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I can tell you who I think the top 100 prospects are, but that's just one man's opinion, removed from the strategic considerations of a draft. It's also one-size-fits-all, not taking into account all the various scoring formats.

So how about an alternate form of rankings, one that takes into account other opinions, gauges perception to maximize value, and is tailored to one particular scoring format? What if, in other words, I gathered up 11 other people and we drafted nothing but prospects? How about that?

That's what we did here, with traditional 5x5 Rotisserie scoring in mind. Here's who all took part:

1) Rhys White, Prospects Live (@RhysBWhite)
2) Jesse Severe, Dynasty Sports Life podcast (@jessesevere)
3) Jake Wiener, Prospects1500 (@GatorSosa)
4) Frank Stampfl, CBS Sports (@Roto_Frank)
5) Scott Wampler, The Can-Am Super Show (@CanAmSuperShow)
6) R.J. White, CBS Sports (@rjwhite1)
7) Tim Kanak, Fantasy Aceball (@fantasyaceball)
8) Drew Wheeler, Prospects Live (@drewisokay)
9) Scott White, CBS Sports (@CBSScottWhite)
10) Anthony Kates, SportsEthos (@akfantasybb)
11) Darren "Doc" Eisenhauer, Scout the Statline (@DocHollidayDyna)
12) Phil Ponebshek, Patton & Company

You'll notice right from the start how opinions can differ, with Wyatt Langford being drafted first overall, but those differences can help to establish tiers within the prospect rankings. The top four here are the same as in my own rankings, just in a different order. Of course, to me, it's really more like a top five, and I was disappointed to see Yoshinobu Yamamoto slide to Pick 8 here.

The two teenagers drafted in the top five last year, Walker Jenkins and Max Clark, get more love here than they do in my own rankings. So do catchers Samuel Basallo and Ethan Salas, which exposes my bias against catchers for Dynasty purposes. Proximity seemed to carry more weight with this crowd, judging by the Colton Cowser (13th overall), Shota Imanaga (17th), Pete Crow-Armstrong (32nd), Kyle Harrison (36th) and Masyn Winn (37th) picks.

  • Prospects-only mock for H2H points leagues

It being a 5x5-scoring league, only 31 pitchers were drafted overall. I tried to take advantage by waiting on my No. 16 prospect, Andrew Painter, but I ultimately waited too long, seeing him go two picks before mine in Round 4.

Round 6 began a run of players who I didn't even include in my top 100, with Gabriel Gonzalez, Josue De Paula, Samuel Zavala, Bryan Ramos and Bubba Chandler all going in the span of six picks. By Round 8, more picks than not weren't a part of my rankings, but seeing as 120 players were drafted in all, that wasn't entirely expected.

Note that Padres shortstop Leodalis De Vries and Braves shortstop Jose Perdomo, the two biggest names from the latest international signing class, were both drafted outside the top 100. Guess we don't put the same faith in 17-year-olds that we used to.

Round By Round
Round 1
Pos Team Player
1 Scott White
2 Phil Ponebshek
3 Frank Stampfl
4 Anthony Kates
5 R.J. White
6 Jesse Severe
7 Tim Kanak
8 Jake Wiener
9 Drew Wheeler
10 Darren "Doc" Eisenhauer
11 Scotty Wampler
12 Rhys White
Round 2
Pos Team Player
13 Rhys White
14 Scotty Wampler
15 Darren "Doc" Eisenhauer
16 Drew Wheeler
17 Jake Wiener
18 Tim Kanak
19 Jesse Severe
20 R.J. White
21 Anthony Kates
22 Frank Stampfl
23 Phil Ponebshek
24 Scott White
Round 3
Pos Team Player
25 Scott White
26 Phil Ponebshek
27 Frank Stampfl
28 Anthony Kates
29 R.J. White
30 Jesse Severe
31 Tim Kanak
32 Jake Wiener
33 Drew Wheeler
34 Darren "Doc" Eisenhauer
35 Scotty Wampler
36 Rhys White
Round 4
Pos Team Player
37 Rhys White
38 Scotty Wampler
39 Darren "Doc" Eisenhauer
40 Drew Wheeler
41 Jake Wiener
42 Tim Kanak
43 Jesse Severe
44 R.J. White
45 Anthony Kates
46 Frank Stampfl
47 Phil Ponebshek
48 Scott White
Round 5
Pos Team Player
49 Scott White
50 Phil Ponebshek
51 Frank Stampfl
52 Anthony Kates
53 R.J. White
54 Jesse Severe
55 Tim Kanak
56 Jake Wiener
57 Drew Wheeler
58 Darren "Doc" Eisenhauer
59 Scotty Wampler
60 Rhys White
Round 6
Pos Team Player
61 Rhys White
62 Scotty Wampler
63 Darren "Doc" Eisenhauer
64 Drew Wheeler
65 Jake Wiener
66 Tim Kanak
67 Jesse Severe
68 R.J. White
69 Anthony Kates
70 Frank Stampfl
71 Phil Ponebshek
72 Scott White
Round 7
Pos Team Player
73 Scott White
74 Phil Ponebshek
75 Frank Stampfl
76 Anthony Kates
77 R.J. White
78 Jesse Severe
79 Tim Kanak
80 Jake Wiener
81 Drew Wheeler
82 Darren "Doc" Eisenhauer
83 Scotty Wampler
84 Rhys White
Round 8
Pos Team Player
85 Rhys White
86 Scotty Wampler
87 Darren "Doc" Eisenhauer
88 Drew Wheeler
89 Jake Wiener
90 Tim Kanak
91 Jesse Severe
92 R.J. White
93 Anthony Kates
94 Frank Stampfl
95 Phil Ponebshek
96 Scott White
Round 9
Pos Team Player
97 Scott White
98 Phil Ponebshek
99 Frank Stampfl
100 Anthony Kates
101 R.J. White
102 Jesse Severe
103 Tim Kanak
104 Jake Wiener
105 Drew Wheeler
106 Darren "Doc" Eisenhauer
107 Scotty Wampler
108 Rhys White
Round 10
Pos Team Player
109 Rhys White
110 Scotty Wampler
111 Darren "Doc" Eisenhauer
112 Drew Wheeler
113 Jake Wiener
114 Tim Kanak
115 Jesse Severe
116 R.J. White
117 Anthony Kates
118 Frank Stampfl
119 Phil Ponebshek
120 Scott White
Team by Team
Scott White
Rd Pk Player
1 1
2 24
3 25
4 48
5 49
6 72
7 73
8 96
9 97
10 120
Phil Ponebshek
Rd Pk Player
1 2
2 23
3 26
4 47
5 50
6 71
7 74
8 95
9 98
10 119
Frank Stampfl
Rd Pk Player
1 3
2 22
3 27
4 46
5 51
6 70
7 75
8 94
9 99
10 118
Anthony Kates
Rd Pk Player
1 4
2 21
3 28
4 45
5 52
6 69
7 76
8 93
9 100
10 117
R.J. White
Rd Pk Player
1 5
2 20
3 29
4 44
5 53
6 68
7 77
8 92
9 101
10 116
Jesse Severe
Rd Pk Player
1 6
2 19
3 30
4 43
5 54
6 67
7 78
8 91
9 102
10 115
Tim Kanak
Rd Pk Player
1 7
2 18
3 31
4 42
5 55
6 66
7 79
8 90
9 103
10 114
Jake Wiener
Rd Pk Player
1 8
2 17
3 32
4 41
5 56
6 65
7 80
8 89
9 104
10 113
Drew Wheeler
Rd Pk Player
1 9
2 16
3 33
4 40
5 57
6 64
7 81
8 88
9 105
10 112
Darren "Doc" Eisenhauer
Rd Pk Player
1 10
2 15
3 34
4 39
5 58
6 63
7 82
8 87
9 106
10 111
Scotty Wampler
Rd Pk Player
1 11
2 14
3 35
4 38
5 59
6 62
7 83
8 86
9 107
10 110
Rhys White
Rd Pk Player
1 12
2 13
3 36
4 37
5 60
6 61
7 84
8 85
9 108
10 109