Keith Law's Top Ten Braves Prospects

Keith Law of ESPN posted his top ten Braves prospects. This is on ESPN Insider if you have access to it. There is some discussion about this on talkingchop.

1. Julio Teheran, RHP (6)
2. Freddie Freeman, 1B (43)
3. Arodys Vizcaino, RHP (47)
4. Randall Delgado, RHP (50)
5. Mike Minor, LHP (61)
6. Craig Kimbrel, RHP
7. Carlos Perez, LHP
8. Matt Lipka, SS
9. Edward Salcedo, SS
10. Cristian Bethancourt, C

The numbers to the right of the player's name indicate their rank in all of MLB. I believe it is out of 100 players, so that is why the other half of the prospects don't have a number. They didn't make the top 100, but they could easily make it on the list next year.

I haven't talked about Vizcaino at all. He missed a lot of time last season and yet still remains high in the system. His upside is supposedly greater than Delgado. Arodys was a prospect aquired in the Javier Vasquez trade; perhaps the biggest piece of the trade (not Melky Cabrera).

Kimbrel doesn't have a number because Keith Law doesn't value relief pitchers much in his rankings. Craig Kimbrel already proved to be a nasty pitcher in his short time in Atlanta. He will take over the closer role once held by Billy Wagner (retired). Billy Wagner has not officially retired yet, but several sources say he will.