Rotoworld Top Yankees Prospects

Rotoworld.com came out with their list of top prospects for the AL East today, here is the Yankees top 15.

1. Joba Chamberlain - RHP - DOB: 09/23/85 - ETA: Now
4-0, 2.03 ERA, 25 H, 51/11 K/BB in 40 IP (A Tampa)
4-2, 3.35 ERA, 32 H, 66/15 K/BB in 40 1/3 IP (AA Trenton)
1-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 H, 18/1 K/BB in 8 IP (AAA Scranton)
2-0, 0.38 ERA, 12 H, 34/6 K/BB in 24 IP (AL New York)

2. Jose Tabata - OF - DOB: 08/12/88 - ETA: 2010
.307/.371/.392, 5 HR, 54 RBI, 70/33 K/BB, 15 SB in 411 AB (A Tampa)

3. Ian Kennedy - RHP - DOB: 12/19/84 - ETA: Now
6-1, 1.29 ERA, 39 H, 72/22 K/BB in 63 IP (A Tampa)
5-1, 2.59 ERA, 27 H, 57/17 K/BB in 48 2/3 IP (AA Trenton)
1-1, 2.08 ERA, 25 H, 34/11 K/BB in 34 2/3 IP (AAA Scranton)
1-0, 1.89 ERA, 13 H, 15/9 K/BB in 19 IP (AL New York)

4. Austin Jackson - OF - DOB: 02/01/87 - ETA: 2010
.260/.336/.374, 3 HR, 25 BI, 59/24 K/BB, 19 SB in 235 AB (A- Charleston)
.345/.398/.566, 10 HR, 34 RBI, 48/22 K/BB, 13 SB in 258 AB (A Tampa)
.333/.600/.667, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 2/2 K/BB, 1 SB in 3 AB (AAA Scranton)

5. Alan Horne - RHP - DOB: 01/05/83 - ETA: Aug. 2008
12-4, 3.11 ERA, 149 H, 165/57 K/BB in 153 1/3 IP (AA Trenton)

6. Dellin Betances - RHP - DOB: 03/23/88 - ETA: 2011
1-2, 3.60 ERA, 24 H, 29/17 K/BB in 25 IP (SS-A Staten Island)

7. Jesus Montero - C - DOB: 11/28/89 - ETA: 2012
.280/.366/.421, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 18/12 K/BB, 0 SB in 107 AB (R GCL Yankees)

8. Daniel McCutchen - RHP - DOB: 09/26/82 - ETA: June 2009
11-2, 2.50 ERA, 86 H, 67/21 K/BB in 101 IP (A Tampa)
3-2, 2.41 ERA, 30 H, 36/12 K/BB in 41 IP (AA Trenton)

9. Humberto Sanchez - RHP - DOB: 05/28/83 - ETA: Aug. 2008

10. Jeff Marquez - RHP - DOB: 08/10/84 - ETA: Sept. 2008
15-9, 3.65 ERA, 166 H, 94/44 K/BB in 155 1/3 IP (AA Trenton)

11. 1B Juan Miranda, 12. RHP Jonathan Albaladejo, 13. OF Brett Gardner, 14. RHP Ross Ohlendorf, 15. RHP Kevin Whelan.

The Yankees' list really drops off after the top four, with Horne as the only other prospect set to make the Top 150. However, there's an awful lot of depth here. While their prospects in the 5-15 range don't match up so well, they probably have as much upside after No. 15 as any team. Andrew Brackman and Jairo Heredia are a couple of big-time arms, Austin Romine and Francisco Cervelli are interesting catcher prospects and there are several more potential setup men, with Mark Melancon leading the way.