1. Jameson Taillon, rhp
2. Stetson Allie, rhp
3. Tony Sanchez, c
4. Luis Heredia, rhp
5. Starling Marte, of
6. Jeff Locke, lhp
7. Andrew Lambo, of
8. Bryan Morris, rhp
9. Chase d’Arnaud, ss/2b
10. Rudy Owens, lhp

As for the system’s rankings, the team graduated many of its best prospects. They placed huge efforts into rebuilding the farm system, and it might pay dividends in a few years. But the fact Stetson Allie is the organization’s second best prospect (and 3 of the 4 top prospect are yet to play a minor league game) epitomizes why #22 seemed like a fair ranking of the Pirates’ organization.

While failing to rank Taillon or Sanchez would be a joke, despite Morris’ 93 mph fastball, I would argue it’s not that unreasonable to avoid placing a 23 year old w/ a 4.45 ERA over 17 AA starts among his organization’s top 10 prospects. We mentioned in the writing section he’s had a good season, but in reality, the numbers since the promotion aren’t that great. While Presley gets downgraded due to his size, he’s currently hitting .324 between AA and AAA w/ 12 homers and 79 RBI’s. He’ll never be a superstar, but if he plays anything like he did this season, he will provide solid help in the outfield next year given the opportunity.

I ended up removing Andy Oliver based upon the prediction he would graduate this season. However, considering he’s only logged about 25 innings and less than 30 days of service time, there chances he’ll be eligible for the 2011 lists seems pretty good. I thought he was up longer for some reason. Assuming he qualifies next season (very likely assumes he logs 28 innings after September), Oliver definitely makes the list. Thanks for reading and I like the input!