2000 BASEBALL PROSPECTS

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BASEBALL PROSPECTS HISTORY

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Hitters (2000)

Pitchers (2000)

Rank	Prospect Name	Pos	Age	Team Name	Current Status	HiLvl	Years	Draft Information
1	Rick Ankiel	CF	20	St. Louis Cardinals	NYM 40m	MLB	1998-2013	1997	2	72	June-Reg	STL
2	Pat Burrell	LF	23	Philadelphia Phillies	Inactive	MLB	1996-2011	1998	1	1	June-Reg	PHI
3	Corey Patterson	LF	20	Chicago Cubs	SEA Minors [AAA]	MLB	1999-2012	1998	1	3	June-Reg	CHC
4	Vernon Wells	LF	21	Toronto Blue Jays	NYY 40m	MLB	1997-2013	1997	1	5	June-Reg	TOR
5	Nick Johnson	DH	21	New York Yankees	Retired (2013)	MLB	1996-2012	1996	3	89	June-Reg	NYY
6	Ruben Mateo	RF-CF	22	Texas Rangers	Inactive	MLB	1996-2012	1994	UDFA		Signed	TEX
7	Sean Burroughs	1B	19	San Diego Padres	LAD Minors	MLB	1999-2012	1998	1	9	June-Reg	SD
8	Rafael Furcal	SS	22	Atlanta Braves	STL (DL-60)	MLB	1997-2012	1996	UDFA		Signed	ATL
9	Ryan Anderson	P	20	Seattle Mariners	Retired	AAA	1998-2005	1997	1	19	June-Reg	SEA
10	John Patterson	P	22	Arizona Diamondbacks	Retired	MLB	1997-2007	1996	1	5	June-Reg	MTL
11	Dee Brown	LF	22	Kansas City Royals	Inactive	MLB	1996-2011	1996	1	14	June-Reg	KC
12	Mark Mulder	P	22	Oakland Athletics	Retired	MLB	1999-2008	1998	1	2	June-Reg	OAK
13	Josh Hamilton	CF-LF	19	Tampa Bay Rays	LAA 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1999	1	1	June-Reg	TB
14	Kip Wells	P	23	Chicago White Sox	LAA Minors [AAA]	MLB	1996-2013	1998	1	16	June-Reg	CHW
15	Matt Riley	P	20	Baltimore Orioles	Inactive	MLB	1998-2010	1997	3	105	June-Reg	BAL
16	Alfonso Soriano	LF	24	New York Yankees	CHC 40m	MLB	1996-2013	1998	UDFA		Signed	NYY
17	Chin-Feng Chen	LF	22	Los Angeles Dodgers	Retired	MLB	1999-2005	1999	UDFA		Signed	LAD
18	Michael Cuddyer	RF	21	Minnesota Twins	COL (DL-15) 40m	MLB	1998-2013	1997	1	9	June-Reg	MIN
19	Josh Beckett	P	20	Florida Marlins	LAD (DL-15) 40m	MLB	2000-2013	1999	1	2	June-Reg	FLA
20	A.J. Burnett	P	23	Florida Marlins	PIT 40m	MLB	1995-2013	1995	8	217	June-Reg	NYM
21	Gookie Dawkins	3B	21	Cincinnati Reds	Inactive	MLB	1997-2011	1997	2	66	June-Reg	CIN
22	Brad Penny	P	22	Florida Marlins	Free Agent	MLB	1996-2012	1996	5	155	June-Reg	ARI
23	Eric Munson	3B	22	Detroit Tigers	Assistant Coach - USC (2012)	MLB	1997-2011	1999	1	3	June-Reg	DET
24	Drew Henson	3B	20	Cincinnati Reds	Retired	MLB	1998-2003	1998	3	97	June-Reg	NYY
25	Wilfredo Rodriguez	P	21	Houston Astros	Retired	MLB	1997-2006	1995	UDFA		Signed	HOU
26	Michael Restovich	LF	21	Minnesota Twins	Inactive	MLB	1998-2011	1997	2	61	June-Reg	MIN
27	Tony Armas	P	22	Montreal Expos	Retired	MLB	1995-2009	1994	UDFA		Signed	NYY
28	Ramon Ortiz	P	27	Anaheim Angels	TOR 40m	MLB	1996-2013	1995	UDFA		Signed	CAL
29	Francisco Cordero	P	25	Texas Rangers	Free Agent	MLB	1995-2012	1994	UDFA		Signed	DET
30	Abraham Nunez	RF-LF	23	Florida Marlins	Retired	MLB	1997-2009	1996	UDFA		Signed	ARI
31	Jack Cust	RF	21	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free Agent	MLB	1997-2012	1997	1	30	June-Reg	ARI
32	Jon Garland	P	20	Chicago White Sox	COL 40m	MLB	1997-2013	1997	1	10	June-Reg	CHC
33	Chad Hermansen	CF-RF	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	Retired	MLB	1995-2007	1995	1	10	June-Reg	PIT
34	Alex Escobar	RF-CF	21	New York Mets	Retired	MLB	1996-2008	1995	UDFA		Signed	NYM
35	Ben Petrick	C-LF	23	Colorado Rockies	Retired	MLB	1996-2004	1995	2	38	June-Reg	COL
36	Milton Bradley	LF	22	Montreal Expos	Inactive	MLB	1996-2011	1996	2	40	June-Reg	MTL
37	Lance Berkman	1B	24	Houston Astros	TEX 40m	MLB	1995-2013	1997	1	16	June-Reg	HOU
38	Felipe Lopez	3B-2B	20	Toronto Blue Jays	Inactive	MLB	1998-2011	1998	1	8	June-Reg	TOR
39	Danys Baez	P	22	Cleveland Indians	Inactive	MLB	2000-2011	1999	UDFA		Signed	CLE
40	Chris George	P	20	Kansas City Royals	Inactive	MLB	1998-2012	1998	1	31	June-Reg	KC
41	Barry Zito	P	22	Oakland Athletics	SF 40m	MLB	1997-2013	1999	1	9	June-Reg	OAK
42	Choo Freeman	CF	20	Colorado Rockies	Retired	MLB	1998-2007	1998	1	36	June-Reg	COL
43	Wes Anderson	P	20	Florida Marlins	Retired	A+	1998-2003	1997	14	426	June-Reg	FLA
44	Matt LeCroy	C-1B	24	Minnesota Twins	Manager - Harrisburg (2012)	MLB	1995-2008	1997	1	50	June-Reg	MIN
45	Chad Hutchinson	P	23	St. Louis Cardinals	Retired	MLB	1996-2001	1998	2	48	June-Reg	STL
46	George Lombard	CF-LF	24	Atlanta Braves	Minor league outfield and baserunning coordinator - Boston Red Sox (2013)	MLB	1994-2009	1994	2	62	June-Reg	ATL
47	Jason Standridge	P	21	Tampa Bay Rays	Inactive	MLB	1997-2012	1997	1	31	June-Reg	TB
48	Jayson Werth	RF	21	Baltimore Orioles	WAN (DL-15) Rehab 40m	MLB	1997-2013	1997	1	22	June-Reg	BAL
49	Eric Gagne	P	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	Retired	MLB	1996-2009	1995	UDFA		Signed	LAD
50	Steve Lomasney	C	22	Boston Red Sox	Retired	MLB	1995-2006	1995	5	130	June-Reg	BOS
51	Luis Rivera	P	22	Atlanta Braves	Inactive	MLB	1996-2010	1997	13	406	June-Reg	MTL
52	Brad Baisley	P	20	Philadelphia Phillies	Retired	AA	1998-2004	1998	2	44	June-Reg	PHI
53	Jesus Colome	P	21	Oakland Athletics	Inactive	MLB	1994-2011	1996	UDFA		Signed	OAK
54	Wascar Serrano	P	33	San Diego Padres	Retired	MLB	1997-2005	1995	UDFA		Signed	SD
55	Ed Yarnall	P	24	Cincinnati Reds	Retired	MLB	1994-2007	1996	3	78	June-Reg	NYM
56	Adam Dunn	DH-1B	20	Cincinnati Reds	CHW 40m	MLB	1998-2013	1998	2	50	June-Reg	CIN
57	C.C. Sabathia	P	19	Cleveland Indians	NYY 40m	MLB	1998-2013	1998	1	20	June-Reg	CLE
58	Kurt Ainsworth	P	21	San Francisco Giants	Retired	MLB	1997-2004	1999	1	24	June-Reg	SF
59	Rob Bell	P	23	Cincinnati Reds	Retired	MLB	1995-2008	1995	3	85	June-Reg	ATL
60	Julio Ramirez	CF-RF	22	Florida Marlins	Inactive	MLB	1995-2010	1993	UDFA		Signed	FLA
61	Peter Bergeron	CF	22	Montreal Expos	Retired	MLB	1996-2007	1996	4	118	June-Reg	LAD
62	Pablo Ozuna	2B-CF	25	Florida Marlins	Inactive	MLB	1997-2010	1996	UDFA		Signed	STL
63	Aaron Myette	P	22	Chicago White Sox	Retired	MLB	1996-2008	1997	1	43	June-Reg	CHW
64	Adam Eaton	P	22	San Diego Padres	Retired	MLB	1997-2009	1996	1	11	June-Reg	PHI
65	Ben Sheets	P	21	Milwaukee Brewers	Retired (2012)	MLB	1999-2012	1999	1	10	June-Reg	MIL
66	Dernell Stenson	LF-RF	22	Boston Red Sox	Deceased	MLB	1996-2003	1996	3	91	June-Reg	BOS
67	Cesar Izturis	SS	20	Toronto Blue Jays	CIN 40m	MLB	1997-2013	1996	UDFA		Signed	TOR
68	Jason Romano	CF-2B	21	Texas Rangers	Retired	MLB	1997-2007	1997	1	39	June-Reg	TEX
69	Wade Miller	P	23	Houston Astros	Retired	MLB	1996-2009	1996	20	594	June-Reg	HOU
70	Kyle Snyder	P	22	Kansas City Royals	Pitching Coach - Bowling Green (2013)	MLB	1997-2011	1999	1	7	June-Reg	KC
71	Mike Lamb	1B	24	Texas Rangers	Inactive	MLB	1995-2011	1997	7	227	June-Reg	TEX
72	Jackson Melian	OF	20	Cincinnati Reds	Inactive	AAA	1997-2010	1996	UDFA		Signed	NYY
73	Carlos Guillen	2B	24	Seattle Mariners	Inactive	MLB	1995-2011	1992	UDFA		Signed	HOU
74	Marcus Giles	2B	22	Atlanta Braves	Retired	MLB	1997-2007	1996	53	1511	June-Reg	ATL
75	Dan Reichert	P	23	Kansas City Royals	Inactive	MLB	1995-2012	1997	1	7	June-Reg	KC
76	Adam Everett	3B	23	Houston Astros	Minor League Infield Coordinator - Cleveland Indians (2013)	MLB	1996-2011	1998	1	12	June-Reg	BOS
77	Hee Seop Choi	1B	21	Chicago Cubs	Retired	MLB	1999-2006	1999	UDFA		Signed	CHC
78	Pat Strange	P	19	New York Mets	Retired	MLB	1998-2004	1998	2	64	June-Reg	NYM
79	B.J. Garbe	OF	19	Minnesota Twins	Retired	AA	1999-2006	1999	1	5	June-Reg	MIN
80	Chip Ambres	OF	20	Florida Marlins	Retired	MLB	1999-2009	2000	30	896	June-Reg	SEA
81	Byung-Hyun Kim	P	21	Arizona Diamondbacks	Inactive	MLB	1999-2010	1999	UDFA		Signed	ARI
82	Russell Branyan	1B	24	Cleveland Indians	Free Agent	MLB	1994-2012	1994	7	185	June-Reg	CLE
83	Orber Moreno	P	23	Kansas City Royals	Inactive	MLB	1995-2010	1993	UDFA		Signed	KC
84	Grant Roberts	P	22	New York Mets	Retired	MLB	1995-2005	1995	11	301	June-Reg	NYM
85	Ryan Christianson	C	19	Seattle Mariners	Retired	AAA	1999-2007	1999	1	11	June-Reg	SEA
86	Luis Rivas	2B	20	Minnesota Twins	Retired	MLB	1996-2009	1995	UDFA		Signed	MIN
87	Jason Jennings	P	21	Colorado Rockies	Inactive	MLB	1997-2011	1999	1	16	June-Reg	COL
88	Wily Mo Pena	DH-LF	18	New York Yankees	Inactive	MLB	1999-2012	1998	UDFA		Signed	NYY
89	D'Angelo Jimenez	2B-SS	22	New York Yankees	Inactive	MLB	1995-2012	1994	UDFA		Signed	NYY
90	Mario Encarnacion	LF-RF	22	Oakland Athletics	Deceased	MLB	1996-2004	1994	UDFA		Signed	OAK
91	Tim Drew	P	21	Cleveland Indians	Retired	MLB	1997-2008	1997	1	28	June-Reg	CLE
92	Ramon Santiago	2B	20	Detroit Tigers	DET 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1998	UDFA		Signed	DET
93	Adam Piatt	LF-RF	24	Oakland Athletics	Retired	MLB	1997-2003	1997	8	245	June-Reg	OAK
94	Sun-Woo Kim	P	22	Boston Red Sox	Retired	MLB	1998-2007	1997	UDFA		Signed	BOS
95	Jimmy Rollins	SS	21	Philadelphia Phillies	PHI 40m	MLB	1996-2012	1996	2	46	June-Reg	PHI
96	Joe Crede	3B	22	Chicago White Sox	Retired	MLB	1996-2009	1996	5	137	June-Reg	CHW
97	J.J. Davis	RF	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	Retired	MLB	1997-2005	1997	1	8	June-Reg	PIT
98	Aubrey Huff	1B	23	Tampa Bay Rays	Free Agent	MLB	1997-2012	1998	5	162	June-Reg	TB
99	Wilson Betemit	3B	18	Atlanta Braves	BAL (DL-60)	MLB	1997-2012	1996	UDFA		Signed	ATL
100	Kenny Kelly	OF	21	Tampa Bay Rays	Inactive	MLB	1997-2011	1997	2	82	June-Reg	TB

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