2008 Atlanta Braves Top 10 Prospects
Compiled by J.P. Schwartz
2008 Midseason Prospect Rankings 7/7/08
NOTE - Each player CANNOT have pitched more than 50 innings, nor had more than 130 ABs in the Majors in a single season
#1 Jason Heyward -- Preseason Rank: 2 (Low-A) 78G .338, 17(2B), 3(3B), 8HR, 41RBI, 33BB, 51K, 13SB
#2 Tommy Hanson -- Preseason Rank: 7 (AA) 4-3, 4.34ERA, 58IP, 24BB, 55K, .218BAA (High-A) 3-1, 0.90ERA, 40IP, 11BB, 49K, .116BAA
#3 Jordan Schafer -- Preseason Rank: 1 (AA) 35G .238, 8(2B), 3(3B), 3HR, 21RBI, 24BB, 39K, 5SB
#4 Gorkys Hernandez -- Preseason Rank: 6 (High-A) 51G .287, 13(2B), 5(3B), 4HR, 24RBI, 18BB, 36K, 11SB
#5 Freddie Freeman -- Preseason Rank: NR (Low-A) 84G .298, 23(2B), 3(3B), 12HR, 59RBI, 28BB, 46K, 3SB
#6 Julio Teheran -- Preseason Rank: NR (Rk) 1-0, 3.86ERA, 7IP, 2BB, 6K, .320BAA
#7 Brandon Jones -- Preseason Rank: 5 (MLB) 16G .278, 5(2B), 1(3B), 1HR, 4RBI, 2BB, 16K (AAA) 58G .252, 17(2B), 2HR, 28RBI, 25BB, 52K, 5SB
#8 Jeff Locke -- Preseason Rank: 10 (Low-A) 3-7, 4.12ERA, 94IP, 29BB, 75K, .271BAA
#9 Scott Diamond -- Preseason Rank: NR (High-A) 7-1, 2.92ERA, 49.1IP, 10BB, 43K, .259BAA (Low-A) 3-1, 3.08ERA, 52.2IP, 11BB, 38K, .240BAA
#10 Cole Rohrbough -- Preseason Rank: 9 (Low-A) 1-3, 7.09ERA, 26.2IP, 17BB, 34K, .288BAA
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Jair Jurrjens -- Preseason Rank: 3 Graduated To Major Leagues
Brett Lillibridge -- Preseason Rank: 7 (MLB) 9G .154, 2(2B), RBI, 9K (AAA) 55G .212, 9(2B), 2(3B), 1HR, 15RBI, 17BB, 55K, 15SB
Diory Hernandez -- Preseason Rank: 8 (AAA) 70G .289, 13(2B), 4HR, 30RBI, 14BB, 43K, 1SB (AA) 22G .286, 3(2B), 1(3B), 2HR, 8RBI, 6BB, 8K, 1SB
Preseason Rankings
NOTE - Each player CANNOT have pitched more than 50 innings, nor had more than 130 ABs in the Majors in a single season
#1 Jordan Schafer (High-A) 106G .294, 34(2B), 8(3B), 10HR, 43RBI, 40BB, 95K, 19SB (Low-A) 30G .372, 15(2B), 2(3B), 5HR, 20RBI, 16BB, 31K, 4SB
#2 Jason Heyward (Rk) 4G .313, 1(2B), 1RBI, 1BB, 5K (Rk) 8G .296, 4(2B), 1HR, 5RBI, 2BB, 4K, 1SB
#3 Jair Jurrjens (MLB) 3-1, 4.70ERA, 30.2IP, 11BB, 13K, .220BAA (AA) 7-5, 3.20ERA, 112.2IP, 31BB, 94K, .257BAA
#4 Jason Heyward (Rk) 4G .313, 1(2B), 1RBI, 1BB, 5K (Rk) 8G .296, 4(2B), 1HR, 5RBI, 2BB, 4K, 1SB
#4 Brandon Jones (MLB) 5G .158, 1(2B), 4RBI, 8K (AAA) 44G .300, 12(2B), 1(3B), 4HR, 26RBI, 17BB, 36K, 5SB (AA) 94G .293, 21(2B), 6(3B), 15HR, 74RBI, 44B, 84K, 12SB
#5 Gorkys Hernandez (Low-A) 124G .293, 25(2B), 5(3B), 4HR, 50RBI, 36BB, 69K, 54SB
#6 Tommy Hanson (High-A) 3-3, 4.20ERA, 60IP, 32BB, 64K .243BAA (Low-A) 2-6 2.59ERA, 73IP, 26BB, 90K, .194BAA
#7 Brent Lillibridge (AAA) 87G .287, 14(2B), 2(3B), 10HR, 41RBI, 20BB, 59K, 28SB 52G .275, 8(2B), 3(3B), 3HR, 17RBI, 20BB, 60K, 14SB
#8 Diory Hernandez (AA) 115G .307 25(2B), 1(3B), 7HR, 59RBI, 29BB, 68K, 22SB (High-A) 17G .313 8(2B), 2(3B), 9RBI, 2BB, 11K, 2SB
#9 Cole Rohrbough (Low-A) 2-0, 1.29ERA, 28IP, 12BB, 38K, .138BAA (Rk) 3-2, 1.08ERA, 33.1IP, 8BB, 58K, .167BAA
#10 Jeff Locke (Rk) 7-1, 2.66ERA, 61IP, 8BB, 74K, .213BAA
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