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The Prospect Ten
Strikethree.com's weekly ranking of prospects and/or minor-league systems.
This week: The top ten prospects active in the minors. Statistics as of April 16th.
| Name | Position | Organization | Level |
| 1. Joe Borchard | OF | Chicago | AAA |
| Spent the last week doing a Juan Pierre impersonation. | |||
| Last 7 Days: .316/.350/.316, 19 AB, 0 XBH, 1/4 BB/K | |||
| Year To Date: .308/.341/.385, 39 AB, 3 XBH, 2/8 BB/K | |||
| 2. Jose Reyes | SS | New York Mets | AAA |
| Reached base 16 times, has 12 steals without being caught. | |||
| Last 7 Days:.368/.429/.526, 19 AB, 2 XBH, 2/2 BB/K | |||
| Year To Date:.304/.333/.435, 46 AB, 4 XBH, 2/5 BB/K | |||
| 3. Justin Morneau | 1B | Minnesota | AA |
| Huge week. He's going to terrorize AA pitching for a while. | |||
| Last 7 Days: .333/.419/.889, 27 AB, 6 XBH, 4/4 BB/K | |||
| Year To Date: .375/.444/.844, 32 AB, 6 XBH, 4/5 BB/K | |||
| 4. Jerome Williams | RHP | San Francisco | AAA |
| Not a good performance, but kept runs from scoring. | |||
| Last 7 Days: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 HR, 4 BB, 2 K, 1.80 ERA | |||
| Year To Date: 16 IP, 11 H, 0 HR, 6 BB, 12 K, 1.13 ERA | |||
| 5. Casey Kotchman | 1B | Anaheim | High-A |
| 3 homers this week is 60% of last year's total. | |||
| Last 7 Days: .348/.423/.739, 23 AB, 3 XBH, 3/1 BB/K | |||
| Year To Date: .317/.404/.561, 41 AB, 4 XBH, 6/3 BB/K | |||
| 6. Victor Martinez | C | Cleveland | AAA |
| Getting hit by pitch once every 6 at-bats. | |||
| Last 7 Days: .136/.345/.273, 22 AB, 1 XBH, 4/3 BB/K | |||
| Year To Date: .160/.382/.320, 25 AB, 2 XBH, 5/3 BB/K | |||
| 7. Wilson Betemit | 3B | Atlanta | AAA |
| Finally moved to third; still hitting like a shortstop. | |||
| Last 7 Days: .190/.261/.333, 21 AB, 2 XBH, 2/5 BB/K | |||
| Year To Date: .234/.280/.340, 47 AB, 4 XBH, 3/14 BB/K | |||
| 8. Rich Harden | RHP | Oakland | AAA |
| No more perfection, but 0 BB in 19 IP is impressive. | |||
| Last 7 Days: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 HR, 0 BB, 8 K, 3.00 ERA | |||
| Year To Date: 19 IP, 4 H, 0 HR, 0 BB, 25 K, 0.95 ERA | |||
| 9. Rafael Soriano | RHP | Seattle | AAA |
| Control not as good as walks indicate; 4 hit batters. | |||
| Last 7 Days: 11 IP, 6 H, 1 HR, 4 BB, 11 K, 4.09 ERA | |||
| Year To Date: 16 IP, 9 H, 1 HR, 5 BB, 16 K, 2.81 ERA | |||
| 10. Joe Mauer | C | Minnesota | High-A |
| Struggling to make adjustments against good pitchers. | |||
| Last 7 Days: .095/.136/.095, 21 AB, 0 XBH, 1/4 BB/K | |||
| Year To Date: .186/.255/.186, 43 AB, 0 XBH, 4/5 BB/K | |||
Take issue with these rankings? David Cameron maintains this list, and you can put in a good word for your son at dac@strikethree.com.