Top 100 Right Now: Summary

Well, at least we got this done by the All-Star Break…  Looking back on the list, there are already a ton of mistakes, but that’s how these go.  Here is the full list:

1	Evan Longoria	35	Kevin Youkilis	68	Brett Gardner
2	Troy Tulowitzki	36	Cole Hamels	69	Jonathan Papelbon
3	Joey Votto	37	Jon Lester	70	John Axford
4	Miguel Cabrera	38	Giancarlo Stanton	71	Desmond Jennings
5	Roy Halladay	39	Tim Lincecum	72	Doug Fister
6	Justin Verlander	40	Matt Cain	73	Chase Utley
7	Jose Bautista	41	Jered Weaver	74	Chris Carpenter
8	Albert Pujols	42	Brandon Phillips	75	Alex Gordon
9	Dustin Pedroia	43	Carlos Gonzalez	76	Yadier Molina
10	Matt Kemp	44	Shane Victorino	77	Mat Latos
11	Cliff Lee	45	Joe Mauer	78	Howie Kendrick
12	Adrian Gonzalez	46	Brett Lawrie	79	Jay Bruce
13	Ryan Braun	47	Alex Rodriguez	80	Joel Hanrahan
14	Robinson Cano	48	Matt Wieters	81	Anibal Sanchez
15	CC Sabathia	49	Hunter Pence	82	Matt Garza
16	Felix Hernandez	50	Hanley Ramirez	83	Buster Posey
17	Justin Upton	51	Adam Wainwright	84	Alexei Ramirez
18	Clayton Kershaw	52	Mike Napoli	85	Gavin Floyd
19	Ben Zobrist	53	Madison Bumgarner	86	David Wright
20	Ryan Zimmerman	54	James Shields	87	John Danks
21	Andrew McCutchen	55	Mariano Rivera	88	Carlos Beltran
22	Matt Holliday	56	David Price	89	Josh Beckett
23	Ian Kinsler	57	Jose Reyes	90	Corey Hart
24	Dan Haren	58	C.J. Wilson	91	Yunel Escobar
25	Adrian Beltre	59	Yovani Gallardo	92	Ubaldo Jimenez
26	Prince Fielder	60	Carlos Santana	93	Lance Berkman
27	Curtis Granderson	61	Craig Kimbrel	94	Miguel Montero
28	Zack Greinke	62	Rickie Weeks	95	Jayson Werth
29	Pablo Sandoval	63	Mark Teixeira	96	B.J. Upton
30	Josh Hamilton	64	Matt Moore	97	Nelson Cruz
31	Stephen Strasburg	65	Sean Marshall	98	Nick Swisher
32	Brian McCann	66	Justin Masterson	99	Gio Gonzalez
33	Josh Johnson	67	Daniel Hudson	T100	Jordan Zimmermann
34	Jacoby Ellsbury			T100	Michael Bourn

Here is the team breakdown:

ARI – 3	HOU – 0	PHI – 7
ATL – 3	KCR – 1	PIT – 2
BAL – 1	LAA – 5	SDP – 0
BOS – 5	LAD – 2	SEA – 1
CHC – 1	MIA – 5	SFG – 5
CHW – 4	MIL – 6	STL – 6
CIN – 5	MIN – 1	TBR – 7
CLE – 3	NYM – 1	TEX – 5
COL – 2	NYY – 8	TOR – 3
DET – 4	OAK – 0	WSN – 5

Here is the position breakdown:

C – 8	LF – 6
1B – 6	CF – 8
2B – 8	RF – 10
SS – 5	SP – 35
3B – 9	RP – 6

Here is the age breakdown:

22 – 3	30 – 8
23 – 2	31 – 12
24 – 4	32 – 4
25 – 6	33 – 5
26 – 9	35 – 2
27 – 7	36 – 2
28 – 20	37 – 1
29 – 15	42 – 1

I will leave it to you to find interesting tidbits among the tables.  Feel free to comment on any missed or horribly-placed player, along with any trend you see in teams, positions, and ages.

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Top 100 Right Now: #15-11

Continuing our countdown of the top 100 players in the majors, we hit numbers 15 through 11 today. You can find the explanation and origin of our list here. Since we are only doing five players a post, we will be going even further in-depth. Alex will talk about the player’s past, while I will find comps for each player, trying to show how he projects in the future. As a quick refresher, here are 100-16:

Top 100 Right Now (#20-16)

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Top 100 Right Now (#30-21)

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Top 100 Right Now (#40-31)

Continuing our countdown of the top 100 players in the majors, we hit numbers 40 through 31 today.  You can find the explanation and origin of our list here.  We are now expanding a bit more on each player, with Alex giving his current state and strengths, while I show weaknesses and hidden strengths.  As a quick refresher, here are 100-41: