MLB Top Prospects: All questions answered on the top 150 prospects list

Call To The Pen writer Benjamin Chase released his 150 MLB top prospects for 2018 yesterday. Now you can ask him anything about them!

The MLB top prospect list season is in full force. One of our writers with Call To The Pen, Benjamin Chase, spends quite a bit of his focus on the minor leagues and released his 150 MLB top prospects list yesterday. This will be a chance to ask him about it.

What can I ask?

In all seriousness, anything is open game. Asking about a player that wasn’t on the list and why he didn’t make it is a great question. Asking about a player that you felt was too low or too high and why he was not one direction or the other is a good question. Basically, as long as the question involves something about the 150 MLB top prospects, Ben, or really, anything in between, he will be answering.

Ben will be answering questions in the comments section. While this is not live, it very well could be that Ben answers 10-15 questions in a swoop and then returns for another 10-15 more, so ask away!

Before we get started, let’s take a reminder look at the list in order format:

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The List

1. Ronald Acuna, OF, Atlanta Braves
2. Shohei Ohtani, RHP/OF/DH, Los Angeles Angels
3. Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., 3B, Toronto Blue Jays
4. Eloy Jimenez, OF, Chicago White Sox
5. Victor Robles, OF, Washington Nationals
6. Nick Senzel, 3B, Cincinnati Reds
7. Fernando Tatis, Jr., SS, San Diego Padres
8. Gleyber Torres, SS, New York Yankees
9. Bo Bichette, SS, Toronto Blue Jays
10. Kyle Tucker, OF, Houston Astros
11. Forrest Whitley, RHP, Houston Astros
12. Michael Kopech, RHP, Chicago White Sox
13. Mitch Keller, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates
14. Sixto Sanchez, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies
15. Francisco Mejia, C, Cleveland Indians
16. Walker Buehler, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers
17. Triston McKenzie, RHP, Cleveland Indians
18. Brendan Rodgers, SS, Colorado Rockies
19. Lewis Brinson, OF, Miami Marlins
20. Esteban Florial, OF, New York Yankees
21. AJ Puk, LHP, Oakland Athletics
22. JP Crawford, SS, Philadelphia Phillies
23. MacKenzie Gore, LHP, San Diego Padres
24. Franklin Barreto, SS, Oakland Athletics
25. Brent Honeywell, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays
26. Willie Calhoun, 2B/OF, Texas Rangers
27. Willy Adames, SS, Tampa Bay Rays
28. Mike Soroka, RHP, Atlanta Braves
29. Luiz Gohara, LHP, Atlanta Braves
30. Austin Meadows, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates
31. Alex Reyes, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals
32. Anthony Alford, OF, Toronto Blue Jays
33. Juan Soto, OF, Washington Nationals
34. Kolby Allard, LHP, Atlanta Braves
35. Michael Chavis, 3B, Boston Red Sox
36. Royce Lewis, SS, Minnesota Twins
37. Kyle Wright, RHP, Atlanta Braves
38. Michel Baez, RHP, San Diego Padres
39. Austin Hays, OF, Baltimore Orioles
40. Alec Hansen, RHP, Chicago White Sox
41. Alex Verdugo, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers
42. Stephen Gonsalves, LHP, Minnesota Twins
43. Nick Gordon, SS, Minnesota Twins
44. Luis Robert, OF, Chicago White Sox
45. Chance Adams, RHP, New York Yankees
46. Jorge Mateo, SS, Oakland Athletics
47. Jesus Sanchez, OF, Tampa Bay Rays
48. Corbin Burnes, RHP, Milwaukee Brewers
49. Keibert Ruiz, C, Los Angeles Dodgers
50. Ryan McMahon, IF, Colorado Rockies
51. Jo Adell, OF, Los Angeles Angels
52. Scott Kingery, 2B, Philadelphia Phillies
53. Sandy Alcantara, RHP, Miami Marlins
54. Monte Harrison, OF, Miami Marlins
55. Ryan Mountcastle, SS, Baltimore Orioles
56. Max Fried, LHP, Atlanta Braves
57. Fernando Romero, RHP, Minnesota Twins
58. Franklin Perez, RHP, Detroit Tigers
59. Jahmai Jones, OF, Los Angeles Angels
60. Brandon Woodruff, RHP, Milwaukee Brewers
61. Jhailyn Ortiz, OF, Philadelphia Phillies
62. Blake Rutherford, OF, Chicago White Sox
63. Austin Riley, 3B, Atlanta Braves
64. Carter Kieboom, SS, Washington Nationals
65. Hunter Greene, RHP, Cincinnati Reds
66. Dustin Fowler, OF, Oakland Athletics
67. Justus Sheffield, LHP, New York Yankees
68. Leody Taveras, OF, Texas Rangers
69. Albert Abreu, RHP, New York Yankees
70. Dylan Cease, RHP, Chicago White Sox
71. Miguel Andujar, 3B, New York Yankees
72. Cal Quantrill, RHP, San Diego Padres
73. Ian Anderson, RHP, Atlanta Braves
74. Dane Dunning, RHP, Chicago White Sox
75. Cristian Pache, OF, Atlanta Braves
76. J.B. Bukauskas, RHP, Houston Astros
77. Wander Javier, SS, Minnesota Twins
78. Bobby Bradley, 1B, Cleveland Indians
79. Taylor Trammell, OF, Cincinnati Reds
80. Heliot Ramos, OF, San Francisco Giants
81. Yadier Alvarez, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers
82. Keston Hiura, 2B, Milwaukee Brewers
83. Adrian Morejon, LHP, San Diego Padres
84. Nate Pearson, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays
85. Nolan Jones, 3B, Cleveland Indians
86. Matt Manning, RHP, Detroit Tigers
87. Pavin Smith, 1B, Arizona Diamondbacks
88. Jason Groome, LHP, Boston Red Sox
89. Luis Urias, 2B, San Diego Padres
90. Brendan McKay, LHP/1B, Tampa Bay Rays
91. Tanner Scott, LHP, Baltimore Orioles
92. Brusdar Graterol, RHP, Minnesota Twins
93. Austin Beck, OF, Oakland Athletics
94. Jake Bauers, 1B/OF, Tampa Bay Rays
95. Luis Ortiz, RHP, Milwaukee Brewers
96. Jesus Luzardo, LHP, Oakland Athletics
97. Brian Anderson, 3B, Miami Marlins
98. Mitchell White, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers
99. Carson Kelly, C, St. Louis Cardinals
100. Anderson Espinoza, RHP, San Diego Padres
101. Shane Baz, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates
102. Adonis Medina, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies
103. Jorge Alfaro, C, Philadelphia Phillies
104. Hector Perez, RHP, Houston Astros
105. Jake Burger, 3B, Chicago White Sox
106. Chance Sisco, C, Baltimore Orioles
107. Kevin Maitan, SS, Los Angeles Angels
108. Tyler Mahle, RHP, Cincinnati Reds
109. Bryce Wilson, RHP, Atlanta Braves
110. Freicer Perez, RHP, New York Yankees
111. Brett Phillips, OF, Milwaukee Brewers
112. Logan Warmoth, SS, Toronto Blue Jays
113. Zack Collins, C, Chicago White Sox
114. Jesse Winker, OF, Cincinnati Reds
115. Brent Rooker, OF, Minnesota Twins
116. Jon Duplantier, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks
117. Hans Crouse, RHP, Texas Rangers
118. Riley Pint, RHP, Colorado Rockies
119. Jeren Kendall, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers
120. Brandon Marsh, OF, Los Angeles Angels
121. Yordan Alvarez, 1B/OF, Houston Astros
122. Daz Cameron, OF, Detroit Tigers
123. Cole Tucker, SS, Pittsburgh Pirates
124. Isan Diaz, 2B/SS, Miami Marlins
125. Franklyn Kilome, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies
126. Nick Pratto, 1B, Kansas City Royals
127. Sheldon Neuse, 3B, Oakland Athletics
128. Domingo Acevedo, RHP, New York Yankees
129. Alex Jackson, C, Atlanta Braves
130. Alex Faedo, RHP, Detroit Tigers
131. Yusniel Diaz, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers
132. Tyler O’Neill, OF, St. Louis Cardinals
133. Andres Gimenez, SS, New York Mets
134. Lucas Erceg, 3B, Milwaukee Brewers
135. Ronald Guzman, 1B, Texas Rangers
136. Ryan Castellani, RHP, Colorado Rockies
137. Beau Burrows, RHP, Detroit Tigers
138. Kyle Lewis, OF, Seattle Mariners
139. Mark Vientos, 3B, New York Mets
140. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B, Pittsburgh Pirates
141. Sean Murphy, C, Oakland Athletics
142. Harrison Bader, OF, St. Louis Cardinals
143. Colton Welker, 3B, Colorado Rockies
144. M.J. Melendez, C, Kansas City Royals
145. Alex Kirilloff, OF, Minnesota Twins
146. Logan Allen, LHP, San Diego Padres
147. DJ Peters, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers
148. Jordan Hicks, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals
149. Erick Fedde, RHP, Washington Nationals
150. Chris Shaw, 1B/OF, San Francisco Giants

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So here goes! Fire away with any questions you have! Players who were on the list, players who were not on the list, my process in making the list, my favorite color of pants to wear on a Tuesday, whatever! I’ll be monitoring as I can around clearing snow and I’ll be answering all the comments on this post.