Unique defensive versatility (C/2B/OF) and premium feel for contact make Rodriguez a core part of Pittsburghs future. The sophomore righty looked like what the Pirates needed on Saturday, going five innings and striking out seven, allowing just one run. Its possible that aspects of his repertoire will be pared down in relief. 9Texas TechBig 121TX1091838 He has terrific breaking ball recognition, uses his whole body to maneuver the barrel around the zone, and can let pitches travel deep before driving them the other way, and Henderson is strong enough to do damage to left field even when hes late or mis-hits a pitch. Teams 31-40 15 Last Week: 1-3 Overall: 3-4, 0-0 in Big Ten (1-2 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 1-1 Results Feb. 21: West Virginia: L 8-6 Feb. 24-26: @ (9) Mississippi: W 9-2, L 12-6, L 18-8 (7) Upcoming Feb. 28: Delaware Cambria College Classic (Minneapolis) March 3: vs. (8) Mississippi March 4: vs. (5) Vanderbilt March 5: vs. Hawaii Maryland faced challenging competition throughout the week and went 1-3, losing its home opener against West Virginia before a tough road series loss at Ole Miss. Hes tracking like a mid-rotation starter. His traditional crouch can be a little high and make it tough for him to get to the ground to block balls, which he often tries to do with his hands rather than his whole body, and hell cost you a base now and then because of this. Now, after what might be a delayed start to his 2023, hell be asked to hit the ground running after only playing half of last year. 1B Blake Burke Burke put his name on the map after a monster freshman season, solidifying himself as a top first baseman in the game. When LSU hired Jay Johnson away, Berry was one of several players who transferred out of Tucson, following Johnson to Baton Rouge. Neto dials down his footwork with two strikes and becomes even tougher to put away. 25MiamiACC6FL3-4211413 Combine that with your standard issue Astros breaking ball complement (a hard 90-mph cutter/slider and a slower knuckle curveball) and you very likely have an impact big league arm, if a somewhat inefficient one. The curve has enough depth to have bat-missing utility below the zone and generate groundballs even when hitters sniff it out in mid-air. On defense, Rodriguezs size is both a feature and a bug. Bleis has all-world bat speed and rare rotational athleticism. His peak exit velocities are absurd for a teenager, and while his breaking ball recognition and overall plate discipline are both crude, his in-zone feel for contact is also very promising. Tennessee; 35. His range and actions at third base are both fantastic, and hes an accurate thrower from all sorts of awkward platforms, but there are times when he lollipops deeper (and even some routine) throws over to first base. Neto finds a way to make lots of contact despite his cacophonous swing, which is enough to project him as an everyday second baseman. Hall might have debuted at some point in 2021 had he not dealt with elbow tendinitis and a stress reaction in his elbow, which was uncovered when he had a setback during rehab from the tendinitis and ultimately ended his season. Of the 71 extra-base hits Synergy Sports has on tape from Jungs time at Tech, 51 were to center or right field. KEY: NC Rec: Non-Conference Record. This cemented confidence in his feel to hit and also generated pre-draft conversations about whether there was a path for Jung to get to more power in games by pulling the ball more often, and whether that would hurt his ability to make contact. He runs well enough to play an outfield corner and were projecting him there, la Schwarbers trajectory. Miller has always held his velo deep into games despite a violent delivery, and his slider and changeup are both above-average, rounding out a starters mix in a weird mechanical package. 5 Last Week: 3-2 Overall: 5-3, 0-0 in SEC (3-2 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: Central Arkansas: L 5-4 Feb. 22: Alabama-Birmingham: W 13-1 Feb. 24-26: vs. (13) UCLA: W 6-0, L 3-0, W 2-1 Upcoming Feb. 28: Austin Peay State Cambria College Classic (Minneapolis) March 3: vs. Nebraska March 4: vs. (17) Maryland March 5: @ Minnesota After getting upset Tuesday in its home opener by Central Arkansas, Vanderbilt bounced back and scored a big series win against UCLA. His fastball velocity is down, in the 92-94 mph range, a far cry from Priesters upper-90s peak. A rookie more than he is a prospect, Sengas splitter and fastball velocity fit in the middle of a contenders rotation. 74CharlotteC-USA4NC8N/ANRNRNR Previous ranking: No. After a blazing-hot end to the 2021 minor league season and a dominant Fall League performance, White rode a lot of hype into last season. Even if thats the outcome, hes probably a good enough reliever that youd value him close to this range anyway, especially if his peak velocity returns with such a move. Even though his stride is relatively conservative, he is still generating so much force with his legs that his back foot will sometimes come completely off the ground as hes making contact, la Bryce Harper. The bat is Steers carrying tool and has been since his days at Oregon. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Mississippi State takes down Vanderbilt to win program's first title, Mississippi State tosses 1-hit shutout to win2021 CWS title, Louisiana Tech upsets No. 4 starter fairly soon even if the arrow is currently pointing down. Plus, lvarez isnt nearly as chase-prone as Alfaro and has much more power than Bart, so he should outperform both. lvarez only ran a 75% Z-contact and 66% overall contact rate in the minors, which is near the bottom of the big league catching continuum, and almost identical to Joey Bart and Jorge Alfaro, who have struggled to find big league footing on offense. Weve manually adjusted Netos ETA to reflect the Angels tendency to move their prospects more quickly than their stock 40-man timeline. While hes taken groundballs at shortstop in the past and is arguably athletic enough to develop there in pro ball, Jones is such a savant in center field that scouts wont typically entertain that notion; he projects as a 70-grade defensive center fielder. Hes poised to start his age-22 season at Triple-A and likely make his big league debut at some point in 2023, perhaps usurping Gleyber Torres as the everyday second baseman if it becomes clear that Volpe is a superior offensive option. Abel has been the best pitching prospect his age since his sophomore year of high school, and hes continued to track like an impact starter early on as a pro, reaching Double-A in 2022. His infield actions are smooth and athletic, his swing has a gorgeous, pronounced finish, and he has the right amount of overt physical projection that he might mature into the unteachable, star-making Goldilocks Zone, where he stays at short and also has impact power. Still, Mauricio owns a 40% chase rate and has a career .300 OBP in the minors. It cost him all of 2022. lvarez has been one of the more hyped prospects in the Mets system since signing out of Venezuela in 2018 for nearly $3 million, and he has largely lived up to that hype. The following human polls make up the 2022 NCAA Division I men's baseball rankings. He struggled to frame low pitches and one-hoppers would find a way through his wickets. He followed up his splashy 2021 with a 2022 tidal wave, reaching Double-A Chattanooga as a 20-year-old while tabulating over 70 extra-base hits and about 40 stolen bases. The A-Sun, CAA, MVC, MWC, WAC and WCC landed two teams apiece in the Top 100. Fifteen teams entered the Top 100 after being unranked in 2019. Olsons plus secondary stuff helps make him a potential starter even though he doesnt throw strikes with his fastball. While his delivery features a lot of effort, he has held velocity like this across a starters workload every year since he was drafted. As is customary for pitching prospects near the tippity top of prospect lists, Rodriguez got hurt in 2022, suffering a Grade 2 lat strain in early June. Injuries and the pandemic have limited him to just 284 career minor league games since he was drafted in 2018, and his bat-to-ball skill has projection deep into his mid-20s as he continues to gain actual pro experience. 59Missouri StateMVC1MO1-22374049 Hes a little more tightly wound than is typical for a big league shortstop, but Hendersons straight-line speed is plus and so is his defensive range, and his arm strength enables him to make some plays that many other infielders cant. 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His left-handed swing is very uphill, the sort typically associated with strikeout issues, but his levers are so short that his swing is still fairly compact. Once a two-way prospect, Winns skills in the batters box quickly won out, and hes been developed solely as a position player. He slid within this FV tier but his grade didnt change, and hes still a pretty good bet to be a no. His swing is a little odd and upright, and his hands load with a bit of a hitch, but he is still able to guide the barrel around the zone and produce shocking raw power for such a lithe teenage hitter. In a bodily sense, he was also unlike any amateur prospect most scouts had ever seen. On the field, the Vols were undeterred and completed a 5-0 week. Youll also notice that there is a Future Value outcome distribution graph for each prospect on the list. Further on in this post, you'll find the top 100 rankings, but for scouting reports, you'll have to head over to Patreon and subscribe at the 55-tier ($5 level). Montgomery raked his way to Double-A, where he spent the last couple weeks of his first full pro season as part of Project Birmingham, a de facto instructs and evaluation period for Chicagos best mid- and upper-level prospects. He tends to swing through the down-and-in portion of the zone and struggles with anything away from him. 70), meanwhile, is also 30 numerical places, but the difference in talent is relatively small. Barger has huge left-handed bat speed and a shot to stay on the dirt, just not at shortstop. The lefty-swinger went 7-18 with two homers and five runs batted in. His slider often has curt, unspectacular-looking movement, but Bradleys command of it and the way he sets it up with well-located fastballs make it a dominant pitch. 2 overall prospect, then was shut down with what Miami described as arm fatigue.. In 18 at-bats, Vastine slashed .444/.500/.833 with two bombs and a double. Berry is similar to Dodgers prospect Michael Busch when he was coming out, and is one of the favorites to be the first to reach the big leagues from his draft class, producing like a 2-WAR hitter even as a DH. Buschs swing is simple but still athletic and explosive. RHP Bryce Cunningham Vandys bullpen was lights out in week one and it all started with Cunningham, who struck out seven in four innings of relief. We think there will be enough power for Barger to produce like an average regular in a multi-positional role. The huge swing doesnt detract from Netos feel for contact, which he made plenty of during an aggressive post-draft assignment to Double-A. His pre-trade numbers were impressive and only improved when he joined Rocket-City: In his 29 games with the Angels Double-A affiliate, OHoppe slashed .306/.473/.673 and walked more than he struck out, good for a 194 wRC+ over that span. The 20-year-old ends it near (or sometimes in) a kneeling position in the box because hes swung with so much effort. The addition of a leg kick in 2021 increased his power output without disrupting his timing at the plate, and now Steer has a well-rounded hit/patience/power toolkit that would profile in a 50 FV capacity at any non-first base position. You can do some thought exercises around where hed go were Noelvi a 21-year-old draft prospect, or play would you rather with the names of other prospects to try to triangulate where he should fall on the FV scale, and all of that went into placing him here. In this case, Montgomerys bat seems to have already blossomed, while you can throw out the age-related concerns given that he has now proven himself at High-A. RHP AJ Hutcheson The true freshman was lights-out from the bullpen this past week, appearing two times and striking out seven without allowing a hit. Jones swing isnt quite dialed in. Hes a little bit upright in the box but has a well-timed, toe-tap stride and great-looking swing that has typically been on time despite a little bat wrap and hitch in his hands. Whitaker went for both length and quality against Wagner, lasting seven innings and not allowing a run, striking out three. Mauricio has gotten big and strong while remaining at shortstop, but his approach remains a huge concern. His rare raw thump has already begun to manifest in games, as Cartaya clubbed 22 homers in 2022, a season after he dealt with multiple injuries that severely limited his playing time. He checks the talent and proximity boxes rather emphatically, and when you start lining up the other pitchers toward the back of the Top 100 list, Williams past and theoretical future injuries are more palatable than lots of other prospects actual injuries, so weve bumped him into this tier as a correction. 1 in the Baseball America Top 25.. 55Central MichiganMAC1MI2N/ANRNRNR Born in Panama, Espino had the best arm strength among the high school pitchers in the 2019 draft, but concerns about his delivery and arsenal depth dropped him to the 24th overall pick. Baty has also consistently been a high groundball rate hitter, at least 51% at every full-season level until his 42% mark with Double-A Binghamton in 2022, where he spent the bulk of the year. That means Chourios surface level stats may have been significantly inflated. After taking their first loss of the season Saturday, the Cardinals came back strong Sunday to clinch the series win. Indeed, the way Mead plays defense isnt typical for an infielder at all; its as if he grew up not watching big league defenders every summer, which might be true. Cartayas exchange is absurdly fast for a player his size, and he actively hunts baserunners when they reach, a threat to throw to the bases at any time. He lacks the raw power of a typical big league first baseman, but Manzardos feel for sweet spot contact should enable him to clear the lofty offensive standard at that position. Nevada. He took a throw to the face during extended spring training, but was back for the start of the Complex League season and was one of that leagues most dominant hitters, slashing .326/.403/.492 with a 13% K% and 10% BB%, and earning a promotion to full-season ball, which also went swimmingly (.299/.359/.505). 11 to No. Leiter was wild in his first full season, but we dont want to come off him too severely since he has looked like a solid fourth starter basically every other year hes been on the prospect radar. The SEC leads all conferences with 13 teams (out of its 14 current members) in the Top 100. Because fate was cruel to his playing time in college, his pro data sample is already much bigger than his college one, which has helped reveal that he has premium feel for the strike zone. Still just 19 (his 20th birthday coincides with his first game of the minor league season), Quero has the foundation of a viable defensive catcher but still needs to polish the finer points of his defense. Through five games, Caglianone is slugging .938 and popped two bombs, and figured to be a huge part of this Gators team in 2023. The junior backstop had a great weekend, mashing three home runs and driving in six in just nine at-bats. He has reached Triple-A Norfolk while accumulating a career .271/.349/.425 line in the minors, generating plus underlying contact data in 2022 (an 89% Z-contact%, which would be top 10 among major league shortstops) in the process. LSU had a successful weekend at the Karbach Round Rock Classic and remains the No. Yorkes rhythm and timing at the plate were fantastic there, though, and were inclined to dismiss his 2022 as being the result of his injuries rather than a real regression in skill or exposure of a flaw in his offense. He may just be a DH, which would obviously make it tougher for him to profile, but there may be elite on-base ability here and that plus the power might be enough for Julien to make an impact that way, too. Out of the gate, Vaughns was almost unstoppable, slugging three homers with a 2.270 OPS. He had among the highest average exit velocities in college baseball at a whopping 98 mph, though that came with what would constitute 40-grade peak exit velocities, around 105 mph (and with a BBCOR bat major league players average is 110 mph with wood). Others that made big jumps into the Top 100 include Central Michigan (No. Still, lvarez was 20 and facing Double- and Triple-A pitching, and its prudent to project growth in this area. Even though Wood is quite big, he has feel for tucking his hands in and getting the barrel to softer pitches on the inner half of the plate, often staying inside them and driving them to the opposite gap. RHP Kole Klecker Klecker came out of the bullpen against Arkansas, lasting 4.1 innings and striking out six. The Big East, MAC, SoCon and Southland placed three teams apiece on the list. He was coming off a putrid 2021 in which he hit just .188, the first severe offensive struggles of a career that, to that point, had been all about offensive performance. His desert lethargy was understandable, but its still the most recent thing the industry has seen. So far that looks to have been the correct assessment, as Williams hit 19 homers, tallied 51 extra-base hits, stole 28 bases and solidified shortstop as his future defensive home during his 2022 foray into full-season ball. Rodriguez is still a major league-ready impact prospect and is a prime American League Rookie of the Year candidate. He still has two years before he technically has to be added to the 40-man, and theoretically the Phillies could use all that runway to keep developing him as a starter in the hopes that things click, but going on age 24 that feels like a bit of a pipe dream. Eder was a tantalizing but inconsistent high school prospect who at times would sit 94-97 mph, but often with scattershot control. He also throws a changeup and a slider, both of which show promise, though neither was featured much in his 2022 mix. OF Parker Nolan Nolan had himself a week, slugging three homers and driving in eight over 11 at-bats. Pages swing is as geared for lift as any hitter in the minors, and he should get to enough power to profile in a corner. He seems the most likely to start the season as the As fourth or fifth starter. His stuff has gotten even better under the tutelage of Clevelands player dev system, and he dominated during his 2021 full season debut, putting up a strikeout rate north of 40% while shortening his arm action and altering his slot to impart more vertical movement on his heater. 46CampbellBig South1NC62268NRNR Neto had an incredible statistical 2021, a performance he reinforced by hitting on Cape Cod and then again by hitting (checks notes) .407/.514/.769 (!) He slashed .327/.426/.617 combined at High-A Bowling Green and Double-A Montgomery (for the final month), hitting 22 homers across the two levels. Previous ranking: No. Of the teams that were already in the Top 100 in 2019, Tennessee made the biggest jump, catapulting 52 spots from No. Hell work six or more innings and never throw a fastball below 95 mph, sitting 96-98 for the bulk of the outing. Bat speed prodigy Luciano has encountered a few developmental speed bumps since roasting the Cal League in 2021. The Zion Williamson of baseball, Domnguez is a bulked-up, switch-hitting toolshed. Subscribe to get the best baseball coverage. UC Santa Barbara; 34. Zavala isnt as physically projectable as some other youngsters on this list, but he might have a better hit plus power profile thanks to the rotation and subsequent bat speed he generates in his athletic, lefty swing. He tore up Low-A, slashing .354/.443/.557 with a 12% walk rate and an 18% strikeout rate over the course of April and May before earning a promotion in early June. He isnt a great hands-and-feet athlete, and his arm strength doesnt match that of a typical third baseman. Though his lower half looks a little stiff and he plays defense with a high center of gravity, hes capable of acrobatic defensive plays and at least has a shot to stay at shortstop long-term. There have been prior instances of prospects, including Mike Trout and Buster Posey, who had a terrible Fall League coming off a long year simply because they were tired and then rebounded the following season. The freshman righty was impressive, picking up the slack of a lackluster start. 15. 12TexasBig 122TX34162015 Minor injuries kept Whisenhunt from carrying as heavy a load as he otherwise would have at ECU last season, but he still put up good numbers, including a 3.77 ERA and 79 strikeouts in 62 innings. Espino looked like a front-end arm early in 2022, then missed most of the season with knee and shoulder issues, the latter of which (dabs tear ducts) bled into 2023. Among the high school prospects, he not only had perhaps the best chance to remain at shortstop, but he also had one of the better bat-to-ball track records in the class, accumulating a 3-to-1 ball in play-to-whiff ratio on the showcase circuit. He still threw a ton of strikes and went in the fifth round of the 2021 draft, projecting as a high-floor, low-ceiling depth starter based on his command. The compact nature of Carrolls body and swing gives him a little extra time and distance to diagnose pitches, and his strength makes him a threat to do damage on the ones that he lets travel deep into the hitting zone. A spindly, undersized athlete with a plus slider and mid-90s fastball, Jameson is on the starter/reliever line as Arizonas big league staff becomes more crowded with viable major leaguers. In 2021, he moved into the Aggies rotation, and while his fastball would peak at 95-98 mph, hed typically settle in at 92-94 as a starter and still had issues with walks. The 55 FV pitchers and above tend to have some combination of monster stuff and good command, whereas the 50 FV pitchers often have one or the other. The broad strokes of this report read a lot like that of Adam Dunn at the same age: an XXL frame with unusual top-end speed and athleticism for his size, and a chance to fill out in a way that causes him to tumble down the defensive spectrum, but with enough power to support such a fall and then some. He is sure-handed and slick, twitchy and acrobatic, wielding plus range, hands, actions and arm strength. His feel for contact has been lauded since he first entered pro ball, while his defensive ability at third and his middling power have kept him in more of a high probability role player bucket here at FanGraphs than in a star-level FV tier despite his on-paper performance. Leiter is too powerful an on-mound athlete not to have an impact fastball, though he does need to sharpen his control. It seemed plausible he might eventually grow into meaningful power, too. Tradition is nice, but its more important to establish a tradition of consistent winning in the last decade, and especially in the last five years. Previous ranking: No. A bat-only prospect with a well-rounded offensive skill set, Busch may end up a 30-grade second base defender or just play 1B/LF. His fastballs shape gives him in-zone margin for error that should enable him to be loose with in-zone location, and one of our scout sources thinks his changeup also has a shot to be average. Both of Painters breaking balls have huge movement. Athletic, 6-foot-6 outfielders who can rotate like Alcantara can are rare. With Endy Rodriguez around, it may not matter a ton. That caveat extends to his defense, where Luciano continues to look miscast as a shortstop. Its possible hell find a way to play a mold-breaking style of third base defense over time, but an elbow sprain (which happened amid a throwing program to try to improve his arm strength) ended his 2022 and required a PRP injection, which is often a precursor to Tommy John for pitchers. Whether he adjusts to more cautious and competent pitching as he moves through the minors, we just wont know until it happens, but the more granular statistical indicators here (what Bleis underlying contact and chase rates are relative to his strikeout and walk performance) suggest hes going to improve in these areas. DH Ian Petrutz Petrutz put up big numbers as a freshman, making him a mainstay in the Terps lineup. M.J. Melendezs 2019 and Bo Naylors 2020 are recent examples of otherwise good-hitting catchers who had a terrible offensive season in the mid-minors followed by an immediate and significant rebound the following year. Increasingly, Amadors choppers and grounders are peppered with feel for pull-side loft, when appropriate. 30. This sort of thing runs through McGarrys whole operation, but he already has rare repertoire depth and quality for a reliever, and he might throw harder working just one or two innings at a time. He ran a 6.95 ERA in Triple-A throughout 2022 but the hitting environment in Reno isnt fair to pitchers, and Jamesons stuff, control, and athleticism are all on par with a good teams fourth starter. The Bucknell transfer slashed .375/.450/.625 with a homer in four games. Still, hes poised to be a franchise cornerstone for the Orioles looming renaissance. He matriculated to Florida Atlantic, where the Owls considered him athletic enough to deploy as a two-way player during his freshman season before he focused more on pitching in 2019 and 2020. His changeup flashed plus in the Fall League, where he carried that good health and momentum and posted a 10.8 K/9. 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He made six appearances with the big league squad (four of them starts) for a total of 33 innings and lasted at least five frames in all but one of them (his only shorter appearance was in relief, and he pitched the final 3.2 innings of the game). The Diamondbacks selected Pfaadt with their final pick in 2020s abbreviated draft. For one, he struck out in a third of his A-ball plate appearances, and the track record for hitters who K that much at such a low level is not very good. He struck out a third of the time and posted an OPS of just .602 before being shut down for the remainder of the season in mid-June. 12 Last Week: 5-0 Overall: 7-1, 0-0 in ACC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: Stetson: W 11-2 Feb. 22: Indiana State: W 9-3 Feb. 24-26: Dartmouth: W 9-7, W 6-0, W 20-2 Upcoming Feb. 28: @ Florida Atlantic March 3-5: @ (2) FloridaMiami took care of business with a sweep of Dartmouth and the Hurricanes have won six straight. He was rewarded with a promotion to Brooklyn, where his walk rate again keeled off but Ramirez performed anyway, and he posted an above-average batting line as a 19-year-old during two months at High-A. Winns huge arm is icing on a cake made mostly of plus bat-to-ball skills and viable shortstop defense. Veen rotates with rare ferocity and his broad-shouldered, 6-foot-4 frame leaves room for immense strength as he matures. NC RPI: Non-Conference RPI. Gonzaga; 35 Liberty. In a vacuum, though, he has a shot to have four plus pitches and an inning-eaters frame. BA Newsletter: Get Analysis, Rankings Delivered To Your Inbox! Feb. 24: vs Mount St. Marys, vs Binghamton. Look under the hood and there is cause for concern. The league-wide statistical standard at third base is very high right now due to the depth of excellent players at the top of that position group, and when you compare Vargas tools and underlying data to what constitutes an average regular at the hot corner, he tends to hover around average in terms of both contact quality and frequency, and a little below when it comes to high-end power, which is consistent with his visual evaluation. Juaron Watts-Brown, RHP, Long Beach State to Oklahoma State 2022: 4-4, 3.68 ERA, 73.1 IP, 29 BB, 111 K, .194 AVG Watts-Brown announced himself as one of the best starting pitchers on the west. The righty had only made 11 career starts at then-Division-II Bellarmine University, but a successful 2019 summer on the Cape and a lights out draft spring suggested that he was a real prospect. Premium feel for contact make Rodriguez a core part of Pittsburghs future doesnt that. 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