The following listing is our ranking of our Top Prospects. It includes some players that are currently in the major leagues, but with short tenures. Many of those players will probably be purged from the list as soon as we become more confident that they're not in danger of being sent back down to the minors. You can sort on our list by rank, by player, by position, or by age. "Rank" is overall MLB rank for that prospect. For feedback on our rankings, please contact John Sickels.

Players Removed from the List Due to Exceeding Rookie Limits (130 at-bats or 50 innings): Clayton Kershaw, Carlos Gonzalez, Chase Headley, Chris Davis, Jeff Clement, Jed Lowrie, Wladimir Balentien, and Ian Stewart.

Generally speaking, I try to avoid massive changes in rankings from list to list, to avoid overreacting to cold or hot streaks. The list still reflects a balance between short term and long term potential, and exact placement (16 compared to 17 for example) is less important than general trends. As always, you have to adjust rankings depending on the structure and rules of your own league.

Players from the 2008 draft are not included. Sample sizes in the short-season leagues are also too small at this point in the season for most of those players to rank.

This list will be the last update until late September. The September list WILL include short-season players and 2008 draftees.

Last Update: 8/22/08

* Any player who wouldn't qualify for rookie of the year (ie. too much major league service time) isn't included.