Survivor ProspectsSurvivor Prospects

Mission: To determine the top-50 prospects in baseball in 2002.
Participants: BDBL owners
Method: Every three days, five prospects are voted "off the island" by our panel of experts.  Prospects are ranked in terms of the number of votes they received.  Participants choose five prospects in the order they feel they deserve to be kicked off the island.  1-5 points are assigned to each ranking, and the voting is tallied every three days.  Ties are decided by the number of prior points accumulated.  The five players with the five highest point totals are eliminated.  The first two votes (2/25 and 2/28) determines which players belong in the top-50. 

FINAL RESULTS:

Comparison of BDBL Top 50 to other "experts" (The Sporting News, John Sickels, StrikeThree.com, Baseball Prospectus, Top Prospect Alert, Baseball America and TeamOne Baseball):

Player Team BDBL TSN Sickels Strike3 BBP TPA BBA TOB
Beckett CHI 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1
Blalock SCS 2 11 1 2 1 3 3 2
Prior CHI 3 3 9 4 14 7 2 7
Burroughs NMB 4 2 3 3 3 2 4 9
Teixeira SAL 5 18 7 11 10 23 10 39
N.Johnson SCS 6 6 10 5 4 6 13 13
C.Pena LAU 7 5 4 8 6 13 5 3
Betemit NYK 8 19 5 14 5 16 8 14
J.Cruz STM 9 7 8 16 8 4 6 12
Peavy SCA 10 35 14 17 12 15 28 99
Kotchman SAL 11 93 N/R 99 N/R 33 22 38
Kearns NMB 12 10 12 21 13 10 11 17
K.Johnson ALN 13 96 15 76 N/R 26 47 86
Mauer KEN 14 50 24 38 N/R 32 7 N/R
Gross LAU 15 N/R 18 49 N/R 34 75 30
Cuddyer NMB 16 22 11 26 18 21 27 56
Borchard MAN 17 14 21 12 7 20 12 26
A.Gonzalez STM 18 58 16 29 16 12 31 29
C.Hernandez AKR 19 28 42 24 23 17 24 65
B.Hill CHI 20 49 N/R 37 37 92 48 52
Neugebauer ATL 21 23 N/R 6 21 8 17 4
Tankersley SCA 22 17 6 7 11 18 16 28
Claussen ATL 23 34 19 18 N/R 47 37 8
Byrd NYK 24 21 46 19 9 28 26 10
Brazelton AZH 25 N/R 31 92 N/R 80 57 45
Nady ATL 26 31 38 N/R N/R 96 39 82
Cust PHX 27 27 N/R 15 20 11 100 60
Snelling SAL 28 42 40 27 19 5 46 19
R.Soriano LAU 29 53 25 32 28 43 30 27
R.Anderson SCA 30 4 N/R 9 24 44 14 50
J.Williams LIT 31 20 N/R 13 N/R 14 19 22
Rauch LAU 32 9 N/R 36 N/R 52 23 11
B.Phillips STM 33 N/R 28 28 15 38 20 5
Wainwright VIL 34 66 39 62 N/R 64 42 N/R
Morneau GLS 35 65 34 20 29 22 21 20
A.Johnson CHI 36 74 N/R 66 N/R 31 85 N/R
C.F. Chen ALN 37 25 30 25 N/R 30 64 83
Ainsworth LIT 38 48 49 61 N/R 66 58 67
Brownlie SAL 39 N/E N/E N/E N/E N/E N/E N/E
Bonser BCJ 40 41 20 47 N/R 19 29 62
Baugh STM 41 100 33 46 34 N/R 79 48
Harvey LAU 42 81 N/R 70 36 N/R N/R 35
Henson MAR 43 13 32 10 N/R 27 9 37
Choi CHI 44 29 17 23 N/R 25 40 95
Burke SAL 45 87 36 75 N/R N/R 51 N/R
Ford-Griffin KAN 46 N/R 48 59 N/R N/R 76 N/R
Hudson MAR 47 88 N/R 74 26 42 81 N/R
Hamilton CHI 48 8 N/R 74 26 42 81 N/R
A.Berroa KAN 49 78 13 60 17 50 15 25
Buck LAU 50 62 35 48 N/R 77 43 N/R

Ranking of farm teams based on BDBL point totals:

1. Chicago - 454
2. Los Altos - 431
3. Salem - 377
4. Stamford - 303
5. New Milford - 271
6. Southern Cal - 241
7. Atlanta - 233
8. South Carolina - 194
9. New York - 170
10. Allentown - 152
11. Litchfield - 133
12. Marlboro - 112
13. Kansas - 107
14. Kentucky - 87
15. Manchester - 84
16. Akron - 82
17. Arizona - 76
18. Phoenix - 74
19. Villanova - 67
20. Great Lakes - 66
21. Bear Country - 61
22. Cleveland - 0
22. Gillette - 0
22. Madison - 0