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Today’s Pipeline Perspective focuses on the best prospect trios in a single
farm system. I went with the Twins’ Byron Buxton, Miguel Sano and Alex
Meyer, and I’ll list the top 15 in order below (MLBPipeline.com Top 100
rankings in parentheses):
1. OF Byron Buxton (1), 3B Miguel Sano (4) & RHP Alex Meyer (28), Twins.
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2. SS Javier Baez (7), 3B Kris Bryant (9) & OF Albert Almora (18), Cubs.
This was Jonathan Mayo’s No. 1 choice and a close second for me.
3. SS Carlos Correa (8), RHP Mark Appel (17) & OF George Springer (21), Astros.
Three major reasons why Houston has the game’s best farm system.
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4. OF Gregory Polanco (13), RHP Jameson Taillon (16) & RHP Tyler Glasnow (27),
Pirates.
If this were all-pitcher trios, Pittsburgh would rank atop this list with
Taillo, Glasnow and Nick Kingham.
5. SS/3B Xander Bogaerts (2), LHP Henry Owens (30) & OF Jackie Bradley Jr.
(33), Red Sox.
Boston led all organizations with nine prospects on our Top 100.
6. RHP Kyle Zimmer (25), RHP Yordano Ventura (35) & SS Raul Adalberto Mondesi
(38), Royals.
Kansas City hasn’t had a homegrown All-Star shortstop since ... ever.
7. RHP Jon Gray (14), RHP Eddie Butler (41) & OF David Dahl (71), Rockies.
Look for Dahl to rebound in a huge way this season.
8. RHP Noah Syndergaard (11), C Travis d’Arnaud (22) & RHP Rafael Montero
(85), Mets.
Syndergaard and d’Arnaud came from the Blue Jays in the R.A. Dickey trade.
9. SS Francisco Lindor (10), OF Clint Frazier (48) & RHP Trevor Bauer (73),
Indians.
All three were taken in the top eight overall picks in the 2011 or
2013 Drafts.
10. SS Corey Seager (34), OF Joc Pederson (36) & LHP Julio Urias (64), Dodgers.
I like Urias more than RHP Zach Lee, who’s No. 63 on our Top 100.
11. LHP Andrew Heaney (29), 3B Colin Moran (51) & OF Jake Marisnick (65),
Marlins.
Miami is on a roll with its last four first-round picks: Christian Yelich,
Jose Fernandez, Heaney and Moran.
12. RHP Dylan Bundy (20), RHP Kevin Gausman (31) & LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (68),
Orioles.
Baltimore’s future No. 1, 2 and 3 starters, and the future fast approaches.
13. OF Oscar Taveras (3), 2B Kolten Wong (58) & OF Stephen Piscotty (98),
Cardinals.
Not sure how St. Louis will find room, but Taveras and Wong are ready now and
Piscotty is close.
14. RHP Archie Bradley (5), SS Chris Owings (77) & RHP Braden Shipley (79),
Diamondbacks.
Shipley at No. 15 in the 2013 Draft could be a steal of Wachaesque proportions.
15. C Jorge Alfaro (39), 2B Rougned Odor (59) & SS Luis Sardinas (76), Rangers.
The only all-international trio on this list; I like Sardinas more than OF
Michael Choice, No. 72 on our Top 100.
投手大战：
1. Jon Gray (14) & Eddie Butler (41), Rockies. The two best fastball/slider
combinations in the Minors.
2. Dylan Bundy (20) & Kevin Gausman (31), Orioles. If Bundy didn’t have Tommy
John surgery, this duo would rank No. 1 — or Bundy might already have lost his
rookie/prospect eligibility.
3. Jameson Taillon (16) & Tyler Glasnow (27), Pirates. Jonathan Mayo’s choice
for the top tandem.
4. Kyle Zimmer (25) & Yordano Ventura (35), Royals. Their development is
crucial for an organization that has struggled to grow its own starters.
5. Archie Bradley (5) & Braden Shipley (79), Diamondbacks. Bradley went seventh
overall in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft and Shipley was the No. 15 overall
choice in 2013 — and both could be steals.
6. Alex Meyer (28) & Kohl Stewart (40), Twins. Another organization waylaid by
its inability to find frontline starters, Minnesota addressed that shortcoming
by trading for Meyer and drafting Stewart seven months apart.
7. Mark Appel (17) & Lance McCullers Jr. (52), Astros. Along with Carlos
Correa, Appel is part of baseball’s best hitter/pitcher prospect combination.
8. Aaron Sanchez (23) & Marcus Stroman (55), Blue Jays. We graded 14 pitchers
on the Top 100 as having a 65 or better (on the 20-80 scouting scale) fastball
and breaking ball; the Rockies, Twins, Astros and Blue Jays were the only teams
with two of them.
9. Noah Syndergaard (11) & Rafael Montero (85), Mets. No duo on this list has
better control and command (at least not until Bundy makes a full recovery).
10. Henry Owens (30) & Allen Webster (46), Red Sox. If these two can learn to
harness their swing-and-miss stuff, the defending World Series champs are going
to be even more formidable.
11. Kyle Crick (32) & Edwin Escobar (95), Giants. A contrast in styles, with a
raw but overpowering righty (Crick) and a polished lefty (Escobar).
12. Lucas Giolito (44) & A.J. Cole (69), Nationals. Giolito has rebounded from
Tommy John surgery out of high school and his ceiling rivals that of any of
these prospects.
13. Max Fried (43) & Matt Wisler (78), Padres. Giolito and Fried formed a
pretty nifty 1-2 punch at the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles.
14. C.J. Edwards (42) & Pierce Johnson (100), Cubs. Though they’re
overshadowed by a deep crop of hitting prospects in Chicago’s system, these
guys could rank a lot higher on the Top 100 a year from now.
15. Zach Lee (63) & Julio Urias (64), Dodgers. Lee may have signed for $5
million, but it’s the precocious Urias who has the higher ceiling.