A new top 20 list

Well, "new" in the sense that I haven't linked to it yet. John Sickels at Minor League Ball put up his top 20 list of Mariner prospects late last week.

His top seven with the letter grades:

1. Adam Jones, OF, Grade B+
   
2. Jeff Clement, C, Grade B+
   
3. Carlos Triunfel, SS, Grade B+
   
4. Chris Tillman, RHP, Grade B+
   
5. Wladimir Balentien, OF, Grade B+ (maybe Grade B?)
   
6. Tony Butler, LHP, Grade B-
   
7. Phillippe Aumont, RHP, Grade B-

After that there are a lot of C+ and C grades with names like: Halman, Lo, Saunders, Peguero, etc. Sickels explains:

Other Grade Cs, who are interchangeable with those above, include Nate Adcock, Denny Almonte, Aaron Brown, Danny Carroll, Casey Craig, Brodie Downs, Joe Dunigan, Nolan Gallagher, Alex Liddi, Mario Martinez, Kam "The Almighty" Mickolio, Ricky Orta, Edward Paredes, Kyle Parker, Anthony Varvaro, and Jake Wild.

Again, don't get bent out of shape about the exact placement of the C+ guys.

Just head over to see the whole list.