Post-2012 Indians Top 125 Prospect List

Top prospect lists created at this time of year are at one time the most easy and most difficult to prepare.  So many things change over the winter.  Trades, releases, Rule 5 draft and performance in the AFL, Parallel League and Fall Instructs.  All those things change the face of a prospect list.  Still, below is my best list at the moment.   Expect this list to change as gather more information on these players over the winter.

The standards for being on this list is 130 or less big league ABs, 50 innings pitched, or, for relief pitchers, 30 relief appearances.  Assumptions made include that Cody Allen and Corey Kluber will not reach 30 appearances or 50 IP and that Russ Canzler will not reach 130 ABs.  I have gone to 125 players although most of those guys below 50 are based on very little data. 

The thing that is striking to me about this list is that our top prospects are SS, that we have many more question marks than I would like to see at this time and, finally, that there is so much upside to this list that it is umbelievable.  Lots of guys with lots of intriguing tools who may not go anywhere or who may blossom into really good ML players.  Ronny Rodriguez and Carlos Moncrief are two such guys.  Intriguing on a Jonathon Van Every level.  Lots of tools but with significant holes still in their games.

If forture is with us we could be looking at a great farm system that appears only to be marginal right now.  However, the chances of that are slim.  Still, as an Indians' fan that is probably the best you could hope for at this point.

Here goes:

1.             Francisco Lindor – SS

2.             Dorsyss Paulino – SS

3.             Tony Wolters – SS

4.             Mitch Brown – RHSP

5.             Cody Allen - RHRP

6.             Chun Chen – 1B/C

7.             Ronny Rodriguez – SS

8.             Jesus Aguilar – 1B

9.             Tyler Naquin - OF

10.          Shawn Armstrong – RHRP

11.          Giovanny Urshela – 3B

12.          Scott Barnes – LHRP

13.          Juan Diaz – SS

14.          Giovanny Soto – RHSP

15.          Dylan Baker – RHSP

16.          LeVon Washington – OF

17.          D’vonne McClure – OF

18.          Luigi Rodriguez OF

19.          Alex Lavisky – C

20.          Hector Rondon – RHSP

21.          Danny Salazar – RHSP

22.          Cord Phelps – Utility

23.          Tim Fedroff – OF

24.          T.J. McFarland – LHSP

25.          T.J. House – LHSP

26.          Rob Bryson – RHRP

27.          Chen Lee – RHRP

28.          Cole Cook – RHRP

29.           Nelson Rodriguez – C/1B

30.          Alexander Perez – LHSP

31.          Elvis Araujo – LHSP

32.          Matt Packer - LHSP

33.          Austin Adams – RHSP

34.          Jose Ramirez – SS

35.          Bryson Myles – OF

36.          Cody Anderson – RHP

37.          Roberto Perez – C

38.          Robbie Aviles – RHSP

39.          Carlos Moncrief – OF

40.          Anthony Santander – OF

41.          Corey Kluber – RHSP

42.          Felix Sterling – RHP

43.          Kieran Lovegrove – LHP

44.          Joseph Colon - RHSP

45.          Luis DeJesus - RHSP

46.          Trey Haley - RHRP

47.          Jake Sisco – RHSP

48.          Caleb Hamrick - RHSP

49.          Dillon Howard - RHSP

50.          Josh McAdams – OF

51.          Tyler Booth – OF  

52.          Jared Goedert – 3B

53.          Jake Lowery – C

54.          Charlie Valerio – C

55.          Claudio Bautista - SS

56.          Joe Wendle – 2B

57.          Jacob Lee - RHRP

58.          Alex Monsalve – C

59.          Bryce Stowell – RHRP

60.          Tyler Sturdevant – RHRP

61.          Adam Abraham – 1B/3B

62.          Tyler Holt – OF

63.          Clayton Cook – RHSP

64.          Matt Langwell – RHRP

65.          Thomas Neal – OF

66.          Russ Canzler -  Utility

67.          Michael Goodnight – RHSP

68.          Preston Guilmet – RHRP

69.          Vinnie Rottino - Utility

70.          Enosil Tejada – RHRP

71.          Jordan Smith – 3B/OF

72.          Nick Weglarz – OF

73.          Jorge Martinez – 2B

74.          Bo Greenwell – OF

75.          Jairo Kelly - SS

76.          Jordan Henry – OF

77.          Brett Brach – RHSP

78.          Eric Berger – LHRP

79.          Mike Rayl – RHSP

80.          Shawn Morimando – LHSP

81.          Anthony Gallas – OF

82.           Kyle Blair – RHSP

83.          Kyle Bellows – 3B

84.          Eric Haase – C

85.          Joshua Nervis – RHRP

86.          Benny Suarez – LHRP

87.          Daniel Jimenez – RHSP

88.          Louis Head – RHRP

89.          Juan Nivar - RHP

90.          Luis Gomez – RHP

91.          Anthony Vizcaya - RHP

92.          Manny Carmona – RHRP

93.          Odomar Valez – 2B

94.          Victor Cabral – OF

95.          Michael Depen - OF

96.          Erik Gonzales – 2B

97.          Bryan Price – RHRP

98.          Paulo Espino – RHSP

99.          Josh Martin – RHRP

100.        Thomas White - RHRP

101.        Jerrud Sabourin – 1B

102.        Logan Vick – OF

103.        Yhoxian Medina – 2B

104.        Juan Romero – 3B

105.        Jose Flores – RHRP

106.        Todd Hankins – 2B

107.        Grant Sides – RHRP

108.        Ryan Merritt - RHSP

109.        Robel Garcia – 3B

110.        Anderson Polanco – RHP

111.        Leonardo Castillo – 3B

112.        Jeremie Tice – 1B

113.        Mason Radeke – RHRP

114.        Nick Pasquale – RHRP

115.        Jeff Johnson – RHRP

116.        Jordan Cooper – RHP

117.        Wil Roberts – RHSP

118.        Luis Morel – RHSP

119.        Rafael Homblert – RHRP

120.        Scott Peoples – RHRP

121.        Cody Penny – RHRP

122.        Luis Lugo – RHSP

123.        Alexis Paredes – RHRP

124.        Carlos Diaz – RHSP

125.        Ramon Rodriguez - RHSP