Keith Law: Top players by organization

Originally Published: January 22, 2009

Top players by organization

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By Keith Law
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Here's a snapshot look at the top prospects in each organization. For full reports on many of these players, see my ranking of the top 100 prospects in the minors.

For organizations in the top 10 in Wednesday's ranking of farm systems, I've listed their top 10 prospects. For the other 20 organizations, I've listed their top five prospects.

American League	National League
Baltimore Orioles 1. Matt Wieters, C 2. Brian Matusz, LHP 3. Chris Tillman, RHP 4. Jake Arrieta, RHP 5. Brandon Erbe, RHP 6. Nolan Reimold, LF 7. Brandon Snyder, 1B/3B 8. Zach Britton, LHP 9. L.J. Hoes, 2B 10. Xavier Avery, OF	Arizona Diamondbacks 1. Jarrod Parker, RHP 2. Dan Schlereth, LHP 3. Gerardo Parra, OF 4. Wade Miley, LHP 5. Cesar Valdez, RHP
Boston Red Sox 1. Lars Anderson, 1B 2. Michael Bowden, RHP 3. Nick Hagadone, LHP 4. Junichi Tazawa, RHP 5. Daniel Bard, RHP 6. Josh Reddick, RF 7. Casey Kelly, RHP/SS 8. Stolmy Pimentel, RHP 9. Ryan Westmoreland, CF 10. Michael Almanzar, 3B	Atlanta Braves 1. Jason Heyward, OF 2. Tommy Hanson, RHP 3. Freddie Freeman, OF 4. Jordan Schafer, CF 5. Gorkys Hernandez, CF 6. Jeff Locke, LHP 7. Julio Teheran, RHP 8. Cole Rohrbough, RHP 9. Brandon Hicks, SS 10. Kris Medlen, RHP
Chicago White Sox 1. Gordon Beckham, SS 2. Tyler Flowers, C 3. Aaron Poreda, LHP 4. Dayan Viciedo, 3B/1B 5. Jordan Danks, OF	Chicago Cubs 1. Josh Vitters, 3B 2. Jay Jackson, RHP 3. Jeff Samardzija, RHP 4. Andrew Cashner, RHP 5. Esmailin Caridad, RHP
Cleveland Indians 1. Carlos Santana, C 2. Matt LaPorta, 1B 3. Adam Miller, RHP 4. Nick Weglarz, LF/1B 5. David Huff, LHP 6. Hector Rondon, RHP 7. Kelvin de la Cruz, LHP 8. Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B 9. Carlos Rivero, SS 10. Abner Abreu, 3B	Cincinnati Reds 1. Yonder Alonso, 1B 2. Drew Stubbs, CF 3. Todd Frazier, SS/3B 4. Neftali Soto, 3B 5. Chris Valaika, SS
Detroit Tigers 1. Rick Porcello, RHP 2. Casey Crosby, RHP 3. Ryan Perry, RHP 4. Wilkin Ramirez, OF 5. Cale Iorg, SS	Colorado Rockies 1. Dexter Fowler, CF 2. Christian Friedrich, LHP 3. Chris Nelson, SS/2B 4. Jhoulys Chacin, RHP 5. Wilin Rosario, C
Kansas City Royals 1. Eric Hosmer, 1B 2. Mike Moustakas, 3B 3. Dan Cortes, RHP 4. Danny Duffy, LHP 5. Danny Gutierrez, RHP	Florida Marlins 1. Logan Morrison, 1B 2. Cameron Maybin, CF 3. Mike Stanton, OF 4. Matt Dominguez, 3B 5. Kyle Skipworth, C 6. Sean West, LHP 7. Jose Ceda, RHP 8. Scott Cousins, OF 9. John Raynor, OF 10. Brett Sinkbeil, RHP
Los Angeles Angels 1. Jordan Walden, RHP 2. Nick Adenhart, RHP 3. Hank Conger, C 4. Kevin Jepsen, RHP 5. Trevor Reckling, LHP	Houston Astros 1. Jason Castro, C 2. Jordan Lyles, RHP 3. Bud Norris, RHP 4. Ross Seaton, RHP 5. Felipe Paulino, RHP
Minnesota Twins 1. Aaron Hicks, OF 2. Ben Revere, CF 3. Wilson Ramos, C 4. Jose Mijares, LHP 5. Shooter Hunt, RHP	Los Angeles Dodgers 1. James McDonald, RHP 2. Andrew Lambo, RF 3. Ethan Martin, RHP 4. Ivan DeJesus, SS 5. Josh Lindblom, RHP
New York Yankees 1. Austin Jackson, CF 2. Jesus Montero, C 3. Andrew Brackman, RHP 4. Dellin Betances, RHP 5. Zach McAllister, RHP	Milwaukee Brewers 1. Alcides Escobar, SS 2. Jeremy Jeffress, RHP 3. Angel Salome, C 4. Mat Gamel, 3B 5. Brett Lawrie, C/2B
Oakland Athletics 1. Brett Anderson, LHP 2. Trevor Cahill, RHP 3. Michel Inoa, RHP 4. Vin Mazzaro, RHP 5. Chris Carter, 1B 6. Sean Doolittle, 1B 7. Gio Gonzalez, LHP 8. Adrian Cardenas, 2B 9. Aaron Cunningham, OF 10. Josh Donaldson, C	New York Mets 1. Fernando Martinez, RF 2. Wilmer Flores, SS 3. Brad Holt, RHP 4. Jon Niese, RHP 5. Bobby Parnell, RHP
Seattle Mariners 1. Carlos Triunfel, 2B/SS 2. Greg Halman, OF 3. Juan Ramirez, RHP 4. Michael Saunders, OF 5. Phillippe Aumont, RHP	Philadelphia Phillies 1. Jason Donald, SS 2. Carlos Carrasco, RHP 3. Dominic Brown, OF 4. Michael Taylor, OF 5. Travis D'Arnaud, C
Tampa Bay Rays 1. David Price, LHP 2. Tim Beckham, SS 3. Desmond Jennings, OF 4. Wade Davis, RHP 5. Jeremy Hellickson, RHP 6. Reid Brignac, SS 7. Matt Moore, LHP 8. Nick Barnese, RHP 9. John Jaso, C 10. Jake Jefferies, C	Pittsburgh Pirates 1. Andrew McCutchen, CF 2. Jose Tabata, RF 3. Pedro Alvarez, 3B 4. Bryan Morris, RHP 5. Brad Lincoln, RHP
Texas Rangers 1. Neftali Feliz, RHP 2. Justin Smoak, 1B 3. Derek Holland, RHP 4. Martin Perez, LHP 5. Elvis Andrus, SS 6. Michael Main, RHP 7. Taylor Teagarden, C 8. Max Ramirez, C 9. Julio Borbon, CF 10. Engel Beltre, RF	St. Louis Cardinals 1. Colby Rasmus, CF 2. Brett Wallace, 3B 3. Daryl Jones, CF 4. Chris Perez, RHP 5. Jon Jay, OF 6. Niko Vasquez, SS 7. Jason Motte, RHP 8. Lance Lynn, RHP 9. Bryan Anderson, C 10. Francisco Samuel, RHP
Toronto Blue Jays 1. Travis Snider, RF 2. Brett Cecil, LHP 3. J.P. Arencibia, C 4. Justin Jackson, SS 5. Brad Mills, LHP	San Diego Padres 1. Kyle Blanks, 1B 2. Mat Latos, RHP 3. Kellen Kulbacki, LF 4. Jaff Decker, RF 5. Cedric Hunter, CF
	San Francisco Giants 1. Madison Bumgarner, LHP 2. Buster Posey, C 3. Tim Alderson, RHP 4. Angel Villalona, 1B 5. Conor Gillaspie, 3B 6. Henry Sosa, RHP 7. Nick Noonan, 2B 8. Roger Kieschnick,RF 9. Rafael Rodriguez, RF 10. Edwin Quirarte, RHP
	Washington Nationals 1. Jordan Zimmermann, RHP 2. Michael Burgess, RF 3. Esmailyn Gonzalez, SS 4. Ross Detwiler, LHP 5. Chris Marrero, LF