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Grossest misuse of a reported post ever King. Do that again and I'm going o2 on your ass.

50 to 41 just debuted with 2 Indians on it Which would make 5 Indians on the list (I don't think Carrasco and Salazar will be top 25 but will be on. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2015-trade-value-50-41/ I also downgrade my Thor prediction as I noticed they seldom debut pitchers too high and there are so many great young players in the game right now.

He was only at 17 last year but I suppose losing his first arb case somehow helps his trade value. Maybe it's also because they still didn't 100% believe in him last year. I suppose top 10 makes sense.

Arenado will probably be in at 10 or higher. Four arbitration years as a super two. Boras will get him paid but still not anywhere near his value.

With so many great framers now isn't this value really going down. I mean it's a teachable skill. If Zunino bat isn't going to improve they'd be better off acquiring a potential league average in glove and bat and teaching the skill to them.

2014 list. Rank Name Age Team Position Projected WAR Controlled Through Contract Dollars Last Year 50 Yan Gomes 26 CLE C 3.4 2021 $40,950,000 Unranked 49 Starling Marte 25 PIT OF 3.0 2021 $52,500,000 31 48 Kyle Seager 26 SEA 3B 3.4 2017 Arb1 – Arb3 Unranked 47 Alex Cobb 26 TB SP 3.1 2017 Arb1 – Arb3 Unranked 46 Edwin Encarnacion 31 TOR DH 3.7 2016 $20,000,000 45 45 Julio Teheran 23 ATL SP 2.3 2020 $41,600,000 Unranked 44 Chris Archer 25 TB SP 2.4 2021 $42,250,000 Unranked 43 Devin Mesoraco 26 CIN C 3.0 2017 Arb1 – Arb3 Unranked 42 Corey Kluber 28 CLE SP 3.8 2018 Pre-Arb – Arb3 Unranked 41 Michael Brantley 27 CLE OF 2.6 2018 $30,000,000 Unranked 40 David Wright 31 NYM 3B 4.1 2020 $107,000,000 21 39 Dustin Pedroia 30 BOS 2B 4.2 2021 $107,500,000 25 38 Byron Buxton 20 MIN OF 1.2 TBD Pre-Arb – Arb3 Unranked 37 Jose Quintana 25 CHW SP 3.3 2020 $40,650,000 Unranked 36 Billy Hamilton 23 CIN OF 2.7 2019 Pre-Arb – Arb3 Unranked 35 Matt Carpenter 28 STL 3B 3.9 2020 $66,000,000 Unranked 34 Jose Fernandez 21 MIA SP 4.8 2018 Pre-Arb – Arb3 17 33 Carlos Gomez 28 MIL OF 4.8 2016 $17,000,000 33 32 Yordano Ventura 23 KC SP 2.8 2019 Pre-Arb – Arb3 Unranked 31 Sonny Gray 24 OAK SP 3.0 2019 Pre-Arb – Arb3 Unranked 30 Gregory Polanco 22 PIT OF 1.5 2020 Pre-Arb – Arb3 Unranked 29 Kris Bryant 22 CHC 3B 2.8 TBD Pre-Arb – Arb3 Unranked 28 Andrelton Simmons 24 ATL SS 3.8 2020 $56,000,000 Unranked 27 Jose Bautista 33 TOR OF 4.8 2016 $28,000,000 35 26 Stephen Strasburg 25 WAS SP 4.4 2016 Arb2 – Arb3 14 25 Matt Harvey 25 NYM SP 3.8 2018 Pre-Arb – Arb3 7 24 Freddie Freeman 24 ATL 1B 3.7 2021 $123,500,000 Unranked 23 Xander Bogaerts 21 BOS SS 2.0 2019 Pre-Arb – Arb3 29 22 Yadier Molina 31 STL C 4.5 2017 $43,000,000 11 21 Buster Posey 27 SF C 4.9 2022 $165,500,000 6 20 Adam Wainwright 32 STL SP 3.9 2018 $78,000,000 23 19 Felix Hernandez 28 SEA SP 5.7 2019 $129,000,000 22 18 Madison Bumgarner 24 SF SP 3.3 2019 $52,000,000 19 17 Josh Donaldson 28 OAK 3B 4.5 2018 Arb1 – Arb4 Unranked 16 Yu Darvish 27 TEX SP 5.1 2016 $20,000,000 20 15 Giancarlo Stanton 24 MIA OF 5.0 2016 Arb2 – Arb3 8 14 Jonathan Lucroy 28 MIL C 3.9 2017 $12,250,000 Unranked 13 Anthony Rendon 24 WAS 2B 3.5 2019 Pre-Arb – Arb3 44 12 Anthony Rizzo 24 CHC 1B 3.3 2021 $64,000,000 37 11 Chris Sale 25 CHW SP 5.0 2019 $53,150,000 16 10 Jose Abreu 27 CHW 1B 3.9 2019 $51,000,000 Unranked 9 Evan Longoria 28 TB 3B 5.1 2023 $152,600,000 5 8 Manny Machado 21 BAL 3B 4.2 2019 Pre-Arb – Arb3 3 7 Salvador Perez 24 KC C 4.0 2019 $18,500,000 36 6 Troy Tulowitzki 29 COL SS 6.4 2021 $129,000,000 13 5 Yasiel Puig 23 LAD OF 4.4 2018 Arb2 – Arb3 24 4 Bryce Harper 21 WAS OF 4.0 2018 Arb1 – Arb3 2 3 Paul Goldschmidt 26 ARI 1B 4.1 2019 $43,000,000 9 2 Andrew McCutchen 27 PIT OF 5.7 2018 $51,500,000 4 1 Mike Trout 22 LAA OF 7.6 2020 $139,500,000 1 I see Thor debuting in the top 15. Tulo has dropped right out. Molina likely too.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2015-trade-value-the-guys-who-just-missed-the-cut/ Any Jays predictions? I'll say EE off the list but on the Honorable mention. Travis might hit the HM too, Stoman would have made the list but might hit HM or just not make it because of the injury. Bats at 30, Donaldson at 16.

Team MVP: I'll avoid picking a pitcher and pick Springer. Before his injury he was doing a little of everything for my team. I'll give a little honourable mention for my 2B tandem that's putting up a .357/.430 slash. Sitting with Infante in my 2B spot to start the season, now I've got two under 30 options acquired for nothing (a third and Wilmer Difo I think). Team LVP: Marcel Ozuna. I was expecting a dropoff...but not this. Worst part is that he's my only CF next year. Team Ace: Only 13 innings but I'll give it to Jose Fernandez. Thor has been pretty good too. Team RA Dickey: I guess this has to go to Wade Miley. His first three weeks single-handily put me in a hole that I couldn't get out of in this stupid pool Breakout Prospect: I hate to took the horn of any pitcher who isn't being stretched out at all. Yohander Mendez came back from injury in a relief role and didn't give up a run for his 25 innings pitched. I thought lights out lefty in the pen was his future anyway so I'm pretty happy if this fast tracks him to the pen. Honourable mention to the most bland top 100 prospect who is improving but still bland Michael Conforto. Guy has the most boring .312/.394/.475 slash ever. Dud Prospect: I've always had two rules: don't tell anyone if the girl you went home with ended up having a penis and don't trust anyone named Lucas (these two might be related). I broke rule two with Lucas Sims. f*** him.

What was the terrible call running there...or pinch running with the 3rd slowest guy on the team.

Well you learned the written, but of you are going to pay the favor it will have to be oral.

Trent Clark is my new favourite prospect. The guy has been playing professional baseball for 2 weeks now and he's already been carted off on a stretcher after running into the wall head first, and now he's hit for the cycle. Got three shots at the single to do it though.

just be glad I have no talent left on my team as you just joined my no trade list.

Fixed now the Mexican can make fun of me typing in a second language. And yes you can suck my chicken

He's so exciting to watch though...last week he swung the bat twice in a game. Seriously though he said he likes to watch the first three or four pitches. That'll work in the bigs.

Stroman +

Also known as a good pitcher

I can't thank this enough (I haven't actually thanked it once but that is out of principle it being North). I was a stupid guy when I started on the boards... nothing has changed but because of some really smart people and a natural love of curiosity I reaearched on my own to get a basic understanding of the numbers and what they mean. Taking the time and just giving the basic understanding of where you are coming from will help get a point across more than saying something like "Hutch has been our best starter" or posting fangraph links and making absolute statements. Just my little preach to the really smart on the board...someday I'll even teach you to talk to humans face to face as a thank you

Watching Joey Votto of course. I've always laughed about the live pro scout like you are going to see something different than 420 innings of video since returning from his injury. But you got to employ that ex ball player...what else is he going to do?

Slugging .500 since you owned him...shoved that one up Dinger's ass.

Brewers suck. Adam Oattes should ditch them as he's the only guy with any talent.

So the Jays tried to sign Phillippe Aumont after his DFA with the Phils. He turned it down and joined the NCBL (essentially the Men's league in Ottawa). He just didn't want to play anymore. The National team convinced him to not give up and he's starting the 3rd game of the Pan Am games. If he performs well in the Pan Am games I expect the Jays to give him a minor league deal.

Any conversation with Barker is tough to listen to.

Collabello and Paulsen...I can play with one OF. After my beating from FeatherD I now I know how you felt after the 12-1 defeat. Even worse is that it puts the Feather back into the hunt.

So who taught Dayton Moore about baseball all of a sudden? Dumps Jason Frasor and his 1.54 ERA.

Adames made some fantastic plays in the game I went to this year. I'm betting his "he'll outgrow SS" tag has his defensive reviews staying negative. Zero chance you would have thought Crawford was the can't miss SS prospect, on that one game sample size. BP list was absolutely awful.