{"id":89093,"date":"2025-07-24T16:42:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/89093\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:42:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:42:38","slug":"top-60-mlb-prospects-kevin-mcgonigle-max-clark-top-newest-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/89093\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 60 MLB prospects: Kevin McGonigle, Max Clark top newest rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my midpoint check-in on the best prospects still in the minors, including players drafted a week and a half ago who have signed but have not debuted in pro ball. As with my offseason list, I\u2019m focused more on ceiling than floor, but I do consider the player\u2019s probability of reaching his ceiling or something close to it. Please keep in mind that my offseason Top 100 ranking<\/a> is a month-long process, while this ranking is more of a week-plus process, and has some more built-in recency bias than the rankings I run every February.<\/p>\n

This list only includes players currently in the minor leagues who retain rookie eligibility. These are not the same criteria I use for offseason lists, where I only go by rookie eligibility regardless of roster status, since there is no active 26-man roster in the winter. Roman Anthony, Chase Burns, and Jacob Misiorowski aren\u2019t here because they\u2019re on major-league rosters right now.<\/p>\n

With the new rankings now published, we\u2019re doing a Live Q&A today (Thursday, July 24) at 1 p.m. ET. Please send questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>23<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if McGonigle can play shortstop \u2026 and I kind of don\u2019t care. It\u2019s probably the best hit tool in the minors and he backs it up with hard, hard contact, along with what turns out to be some of the best strike zone judgment anywhere in baseball. He has hit .352\/.447\/.599 across three levels, which includes six rehab games in the Florida State League, with 30 walks and 22 strikeouts on the season, while showing surprising (to me, at least) power, with peak exit velocities at 112 mph. It\u2019s a great swing, too, geared to put the ball in the air on a line; that was in place in high school, but he\u2019s gotten a lot stronger, so now it\u2019s average and OBP and power. He\u2019s probably going to end up at second, because teams want a plus defender at short and I don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to be that, but he\u2019s better defensively now than he was in high school, too. I can\u2019t believe Rogers Hornsby played a half hour from my house and I didn\u2019t know it.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>6<\/p>\n

Clark is an 80 runner \u2013 if he slowed down last year, he\u2019s found that fourth gear again \u2013 and easy plus defender in center who also walked more than he struck out in High A, with a .285\/.430\/.427 line for West Michigan before he bumped up to the Double-A Erie \u2026 uh, Moon Mammoths. There\u2019s above-average power there, at least, with strong plate judgment and speed that plays on both sides of the ball, more so because he\u2019s aggressive (and smart) on the bases. The Tigers are in good shape.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>32<\/p>\n

What if Wetherholt was, in fact, the best player in the 2024 draft class all along? He slipped to the seventh pick in large part because he was hurt so much of the spring with a recurring hamstring issue that dated back to the previous summer. He hit .300\/.425\/.466 in Double A this year, barely missing a day, and went 8 for 20 in his first six games in Triple A, with a .400\/.500\/.800 line there in the small sample. He\u2019s probably going to move over to second base in deference to a plus defender at some point, but he\u2019s an average or so shortstop with good instincts. The value here is the bat, and he can really, really hit.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>5<\/p>\n

Emerson started the year with plenty of hard contact without much to show for it in the box scores, but the 2023 first-rounder \u2013 who just turned 20 over this past weekend \u2013 has been on a tear lately, with a .303\/.411\/.529 line and almost as many walks (22) as strikeouts (24) from June 1 through this past Sunday. He\u2019s made some very small adjustments, but with big results, going from a 59 percent groundball rate through the end of May to a 40 percent one since then, so the hard contact is turning into more extra-base hits. He\u2019s going to stick at shortstop, which wasn\u2019t a sure thing at all when he was drafted, with a plus hit tool and potentially above-average power.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>78<\/p>\n

Made is a ridiculously twitchy, athletic shortstop who shows outstanding range at the position and electric hands at the plate, hitting .273\/.382\/.399 so far as a true 18-year-old in Low A after jumping completely past the complex league. He does have to gain some strength, hardly surprising given his youth, but his overall feel for the game is outstanding, and he makes a lot of contact already with an all-fields approach. I think he\u2019s going to end up a plus defender at short with the kind of offensive skill set that makes him likely to be the most valuable player on his team.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>2<\/p>\n

Walcott is definitely not a shortstop, and I have heard from some scouts that they don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to stay on the dirt at all, although for now I am sticking with third base as his ultimate position. He just turned 19 in March, making him the youngest regular in Double A, and he\u2019s just one homer away from matching his 2024 season total of 11 already, with a .248\/.344\/.400 line and just a 21.6 percent strikeout rate despite his disadvantage in age and experience. He\u2019s very physical and is going to end up with huge power, so the fact that he\u2019s already showing good command of the zone is a big positive. Thirty homers a year with strong walk totals will play at any position.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>12<\/p>\n

Painter has recovered fully from 2023 Tommy John surgery and is back to pitching in the 94-98 range with a hammer curveball and at least an average changeup, showing average or better control in Triple A even with that level\u2019s higher walk rates. The Phillies have given him a slider to try to take advantage of his arm speed and his ability to spin the ball; it wasn\u2019t very good when I saw him, although I\u2019ve had other scouts say they\u2019ve seen it above-average and it\u2019s generated a 33 percent whiff rate so far this year. It\u2019s a clear starter\u2019s build and delivery, with the three- or four-pitch mix to turn a lineup over multiple times and get guys on both sides of the plate, and he\u2019s got at least one true out pitch in the curveball. I don\u2019t project many guys to be No. 1 starters, but Painter is one of the very few who checks every box.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>3<\/p>\n

Basallo continues to rake in Triple A, with a .264\/.383\/.591 line (through Sunday\u2019s games) that has him one homer off his career high already, with the caveat that offense \u2013 especially walk and contact rates \u2013 is higher in Triple A than at lower levels. He\u2019s only caught in about 40 percent of his games, splitting the remainder between first base and DH, with Adley Rutschman holding down the catching spot in Baltimore. But there\u2019s more reason to question Basallo\u2019s future behind the plate, with worse scouting reports this year on his receiving and Baltimore\u2019s choice to pass him over multiple times for a callup. The bat is going to play anywhere, though, and he may instead just be their 30-homer first baseman of the future.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>42<\/p>\n

Arias continues to make hard contact at high rates in High A, still hitting the ball on the ground a little more than you\u2019d like for his profile (49 percent), with an all-fields approach and very strong pitch recognition, especially breaking balls. He\u2019s only whiffed on 5 percent of fastballs he\u2019s swung at since getting to High A, thanks to elite bat speed, and has a reverse platoon split because he can pick up right-on-right breaking stuff, with worse results against changeups than any other pitch. He\u2019s a true shortstop with great actions and plenty of arm as well. He still has some work to do at the plate to convert his tools into more extra-base power, with All-Star upside as a shortstop who hits for average with 20-ish homer power.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>84<\/p>\n

Griffin had the best package of tools in the 2024 draft class, potentially 80s in speed, arm strength, and power, but most scouts had serious questions about whether he could hit between the awful competition he faced in Mississippi and the severe arm bar he has at the plate. He has hit unbelievably well given those concerns, reminiscent of how Jordan Walker came out of the gate in his full-season debut in 2021; Griffin hit .338\/.396\/.536 with a 23 percent strikeout rate in Low A, and has hit .297\/.405\/.475 so far in high A with just a 19.8 percent strikeout rate (through Sunday). He\u2019s also played much better defense at shortstop than expected, as the majority view pre-draft seemed to be that he\u2019d end up in center field (and be good there). The arm bar is still there and a huge concern; maybe he\u2019s just so athletic and quick-handed that he can get away with that where others can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>4<\/p>\n

Jenkins has only played about a month in Double A this year around yet more injuries, continuing an unfortunate trend that saw him play just 82 games in all of 2024. He\u2019s getting on base at a high clip without showing much power yet in games. But he can really hit, and he does have plus power in there, with strong zone awareness and high contact rates \u2013 his strikeout rate in Double A was just 17.3 percent through Sunday. The Twins have kept him in center field this year, but he\u2019s going to end up in right field, both given his size and their steady supply of guys who can play plus defense or better in center. If he stays healthy, he has All-Star upside, a high-average, 20-25 homer guy who might even be a plus defender in a corner.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>19<\/p>\n

Chandler has the best overall fastball in the minors when you consider the entire package, including how hitters respond to it (not well, from their perspective). They whiff on it about a third of the time they swing, and if he threw it for strikes a little more often, he could probably be a No. 2 starter just with that pitch and his plus changeup. He\u2019s still working on the breaking ball, throwing the slider about twice as often as the curve, with the slider around average \u2013 which is trending up, at least. He\u2019s a superb athlete who was also a shortstop and a quarterback in high school, and unlike a lot of former quarterbacks who take to the mound, Chandler gets a ton of life on his fastball. He did hit a rough stretch in June, walking 12 in 12 innings across five starts, but came out of that with two strong starts ahead of the All-Star Break before a clunker in Nashville right afterwards. I do think his command and control will continue to take time, but I\u2019ll bet on a pitcher this athletic to continue to improve there. It\u2019s No. 1 starter upside, and No. 3 starter floor.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>31<\/p>\n

De Vries is 18 in High A and more than holding his own, hitting comfortably above the league average despite being the youngest regular at that level. He\u2019s a switch-hitter who\u2019s clearly better from the left side, even though he hit for more power right-handed last year, with a strong left-handed swing that\u2019s going to produce at least a ton of extra-base hits to the gaps. He\u2019s a definite shortstop who might end up plus there, with a 60 arm and plenty of lateral range. He would have been a high school senior this spring had he grown up anywhere covered by the draft, and he\u2019s already producing in High A; that alone would mark him as a potential star.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>98<\/p>\n

Lombard blew away High-A pitching for less than a month before the Yankees bumped him up to Double A, where he\u2019s continued to show an advanced feel for the zone but hasn\u2019t had much in the way to show for it in his average or slugging. He\u2019s an outstanding athlete who definitely stays at short and probably ends up at least a 60 defender there. At the plate, at least some of the difficulty is just timing; he\u2019s produced more weak contact, and he\u2019s had trouble with better velocity, despite having plenty of bat speed. It may be that this was the right move for him, so he could be challenged by better pitching in Double A and have the full summer to make adjustments. He\u2019s an everyday shortstop who should hit for average with good OBPs and plus defense, maybe with just 12-15 homers a year \u2013 still a very valuable player.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>10<\/p>\n

Lawlar got another call-up this year, his first since 2023, and it went \u2026 well, he went 0 for 19 with nine strikeouts, so, not great, Bob. He went back to Triple A, where he\u2019s been mashing for Reno (elevation 4,505 feet), but suffered another hamstring strain, the main injury that ruined his 2024 season. He\u2019s been out since June 25. On talent alone, he\u2019d be a Top 5 prospect in baseball, despite the whole no-hits thing in the majors this year, but he has been hurt so often in his pro career that it is also just possible he\u2019s not going to be durable enough to handle a position up the middle every day. If he does, he should hit for high averages with 15-20 homer power, and he can play plus defense at short if healthy.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>15<\/p>\n

Quero missed 2024 with a shoulder injury that required surgery, started out 2025 in extended, then went up to Triple A at the start of June, where he\u2019s hit credibly albeit not up to his pre-surgery levels just yet. His arm is still above-average, and he\u2019s receiving well again. He\u2019s just been unusually undisciplined at the plate, chasing pitches well out of the zone 39 percent of the time through Sunday\u2019s games. Maybe he\u2019s trying to make up for lost time or thinks that\u2019s how to hit his way to the majors. He wasn\u2019t that kind of hacker before the time off, so I\u2019m hopeful he\u2019ll calm back down and become the high-contact, average-power guy he was prior to the injury. That\u2019d make him an above-average regular behind the plate given his defensive skills.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>26<\/p>\n

De Paula may end up at first base, but with the potential in his bat it shouldn\u2019t matter; he\u2019s extremely disciplined and has easy plus power already, which he flashed when he won the Futures Game MVP because he hit the game\u2019s only home run. He\u2019s extremely disciplined, swinging at pitches well out of the zone just 8 percent of the time, while also taking a lot of called strikes as he waits for his pitch. That can go too far, obviously, but so far he\u2019s making the right choices, hitting .258\/.402\/.413 with 10 homers as a 20-year-old in High A. There should be more power as he gets older and moves up the ladder more, with 25- to 30-homer upside, and that combined with what will probably be high walk rates would make him a very good regular to a star even if he moves from the corner outfield to first.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>61<\/p>\n

Williams is healthy again this year and raking, hitting .291\/.399\/.495 so far in Double A as a 21-year-old. He takes a huge swing for a little fella, but he makes it work with enough strength and superb strike zone awareness. He\u2019s a natural shortstop with a move to second or center always on the table, especially with Francisco Lindor in front of him, so he\u2019s played a little at those positions and shouldn\u2019t have trouble transitioning to either spot. Center is the better bet since he\u2019s a plus runner, while his bat will profile as an above-average regular at any of those spots.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

Quintero homered three times last year in 83 games, mostly in the complex league, and I wrote in February that if the power came, he could be a superstar. He hit 14 homers in his first 80 games this year, all for Low-A Rancho Cucamonga, without giving up any of his patience or contact, just driving the ball more to all fields. He does land open when he gets that front foot down, so you can get him to miss on breaking stuff down and away \u2013 even in the zone \u2013 and that\u2019ll have to be fixed at some point. The advanced feel to hit in a center fielder with emerging power already gives him a pretty high floor of at least a soft regular, with the ceiling of a top-10 player in his league.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Ineligible<\/p>\n

Holliday was the top player on my board going into the draft, and I\u2019m not changing the relative order of those players at all just yet \u2013 although I will likely do so this winter, after some of them have played or at least appeared in instructs or \u201cbridge league\u201d (unofficial games at the complexes). Holliday is a big shortstop with power who ran into some swing-and-miss issues at showcases in 2024 and a little bit this spring, some of which at least is because he has a soft front side and can whiff on lefty breaking stuff or roll any offspeed stuff to second more than he should. He knows the strike zone, has bat speed, and has easy plus power, and I think he\u2019ll be able to make the mechanical adjustments to boost his contact rate. He may not stay at short because of his eventual size, but he has the hands and instincts to stick there, with third base the worst-case scenario. I buy the upside here, but acknowledge there\u2019s more risk than his brother presented at the same age.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>38<\/p>\n

Montgomery broke his ankle in the super regionals in June 2024, slid to the No. 13 pick in the draft, signed with Boston but didn\u2019t play a game before they shipped him to the White Sox in the Garrett Crochet deal, and finally made his pro debut this spring in Low A. He\u2019s spent most of the year in High A, hitting .256\/.342\/.444 there while playing right and center, hitting for more average and on-base percentage left-handed with more power right-handed, in line with what I saw from him in college. He\u2019s whiffing on pitches in the zone, including fastballs, much more than I anticipated, though, and that\u2019s mildly concerning for an SEC product in High A, even giving him some grace for the injury and lost time. It hasn\u2019t been improving with time, either, and that\u2019s the main thing I need to see from him in the second half to hold my evaluation of him as a future 55 (above-average regular) in right field.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>59<\/p>\n

Brice\u00f1o moved up to Double-A Erie with McGonigle and Clark after hitting .296\/.422\/.602 with 15 homers in 55 games in High A, walking once more than he struck out. He\u2019s got a great, simple swing for a bigger guy, and his command of the strike zone is as good as you\u2019d expect from the stat line. I\u2019ve still never seen the man catch; he\u2019s played first or DH\u2019d every time I\u2019ve seen him, including the Thursday before the Futures Game, and this year the Tigers have played him slightly more at first base than behind the plate. His defense never received good marks back there anyway, but at this point, I\u2019d advise moving him out to get his bat into the lineup more often.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Ineligible<\/p>\n

Doyle was the top pitcher on my pre-draft board, as he had the draft\u2019s most unhittable fastball, up to 100 with life up in the zone that hitters struggled to pick up out of his hand. He\u2019s got a plus splitter to pair with it, working up with the heater and down with the split, along with a slider that doesn\u2019t grade out that well on shape but that plays up because of the deception in the delivery and the way hitters were geared up for the fastball. Some teams didn\u2019t love the delivery and thought he\u2019d end up in relief; I see that possibility, but he also repeats his mechanics so well and holds his stuff deep into games well enough that he has to go out as a starter. The Cardinals might be the perfect spot for him to refine the slider and maybe make some small changes to the delivery to improve his odds of staying in the rotation. He has No. 2 starter upside and, at worst, looks like he\u2019d be an animal out of the pen.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Ineligible<\/p>\n

Anderson dominated for LSU this spring, including several starts of 120-plus pitches, showing two fastballs in a five-pitch mix that featured a 70 changeup. His pitches grade out extremely well by their data, and he\u2019s a tremendous competitor who led Division I in strikeouts this spring and doesn\u2019t give in to hitters at all. I didn\u2019t love how LSU used him and I assume he\u2019ll be shut down until next year to try to give his arm a rest, but still expect him to debut before 2026 is out.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>13<\/p>\n

Miller\u2019s return to Double A hasn\u2019t gone as well as hoped, as he\u2019s drawn some walks but hasn\u2019t done a whole lot else, even though his home park in Reading is the best hitter\u2019s park in the Eastern League. It\u2019s not that hard to see why \u2013 he\u2019s whiffing on non-fastballs 37 percent of the time (through Sunday), and on fastballs just 14 percent of the time. He had some similar pitch recognition issues in High A last year, but he hasn\u2019t made a real adjustment yet with Reading, with July shaping up as his worst month. He\u2019s a solid or better defender at short and has plenty of bat speed; it\u2019s really just a matter of picking up offspeed stuff and making better decisions on them.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>34<\/p>\n

Condon broke his wrist on a diving play in spring training and missed the first eight weeks of the minor league season before returning to High A, where he improved on last year\u2019s disastrous debut by hitting .312\/.431\/.420 in 35 games before Colorado bumped him up to Double A. He\u2019s continued to hit at that higher level, still not showing a ton of power \u2013 unsurprising off a wrist injury this year and a thumb one last year \u2013 but, more concerningly, still showing a lot of trouble picking up sliders. He\u2019s seen 48 so far in Double A (per data from Synergy Sports), swung at half of those, and whiffed on half of those swings. When he hits them, it\u2019s for damage, and that might be what saves him given this deficiency at the plate. Assuming that 30-homer power he showed before the injuries is still there, he may be more of a low-OBP, high-power guy, at least until and unless he shows he can pick up the slider much better than he has to date.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>33<\/p>\n

The Jaguar started slow this year in Triple A, as has been his pattern, and has been improving as the season has gone on, cutting his strikeout rate and showing more juice while playing all three outfield spots. It\u2019s already at least 60 power, probably more, and he\u2019s still got room to fill out his 6-6 frame. There\u2019s still too much chase in his game and he\u2019s vulnerable enough to sliders that I wouldn\u2019t rush him to the majors this year; he\u2019s 23 now (seasonal age of 22), but he\u2019s still succeeding more on his physical abilities than overall game. It\u2019s 25-plus homer power in center field with plus speed, and I\u2019ll be surprised if he’s still a Cub on August 1.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>29<\/p>\n

The Giants remain very aggressive with Eldridge, bumping him to Triple A last month despite a 27.9 percent strikeout rate in Double A, and he\u2019s struggled in his brief time in the new level \u2013 hardly a surprise given his inexperience and the size of the 6-foot-7 small-g giant\u2019s strike zone. He\u2019s still got 70 power, topping out at 114.6 mph for Sacramento this year, and if he were at a more appropriate level for his age and experience I have little doubt he\u2019d be hitting for average. He was in the same draft class as Kevin McGonigle, for example, and McGonigle didn\u2019t get the call to Double A until after Eldridge was in Triple A. There\u2019s no rush here, especially given the poor history of hitters this tall, who (among other things) must learn to cover a lot of area at the plate. You can still see the 30-homer, solid OBP upside here, maybe with average defense (and a plus arm), but it\u2019s going to take time.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>65<\/p>\n

The D-Backs\u2019 second pick in the 2024 draft, Waldschmidt destroyed High-A pitching earlier this year before a promotion in late June to Double-A Amarillo, a crazy hitter\u2019s park where, surprisingly, he\u2019s homered just once so far. He\u2019s a good hitter who happens to have power, and is making plenty of contact in Double A, possibly just getting too pull-conscious (small sample size caveats definitely apply). He\u2019s mostly played left field this year and that\u2019s probably where he\u2019ll stay, so he does have to hit to be an above-average regular. I\u2019m predicting a huge second half from Waldschmidt, boosted by the ballpark, which at least gets him to Reno \u2013 another great place to hit \u2013 if not further south.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

The Mets\u2019 first-round pick in 2024, Benge made a small mechanical adjustment at the plate around mid-April \u2013 right after I saw him the first time this year, coincidentally \u2013 and has absolutely taken off since then, even through a promotion to Double A in late June. His power hasn\u2019t fully come out in games, as his swing gets handsy and he doesn\u2019t lift the ball as much as he could. So right now, it\u2019s high-average, high-OBP production with a lot of doubles. There\u2019s 20-25 homer power in there with what would probably be a small swing adjustment. He\u2019s moved between center and right this year, with an arm that would play anywhere.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Ineligible<\/p>\n

Arquette was the top college position player in this year\u2019s draft class, but only went No. 7, the latest that\u2019s happened since 2004, when Stephen Drew went No. 15 but got the draft\u2019s highest bonus. (If you\u2019re curious, going back to 1972, the top college position player selected has only failed to reach the majors twice, their average WAR through 2019 is about 15.0, the median WAR is 10.2, and a quarter of them have topped 20.0 WAR. Taking the best college position player is usually going to be a good move.) Arquette hit .354\/.461\/.654 with 19 homers for Oregon State this year as the Beavers played an independent schedule. He made a ton of contact in the zone with plenty of raw power. He\u2019s a shortstop now with the hands and arm to stay there, but would be one of the biggest shortstops in MLB history, as he\u2019s already 6-foot-5 and 230-ish. He could end up similar to Troy Glaus, who was actually the second college position player taken in his draft class.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>21<\/p>\n

Rodriguez\u2019s story is the same this year as it has been every year \u2014 he\u2019s hitting well, getting on base a ton, but has been hurt as much as he\u2019s been healthy. This year he\u2019s missed time with a hip injury and now an oblique strain that I assume will keep him out well into August, hitting .254\/.411\/.428 with strikeout and chase rates that would rank as his worst since the complex. That could be the result of the injuries and missed time, or that he\u2019s struggling with Triple A pitching \u2013 or both, most likely. He\u2019s a center fielder in name but probably going to right between his range and his frequent injuries, so there\u2019s a little more pressure on the bat. He has the on-base skills, and the raw power is there, with 10 percent of his batted balls in Triple A this year coming off at 109 mph or harder. He\u2019s got to stay on the field.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>17<\/p>\n

Salas hasn\u2019t played since my last update, going on the IL in late May with a stress reaction in his lower back, and the news this week is that he\u2019s unlikely to play again this season, although I imagine that does not preclude a return trip to the Arizona Fall League. That leaves us with \u2026 not much, really. He played in just 10 games this year and hit .188\/.325\/.219, walking more than he struck out, but obviously not showing any power. He could have been hurt the whole time, of course, and he was extremely young to be in Double A. I hope he plays somewhere this offseason, whether it\u2019s the AFL or the Venezuelan Winter League or another option, to try to make up for some of the lost reps.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>46<\/p>\n

Ballesteros made his MLB debut earlier this year, going 3-for-16 with just one strikeout and two walks, and he\u2019ll be back if the Cubs need a DH at any point \u2026 but not if they need a catcher, clearly, since they didn\u2019t give him an inning back there in that stint. He can hit, though, barely whiffing on anything in the majors, mashing .339\/.397\/.500 through Sunday\u2019s games in Triple A, with one of the best contact skills anywhere in the minors. He\u2019s got above-average power, maybe getting to 20+ homers a year in his peak seasons, but there isn\u2019t any projection left for more here. If the Cubs had the playing time to give him, he\u2019d hit enough to stick in the majors as an everyday player this year.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>24<\/p>\n

Celesten destroyed the Arizona Complex League last year before an injury prevented the Mariners from giving him a taste of Low A, so he started there this year and has hit .278\/.338\/.373 as a 19-year-old, with solid contact rates from both sides. It\u2019s below what I expected from him given the tools and the brief performance in Arizona, but his home park in Modesto is a lousy place to hit and he\u2019s at .321\/.396\/.445 on the road (all stats through Sunday\u2019s games). He\u2019s a strong defender at short and there\u2019s going to be power here, although it\u2019s possible we won\u2019t see it until he\u2019s at a higher level.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>71<\/p>\n

Nimmala has shown power and patience as a 19-year-old in High A this year, a long way from the awful start he had in Low A the year before that led the Jays to send him back to the complex for a reset. He\u2019s been in a slump for about a month, bringing down his season line, but it looks like a lot of bad luck, with a lot of squared-up balls hit right at fielders and a .181 BABIP in his last month. He\u2019s going to stick at shortstop, he\u2019s at least shown flashes of the plus power projected for him, and he\u2019s still young for the level.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

Made is the future superstar in the Carolina Mudcats\u2019 lineup, while Pe\u00f1a is probably going to reach the majors first and has the better pure hit tool. He\u2019s a plus runner with excellent hand-eye coordination at the plate, taking a \u201csee ball, hit ball\u201d approach, and bringing average power so that plenty of that contact turns into hits. He\u2019s played short, second, and third this year, mostly shortstop, with second the most likely long-term spot. <\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>70<\/p>\n

Rainer\u2019s pro debut was going well until he injured his right shoulder diving into first base in early June. He was hitting .288\/.383\/.448 through 35 games with a 22 percent strikeout rate at the time, while of course playing plus defense at shortstop. My main concern about him before the draft was that his bat speed wasn\u2019t great and he might struggle to catch up to good velocity; so far, on 41 pitches he\u2019s seen at 95+, he\u2019s only whiffed twice and has two hits, including a homer, although pretty much all of that contact has gone the other way. He\u2019s looked like a more advanced player than a 19-year-old, especially on defense. There\u2019s above-average regular upside here, maybe more if he continues to show he can handle plus fastballs.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

Sloan has been dominant in 15 pitch-limited starts in Low A this year, walking just 4.8 percent of batters \u2014 I swear, that warms my heart, given how many young pitchers struggle to throw strikes in the jump to full-season ball \u2014 while working up to 100 with a plus slider and a change he doesn\u2019t use much but that\u2019s probably a 55. As of Tuesday, he hasn\u2019t gone over 72 pitches or 19 batters faced in a game, so his stuff may not be quite as elite when he\u2019s going 100 pitches per start, and his results will probably slip some when he\u2019s facing hitters a third time every game. The early returns are fantastic, though, and he looks like at least a No. 2 starter.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>41<\/p>\n

Crawford is maddening \u2014 he\u2019s an 80 runner, at least a 60 and probably a 70 defender in center, and he probably has a 60 hit tool. He starts his hands so high, however, that his path to the ball produces comical groundball rates, over 60 percent just about everywhere he\u2019s played \u2014 that\u2019s not the 60 we\u2019re looking for \u2014 limiting his ceiling. He doesn\u2019t lack for power, peaking at 110.6 mph this year already, but 110.6 mph on the ground isn\u2019t going to leave the park. As is, he\u2019s a regular, because he hits, gets on base, and adds value on defense and on the bases. He could be more, though, and I\u2019m going to bang that drum until someone helps fix his swing to get him a more typical path with some loft for at least extra-base power.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Ineligible<\/p>\n

Irish slid to the 19th pick in this year\u2019s draft but was fifth on my predraft board, as he was one of the best pure hitters in the class regardless of position. He was a catcher until the very beginning of this spring, when he fractured his scapula, and then returned to play mostly right field. It\u2019s hard contact to all fields with a really smart, disciplined approach; if he pulls the ball more, he might be a 25-homer guy, but at the cost of some contact. He\u2019s going to need work in right, as he\u2019s a well below-average defender there right now, although he\u2019s only played it for about half an hour.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>54<\/p>\n

Genao missed the first two months of the year with a shoulder sprain, and since his return he hasn\u2019t shown the same power he did last year \u2014 which could just be the aftereffects of the shoulder injury, as otherwise he\u2019s putting the ball in play and showing strong plate judgment. He\u2019s an average-ish defender at shortstop who probably ends up bumped to second by a plus defender. It may be a lost year if this is just a result of reduced strength or continued discomfort from the shoulder injury, unfortunately, but I\u2019m hopeful he\u2019ll improve in the second half as he gets further from the injury, and maybe goes to the AFL to pick up some at-bats.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Ineligible<\/p>\n

The Athletics\u2019 last two first-round picks are already in the majors, and Arnold, the 11th pick in this draft, probably won\u2019t be far behind. The Florida State lefty comes from a low slot with a fastball that was down a tick this spring to 91-95, and he throws it for strikes along with a hard, sweeping slider and a solid changeup. The angle is tough for hitters on both sides to pick up and he changes speeds extremely well. There may not be huge upside here given where his stuff sat this spring, but he\u2019s as close to big-league ready as any pitcher in this draft class.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

The Twins\u2019 first-round pick in 2024 continues to rake after a promotion last month to Double A, although he should probably go around that league a few times to try to tighten up his approach. He\u2019s a true shortstop who projects to stay there and be a 55 or 60 defender, while his line-drive swing has produced more power this year (14 homers through Tuesday) than I anticipated, as it seemed like he\u2019d hit for a lot of hard contact but in the form of more doubles and triples. The low strikeout rate in Double A masks some difficulty he\u2019s had with offspeed stuff at the higher level, and he\u2019s still a little too prone to go after pitches well out of the zone. He looks like at least a solid regular with more upside beyond that if he tightens up his swing decisions.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Ineligible<\/p>\n

Kilen was the No. 2 hitter on my predraft board off a spring where he made a ton of hard contact and did so across all pitch types, almost never whiffing on stuff in the zone and posting a hard-hit rate over 50 percent in the SEC. He\u2019s on the smaller side for a power hitter, and there was some concern it wouldn\u2019t hold up with the wood bat, especially since he didn\u2019t show the same kind of pop on the Cape the previous summer. Even if he\u2019s more of a 12-15 homer guy \u2014 and I think he\u2019s better than that \u2014 he has such a strong feel to hit that he should be at least an above-average regular at second base.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

The Password moved up to Triple A in late May, and his bat took off as the plus raw power is showing up more in games while he has continued to make contact at a high rate and at least show some command of the strike zone. It\u2019s not 80 power or even 70, but it plays up because his swing gets the ball into that sweet spot of launch angles. He’s getting the ball in the air this year, but not too much so, and has put more balls in the seats. He\u2019s mostly played center this year, but it\u2019s going to be right field, even aside from the added challenges of playing center in Fenway. I would pump the brakes a little bit here, even though I obviously think he\u2019s a very promising hitter, as he\u2019s had much worse results on breaking stuff in Triple A, and he has to make more of an adjustment to those pitches before he\u2019s ready for the majors. The Sox have already rushed Marcelo Mayer (whiffing on 46 percent of breaking pitches in the majors) when he had a similar weakness, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s helped him to come up before he was ready.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>25<\/p>\n

Bazzana was the top pick last year out of Oregon State, had a solid debut in High A, then got off to a slow start in Double A this year before hitting the IL in mid-May with an oblique strain, only returning last week. He\u2019s struck out quite a bit more than expected, over 26 percent through Sunday, in the limited sample, and his defense has been closer to a 45 (below average) than a 50 (average at second). A strong second half with more contact would answer some of the questions about whether we overrated his hit tool or whether the steep angle of his swing is going to make it hard for him to keep his contact rate up going forward.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Ineligible<\/p>\n

The Nats used the first pick in this year\u2019s draft to select Willits, the son of former Angels and Yankees outfielder Reggie Willits, and sign him to a well-under-slot deal that allowed them to take a couple of shots on other high-ceiling high schoolers in later rounds. Willits is going to be a 60 or 70 defender at short, and should make a ton of contact, with a compact swing that\u2019s geared to put the ball in play all over the field. It\u2019s probably 45 power at his peak, projecting to more doubles and triples than homers even in his best years. He won\u2019t turn 18 until December, making him the youngest player on this list by several months.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>58<\/p>\n

Hope hasn\u2019t missed a beat after his breakout half-year in Low A in 2024, hitting .286\/.390\/.468 (through Sunday) for the loaded Great Lakes lineup in High A, although his strikeout rate has risen a few points as we start to see some cracks in his approach. He doesn\u2019t chase much, but when he does, he nearly always whiffs, and he\u2019s missing more pitches in zone against better competition \u2014 including plus velocity, a bit surprising for a guy with this much bat speed. That said, he does understand the strike zone well and does a lot of damage on contact, with plus raw power now that\u2019s more like 55 in games. He\u2019ll have to tighten up some of those swing decisions before he gets to Double A. There\u2019s still star-level ceiling here, probably in right field, as his reads and routes aren\u2019t there to keep him in center.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long, tortuous road for Prielipp, who is amid his first full, healthy season since 2019 due to the pandemic and multiple elbow surgeries. His 47.2 innings this year is his career high for any season, including college. He\u2019s been sitting in the mid-90s with a plus slider that has high spin rates and huge tilt, while also throwing a changeup that flashes above-average. He\u2019s had a reverse platoon split this year for no real reason I can see; that slider should make him death to left-handed things. The Twins have been careful with him this year, so he hasn\u2019t gone over 62 pitches in any outing, although his control has been good enough that he\u2019s gone four-plus innings a few times despite the pitch limits. If he can hold up, he\u2019s at least a mid-rotation starter, but that\u2019s a big qualifier given the track record.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

Sykora\u2019s stuff rivals the top pitchers on this list, as he\u2019s 95-98 with a plus splitter and a solid-average slider already. But his delivery is high-effort and his arm is very late, neither of which is great for durability. He came out of his last start on July 5 with lower right triceps soreness, with the hope that he\u2019ll be back fairly soon. He\u2019d gotten off to a tremendous start, dominating High A after his return from offseason hip labrum surgery with 32 strikeouts and just two walks in 18 innings in four outings, and then walked 12 in 16 1\/3 innings in his next four outings, including the one he left after an inning. It\u2019s No. 2 starter stuff, and he showed that kind of command and control earlier this season before the latest injury. I do have doubts about him holding up, given the whole operation.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

Tong comes straight over the top, the kind of delivery I normally hate. I mean, I hate Tong\u2019s delivery too, but he really makes the most of it with a lively fastball that\u2019s been up to 98, a 12\/6 curveball, and a changeup, all of which have ticked up this year. Minor-league batting averages are very noisy, so there\u2019s a big caveat here, but batters do not see the ball from Tong\u2019s hand. They have just 40 hits off him and 37 walks in 84 innings, with 132 strikeouts (through Tuesday\u2019s games). He does have some trouble working east-west, as you\u2019d expect from that very high arm slot, and those mechanics are not great for long-term arm health. Factors in Tong\u2019s favor are that he\u2019s extremely athletic and repeats the delivery well, and he\u2019s shown the ability to make any adjustments the Mets have asked of him. As long as he\u2019s throwing strikes and the fastball plays like this, I\u2019m giving him every chance to start.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

Ko signed 18 months ago for a paltry $650,000 bonus, playing only nine games last summer, but he\u2019s busted out as the Arizona Complex League\u2019s best player this year, leading the ACL in average and OBP (through Tuesday\u2019s games) and ranking ninth in slugging. He\u2019s 6-foot-3, very athletic, with 55 range in center and a plus arm, while he still offers significant projection to get to 20+ home run power as well, especially if the Dodgers loosen up his stance a little so he can get more rotational. There was some question coming into the year about how much he\u2019d hit right out of the gate, but I think he\u2019s answered that fairly well already. Stupid Dodgers, with all their scouts and analysts and \u201cworking together\u201d hippie ideas. <\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Ineligible<\/p>\n

Witherspoon was the top right-handed pitcher on my draft board this year, as the uber-athletic Oklahoma pitcher held 95+ deep into games and worked with a five-pitch mix that should end up with at least three above-average weapons. His delivery features an unusual movement after separation where he brings his hand almost straight down, described to me by one evaluator as a \u201cwaggle.\u201d It hasn\u2019t inhibited his ability to repeat the delivery or throw strikes. I see at least a mid-rotation starter here, and his athleticism and easy velocity point to the potential for even more.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Ineligible<\/p>\n

The No. 8 pick this July, Parker offered one of the best pure hit tools in the high school class, as he controls the zone well, has bat speed, and rarely misses, with the strength to hit for average or better power if he stops drifting out over his front side through contact. He\u2019s going to end up somewhere other than shortstop despite solid instincts, most likely third base. Even if he never makes the adjustment at the plate, he should still hit for high averages and OBPs because his pitch selection is so good. There\u2019s more here for player development to unlock, too.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>44<\/p>\n

Pratt is a plus defender at short, maybe a 70, and has tremendous bat-to-ball skills, with a strikeout rate under 15 percent this year. There were questions even in high school about his impact with the bat, and that might be rearing its head now, as he\u2019s hitting for very little power in Double A and his BABIP has taken a hit as well. He did almost entirely skip High A, playing just 23 games there to end last year, which makes the high contact rate even more impressive. This is a big inflection point for Pratt, as he\u2019s going to have to add some strength soon to be able to turn more of that contact into base hits, if not extra bases.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

The Yankees\u2019 High-A affiliate in Hudson Valley had the best rotation in the minors at one point this spring, with their top two picks from last year in Ben Hess and Bryce Cunningham; hard-throwing Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz; and Lagrange, who came back from as lost a 2024 as you can have. A back injury limited him to 29 2 \/3 innings between the regular season and the AFL, and he walked 35 batters. I was dead sure he\u2019d go to the pen after that year and the lack of much prior success, but he\u2019s got a clear chance to stick as a starter. He\u2019s sitting 97-101 with some life up and a ridiculously easy arm swing for that kind of velocity \u2013 it may help that he\u2019s 6-7 and 250ish \u2013 with a plus slider as well as a cutter and changeup. The command still isn\u2019t great, and he\u2019s walked 15 percent of guys through seven appearances in Double A, but he\u2019s athletic and it\u2019s easy and it\u2019s No. 2 starter stuff, just lacking the third pitch to be a potential ace. It\u2019s pronounced la-GRAN-hay; if you say it \u201cLa Grange,\u201d now, you might be mistaken.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>20<\/p>\n

I admit I\u2019m a little concerned here. Schultz started out in Double A and was just OK, posting a 3.34 ERA but with mediocre peripherals \u2013 he walked 14.4 percent of batters he faced, struck out 23.2 percent, and posted a good but not elite groundball rate of 49 percent. His slider looks like it should be plus, but it doesn\u2019t miss nearly enough bats, and in the end his arsenal is more a basket of 50s and 55s, without a real out pitch right now. He is 6-9 or 6-10, just 21, and has only 183 pro innings under his belt, so you can expect some development given more time and reps. I wouldn\u2019t have promoted him to Triple A, however, where he\u2019s now given up 15 runs in 11 innings and is on the IL with knee discomfort. He\u2019s one step from the majors, but I think he needs a lot more time than that implies, whether it\u2019s a full year at the current level or a slow ramp in the majors like they did with Chris Sale over a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

Sirota had a miserable draft year at Northeastern, losing a lot of weight from an illness before the college season, and slid from a rumored Top 10 destination to the third round, where the Reds nabbed him. The Dodgers picked him up in the Gavin Lux trade, did Dodgers things, and he\u2019s better than ever, devastating Low A (for which he was too old) and continuing to lay waste to pitchers in High A, with a .316\/.458\/.556 line through 35 games there. He\u2019s playing 55 or better defense in center field again while showing excellent pitch recognition and selectivity at the plate, with just one fewer walk than strikeouts at this writing. I\u2019d like to see him carry this to Double A, since most of the best college hitters from the 2024 draft are already there or higher, but he at least looks like a strong regular.<\/p>\n

Preseason 2025 Rank: <\/strong>Unranked<\/p>\n

Lewis was the Reds\u2019 second-round pick last year, receiving a first-round bonus, then didn\u2019t debut until this spring. Credit the Reds for making the unusual but smart choice to start a highly-touted and well-paid teenaged prospect in the complex, rather than forcing him to Low A in his first full season. Lewis has hit .335\/.388\/.531 through Tuesday\u2019s games in the Arizona Complex League, playing above-average defense at shortstop while flashing plus power and speed. He hasn\u2019t hit lefties at all in a tiny sample, and he\u2019ll have to tighten up some of his swing decisions at the next level. He offers 20\/20 upside at one of the most important positions on the field, with a later ETA than most of the other teenagers on this list.<\/p>\n

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Honorable mentions (alphabetically):<\/strong> Michael Arroyo, 2B, Seattle Mariners; Cooper Ingle, C, Cleveland Guardians; Gage Jump, LHP, Athletics; Joe Mack, C, Miami Marlins; Trey Yesavage, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n

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