Baseball America recently unveiled their top ten Braves prospects and there’s some significant differences between that and Kevin Goldstein’s. The top is identical in that both lists have Jarrod Saltalamacchia at the top but Baseball America has shortstop Elvis Andrus listed second. Andrus had a modest season playing in Rome for the Braves Low A affiliate. He hit .265/.324/.362 but keep in mind the kid turned 18 in August so while he’s still a ways away, he’s also playing above his head.
Rounding out the top five are Matt Harrison (lhp), Brandon Jones (of) and Van Pope (3b). Baseball America does a nice job with their prospect coverage and if you have their online subscription, they have complete scouting reports for each of the prospects and its a solid read.
