2002 BASEBALL PROSPECTS

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TBC has added statistics, highest level reached and current status to the prospects section and we've re-organized for easier review.

BASEBALL PROSPECTS HISTORY

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Hitters (2002)

Pitchers (2002)

Rank	Prospect Name	Pos	Age	Team Name	Current Status	HiLvl	Years	Draft Information
1	Josh Beckett	P	22	Florida Marlins	LAD (DL-15) 40m	MLB	2000-2013	1999	1	2	June-Reg	FLA
2	Mark Prior	P	21	Chicago Cubs	CIN Minors [AAA]	MLB	1999-2013	2001	1	2	June-Reg	CHC
3	Hank Blalock	3B	21	Texas Rangers	Inactive	MLB	1999-2010	1999	3	105	June-Reg	TEX
4	Sean Burroughs	1B	21	San Diego Padres	LAD Minors	MLB	1999-2012	1998	1	9	June-Reg	SD
5	Carlos Pena	1B	24	Oakland Athletics	HOU 40m	MLB	1998-2013	1998	1	10	June-Reg	TEX
6	Juan Cruz	P	23	Chicago Cubs	Free Agent	MLB	1998-2012	1997	UDFA		Signed	CHC
7	Joe Mauer	C-DH	19	Minnesota Twins	MIN 40m	MLB	2001-2013	2001	1	1	June-Reg	MIN
8	Wilson Betemit	3B	20	Atlanta Braves	BAL (DL-60)	MLB	1997-2012	1996	UDFA		Signed	ATL
9	Drew Henson	3B	22	New York Yankees	Retired	MLB	1998-2003	1998	3	97	June-Reg	NYY
10	Mark Teixeira	1B	22	Texas Rangers	NYY (DL-60)	MLB	2001-2012	2001	1	5	June-Reg	TEX
11	Austin Kearns	LF-RF	22	Cincinnati Reds	MIA 40m	MLB	1998-2013	1998	1	7	June-Reg	CIN
12	Joe Borchard	RF-CF	23	Chicago White Sox	Inactive	MLB	1998-2011	2000	1	12	June-Reg	CHW
13	Nick Johnson	DH	23	New York Yankees	Retired (2013)	MLB	1996-2012	1996	3	89	June-Reg	NYY
14	Ryan Anderson	P	22	Seattle Mariners	Retired	AAA	1998-2005	1997	1	19	June-Reg	SEA
15	Angel Berroa	SS-2B	22	Kansas City Royals	Inactive	MLB	1999-2012	1997	UDFA		Signed	OAK
16	Dennis Tankersley	P	23	San Diego Padres	Retired	MLB	1999-2008	1998	38	1135	June-Reg	BOS
17	Nick Neugebauer	P	21	Milwaukee Brewers	Retired	MLB	1999-2004	1998	2	56	June-Reg	MIL
18	Josh Hamilton	CF-LF	21	Tampa Bay Rays	LAA 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1999	1	1	June-Reg	TB
19	Jerome Williams	P	20	San Francisco Giants	LAA 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1999	1	39	June-Reg	SF
20	Brandon Phillips	2B	21	Montreal Expos	CIN 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1999	2	57	June-Reg	MTL
21	Justin Morneau	1B	21	Minnesota Twins	MIN 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1999	3	89	June-Reg	MIN
22	Casey Kotchman	1B	19	Anaheim Angels	MIA (DL-60) Rehab	MLB	2001-2013	2001	1	13	June-Reg	ANA
23	Jon Rauch	P	23	Chicago White Sox	Free Agent	MLB	1999-2013	1999	3	99	June-Reg	CHW
24	Carlos Hernandez	2B-SS	26	Houston Astros	Retired	MLB	1994-2006	1992	UDFA		Signed	HOU
25	Ty Howington	P	21	Cincinnati Reds	Retired	AA	2000-2005	1999	1	14	June-Reg	CIN
26	Marlon Byrd	CF	24	Philadelphia Phillies	NYM 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1999	10	306	June-Reg	PHI
27	Michael Cuddyer	RF	23	Minnesota Twins	COL 40m	MLB	1998-2013	1997	1	9	June-Reg	MIN
28	Jake Peavy	P	21	San Diego Padres	CHW 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1999	15	472	June-Reg	SD
29	Boof Bonser	P	20	San Francisco Giants	SF Minors [AAA]	MLB	2000-2013	2000	1	21	June-Reg	SF
30	Rafael Soriano	P	22	Seattle Mariners	WAN 40m	MLB	1997-2013	1996	UDFA		Signed	SEA
31	Adrian Gonzalez	1B	20	Florida Marlins	LAD 40m	MLB	2000-2013	2000	1	1	June-Reg	FLA
32	Corwin Malone	P	21	Chicago White Sox	Retired	AAA	1999-2008	1999	9	279	June-Reg	CHW
33	Brett Myers	P	21	Philadelphia Phillies	CLE (DL-15) Rehab 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1999	1	12	June-Reg	PHI
34	Jose Reyes	SS	19	New York Mets	TOR (DL-60)	MLB	2000-2013	1999	UDFA		Signed	NYM
35	Kazuhisa Ishii	P	28	Los Angeles Dodgers	Inactive	MLB	1992-2012	2002	UDFA		Signed	LAD
36	Josh Phelps	1B-C	24	Toronto Blue Jays	Inactive	MLB	1996-2010	1996	10	279	June-Reg	TOR
37	Brandon Claussen	P	23	New York Yankees	Retired	MLB	1999-2007	1998	34	1026	June-Reg	NYY
38	Miguel Cabrera	3B	19	Florida Marlins	DET 40m	MLB	2000-2013	1999	UDFA		Signed	FLA
39	Xavier Nady	LF	23	San Diego Padres	KC Minors [AAA]	MLB	1998-2013	2000	2	49	June-Reg	SD
40	Hee Seop Choi	1B	23	Chicago Cubs	Retired	MLB	1999-2006	1999	UDFA		Signed	CHC
41	J.R. House	C	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	Hitting Coach - Hillsboro (2013)	MLB	1999-2011	1999	5	152	June-Reg	PIT
42	Adam Wainwright	P	20	Atlanta Braves	STL 40m	MLB	2000-2013	2000	1	29	June-Reg	ATL
43	John Buck	C	21	Houston Astros	NYM 40m	MLB	1998-2013	1998	7	212	June-Reg	HOU
44	Jimmy Journell	P	24	St. Louis Cardinals	Retired	MLB	1997-2006	1999	4	132	June-Reg	STL
45	Dave Kelton	LF-RF	22	Chicago Cubs	Retired	MLB	1998-2006	1998	2	46	June-Reg	CHC
46	Chris Snelling	LF-RF	20	Seattle Mariners	Retired	MLB	1999-2009	1999	UDFA		Signed	SEA
47	Kelly Johnson	P	22	Atlanta Braves	Retired	A	2000-2005	2000	45	1333	June-Reg	STL
48	Bobby Hill	2B-3B	24	Chicago Cubs	Inactive	MLB	1997-2011	2000	2	43	June-Reg	CHC
49	Mario Ramos	P	24	Texas Rangers	Retired	MLB	1998-2007	1999	6	183	June-Reg	OAK
50	Jimmy Gobble	P	20	Kansas City Royals	Inactive	MLB	1999-2010	1999	1	43	June-Reg	KC
51	Chris Burke	2B	22	Houston Astros	Inactive	MLB	2001-2010	2001	1	10	June-Reg	HOU
52	Antonio Perez	SS-3B	22	Seattle Mariners	Retired	MLB	1999-2009	1998	UDFA		Signed	CIN
53	Jason Lane	P	25	Houston Astros	MIN Minors	MLB	1996-2012	1999	6	203	June-Reg	HOU
54	Mark Phillips	P	20	San Diego Padres	Retired	A+	2000-2007	2000	1	9	June-Reg	SD
55	Nate Cornejo	P	22	Detroit Tigers	Retired	MLB	1998-2006	1998	1	34	June-Reg	DET
56	Gavin Floyd	P	19	Philadelphia Phillies	CHW (DL-60)	MLB	2002-2013	2001	1	4	June-Reg	PHI
57	Dewon Brazelton	P	22	Tampa Bay Rays	Inactive	MLB	2001-2010	2001	1	3	June-Reg	TB
58	Kurt Ainsworth	P	23	San Francisco Giants	Retired	MLB	1997-2004	1999	1	24	June-Reg	SF
59	Carl Crawford	LF	20	Tampa Bay Rays	LAD 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1999	2	52	June-Reg	TB
60	Seung Song	P	22	Boston Red Sox	Retired	AAA	1999-2006	1999	UDFA		Signed	BOS
61	Chin-Hui Tsao	P	21	Colorado Rockies	Retired	MLB	2000-2008	1999	UDFA		Signed	COL
62	Brad Wilkerson	LF-1B	25	Montreal Expos	Retired	MLB	1996-2009	1998	1	33	June-Reg	MTL
63	Michael Restovich	LF	23	Minnesota Twins	Inactive	MLB	1998-2011	1997	2	61	June-Reg	MIN
64	Chin-Feng Chen	LF	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	Retired	MLB	1999-2005	1999	UDFA		Signed	LAD
65	Wily Mo Pena	DH-LF	20	Cincinnati Reds	Inactive	MLB	1999-2012	1998	UDFA		Signed	NYY
66	Brett Evert	P	21	Atlanta Braves	Retired	AAA	1999-2007	1999	7	234	June-Reg	ATL
67	Juan Rivera	1B-LF	23	New York Yankees	ARI Minors [AAA]	MLB	1998-2012	1995	9	234	June-Reg	TEX
68	Nic Jackson	OF	22	Chicago Cubs	Inactive	AAA	2000-2012	2000	3	76	June-Reg	CHC
69	Ricardo Rodriguez	P	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	Retired	MLB	2000-2008	1996	UDFA		Signed	LAD
70	Jayson Werth	RF	23	Toronto Blue Jays	WAN (DL-15) Rehab 40m	MLB	1997-2013	1997	1	22	June-Reg	BAL
71	Alex Escobar	RF-CF	23	Cleveland Indians	Retired	MLB	1996-2008	1995	UDFA		Signed	NYM
72	Clint Nageotte	P	21	Seattle Mariners	Inactive	MLB	2000-2010	1999	5	155	June-Reg	SEA
73	Corey Smith	3B	20	Cleveland Indians	CHW Minors [AA]	AAA	2000-2012	2000	1	26	June-Reg	CLE
74	Bobby Jenks	P	21	Anaheim Angels	Free Agent	MLB	2000-2011	2000	5	140	June-Reg	ANA
75	Gabe Gross	LF	22	Toronto Blue Jays	Assistant Coach - Auburn University (2013)	MLB	1999-2010	2001	1	15	June-Reg	TOR
76	John-Ford Griffin	OF	22	New York Yankees	Inactive	MLB	1999-2010	2001	1	23	June-Reg	NYY
77	Jake Gautreau	2B	22	San Diego Padres	Assistant Coach - Tulane University (2013)	AAA	1999-2008	2001	1	14	June-Reg	SD
78	Aaron Heilman	P	23	New York Mets	Free Agent	MLB	1998-2012	2001	1	18	June-Reg	NYM
79	Kenny Baugh	P	23	Detroit Tigers	Retired	AAA	1998-2009	2001	1	11	June-Reg	DET
80	Carlos Zambrano	P	21	Chicago Cubs	PHI Minors	MLB	1998-2012	1997	UDFA		Signed	CHC
81	Orlando Hudson	2B-3B	24	Toronto Blue Jays	Free Agent	MLB	1998-2012	1997	43	1280	June-Reg	TOR
82	Colby Lewis	P	22	Texas Rangers	TEX Minors [AA] 40m	MLB	1999-2012	1999	1	38	June-Reg	TEX
83	Tony Torcato	RF-LF	22	San Francisco Giants	Retired	MLB	1998-2008	1998	1	19	June-Reg	SF
84	Mike Jones	P	19	Milwaukee Brewers	Inactive	AAA	2001-2010	2001	1	12	June-Reg	MIL
85	Adam Johnson	P	22	Minnesota Twins	Retired	MLB	1998-2009	2000	1	2	June-Reg	MIN
86	Chris Narveson	P	20	St. Louis Cardinals	MIL (DL-15) 40m	MLB	2000-2013	2000	2	53	June-Reg	STL
87	Denny Bautista	P	19	Florida Marlins	Inactive	MLB	2000-2011	2000	UDFA		Signed	FLA
88	J.D. Martin	P	19	Cleveland Indians	TB Minors [AAA]	MLB	2001-2013	2001	1	35	June-Reg	CLE
89	John VanBenschoten	P	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	Inactive	MLB	1999-2011	2001	1	8	June-Reg	PIT
90	Erik Bedard	P	23	Baltimore Orioles	HOU 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1999	6	187	June-Reg	BAL
91	Eric Byrnes	LF-CF	26	Oakland Athletics	Inactive	MLB	1997-2010	1998	8	225	June-Reg	OAK
92	Ramon Vazquez	2B	25	San Diego Padres	Inactive	MLB	1995-2012	1995	27	734	June-Reg	SEA
93	Tony Blanco	IF	20	Boston Red Sox	Inactive	MLB	2000-2012	1998	UDFA		Signed	BOS
94	Joe Crede	3B	24	Chicago White Sox	Retired	MLB	1996-2009	1996	5	137	June-Reg	CHW
95	Omar Infante	2B	20	Detroit Tigers	DET 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1999	UDFA		Signed	DET
96	Matt Belisle	P	22	Atlanta Braves	COL 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1998	2	52	June-Reg	ATL
97	Victor Martinez	DH	23	Cleveland Indians	DET 40m	MLB	1999-2013	1996	UDFA		Signed	CLE
98	Dustin McGowan	P	20	Toronto Blue Jays	TOR (DL-60) Rehab	MLB	2000-2011	2000	1	33	June-Reg	TOR
99	Ryan Dittfurth	P	22	Texas Rangers	Retired	AA	1998-2008	1998	5	143	June-Reg	TEX
100	Jack Cust	RF	23	Colorado Rockies	Free Agent	MLB	1997-2012	1997	1	30	June-Reg	ARI

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