The tailing shape on his heater is suboptimal but at times helps him miss a bat. Previous ranking: No. The Tar Heels got a strong start Friday from Max Carlson, who threw seven scoreless innings. The extreme shift in his strikeout and walk rates from 2021 to 2022 has as much to do with the change in Chourios style of swinging as it does the quality of opposing pitchers stuff. Auburns biggest concern coming out of the weekend is the status of righthander Joseph Gonzalez, who was held out due to shoulder tightness. 69 to No. He fell behind some of the other high school infielders in his draft class due to doubts that Arroyo could stay at short as well as concerns about his hit tool. Quero is a switch-hitting catcher who only had 39 professional games under his belt coming into 2022, the majority of which were played on the complex the previous year. Teams 31-40 23 Last Week: 3-0-1 Overall: 5-1-1, 0-0 in SEC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: vs. North Alabama (Huntsville, Ala.): W 13-1 Feb. 24-26: Southern California: W 5-3, W 12-6, T 12-12 Upcoming March 1: Florida A&M March 3-5: Lipscomb Bad weather in Los Angeles forced Auburns series against USC to be relocated to The Plains and the Tigers picked up a solid series win. 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. Cross was fairly unknown going into the 2021 season, but that changed quickly once he established himself as one of the best hitters in the country on the way to putting up a .345/.415/.621 slash line. He was coming off a putrid 2021 in which he hit just .188, the first severe offensive struggles of a career that, to that point, had been all about offensive performance. Hes added a hard slider/cutter to his amazing-looking curveball, but his fastball still doesnt miss bats and his report reads like Aaron Sanchezs did. there is going to be more power here) and impact, up-the-middle defensive ability. Carrolls surprising power development bolsters what was once a traditional leadoff mans skill set featuring elite speed and a great approach. Now in the bullpen, Halls deep repertoire should make him a premium late-inning reliever. Manzardo hasnt hit a single speed bump in pro ball and moved into the Top 100 during the middle of 2022 on the strength of his statistical performance and visual feel to hit. Stones plus (at least) on-mound athleticism and gorgeous arm action allow for continued projection on his fastball utility and command even though hes in his mid-20s, which gives him bigger long-term ceiling than that. This projection is a little more bullish about him staying at short, at least for a while, largely based on Lees feel for the position. 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. He was passed over in the 2020 draft despite sitting 94-97 mph in outings that were often seen by decision-makers who were in to scout Asa Lacy and Christian Roa, largely because Miller was very wild. INF Jonathan Vastine Vanderbilt is counting on the sophomore Vastine this spring and he didnt disappoint last week. When Julien does swing, he does so with bad intentions, taking a high-effort rip capable of putting balls out to all fields. The Razorbacks this weekend welcome Wright State, the Horizon League favorite, to Baum-Walker Stadium. 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. Marylands tough slate continues this weekend at the Cambria College Classic in Minnesota with top-10 foes Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. You can read more there on the Top 100 programs, including team-by-team breakdowns and complete fall reports. Hes a little bit upright in the box but has a well-timed, toe-tap stride and great-looking swing that has typically been on time despite a little bat wrap and hitch in his hands. He was seen a ton as a junior because he played at IMG, which was home to a lot of 2021 draft prospects and served as competition for others. There are still some things to work on here, but Prez is younger now than Trevor Rogers was on the day he was drafted, and the fact that Prez has made relevant adjustments and continued to dominate while implementing them is remarkable. He can be beaten with high velocity more regularly than anything else, but if pitchers miss and catch too much of the meat of the zone, that mistake is going to get hit hard somewhere. Our hope is that the distribution graphs reflect these kinds of differences. Davis plate crowding helps enable his pull-heavy approach. 40. He was throwing all of his pitches in bullpens and had started facing live hitters just a couple weeks before list completion. There are some players who are as aggressive as Mauricio (or more so) who find a way to be impact players anyway and almost all of them tend to make enough in-zone contact to buoy their overall offensive output. After strikeouts were an issue for him in 2021, he narrowed his approach (which is now surgically precise) and began to attack pitches he could damage, avoiding ones on the outer edge of the zone until he has no choice but to put them in play. A high-probability shortstop with a long-limbed, projectable frame, Hernandez was your traditional international amateur who excels in a workout environment. Senga has added four ticks to his fastball since debuting in NPB. 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. Subscribe to get the best baseball coverage. 55), Old Dominion (No. Scouts were blown away by his power and speed, but swing-and-miss issues were a concern. 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. The Padres pitching development track record isnt great and perhaps theyre not the team best suited to coax a great breaking ball out of Lesko, but as long as his stuff is the same coming off of TJ, hes already in position to project as a 50. If you would like to read a book-length treatment on the subject, one is available here. We have counted down the top 100 programs in college baseball, as they stand in 2022. His on-paper whiff and chase rates are about average, while his peak power and hard hit rates are at the top of the scale for a hitter his age. Born in Venezuela and signed out of an Arizona junior college, Flores gained notice as a big time prospect throughout 2021, which he wrapped sitting 93-96 mph with a hammer breaking ball in the Fall League. If youre looking for the prospect most likely to hit 40 home runs in a season down the line, this is your player. With another season like the last, when he hit .337/.462/.697 with 21 home runs, Jace Jung, one of the finest all-around hitters in the country, could find himself drafted higher than his brother Josh, who was taken eighth overall in 2019. The Red Sox have said that theyll manage his workload by DHing him and letting their righty-hitting corner bats caddy for him against some lefty starters. His 2021 season got off to a delayed start because of a stress fracture in his left foot (he slashed .326/.398/.592 across 80 upper-level games thereafter) and Jung spent most of 2022 on the shelf rehabbing from surgery to repair a torn left labrum. 5. 1 Ole Miss, outscoring the Rebels 26-7. Even though his stride is relatively conservative, he is still generating so much force with his legs that his back foot will sometimes come completely off the ground as hes making contact, la Bryce Harper. 10 Last Week: 2-2 Overall: 4-3, 0-0 in Big 12 (2-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 1-1 Results Feb. 22: Texas-Arlington: W 7-3 Feb. 24-26: Florida State: L 10-1, L 10-8, W 3-2 Upcoming Feb. 28: @ Dallas Baptist Shriners Hospital for Children College Classic (Houston) March 3: vs. Michigan March 4: vs. (4) Louisville March 5: vs. RiceAfter its big Opening Weekend performance at the College Baseball Showdown in Arlington, Texas, TCU wasnt able to build on its momentum and lost a series at home to Florida State. Lewis missed a chunk of 2019 with an injury before losing all of 2020 to the pandemic. One of the best high school prospects to make it to a college campus last season, Parada didnt disappoint in year one for Georgia Tech. Some of what Ramos does on defense is very impressive. With Martn Maldonado and Korey Lee around, Diaz will be able to ease into the everyday waters and start some games at 1B/DH to get his bat into the lineup. For a further explanation of the merits and drawbacks of Future Value, please read this and this. Hes not only kept things in check physically but actually improved to the point of being an above-average defender. Instead of a short stride toward the mound, his step is toward the plate, maintaining the width as he closes his stance, with quick lower-body rotation as he muscles the barrel through the zone. Neto dials down his footwork with two strikes and becomes even tougher to put away. Born in Panama, Espino had the best arm strength among the high school pitchers in the 2019 draft, but concerns about his delivery and arsenal depth dropped him to the 24th overall pick. His arm strength (a 70 on the scale two winters ago) was not as consistent in recent looks but is still strong. 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). His aggressive approach resulted in his walk rate dipping at High-A, while his strikeout rate inflated a bit typical advancement-related growing pains but he still managed to slug .498 and swipe 19 bags at the higher level. His front side is fairly stiff through contact, which may impact his ability to scoop lower pitches in the future, an issue Jarred Kelenic and Spencer Torkelson only had exposed once they reached the big leagues. 86Sacramento StateWAC2CA10-284NRNR Use code Fall15for a discounted subscription. Wiemer often swings inside pitches on the outer third of the strike zone, and his in-zone swing and miss rates are on par with the bottom handful of big league outfielders who saw at least 300 PA in 2022, among names like Joey Gallo and Christopher Morel. With ace Hunter Elliott dealing with some tightness, Rivas will need to step up big for Ole Miss. If he does end up having relevant chase issues, he might track like a left-handed hitting Brendan Rodgers, but Johnsons makeup and personality are so universally lauded that its fair to expect him to make relevant adjustments and become a key cog on Pittsburghs next competitive team. His range and actions at third base are both fantastic, and hes an accurate thrower from all sorts of awkward platforms, but there are times when he lollipops deeper (and even some routine) throws over to first base. Defensively he spent most of his time at shortstop in 2022, and while he isnt technically polished there, he does have the twitch and arm to project there with more refinement. Make no mistake, Brown does not suddenly have Verlanders command. Hes coming off another terrific offensive year, slashing .257/.336/.420 as a 21-year-old at Akron with about a month of Columbus thrown in, and setting a career-high in homers (18) for the second straight season. Here hes projected as a bat-only player. Added to the 40-man roster in November, De La Cruz is on pace for regular big league playing time in 2024. LSU had a successful weekend at the Karbach Round Rock Classic and remains the No. His feel for contact has been lauded since he first entered pro ball, while his defensive ability at third and his middling power have kept him in more of a high probability role player bucket here at FanGraphs than in a star-level FV tier despite his on-paper performance. High-risk hitters with huge tools are also welcome since FV is a subjective way to factor both ceiling and risk into the same grade. 95SamfordSoCon2AL4N/ANRNRNR Of the 71 extra-base hits Synergy Sports has on tape from Jungs time at Tech, 51 were to center or right field. He gets a lot of swing and miss on his slider, both in and out of the zone, and commands it well. Still, lvarez was 20 and facing Double- and Triple-A pitching, and its prudent to project growth in this area. He does show an ability to move the barrel around and sizzle the baseball somewhere, often with tremendous force behind it. Defensively, he shows an accurate arm, thwarting 29 would-be basestealers in 2022. Many scouts are champing at the bit over Priesters prototypical frame and four- or five-pitch mix, depending on whether you consider his fastballs two distinct pitches. Stone raced to the upper levels of the minors and generated one of the highest swinging strike rates among Double-A pitchers who threw at least 70 innings in 2022. Baltimore Orioles. 39Arizona StatePac-126AZ2-9302916 A famous prospect since his days as a high school underclassman, Turang has never been a sure bet to do enough offensively to be an impact everyday player. 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. Back then, he was a switch-hitting, switch-throwing prepster who would pitch left-handed and play the infield, too talented to be a sideshow but not enough to go in the first round, as 10 high school shortstops were drafted ahead of him. A relatively complete player, Baty will likely be better than Eduardo Escobar pretty soon and should be the Mets everyday third baseman in the near future, projecting as an above-average regular. Veteran stalwarts Omar Narvez and Toms Nido are both at least a year removed from a good offensive season, and so while lvarez will reportedly start his year at Triple-A Syracuse, he may mash his way into the primary catcher role during the season. Merrills breaking ball recognition is fantastic and hes adept at making adjustments in the middle of at-bats once hes seen the shape of his opponents pitches. Previous ranking: No. Hes as patient as any hitter in the minors and has walked at a 19% career rate; he has a .437 career OBP in the minors. The change made Henderson a dominant offensive force even though he continued to swing and miss at a worse-than-average rate, and he slashed .297/.416/.531 combined at Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk before being called up to Baltimore for the last month of the season. Yorkes 2021 pro debut was a rousing success, as he hit .325/.412/.516 across two A-ball levels as a teenager. He fell deep enough in the drafts top 10 that the Twins, who were otherwise on Cam Collier, felt compelled to pop him even though they werent a fit in this regard. Previous ranking: No. Ideally hell play a few different positions based on the game situation. 21UCLAPac-123CA2-214154 It will be interesting to see how Tovars speed helps inflate his extra-base output in Coors Field; he might end up turning a lot of doubles into triples there. college analytics, and baseball card news. Game-breaking speed is Bradfield, Jr.s calling card, and he swiped 47 bases in 53 tries last season. He practically straddles the plate and was hit by 20 pitches during an injury-shortened regular season, then was somehow beaned seven more times in just 17 Arizona Fall League games. 2022 Top 100 Midseason Prospects Reports Live Looks . Athletic, 6-foot-6 outfielders who can rotate like Alcantara can are rare. Others that made big jumps into the Top 100 include Central Michigan (No. Holliday exited his pre-draft summer as a mid-to-late first round prospect. Yes, hes reached Triple-A, but this is a 21-year-old were talking about here. Whether he adjusts to more cautious and competent pitching as he moves through the minors, we just wont know until it happens, but the more granular statistical indicators here (what Bleis underlying contact and chase rates are relative to his strikeout and walk performance) suggest hes going to improve in these areas. Top 25 Polls - 2022 College Baseball | WarrenNolan.com Coaches & D1Baseball Polls Expanded Coaches Poll Expanded D1Baseball Poll Pre-Season 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final Top 25 Polls Final (June 28) First Place Votes in Parentheses Records include games against Division I opponents only. Across the 2022 calendar, Davis had nearly as many HBPs as he did extra-base hits, to which the wrist fracture likely contributed. 70Grand CanyonWAC1AZ3N/ANRNRNR He had Tommy John in August of 2019 and rehabbed during a 2020 season that he would have missed anyway. 7LSUSEC5LA1-3435 Casas spent most of 2022 with Triple-A Worcester and hit .273/.382/.481 there amid a two-month absence to recover from a high ankle sprain. This is the first week the Seminoles are ranked this season. 70), meanwhile, is also 30 numerical places, but the difference in talent is relatively small. The curve has enough depth to have bat-missing utility below the zone and generate groundballs even when hitters sniff it out in mid-air. Florida hosts rival Miami this weekend. He rarely chases and spoils lots of well-executed pitches, grinding away at opposing pitchers. South Alabama; 37. 1 In Volatile Rankings", "D1Baseball Top 25: Four Teams Enter Rankings After Tumultuous Week", "D1Baseball Top 25: Vols Top, Texas A&M, Wofford Enter Rankings", "D1Baseball Top 25: Jackets, Noles, Gauchos Enter Rankings", "D1Baseball Top 25: Tennessee Clings To No. Tradition is nice, but its more important to establish a tradition of consistent winning in the last decade, and especially in the last five years. An intense, cerebral presence on the mound, Liberatore made his big league debut in 2022, spending the back half of the season shuttling between the Cardinals rotation and Triple-A. Caminero has a big leg kick, loads his hands low, and swings with bloodthirsty effort, with plus bat speed driving big pull-side power. This is one of those cases. He doesnt have a huge frame, but his lack of room for mass arguably makes it more likely that he stays at short since hes unlikely to outgrow it. But after just four starts with Frisco, he was shut down due to his innings limit and understandable arm fatigue, ending his season in mid-July. 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. All rights reserved. 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. 63South FloridaAmerican3FL5-3605863 Once a two-way prospect, Winns skills in the batters box quickly won out, and hes been developed solely as a position player. 48Virginia TechACC12VA24593NR79 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. The identifiable visual tweak to the swing, the shift in batted ball profile, and Batys dramatic uptick in home runs are all indications that hes dialed in the details that have kept him vacillating between several FV tiers for the last couple of years. Combine that with your standard issue Astros breaking ball complement (a hard 90-mph cutter/slider and a slower knuckle curveball) and you very likely have an impact big league arm, if a somewhat inefficient one. His fastballs underlying traits will make his current style of pitching effective at the big league level, and Bradleys demonstrated durability and command mean hes going to consume a ton of innings and have some years where hes one of baseballs top 25 or so starters from a WAR standpoint even if that splitter is only ever okay. But his geographic and two-sport background Montgomery was a high-level hooper in high school were arguably late-bloomer traits. His best offspeed is a plus slider, a tight, two-plane offering in the low-to-mid-80s. OF Bryson Ware An experienced outfielder, Ware returns for his third year at Auburn. Catcher Carlos Perez went 4-for-9 and homered twice in the series. What a start for the true freshman OConnor, who will need to be a big part of this mediocre pitching staff. Legend [ edit] ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll [ edit] Miller pairs the heater with a sharp, mid-80s slider and locates both with consistency, good for a combined 50% strikeout rate, while issuing just three walks across 14 innings in 2022. 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. Over the last year, Prez has added about 30 pounds, experienced a two-tick fastball velocity bump, and incorporated a second, harder breaking ball that has become his primary non-fastball weapon. He pitched a couple innings on the complex, skipped Low-A, threw seven High-A innings, skipped Double-A, then closed the season out with two appearances in Las Vegas and a stint in the Fall League. Barger then went to the Arizona Fall League, where his left-handed bat speed stood out among lots of other good hitting prospects. Drafted in 2018, his trajectory has been riddled with development-delaying injury, and 2022 was seen as the year he would hopefully put it all together. DI baseball news. 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. He still threw a ton of strikes and went in the fifth round of the 2021 draft, projecting as a high-floor, low-ceiling depth starter based on his command. Though he doesnt throw the pitch a ton, his changeup feel is also very good and currently more consistent than his feel for his new slider, though we expect that will come. However, this type of swing also makes it tough to scoop underneath low pitches. If not, hes a Phillippe Aumont sequel. 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. 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. That outcome seems in play for Merrill after his first full season in pro ball, even though a fractured wrist and strained hamstring both limited his reps and probably impacted his power output in A-ball. When he returned, he was a completely different hitter. With a fastball like this, his floor is that of an impact reliever. SportsLine's model has generated complete Fantasy baseball rankings to help . Pfaadts fading change flashes bat-missing action, but it also flattens at times, and even though Pfaadt is comfortable enough to use it against righties, its the pitch he has the least consistent feel for locating. In this case, Montgomerys bat seems to have already blossomed, while you can throw out the age-related concerns given that he has now proven himself at High-A. Laviolette slugged two homers and got on base at a .471 clip to get his collegiate career started. Another candidate to Chourio, Ramirez is among the highest-variance prospects in the minors. This sort of thing runs through McGarrys whole operation, but he already has rare repertoire depth and quality for a reliever, and he might throw harder working just one or two innings at a time. In 2022, he established himself as one of the premiere pitching prospects in the Cardinals system, issuing 81 strikeouts and just 15 walks over his 52.1 innings at Low-A, where he spent the entire season. Harrisons body has thickened pretty quickly, but he throws hard and has diverse fastball utility and great secondary stuff. His fastball velocity is down, in the 92-94 mph range, a far cry from Priesters upper-90s peak. 6 overall and places behind only Phillies righty Andrew Painter among the game's top pitching prospects. Sengas walk rate fell from the 10-11% range to the 8-8.5% range during that stretch, and his WHIP was a measly 1.05. Only recently converted to center field full-time, Chourio easily has enough speed to stay there (hes routinely 4.15 home to first), and his routes and ball skills are okay. Tiedemann was passed over as a SoCal high school hurler in the 2020 draft due in part to an ill-timed injury. The ball explodes off his bat to all fields, and he can do extra-base damage even when he mis-hits a ball. In a bodily sense, he was also unlike any amateur prospect most scouts had ever seen. CFN 2023 Rankings: After Week 17 51-68 | 26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10 - AP | Coaches | NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections Contact @ColFootballNews. 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. RHP Trey Yesavage Yesavage had a good year out of the bullpen in 2022 for the Pirates and now he looks to translate that into productive starts. So Lawlar isnt quite as good as his cartoonish stats his present hit/power combination is actually closer to average but he does everything well and is a potential plus defender at short because of his acrobatics. His 2022 line (.263/.339/.459) was solid if unspectacular, though some of the reduction from his performance in 2021 is simply due to exiting the Cal League for the more muted offensive environment in the Northwest. But the best parts of Libbys game are offset by the fact that they dont fit with the rest of his profile, which puts a mild damper on it. M.J. Melendezs 2019 and Bo Naylors 2020 are recent examples of otherwise good-hitting catchers who had a terrible offensive season in the mid-minors followed by an immediate and significant rebound the following year. Chourio made The Leap in 2022, going from being a well-regarded prospect who had a chance to blow up to one who seemingly has. He blew triple-digits at the top of the zone past batters at every stop, with his fastball averaging 99 mph at Triple-A. The SEC also occupies each of the top four spots in the rankings for the second time in a row, although the order of that top four has shuffled a bit since our 2019 update. Hes a career .291/.388/.534 hitter with 18 home runs in 77 games, in fact. College Baseball Rankings: 2023 D1Baseball Top Five. Before the 2022 draft there was again buzz that some teams were off Lee because of his medical, and also that Lee and his family preferred that he stay as close to home as possible by joining a team that trains in Arizona.
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