2033 CBA Top Prospects
For much of the offseason, fans will be focused on the big name free agents. Across CBA front offices, much of the offseason will be focused on prospects, both internal and around the league. Using our proprietary MonSTAR projection sheet, the Great Lakes front office has ranked the top 150 prospects across all three leagues.
A few notes to keep in mind before you begin. Firstly, the sheet is not the final decision maker in Great Lakes, nor is it even a sizable portion of our decision-making process aside from during the draft. Secondly, the sheet doesn’t account for defense or positional value, so hitters are evaluated only on their hitting ability. Lastly, yes Neel van Baren is the sheets #1 prospect. Before you call us homers, know that we would trade him very easily for a handful of prospects around the league.
In our top 150 prospects, a few teams stood out as having the most top talent. New York Roar, led by our #11 prospect Efrain Vargas had 11 top prospects place for this article. Austin Outlaws had 10 prospects in our top 150, fronted by #3 Edgar Rocha. The most disappointing teams were Mexico City (1) and Arizona (0).
There will be articles later in the offseason about this ongoing project.
Top Prospects:
| Rank | POS | Name | Team | B/T |
| 1 | RF | Neel van Baren | Great Lakes | L |
| 2 | 1B | Sidney Webb | Detroit | R |
| 3 | LF | Edgar Rocha | Austin | R |
| 4 | 1B | Larry Lenahan | Iowa | R |
| 5 | SS | Alex Rodriguez | Miami | R |
| 6 | 1B | Kevin Farrington | Indianapolis | L |
| 7 | 1B | Danny Deneen | Atlanta | R |
| 8 | 1B | Bruce Adams | Denver | L |
| 9 | SP | Bobby Dietz | Salt Lake City | R |
| 10 | SP | Joe McGuire | Cincinnati | R |
| 11 | SP | Efrain Vargas | New York | R |
| 12 | 1B | Ryan Reel | Miami | L |
| 13 | 1B | Bryan Medley | Indianapolis | R |
| 14 | LF | Bobby Lyons | Seattle | L |
| 15 | RF | Corey Stoll | Houston | L |
| 16 | LF | Sam Lynch | Salt Lake City | L |
| 17 | SP | Kyle Sandifer | Bay Area | R |
| 18 | SP | Jerry Simpkins | DC | L |
| 19 | SP | Mike Quinby | Los Angeles | L |
| 20 | RF | Cody Robbins | Portland | R |
| 21 | 2B | Juan Rojas | Miami | R |
| 22 | 2B | Rey Vazquez | DC | R |
| 23 | SS | Manny Gonzalez | Philadelphia | R |
| 24 | 1B | Tyler Hohenberger | Salt Lake City | R |
| 25 | RF | Rogelio Maria | Brooklyn | L |
| 26 | 1B | Randy McDaniel | Los Angeles | L |
| 27 | CF | Alex Llanos | Wichita | R |
| 28 | 1B | Nick MacDonald | Philadelphia | R |
| 29 | RP | Leo Chacon | Austin | L |
| 30 | SP | Esteban Delgado | Austin | R |
| 31 | CF | Jose Alvarado | Houston | L |
| 32 | 2B | Will McEvoy | Portland | R |
| 33 | RF | Anacleto Alpuim | San Diego | R |
| 34 | 1B | Ross Wehling | Oklahoma | R |
| 35 | 2B | Jose Contreras | Denver | R |
| 36 | 2B | Dave Gerber | Bay Area | R |
| 37 | SP | David Patterson | Detroit | R |
| 38 | 1B | Jose Lopez | DC | R |
| 39 | SP | Mike Brown | Denver | R |
| 40 | SP | Diego Sandoval | Midwest | R |
| 41 | SP | Jim Harris | Philadelphia | L |
| 42 | RP | Daniel Bruner | Austin | L |
| 43 | SP | Ryan Hooker | Brooklyn | R |
| 44 | SP | Juan Maciel | Sacramento | R |
| 45 | RP | Josh Cardillo | Portland | R |
| 46 | RP | Jose Urena | Sacramento | R |
| 47 | SP | Jerry Weber | Cincinnati | R |
| 48 | CF | Max Fuller | Detroit | R |
| 49 | RP | Guonçalle Brioso | Great Lakes | R |
| 50 | 1B | Tim Stokes | Midwest | L |
| 51 | SP | Matthew Felix | Indianapolis | L |
| 52 | CF | Sonny Berg | Bay Area | R |
| 53 | CF | Nate Armstrong | Great Lakes | L |
| 54 | 3B | Justin Taylor | Great Lakes | R |
| 55 | 3B | Aaron Hannah | Sacramento | R |
| 56 | CF | Rheinhardt Myers | Florida | L |
| 57 | 3B | Sean Roberge | Iowa | R |
| 58 | 2B | Rafael Corral | Carolina | R |
| 59 | CF | Ryan Kraus | Portland | R |
| 60 | LF | Seth Garza | Oklahoma | R |
| 61 | CF | Alexis Soto | Chicago | R |
| 62 | 2B | Jason Delker | New York | R |
| 63 | 1B | Jason Kennedy | Carolina | L |
| 64 | 1B | Jimmy Billings | Miami | R |
| 65 | SP | Sam Carlin | Florida | L |
| 66 | SP | Kyle Boston | San Diego | R |
| 67 | SP | Shawn Seawright | Iowa | L |
| 68 | SP | Luis Morales | Oklahoma | L |
| 69 | RP | Sandy Pardo | Austin | L |
| 70 | RP | Sidney Page | Chicago | R |
| 71 | SP | Alex Gomez | Atlanta | R |
| 72 | SP | Jose Piceno | Great Lakes | R |
| 73 | SP | Travis Basurto | Denver | R |
| 74 | RP | Chase Anderson | Portland | R |
| 75 | RP | Danny Berry | Bay Area | R |
| 76 | SP | Jeff Lucas | New York | L |
| 77 | SP | Jonathon Lampkin | New York | L |
| 78 | CF | Jeremy Bitikofer | San Diego | R |
| 79 | SP | Nick Turner | Great Lakes | R |
| 80 | LF | Vicente Duran | Iowa | L |
| 81 | CF | Al Amescua | Indianapolis | L |
| 82 | 2B | Andy Arnett | Indianapolis | R |
| 83 | SP | Javier Reyes | Midwest | L |
| 84 | RP | Chris Rivera | Indianapolis | R |
| 85 | SP | Rich Gonzales | Salt Lake City | L |
| 86 | 1B | Jonathan Ndiaye | Iowa | L |
| 87 | 1B | Jeremy Crossan | DC | L |
| 88 | 1B | Alfonso Alvarez | Detroit | L |
| 89 | 2B | Ryan Estes | Cincinnati | R |
| 90 | CF | Matthew Bloom | Miami | R |
| 91 | 2B | Ted Betts | Midwest | R |
| 92 | RF | Carlos Arroyo | New York | R |
| 93 | CF | Alex Ordaz | New York | R |
| 94 | 3B | Corey Mello | Oklahoma | R |
| 95 | RP | Scott Slusser | Austin | R |
| 96 | RP | Justin Temoney | DC | R |
| 97 | RP | Andy Vera | Iowa | R |
| 98 | 1B | Mike Pifer | Austin | L |
| 99 | RP | Chris Severance | Indianapolis | L |
| 100 | SS | Chris Fernandes | Indianapolis | R |
| 101 | RP | King Edge | Denver | R |
| 102 | RF | Victor Torres | New York | R |
| 103 | SP | Zack Stone | Los Angeles | R |
| 104 | 1B | Greg Gain | Midwest | R |
| 105 | SS | Mike Perry | Midwest | R |
| 106 | SP | Adam Michalek | Wichita | L |
| 107 | 1B | Benjamim Kramer | Salt Lake City | L |
| 108 | RP | Seth Kennedy | Los Angeles | R |
| 109 | 2B | Francisco Martinez | DC | R |
| 110 | SP | Willie Morales | Los Angeles | R |
| 111 | SP | Billy Robichaux | Great Lakes | R |
| 112 | SP | William Arnold | Houston | R |
| 113 | SP | Ross Phillips | New York | R |
| 114 | 3B | Aaron Drayton | Bay Area | R |
| 115 | SP | Jason Buckley | Denver | R |
| 116 | SP | Jose Vanegas | Denver | L |
| 117 | RP | Vic Martinez | Austin | L |
| 118 | SP | Gabe Dittman | Philadelphia | L |
| 119 | SP | Elijah Mayfield | New York | R |
| 120 | SP | Hugo Jaramillo | New York | R |
| 121 | SP | Bruce Gipson | Los Angeles | R |
| 122 | SP | Pete Engvall | Cincinnati | R |
| 123 | RP | Tommy Steele | Miami | R |
| 124 | SP | Chris Zuniga | Portland | L |
| 125 | SP | Chris Wetzel | Los Angeles | R |
| 126 | RP | Phil Kluth | Los Angeles | R |
| 127 | RP | Alex Castillo | Boston | L |
| 128 | SP | Gualterio Valeriano | Seattle | R |
| 129 | SP | Steve Green | Brooklyn | R |
| 130 | SP | Jonas Torres | Austin | L |
| 131 | SP | Juan Jaramillo | Philadelphia | R |
| 132 | 1B | Jason Sandoval | Boston | R |
| 133 | RP | Mike Carrasquilla | Cincinnati | L |
| 134 | 1B | George McNeill | Atlanta | R |
| 135 | RF | Jesus Avalos | Houston | R |
| 136 | RF | Cesar Soza | Portland | R |
| 137 | 3B | Adam Simpson | Great Lakes | R |
| 138 | CF | Hector Ulloa | Carolina | R |
| 139 | C | Bobby McCullough | DC | R |
| 140 | 1B | Bill Lamb | Mexico City | R |
| 141 | 3B | Lupe Munoz | Florida | R |
| 142 | DH | Seth Neglia | Salt Lake City | R |
| 143 | SS | Jamie Tyndall | Cincinnati | R |
| 144 | 2B | Jorge Torales | Sacramento | R |
| 145 | 3B | Travis Hendricks | San Diego | R |
| 146 | 1B | Travis Bridges | Sacramento | R |
| 147 | RF | Julio Ramirez | Miami | R |
| 148 | SP | Sebastian Williams | Austin | R |
| 149 | LF | Chris Allen | New York | L |
| 150 | 3B | Leo Bernal | Philadelphia | R |
Number of Prospects By Team:
| Team | Count |
| New York | 11 |
| Austin | 10 |
| Great Lakes | 8 |
| Indianapolis | 8 |
| Los Angeles | 8 |
| Miami | 7 |
| Denver | 7 |
| DC | 7 |
| Portland | 7 |
| Iowa | 6 |
| Salt Lake City | 6 |
| Cincinnati | 6 |
| Philadelphia | 6 |
| Midwest | 6 |
| Bay Area | 5 |
| Sacramento | 5 |
| Detroit | 4 |
| Houston | 4 |
| San Diego | 4 |
| Oklahoma | 4 |
| Atlanta | 3 |
| Brooklyn | 3 |
| Florida | 3 |
| Carolina | 3 |
| Seattle | 2 |
| Wichita | 2 |
| Chicago | 2 |
| Boston | 2 |
| Mexico City | 1 |
| Arizona | 0 |