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Top 10 players by organization

Originally Published: January 28, 2010

By Keith Law | ESPN Scouts Inc.

Here's a snapshot look at the top prospects in each organization. For full reports on many of these players, see my ranking of the top 100 prospects in the minors.

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Keith Law

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Senior baseball analyst for Insider
Was special asst. to Blue Jays GM
Wrote for Baseball Prospectus

NO.	PLAYER
1	Jason Heyward, OF, ATL
2	Stephen Strasburg, RHP, WAS
3	Carlos Santana, C, CLE
4	Buster Posey, C, SFO
5	Mike Stanton, OF, FLA
6	Desmond Jennings, OF, TAM
7	Martin Perez, LHP, TEX
8	Dustin Ackley, CF, SEA
9	Justin Smoak, 1B, TEX
10	Jesus Montero, C, NYY
11	Brian Matusz, LHP, BAL
12	Starlin Castro, SS, CHC
13	Neftali Feliz, RHP, TEX
14	Domonic Brown, RF, PHI
15	Wade Davis, RHP, TAM
16	Aroldis Chapman, LHP, CIN
17	Jeremy Hellickson, RHP, TAM
18	Casey Kelly, RHP, BOS
19	Aaron Hicks, RHP, MIN
20	Brett Wallace, 1B, TOR
21	Logan Morrison, 1B, FLA
22	Tyler Matzek, LHP, COL
23	Jenrry Mejia, RHP, NYM
24	Michael Taylor, OF, OAK
25	Zach Britton, LHP, BAL
26	Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B, CLE
27	Jaff Decker, OF, SDG
28	Madison Bumgarner, LHP, SFO
29	Tim Beckham, SS, TAM
30	Josh Vitters, 3B, CHC
31	Derek Norris, C, WAS
32	Ryan Westmoreland, OF, BOS
33	Chris Carter, 1B, OAK
34	Eric Hosmer, 1B, KAN
35	Pedro Alvarez, 3B, PIT
36	Christian Friedrich, LHP, COL
37	Jarrod Parker, RHP, ARI
38	Shelby Miller, RHP, STL
39	Dee Gordon, SS, LAD
40	Kyle Drabek, RHP, TOR
41	Wilmer Flores, 3B, NYM
42	Wilson Ramos, C, MIN
43	Arodys Vizcaino, RHP, ATL
44	Carlos Triunfel, 2B, SEA
45	Casey Crosby, LHP, DET
46	Simon Castro, RHP, SDG
47	Brett Lawrie, 2B, MIL
48	Jhoulys Chacin, LHP, COL
49	Mike Trout, OF, LAA
50	Jay Jackson, RHP, CHC
51	Hector Rondon, RHP, CLE
52	Hank Conger, C, LAA
53	Anthony Rizzo, 1B, BOS
54	Alcides Escobar, SS, MIL
55	Zach Stewart, RHP, TOR
56	Lars Anderson, 1B, BOS
57	Jose Tabata, OF, PIT
58	Tyler Flowers, C, CHW
59	Daryl Jones, OF, STL
60	Jordan Lyles, RHP, HOU
61	Josh Bell, 3B, BAL
62	Matt Dominguez, 3B, FLA
63	Julio Teheran, RHP, ATL
64	Ike Davis, 1B, NYM
65	Jason Castro, C, HOU
66	Todd Frazier, 2B, CIN
67	Freddie Freeman, 1B, ATL
68	Matt Sweeney, 3B, TAM
69	Mike Moustakas, 3B, KAN
70	Austin Jackson, OF, DET
71	Michael Brantley, OF, CLE
72	Mike Leake, RHP, CIN
73	Fernando Martinez, OF, NYM
74	Michael Saunders, OF, SEA
75	Mike Montgomery, LHP, KAN
76	Yonder Alonso, 1B, CIN
77	Trevor Reckling, LHP, LAA
78	Tanner Scheppers, RHP, TEX
79	Andrew Cashner, RHP, CHC
80	Jacob Turner, RHP, DET
81	Matt Moore, LHP, TAM
82	Tony Sanchez, C, PIT
83	Chris Withrow, RHP, LAD
84	Zack Wheeler, RHP, SFO
85	Randall Delgado, RHP, ATL
86	Ryan Kalish, OF, BOS
87	Aaron Crow, RHP, KAN
88	Chris Heisey, OF, CIN
89	Kyle Gibson, RHP, MIN
90	Jake Arrieta, RHP, BAL
91	Jose Iglesias, SS, BOS
92	Drew Storen, RHP, WAS
93	Grant Green, SS, OAK
94	Jiovanni Mier, SS, HOU
95	Jared Mitchell, OF, CHW
96	Manny Banuelos, LHP, NYY
97	Miguel Sano, SS, MIN
98	Junichi Tazawa, RHP, BOS
99	Travis d'Arnaud, C, TOR
100	Nick Hagadone, LHP, CLE

NO.

PLAYER

Jason Heyward, OF, ATL

Stephen Strasburg, RHP, WAS

Carlos Santana, C, CLE

Buster Posey, C, SFO

Mike Stanton, OF, FLA

Desmond Jennings, OF, TAM

Martin Perez, LHP, TEX

Dustin Ackley, CF, SEA

Justin Smoak, 1B, TEX

Jesus Montero, C, NYY