{"id":10430,"date":"2015-04-10T08:57:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T12:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10430"},"modified":"2015-04-14T08:37:28","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T12:37:28","slug":"nats-top-prospects-where-to-see-them-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10430","title":{"rendered":"Nats top prospects; where to see them in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inspired by a MLBpipeline.com’s similar data for their top 100 players<\/a>, here’s a look at the Nats top 30 prospects<\/a>, where they’re starting the 2015 season, and where we expect to see them by year’s end.\u00a0 I’ve also thrown in where they were last year and a prediction of where they’ll be at year’s end.\u00a0 (Along the same theme,\u00a0 here’s where all 300 named players<\/a> from Keith Law<\/strong>‘s per-system top 10s are starting as well).<\/p>\n

For my top list of prospects, I’m using MLB.com’s list and rankings … and have thrown in Trea Turner<\/strong> in his approximate MLB ranking (around 4th-5th in our system).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/td>\nName<\/td>\n2014 Location(s)<\/td>\n2015 Opening Day Location<\/td>\n2015 Eventual Primary Location<\/td>\n2015 Projected Ending Location<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nLucas Giolito<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\nXST<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A\/AA if he excels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nMichael Taylor<\/td>\nAAA to MLB debut<\/td>\nMLB<\/td>\nAAA\/MLB injury dependent<\/td>\nMLB bench<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nA.J. Cole<\/td>\nAA to AAA<\/td>\nAAA<\/td>\nAAA primarily\/MLB 9\/1 callup<\/td>\nMLB debut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nReynaldo Lopez<\/td>\nShort-A to Low-A<\/td>\nXST<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A\/AA if he excels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.5<\/td>\nTrea Turner<\/td>\nLow-A Fort Wayne (SD)<\/td>\nAA (SD)<\/td>\nHigh-A \/AA ?<\/td>\nAA, especially if he’s starting there for SD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nJoe Ross<\/td>\nHigh-A to AA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAAA with good AA performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nErick Fedde<\/td>\nCollege\/HS (UNLV)<\/td>\nXST (DL)<\/td>\nGCL<\/td>\nShort-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nJakson Reetz<\/td>\nGCL<\/td>\nXST<\/td>\nShort-A<\/td>\nShort-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nWilmer Difo<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nDrew Ward<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nAustin Voth<\/td>\nLow-A to AA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAAA with good AA performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nPedro Severino<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nNick Pivetta<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nJefry Rodriguez<\/td>\nShort-A to Low-A<\/td>\nXST<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nBrian Goodwin<\/td>\nAAA to MLB debut<\/td>\nXST (DL)<\/td>\nAAA<\/td>\nMLB depth if he can rebound<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nVictor Robles<\/td>\nDSL<\/td>\nXST<\/td>\nGCL<\/td>\nGCL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nFelipe Rivero<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAAA<\/td>\nAAA full-time<\/td>\nAAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nDrew Vettleson<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAAA since he’s repeating AA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nRafael Bautista<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nJake Johansen<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nSpencer Kieboom<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nRobbie Dickey<\/td>\nShort-A to Low-A<\/td>\nXST<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nMatt Skole<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAAA<\/td>\nAAA , MLB bench if he regains his power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nTony Renda<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nAnderson Franco<\/td>\nDSL<\/td>\nXST<\/td>\nGCL<\/td>\nGCL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nTaylor Hill<\/td>\nAAA to MLB debut<\/td>\nAAA<\/td>\nAAA as starter depth<\/td>\nMLB depth as needed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nRaudy Read<\/td>\nShort-A<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\nLow-A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nChris Bostick<\/td>\nHigh-A Myrtle Beach<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nHigh-A<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nSammy Solis<\/td>\nHigh-A\/Injury rehab<\/td>\nXST<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nMatt Purke<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA\/AAA if he can successfully convert to relief<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nAbel De Los Santos<\/td>\nHigh-A Myrtle Beach<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\nAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I’ve uploaded the XLS that I used to create this spreadsheet to google here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 You can sort the spreadsheet online by any of the columns (in fact, i’ve added a pseudo-rank column for each category for intelligent sorting from high level to low) to see where these guys will be by team.\u00a0 To summarize:<\/p>\n