Top 25 prospects

Monday, January 29, 2007 | Feedback | Print Entry

I'm pleased to present the first annual Scouts Inc. top baseball prospects list. Given the late start we got on pro coverage last year, this list is short, with the top 25 prospects ranked and another 10 who merited consideration listed alphabetically afterward.

Here are a few notes to explain where the rankings came from.:

• Both ability (tools) and performance count. The closer the prospect is to the majors, the more important his performance becomes.  
 

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  • Keith Law Keith Law

    Keith Law joined ESPN.com in June 2006 as the lead baseball analyst for Scouts Inc., covering the majors, minors and amateurs. He appears regularly on television on the "The Hot List" and on ESPN Radio's All Night with Jason Smith, GameNight and the John Kincade Show. He also occasionally co-hosts the Mike Felger Show on 890 ESPN in Boston.

    Before joining ESPN, Law spent 4½ years with the Toronto Blue Jays as a special assistant to the general manager, and was previously a writer for Baseball Prospectus. He graduated from Harvard College and holds an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon.

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