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The Cardinals Top 50 Prospects

OK – I wanted to do this differently; I had a plan of breaking down every players and giving a much better synopsis with stats. But due to time constraints, here’s a quick and dirty version of my top 50 Cardinal prospects.

I looked at scouting reports, stats, and other lists to create this list; maybe I’ll come back and break down the players more.

Ranks	Player	Position
1.	Alex Reyes	RHP
2.	Jack Flaherty	RHP
3.	Luke Weaver	RHP
4.	Tim Cooney	LHP
5.	Charlie Tilson	OF
6.	Nick Plummer	OF
7.	Marco Gonzales	LHP
8.	Magneuris Sierra	OF
9.	Edmundo Sosa	SS
10.	Aledmys Diaz	SS
11.	Sam Tuivailala	RHP
12.	Junior Fernandez	RHP
13.	Harrison Bader	OF
14.	Jake Woodford	RHP
15.	Austin Gomber	LHP
16.	Bryce Denton	3B
17.	Paul DeJong	3B
18.	Carson Kelly	C
19.	Anthony Garcia	OF
20.	Greg Garcia	SS
21.	Jacob Wilson	2B/3B
22.	Darren Seferina	2B
23.	Daniel Poncedeleon	RHP
24.	Ronnie Williams	RHP
25.	Corey Littrell	LHP
26.	Sandy Alcantara	RHP
27.	Matt Bowman	RHP
28.	Patrick Wisdom	3B
29.	Ian McKinney	LHP
30.	Mike Ohlman	C
31.	Oscar Mercado	SS
32.	Trey Neilsen	RHP
33.	Arturo Reyes	RHP
34.	Ian Oxnevad	RHP
35.	Allen Cordoba	SS
36.	Juan Herrera	SS
37.	Dean Keikhefer	LHP
38.	Andrew Morales	RHP
39.	Chris Perry	RHP
40.	Breyvic Valera	2B
41.	David Oca	RHP
42.	Eliezer Alvarez	2B
43.	Matt Pearce	RHP
44.	Alex Mejia	SS
45.	Chris Chinea	C
46.	Bryan Dobzanski	RHP
47.	Daniel Diekroeger	3B
48.	Alvaro Seijas	RHP
49.	Robbie Rowland	RHP
50.	Chandler Hawkins	RHP

The Cardinals system isn’t as deep as it once was; after Alex Reyes, there aren’t many potential elite prospects.

One guy to keep an eye on is Junior Fernandez; the flamethower has gotten off to a good start at Peoria.

I reluctantly put Diaz at 10 after having him closer to 15; I’m still not completely sold on him, but he’s working hard to prove me wrong. Since being removed from the 40-man roster in the middle of last season, he’s done nothing but hit at every stop, including the majors. Unfortunately, that has pushed Greg Garcia to Memphis (since Ruben Tejada is off the DL); Garcia is probably going to have to move to another organization to get a real shot at the MLB level. I still believe that he’ll be a decent regular at short in the long run, but the Cardinals appear to disagree with me.

I’ll be back with some profiles of Cardinal prospects, either here or the Cards Conclave.