The Ranger Rundown by Scott Lucas

TEXAS RANGERS PROSPECT RANKINGS, PRE-SEASON 2009

Updated 6 April 2009
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2008 prospect list.

Player
Pos
Bat
Thr
Ht
Age on
4/1/09
Scott
Lucas
(72)
Jamey
Newberg
(72)
Jason
Cole
(50)
BBTIA
(25)
Lone Star
Ball
(30)
John
Sickels
(24)
Baseball
America
(31)
Keith
Law
(10)
MJ
Hindman
(50)
Neftali Feliz
SP
-
R
6' 3"
20.9
1
2
?
1b
2
1
1
3
RHSP-2
Derek Holland
SP
-
L
6' 2"
22.5
2
1
?
1c
1
4
2
1
LHSP-1
Justin Smoak
1B
S
L
6' 3"
22.3
3
3
?
4
3
2
3
2
CIF-1
Elvis Andrus
SS
R
R
6' 0"
20.6
4
5
?
5
5
3
4
5
MIF-1
Taylor Teagarden
C
R
R
6' 1"
25.3
5
6
?
7
6
5
6
7
-
Michael Main
SP
-
R
6' 2"
20.3
6
4
?
1a
4
8
8
6
RHSP-1
Max Ramirez
C/1
R
R
5' 11"
24.5
7
8
?
10
7
9
10
8
C-1
Engel Beltre
CF
L
L
6' 1"
19.4
8
9
?
8
11
7
7
10
OF-1
Martin Perez
SP
-
L
6' 0"
18.0
9
7
?
6
8
10
5
4
LHSP-2
Eric Hurley
SP
-
R
6' 4"
23.5
10
14
?
14
10
20
13
-
-
Blake Beavan
SP
-
R
6' 7"
20.3
11
10
?
13
12
15
12
-
RHSP-5
Julio Borbon
CF
L
L
6' 1"
23.1
12
11
?
11
9
6
9
9
OF-2
Wilfredo Boscan
SP
-
R
6' 2"
19.4
13
13
?
9
13
16
11
-
RHSP-4
Neil Ramirez
SP
-
R
6 '3"
19.9
14
12
?
12
14
12
15
-
RHSP-3
Omar Poveda
SP
-
R
6' 4"
21.5
15
17
?
15
18
22
24
-
RHSP-7
Kasey Kiker
SP
-
L
5' 10"
21.4
16
15
?
18
15
11
19
-
LHSP-6
Tommy Hunter
SP
-
R
6' 3"
22.7
17
19
?
20
20
19
17
-
RHSP-8
Jose Vallejo
2B
R
R
6' 0"
22.6
18
18
?
19
16
24
18
-
MIF-2
Warner Madrigal
RP
-
R
6' 0"
25.0
19
-
?
-
25
sm
14
-
-
Guillermo Moscoso
SP
-
R
6' 1"
25.4
20
-
-
-
-
13
23
-
-
Wilmer Font
SP
-
R
6' 4"
18.9
21
16
?
16
17
18
20
-
RHSP-6
Mitch Moreland
1/O
L
L
6' 2"
23.6
22
21
?
23
29
-
31
-
CIF-4
Robbie Ross
SP
-
L
5' 11"
19.8
23
24
?
22
19
21
25
-
LHSP-7
Joe Wieland
SP
-
R
6' 3"
19.2
24
20
?
21
22
23
16
-
RHSP-9
Tim Murphy
SP
-
L
6' 2"
21.9
25
22
?
17
23
17
22
-
LHSP-3
Carlos Pimentel
SP
-
R
6' 3"
19.3
26
28
?
25
30
sm
-
-
RHSP-11
Thomas Diamond
SP
-
R
6' 3"
26.0
27
30
?
-
21
-
28
-
RHSP-10
Marcus Lemon
SS
L
R
5' 11"
20.8
28
32
?
24
26
sm
-
-
MIF-3
Kennil Gomez
SP
-
R
6' 3"
21.0
29
23
39
sm
27
14
21
-
RHSP-14
Douglas Mathis
SP
-
R
6' 3"
25.8
30
25
?
-
-
-
-
-
-
Greg Golson
CF
R
R
6' 0"
23.5
31
-
-
-
23
sm
-
-
OF-3
Fabio Castillo
SP
-
R
6' 1"
20.1
32
26
43
-
-
-
-
-
RP-3
Pedro Strop
RP
-
R
6' 0"
23.8
33
-
-
-
28
sm
-
-
RP-4
Cristian Santana
COF
R
R
6' 0"
19.8
34
27
41
sm
-
-
-
-
C-4
John Whittleman
3B
L
R
6' 2"
22.1
35
38
32
-
-
sm
-
-
CIF-2
Clark Murphy
1B
L
L
6' 2"
19.3
36
29
?
sm
-
sm
29
-
CIF-3
John Bannister
RP
-
R
6' 4"
25.2
37
35
40
-
-
-
30
-
-
Tomas Telis
C
S
R
5' 8"
17.8
38
40
34
-
-
-
-
-
C-2
Kyle Ocampo
SP
-
R
6' 3"
20.0
39
51
?
-
-
-
-
-
RHSP-12
Beau Jones
RP
-
L
6' 1"
22.6
40
34
35
-
-
-
-
-
RP-5
Manuel Pina
C
R
R
5' 11"
21.8
41
39
-
-
-
-
-
-
C-5
Joaquin Arias
MIF
R
R
6' 1"
24.5
42
45
38
-
-
-
27
-
-
Andrew Laughter
RP
-
R
6' 4"
24.1
43
47
33
-
-
-
-
-
-
Brennan Garr
RP
-
R
6' 2"
25.1
44
54
42
-
-
-
-
-
-
Chad Tracy
1B
R
R
6' 3"
23.7
45
46
44
-
-
-
-
-
CIF-5
Tim Smith
COF
L
L
6' 3"
22.8
46
52
50
-
-
sm
-
-
OF-5
Jake Brigham
SP
-
R
6' 3"
21.1
47
43
37
sm
-
-
-
-
RHSP-15
Matt West
3B
R
R
6' 1"
20.4
48
55
36
sm
-
sm
-
-
-
Mgl. de los Santos
SP
-
L
6' 1"
20.7
49
60
-
sm
-
-
-
-
LHSP-4
Josh Lueke
RP
-
R
6' 5"
24.3
50
63
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Player
Pos
Bat
Thr
Ht
Age on
4/1/09
Scott
Lucas
(72)
Jamey
Newberg
(72)
Jason
Cole
(50)
BBTIA
(25)
Lone Star
Ball
(30)
John
Sickels
(24)
Baseball
America
(10)
Keith
Law
(10)
MJ
Hindman
(50)
Mike Ballard
SP
-
L
6' 2"
25.1
51
49
-
-
-
-
-
-
LHSP-9
Lnl. de los Santos
C
R
R
5' 10"
19.5
52
58
49
-
-
-
-
-
C-3
Geuris Grullon
SP
-
L
6' 5"
19.3
53
44
-
sm
-
-
-
-
LHSP-8
Matt Thompson
SP
-
R
6' 3"
19.1
54
-
-
sm
-
-
-
-
-
Renny Osuna
IF
R
R
6' 0"
23.9
55
33
48
-
-
sm
-
-
MIF-4
Joseph Ortiz
RP
-
L
5' 7"
18.6
56
42
45
-
-
-
-
-
RP-2
Joey Butler
COF
R
R
6' 2"
23.1
57
56
-
-
-
sm
-
-
-
Jared Hyatt
SP
-
R
6' 5"
24.9
58
41
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Zach Phillips
SP
-
L
6' 1"
22.5
59
37
46
-
-
-
-
-
LHSP-10
Corey Young
RP
-
L
6' 2"
22.3
60
36
-
-
-
sm
-
-
RP-1
Evan Reed
SP
-
R
6' 4"
22.0
61
57
-
sm
-
-
-
-
-
Michael Schlact
SP
-
R
6' 7"
23.3
62
67
47
-
-
-
-
-
RHSP-13
Juan Polanco
OF
R
R
5' 11"
18.7
63
69
-
-
-
-
-
-
OF-4
Mike Bianucci
OF
R
R
6' 1"
22.8
64
50
-
-
-
sm
-
-
-
Richard Bleier
SP
-
L
6' 3"
22.0
65
62
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Jose Felix
C
R
R
5' 10"
20.8
66
53
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Jared Bolden
O/1
L
L
6' 2"
22.0
67
70
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Carlos Melo
SP
-
R
6' 3"
18.1
68
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Leury Garcia
SS
S
R
5' 7"
18.0
69
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
MIF-5
Jonathan Greene
3B
R
R
6' 0"
23.5
70
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tae Ahn
SP
-
R
6' 3"
19.X
71
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Brian Gordon
RP
-
R
6' 0"
30.6
72
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
John Mayberry
COF
R
R
6' 6"
25.3
--
31
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mark Hamburger
RP
-
L
6' 4"
22.2
sm
48
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Glenn Swanson
SP
-
L
6' 1"
25.9
sm
59
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ben Harrison
COF
R
R
6' 4"
27.5
sm
61
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ian Gac
1B
R
R
6' 3"
23.6
sm
64
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Steve Murphy
COF
L
R
6' 2"
24.9
sm
65
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
David Paisano
CF
R
R
6' 1"
21.3
sm
66
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Emerson Frostad
C/1
L
R
6' 1"
26.2
sm
68
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tanner Roark
RP
-
R
6' 2"
22.5
sm
71
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Renier Bermudez
RP
-
R
5' 11"
23.8
sm
72
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Juan Grullon
SP
-
L
6' 2"
19.1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
LHSP-5

List dates and notes:

Scott Lucas --mid-December 2008. "sm" = special mention outside top 72.

Jamey Newberg -- mid-November 2008.

Jason Cole -- December 2008. "?" = ranked but not yet revealed. Scout.com is a pay site and I'm only listing what's available for free.

Baseball Time In Arlington -- October 2008. "sm" = special mention outside top 25.

Lone Star Ball Community -- voted on during Nov-Dec 2008.

John Sickels -- December 2008. "sm" = special mention outside top 24.

Baseball America --December 2008.

Keith Law -- January 2009.

Mike Hindman -- Oct-Dec 2008. He ranked by position, not overall.