Hitters:
Here is the list of offensive players who were never ranked in a BA top 100 list but are in the top 100 fWAR of all hitters to start their career since 1990:
Name Total fWAR fWAR Rank Org. Top Rank Jim Edmonds 67.6 13 9 (1994) Jeff Kent 61 21 N/A Luis Gonzalez 59.2 25 8 (1991) Brian Giles 59 26 N/A Jason Giambi 52.5 30 4 (1995) Jorge Posada 46.5 37 7 (1995) Matt Holliday 44.5 40 4 (1994) David Justice 42.4 46 4 (1987) Placido Polanco 42.2 47 11 (1999) Jeff Cirillo 36.3 64 N/A John Valentin 32.7 78 N/A Robinson Cano 32.6 80 2 (2005) Randy Winn 29.8 89 8 (1996) Kevin Youkilis 29.4 92 3 (2003) Rich Aurilia 29.2 94 7 (1996) Michael Young 29 96 7 (2001) Brian Roberts 28.6 100 10 (2001) Jim Edmonds was never ranked in the top 100 prospects by Baseball America and only ranked as high as ninth in the Angels organization. John Sickelsdid a career profile on him and includes this quote from the 1995 STATS Major League Scouting Notebook:Edmonds can expect to see his playing time diminish. While he showed some signs of developing as a hitter, his role will probably be reduced to fourth outfielder. This more closely suits his abilities.Fourth outfielder he was not.Four of these 17 players (Kent, Giles, Cirillo, and Valentin) were not ranked on their organizational lists.I would definitely like to see a retrospective on Kent, but JockBio has a long story on his career, including some notes about his minor league performance.Sickels has a prospect retrospective on Brian Gilesand says this:Like his little brother Marcus, Brian Giles never excited scouts, even when he was putting up big numbers in the minors. He didn't have "great tools" or any plus attribute, except of course his bat, which is the most important tool of all.
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