The Top 50 National League Prospects by Marc Hulet March 11, 2010 Following up the recent Top 10 lists for each club in Major League Baseball, we now have the Top 50 prospects in the National League. Yesterday, we looked at the American League Top 50 prospects. Tomorrow, we’ll combine them together and see how the Top 100 MLB Prospects list breaks down. The Top 10 NL Prospects 1. Jason Heyward, OF, Atlanta Braves 2. Stephen Strasburg, RHP, Washington Nationals 3. Mike Stanton, OF, Florida Marlins 4. Buster Posey, C, San Francisco Giants 5. Domonic Brown, OF, Philadelphia Phillies 6. Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Pittsburgh Pirates 7. Christian Friedrich, LHP, Colorado Rockies 8. Alcides Escobar, SS, Milwaukee Brewers 9. Madison Bumgarner, LHP, San Francisco Giants 10. Aroldis Chapman, RHP, Cincinnati Reds Just Missed the Top 10 11. Logan Morrison, 1B, Florida Marlins 12. Andrew Cashner, RHP, Chicago Cubs 13. Starlin Castro, SS, Chicago Cubs 14. Tyler Matzek, LHP, Colorado Rockies 15. Devaris Gordon, SS, Los Angeles Dodgers 16. Derek Norris, C, Washington Nationals 17. Jarrod Parker, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks 18. Freddie Freeman, 1B, Atlanta Braves 19. Julio Teheran, RHP, Altanta Braves 20. Shelby Miller, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals The Middle of the Pack 21. Fernando Martinez, OF, New York Mets 22. Yonder Alonso, 1B, Cincinnati Reds 23. Josh Vitters, 3B, Chicago Cubs 24. Jason Castro, C, Houston Astros 25. Brad Lincoln, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates 26. Zach Wheeler, RHP, San Francisco Giants 27. Arodys Vizcaino, RHP, Atlanta Braves 28. Jordan Lyles, RHP, Houston Astros 29. Brett Lawrie, 2B, Milwaukee Brewers 30. Tony Sanchez, C, Pittsburgh Pirates 31. Ike Davis, 1B/OF, New York Mets 32. Jenrry Mejia, RHP, New York Mets 33. Simon Castro, RHP, San Diego Padres 34. Jhoulys Chacin, RHP, Colorado Rockies 35. Brandon Allen, 1B, Arizona Diamondbacks 36. Thomas Neal, OF, San Francisco Giants 37. Jio Mier, SS, Houston Astros 38. Ethan Martin, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers 39. Matt Dominguez, 3B, Florida Marlins 40. Ian Desmond, SS, Washington Nationals The Final 10 NL Prospects 41. Logan Forsythe, 3B, San Diego Padres 42. Hak-Ju Lee, SS, Chicago Cubs 43. Mike Leake, RHP, Cincinnati Reds 44. Jose Tabata, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates 45. Chris Heisey, OF, Cincinnati Reds 46. Andrew Lambo, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers 47. Mat Gamel, 3B, Milwaukee Brewers 48. Jaff Decker, OF, San Diego Padres 49. Jay Jackson, RHP, Chicago Cubs 50. Trevor May, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies We hoped you liked reading The Top 50 National League Prospects by Marc Hulet! Please support FanGraphs by becoming a member. We publish thousands of articles a year, host multiple podcasts, and have an ever growing database of baseball stats. FanGraphs does not have a paywall. With your membership, we can continue to offer the content you've come to rely on and add to our unique baseball coverage. Support FanGraphs