Top high school prospects for 2005

[colbyjack]

According to Baseball America:

 

www.baseballamerica.com/t...wba20.html

 

A few more 3B prospects listed that we haven't even takled about, including their #6 prospect, David Adams, who has drawn a few comparisons to Mets' 3B David Wright. Uh-oh...http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif .

 

Brandon Snyder, whom I just mentioned last night in the Clement thread, was listed at #7.

 

Keep in mind, these top prospect lists aren't necessarily top prospects overall for the 2005 draft, just the top prospects for the event.

[colbyjack]

A first look at BA's top 100 high school prospects along with their college commitments:

 

www.baseballamerica.com/t...100hs.html

 

***I forgot to mention that Rickie's little brother, Jemille, checks in at #48.

[Awild102]

Besides Weeks' brother Jemile, the list includes Tampa Bay 1st-rounder BJ Upton's brother Justin at #1 and Texas 1st-rounder John Danks' brother Jordan at #7.

[colbyjack]

An interesting Q&A from AskBA today:

 

With November being the first month high school baseball recruits can sign a letter of intent, it got me to wondering. Of the top 100 high school players from last year, how many are going to college and how many signed a pro contract?

 

To answer this question, I looked at the latest version of the Top 100 High School Prospects list we put out, which came in our Early Draft Preview issue. Because major league teams are reluctant to let top prep talent get away, I expected that the majority of the Top 100 would have turned pro.

 

I was wrong.

 

Just 44 players signed out of the draft. Half of that total came from the first 30 players on the Top 100, while only 22 of the bottom 70 players entered pro ball. Most of the players who didn't turn pro had strong college commitments and/or disappointing senior seasons, including the four players among the top 20 who didn't sign: outfielder Michael Taylor (No. 5, now at Stanford) and righthanders Andy Gale (No. 9, North Carolina), Kenn Kasparek (No. 13, Texas) and Erik Davis (No. 15, Angels). Taylor went undrafted.

 

Of the 56 players who opted against signing, 52 are attending four-year colleges. Three righthanders are at junior colleges and remain under control to the team who drafted them: Manatee (Fla.) CC's Brian Johnson (No. 39, drafted by the Brewers in the 30th round), JC of Southern Idaho's Troy Grundy (No. 59, Dodgers, 41st round) and Pensacola (Fla.) JC's Will Jostock (No. 62, Royals, 39th round).

 

The other unsigned player, outfielder Corey Brown, originally had a scholarship to play at Virginia. But the Cavaliers rescinded it after Brown pleaded guilty to felony battery in an incident in which he had sex with an underage girl. I can't find any record of where Brown ended up, and my guess is that he's at a junior college somewhere.

 

I bolded DFE Brian Johnson to point out a player to watch in the DFE process, but after reading the question I too thought the answer would have been that most of the top rated players had signed. It would be interesting to see how this list compares to other years, and how their early projected top 100 compared to their top 100 HS prospects just before the draft, and what percentage of those players ended up signing.

 

This does reinforce the notion of signing a player that falls since we will not have a 2nd round pick. There should be plenty to choose from assuming this trend continues.