The Carolina League Top 20 Prospects list issued by BA (based primarily on a survey of league managers) included the following Salem players:
- LHP Troy Patton (#3)
- RHP Jimmy Barthmaier (#5)
- RHP Felipe Paulino (#14)
- RHP Chad Reineke (#18)
Salem tied with Kinston (Indians) for the most players on the list.
Looking back at who made BA’s Carolina League Top 20 Prospects lists over the past five years:
2005
- OF Hunter Pence (#18)
2004
- RHP Fernando Nieve (#10)
2003
- C Hector Gimenez (#16)
- RHP Jared Gothreaux (#18)
2002*
- None
2001*
- None
*Houston did not have a high-A club in 2001 and 2002