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Well, this is embarrassing. I've long assumed that MLB.com's prospect lists -- which are branded as MLB Pipeline -- weren't static, and they were adjusted periodically instead of once a year. I'm not sure if they used to do that, or if I made it up. Either way, there's a new prospect list up at MLB.com! It goes up to 30.
It looks like this:
- Christian Arroyo
- Tyler Beede
- Phil Bickford
- Lucius Fox
- Chris Shaw
- Sam Coonrod
- Mac Williamson
- Josh Osich
- Aramis Garcia
- Andrew Suarez
- Adalberto Mejia
- Clayton Blackburn
- Jalen Miller
- Ray Black
- Chase Johnson
- Jordan Johnson
- Steven Okert
- Kyle Crick
- Jarrett Parker
- Hunter Cole
- Austin Slater
- Joan Gregorio
- Michael Santos
- Ty Blach
- Mac Marshall
- Ronnie Jebavy
- Derek Law
- Chris Stratton
- Ian Gardeck
- Jake Smith
The biggest changes are Crick dropping from #6 all the way to #18 and Arroyo taking over the top spot. This is also the first time Mac Williamson appears in a major top-10 list, which makes me feel better about the McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List. Unless it makes me feel worse because it's cool to be the rebellious ones.
The breakdown by position:
C: 1
1B: 1
2B: 2
SS: 3
3B: 0
OF: 3
Left-handed SP: 4
Right-handed SP: 9
Left-handed RP: 2
Right-handed RP: 5
And, because I was a dingus who didn't realize the MLB.com list wasn't updated, that means we have to adjust the collection of top-10 lists.
Baseball America | Baseball Prospectus | MLB.com | John Sickels | ESPN | McC community | Mine |
Christian Arroyo | Christian Arroyo | Christian Arroyo | Christian Arroyo | Christian Arroyo | Christian Arroyo | Christian Arroyo |
Tyler Beede | Lucius Fox | Tyler Beede | Phil Bickford | Tyler Beede | Tyler Beede | Phil Bickford |
Phil Bickford | Tyler Beede | Phil Bickford | Clayton Blackburn | Lucius Fox | Phil Bickford | Tyler Beede |
Lucius Fox | Jalen Miller | Lucius Fox | Tyler Beede | Phil Bickford | Mac Williamson | Lucius Fox |
Chris Shaw | Phil Bickford | Chris Shaw | Sam Coonrod | Clayton Blackburn | Clayton Blackburn | Sam Coonrod |
Sam Coonrod | Sam Coonrod | Sam Coonrod | Chris Shaw | Jalen Miller | Lucius Fox | Clayton Blackburn |
Aramis Garcia | Chris Shaw | Mac Williamson | Aramis Garcia | Jordan Johnson | Adalberto Mejia | Chris Shaw |
Clayton Blackburn | Kyle Crick | Josh Osich | Lucius Fox | Adalberto Mejia | Chris Shaw | Aramis Garcia |
Jarrett Parker | Aramis Garcia | Aramis Garcia | Andrew Suarez | Chris Shaw | Sam Coonrod | Mac Williamson |
Adalberto Mejia | Adalberto Mejia | Andrew Suarez | Jarrett Parker | Sam Coonrod | Chase Johnson | Adalberto Mejia |
... as well as the consensus top-10 list from the five major prospect lists up there:
- Christian Arroyo
- Tyler Beede
- Phil Bickford
- Lucius Fox
- Chris Shaw
- Sam Coonrod
- Clayton Blackburn
- Jalen Miller
- Aramis Garcia
- Adalberto Mejia
Crick drops off to make room for Mejia, which makes a lot of sense, and Shaw and Coonrod switch spots.
So there you have it. The absolute final Giants top-10 prospect post until the next one. If we see any of these players before September, it'll mean that something has gone terribly wrong or terribly right. Either way, I'm still geeked on seeing all of these players and the start of the minor-league season.