I decided to try my hand at this again after seeing a mini rush of sorts over the past few days.  I think that I have a better handle on prospect value now than I did during my last effort.  Here goes!

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Mike Minor has been called up to start for the Braves on Monday.  Yet another great prospect making his debut this year. 

It will be exciting to see how he does.  Should we do a crystal ball?  Or perhaps a debut prediction? :)  

Just to mess with everybody, I will!  Minor is pitching against Houston.  My prediction: 5 innings pitched, 7 k's, 2 runs, 4 hits, 2 walks.  I did this for you, Satchel!  Enjoy.

I don't know of any other starters, but games are going on and stuff is happening, so a thread is overdue. 

Casejud added some starters:

AAA – David Huff, Matt Maloney, Chris Tillman, Felix Doubront, David Bromberg, Thomas Diamond

AA ball -Rudy Owens, Alex White (6-4, 1.48), Jake McGee, Aaron Crow, Eric Cordier, Mark Rogers

All A – Ethan Marftin v Maikel Cleto, Robbie Ross, Charles Brewer (sleeper), Cody Scarpetta, Tyler Sample, Matt Packer (8-5, 1.62), Robbie Erlin (5-2, 1.67), Brandon Erbe, Mike Foltynewicz

I will use up the rest of my mandatory 75 words by going on a little mini rant!  Critical thinking is in such a sorry state in the states as to make the absence of logic and philosophy in public school education almost criminal!  Bring the mother of all humanities back into the school systems!  Tangent ended.  We may resume baseball activities. 

I don't have a list of probable starters, but I do know that Randall Delgado pitches, and Mike Minor makes his AAA debut! 

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I was wondering how some of you would rank the following prospects: Miquel Sano, Aaron Miller, Dellin Betances, Chris Withrow, John Lamb, Jaff Decker, Jurickson Profar, Liam Hendriks, Drew Cumberland, Oscar Tejada, Jake Mcgee, Robinson Lopez, Jiovanni Mier, and Tyler Chatwood. 

My own ranking would probably be:

1) John Lamb

2) Chris Withrow

3) Dellin Betances

4) Aaron Miller

5) Miquel Sano

6) Jurickson Profar

7) Liam Hendriks

8) Drew Cumberland

9) Robinson Lopez

10) Jake Mcgee

11)Jiovanni Mier

12) Tyler Chatwood

13) Jaff Decker

14) Oscar Tejada

Thanks a lot for any help!   

I don't know who is pitching today, and it is a little late for that anyway, but I hated to see it get any later in the day without anybody starting off everybody's favorite daily post!  

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I haven't ever made one of my lists public, and I only did this over the past 45 minutes, but I would like to give this ranking thing a shot.  

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I have compiled the results (so far) of the 1/3 grading that the community participated in doing. Take these with a grain of salt, as there were as many a as 14 votes for some prospects, and as few as 1 for others.  Also, some prospect were not nominated for grading, so this list may not contain every legitimate prospect.   I assigned GPA points for each prospect.  If you aren't familiar, an A = a 4.0, an A- = 3.7, and so on.  

Here are the top 50.  I'm strapped for time or I would go further.

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