Baseball America's Web site lists the Top 10 prospects in the 19 summer collegiate leagues. I'd post the link for the Northwoods League here, but it is subscription only.

At any rate, one MoonDog made the list:

4. Carlos Ramirez, c, Mankato (Jr., Arizona State)

Ramirez was the best pure hitter in the Northwoods League, which shouldn't be surprising given his success with wood bats at Chandler-Gilbert (Ariz.) CC this spring, when he hit .386/.471/.660 with eight homers in 153 at-bats. The Arizona State recruit followed up that performance by tying for the NWL lead with 10 homers while batting .315 for Mankato. Ramirez drew raves for his disciplined approach and ability to hit hard line drives to all fields on fastballs and offspeed pitches alike. He has average or slightly better power to all fields. Ramirez draws mixed reviews from scouts and managers for his defense. He's a decent receiver but needs to improve his transfer to make his fringy arm strength play up.

One other selection was of local interest: The No. 2 prospect, Mike Nesseth of the University of Nebraska — he pitched for Duluth — is a Windom native. BA describes him as a reliever with a "true plus" sinker and fastball velocity that reachs 97 mph."He could have a breakout spring for the Huskers and vault up draft boards," BA concludes.

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