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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The list is out and it is my pleasure to provide my analysis. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">There are 55 AL Prospects in the Top 100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">12 are USML free agents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Only 32 are hitting prospects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">And only 25 of those hitting prospects are owned by a USML team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Of the 25 hitting prospects, only a very few are presumably available for trade:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">There are 3 teams within 7 points of first place:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Bombers</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> have only 1 – #45 - Luis Roberts $5 and this is his first year
in MLB. Assuming his development doesn’t stall, we won’t see him until 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Calamari</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> have only 1 - #76 – Lourdes Gurriel $10 – but he is on a Y1 contract. Admittedly
the Calamari do a very impressive 6 Pitching prospects, but when’s the last time one of those worked out? (See, for example Dane Dunning).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Berliners</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> have traded away #12 - Royce Lewis $10 and #96 – Nick Gordon
$10, but still have 3 remaining - #13 – Jo Adell $10, #46 – Leody Taveras $10 and #58 – Kyle Lewis $10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">There are another 2 teams in the 50’s:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Nukes </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">have 4 - #38 – Alex Kiriloff $2, #80 - Brandon Marsh $5, #92 –
Ronaldo Hernandez $2 and #96 – Nick Gordon $10. But the Nukes have already indicated that they’re playing for 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">AYM</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> have only 1 - #51 – Franklin Barreto $5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">There are 4 teams in the 40’s:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Buddha</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> has 4, however one is on a running contract (#65 – Austin Hayes). The
other three are #1 – Vlad Guerrero, Jr. $5, #41 – Jake Bauers $5 and 66 – Ryan Mountcastle $5. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Lubeasts</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> have 3 though one is on a running contract - #5 – Eloy Jimenez
$13. The other two are #7 – Bo Bichette $10 and #57 – Estevan Florial $10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Klein Nine </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">have 3 - #11 – Wily Adames $5, #25 – Francisco Mejia $5 and
#37 – Yordan Alvarez #5.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Brats </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">have 2, but one of them is on Y1 contract (#55 – Willie Calhoun
$9). The other is a good one though, #10 – Kyle Tucker $5.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Bringing up the rear are the <b>Hoosier Daddies</b> with 3, though one is on a Y1 contract (Dustin Fowler $10). The other two are #12 – Royce Lewis $10 and #78
Danny Jansen $5.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">What does it all mean, you ask. Assuming that the race is boiling down to 3 or 4 teams, there is really only one place to shop if you’re looking for top notch
prospects from which to build for the future. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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