2008 Season
2007 / 2009
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Lincecum

Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects

#
Rank
Pos
Age
 
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
1
1
RF
21.2
11.8
83.3
28.9
 
0.8
1.3
4.9
2.2
1.6
2
2
3B
22.7
32.4
125.6
71.1
 
4.8
7.1
8.1
7.5
2.5
3
3
SW
22.8
7.2
31.7
13.7
 
3.6
1.3
0.0
0.8
0.1
4
4
SP
23.9
13.3
50.3
29.6
 
-1.2
2.0
5.7
1.9
0.9
5
5
CF
21.9
8.2
58.9
11.7
 
1.9
3.6
0.6
1.7
6
6
CF
21.2
8.2
45.4
9.0
 
0.8
-0.1
1.1
4.5
2.9
7
7
SP
20.3
28.3
83.4
54.1
 
1.1
4.6
5.1
7.2
6.6
8
8
SW
22.4
1.7
15.8
4.6
 
-0.2
0.2
-0.7
0.5
0.7
9
9
SP
22.2
4.1
33.6
13.5
 
-1.1
0.2
0.7
0.7
2.2
10
10
SP
22.8
15.2
56.2
31.3
 
0.4
0.9
4.8
2.8
6.9
11
11
LF
20.4
2.7
25.4
4.5
 
0.6
0.5
0.8
-0.0
0.5
12
12
C
22.1
13.0
69.2
20.9
 
1.4
2.5
5.1
3.6
13
13
CF
24.8
15.9
85.7
34.1
 
3.0
2.7
-0.1
8.1
1.0
14
14
CF
21.7
20.4
115.9
61.4
 
2.3
3.7
5.4
7.2
15
15
RP
21.9
1.3
9.6
2.9
 
0.1
-0.1
2.0
16
16
3B
23.3
-3.8
9.8
-6.0
 
-0.8
-0.2
-1.6
-0.9
17
17
SP
22.8
2.3
22.4
5.0
 
0.3
1.4
-0.3
1.6
18
18
3B
19.8
3.8
23.4
1.6
 
1.1
3.3
19
19
SS
19.8
14.3
73.7
14.5
 
3.6
1.4
4.1
3.7
20
20
LF
19.7
-1.4
4.0
-1.7
 
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
-0.4
21
21
SP
19.5
4.2
33.4
12.0
 
2.5
0.1
0.2
1.5
22
22
LF
22.7
16.3
81.0
32.6
 
1.0
1.8
5.9
4.4
1.5
23
23
1B
23.5
-0.9
19.0
1.2
 
0.5
-0.3
-0.8
-0.4
24
24
SP
21.9
0.0
0.9
0.4
 
-0.4
0.4
25
25
CF
21.8
-2.0
18.0
-1.7
 
-1.6
-0.2
-0.8
26
26
SP
22.8
11.9
52.1
28.7
 
-1.2
-0.3
3.9
4.4
4.7
27
27
1B
20.0
-0.7
1.0
-1.2
 
-0.7
28
28
RF
18.9
14.6
59.3
25.6
 
6.4
2.6
5.8
29
Adam Miller
29
rhp
 
30
30
RF
31.2
4.0
57.3
14.8
 
0.5
2.1
1.1
0.5
-0.2
31
31
3B
24.8
-0.1
19.9
-6.8
 
-1.1
2.4
-1.3
-0.1
32
32
3B
24.1
15.6
97.1
39.5
 
1.0
0.6
3.9
2.8
6.2
33
Angel Villalona
33
3b/1b
 
34
34
SP
22.4
13.4
62.7
36.2
 
1.1
0.8
1.9
3.4
5.5
35
Deolis Guerra
35
rhp
 
36
36
SP
20.4
5.8
24.2
11.3
 
2.3
2.0
1.1
0.9
37
37
LF
19.9
1.0
31.6
8.2
 
0.8
0.3
0.0
38
38
3B
23.2
3.7
32.6
-0.1
 
1.4
0.7
2.1
-0.8
0.1
39
39
SS
22.5
1.0
16.7
-0.5
 
-0.4
0.2
2.5
-0.4
-0.3
40
40
1B
20.8
-0.3
0.3
-0.6
 
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
41
41
CF
21.4
16.2
59.0
18.5
 
5.2
5.0
5.5
42
42
C
24.9
-1.2
5.6
-2.0
 
-0.6
-0.7
-0.3
43
43
3B
18.8
-1.2
0.5
-1.7
 
-1.2
44
44
1B
24.8
30.2
141.4
83.7
 
3.3
4.8
7.2
6.4
5.7
45
45
SP
23.5
10.3
45.9
24.4
 
-0.9
0.1
3.4
4.8
2.4
46
46
SP
19.6
3.8
13.5
6.8
 
0.4
3.8
47
47
C
25.4
8.7
67.7
13.3
 
3.2
0.2
3.1
1.7
-0.5
48
48
1B
22.9
8.5
43.9
11.9
 
0.7
0.8
5.4
0.1
0.3
49
49
SP
22.4
11.0
47.1
25.4
 
2.4
6.8
0.1
2.9
-1.4
50
50
2B
23.2
-0.3
0.7
-0.7
 
-0.3
51
51
SP
22.3
3.1
19.8
8.4
 
0.5
-0.5
1.0
1.4
52
52
CF
22.6
10.8
51.0
4.9
 
2.1
0.5
0.7
2.2
2.4
53
53
C
24.4
0.0
6.6
-4.9
 
-0.6
-0.1
-0.2
0.2
54
54
SP
21.3
0.2
7.4
1.6
 
-0.7
0.7
0.5
55
55
SS
24.4
-0.3
2.7
-2.3
 
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
-0.4
56
56
SP
26.4
3.3
29.7
5.0
 
2.3
3.2
-0.2
0.5
-2.1
57
57
RP
21.3
-0.1
0.1
-0.8
 
-0.0
-0.1
58
58
SP
21.8
2.5
20.4
0.2
 
2.6
0.2
1.3
0.4
-1.7
59
59
LF
21.7
6.7
30.7
12.0
 
0.0
2.4
3.3
60
60
RP
22.4
0.0
1.7
-0.5
 
0.0
-0.0
61
61
2B
22.8
6.6
59.4
20.0
 
-0.5
2.0
2.4
2.7
62
62
SS
18.3
0.1
0.7
0.2
 
0.1
63
63
SP
24.8
1.0
18.7
-5.2
 
0.4
-0.6
1.0
0.7
-1.3
64
64
SP
23.3
9.4
44.7
16.6
 
2.3
0.9
0.0
4.1
0.3
65
65
1B
22.3
3.6
47.0
16.2
 
1.0
-0.9
-0.5
-0.0
1.8
66
66
SP
23.9
12.2
53.0
27.8
 
1.1
1.6
3.3
1.3
4.1
67
67
SP
20.2
3.2
15.5
6.1
 
0.5
-0.0
-0.2
1.6
68
68
RP
23.5
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
 
-0.2
69
69
SP
25.1
-1.7
0.4
-3.2
 
-0.9
-0.5
70
70
LF
24.6
-0.3
2.7
-0.3
 
-0.3
0.1
71
Chuck Lofgren
71
lhp
 
72
72
SP
25.7
-2.7
11.7
-6.1
 
0.8
-2.3
-0.5
-0.9
73
73
SS
24.2
5.8
41.4
9.7
 
1.5
-0.5
1.6
0.5
2.2
74
74
CF
22.3
9.6
61.3
14.6
 
-0.3
1.2
1.7
2.6
2.7
75
75
RF
22.8
2.1
24.6
4.3
 
0.3
0.7
-1.0
2.1
76
76
2B
20.7
-0.3
0.5
-0.8
 
-0.3
77
77
SP
22.8
0.1
0.8
0.0
 
0.1
78
78
RP
22.8
3.0
11.1
3.9
 
0.0
0.9
1.9
79
79
C
20.4
0.6
4.8
-2.2
 
-0.1
0.6
-0.1
80
80
C
24.5
1.0
9.7
-1.0
 
1.0
0.3
-0.0
0.2
-0.3
81
81
RP
20.6
1.5
15.8
8.0
 
0.5
0.8
0.4
82
82
SP
22.5
-1.7
3.8
-4.5
 
-0.3
-0.2
-0.7
83
83
RP
19.5
0.1
1.8
0.2
 
0.2
84
Tim Alderson
84
rhp
 
85
85
C
21.5
-0.2
1.2
0.2
 
-0.1
-0.1
86
86
RP
22.1
-0.7
3.4
-4.3
 
-0.1
-0.4
0.4
-0.4
-0.3
87
Beau Mills
87
3b/1b
 
88
88
RP
22.9
1.3
7.5
2.2
 
-0.4
-0.0
-0.0
0.9
1.0
89
89
1B
25.2
0.3
13.1
-0.4
 
-0.2
0.0
0.3
-0.8
0.3
90
90
RP
22.7
-0.2
0.7
-0.9
 
0.1
-0.4
91
91
LF
24.7
2.9
22.6
5.4
 
2.7
-0.3
0.9
0.6
92
92
CF
20.8
-0.5
2.7
-0.7
 
-0.5
93
93
RP
20.2
6.9
36.1
25.3
 
1.6
2.3
1.5
1.4
94
94
RP
21.8
0.9
5.6
-0.7
 
0.1
-0.4
0.1
0.2
0.6
95
Hector Gomez
95
ss
 
96
96
CF
20.3
-0.1
4.7
-0.8
 
0.7
-0.8
97
97
RP
23.0
5.2
41.2
23.6
 
0.4
0.2
2.5
1.0
0.7
98
98
SP
23.0
-1.3
0.8
-2.3
 
-1.1
-0.2
99
99
SP
25.3
4.1
27.2
10.9
 
-0.2
2.3
0.6
0.7
0.6
100
100
CF
23.7
7.4
50.3
6.4
 
1.3
3.2
1.9
0.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Prospects Not On Baseball America's List
# Rank Pos Age   2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1
CF
25.5
20.7
99.5
30.1
 
-0.6
5.0
5.6
3.2
6.0
2
3B
21.9
15.7
97.8
48.1
 
1.1
4.3
1.2
6.0
2.2
3
2B
24.7
15.7
86.9
28.1
 
1.6
3.0
5.0
2.0
5.5
4
CF
24.3
17.6
79.8
26.5
 
4.4
3.7
1.5
2.4
5.1
5
SS
18.3
8.6
62.4
15.2
 
1.4
3.0
3.6
6
C
22.2
11.1
62.3
29.9
 
2.0
3.7
4.1
7
RF
25.7
9.2
58.2
22.0
 
0.8
0.9
2.7
2.0
2.3
8
SS
22.8
6.7
56.4
10.4
 
0.1
1.1
1.5
3.4
9
RF
23.9
8.7
56.0
26.4
 
1.7
-0.2
1.9
3.0
2.1
10
RF
18.6
12.0
55.9
26.3
 
2.7
4.1
5.5
11
SS
24.0
7.1
55.3
9.1
 
-0.5
-0.0
4.4
0.8
1.9
12
LF
25.8
5.3
55.2
19.5
 
-0.3
2.4
0.4
0.6
1.7
13
2B
23.3
8.4
53.1
15.9
 
1.3
1.6
3.0
1.4
14
SP
20.3
11.8
49.8
25.0
 
1.8
4.0
2.6
2.2
15
LF
24.9
16.0
48.6
15.6
 
1.3
2.3
7.4
3.9
0.3
16
RP
25.0
9.0
47.9
26.6
 
2.3
1.2
0.7
2.7
2.5
17
3B
25.7
1.8
47.9
7.8
 
-0.2
1.3
1.8
-0.9
-0.2
18
LF
21.2
8.5
46.7
8.8
 
0.2
0.6
3.0
1.7
19
CF
23.3
7.9
44.9
15.3
 
0.9
2.9
3.4
20
SP
23.7
9.8
44.8
21.4
 
2.1
3.0
6.3
-1.4
21
RF
23.4
5.9
43.6
8.8
 
2.0
2.9
1.0
0.1
0.7
22
SP
20.6
10.1
43.6
23.5
 
-0.3
3.1
1.4
4.7
23
SP
24.4
11.1
42.9
23.4
 
0.6
1.2
5.3
3.3
24
1B
18.8
4.3
42.4
17.3
 
-0.2
1.7
2.3
25
C
24.8
4.0
41.9
7.0
 
0.5
1.0
-0.1
3.2
-0.5
26
1B
24.8
3.1
41.8
10.8
 
0.1
0.1
0.2
2.7
-0.5
27
SS
21.5
7.1
41.7
-5.4
 
0.0
0.3
0.7
2.7
3.6
28
RF
24.4
4.0
41.2
12.9
 
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.9
0.9
29
SP
22.9
8.9
40.7
21.0
 
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
3.9
6.0
30
CF
21.1
4.9
40.3
8.1
 
-0.0
-1.1
1.8
3.3
31
RP
23.4
7.2
40.2
20.3
 
0.1
1.3
1.7
3.4
0.4
32
3B
25.2
5.7
39.6
12.7
 
0.0
0.7
1.8
3.8
33
3B
23.8
0.5
39.1
10.1
 
-0.5
0.4
-0.9
0.9
34
C
24.8
6.6
38.7
15.0
 
-0.1
2.6
0.5
3.5
35
1B
22.5
6.5
38.6
15.6
 
-0.1
2.8
2.7
36
SP
21.8
5.8
38.6
19.6
 
3.5
2.4
0.8
-1.3
37
3B
23.2
2.8
38.5
-1.2
 
0.0
-0.7
1.0
2.7
0.5
38
SP
22.1
11.5
38.0
22.3
 
0.8
-0.2
3.1
5.3
39
RP
24.1
6.6
37.8
25.6
 
3.7
2.2
0.6
-0.6
40
RP
25.3
7.1
36.6
22.4
 
0.7
0.5
1.9
1.9
2.0
41
LF
23.0
-0.8
36.1
9.2
 
1.1
1.0
-1.3
-1.4
42
SS
21.6
4.6
35.9
5.7
 
1.4
0.1
-0.1
1.7
43
SP
23.8
7.1
35.6
12.8
 
2.4
3.4
-0.1
0.7
0.3
44
1B
24.0
4.6
35.4
16.8
 
0.1
2.4
2.3
45
SP
18.9
9.1
34.6
17.5
 
0.3
2.8
2.6
2.5
46
2B
23.2
7.6
34.2
4.1
 
-0.1
0.0
3.6
2.6
1.2
47
RP
25.3
5.3
33.7
13.7
 
1.3
-0.1
-0.3
2.1
1.4
48
RP
25.3
2.0
33.7
20.5
 
0.1
1.5
2.3
-1.2
49
RP
25.7
8.1
33.2
16.7
 
0.1
2.4
2.3
0.0
2.6
50
C
22.1
5.1
32.7
3.3
 
0.6
0.9
3.6
51
SP
21.7
5.6
32.5
13.6
 
-0.6
0.5
2.6
1.7
52
CF
24.5
4.8
32.3
5.4
 
0.9
-0.1
1.1
2.1
53
RF
23.2
2.1
31.6
5.5
 
0.9
2.5
-1.1
54
2B
22.9
2.0
31.6
5.9
 
1.6
0.0
0.4
0.2
-0.3
55
RP
26.0
4.5
31.6
16.9
 
0.6
-0.4
1.5
1.3
1.5
56
SS
18.7
3.1
31.6
2.3
 
-0.3
1.9
2.0
57
RP
24.3
6.1
31.6
11.8
 
0.7
0.3
0.4
2.3
1.1
58
SW
24.7
8.1
31.3
18.2
 
2.0
3.7
1.6
59
RF
22.4
-0.6
31.3
12.1
 
-0.2
0.8
-1.3
60
RP
23.2
7.7
31.1
13.9
 
0.1
0.7
0.8
4.0
1.8
61
CF
24.2
5.1
30.9
9.0
 
0.4
0.1
2.5
2.3
62
RP
25.6
4.3
30.8
12.5
 
1.3
1.7
0.1
2.8
-1.0
63
SP
25.7
4.8
30.5
12.2
 
0.4
3.9
1.2
-1.3
0.7
64
RF
24.8
2.0
30.4
9.0
 
-0.3
-0.4
-0.4
-0.1
2.1
65
SP
20.5
9.4
30.1
16.7
 
0.0
2.2
3.6
2.2
66
SP
22.7
6.9
29.7
16.1
 
0.3
1.3
0.3
4.6
67
RP
23.1
4.2
29.5
13.9
 
0.8
0.8
0.7
1.8
68
CF
21.6
2.4
29.5
4.9
 
-0.7
0.7
-0.7
2.4
69
SP
22.0
5.0
29.0
12.8
 
-0.1
3.1
0.4
1.3
70
1B
22.8
2.4
28.9
8.5
 
0.9
0.0
0.4
71
RP
24.1
3.9
28.9
12.0
 
0.9
0.5
0.1
1.9
72
CF
21.3
8.2
28.9
8.0
 
1.4
5.1
1.2
73
LF
20.9
0.4
28.8
8.1
 
1.1
-0.6
-0.1
74
SP
21.2
7.3
28.7
15.3
 
0.6
3.8
3.2
75
SP
24.8
1.2
28.7
6.6
 
-0.4
1.4
1.2
-0.4
0.6
76
2B
22.6
6.5
28.6
-1.2
 
0.5
1.7
4.8
77
RF
21.4
6.3
28.3
7.3
 
-0.3
-0.1
1.9
4.8
78
C
22.5
3.1
27.9
4.5
 
-0.2
1.3
1.6
79
RP
24.1
4.2
27.6
5.8
 
-0.6
0.1
0.2
1.8
1.2
80
SP
22.0
4.4
27.5
11.2
 
-0.8
1.8
2.4
0.4
-0.1
81
2B
18.2
3.9
27.4
5.3
 
0.7
1.5
82
RP
23.3
4.7
27.2
13.9
 
1.3
3.0
0.4
83
RP
20.8
4.5
26.9
17.2
 
1.5
0.9
1.9
84
SP
25.4
4.7
26.7
7.6
 
1.6
3.7
0.3
-1.2
85
SP
25.8
7.9
26.6
11.2
 
0.3
4.3
3.3
0.3
-0.3
86
CF
24.1
2.0
26.0
2.7
 
-0.3
0.1
0.6
0.6
1.0
87
RP
26.1
3.4
24.5
6.0
 
0.7
2.1
0.7
0.4
88
RP
23.0
4.3
24.0
10.3
 
0.6
3.2
1.2
-0.6
89
2B
24.8
1.8
23.8
-5.8
 
0.0
0.3
0.3
0.6
0.5
90
SP
21.7
4.2
23.4
5.8
 
-0.2
0.2
0.5
0.2
3.9
91
CF
24.5
2.0
23.4
4.9
 
-0.2
0.2
1.6
0.6
92
RP
24.1
2.9
23.0
5.3
 
0.0
0.7
1.9
0.4
-0.1
93
RP
25.0
4.1
23.0
9.2
 
-0.8
1.3
0.9
2.4
94
3B
23.8
0.7
22.3
1.1
 
1.9
-0.3
-0.9
95
2B
25.8
2.9
22.2
-2.1
 
-0.3
1.5
0.7
0.6
0.4
96
LF
23.5
2.1
22.1
3.6
 
1.1
1.8
-0.2
97
SP
26.5
2.7
22.1
5.5
 
4.2
-0.3
0.9
-1.5
-0.6
98
C
21.7
1.4
22.0
-2.0
 
0.1
0.7
0.6
0.0
99
2B
22.6
1.9
21.9
-3.9
 
-0.3
1.0
0.0
-0.3
0.5
100
RP
22.6
4.1
21.8
11.8
 
-0.2
2.5
1.8
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