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Atlanta Braves Mid-season Top 50 prospects: complete list and names to know

By Benjamin Chase

Jun 21, 2017; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson (7) wears his glove on his head as he returns to the dugout before their game against the San Francisco Giants at SunTrust Park. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 21, 2017; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson (7) wears his glove on his head as he returns to the dugout before their game against the San Francisco Giants at SunTrust Park. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jun 21, 2017; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson (7) wears his glove on his head as he returns to the dugout before their game against the San Francisco Giants at SunTrust Park. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 21, 2017; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson (7) wears his glove on his head as he returns to the dugout before their game against the San Francisco Giants at SunTrust Park. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports /

Atlanta Braves Mid-season Top 50 Prospects

Every season, I have tried to bring a mid-season update to the Atlanta Braves top 100 prospect list that I work on every winter. This year will be a little earlier than most, but we’ll discuss the reasoning for that more in the Friday AQA post.

The focus here is on an increasingly difficult task, narrowing a list to 50 Atlanta Braves prospects. The Braves’ system is one of the top 5 in the game without question, and while there are some elite prospects at the top end, what makes the Braves’ system so incredible is the depth within the system – players who are not even on this list are viable guys that could be major league contributors, if even in a bullpen or off the bench.

We’ll look at all players within the system currently, including those who were recently drafted, but only those who have signed and been assigned.

The guys who I will be excluding are those who are or have been in the majors and likely to surpass their rookie limits this season if they haven’t already. That meant that guys like Rio Ruiz, Johan Camargo, Luke Jackson, Sean Newcomb, and Jason Hursh did not make this list.

While only Newcomb would have factored in the top of the list, it’s still important to note when you do not see the other names, that is why.

That said, any guys who may make it to the majors possibly this season and burn through their rookie eligibility would require projection, so I won’t exclude them as we just do not know.

Here are links to the longer write ups:
Monday – 50-41
Tuesday – 31-40
Wednesday – 21-30
Thursday – 11-20
Friday – AQA (with a BIG announcement!), Top Ten

Without further ado, here’s the top 50, in list format:
1.Ronald Acuna
2.Ozzie Albies
3.Kolby Allard
4.Kyle Wright
5.Mike Soroka
6.Cristian Pache
7.Ian Anderson
8.Kevin Maitan
9.Luiz Gohara
10.Travis Demeritte
11.Max Fried
12.Alex Jackson
13.Dustin Peterson
14.Joey Wentz
15.Lucas Sims
16.Randy Ventura
17.Austin Riley
18.Kyle Muller
19.Brett Cumberland
20.Drew Waters
21.Anfernee Seymour
22.Yunior Severino
23.Joey Meneses
24.William Contreras
25.Tyler Pike
26.Patrick Weigel
27.Bryse Wilson
28.Ray-Patrick Didder
29.A.J. Minter
30.Carlos Castro
31.Yenci Pena
32.Touki Toussaint
33.Isranel Wilson
34.Braxton Davidson
35.Jonathan Morales
36.Alay Lago
37.Matt Withrow
38.Lucas Herbert
39.Derian Cruz
40.Tyler Neslony
41.Ricardo Sanchez
42.Livan Soto
43.Akeel Morris
44.Alejandro Salazar
45.Braulio Vazquez
46.Keith Curcio
47.Devan Watts
48.Juan Carlos Negret
49.Ryan Lawlor
50.Chase Johnson-Mullins

Now, any of you who’ve read my top 100 list in the offseason know that I didn’t just pick 50 guys I knew in the system. I have lots more of interest, so flip the page and you’ll learn about a number more that could be top 50 guys by the end of the year!!

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