He doesnt have to be put on the 40-man until after the 2024 season, but the rate at which he has been promoted so far indicates hell be in the mix for a rotation spot sooner than that. LHP Jac Caglianone No, this isnt a mistake, Caglianone does both at a very high level. If the Giants are contending for a playoff spot, he may be called up during the 2023 season, perhaps first in a bullpen capacity, but he projects as an eventual impact starter. The son of two-time Pro Bowl tight end Eric Green, Elijah became Draft Famous during his junior year, homering a couple of times in high school tournaments held in big league parks and looking much toolsier than all but a couple of the prospects who were a year older than him. Other Teams Receiving Votes: Clemson (25-27), Baylor (31-20), Washington St. (26-23), California (29-26), Grand Canyon (39-21-1), California Baptist (40-16), Brigham Young (23-27), Abilene Christian (36-21), Sam Houston St. (30-25), San Diego (33-12), Auburn (25-27), Texas A&M (29-27), Kentucky (29-23), Coastal Carolina (27-24), Georgia Southern Theres enough hit/power combination for Neto to be a first-division regular there. So far in pro ball, Wood has been incredible. 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 is more than capable of making a subset of plays at third, where his range and lateral agility are both plus, but he really struggles to make plays coming in on the grass. A rookie more than he is a prospect, Sengas splitter and fastball velocity fit in the middle of a contenders rotation. 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. 59Missouri StateMVC1MO1-22374049 He also altered his breaking ball usage (more sliders, fewer curves) and increased his changeup frequency, and was so advanced from a pitchability standpoint that Cleveland quickly saw fit to send him to Akron, where he spent most of his first pro season. He gets a lot of swing and miss on his slider, both in and out of the zone, and commands it well. He had Tommy John in August of 2019 and rehabbed during a 2020 season that he would have missed anyway. But more than that, he seems to have a knack for the clutch hit and seems more comfortable in those big moments than just about any other college hitter. 7 Last Week: 1-3 Overall: 4-3, 0-0 in SEC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 1-1 Results Feb. 21: Lamar: L 7-4 Feb. 24-26: Portland: L 10-3, L 4-1, W 5-4 Upcoming Feb. 28: Houston Christian Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic (Houston) March 3: vs. (4) Louisville March 4: vs. Rice March 5: vs. (18) Texas Tech It was a tough week for Texas A&M, as it lost Tuesday against Lamar and then lost its first two games against Portland. Amador is one of those short-levered switch hitters who is so short to the ball that he gets an extra beat to diagnose pitches before he has to commit to swinging, and he takes advantage of this. Williams was a two-way high school player who was talented enough to be considered a prospect as both a shortstop and a pitcher. The USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of 31 head coaches at Division I schools. Previous ranking: No. St.'s winning moment Williams injury history is concerning, but hes talented enough to make a big league impact in the middle of Clevelands 2023 rotation. Montgomery raked his way to Double-A, where he spent the last couple weeks of his first full pro season as part of Project Birmingham, a de facto instructs and evaluation period for Chicagos best mid- and upper-level prospects. Thats a decrease of four teams for California since 2019, and an increase of one team for Texas. The other biggest climbers are Virginia Tech (up 45 spots), Louisiana Tech (up 43), Maryland (up 33) and Oregon (up 26). Previous ranking: No. He signed for $5.1 million in 2019 as easily the toolsiest player in his signing class, a plus-plus running center fielder with huge switch-hitting power. Of the teams that were already in the Top 100 in 2019, Tennessee made the biggest jump, catapulting 52 spots from No. He covers the inner two-thirds of the zone quite well (his in-zone contact rates are actually about as good as Miguel Vargas), but his desire to pull and lift everything leaves him vulnerable on the outer edge and often impacts the quality of his contact. Teams 51-60 Fairfield; 42. A free swinger with huge pull power, Ramirez has performed in the low minors despite offering at just about anything. Indeed, the way Mead plays defense isnt typical for an infielder at all; its as if he grew up not watching big league defenders every summer, which might be true. Hes going to get to whatever raw power he ends up growing into and has a good shot to be a middle infield regular, though probably not until 2026 or so just based on his 40-man timeline.There are mixed feelings about his defensive fit, with most of Erics sources projecting him to second base (a mix of scouts and analysts), which is where he had him coming out of high school. His injuries reduced the sample size, but Merrills contact metrics from the regular season are incredible. His hands load in a pretty typical spot that keeps him short back to the baseball, and he doesnt swing and miss a ton. Speaking of the Seminoles, the Link Jarrett effect is already real in Tallahassee, as the Seminoles vaulted from unranked last week to No. 5. Fold below-average third base defense into that picture and while Vargas is going to be a doubles machine and productive big league player, he is probably not a star. Williams injury history and the relative violence of his delivery kept him just outside the 50 FV tier on the Cleveland list, even though he had a strong pro debut and spent most of the year at Double-A Akron. Hes not only kept things in check physically but actually improved to the point of being an above-average defender. While this might contribute to some of his in-zone and overall swing-and-miss rates (he posted a 77% Z-contact% and 72% overall contact% in 2022, both comfortably below the big league average), Henderson shows plenty of hitterish traits that instill confidence in his 2022 output. 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. Mead is a career .306/.376/.517 hitter in the minors and hit .298/.390/.532 throughout a 2022 season spent mostly at Double-A Montgomery, with about a month of reps at Triple-A Durham tagged on at the end. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place . Preseason All-American third baseman Brock Wilken hit four home runs on the week and is batting .294/.432/.882 with six home runs on the season. His fastballs shape gives him in-zone margin for error that should enable him to be loose with in-zone location, and one of our scout sources thinks his changeup also has a shot to be average. His heater is only generating about a 14% swinging strike rate, per Synergy Sports, which is above the big league average but not elite. If he develops into a plus shortstop defender with a well-rounded offensive game, hell easily be an impact big leaguer, and probably soon. The ball explodes off his bat to all fields, and he can do extra-base damage even when he mis-hits a ball. Previous ranking: No. After beginning his career as a reliever, Senga moved into the Fukuoka Hawks rotation in 2017 and has spent the last half decade as one of the better starters (and hardest-throwing pitchers) in all of NPB. He made six appearances with the big league squad (four of them starts) for a total of 33 innings and lasted at least five frames in all but one of them (his only shorter appearance was in relief, and he pitched the final 3.2 innings of the game). The top five is unchanged this week, as Florida, Stanford, Louisville and Vanderbilt again follow LSU. He lacks a traditionally projectable frame, but Amador has still gotten stronger over the last year and he flashed more power than expected. As Jackson worked out on one field and minor leaguers played and took BP on the quads other three diamonds, he stood apart from the rest in virtually every way. To an extent, each of those things is still true. Its comforting that there are contemporary examples of hitters making a huge impact who share Chourios potential blemish, ones who make that impact despite all the ponchados by getting to big power. The 11th overall pick in 2018 out of a Texas high school, Rodriguez saw his stuff tick up immediately after turning pro, and it steadily climbed each year until it took a step backward in 2022 amid a shoulder injury. Were taking the long view here and think Libby will find a way to be a fourth starter. This sort of offensive player would be a good everyday third baseman and a star shortstop. He doesnt have traditional long-term power projection, but hes already so powerful that if all the pop Domnguez ever has is what hes working with now, it will still be plenty for him to be a good everyday big leaguer for as long as hes a center fielder. Historically, Wesneski has favored his four-seamer overall, though against big league righties, his awesome slider and sinker out-paced the heater in terms of usage, with both secondaries garnering above-average chase rates and aiding his ability to maintain a high groundball rate. If not for the risk created by Tovars plate discipline, hed be in the 55 FV tier, as hes otherwise about to produce like a complete up-the-middle player. Old Dominion; 50. After a little bit of a slow start, Domnguez not only made relevant adjustments there but improved upon promotion to High-A, where he slashed .306/.397/.510 and struck out just 19% of the time. 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At times Jung looked totally lost late in 2022 when he finally returned from the shoulder surgery. 17. 6 overall and places behind only Phillies righty Andrew Painter among the game's top pitching prospects. He lacks the raw power of a typical big league first baseman, but Manzardos feel for sweet spot contact should enable him to clear the lofty offensive standard at that position. Thats a decrease of four teams for California since 2019, and an increase of one team for Texas. A big-league ready, mid-rotation starter, Waldichuks arsenal also includes a changeup that he finishes with remarkable precision, but which he reserves almost exclusively for right-handed opponents (hes only thrown one changeup to a big-league lefty). Hell be just one of a whole host of All-American candidates in the LSU lineup. For example, based on Craigs research, the average 60 FV hitter on a list becomes a perennial 5-plus WAR player over his six controlled years 26% of the time, and has a 27% chance of accumulating, at most, a couple of WAR during his six controlled years. Were he an infielder, there would be times when a manager would want to substitute for him because of how rough his defense can be, but you dont really want to remove a hitter like this from your lineup in the middle of a game. He has the prototypical starters frame at a broad-shouldered 6-foot-6, and the pacing and look of his delivery evoke Gerrit Cole. 64) and Georgia. A physical lefty with mid-90s arm strength and a mind-bending slider, Tiedemann has become one of the minors highest-ceiling arms. 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. The top-ranked prospect in the 2021 draft, Mayer dropped to fourth overall, where the Red Sox were happy to scoop him up and sign him for a higher dollar amount than first overall pick Henry Davis. Its no surprise, then, that his introduction to pro ball came with a reduced workload, which Graceffo combined with a clear commitment to hitting the gym, resulting in an immediate velocity increase across his repertoire. 1 Last Week: 3-1 Overall: 6-1, 0-0 in SEC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: @ Southern: W 18-4 Karbach Round Rock Classic (Round Rock, Texas) Feb. 24: vs. Kansas State: W 7-3 Feb. 25: vs. Iowa: L 12-4 Feb. 26: vs. Sam Houston State: W 16-4 Upcoming Feb. 28: @ Texas March 3: Butler March 4-5: Central Connecticut StateLSU took its first loss of the season Saturday against Iowa, but bounced back to rout Sam Houston State to be named champion of the Karbach Round Rock Classic. VIDEOS: Mississippi State tosses 1-hit shutout to win2021 CWS title|Watch Miss. For example, the gap between Padres shortstop Jackson Merrill (No. In its final tuneup before conference play begins, Florida State this week takes on South Florida and FGCU. If theres a real long-term concern that has become evident as a result of Yorkes year, its that he seems injury prone and has now had several disruptive maladies in the last couple of years. In a bodily sense, he was also unlike any amateur prospect most scouts had ever seen. Drafted and mostly deployed as a third baseman, Mayo has projected as a right fielder since his draft year because of his size. He is short to the baseball and still generates huge, all-fields power, swinging with so much effort and might that sometimes his head rattles around and his helmet flies off as hes making contact. lvarez has plenty of arm strength and will sometimes pop below 1.80 seconds (seriously) now that hes gotten better at starting to exit his crouch before the pitch has reached him, or just cutting it loose from his knees when thats not feasible. Legend [ edit] ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll [ edit] 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. Sophomore righthander Jackson Baumeister on Friday set the tone for the Seminoles, tossing 5.2 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts, while allowing just one hit. He swings bent at the waist, his torso hanging over the zone, enabling him to cover the plate with gentle lift that helps him pepper the opposite field gap with doubles contact. Now its time to unveil the entire Top 100, in chart form. His long speed gives him a shot to stay in center field, but his routes to balls can be a bit of an adventure. 38OregonPac-125OR226644626 Both can be in the lineup every night because of Rodriguezs defensive versatility and the universal DH, and a more liberal timeshare behind the plate might help keep them both healthier and more consistently productive on offense. Rafaela is a Gold Glove-caliber center fielder with a very immature approach. INF Peyton Chatagnier A sparkplug from the Rebels 2022 championship, Chatagnier continues to create a legacy in Oxford. Texas, coming off a season that saw it win the Big 12 title and reach the bracket finals of the College World Series, opens the 2022 season ranked No. If he does that while getting to most of his power, hell be one of the better players in baseball its just that De La Cruz has struck out a concerning 30% of the time. 73IowaBig Ten5IA1-6676187 His feel for contact and for the zone already gave him a high floor. Previous ranking: No. Ortiz put up some silly offensive numbers as an amateur, including a .422/.474/.697 line as a junior at New Mexico State that was caricatured by the elevation of Las Cruces, which is one of the most hitter-friendly environments in college baseball. 69 to No. Ramirez spent all of 2021 at Low-A as an 18-year-old and slashed .258/.326/.384, which was slightly below the league-average line in the pitcher-friendly Florida State League. 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. There was no 2020 post-draft minor league season, and each of Jungs last two campaigns have begun with prolonged IL stints due to severe injury. RHP AJ Hutcheson The true freshman was lights-out from the bullpen this past week, appearing two times and striking out seven without allowing a hit. 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. There was some demographic push and pull happening in the guts of Montgomerys amateur profile that we can already reflect on a bit. Its hard to know how much of that was caused by the back issue, which may have been compromising his movement. The Aggies were nearly swept, needing a three-run, ninth-inning rally Sunday to salvage a game against the Pilots. 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. DI indoor T&F championship selections revealed, How La. 65Georgia SouthernSun Belt6GA3N/ANR9284 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. 2B Travis Bazzana The Australian infielder was a big hit last season in Corvallis after putting up a very good freshman season. He dominated Double-A for a month before he was shut down with a knee injury at the end of April, and he started having shoulder issues during his rehab. Everything else Jones shows you in the batters box is exciting. 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. RHP Logan Whitaker The entire NC State pitching staff had a great start to their season, allowing just seven runs across four games. Ramos footwork around the bag needs polish, and his frame is big enough that his range might eventually be an issue there depending on how he fills out, but in limited action Ramos looks fine enough to justify continued development at the keystone. His swing is designed for power; it has a bit of a loop and a steep plane to it, enabling him to crush mistakes to left and center field. His peak velocity has returned, and he has been sitting 94-97 and touching 99-100 with upshot angle and carry. Manzardo put up video game numbers at Washington State, slashing .336/.404/.533 during his time with the Cougars and walking nearly as much as he struck out during his draft year. 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