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Daily Futures: Chapman's struggles
Aroldis looks shaky one day after Strasburg did -- but concerns are different
Updated: May 4, 2010, 9:19 AM ET
By Kevin Goldstein | Baseball Prospectus
It's now the Mike Stanton rule
Mike Stanton, OF, Florida Marlins (Double-A Jacksonville)Monday's stats: 2-for-4, HR (13), R, 3 RBIs, K
Last year we had the Josh Vitters rule: If a minor league player keeps hitting home runs, he'll keep showing up in this space daily. Vitters has just three bombs in the Florida State League, so we're renaming the rule for Stanton, who smacked No. 13 on Monday afternoon. That makes 10 in his past 10 games, with 52 total bases and 22 RBIs. There is not a better offensive prospect in the minor leagues.
Want to read about Aroldis Chapman's issues? Joe Borchard still grinding? The heir to Posada in the Bronx? Ya can -- if you're an Insider.
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KEITH LAW'S TOP 25 PROSPECTS
The rankings are limited to players who still have rookie eligibility; that means they have yet to exceed 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the majors and have not yet spent 45 days on the active roster of a major league club, excluding call-ups during the roster expansion period after Sept. 1.
UPDATED TOP 25 PROSPECTS LIST
Click on a player's name to go to his individual scouting report (from January, click above for updates):
| 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 |
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