Rockies farm system ranked second by Baseball America
February 9, 2007 - Pioneer League (PL)
Casper Ghosts News Release
One of the sport's leading publications, Baseball America, recently released their yearly talent rankings, which lists the magazine's opinion of the strength of each major league team's farm system. The Rockies were ranked second out of 30 teams on that list, the organization's highest standing ever in those rankings. Below are a few notes from this year's talent rankings including many former Casper Rockies players, along with the complete list of the teams and Rockies top 30 prospects as designated by Baseball America.
- The Rockies are the top-rated National League team in this year's rankings.
- This is the 3rd straight year for Colorado to place 11th or better and the 4th consecutive year that the Rockies have ranked among the top 15 in this listing...The Rockies are one of just 9 teams to fall in the top 15 each of the last 4 years, one of just 5 such teams in the National League.
- It is the highest ranking ever for the Rockies in the Baseball America listing.
2007 TALENT RANKINGS BY BASEBALL AMERICA
1 - Tampa Bay 11 - Kansas City 21 - Philadelphia
2 - Colorado 12 - Cincinnati 22 - Houston
3 - Arizona 13 - New York-NL 23 - St. Louis
4 - LA of Anaheim 14 - Detroit 24 - Seattle
5 - Milwaukee 15 - Florida 25 - Toronto
6 - Los Angeles 16 - Atlanta 26 - Chicago-AL
7 - New York-AL 17 - Baltimore 27 - Oakland
8 - Minnesota 18 - Chicago-NL 28 - Texas
9 - Boston 19 - Pittsburgh 29 - San Diego
10 - Cleveland 20 - San Francisco 30 - Washington
ROCKIES TOP 30 PROSPECTS BY BASEBALL AMERICA
1 - Troy Tulowitzki, ss 11 - Manny Corpas, rhp 21 - Aneury Rodriguez, rhp
2 - Franklin Morales, lhp 12 - Juan Morillo, rhp 22 - Corey Wimberly, 2b
3 - Jason Hirsh, rhp 13 - Joe Koshansky, 1b 23 - Ching-Lung Lo, rhp
4 - Dexter Fowler, of 14 - Jonathan Herrera, ss 24 - Darren Clarke, rhp
5 - Ian Stewart, 3b 15 - Hector Gomez, ss/3b 25 - Alvin Colina, c
6 - Ubaldo Jimenez, rhp 16 - Seth Smith, of 26 - Matt Miller, of
7 - Greg Reynolds, rhp 17 - Samuel Deduno, rhp 27 - Eric Young, Jr., 2b
8 - Chris Iannetta, c 18 - Shane Lindsay, rhp 28 - Pedro Strop, rhp
9 - Jeff Baker, of 19 - Chris Nelson, ss 29 - Andrew Johnson, rhp
10 - Chaz Roe, rhp 20 - Brandon Hynick, rhp 30 - David Christensen, of
Players listed in Bold are former Casper Rockies players
Nineteen of the top 30 prospects are made up of former Casper Rockies standouts. "It is very exciting to see the players who got their start in Casper getting the credit that they deserve for all of their hard work throughout the years," said Seth Mathews, Director of Operations for the Casper Rockies. "In the next few seasons many of the players you cheered for over the summers will be running the bases in Denver."
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