Fulmer, RHP, Chicago White Sox

80. Tyler Beede, RHP, San Francisco Giants

81. Anthony Alford, OF, Toronto Blue Jays

82. Brady Aiken, LHP, Cleveland Indians

83. Zack Collins, 1B/C, Chicago White Sox

84. Sean Newcomb, LHP, Atlanta Braves

85. Grant Holmes, RHP, Oakland Athletics

86. Leody Taveras, OF, Texas Rangers

87. Thomas Szapucki, LHP, New York Mets

88. Christin Stewart, OF, Detroit Tigers

89. Erick Fedde, RHP, Washington Nationals

90. Adrian Morejon, LHP, San Diego Padres

91. Chance Sisco, C, Baltimore Orioles

92. Ian Anderson, RHP, Atlanta Braves

93. Tyler O’Neill, OF, Seattle Mariners

94. Dylan Cease, RHP, Chicago Cubs

95. Christian Arroyo, SS/3B, San Francisco Giants

96. Stephen Gonsalves, LHP, Minnesota Twins

97. Robert Stephenson, RHP, Cincinnati Reds

98. Alec Hansen, RHP, Chicago White Sox

99. Luis Urias, 2B, San Diego Padres

100. Chance Adams, RHP, New York Yankees

 

Hooray! The sun is out in Indy. The present temp is 50. And baseball is here. Life is good.

 

Kris Bryant gets pranked by HOFer Greg Maddux. It's 4:33 long. Worth watching if you have the time.

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Hilarious!

 

That is funny!

 

Loved it.

 

Never heard of either one of them.

 

AJ, I understand you saying that about Bryant, but Maddux? A HOFer? You can't be serious. Oops Forgot. You're not (serious).

 

:wink:

 

So sometimes I just don't get what athletes are thinking. Astros Carlos Correa who is our rising star, decides to get all 4 wisdom teeth out the day before he's supposed to report, now he's limited for about a week in what he can do. So as a dentist, I know that there was no reason why he couldn't have had these out a month ago or right after the season or anytime other than the day before he reports for Spring Training.

I'm sure it'll all work out fine, Spring Training is pretty long so he's not likely to get too far behind that he can't catch up and be ready to go 100% by opening day. But he sure could have made a better decision.

 

Doc,

Getting these/todays kids to do/realize the right thing anymore is like pulling teeth.

 

Say goodbye to the intentional walk, no longer will the pitcher have to throw 4 balls, the manager can signal that he want's the guy walked and it's done.

A Speed up the game move. I really don't see how that speeds up the game much at all to tell the truth.

 

Terry, every little second counts (sarcasm alert). Truthfully, it should reduce the game time by no more than 60-75 seconds. It just seems longer.

Does anyone recall the World Series game in the early 70s when the A's signalled an intentional walk on Johnny Bench after he had 2 strikes? The catcher quickly moved back behind the plate, and they threw a strike. Bench didn't have time to react. He was called out.

 

I don't remember that incident, but that seems like "dirty" pool to me!

I have heard about catchers letting a pitch get away from them while trying to intentionally walk somebody and a runner advanced.

 

Throw the damned ball. If you can't do that 4 times in a timely manner, you can't play this game. Man, this is a useless rule change.

The greatest thing about the game of baseball is that you get what you earn. You have to out execute the other team. The more execution you take away, the more it becomes like slow pitch softball. (which has this stupid assed rule, I believe)