Top 15 Prospects 1st baseman and catcher's

Top 15 Catching Prospects

1 Matt Wieters C Put up videogame-esque .355/.454/.600 line between A+, AA; .918 OPS (33 AB) in AFL 22.4 BAL AA
2 Buster Posey C No. 5 overall pick off to solid start; having his way with HWB pitchers: .478/.545/.543 (56 PA) 21.6 SF SS
3 Carlos Santana C/DH Call it a breakout: went .326/.431/.568 in '08 after .223/.318/.370 showing in '07; 16.5% BB 22.5 CLE AA
4 Max Ramirez C/1B Conquered AA (.465 wOBA), defeated in AAA (.310), MLB (.327); 29.2% K in AAA, bigs 24.0 TEX MLB
5 Jesus Montero C/DH Hard not to be impressed: .322/.373/.488, .371 wOBA (571 PA) in first full season as a pro 18.8 NYY A
6 Taylor Teagarden C Olympian looked good in limited MLB playing time; didn't fair as well in AA, AAA (.693 OPS) 24.8 TEX MLB
7 Kyle Skipworth C No. 6 overall pick, Gatorade Nat'l H.S. Player of the Year pick got off to slow start (.254 wOBA) 18.6 FLA R
8 Hank Conger C/DH King Conger's '07, '08 stats in A, A+ eerily similar: 319 PA, 12% LD, 42% GB; wOBA up to .356 20.7 LAA A+
9 Josh Donaldson C Liked CAL (.405 wOBA in 207 PA) far more than MID (.276 wOBA in 252 PA); in PHX for AFL 22.8 OAK A+
10 Angel Salome C/DH 5-foot-7 with power: 30 2B, 13 HR, .559 SLG in 411 AA PA; .412 wOBA after .346 in '07 22.4 MIL AA
11 Bryan Anderson C One of AAA's youngest players showed on-base ability (12.6% BB), little power (.098 IsoP) 21.8 STL AAA
12 Jason Castro C/DH No. 10 overall pick didn't make a bad first impression: .276/.382/.381, 14.5% BB in 159 PA 21.3 HOU SS
13 Austin Romine C/DH 07 2nd-rounder went .300/.344/.435, .342 wOBA (436 PA) in 1st pro season; .135 IsoP 19.9 NYY A
14 J.P. Arencibia C Went .298/.322/.527, 41.4% XBH rate in 1st full pro season; just 18 BB in 539 PA (3.3%) 22.8 TOR AA
15 Lou Marson C Other Olympic backstop put up impressive .381 wOBA in AA; .389 BABIP, 12% LD a concern

Top 15 First Base Prospects

1 Lars Anderson 1B All he did was follow .398 wOBA showing in Cal League with .415 wOBA in Eastern League 21.1 BOS AA
2 Justin Smoak 1B No. 11 overall pick had .372 wOBA (62 PA) in Low-A; .450 wOBA, 40% XBH in 48 AFL PA 21.9 TEX A
3 Eric Hosmer 1B No. 3 overall pick brings advanced approach to the plate for a high schooler; some power, too 19.0 KC R
4 Yonder Alonso 1B No. 7 overall pick sporting a .327/.436/.541 line (117 PA) in HWB; both power, patience 21.5 CIN A+
5 Kila Ka'aihue 1B/DH After posting .347 wOBA last year, Hawaiian sat above .450 this season; walks a ton 24.5 KC MLB
6 Logan Morrison 1B As if his .386 wOBA in the Florida State League hasn’t impressive, he's at .484 in the AFL 21.1 FLA A+
7 Freddie Freeman 1B From .294 wOBA, 9% LD in '07 to .386, 19% in '08; 2007 2nd rounder could break out in '09 18.8 ATL A
8 David Cooper 1B No. 17 overall pick had .333/399/.502 vital (303 PA) across three levels in professional debut 20.6 TOR A+
9 <Chris Marrero 1B Missed most of the '08 season with broken right fibula; .337 wOBA, .205 IsoP in 287 PA 20.3 WAS A+
10 Nick Evans 1B/LF Improved .321 wOBA in '06 to .364 in '07, .390 in '08; MLB struggles: .295 wOBA (119 PA) 22.7 NYM MLB
11 Chris Carter 1B/3B/DH Had his way in the Cal League: .389 wOBA, 39 HR, 57% XBH; lots of strikeouts, too (26%) 21.8 OAK A+
12 Beau Mills 1B Had 58 XBH (544 PA), .507 SLG in A+; SLG has dropped to .386 (.313 wOBA) in 72 AFL PA 22.2 CLE A+
13 Kyle Blanks 1B 6-foot-6, 270-pounder's .396 wOBA last season up slightly from .393 in Cal League in '07 22.1 SD AA
14 Angel Villalona 1B Potential, yes; results, not so much: .264/.313/.436 in Low-A; no BB (3.6%), high K's (23.5%) 18.2 SF A
15 Chris Parmelee 1B/RF Little contact (.239 AVG, 28.7% K), lot of walks (18%) and power .257 IsoP; .378 wOBA 20.6 MIN A