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Updated Preseason Indians Top 80 prospects list with comps

Update includes offseason trades and slight changes. Comps are always fun and enhance discussion. I'll post mine in the comments.

There's a cut after the top 3 tiers for me. Tiers 4-7 are pretty much interchangeable depending on preference. Next wave is 8-12

Tier 1 (The Best)
1. T.McKenzie

Tier 2 (Best Hitters)
2. G.Valera
3. N.Jones
4. T.Freeman

Tier 3 (Best Upside)
5. E.Hankins
6. N.Naylor
7. L.Torres Jr.
8. L.Oviedo

9. D.Johnson
10. B.Bradley

Tier 4 (Good chance and MORe)

11. O.Mercado
12. E.Morgan
13. A.Civale

Tier 5 (Solid but overrated)
14. Y.Chang
15. S.Hentges

Tier 6 (Good Upside with high floor)
16. B.Rocchio
17. G.Rodriguez
18. R.Palacios
19. R.Delgado
20. J.J. Rodriguez
21. A.Bracho

Tier 7 (Raw Upside with low floor/risk)
22. C.Vargas
23. J.Sanquintin

Tier 8 (Hit'n'Run, high probability ML)

24. E.Clement
25. M.Longo
26. A.Calica

27. A.Monasterio

Tier 9 (High probability ML arms)
28. Sandlin
29. JC Mejia

30. Karinchak

Tier 10 (Sinking Upside, longshots)
31. W.Benson
32. E.Haase
33. O.Gonzalez
34. Q.Holmes

Tier 11 (SP-RP tweeners)
35. Z.Plesac
36. CW Hu
37. J.Mota
38. K.McCarty
39. J.Hillman
40. J.Garza

Tier 12 (High probability role players)
41. M.Gonzalez
42. S.Kwan
43. A.Call
44. J.Fermin
45. M.Mathias
46. K.Tom

Tier 13 (Possible role players with low upside)
47. T.Brooks
48. C.Marabell
49. M.Papi
50. M.Rivera
51. L.Ice

Tier 14 (Best of Bullpen only)
52. H.Martinez
53. K.Nelson
54. D.Siri
55. A.Scott
56. Broom
57. Eubank

Tier 15 (Mixed bingo "could surprise out of nowhere" tier)
58. R.Burgos
59. M.Turner
60. K.Holland
61. C.Morris
62. R.Cardenas
63. J.Lopez
64. Royalty
65. J.Engelmann
66. Lavastida
67. M.Ramirez
68. Yainer Diaz
69. M.Alvarez
70. J.Teaney

71. B.Eichhorn

72. DeGroat

73. N.Gallagher

74. F.Perez

75. G.Vasquez

76. T.Ponticelli

77. Lopez-Alvarez

78. L.Jenkins

79. F.Tati

80. T.Friis

Tier 16 (DSL lookouts)
INF J.Tena
OF A.Planez
RHP R.Hernandez
1B/3B J.Noel
C Planchart
C R.Paz
C/1B C.Idrogo
RHP B.Munoz

2B J.Maestre

RHP W.Vasquez

RHP D.Jimenez

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