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Royals on Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect Lists from 1990 to 2010

I have finally complied all of Baseball America's top 100 prospect lists back to 1990.  I have gone ahead and pulled out all the Royals and current members of the team. Also, I used Victor Wang's and Erik Manning's prospect valuations to put a value for each year.  

 

Year Name Pos Rank
2010 MIKE MONTGOMERY LHP 39
2010 AARON CROW RHP 40
2010 MIKE MOUSTAKAS 3B 80
2010 NOEL ARGUELLES LHP 100




2009 MIKE MOUSTAKAS 3B 13
2009 ERIC HOSMER 1B 24
2009 DANIEL CORTES RHP 90




2008 MIKE MOUSTAKAS SS 18
2008 DANIEL CORTES RHP 57
2008 LUKE HOCHEVAR RHP 63

 

2007 ALEX GORDON 3b 2
2007 BILLY BUTLER of 25
2007 LUKE HOCHEVAR rhp 32




2006 ALEX GORDON 3b 13
2006 BILLY BUTLER of 29
2006 JUSTIN HUBER 1b 84




2005 Billy Butler 3b 75
2005 Mark Teahen 3b 85




2004 Zack Greinke rhp 14
2004 Chris Lubanski of 68




2003 Zack Greinke rhp 54




2002 Angel Berroa ss 15
2002 Jimmy Gobble lhp 50




2001 Chris George lhp 25
2001 Dee Brown of 48
2001 Mike MacDougal rhp 79




2000 Dee Brown of 11
2000 Chris George lhp 40
2000 Kyle Snyder rhp 70
2000 Dan Reichert rhp 75
2000 Orber Moreno rhp 83




1999 Carlos Beltran of 14
1999 Carlos Febles 2b 30
1999 Jeff Austin rhp 55
1999 Orber Moreno rhp 57
1999 Jeremy Giambi of 64
1999 Dermal Brown of 92




1998 Dermal Brown of 32




1997 Jim Pittsley rhp 56
1997 Glendon Rusch lhp 89
1997 Carlos Beltran of 93




1996 Jim Pittsley rhp 24
1996 Glendon Rusch lhp 83




1995 Johnny Damon of 9
1995 Michael Tucker of 32
1995 Jim Pittsley rhp 39
1995 Sergio Nunez 2b 61
1995 Jeff Granger lhp 74




1994 Jeff Granger lhp 19
1994 Michael Tucker 2b 25
1994 Johnny Damon of 31
1994 Jim Pittsley rhp 82




1993 Johnny Damon of 22
1993 Jim Pittsley rhp 32
1993 Michael Tucker 2b-of 40




1992 Joel Johnston rhp 59
1992 Darren Burton of 77




1991 Jeff Conine 1b 45
1991 Kerwin Moore of 67




1990 Bob Hamelin 1b 31
1990 Kevin Appier rhp 86

 

Using Manning's and Wang's valuations, here is how each system was valued each year using just the Top 100 lists.

 

Year Value (Millions) GM
1990 $33.2 Schuerholz/Baird
1991 $37.6 Robinson
1992 $24.6 Robinson
1993 $64.4 Robinson
1994 $74.2 Robinson
1995 $102.1 Robinson
1996 $25.7 Robinson
1997 $34.4 Robinson
1998 $23.4 Robinson
1999 $99.4 Robinson
2000 $75.0 Robinson/Baird
2001 $58.3 Baird
2002 $41.0 Baird
2003 $12.1 Baird
2004 $39.3 Baird
2005 $26.7 Baird
2006 $61.0 Baird/Moore
2007 $77.5 Moore
2008 $49.3 Moore
2009 $60.0 Moore
2010 $54.1 Moore

 

Finally, here are some current Royals and their previous team's rank.

 

Name Team Pos Year Rank
ALCIDES ESCOBAR BREWERS SS 2010 12
ALCIDES ESCOBAR BREWERS SS 2009 19
JEREMY JEFFRESS BREWERS RHP 2009 100
Kyle Davies Braves rhp 2005 53
Jeff Francoeur Braves of 2005 14
Jeff Francoeur Braves of 2004 27
Wilson Betemit Braves 3b 2003 49
Jeff Francoeur Braves of 2003 95
Wilson Betemit Braves ss 2002 8
Wilson Betemit Braves ss 2001 29
Wilson Betemit Braves ss 2000 99
Jason Kendall Pirates c 1996 26
Gil Meche Mariners rhp 1999 78
Gil Meche Mariners rhp 1998 82