Top Sox Prospects

RotoWorld has started their annual review of each MLB organization's top ten prospects and, how convenient, they started with the AL East today.  It's really very good, so I recommend checking it out at rotoworld.com if it interests you.  In order from first to worst, RotoWorld ranks the Sox youngsters in this order: Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Lars Anderson, Jed Lowrie, Michael Bowden, Justin Masterson, Ryan Kalish, Brandon Moss, Daniel Bard, Oscar Tejeda.  Overall, a very good list and I can't disagree too heartily with any of the rankings.  A couple notes, however: I think Buchholz and Ellsbury are a lot closer than a lot of other informed followers seem to.  At worst, it's a "Prospect 1, Prospect 1A" as opposed to a clear-cut "1, 2" situation in my opinion.  I also think Lars Anderson may be a little far up the list right now, even though he's easily the best power hitter of anyone on the list.  Early opinions on Anderson have him being capable of putting up 30+ homers a year in a middle-of-the-order role, clearly enough to merit his ranking at third.  However, I think his age and relative lack of experience (20 years old, drafted out of high school) compared to other prospects on the list (especially Jed Lowrie and Michael Bowden) should push him down the list a bit more.  I'd put him around 4 or 5, with Lowrie and/or Bowden following Clay and Jacoby.  Any thoughts?

 
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