This week, Baseball Prospectus 2003 will be released to bookstores nationwide. To celebrate the release of the book, we're announcing our Top 40 Prospects here at the Web site. For more on these prospects, and more than 1,500 other players, you can now order BP directly from the publisher. As always, the book will contain our list of the top 40 prospects in baseball, as compiled by Rany Jazayerli, along with Jazayerli's exclusive commentary on each player.
To see what goes into creating this list, take a look at Part One and Part Two of a recent Roundtable series by Prospectus authors.
Without further ado, here are the Baseball Prospectus Top 40 Prospects for 2003:
- Mark Teixeira, 3B, Texas
- Hideki Matsui, RF, New York (AL)
- Jose Reyes, SS, New York (NL)
- Victor Martinez, C, Cleveland
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Jose Contreras, SP, New York (AL)
- Brandon Phillips, 2B/SS, Cleveland
- Hee Seop Choi, 1B, Chicago (NL)
- Jerome Williams, SP, San Francisco
- Joe Mauer, C, Minnesota
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Chris Snelling, OF, Seattle
- Jason Stokes, 1B, Florida
- Rich Harden, SP, Oakland
- Jesse Foppert, SP, San Francisco
- Marlon Byrd, CF, Philadelphia
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Michael Cuddyer, RF, Minnesota
- Shin-Soo Choo, OF, Seattle
- Aaron Heilman, SP, New York (NL)
- Brendan Harris, 3B, Chicago (NL)
- Kurt Ainsworth, SP, San Francisco
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Travis Hafner, 1B, Cleveland
- Francisco Rodriguez, RP, Anaheim
- Joe Borchard, CF, Chicago (AL)
- Scott Hairston, 2B, Arizona
- Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, Florida
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Jason Arnold, SP, Toronto
- John Patterson, SP, Arizona
- Casey Kotchman, 1B, Anaheim
- Rocco Baldelli, OF, Tampa Bay
- Miguel Cabrera, 3B, Florida
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Justin Morneau, 1B, Minnesota
- Wilson Betemit, SS, Atlanta
- Cliff Lee, SP, Cleveland
- Hanley Ramirez, SS, Boston
- Justin Huber, C, New York (NL)
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Clint Nageotte, SP, Seattle
- Juan Rivera, LF, New York (AL)
- Khalil Greene, SS, San Diego
- Jayson Werth, OF, Toronto
- Joey Thurston, 2B, Los Angeles
- Bobby Jenks, SP, Anaheim
Honorable Mentions
- Bobby Basham, SP, Cincinnati
- Jeremy Bonderman, SP, Detroit
- Bozied/Nady/Gautreau, H, San Diego
- Kevin Cash, C, Toronto
- Prince Fielder, 1B, Milwaukee
- Gavin Floyd, SP, Philadelphia
- Ken Harvey, 1B, Kansas City
- Brad Hawpe/Jack Cust, H, Colorado
- Brandon Larson, 3B, Cincinnati
- Todd Linden, LF, San Francisco
- James Loney, 1B, Los Angeles
- Miguel Olivo, C, Chicago (AL)
- Adam Wainwright, SP, Atlanta
- David Wright, 3B, New York (NL)
- Kevin Youkilis, 3B, Boston
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