there is going to be more power here) and impact, up-the-middle defensive ability. He does show an ability to move the barrel around and sizzle the baseball somewhere, often with tremendous force behind it. Most of his swings and misses over the last few years have been on fastballs running away from him, but in 2022, he displayed a more advanced ability to poke the barrel at balls on the outer edge of the plate, extending his short levers in an effort to slap outside pitches the other way. A career .269/.374/.485 hitter in the minors, there are still some analysts who are skeptical Casas will make enough contact to profile comfortably as an above-average regular at first base. 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. These polls, along with the Perfect Game USA poll, rank the top 25 teams nationally. Miller will occasionally show you good secondary stuff. 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. 7LSUSEC5LA1-3435 This is an attempt to graphically represent how likely each FV outcome is for each prospect. Georgia; 34. Its worth developing him at catcher for at least a while since that position is at the very top of the defensive spectrum, and Paradas other seemingly viable positions are at or near the bottom. Watch him hit and you see the breaking ball recognition and low-ball power, as well as the flexibility in Montgomerys lower half that should help him move the barrel around the zone. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Every MCWS Most Outstanding Player from 1995-2022, article was published first on d1baseball.com, Louisiana Tech upsets No. For example, the gap between Padres shortstop Jackson Merrill (No. But Browns fastball has the sort of action that gives pitchers margin for error in the strike zone, and his stuff is so nasty that he can be imprecise and still beat hitters. Those aforementioned late-bloomer traits are a reason to think Frelick might develop in center field and turn into a Brandon Nimmo-type player, and that possibility is why he moved onto the Top 100 this offseason. 5. Hes now on the doorstep of the big leagues as a three-pitch power reliever. Hes not only kept things in check physically but actually improved to the point of being an above-average defender. What if Michael Brantley played shortstop? He tends to bar his front arm and load his hands high, which made it impossible for him to turn on velocity on the showcase circuit when he was facing better, faster pitching than he did during varsity play. It isnt pretty, but some of the proof is in the data. Because he participated in Team USA and showcase events from a very young age, Collier generated an inordinate amount of amateur data. You can read more there on the Top 100 programs, including team-by-team breakdowns and complete fall reports. De La Cruz has the most exciting combination of tools and defensive fit in the minors, a switch-hitter with plus-plus power, speed, arm strength, and all-around athleticism, as well as a somewhat more consistent look at shortstop than he had a year ago, even at 6-foot-5. Hes okay at second and third base, but the Blue Jays infield is already pretty loaded, so hes likely to see time in the outfield this year. 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. Teams 41-50 A somewhat frustrating blend of exciting elements, Liberatore features a four-pitch mix and each of his offerings is at least average, which presents as an obvious starters foundation. (24) East Carolina: L 6-5, L 6-5 Upcoming Feb. 28-March 1: Virginia Commonwealth March 3-5: Stony BrookUNC lost a pair of close games to ECU, first in Greenville and then in Chapel Hill for the first time since 2019. Teams 6-10 Make no mistake, Brown does not suddenly have Verlanders command. NC RPI: Non-Conference RPI. 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. There are aspects of his swing that are very exciting and consistent with great big league hitters (his raw power and bat speed are uncommon for a shortstop, while his bent-at-the-waist hitting posture is akin to Mike Trouts and Dylan Crews), but his bat path is fairly grooved, and here the projection is that when the cement dries on Lawlars hit tool, it will be a little south of average. How impactful a starter may depend on how his changeup, currently a tertiary offering, develops at the big league level. Importantly, Lucianos strikeout rate returned to his career norm of 22%, indicating he adjusted after the whiff-prone end of 2021. 71Long Beach StateBig West4CA7-8633978 The degree of confidence in his hit tool has him ranked on the Top 100 ahead of some other middle infielders who are closer to the big leagues or who are more likely to stay shortstop. When you bounce his skill set off of those of recent top high school prospects, Bleis compares favorably. With another season like the last, when he hit .337/.462/.697 with 21 home runs, Jace Jung, one of the finest all-around hitters in the country, could find himself drafted higher than his brother Josh, who was taken eighth overall in 2019. Harrisons body has thickened pretty quickly, but he throws hard and has diverse fastball utility and great secondary stuff. Whites stuff continues to shine when hes healthy, which is especially impressive given the amount of time hes lost. He has plus bat speed, and a compact, athletic swing that features a very flexible lower half and a fair amount of barrel variability. He then spent all of 2022 at Double-A and punched out 33.1%, while trimming his walk rate down to just 7.5%. His stolen base total itself is not an indication of speed, but Naylor is running home-to-first as fast as 4.10, which is a plus run time, and he should swipe double-digit bases in his physical prime, relevant for fantasy-playing readers. These rankings were originally . Click here to get started. He has three potential plus pitches and front-end upside. Athletic, strike-throwing lefties with a great changeup tend to pitch in the big leagues forever. Short but not small, his lack of length and size is actually an advantage for Johnsons swing, as he can enjoy a bat path geared for power and lift without it being too long. 5 after sweeping a road series at then-No. Ramos often pulls off pitches on the outer edge and swings inside ones hed ideally either contact or spoil. Hes also adept at positioning his body to be ready to throw as he fields the baseball, his transfer is quick, and his internal clock is well-calibrated. Luciano had persistent back issues that followed him to winter ball. Martinez made that less likely. He has performed well through the lower minors (.271/.368/.438), and his frame, speed, general athleticism, and long-term frame-based power projection are all very enticing from a scouting standpoint, but the limitations of his current swing still make Veens big league impact more of an abstract projection than an inevitability. He has an ideal pitchers frame, his gorgeous delivery generated mid-90s velocity with huge riding life at the top of the zone, his changeup is one of the better amateur changeups most scouts have ever seen, and before his elbow blew out during his draft spring, his curveball looked like it had gotten better. He struggles to set up his slider with well-located fastballs, and even when he does its not a given that hell land the slider after its been set up. He tends to swing through the down-and-in portion of the zone and struggles with anything away from him. Parada may not be able to catch, but we think his bat profiles anywhere. His pop times are routinely in the 1.85-1.95 range in part because Endy has a strong arm, but also because hes almost always leaving his crouch before he even receives the pitch on steal attempts, which hastens his exchange. Hes likely to develop feel for that pitch over time and have a more complete arsenal at peak. An intense, cerebral presence on the mound, Liberatore made his big league debut in 2022, spending the back half of the season shuttling between the Cardinals rotation and Triple-A. California is now tied with Texas for most teams in the top 100 with 10 apiece. Forty-two of the 57 games he played in the Carolina League came at ballparks with park factors of 116 or more, per research conducted annually by Baseball Americas Matt Eddy. He generates bigger exit velocity than his size would imply, but because he tends to offer at pitchers pitches, it has resulted in a groundball rate around the 50% mark. For one, hes a Gold Glove-caliber center field defender, capable of making tough plays look easy and impossible plays possible, especially around the wall. Even though both Davis and Rodriguez are near-ready catching prospects, they arent redundant, and in fact they complement each other well. This years 60 FV tier has some players who still show some hit tool red flags (Chourio, De La Cruz, Jones) that kept them from ever really being considered for the tier above. With a fastball like this, his floor is that of an impact reliever. at High-A Wisconsin for the last month of the season. Partnered with the USA TODAY Sports Media Group|Powered by, Signed to the practice squad by Buffalo (BUF), NFL picks against the spread: Vic Tafurs Week 12 predictions. Even as various aspects of his profile remain amorphous, Ramos offensive performance to this point and optimism that hell ultimately be able to play at least one infield position well as he matures put him on the Top 100 despite his variance. To that point, hed shown an advanced approach on the backfields that belied his age, and he carried his performance into the Cal League, slashing .254/.355/.508 with a mid-teens walk rate in A-ball. Before the 2022 draft there was again buzz that some teams were off Lee because of his medical, and also that Lee and his family preferred that he stay as close to home as possible by joining a team that trains in Arizona. Maryland; 39. 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. Well likely learn more about that as he gains experience against upper-level pitchers, and this specific issue is the most concerning thing about Ramos profile, as it might require a significant adjustment on his part to avoid having a hole in his swing out there. Wiemer has a rare size/athleticism combination and wields an elaborate swing that produces huge pull-side power. He hit 26 homers and 33 doubles and posted a 148 wRC+ at Vancouver and New Hampshire before he was promoted to Triple-A Buffalo at the very end of the year. The Mariners drafted him in the fourth round and have deployed him as a starter so far. Theres enough hit/power combination for Neto to be a first-division regular there. Long, lanky and loaded with tools and projection, Alcantara is a loose, 6-foot-6 outfielder with massive potential. Top NAIA Baseball Schools. The switch-hitting Quero demonstrated improved feel for getting his barrel on the ball from both sides of the plate, bopping 17 homers and 35 doubles. Long Beach State; 47. Teams 61-70 After sustaining an arm injury during spring training, Miller spent most of 2022 rehabbing. These dominant results paved the way for a late-August call-up to the big-league squad, where he made a single start before being shut down for the remainder of the season with shoulder inflammation. Though hes of relatively narrow build, Bleis still oozes projection, and his present footspeed gives him room to fill out and slow down some while remaining in center field. 17TennesseeSEC8TN25269NRNR Weve manually adjusted Netos ETA to reflect the Angels tendency to move their prospects more quickly than their stock 40-man timeline. He doesnt have big, over-the-fence power, and instead boasts premium feel for contact and a great idea of the strike zone that makes him a dangerous lefty stick who grinds away at opposing pitchers. Montgomery did not look good at shortstop during that stretch, falling short of the positions high bar in most facets (range, hands, arm strength). Cleveland added him to their 40-man toward the end of last year but never optioned him, which means he still has three option years left for those defensive skills to percolate. Between the two Triple-A squads, Wesneski tossed a total of 110 innings before being called upon to fill out the Cubs rotation. The other biggest climbers are Virginia Tech (up 45 spots), Louisiana Tech (up 43), Maryland (up 33) and Oregon (up 26). Yorke may end up as a 40-grade infield defender, but he can really hit, and were staying on him despite a rough, injury-riddled 2022. An action-packed week one has come to an end, meaning it's time to release our first Top 25 of the young season. Merrills breaking ball recognition is fantastic and hes adept at making adjustments in the middle of at-bats once hes seen the shape of his opponents pitches. Even when he has to shorten up to protect, the strength in his hands enables him to do extra-base damage. His semi-aggressive approach may lead him to have a merely average hit tool, but he has 70 power and might end up hitting 50 annual doubles at his peak. Bleis has some of the planets sexiest bat speed and produces shocking power for a young hitter his size. 42IndianaBig Ten3IN2-10323123 His fastball has done a ton of damage at the top of the zone and is a legit plus-plus pitch. His amateur look was that of a slash-and-dash leadoff man with doubles power and a great idea of the strike zone. He does not take casual BP hacks he maxes out and swings with all-out effort, which extends to his in-game approach, a feature that gives some scouts pause and worry that big league pitchers will pull the rug out from under him. Athletic, 6-foot-6 outfielders who can rotate like Alcantara can are rare. He lacks a traditionally projectable frame, but Amador has still gotten stronger over the last year and he flashed more power than expected. Hes going to be a star if he ends up with even average raw power, and even if he doesnt, were talking about a switch-hitting catcher who can make an impact on both offense and defense. 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. MLB Second Half Team Projections: Who Should Buy or Sell. 11 to No. Back then, he was a switch-hitting, switch-throwing prepster who would pitch left-handed and play the infield, too talented to be a sideshow but not enough to go in the first round, as 10 high school shortstops were drafted ahead of him. Hes so long that this may be exposed as an issue as the level of velocity Wood sees increases. After missing nearly all of the shortened 2020 season, Lee broke out in 2021, hitting .342/.384/.626 with 27 doubles, 10 home runs and 57 RBIs for his father and coach Larry at Cal Poly. Though hes been playing a lot of shortstop, he isnt a fit there and his hands and actions are below average. Then Nelson had a dominant 2021 season spent mostly at Double-A Amarillo, striking out 163 hitters in 116.1 innings, all as a starter. It looked like he would continue his dominant performance at the higher level. Previous ranking: No. Here's the full schedule and how to watch. He ultimately fell to the White Sox at 22nd overall, and a little over a year removed from his selection, that looks like an absolute steal. They travel to Cal Poly this weekend. Keith may not have a position, but he has a pretty stable hit/power combination that will profile at third if he can actually stay there. He was the fifth ranked prospect on our 2022 Draft Board but was picked 13th, enough to merit some reconsideration as to whether Neto belongs in the 50 FV already. He was working with low-90s velocity and a shapely, low-80s breaking ball at that time. His swing is quite uphill from the left side and he can tend to swing underneath fastballs up and away from him, but overall he is very difficult to make whiff inside the strike zone despite his steep-launch style of contact. College Baseball Rankings: 2023 D1Baseball Top Five. After the Reds gave him some time at first base in 2022, Steer now has experience at all four infield positions. He has a surprisingly authoritative left-handed cut for a player of his stature and shows you lovely all-fields ability to hit, snatching hanging breaking balls and inner-third fastballs to his pull side and spraying lots of middle-away fastballs to the opposite field. Hes also shown some ability to make mechanical adjustments, trading a high leg kick for a lower, longer stride that makes it even more evident just how powerful and balanced his lower half is than his previous swing did. He has lost some range as his compact, ovular frame has filled out and matured, and shockingly his hands and arm accuracy (even from second base) were both concerningly bad in Venezuela. Initially considered a contact-first prospect, the effort level in Chourios swing ratcheted up in 2022 and he now takes a monster hack, whipping the bat through the zone with all his might, often needing the dirt of the batters box behind him to stop his rotation. Collegiate Baseball's 2022 College Baseball Preview Edition (Jan. 7, 2022) has just been published and features all the top teams and players on all levels of college baseball plus a look at the top 93 college baseball players for the 2022 MLB Draft, All-American teams and much more. OHoppe started the 2022 season at Double-A in the Phillies system before the Angels snagged him as part of the Brandon Marsh deadline deal. He has enough raw power to do damage to all-fields and Paradas feel to hit weaponizes it, as he often hits the ball where its pitched, driving stuff on the outer edge to right field, pulling pitches on the inner third, and spraying everything in between. His ball-blocking is still pretty rough, though. His 2022 throwing was not quite as good as previous notes indicate, with lots of one-hoppers to the bag or throws sailing on him, though Naylors pop times remain close to average. Given the 2022 performance of some of their young 40-man occupants (strike-throwing issues for Ryan Pepiot, Andre Jackson), Miller might be Los Angeles most reliable in-season option to make a start if one or more of their projected starters goes down with injury. 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. The 6-8 righty struck out ten Omaha batters over 6 innings, earning him the win. He has some outfield experience but very little in pro ball, and he doesnt exactly look like a fish in water out there. A few factoids: (you might need to use the scrollbar at the bottom of the table, depending on your device), Teams1-5 25 Last Week: 4-0 Overall: 7-0, 0-0 in ACC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 22: @ Coastal Carolina: W 16-4 Feb. 24-26: Belmont: W 11-4, W 7-0, W 7-1 Upcoming Feb. 28: Longwood March 1: Radford March 3-5: New Jersey TechNC State took care of business with a sweep of Belmont. We also take into account player productivity, projection about what players will be as opposed to what they currently are and how we think each player will fit into what his specific program is trying to accomplish in 2022. 2023 Fantasy Baseball Top 100 . Its possible hell be so good upon return that he kicks down the door, but its more likely from a roster timeline standpoint that Miami gives him all of 2023 in the minors so his innings can be manicured with his health and development in mind. 27Dallas BaptistC-USA1TX51282835 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. Rodriguez was quite comfortably the most dominant pitcher in the minors in 2021, when he racked up nearly three times as many strikeouts as hits allowed. His fastball now sits 95-99 mph, up seven ticks from his college days, and while it currently relies heavily on its velocity rather than its below-average shape, a scout we spoke with was optimistic regarding the 22-year-olds ability to continue to improve the offering, singing Graceffos praises when it comes to his work ethic. Youll note that prospects are ranked by number but also lie within tiers demarcated by their Future Value grades. While some of the orgs other high-profile names have had developmental hiccups, Pfaadt has knifed through Arizonas system without issue and is now a mid-rotation starter prospect on the doorstep of the big leagues. His slider tunnels better with the four-seamer, but its whiff and chase rates have been more pedestrian. That bat speed, in conjunction with his short levers, allows him to track pitches well, resulting in impressive swing decisions for such a young player. He looked the part last week against Bucknell, going 6.1 innings, striking out nine, and allowing just one run. 6LouisvilleACC1KY1-1566 Quero is a bat-first catching prospect far away from the big leagues. It plays as an above-average offering even though Allens raw arm strength is comfortably below average. HISTORY: Longest games| Longest winning streaks| Longest half inning 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). To see all the great stories in this issue, CLICK HERE. window.FGWebsite_head_section.buildProspectsListTop100Controls(); Graceffos velocity has exploded since he left the Main Line, and hes now nearing the big leagues as a contenders fourth starter. Vanderbilt heads North this weekend to take on a trio of Big Ten opponents in the Cambria College Classic at U.S. Bank Stadium, the home of the Minnesota Vikings. He was excellent over the summer with USA Baseballs Collegiate National Team as well, striking out 10 in six innings. As you would probably expect from a hitter with such a steep swing (this is about as steep as one can get without it becoming a problem), Pages swings and misses a fair bit, but not enough that it makes his prospecthood feel flimsy. Legend [ edit] ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll [ edit] 17 Last Week: 4-0 Overall: 7-0, 0-0 in ACC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: Longwood: W 26-2 Feb. 24-26: Columbia: W 4-1, W 11-3, W 9-1 Upcoming Feb. 28: Virginia Military Institute March 3-5: Rhode Island Virginia took care of business with a sweep of Columbia, the 2022 Ivy League champion. OHoppes feel for contact makes him a likely everyday catcher. Johnson often ends his swing with his torso having made a full 180 degree rotation, sometimes swinging with such ferocious bat speed that he loses his balance and faceplants in the batters box. Most of Rafaelas underlying contact and power data is middling, and his peak exit velos arent what youd typically expect from a 20-homer threat, except he does seem to hit the ball fairly hard and in the air very frequently relative to his peak exits. His hands load in a pretty typical spot that keeps him short back to the baseball, and he doesnt swing and miss a ton. He started the season with a schedule that mimicked his college days, pitching every Saturday game in April and the first half of May, before transitioning to a more traditional every-five-days regimen. This wasnt a gradual increase, either it happened all at once in 2019. After playing some winter ball for Gigantes del Cibao, Marte saw 520 regular season plate appearances, changed organizations as the highest-profile prospect in the blockbuster Luis Castillo trade in the midst of those, went to Germany as part of Team Spains WBC qualifier roster, and then came back to the US and played for another six weeks in the Fall League. He has a pronounced bat wrap. The SEC leads all conferences with 13 teams (out of its 14 current members) in the Top 100. 2022 D1Baseball Preseason Top 25 Rankings Top 25 D1 Baseball Staff - January 18, 2022 Texas is No. Collier has stand-out raw strength and generates it across a very short mechanical distance, capable of driving thunderous contact to center and left/center with a flick of his wrists. He runs well enough to play an outfield corner and were projecting him there, la Schwarbers trajectory. Despite being rough around the edges (remember Cappe waited an extra year to sign so he could get more money from the Marlins and has played a full season less than the typical 20-year-old prospect), he has a great tools and projection foundation that is now being reinforced by early-career performance, most notably from a bat-to-ball standpoint. While Flores didnt throw quite that hard throughout 2022, he did a lot to prove that despite a relatively violent delivery, he can throw strikes and work efficiently enough to be a starter. PCA is one of the best defensive center fielders in the sport and a swing change unlocked dormant power in 2022. On last look, it was stuff that profiled in the middle of a contending teams rotation, rather than at the very front. Editor's note: The following article was published first on d1baseball.com. In four innings, the senior lefty struck out six and didnt allow a hit. Even with the back issue, the Giants put Luciano on their 40-man roster during the winter. Use code Fall15for a discounted subscription. The gap between Peraza and Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee (No. Previous ranking: No. That continued in 2022 when Allen reached Triple-A and put himself in position to claim a rotation spot this season should the need arise. If he develops even a 40-grade hit tool, hell hit 30 annual bombs and it wont matter where he plays. Considered too advanced for the teams Dominican complex, he made his stateside pro debut in 2019 and followed that up by posting a .941 OPS across two A-ball levels in 2021 while still a teenager. The ultra-advanced White has plus command of four good pitches. Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 8:37 AM ET, Park Factors De La Cruz is a boom-or-bust prospect who could really bust or go supernova. The sophomore first baseman produced a 1.953 OPS with a home run and a pair of triples. He doesnt track pitches especially well (his head often flies all over the place) and he has mediocre barrel variability, so hes likely to swing and miss at an above-average clip in the big leagues, but hes going to get to an absurd amount of power for a catcher and produce at an All-Star offensive level for that position. We can quibble over whether A-ball dynamics have changed due to the elimination of the short season leagues in a way that might invalidate historical precedents like this, but its reasonable to have some pause about Williams long-term prospectdom when you realize the closest 2022 comp for his contact data (66% contact%, 78% z-contact) was Paul DeJong. Weekend Record reflects a teams weekend results as a collective unit in an effort to incorporate tournament results and not just reflect a teams record in weekend series. Already armed with plus-plus velocity after coming out of a Division-II school in Michigan, Brown has added a plus-plus curve and slider since turning pro. He projects as a 2-WAR player whose versatility could help optimize the way Baltimores other young infielders are deployed. Short levers enable Frelick to turn on inner-third fastballs and let him spray or spoil pitches that travel deep into the hitting zone, making him very tough to strike out. Late in 2022, the Cardinals started giving Walker reps in the outfield, mostly in right, and he looked fine out there. His trademark breaking ball, which has plus-plus spin and flashes huge depth, tends to finish in the strike zone and isnt yet a consistent putaway pitch. Son of former All-Star Matt Holliday, Jackson stands out to many as the best well-rounded prospect of the 2022 draft. His forearms have grown like the Grinchs heart, and Carroll can now bang wall-threatening contact to all fields with the flick of his wrists. Hes already noticeably thicker now than he was in high school, though thats probably part of where the power is coming from. He has special hand-eye coordination and bat-to-ball skill, as well as a tremendous idea of the strike zone. He ended up at Vanderbilt, where those issues continued, and Eder finished his career there sitting 91-92, which is part of why he fell to the fourth round of his draft. Its long been seen as a potential, maybe even an obvious move, due to both Soderstroms below-average defense as a backstop, and as a way of protecting his offensive performance from the dings and scratches that are part and parcel with everyday catching. Unique defensive versatility (C/2B/OF) and premium feel for contact make Rodriguez a core part of Pittsburghs future. His swing is like a right-handed version of Juan Sotos, capable of getting underneath the baseball in basically every part of the zone, in part because of the flexibility and athleticism in his lower half. 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