2018 Bluebird Banter Top 40 Prospects List Index

Eligibility criteria for BBB Top 40:

• Players must retain rookie status (less than 130 MLB at-bats or 50 innings or 25 pre-September active days)
• Players must be 25 or younger for the 2018 season (born after June 30, 1992). That’s not to say players older than that don’t have value or won’t make the majors, which is why we make a separate list for them as part of the series. Rather, they are closer to finished/developed products and beyond the point where further growth can be readily projected which is a critical component of prospect lists.

2018 Top 40 List:

1. 3B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2017: tie-1)
2. SS Bo Bichette (9)
3. CF Anthony Alford (tie-1)
4. RHP Nate Pearson
5. C Danny Jansen (28)
6. LHP Ryan Borucki (16)
7. SS Logan Warmoth
8. RHP T.J. Zeuch (8)
9. Sean Reid-Foley (3)
10. Thomas Pannone
11. RHP Eric Pardinho
12. SS Richard Urena (4)
13. RHP Justin Maese (11)
14. C Riley Adams
15. C Reese McGuire (13)
16. RHP Taylor Guerrieri
17. 1B Rowdy Tellez (5)
18. IF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (6)
19. RHP Zach Jackson (22)
20. RHP Patrick Murphy (21)
21. RHP Jordan Romano (35)
22. SS Kevin Smith
23. RHP Yennsy Diaz (24)
24. C Ryan Gold
25. 2B Samad Taylor
26. C Hagen Danner
27. C Max Pentecost (14)
28. OF Chavez Young
29. OF Dwight Smith Jr. (25)
30. RHP Jackson McClelland
31. Joshua Palacios (17)
32. 1B/OF Ryan Noda
33. LHP Angel Perdomo (15)
34. 2B Cavan Biggio (26)
35. RHP Jon Harris (10)
36. RHP Jose Espada
37. IF Bradley Jones
38. OF Rodrigo Orozco
39. RHP Justin Shafer
40. RHP Emerson Jimenez