Volpes uppercut swing will allow him to get to impact power for a middle infielder. After a College Baseball Classic with glowing reviews, Taylor ended the week with a 1.401 OPS and nine hits. Built at age 16 like Maurice Jones-Drew or a late-20s Mike Trout, nobody was totally sure how Domnguezs body and physicality would develop as he entered his 20s, and this (plus the internet hype) is where the Zion comp came from. Williams has a prototypical baseball frame at a strapping 6-foot-2, and has the range, actions, and internal clock to remain at shortstop long-term, as well as a great infield arm. Rafaela is a Gold Glove-caliber center fielder with a very immature approach. The sophomore first baseman produced a 1.953 OPS with a home run and a pair of triples. His in-zone contact numbers improved throughout 2022, even after promotion. After sitting 94-95 mph in 2021, hes now parked in the 96-98 mph range for entire starts, and his hardest sliders (in the 85-87 mph range) are nearly 10 mph harder than his average curveball was in 2021 (77 mph). While injured, he was dealt to the Cubs, and when he returned in 2022, he wasted little time demonstrating why hed netted the Mets Javier Bez and Trevor Williams in return. His powerful lower half and flexibility drive the production of this velocity, while McGarrys long arm action makes it tough for him to have a consistent release. His walk rates reached career highs despite facing upper-level pitching for the first time in his life, and Meads underlying chase data (only 24%) was better than the big league average (33%). 1B Gavin Kash The Texas transfer made an immediate impact for the Red Raiders this past week while facing an experienced Gonzaga team. He hit .337/.453/.601 as a teenager in the Cal League before the Padres traded him to Washington as part of the Juan Soto blockbuster, after which he hit .293/.366/.463. Its prudent to bake this context into how one thinks about Marte, but there are also some statistical yellow flags evident in his regular season performance as well as some harsh realities to come to grips with regarding his trajectory on defense. 2023 Fantasy Baseball Top 100 . If Stanford has the season that many expect them to, Montgomery will be a huge part of it, and he started off hot. His mid-80s slider was his go-to secondary, but his command was spotty throughout the season, to the tune of a 5.44 BB/9 over the course of his 92.2 innings. 66UNC WilmingtonCAA1NC7-20464848 27Dallas BaptistC-USA1TX51282835 LHP Xavier Rivas Delaware was no match for Rivas, who struck out eight and allowed just one hit. Its tough to call Senga a prospect but he is an MLB rookie and presents a useful litmus test for other major league-ready minor leaguers. Heres the full conference-by-conference breakdown: ACC (12 of 14 teams landed in the Top 100), Pac-12 (8 of 11), Big Ten (8 of 13), Big 12 (7 of 9), Sun Belt (7 of 14), American (5 of 8), Big West (4 of 9), Conference USA (4 of 8). Defensively, he shows an accurate arm, thwarting 29 would-be basestealers in 2022. Rodriguez is still a major league-ready impact prospect and is a prime American League Rookie of the Year candidate. His innings were limited an effort to keep his workload light as he focuses on adding size and muscle to his frame. It was Merrills Arizona Fall League look, which came against more advanced arms, and his underlying hit data that really drove him up the prospect continuum. Previous ranking: No. Look under the hood and there is cause for concern. While his ball/strike recognition isnt good, Tovar is otherwise an advanced hitter. 16 this week following the impressive series win over the Horned Frogs. The ultra-advanced White has plus command of four good pitches. by Handedness, Updating the 2023 Draft Prospect Rankings, Cardinals Scouting Director Randy Flores on Drafting the Team's Top Prospects, Updating the International Player Rankings, The New LSU, Part 2: Paul Skenes Is on a New Heading, Diamondbacks Farm Director Josh Barfield Talks Development and Comps, Brewers Prospect Sal Frelick on Being a Pure Hitter, Fantasy Update: 2023 Re-Draft Top 25/Dynasty Top 120, Picks to Click: Who We Expect to Make the 2024 Top 100, Lets Identify Some Hitter Sleeper Candidates. RHP Alonzo Tredwell Tredwell was dominant out of the bullpen as a freshman and will now transition into the weekend rotation. Legend [ edit] ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll [ edit] 28MichiganBig Ten1MI13315367 He has a cartoonish leg kick and his hands load similarly to Javier Bezs, and while Neto doesnt have quite the same all-world whip as Bez, he is a plus rotational athlete who hits some epic pull-side homers. 5 to No. South Alabama; 37. During his 2022 spring break, Holliday came to Arizona to work out and take BP with his high school team at some of the big league teams complexes, and he (and his younger brother, Ethan) put balls out of backfields into the teeth of the wind with ease. 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. Blocked by Nolan Arenado, Walker is taking his 70-grade power and arm to right field, where he should hit 35 annual bombs amid lots of strikeouts. In the three years since the trade, Mead has become one of the more dangerous hitters in the minor leagues and as soon as he becomes a suitable defender, he should provide a well-rounded offensive threat in the middle of Tampa Bays order. The 2023 MLB season is rapidly approaching, which means it is time to begin preparing for 2023 Fantasy baseball drafts. The son of 15-year pro Lou Collier, Cam was among the most physical prospects in the 2022 draft even though he reclassified from the 23 group and was one of his class youngest at just over 17-and-a-half on draft day. Yorkes 2021 pro debut was a rousing success, as he hit .325/.412/.516 across two A-ball levels as a teenager. Millers arm swing is long and he has again been somewhat walk-prone in pro ball. Williams swing makes it tough for him to get to pitches finishing down-and-in, and eyeball scouts think his breaking ball recognition is middling. Barger has huge left-handed bat speed and a shot to stay on the dirt, just not at shortstop. RPI (Live) Records include games against Division I opponents only. OF Jared Wegner An experienced college bat, Wegner was a huge part of the Razorbacks success this week. 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. The Tar Heels got a strong start Friday from Max Carlson, who threw seven scoreless innings. Previous ranking: No. But if Eder does have to move to the bullpen, there might be another gear of velocity in the tank, which gives him the out of being a premium reliever with two plus-plus pitches. 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. Southern Miss; 49. Mayo keeps hitting despite his odd swing, and we think the hit/power combo will be enough for him to be an impact player, even with a move off the dirt projected. RHP Kole Klecker Klecker came out of the bullpen against Arkansas, lasting 4.1 innings and striking out six. Eders delivery has changed since college. 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. Another candidate to Chourio, Ramirez is among the highest-variance prospects in the minors. But the meal ticket here is still Ramos hit and power combination. His overall chase rates remain a little worse than average but theyre not terrifying. With breathtaking bat speed, he wraps the head of his bat over his back shoulder, keeping it pointed toward the mound well after the pitcher releases the ball, then whips it through the zone so quickly that he still manages to make contact in front of the plate. Hes tracking like a mid-rotation starter. Even more precocious than Prezs velocity is his fastball command, which is absurd for a 19-year-old, let alone one who throws this hard and is also this size. Whether or not Cartaya does this depends on the pitch hes called, and sometimes hell start from a crouch and drop to a knee as the pitch is in mid-flight. 64) and Georgia Southern (No. 1 team in the land in the latest D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. The Big East, MAC, SoCon and Southland placed three teams apiece on the list. 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. Naylors 2022 rebound is a great example of why its prudent to give catchers with any sort of offensive potential more developmental grace than their peers. This is mind blowing when you consider that Rafaela has only been playing the outfield for two years. His speed makes him a defensive fit in center field but a lack of arm strength and the presence of young Alek Thomas in Arizona will likely push Carroll to left, where he might be the games best defender at that position. Opinions on Tiedemann vary depending on how much stock is put in his early professional performance: He sat 96 mph at instructs in 2021, but skeptics questioned whether that was a short-term effect of him airing things out in short stints, or if receiving higher-quality development and instruction than he got in his amateur environment had actually unlocked something. Carter has plus soft skills but doesnt have the power for stardom. His 40-man timeline presents the Cardinals with what would likely be a seamless transition from MVP candidate Paul Goldschmidt to Walker if they so choose, with Walker possibly DHing most days during Goldys contract year. RankProgramConferenceRank in Conf.StateRank in StateChange from 20192019 Rank2017 Rank2015 Rank 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. That was not the case on defense, however. Nelsons velocity was down early in 2022 but picked up late in the year. Keith was on the SS/3B line as a high school defender, but his extra heft has pushed him down the defensive spectrum. Its tough to be a 2-WAR DH every year (Bryce Harpers 2022 100-game line was good for 2 WAR), but Busch has the hit/power combination to do it. Jameson is also a extremely competitive and has the makeup for a late-inning role should he eventually have to make way for some of Arizonas other good young starters. An outstanding international find for $175,000, Peraza is a plus-run, plus-glove shortstop with average pull power. 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. Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 8:37 AM ET, Park Factors Youll also notice that there is a Future Value outcome distribution graph for each prospect on the list. Hassell was playing like his usual sweet-swinging self until he was traded to Washington as part of the Juan Soto blockbuster; after the deal, his performance took a nosedive. There are still visual and underlying statistical indications that Naylor is going to end up with a below-average hit tool (his swing is so uphill that hell almost certainly be vulnerable to whiffs in the strike zone), but he has very impressive bat speed and power (especially for a catcher) that is weaponized by his selective approach, which targets the up-and-in quadrant of the zone. 2022 Top 100 College Baseball Programs: Top Five Analysis D1 Baseball Staff - October 3, 2022 In the fall of 2015, we presented our inaugural Top 100 Programs rankings, which we described as an attempt to asses the overall health of each program in the current era. Most apparently, his batting stance is more upright now than in prior seasons, and as he was getting his feet wet in the big leagues late in 2022, Baty was better able to get his bat to fastballs up and away from him, which had been a problem in the minors. Here Berry projects as a DH. Hes likely to develop feel for that pitch over time and have a more complete arsenal at peak. Even though beat writers reported that he had begun throwing again in June, Espino didnt pitch in games for the rest of the year. A game Tuesday at Texas looms before LSU heads back to Baton Rouge for the weekend. What a start for the true freshman OConnor, who will need to be a big part of this mediocre pitching staff. 19 Last Week: 4-0 Overall: 6-1, 0-0 in Pac-12 (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 20: vs. UC Santa Barbara (Surprise, Ariz.): W 11-0 Feb. 24-27: Coppin State: W 11-1, W 16-0, W 19-5 Upcoming March 2-5: @ Cal PolyOregon State took care of business with a sweep of Coppin State in its home-opening weekend. The Rays stole Mead from the Phillies in what seemed like a relatively innocuous trade at the time, a swap that sent a low-level developmental sleeper (Mead) to Tampa for depth starter Cristopher Snchez. 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. He continued to play well as a junior, showing better barrel feel from the left side than he did as a sophomore. Simply put, hes one of the most unique offensive threats in the sport. 96UNC GreensboroSoCon3NC9N/ANRNRNR RHP Karson Ligon Ligon put up a solid freshman year for Miami, and while he doesnt strike many out, he doesnt want a ton either. Velocity, repertoire depth, and fastball control have Miller poised to be an impact, mid-rotation starter in the near future, while long-term secondary projection could eventually pull him into a different stratosphere. Subscribe to get the best baseball coverage. More striking than his velocity itself is the ease with which Espino generates it. His patient approach and bat-to-ball skills from both sides of the plate inspire confidence in his ability to eventually become a reliable starter. The Cowboys will look to keep things rolling this week, starting with a familiar foe in Missouri Statea matchup that produced a wild 29-15 elimination game in last years Stillwater Regional. His open batting stance and deep pre-stride crouch are much more extreme than they were last year, and this change might have enabled him to see the ball better (similar to the way opening his stance helped unlock peak D-backs Luis Gonzalez) and improve his bat-to-ball ability enough for all of his modest power to play, especially in the Cal League. Miller will occasionally show you good secondary stuff. Hes not only kept things in check physically but actually improved to the point of being an above-average defender. He started the 2022 season at Triple-A and wasnt quite as dominant as hed been at the close of 2021, with just a 21.5% strikeout rate throughout April and May. The Rays gave him a $2.3 million bonus to keep him from heading to Cal and have developed him solely at short. by Retrosheet. According to a source, he was one of just three 18-year-old hitters to have an average exit velocity of 88 mph or higher in 2022, and Chourio played at least one level ahead of the other two (Red Sox outfielder Miguel Bleis and Astros prospect Luis Baez) for the entire season, and two and three levels ahead late in the year when he had a pot of High-A coffee and a shot of espresso at Double-A Biloxi. Synergy Sports has film of Collier seeing about 1,300 pitches since 2020, a gigantic sample for a teenage prospect. Previous ranking: No. 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. He also features a looser breaking ball in his high-70s curveball, and his changeup flashes plus, but he hasnt yet maintained his feel for it, which may ultimately represent the difference between his future as a back-end starter and his viability as a solid number three. Just three days after signing, Jones suffered a left posterior labral tear while hitting, another glitch in the Matrix that seems to be causing every high-profile Diamondbacks prospect to suffer a severe shoulder injury. 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. The Aggies were nearly swept, needing a three-run, ninth-inning rally Sunday to salvage a game against the Pilots. This is the first week the Seminoles are ranked this season. Veens lefty swing is still vulnerable to inner-half velocity, and he remains in a liminal prospect space more than he is a slam dunk big league star. Jameson sits 95-96 mph, touches 99, can add and subtract sink from his fastball, and his mid-80s slider is comfortably plus. This is particularly important given the fact that his fastballs viability has more to do with its velocity than its shape, so being able to rely more heavily on the secondaries he also features an impressive mid-80s slider and a changeup he reserves mainly for use against lefties allows the whole mix to play up. He has impeccable hitters timing and a swing that is equal parts balanced and explosive, generating plus all-fields power despite barely utilizing any sort of stride. Then, on the Cape, he hit .295 with four homers in 20 games between the regular season and playoffs. Hell be a cog in Phillys quest for a second NL pennant. He still needs to find a position, though. Because of the cancellation of the 2020 season, Barco has what counts as a lengthy track record among third-year pitchers in college baseball because he has been in the Florida rotation since arriving on campus. His four-seamer sits comfortably around 96 mph with gravity-defying carry, and a scout Tess spoke with described his curveball as having the potential to become a similarly elite offering. Its possible he was gassed from playing a career-high 132 games during the regular season, and these issues are uncharacteristic of Rocchio. 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