
Meet the minor league's best of the best, the 2002 MinorLeagueNews.com Players of the Year.
Our overall pick, Shortstop Jose Reyes, is a white hot comet who burned through the minors and will find orbit with the Mets' AAA Norfolk Tide in 2003.
Our league picks represent the best of the brightest stars in the AAA and AA.

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Manny
Aybar Currently in the playoff hunt with the Giants, Aybar had a stellar season with the AAA Fresno Grizzlies. His stint with the Giants will determine if he has the salt to handle pressure situations in the late innings of a big league pennant race. |
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Rocco
Baldelli Rocco
Baldelli, opened the season in Class A and finished it in the
Triple-A as an International League champion with the Durham
Bulls. Baldelli blossomed into one of the best prospects in baseball this season after getting off to a slow start in his professional career. He was the sixth overall pick in the 2000 draft after a standout career as an all-around athlete in high school in Rhode Island. |
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Kirk
Sarloos Sarloos holds an end-of-season roster position with the Houston Astros after breezing through the AA and AAA clubs on the |
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Aaron
Miles Aaron Miles continuing his steady rise through the minors, enters his second year with the Birmingham Barons. A rule 5 draftee in baseball's 2000 draft, Miles moved from the Astros organization to the White Sox farm system. |