Texas Rangers place two (or three) in Cal League top 20

Baseball America has released their top 20 prospect list for the California League, and the Rangers placed two prospects on the list -- Ariel Jurado, at #10, and Jose Trevino, at #18.

In addition, former Ranger prospect Travis Demeritte, who was traded to the Atlanta Braves for Lucas Harrell and Dario Alvarez this summer, was #8 on the list. For what it is worth, I would put Jurado above Demeritte.

BA praised Jurado as a guy with a mid-rotation starting pitcher ceiling, due to being able to throw three pitches for strikes while having success in High Desert. Trevino, meanwhile, earned high marks for his defense, profiling as a 4-4.5 role player in the majors, potentially.

Yohander Mendez and Luis Ortiz would, I suspect, have cracked the top 5 in what BA describes as a very down year for eligible prospects in the Cal League, but they did not have enough innings to qualify for the list.