{"id":5585,"date":"2011-11-28T11:57:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T17:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=5585"},"modified":"2011-11-28T12:08:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T18:08:00","slug":"top-50-prospects-recap-nos-35-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/5585","title":{"rendered":"Top 50 Prospects Recap: Nos. 35-50"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A position change and freak injury dropped Wil Myers to No. 38\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Just as we did prior to the start of the 2011 season, The Golden Sombrero is currently unveiling our Top 50 Post-2011 Prospects<\/a>.\u00a0 Due to the promotion of many of baseball\u2019s finest prospects over the course of last season, our new list features a slew of new names, many of which drastically upped their stock thanks to strong performances across various minor league levels.\u00a0 Only time will tell whether this new crop of prospects will match the hype and success of last season\u2019s, but one thing is certain \u2013 they are the future of baseball.<\/p>\n

Here is a quick recap of the players we\u2019ve highlighted thus far, and where they were ranked headed into the 2011 season:<\/p>\n

50. Francisco Lindor<\/a>, SS, Cleveland Indians \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

49. Christian Yelich<\/a>, OF, Miami Marlins \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

48.\u00a0 Joseph Wieland<\/a>, RHP, San Diego Padres \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

47. Jarred Cosart<\/a>, RHP, Houston Astros \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

46. Michael Choice<\/a>, OF, Oakland Athletics \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

45. Matt Harvey<\/a>, RHP, New York Mets \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

44. Sonny Gray<\/a>, RHP, Oakland Athletics \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

43. Zack Cox<\/a>, 3B, St. Louis Cardinals, — Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

42. Yasmani Grandal<\/a>, C, Cincinnati Reds \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

41. Zack Wheeler<\/a>, RHP, New York Mets \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

40. Hak-Ju Lee<\/a>, SS, Tampa Bay Rays \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

39. Taijuan Walker<\/a>, RHP, Seattle Mariners \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

38. Wil Myers<\/a>, OF, Kansas City Royals \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: 15<\/p>\n

37. Will Middlebrooks<\/a>, 3B, Boston Red Sox \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

36. Brett Jackson<\/a>, OF, Chicago Cubs \u2013 Pre-2011 Ranks: 43<\/p>\n

35. Carlos Martinez<\/a>, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R
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A position change and freak injury dropped Wil Myers to No. 38\u00a0 Just as we did prior to the start of the 2011 season, The Golden Sombrero is currently unveiling our Top 50 Post-2011 Prospects.\u00a0 Due to the promotion of many of baseball\u2019s finest prospects over the course of last season, our new list features […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1300,6,16,9,11,13,2880,10,14],"tags":[1309,2496,2885,2590,1612,2897,2892,2909,2904,726,2961,3463,1593,2950,1771,1898,2927],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5585"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5588,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions\/5588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}