01 |
MATT WIETERS |
C,ORIOLES |
1.054: His on-base plus slugging percentage in 2008 between two minor league levels. |
Opening Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2009 | |
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11 |
TREVOR CAHILL |
RHP, ATHLETICS |
2.25: ERA for Team USA in two Olympic starts last season en route to a bronze medal |
Opening Day Age: 21 |
ETA: 2009 | |
02 |
DAVID PRICE |
LHP, RAYS |
109: Strikeouts, in 110 minor league innings, between three levels last season. |
Opening Day Age: 23 |
ETA: 2009 | |
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12 |
PEDRO ALVAREZ |
3B, PIRATES |
9/24: Date he signed with the Pirates—more than a month after the Aug. 15 deadline—after the union's grievance on his behalf. |
Opening Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2009 | |
03 |
COLBY RASMUS |
OF, CARDINALS |
2005: Year he led Russell County High to Alabama and national championships, when he also was a first-round pick. |
Opening Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2009 | |
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13 |
MIKE MOUSTAKAS |
3B, ROYALS |
1992: The last time a teenager led the Midwest League in homers, before he did it with 22 in 2008. |
Opening Day Age: 20 |
ETA: 2010 | |
04 |
TOMMY HANSON |
RHP, BRAVES |
49: Strikeouts in just 29 innings in the Arizona Fall League, when he became the first pitcher to win the league MVP award. |
Opening Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2009 | |
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14 |
BUSTER POSEY |
C, GIANTS |
.879: Division I-best slugging percentage for Florida State last spring, when he won BA's College Player of the Year award. |
Opening Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2010 | |
05 |
JASON HEYWARD |
OF, BRAVES |
14: Overall pick in the 2007 draft where the Braves nabbed Heyward, who wasn't expected to fall that far. |
Opening Day Age: 19 |
ETA: 2010 | |
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15 |
DEXTER FOWLER |
OF, ROCKIES |
14: Round in which he was drafted; he signed for $925,000, turning down a Miami scholarship. |
Opening Day Age: 23 |
ETA: 2009 | |
06 |
TRAVIS SNIDER |
OF, BLUE JAYS |
50: Minor league homers in 305 career games. |
Opening Day Age: 21 |
ETA: 2009 | |
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16 |
MIKE STANTON |
OF, MARLINS |
.988: OPS away from Greensboro's cozy NewBridge Bank Park; it was .996 at home. |
Opening Day Age: 19 |
ETA: 2010 | |
07 |
BRETT ANDERSON |
LHP, ATHLETICS |
10.11: Strikeouts per nine innings he compiled in 2008 between two levels. |
Opening Day Age: 21 |
ETA: 2009 | |
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17 |
LARS ANDERSON |
1B, RED SOX |
.404: Career OBP in 252 career minor league games. |
Opening Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2009 | |
08 |
CAMERON MAYBIN |
OF, MARLINS |
8/18/07: Date when he hit his first big league homer—off Roger Clemens. |
Opening Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2009 | |
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18 |
LOGAN MORRISON |
1B, MARLINS |
29: RBIs in 25 games he played in the AFL while hitting .404. |
Opening Day Age: 21 |
ETA: 2010 | |
09 |
MADISON BUMGARNER |
LHP, GIANTS |
1.46: His minor league-best ERA last season at low Class A Augusta. |
Opening Day Age: 19 |
ETA: 2010 | |
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19 |
ALCIDES ESCOBAR |
SS, BREWERS |
5.44: His range factor last season—best among shortstops in BA's Prospect Handbook, and another way to say he's an elite defender. |
Opening Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2009 | |
10 |
NEFTALI FELIZ |
RHP, RANGERS |
3: Home runs allowed last season in 127 innings. |
Opening Day Age: 20 |
ETA: 2009 | |
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20 |
GORDON BECKHAM |
SS, WHITE SOX |
28: Home runs he hit for Georgia last season, tied for the NCAA Division I lead. |
Opening Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2009 | |