BUT OUR MINOR LEAGUES ARE GOOD
No doubt, Tec. Lotsa firepower down there.
In the meantime...
Below are mlb.com's "Top 100 Players Today." I'm sure there's plenty of disagreement. For example,
some one of us might have included Headley or Venable.
Padres players are in
bold. LOOK REAL HARD.
100. Ichiro Suzuki – RF – Seattle Mariners
99. Carl Crawford – LF – Boston Red Sox
98. Stephen Strasburg – SP – Washington Nationals
97. Starlin Castro – SS – Chicago Cubs
96. Chase Utley – 2B – Philadelphia Phillies
95. Michael Morse – 1B/LF – Washington Nationals
94. Michael Bourn – CF – Atlanta Braves
93. Craig Kimbrel – CL – Atlanta Braves
92. Ryan Madson – CL – Cincinnati Reds
91. Shin-Soo Choo – RF – Cleveland Indians
90. Madison Bumgarner – SP – San Francisco Giants
89. Adam Wainwright – SP – St. Louis Cardinals
88. Gio Gonzalez – SP – Washington Nationals
87. Kevin Youkilis – 3B – Boston Red Sox
86. Alex Rodriguez – 3B – New York Yankees
85. Howard Kendrick – 2B – Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
84. Dan Uggla – 2B – Atlanta Braves
83. Rickie Weeks – 2B – Milwaukee Brewers
82. Carlos Beltran – OF – St. Louis Cardinals
81. Ben Zobrist – 2B/OF – Tampa Bay Rays
80. Joe Mauer – C – Minnesota Twins
79. Carlos Santana – C – Cleveland Indians
78. Heath Bell – CL – Miami Marlins
77. John Axford – CL -Milwaukee Brewers
76. Brian Wilson – CL – San Francisco Giants
75. Jhonny Peralta – SS – Detroit Tigers
74. Brett Lawrie – 3B – Toronto Blue Jays
73. Eric Hosmer – 1B – Kansas City Royals
72. Yovani Gallardo – SP – Milwaukee Brewers
71. Tim Hudson – SP – Atlanta Braves
70. Adam Jones – CF – Baltimore Orioles
69. Alex Gordon – LF – Kansas City Royals
68. Cole Hamels – SP – Philadelphia Phillies
67. David Freese – 3B – St. Louis Cardinals
66. Aramis Ramirez – 3B – Milwaukee Brewers
65. Ricky Romero – SP – Toronto Blue Jays
64. Zack Greinke – SP – Milwaukee Brewers
63. David Price – SP – Tampa Bay Rays
62. Jose Valverde – CL – Detroit Tigers
61. Jonathan Papelbon – CL – Philadelphia Phillies
60. Buster Posey – C – San Francisco Giants
59. Ryan Howard – 1B – Philadelphia Phillies
58. Shane Victorino – CF – Philadelphia Phillies
57. Josh Beckett – SP – Boston Red Sox
56. Chris Carpenter – SP – St. Louis Cardinals
55. Mark Teixeira – 1B – New York Yankees
54. Carlos Gonzalez – OF – Colorado Rockies
53. David Ortiz – DH – Boston Red Sox
52. Derek Jeter – SS – New York Yankees
51. Lance Berkman – 1B – St. Louis Cardinals
50. Jon Lester – SP – Boston Red Sox
49. Ian Kennedy – SP – Arizona Diamondbacks
48. Miguel Montero – C – Arizona Diamondbacks
47. Brian McCann – C – Atlanta Braves
46. Matt Cain – SP – San Francisco Giants
45. James Shields – SP – Tampa Bay Rays
44. Pablo Sandoval – 3B – San Francisco Giants
43. Matt Holliday – LF – St. Louis Cardinals
42. Andrew McCutchen – CF – Pittsburgh Pirates
41. Giancarlo “Mike” Stanton – RF – Miami Marlins
40. Brandon Phillips – 2B – Cincinnati Reds
39. Alex Avila – C – Detroit Tigers
38. Yadier Molina – C – St. Louis Cardinals
37. Dan Haren – SP - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
36. Hunter Pence – RF – Philadelphia Phillies
35. Nelson Cruz – RF – Texas Rangers
34. Mike Napoli – C – Texas Rangers
33. Paul Konerko – 1B – Chicago White Sox
32. Asdrubal Cabrera – SS – Cleveland Indians
31. Ian Kinsler – 2B – Texas Rangers
30. Josh Hamilton – LF – Texas Rangers
29. Michael Young – UTIL – Texas Rangers
28. Justin Upton – RF Arizona Diamondbacks
27. Mariano Rivera – CL – New York Yankees
26. CC Sabathia – SP – New York Yankees
25. Jose Reyes – SS – Miami Marlins
24. Hanley Ramirez – 3B – Miami Marlins
23. Curtis Granderson – CF – New York Yankees
22. Ryan Zimmerman – 3B – Washington Nationals
21. Evan Longoria – 3B – Tampa Bay Rays
20. Felix Hernandez – SP – Seattle Mariners
19. Tim Lincecum – SP – San Francisco Giants
18. Cliff Lee – SP – Philadelphia Phillies
17. Jacoby Ellsbury – CF – Boston Red Sox
16. Adrian Beltre – 3B – Texas Rangers
15. Joey Votto – 1B – Cincinnati Reds
14. Adrian Gonzalez – 1B – Boston Red Sox
13. Jered Weaver – SP - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
12. Dustin Pedroia – 2B – Boston Red Sox
11. Albert Pujols – 1B - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
10. Prince Fielder – 1B – Detroit Tigers
9. Ryan Braun – LF – Milwaukee Brewers
8. Robinson Cano – 2B – New York Yankees
7. Roy Halladay – SP – Philadelphia Phillies
6. Jose Bautista – RF – Toronto Blue Jays
5. Clayton Kershaw – SP – Los Angeles Dodgers
4. Troy Tulowitzki – SS – Colorado Rockies
3. Miguel Cabrera – 3B – Detroit Tigers
2. Justin Verlander – SP – Detroit Tigers
1. Matt Kemp – CF – Los Angeles Dodgers
"This team is built to win in 2014."