So he didn't make the cut -- I can't imagine he missed by much -- but what would be Younginer's "perfect world projection" ?

Where would Nick Hagadone rank on this list if he hadn't been dealt?

I'm curious as to how Sizemore has somehow failed to meet expectations. Sincere question not snarky, aggrieved Sizemore defender.

Some scouts believe Kalish can stay in CF because he makes very good reads on fly balls. Would you agree?

Kevin:

At what point do the Sox mandate a decision to the mound for Kelly?

Great stuff as usual Kev. A theoretical for you though: do you think you'd have ranked Kelly behind Westmoreland if he'd pitched all year and continued getting the results he got in the first half of the year? Honest theoretical, like the poster above.

I saw Reddick play last year, and was very impressed. Of course I saw him play against the Orioles, against whom he was, as Kevin notes, 6 for 16 with two homers.

Another lesson in the futility trying to draw conclusions from a few games.

What's a larder?

The system seems a little weaker than it has the in the past. Is there enough here to get a big trade done?

" Westmoreland could be the kind of player people thought Grady Sizemore would become."

Sizemore in 2008 hit .268/.374/.502 with plus defense in center and 33 bombs. If he could have become something more, we're talking one hell of player. Why don't you just say "essentially has no ceiling"?

Kevin, what did you hear that kept Exposito off this list?

Does Hissey have any chance of hitting for power?

What are your thoughts on Exposito?

KG, what are your thoughts on Stephen Fife? He seems to both get a lot of groundballs and a decent number of K's (generally with low walks). Future starter on a contender at least?

I've seen you write about Expo's defense before, that it's so-so. It's strange to see, as he was considered to be an excellent defensive catcher coming through Lowell, and his leadership skills were noticeable. I know he needs to work on his throwing, but are there other catching skills that scouts feel are lacking? What happened to him?

What happened to Michael Bowden? Man had a 3.13 ERA in AAA and was in the top 11 last year - I think he was 3rd or 4th. Yet not even a mention this year?

I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on Yamaico Navarro. I can understand why he didn't make this list with an erratic performance, but I've just a feeling that this guy's breaking out next year.

Felix Doubront?

Jeremy Hermida misses the 25 and under list by about two months. Where would he rank if he qualified?

Given the article a month or two back about how Chapman figures to translate as an MLB pitcher (more or less: not so hot), why would you shoot him to the top of so many teams' top prospect lists?

What's the story with Middlebrooks these days?

Peter Hissey. Where would he rank in Boston's system?

What did people think sizemore would be come?

Derrik Gibson is going to become the next Brian Roberts, but with a better eye. I am very high on this kid and I saw him and Westmoreland this year and they could be the Redsox future 1 and 2 hitters. I also caught Alex Wilson's debut and he was sitting 89-91 and touched 93 on a legit gun.

Great work Kevin. I see you stated that if the sox were to sign Chapman that he would head the list. Did you mean the top prospect list and or the top 25 year old and under list?

Refresh my memory- where did this system rank last year?

Here's a silly question, but is there a particular reason that age 25 is the cutoff for your list? In a perfect world, f you take a college player who spends a year a piece at AA, AAA and then the majors, then he would drop off the list in his second season in the majors... but he'd still be before his prime years and not really established with just one major league season. That's also assuming the player doesn't get injured or misses a year because of signing issues. I might be way off, but would 26 and under be a more useful measure of the young talent in an organization and similarly, what established talent might be blocking lower-tier prospects?

The only thing that bugs me about an otherwise extraordinarily informative writeup is the assertion that Rizzo's HR power "needs" to show up soon simply because he's a 1B prospect. While HR power is the single most important attribute for a 1B, it's not *necessary* the way K rate is for a pitcher. If Rizzo's HR power never shows up, you're still essentially describing Mark Grace there. A 1B prospect who projected to be an average defender instead of Rizzo's +10 or so and had shown an extra +10 runs of projected power would, I think, be a four star prospect, simply because of that ultimately irrational bias that a 1B "needs" to have plus HR totals. But it's the whole package that matters, not the way the value is distributed.

Kev, it seems that each year, more and more stuff is added to the Top 11 (now top 14)--I got to admit that I enjoyed being able to skim through it with ease, but it just seems a little too much this year? Ephemera, really? I had to look up its definition, and I am still unsure of what it means? The good, the bad, and perfect-world projection sections are the real "meat and potatoes," because they are all information that I can use when displaying my prospect knowledge....

Kevin,

One season can drasticly alter your values this much? Anderson fell from a five star prospect to "although the projections for stardom are a thing of the past for now" Really?