A plethora of prospect lists was unleashed upon the populace these past few days, beginning with MLB Pipeline’s top 100 list which was released on Saturday, followed by Tuesday’s offering from FanGraphs, detailing team-specific rankings for the Detroit Tigers. The former placed four Tigers farmhands in the overall top 100 among all teams in Major League Baseball, while the latter added a wrinkle by ranking Matt Manning as the top prospect in Detroit’s development system.
A couple of other publications also took a stab at charting the hierarchy of the top youngsters in the Tigers’ minor leagues, starting with a familiar friend.