Top Five Prospects With Impact

This article can originally be found at Fantasy Baseball HQ.

I live in Charleston, practically right down the street from Oriole's prospect Matt Wieters' hometown of Goose Creek, South Carolina. I've heard Goose Creek and the words "hick" and "incest" in the same sentence. A common bar joke down here is, "Who here's from Goose Creek? Your donkey just took a shit outside the bar."

Joking aside, chances are you've heard of this year's two top prospects: Baltimore's catcher Wieters and Tampa Bay's LHP David Price. If you haven't, you're probably not going to win or even come close, so you should just quit now.

But I suppose there is some hope for you. There's a bunch of guys in this year's rookie class who promise to make a smaller impact and who, with a little luck, can improve your squad in some tangible way.

The following is a list of five guys, in no particular order, who I think will contribute in 2009. If you don't see the name of your favorite prospect it's because I don't see him getting the call this year. For instance, the Brave's Tommy Hanson has an adequate rotation blocking his future in Atlanta.

Mike Stanton of the Marlins probably won't make it to the big club because the Marlins have been slow in giving guys chances (see: Dallas McPherson). Hold your horses though, I'll be addressing "keepers" in the future.

And the top five guys I'm giving "blowies" to (Thank you, I Love You, Man) in 2009 is...

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