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Yasmani Grandal has to be pretty close to Hamilton. Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, and John Sickels have all stated that Grandal is a lock for their Top 100 list. Sickels even said that he would take Grandal over Devin Mesoraco. I think Grandal is being underrated here.
I'm a ceiling guy not a proximity guy. So I'm going with Hamilton, who made a jump in levels yet still took his game to a way higher level. Top Prospect in Pioneer League says something.
John has flipped a few times on Mesoraco/Grandal, but from what I have read from John, he is much more pro Grandal defensively than I am.
With me, Grandal's upside is essentially to be what Mesoraco is right now but who happens to switch hit. That is why I can't take Grandal over Mesoraco at this point and don't feel its all that close between the two guys.
FTR, I don't see any way that Hamilton isn't a Top 100 prospect when lists start rolling out.
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