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2014 Chicago White Sox Consensus Top 33 Prospects
By Chris St. John @stealofhome on Mar 23 2014, 11:00a +
Jose Abreu is a bit old for a prospect, but he leads the way for the White Sox
What is the consensus ranking for each of the White Sox top prospects?
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Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
-Proverbs 11:14
Prospect lists are a tricky animal. Every prospect guru has his or her own biases, favorite prospects, sources, and philosophy, leading to quite a variety in the placement of specific players on his or her list. I like making lists and I like prospects, but I'm no scout and I have no inside connections, so my list wouldn't hold any particular weight. Instead of spending loads of time ranking the players with my own biases, I decided a few years ago to instead assemble a consensus list for each team. You can view all of the previous lists here. Hopefully this will bring safety from a multitude of counselors.
How do I do this? Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (31 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first.
This year, I made a few changes to the list. First off, I included as many lists as I could possibly find. This includes list from team-specific sites, not just from sites that post a list for every team. Second, I created a separate list for fantasy rankings. Fantasy baseball sites rank their prospects with a different flavor and so there are two rankings: one for real baseball and one for fantasy.
Jose Abreu and Matt Davidson were not ranked on every list. I gave them a two and three ranking, respectively on the lists that did not rank them. I also gave Marcus Semien a rank of five on the BR ranking. It seemed like more an oversight than a real non-ranking, and it messed up the overall results.
Rank Player Total Change
1 Courtney Hawkins 240 1st Rd Draft
2 Trayce Thompson 223 2
3 Carlos Sanchez 215
4 Erik Johnson 188 6
5 Keenyn Walker 177 0
6 Andre Rienzo 164 8
7 Jared Mitchell 141 1
8 Scott Snodgress 134 12
9 Chris Beck 127 2nd Rd Draft
10 Keon Barnum 124 Comp A Draft
11 Nestor Molina 82 -9
12 Simon Castro 61 -9
13 Jacob Petricka 44 -7
14 Joey DeMichele 41 3rd Rd Draft
15 Charlie Leesman 37 10
16 Myles Jaye 30 8
17 Brandon Brennan 28 4th Rd Draft
18 Marcus Semien 20 4
19 Sammy Ayala 19 17th Rd Draft
20 Tyler Saladino 17 -13
21 Andy Wilkins 14 11
21 Josh Phegley 14 14
21 Jhan Marinez 14 -10
24 Kevan Smith 10 -7
24 Santos Rodriguez 10
24 Kyle Hansen 10 6th Rd Draft
27 Jeff Soptic 7 -15
28 Luis Castillo 6 Dominican IFA
29 Todd Kibby 3
The “Change” column describes how the prospect’s status changed from 2012. a positive number means the prospect moved up in the list, while a negative number means he moved down. A prospect’s name is green if he is new to the organization this year.
Here is a spreadsheet that contains all of the 2013 Chicago White Sox prospect rankings in one place.
2014 Chicago White Sox Consensus Top 33 Prospects
By Chris St. John @stealofhome on Mar 23 2014, 11:00a +
Jose Abreu is a bit old for a prospect, but he leads the way for the White Sox
What is the consensus ranking for each of the White Sox top prospects?
(4) (2) +
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
-Proverbs 11:14
Prospect lists are a tricky animal. Every prospect guru has his or her own biases, favorite prospects, sources, and philosophy, leading to quite a variety in the placement of specific players on his or her list. I like making lists and I like prospects, but I'm no scout and I have no inside connections, so my list wouldn't hold any particular weight. Instead of spending loads of time ranking the players with my own biases, I decided a few years ago to instead assemble a consensus list for each team. You can view all of the previous lists here. Hopefully this will bring safety from a multitude of counselors.
How do I do this? Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (31 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first.
This year, I made a few changes to the list. First off, I included as many lists as I could possibly find. This includes list from team-specific sites, not just from sites that post a list for every team. Second, I created a separate list for fantasy rankings. Fantasy baseball sites rank their prospects with a different flavor and so there are two rankings: one for real baseball and one for fantasy.
Jose Abreu and Matt Davidson were not ranked on every list. I gave them a two and three ranking, respectively on the lists that did not rank them. I also gave Marcus Semien a rank of five on the BR ranking. It seemed like more an oversight than a real non-ranking, and it messed up the overall results.
Rank Player Total Change
1 Courtney Hawkins 240 1st Rd Draft
2 Trayce Thompson 223 2
3 Carlos Sanchez 215
4 Erik Johnson 188 6
5 Keenyn Walker 177 0
6 Andre Rienzo 164 8
7 Jared Mitchell 141 1
8 Scott Snodgress 134 12
9 Chris Beck 127 2nd Rd Draft
10 Keon Barnum 124 Comp A Draft
11 Nestor Molina 82 -9
12 Simon Castro 61 -9
13 Jacob Petricka 44 -7
14 Joey DeMichele 41 3rd Rd Draft
15 Charlie Leesman 37 10
16 Myles Jaye 30 8
17 Brandon Brennan 28 4th Rd Draft
18 Marcus Semien 20 4
19 Sammy Ayala 19 17th Rd Draft
20 Tyler Saladino 17 -13
21 Andy Wilkins 14 11
21 Josh Phegley 14 14
21 Jhan Marinez 14 -10
24 Kevan Smith 10 -7
24 Santos Rodriguez 10
24 Kyle Hansen 10 6th Rd Draft
27 Jeff Soptic 7 -15
28 Luis Castillo 6 Dominican IFA
29 Todd Kibby 3
The “Change” column describes how the prospect’s status changed from 2012. a positive number means the prospect moved up in the list, while a negative number means he moved down. A prospect’s name is green if he is new to the organization this year.
Here is a spreadsheet that contains all of the 2013 Chicago White Sox prospect rankings in one place.
