Four Royals Make Baseball America's Top 100 List

by Freneau on Feb 23, 2010 2:47 PM EST

I guess the big news out of this is the decline of Moose and Hoz's ranks.

#39- Montgomery

#40- Crow

#80- Moose

#100- Arguelles

Last season Hosmer came in at #24, Moose at #13. (2009 was just an awesome year for everything!) I believe this is Montgomery's first appearance on the list, though I could be wrong.

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Where's Buster Posey?

Joke aside, the great thing about these rankings is that there will be another one next year, so if Moustakas and Hosmer have good seasons, they will move back up(although given the position switch, and maybe another to the outfield down the road, Moustakas may never get as high as he was previously).

by Gopherballs on Feb 23, 2010 2:53 PM EST reply actions

Moustakas may never get as high as he was previously

Not sure I’d feel safe saying the same about Dan Cortes

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by Matt Klaassen on Feb 23, 2010 5:02 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

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by Jeff Zimmerman on Feb 24, 2010 12:04 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah

I expect Hosmer and Moose to bounce back this year and move up next year. Another guy who could make a move this year (imo) is Arguelles… maybe 20 or 30 spot jump or so

by kcfan92 on Feb 23, 2010 2:56 PM EST reply actions

Melville is another candidate to jump into the top 100 with a strong year

And we’re pretty much guaranteed to have our first round pick in June’s draft show up in next year’s top 100 list.

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by RoyalsRetro on Feb 23, 2010 3:02 PM EST up reply actions

Dwyer also

big fan

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by doublestix on Feb 23, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions

Will Myers may also.

Some people seem to love him

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by Jeff Zimmerman on Feb 23, 2010 2:59 PM EST reply actions

seriously

by Freneau on Feb 23, 2010 3:01 PM EST up reply actions

From BA's John Manuel in the comments section:

For some of the comments so far—For me, Moustakas is a bit more of a known quantity than Myers, and Myers’ position future is still up in the air. Myers has a higher ceiling, I think that’s fair to say, but we try to balance ceiling with likelihood of reaching that ceiling.

by Gopherballs on Feb 23, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions

Post in the works

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by Jeff Zimmerman on Feb 23, 2010 10:47 PM EST up reply actions

No Monty last year

Although Dan Cortes was 90th.

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by RoyalsRetro on Feb 23, 2010 3:01 PM EST reply actions

Does that mean that Yuni

is at least the 90th best minor leaguer right now?

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by Sweep_the_Leg on Feb 23, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions

well he isn't yet,

but he's projected to be

/GMDM

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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Feb 23, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions

I think Yuni would be a GREAT minor leaguer

Hope he gets the opportunity.

by Black and Gold on Feb 24, 2010 10:54 AM EST up reply actions

Why can't Baseball America just trust the process.

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by averagegatsby on Feb 23, 2010 11:45 PM EST reply actions

we should have more than 4

with the way we’ve been spending…next year’s list may have a few more names on it like hosmer, melville, myers, and whoever we draft next in the first round..

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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Feb 23, 2010 11:56 PM EST reply actions