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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Baseball America releases the Midwest League Top 20 Prospects

Well, the Reds put 2 players in the top 20 list.
Coming in at #1 in the Midwest League is Jay Bruce. Jay was in front of last years #1 overall draft pick Justin Upton and super prospect Cameron Maybin. What they say about Bruce is enough to make Reds fans pretty excited. BA wont allow you to copy and paste any of their stuff, but to paraphrase, He has the best chance to be a good hitter of anyone in the league and compares very well to Larry Walker.
Johnny Cueto came in at #12 in the league, where he only spent about half of his season.
Noticably missing from the list was Travis Wood, who I personally think is a better prospect than Cueto.