A little late to the party but I have to say I agree with this list for the most part. I think Lars should be higher, I would bump him up to #7, and that's really placing a lot of weight on the bad year. I expect Lars to bounce back pretty nicely, he is still young and the talent is certainly there. If Lars did not have his down season he would absolutely be in the top 3.

Westmoreland is in my mind the no-brainer #1. He is now fully healed from his injury and I can't wait to see what he will do in full season ball. I understand the hesitation placing him above Kelly because Kelly got it done at a higher level and Westmoreland was only at short season A. Having the pleasure to watch him every day, you can tell he is something special, five-tool all around. He was one of the fastest guys on the Lowell team, I would say he's just behind Gibson and pretty much on par with Pichardo in terms of speed. He had the most power potential of anyone this year in the NY-Penn League. We are talking 30-40 HR a year potential. The small amount of time he had in the outfield, he was rather stellar and had a pretty good throwing arm, he mostly played LF, so I didn't see him a lot in center. I think he might stay at a corner instead of center as he moves up the ladder. He hits for average and gets on base very well. The one thing he needs to improve on is pitch recognition and cutting down his strikeouts. Yes, he dominated the NY-Penn League, but the talent this year was very thin, Westy will run into a bit of wall at times as he moves up and faces more stellar competition, he will overcome it, but he will have bumps in the road, he isn't going to just fast track it to Boston.

Kelly is someone that I really would like to see commit to a full year of pitching, this is a guy I would not trade if he can duplicate his success on the mound that he had this year, if he continues to moan about playing short, that's when I think you really consider dealing him, he has talent at short, but he just wouldn't hit enough to make it to the majors.

Comparing Gibson to Brian Roberts is a bit premature, Gibson had his struggles both last year and this year at Lowell. He managed to put together a great season this year, but he did have his struggles. He's a more natural shortstop who is converting to second. In talking with him, he still is getting used to second, so his defense certainly isn't what it could be. He will be a guy that has a lot of range based on his speed once he gets better jumps on the ball. Gibson has blazing speed, may be the fastest guy in our entire system. I like him as a guy that hits second in the lineup, he can get on base and really create some havoc. I don't see the power developing quickly, he has gap power which will turn into moderate HR power if he bulks up. If Gibby can put together a good full season showing, you will see him skyrocket up many of our lists. The potential is absolutely there and I can see him profiling to a Brian Roberts type of player in time.

This may be my bias speaking, but one guy to watch next year is Alex Wilson. He dominated in short stints this year in Lowell. He will most likely have the restrictions lifted next year and I think will have some big time success. He is a bulldog type of pitcher, big Texas righty, he doesn't have a flaming fastball saw him touch 94 a few times remember he is coming of a TJ surgery, so maybe we see him add a few MPH in time. His secondary stuff seemed pretty sharp and he is someone who attacks the zone, definitely will see pretty K:BB ratio's from him, the one concern I have is at higher level's he may get too much of the zone at times which will lead to trouble. It's really hard to project him right now, but I think he's definitely someone to watch, because he has a lot of good potential.