Not trying to send you folks away from this wonderful website, but it will be worth checking mlb.com today for the release of its top 100 prospects in baseball. Jonathan Mayo does a great job covering prospects, and has plenty of content to read.
For instance, mlb.com has released the top ten prospects by position. Miguel Sano is the top prospect at third base. Byron Buxton is fifth among outfielders. Eddie Rosario is sixth among second basemen.
This also is the time of year when prospects who aren't on the radar pop up. I was looking at someone's top 20 list of Twins prospects over the weekend and ran across a name I was not familiar with: Righthander Felix Jose. He posted a 2.34 ERA in 12 games (seven starts) for the Twins' Gulf Coast rookie team last season. In 34 innings, he walked 12 and struck out 37. He has a long way to go.
But I did fire off an e-mail to Twins director of minor league Brad Steil and asked, 'who in the heck is this kid?'
"Felix is skinny right-hander with a good arm and a pretty good feel for pitching for a young guy," Steil wrote back.
Great. Another kid to check out when I head over to the minor league complex this spring.
