Tampa Bay Rays Top 20 Prospects for 2011 by John Sickels on Dec 19, 2010 10:00 PM EST 1) Jeremy Hellickson, RHP, Grade A: Best right-handed pitching prospect in baseball. 2) Matt Moore, LHP, Grade A: Best left-handed pitching prospect in baseball not named Aroldis. 3) Desmond Jennings, OF, Grade B+: Love the speed, worried about durability. 4) Jake McGee, LHP, Grade B+: The future closer. 5) Josh Sale, OF, Grade B: I buy into the bat despite lack of pro data. 6) Alex Colome, RHP, Grade B: Needs some refinement, but an excellent arm and could be number two behind Moore next year. 7) Alex Torres, LHP, Grade B: Command is an issue, but I love the strikeouts. 8) Enny Romero, LHP, Grade B: High grade from me for a rookie ball pitcher, but has the stuff you want and great numbers. 9) Jake Thompson, RHP, Grade B-: Much better in the pros than he was in college, fits well into Rays pitching development system. 10) Justin O'Conner, C, Grade B-: Rookie ball numbers were poor, but I'll stick with his high school rep for now and scouts still like him. 11) Drew Vettleson, OF, Grade B-: Hasn't played yet, this is based on scouting reports and draft position. 12) Alex Cobb, RHP, Grade B-: In most systems this guy would get a lot more attention and be a Top Ten guy. Keep close track of him in 2011. 13) Nick Barnese, RHP, Grade B-: Like Cobb, he'd get more notice in other systems and could be a number three/four starter. 14) Joe Cruz, RHP, Grade B-: Another good arm with good numbers that would rank higher in a less-rich system. 15) Scott Shuman, RHP, Grade C+: Throws hard, excellent numbers, could zip up the ladder if command is there. 16) Wilking Rodriguez, RHP, Grade C+: Could take step forward in '11 as Cruz did this year. 17) Braulio Lara, LHP, Grade C+: Another live arm from Latin America who could break through in '11. 18) Leslie Anderson, OF, Grade C+: Cuban defector with a decent bat, could prove useful on bench. 19) Ryan Brett, 2B, Grade C+: Speedy second baseman, another high school bat from '10 draft adds hitting to system. 20) Tim Beckham, SS, Grade C+: Almost dropped him down to a C, but decided to give it one more year as he's just the equivalent of a college junior. OTHERS OF NOTE: Luke Bailey, C; Tyler Bortnick, 2B; Cesar Cabral, LHP; Dane De La Rosa, RHP; Derek Dietrich, SS; Shane Dyer, RHP; Cole Figueroa, 2B; Marquis Fleming, RHP; Todd Glaesmann, OF; Brandon Gomes, RHP; Hector Guevara, 2B; Jesse Hahn, RHP; Ian Kendall, RHP; Alex Koronis, RHP; Kyle Lobstein, LHP; Ty Morrison, OF; David Newmann, LHP; Zach Quate, RHP; Cody Rogers, OF; Albert Suarez, RHP; Matthew Sweeney, 3B. What an amazing collection of pitching. You have two potential number one starters in Hellickson and Moore. You have a future closer in McGee, then a bunch of lively arms who could develop into 2/3/4 starters. There is also a bunch of very interesting bullpen fodder in the Grade C group. I love the way the Rays develop pitching; I love that they don't rush most of these guys, and let them build up innings and experience at each level. The hitting is a lot less impressive. Jennings is ready and Anderson should be useful, but they are relying an awful lot on the high school hitters from the 2010 draft to give the system a boost, and even the best of them are three years away of not more. Bailey and Glaesmann from the '09 class got off to poor starts, and tools guys like Rogers and Morrison are high risk. It unbalances the system and a few more polished hitters seem like they would help. Of course, with so much pitching coming up, the theory is that you can trade for hitting if you need it. --

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