Baseball America Red Sox Top 10 prospects

Baseball America has released its top 10 prospect list for the Boston Red Sox.

Its hard to argue with their selections, although Michael Bowden is notably absent. The one player I think they have drastically underrated is Anthony Rizzo. As I noted over at SOSH,

I'm pretty high on Rizzo, to me he could be a better first base prospect than Anderson. He posted a .357 wOBA as a 20-yr old in Advanced-A and is a solid defender +5 according to Total Zone. His home run power has been a little slow to develop but he has good size and did hit 37 doubles last year.

Rizzo was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma back in May of 2008 and after undergoing chemo he was declared cancer free in November of '08. He was a sixth round pick in 2007 and excelled in his first full season this year. He has good gap power (37 doubles) and should add more home run pop as he returns to full strength. With his great defensive ability he may actually be a better prospect than Lars Anderson. He will likely start the year in Advanced-A and could move up to Double-A by mid-season.