Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Indians top 100 prospect list - April 2015

OK, here is the list.  I will update this after the draft and the first few weeks of the International signing period.

1 Francisco Lindor
2 Bradley Zimmer
3 Giovanny Urshela
4 Justus Sheffeld
5 Clint Frazier
6 Yu-Cheng Chang
7 Mitch Brown
8 Jesus Aguilar
9 Cody Anderson
10 Tyler Naquin
11 Erik Gonzalez
12 Bobby Bradley
13 Mike Papi
14 James Ramsey
15 Austin Adams
16 Adam Plutko
17 Dace Kime
18 Shawn Morimando
19 Roberto Perez
20 Francisco Mejia
21 Luigi Rodriguez
22 Nellie Rodriguez
23 Mike Clevinger
24 Ryan Merritt
25 Tony Wolters
26 Carlos Moncrief
27 Shawn Armstrong
28 C. C. Lee
29 Dylan Baker
30 Grant Hockin
31 Sam Hentges
32 Sean Brady
33 Alex Pantoja
34 Giovanni Soto
35 Jordan Milbrath
36 Luis Lugo
37 Casey Shane
38 Shao-Ching Chiang
39 Li-Jen Chu
40 Gabriel Mejia
41 Anthony Gallas
42 LeVon Washington
43 Cameron Hill
44 Trey Haley
45 Jeff Johnson
46 Enosil Tejada
47 Jordan Smith
48 Jose Medina
49 Dorsys Paulino
50 Louis Head
51 Michael Roth
52 Nick Maronde
53 J Merryweather
54 Erlin Cerda
55 Wil Roberts
56 Greg Allen
57 Clayton Cook
58 Robbie Aviles
59 Justin Brantley
60 Silento Sayles
61 Sicnarf Loopstock
62 Todd Hankins
63 Bryan Price
64 Josh Martin
65 J.P. Feyereisen
66 Joe Colon
67 Ben Heller
68 Caleb Hamrick
69 Jared Robinson
70 Kenny Mathews
71 Leonardo Rodriguez
72 D'Vonne McCluere
74 Josh McAdams
74 Nate Winfrey
74 Micah Miniard
76 Christopher Cepedes
77 Ronny Rodriguez
78 Anthony Santander
79 Trevor Frank
80 Tyler Sturdevant
81 Thomas Pannone
82 Anderson Polanco
83 D.J. Brown
84 Grant Sides
85 Leonardo Linares
86 Michael Peoples
87 Taylor Murphy
88 Ping-Hseuh Chen
89 Emmanuel Tapia
90 Jodd Carter
91 Kieran Lovegrove
92 Daniel Gomez
93 Jose Rodiguez
94 Justin Toole
95 James Roberts
96 Grofi Cruz
97 Orlando Cedeno
98 Oscar Gonzalez
99 Julio Cabrera
100 Henderson D'Oleo

2015 Predictions

OK, here are my predictions.

Cleveland Indians:

Record: 90-72
MVP: Corey Kluber
Biggest surprise: Carlos Carrasco, Giovanny Urshela (tie)
Rookie of the year: Francisco Lindor and Giovanny Urshela (tie)
Players making their major league debuts:  Lindor, Urshela, Carlos Moncrief, James Ramsey, Shawn Armstrong, Cody Anderson

Farm teams:

Columbus: 80-64
Akron: 70-74
Lynchburg: 70-74
Lake County: 64-80

minor league MVP: Bradley Zimmer
biggest surprise: Clint Frazier (his season will surprise even though he is a top-ranked prospect)


I will have predictions for the rookie league teams after the draft is completed.