BA Newsletter: Get Analysis, Rankings Delivered To Your Inbox! His season started as good as it could, with Keisel starting a no-hitter, going 5.1 innings with 11 strikeouts. 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. With a fastball like this, his floor is that of an impact reliever. Even though Wood is quite big, he has feel for tucking his hands in and getting the barrel to softer pitches on the inner half of the plate, often staying inside them and driving them to the opposite gap. Defensively, he has mostly played second base so far in his professional career, with just a handful of starts at short. He spent a year at a JUCO, where he was good but not totally dominant, to the consternation and befuddlement of some scouts. RHP Paul Skenes Out of all the top aces in college baseball, Skenes was the best last weekend. Fall Nuggets: Mississippi State, Illinois, Nebraska, UConn, Iowa, Troy, Illinois St., HPU, Indiana St. 2022 Top 100 College Baseball Programs: Top Five, Updated February 28, 2023 | More on the Top 25, Mid-Major Madness: Surging Oral Roberts, Woffords Galanie Headline Notebook, ECUs Parker Byrd Keeps Chasing Baseball Dream After Leg Amputation, Midwest Connection: Statement Wins For the Big Ten, Round Rock, Rumble In The Jungle, and The Rest of Week Two The D1Baseball Podcast, Rogers Rewind: Everything That Caught My Attention In Week Two, Stat Roundup: How The Top 100 Prospects Performed In Week Two, Auburns Irish Came In Hitting, Hasnt Stopped, SEC Midweek Game Primer Feb. 28, March 1, SEC Player and Pitcher of the Week Week 2, SEC Baseball Weekend Two Recap Highway To Hoover, Mississippi State Gets Back on Track Behind Yntema. South Florida: W 6-1, L 10-9 Feb. 24-26: Cincinnati: W 13-6, W 13-3 (8), W 13-7 Upcoming Feb. 28-March 1: at/vs. This is mind blowing when you consider that Rafaela has only been playing the outfield for two years. NC State has one more week of non-conference play before its schedule stiffens with ACC competition. In a vacuum, though, he has a shot to have four plus pitches and an inning-eaters frame. A core scouting rule of thumb is to take the long view with catchers who have impact offensive potential. He debuted with Boston late in the season and flashed the titanic power that promises to make him a valuable big league regular, while also running the high walk and strikeout rates that readers should expect from him going forward. SportsLine's model has generated complete Fantasy baseball rankings to help . The components of Hernandezs swing push and pull against one another, as his cut is pretty long but he also has very advanced barrel control. Built like human skyscraper, Prez has incredible control of his limbs for a pitcher this tall, this age, and who throws this hard. 62South AlabamaSun Belt4AL33655081 The broad strokes of this report read a lot like that of Adam Dunn at the same age: an XXL frame with unusual top-end speed and athleticism for his size, and a chance to fill out in a way that causes him to tumble down the defensive spectrum, but with enough power to support such a fall and then some. 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. When he returned to the mound in August, he leapfrogged his way up the minor league ladder. 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. 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. MLB Second Half Team Projections: Who Should Buy or Sell. Suasc was part of a dynamic freshman one-two punch at Arizona last season alongside Berry. Teams 11-20 And Carroll can really motor: hes a no-doubt 80 runner and routinely posts sub-4.00 second times to first base. Miller has huge stuff and has been hurt a lot. Poised to compete for a rotation spot when 2023 camp breaks, Ortiz is one of a few high-upside Pirates youngsters who look like theyd fit in a contenders rotation. Miami this weekend travels to Gainesville to renew its rivalry with Florida. But in 2022, he righted the ship and then some, putting up a .312/.435/.530 line while fanning just 17.7% of the time and walking at a 14.2% clip. 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. A rookie more than he is a prospect, Sengas splitter and fastball velocity fit in the middle of a contenders rotation. 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. He did show some swing-and-miss vulnerability at the top of the strike zone throughout 2022, but seemed to be remedying that toward the end of the season. 87Texas StateSun Belt7TX10N/ANRNRNR 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. Big league pitchers will be able to limit the damage Turang does by working him in the bottom half of the zone, where he struggles to lift the ball. 21UCLAPac-123CA2-214154 1VanderbiltSEC1TN11221 In a typical year, wed have a couple more than that, and sometimes as many as five or six, but this year there are only two. In a bodily sense, he was also unlike any amateur prospect most scouts had ever seen. Keith was in the AFL because he missed all but about two months of the regular season with a shoulder injury. Vargas is a bankable, big league-ready hitter with moderate upside, while Cappe is a risky low-level prospect with huge upside. 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. Cue the Hunter Pence comps because Mayos swing is still wacky looking and odd, but it clearly works for him. 64) and Georgia Southern (No. 1B Nick Kurtz I could have gone with multiple players here, as Rake Forest was in full effect this week. His performance in 2022 was a reminder of what makes him such an exciting prospect: over 34 games at Triple-A, he slashed .313/.405/.534 with nearly 12% walks and just over 20% strikeouts. Previous ranking: No. document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () { C Josiah Cromwick Cromwick is a popular name for the Ducks after a productive sophomore season in Eugene. A few factoids: (you might need to use the scrollbar at the bottom of the table, depending on your device), Teams1-5 This level of athleticism might be an indication that Rodriguez will find a way to mature into more raw power despite not having a traditionally projectable frame. 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. Graceffo starts his windup with a pronounced step backward, then marches toward the plate, throwing from a high arm slot to create a downhill approach. Ortiz rocketed through the system in 2022, skipping High-A and spending most of the season with Double-A Altoona before making his big league debut across four starts in September and October. You may have also noticed that there are more than 100 prospects in the table below, and more than 100 scouting summaries. His Trackman data makes clear why his offense is so worthy of this line of development. Neto finds a way to make lots of contact despite his cacophonous swing, which is enough to project him as an everyday second baseman. The SEC also occupies six of the top eight spots, and nine of the top 20. While the righty struggled with walks early in his tenure as a starter (he walked 75 hitters in 180 innings in 2019 and 57 hitters in 121 innings in 2020), free passes have become less of an issue during the last two seasons. He shares many similarities with Eduardo Escobar. He can vary his breaking ball shape and will occasionally show you 88-91 mph with cut, at other times 77-83 mph with sweep. After his velocity varied throughout his senior year at times 92-94 mph, at others parked comfortably in the 95-96 mph range and touching above Jobe mostly sat 93-95 in 2022. Power on par with Salvy seems in play here, too. FILED UNDER Alabama, Arkansas, East Carolina, Florida, Florida State, Louisville, LSU, Maryland, Miami, NC State, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Oregon, South Carolina, Southern Miss, Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Texas Tech, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, This category can only be viewed by members. Frelicks style of hitting should enable doubles (and some triples) pop, but there isnt likely to be any kind of over-the-fence power here, so little that one could argue Frelick belongs south of the 50 FV tier even if he were a lock to stay in center field. The bat is impactful enough to consider him a high-probability big leaguer regular of some kind, even at the bottom of the defensive hierarchy. Auburns biggest concern coming out of the weekend is the status of righthander Joseph Gonzalez, who was held out due to shoulder tightness. PCA is one of the best defensive center fielders in the sport and a swing change unlocked dormant power in 2022. Gonzalez was dynamic from the jump as a freshman, hitting .355/.443/.561 with 16 doubles, 12 home runs, 55 RBIs and more walks (38) than strikeouts (34), a real testament to his plate discipline, which is not often a strength of a first-year hitter in the SEC. He features a five-pitch arsenal with three distinct fastballs, and his ability to vary his usage across his pitch mix allows the mid-90s four-seamer to play up. There were reasons to be skeptical or apprehensive about declaring Chourio one of the games top prospects, especially at the onset of his breakout. He matriculated to Florida Atlantic, where the Owls considered him athletic enough to deploy as a two-way player during his freshman season before he focused more on pitching in 2019 and 2020. Volpes game power should routinely put him in the mix for All-Star teams for as long as he stays on the middle infield, and hell still be a productive everyday player if he moves later in his career. 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. June 17: The 2022 College World Series begins in Omaha. The Rangers then took an aggressive approach, assigning him directly to Double-A Frisco for his first year of pro ball in 2022. He dealt with a litany of issues as an amateur, as benign as a fractured finger and as severe as back issues that had some teams drop him from their draft boards. This guy hasnt had a clear defensive home for much of his life as a prospect. Well, Volpes swing starts with what is best described as a heel tap of his rear leg, as he loads all his weight onto his back side before he strides forward and swings with verve and ferocity. Merrill is Michael Brantley, except at shortstop. Jones swing isnt quite dialed in. He sports ridiculous all-fields power from the left side of the plate, floats from base to base with huge, graceful strides, can clock home-to-first times close to 4.00 seconds, and still has room for much, much more mass on his frame before it detracts from his mobility enough to push him off shortstop. Healthy House has huge power. The Tigers scored 27 runs on the weekend. 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. A few factoids: The SEC leads all conferences with 13 teams (out of its 14 current members) in the Top 100. 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. He has a shot to break camp with the big club and play a huge role on the next Orioles contender. Ortiz is a slick shortstop defender with a plus hit tool and very little pop. Some of the volatile characteristics of his profile are still here. Hes already noticeably thicker now than he was in high school, though thats probably part of where the power is coming from. Though he does his homer damage almost exclusively to his pull side, Berry slices breaking balls away from him to the opposite field, and most of his non-extra-base hits come that way. During his time in New Yorks system, he underwent an overhaul to his mechanics and now throws with a more typical starters delivery, characterized by impressive flexibility in his shoulders and back. Wood was a divisive amateur prospect, with some scouts seeing him as a center fielder with 70 raw power projection and others seeing him as an eventual first baseman with hit tool risk. 4 Ole Miss in Oxford for the first time since 1989, LSU remains No. He has the strength to do damage the other way, but save for the occasional pitch on the outer edge, hes geared to pull. Among the high school prospects, he not only had perhaps the best chance to remain at shortstop, but he also had one of the better bat-to-ball track records in the class, accumulating a 3-to-1 ball in play-to-whiff ratio on the showcase circuit. Constant max-effort hacking often leads to lots of strikeouts, but Wiemer had mostly kept his Ks in check until 2022, when he punched out 30% of the time at Double-A Biloxi. Editor's note: The following article was published first on d1baseball.com. At a time when everyone has a camera in their pocket and the internet exists, its almost impossible for an early-round prospect to be hidden in a true sense, though the 2020 shutdown contributed to Carters lack of notoriety. Turang can really play shortstop, has feel for the strike zone, and makes a fair amount of contact. . March 3-5: Dallas BaptistSouthern Miss lost its first non-conference series at Pete Taylor Park since 2015 and gave up 35 runs in the process, the most runs an opponent has scored in a series in Hattiesburg since 2009. This is one of the toolsiest prospects in all the minors and one of the players on the Top 100 who has a chance to Chourio, i.e. Previous ranking: No. His secondary pitch recognition is not good, and he both needs to stay at shortstop and continue getting to all of his considerable power for an everyday profile to hold water. Keith was on the SS/3B line as a high school defender, but his extra heft has pushed him down the defensive spectrum. Pitchers tend to be volatile and subject to heightened injury risk, plus their usage is being spread out among more pitchers in the majors, reducing the impact of individuals. 86Sacramento StateWAC2CA10-284NRNR Our hope is that the distribution graphs reflect these kinds of differences. Lee has fantastic breaking ball recognition, and he can let pitches travel deep before deciding whether to swing. The biggest fallers from 2019 are St. Johns (down 46), Minnesota (down 44), Rice (down 43), Illinois (down 34), Cal State Fullerton, California and Kent State (down 29 spots apiece). 1, Florida State surges into D1Baseball's top 25 after Week 2, 2023 Round Rock Baseball Classic: Schedule, how to watch LSU, Iowa, K-State, Sam Houston, First No. Simply put, hes one of the most unique offensive threats in the sport. This wasnt a gradual increase, either it happened all at once in 2019. Wood compares to a young Adam Dunn as a power-hitting outfielder of considerable size. The injury adds more volatility to a profile that already had some and might cause Jones to open 2023 in extended spring training, but its encouraging that Jordan Lawlar returned to normal after enduring a similar injury. 3 Last Week: 3-1 Overall: 5-2, 0-0 in Pac-12 (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: California: L 8-4 Feb. 24-25: Rice: W 6-3, W 11-1, W 7-4 Upcoming Feb. 28: Pacific March 3-5: Cal State Bakersfield Stanford bounced back from a midweek loss to archrival Cal to sweep Rice on the weekend. Even if thats the outcome, hes probably a good enough reliever that youd value him close to this range anyway, especially if his peak velocity returns with such a move. While he can ambush high pitches, especially up-and-in, and show you close to average peak pop, Turang had not slugged over .400 in any pro season until he saw Triple-A in 2022. Perfect Game's baseball travel team rankings: 2022 End of Year Rankings (2026 Grads) With a good team around him, expect more of the same from Dettmer, who will lead this A&M pitching staff. Its safe to assume he was playing through injury during that return appearance, which could account for the significantly depleted power (his average exit velo was in the 80 mph range). In totality, Miller made 24 starts (if you count his Futures Game outing), worked 113 innings and posted a top-25 K-BB% among minor leaguers who threw at least 100 frames. 40. Speaking of the Seminoles, the Link Jarrett effect is already real in Tallahassee, as the Seminoles vaulted from unranked last week to No. His peak velocity has returned, and he has been sitting 94-97 and touching 99-100 with upshot angle and carry. Berry has plus bat speed and raw power, with an uppercut bat path from both sides of the plate. 100SEMO StateOVC1MO2N/ANRNRNR, FILED UNDER Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Army, Auburn, Baylor, Cal State Fullerton, California, Campbell, Central Michigan, Charlotte, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Columbia, Connecticut, Creighton, Dallas Baptist, Duke, East Carolina, Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, Houston, Illinois, Indiana, Indiana State, Iowa, Kent State, Kentucky, Liberty, Long Beach State, Louisiana, Louisiana Tech, Louisville, LSU, Maryland, McNeese, Mercer, Miami, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Missouri, Missouri State, NC State, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Northeastern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Old Dominion, Ole Miss, Oral Roberts, Oregon, Oregon State, Rice, Sacramento State, Sam Houston State, Samford, San Diego, San Diego State, South Alabama, South Carolina, South Florida, Southeast Missouri State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southern California, Southern Miss, St. John's, Stanford, Stetson, TCU, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tulane, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UCF, UCLA, UNC Greensboro, UNC Wilmington, Vanderbilt, VCU, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Washington, West Virginia, Wright State, This category can only be viewed by members. As a disclaimer, we dont know a whole lot about these teams yet, and with small sample sizes, movement based on losses isnt too drastic. Previous ranking: No. It might not be long before Montgomerys bat is better than Yon Moncadas, so perhaps a proactive shift to third base is a good idea. 21 Last Week: 3-1 Overall: 4-3, 0-0 in Big 12 (0-2 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 1-1 Results Feb. 21: California Baptist: W 2-0 Feb. 25-26: Loyola Marymount: W 1-0, L 10-8 (10), W 11-1 Upcoming Feb. 28: @ Missouri State March 3-5: Austin Peay StateOklahoma State bounced back strong from a tough Opening Weekend and threw back-to-back no-hitters against California Baptist and Loyola Marymount. This combined with the undercooked hit tool might lead to some big league growing pains and medium production at first, but over time Casas should become a middle-of-the-order force capable of hitting 35-plus annual homers. He has a mid-80s cutter/slider that doesnt often have vertical depth, but it does have great length for how hard it is. Volpes uppercut swing will allow him to get to impact power for a middle infielder. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place . 2B Travis Bazzana The Australian infielder was a big hit last season in Corvallis after putting up a very good freshman season. Drafted as a glove-first shortstop prospect, Volpe had a uninspiring professional debut, but he totally transformed himself during the lost pandemic season and returned in 2021 with one of the best campaigns in all of the minor leagues, slugging .604 across two levels. Certainly from a velocity and spin (about 200 rpm) standpoint they had, though each is still capable of missing bats. In his first full season, Mayer slashed .280/.399/.489, hit 30 doubles and 13 homers, and was 17-for-17 on stolen base attempts as he continued the track record of premium offensive performance that hes displayed since he was a high school underclassman. His approach (a sticking point at this site in the past) has gotten better, with his chase rates now hovering close to average. Meanwhile, his changeup hasnt yet made the necessary strides to consistently play against advanced righty hitters, and his overall command has plateaued. 73IowaBig Ten5IA1-6676187 He looked the part last week against Bucknell, going 6.1 innings, striking out nine, and allowing just one run. He rocketed through Arizonas system in 2021, making brief stops at both A-ball levels before closing the season with six starts for Double-A Amarillo, where he then spent most of 2022 dominating to the tune of a 32% K% and 4% BB% before a late promotion to Reno. Hes still risky as a prospect but has big upside. UCLA now returns home for the Southern California College Baseball Classic, which concludes with a rivalry game against USC. The Aggies, who dropped two of three at home to the Pilots, dropped a whopping 10 spots from No. Cavalli climbed the ranks of the Nationals system in 2021, starting the season at High-A and closing it out at Triple-A, claiming the distinction of being the hardest thrower at that years Futures game (touching 102 mph) along the way. 98Ball StateMAC3IN4N/ANRNRNR With that in mind, here are the top 100 fantasy baseball players for the 2023 MLB season. Ideally, hell have a four- and two-seam variant at peak and be able to work both north/south and east/west with his fastball, but as of 2022, his fastball command was still quite crude. 65). His rate of hard, impact contact is near the top of the scouting scale when you adjust for age and is already comfortably plus relative to the big league rates in some areas (like barrel rate). Just seven games into his 2021 minor league season, Carroll sustained a posterior capsular avulsion fracture and a labrum tear during a swing on which he homered. His physicality perhaps gives him a better chance of withstanding that grind than most other prospects. 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. The funk-factor made up for a slight dip in velocity; the heater sat in the 94-95 range, but he still managed whiff and chase rates well above average on the offering as he made his way from Low- to Double-A in his first year of pro ball. Before he got hurt, there were folks in baseball who considered him a top 30 prospect, so his ceiling is big enough to include him on the top 100 now even though hes coming off injury. Those states are followed by North Carolina (nine), Florida (seven), Louisiana (six) and Virginia (five). As a fourth-year junior in 2021, he was still sitting 88-92 mph, with his fastball velocity sometimes drifting as low as 86 mph in a given start. His finishing pitch, though, is his slider, a nasty upper-80s sweeper that generated a 50% whiff rate and 38% chase rate in 2022. Having made noticeable adjustments to his swing, including a lower load and a more compact back elbow, the center fielder has proven capable of tapping into in-game power previously missing from his offensive profile. C Justin Wilcoxen Wilcoxen is looking to build off of a strong season in 2022 and he is already off to a hot start. Falling out of the Top 25 is Oregon, which was swept last weekend by UC Santa Barbara. His heater is only generating about a 14% swinging strike rate, per Synergy Sports, which is above the big league average but not elite. He was sitting 95-99 mph throughout entire outings, and punched out at least eight hitters in each of his final 11 starts, culminating in a 13 K postseason outing against Vanderbilt when his stock reached its pinnacle. He was a coveted prospect as a prep player, but his strong commitment to Cal Poly, where his dad coaches, and some general concerns about his physical longevity due to a back issue pushed the industrys assessment of him down, so he went to school. 23OklahomaBig 125OK217403527 CFN 2023 Rankings: After Week 17 51-68 | 26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10 - AP | Coaches | NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections Contact @ColFootballNews. Rafaela had a breakout 2022 season, hitting .299/.342/.539 mostly at Double-A Portland. The quality of Millers outings improved throughout 2022 and after some early-season hiccups, he dominated Double-A in July and August and was promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City for the final month of the 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. A Massachusetts multi-sport prep standout (he was the Gatorade POY in football as a quarterback, as well as a lauded hockey player), Frelick emerged as a baseball prospect during his freshman season at Boston College when he hit .361/.438/.594 and went 22-for-24 on stolen base attempts in just 35 games. 94St. Because his delivery is so elegant and consistent, Bradleys splitter has deep projection. His pre-trade numbers were impressive and only improved when he joined Rocket-City: In his 29 games with the Angels Double-A affiliate, OHoppe slashed .306/.473/.673 and walked more than he struck out, good for a 194 wRC+ over that span. His slider has two-plane sweep, while his curveball (more commonly used as an in-zone pitch and against lefties) is north/south and sometimes also has arm-side direction. An outstanding international find for $175,000, Peraza is a plus-run, plus-glove shortstop with average pull power. 55), Old Dominion (No. Prezs fastball shape operates to the east and west of the zone. 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. In 12 games, he slashed .300/.317/.550 with two home runs, four triples, and just five strikeouts. 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. His internal clock is precise and allows him to make fundamentally uncompromised throws to first with confidence because he knows hes going to beat the runner there. 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