{"id":5693,"date":"2011-12-19T07:34:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T13:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=5693"},"modified":"2011-12-19T05:38:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T11:38:36","slug":"top-50-prospects-recap-nos-26-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/5693","title":{"rendered":"Top 50 Prospects Recap: Nos. 25-50"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Banuelos debuts at No. 26 on our list<\/em><\/p>\n

Just as we did prior to the start of the 2011 season, The Golden Sombrero is currently unveiling our\u00a0Top 50 Post-2011 Prospects<\/a>, and we are now halfway through out list.\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 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.\u00a0Francisco Lindor<\/a>, SS, Cleveland Indians \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

49.\u00a0Christian Yelich<\/a>, OF, Miami Marlins \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

48.\u00a0\u00a0Joseph Wieland<\/a>, RHP, San Diego Padres \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

47.\u00a0Jarred Cosart<\/a>, RHP, Houston Astros \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

46.\u00a0Michael Choice<\/a>, OF, Oakland Athletics \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

45.\u00a0Matt Harvey<\/a>, RHP, New York Mets \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

44.\u00a0Sonny Gray<\/a>, RHP, Oakland Athletics \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

43.\u00a0Zack Cox<\/a>, 3B, St. Louis Cardinals, \u2014 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

42.\u00a0Yasmani Grandal<\/a>, C, Cincinnati Reds \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

41.\u00a0Zack Wheeler<\/a>, RHP, New York Mets \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

40.\u00a0Hak-Ju Lee<\/a>, SS, Tampa Bay Rays \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

39.\u00a0Taijuan Walker<\/a>, RHP, Seattle Mariners \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

38.\u00a0Wil Myers<\/a>, OF, Kansas City Royals \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: 15<\/p>\n

37.\u00a0Will Middlebrooks<\/a>, 3B, Boston Red Sox \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

36.\u00a0Brett Jackson<\/a>, OF, Chicago Cubs \u2013 Pre-2011 Ranks: 43<\/p>\n

35.\u00a0Carlos Martinez<\/a>, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals \u2013 Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

34. Gary Brown<\/a>, OF, San Francisco Giants – Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

33. Randall Delgado<\/a>, RHP, Atlanta Braves – Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

32. Starling Marte<\/a>, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates – Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

31. Robbie Erlin<\/a>, LHP, San Diego Padres – Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

30. Arodys Vizcaino<\/a>, RHP, Atlanta Braves – Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

29. Jonathan Singleton<\/a>, 1B\/OF, Houston Astros – Pre-2011 Rank: 37<\/p>\n

28. Jake Odorizzi<\/a>, RHP, Kansas City Royals – Pre-2011 Rank: 35<\/p>\n

27. Travis d’Arnaud<\/a>, C, Toronto Blue Jays – Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

26. Manny Banuelos<\/a>, LHP, New York Yankees – Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

25. Miguel Sano<\/a>, 3B, Minnesota Twins – Pre-2011 Rank: N\/R
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Banuelos debuts at No. 26 on our list Just as we did prior to the start of the 2011 season, The Golden Sombrero is currently unveiling our\u00a0Top 50 Post-2011 Prospects, and we are now halfway through out list.\u00a0 Due to the promotion of many of baseball\u2019s finest prospects over the course of last season, our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1300,6,16,9,13,2880,2368,10,14],"tags":[3004,2586,1309,2496,2885,2590,3006,1612,1534,2897,1707,3005,1896,2909,2904,2962,2969,726,2965,2961,3463,1895,1593,2950,1771,1898,2927],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5693"}],"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=5693"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5840,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5693\/revisions\/5840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}