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Daily Futures: Almost perfect

Updated: April 14, 2010, 1:24 PM ET

By Kevin Goldstein | Baseball Prospectus

Perfect, At Least For a While

Mike Montgomery, lhp, Kansas City Royals (High-A Wilmington)
Tuesday's stats: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 13 K
The top prospect in the Royals system, many thought Montgomery might begin the 2010 season as high as Double-A, and now the 20-year-old is doing his best to earn his way there. Six-foot-five and highly athletic, Montgomery's lower-90s fastball gets as high as 94 mph, and his curveball and changeup are both even better this year than last. He's plenty good now, still loaded with projection, and should be moving as fast as many expected soon, with a big league ETA of 2011.

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NO.	PLAYER
1	Stephen Strasburg, RHP, WAS
2	Carlos Santana, C, CLE
3	Buster Posey, C, SFO
4	Mike Stanton, OF, FLA
5	Desmond Jennings, OF, TAM
6	Martin Perez, LHP, TEX
7	Domonic Brown, RF, PHI
8	Dustin Ackley, CF, SEA
9	Jesus Montero, C, NYY
10	Aroldis Chapman, LHP, CIN
11	Jeremy Hellickson, RHP, TAM
12	Casey Kelly, RHP, BOS
13	Aaron Hicks, RHP, MIN
14	Mike Trout, OF, LAA
15	Brett Wallace, 1B, TOR
16	Logan Morrison, 1B, FLA
17	Zach Britton, LHP, BAL
18	Tyler Matzek, LHP, COL
19	Michael Taylor, OF, OAK
20	Kyle Gibson, RHP, MIN
21	Shelly Miller, RHP, STL
22	Josh Vitters, 3B, CHC
23	Eric Hosmer, 1B, KC
24	Lars Anderson,1B, BOS
25	Mike Moustakas, 3B, KC

NO.

PLAYER

Stephen Strasburg, RHP, WAS

Carlos Santana, C, CLE

Buster Posey, C, SFO

Mike Stanton, OF, FLA

Desmond Jennings, OF, TAM

Martin Perez, LHP, TEX

Domonic Brown, RF, PHI

Dustin Ackley, CF, SEA

Jesus Montero, C, NYY

Aroldis Chapman, LHP, CIN