He finished that season with a 10-game A-ball stint, where he struck out in 16 of his 42 plate appearances. Astros Future reported an agreement between Aparicio and the Astros on Jan. 27, 12 days after the 2022 international signing period opened. The bat is Steers carrying tool and has been since his days at Oregon. He slid within this FV tier but his grade didnt change, and hes still a pretty good bet to be a no. By the middle of 2022, Bibee was sitting 95. Of course, he has game-changing arm strength. Jesus Caba, SS, D.R. 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. Baltimore has tried him some at second and first base, but because hell show you a 70 arm on his best throws and runs pretty well, right field continues to feel like the best long-term fit even though Mayo hasnt played there yet. Senga has added four ticks to his fastball since debuting in NPB. His heater is only generating about a 14% swinging strike rate, per Synergy Sports, which is above the big league average but not elite. Hes shown the ability to induce significant swing and miss across all four offerings, both in and out of the zone, aided largely by his funky arm action. Diego Benitez, SS, Venezuela Braves ($2,500,000) More 11. The Yankees only had $4,232,700 in bonus money to dish out. He has the prototypical starters frame at a broad-shouldered 6-foot-6, and the pacing and look of his delivery evoke Gerrit Cole. 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. Despite some of the length and violence in Millers delivery, hes demonstrated that he can sustain elite velocity deep into each start, throw strikes, and (so far) keep his arm healthy, as his only career IL stint was for an oblique strain. Projected bonus amounts for this group will be published on signing day. Luis Rodriguez, C, Venezuela Cardinals More 27. Let's take a look at them here. But theyre severe enough to dial down the previously plus grades on Rocchios defense and consider him a future average shortstop, while keeping an eye on how he looks there this spring. Here's everything you need to know going into the open of the 2022 international signing period. Young stars like Fernando Tatis Jr, Juan Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Ronald Acuna, Yordan Alvarez, Wander Franco, Julio Rodriguez, and many more started as relatively obscure teenagers. 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. 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. Yendry Rojas, SS, Cuba Padres ($1,300,000) More 25. + indicates that the club has officially announced the signing. MLB.com adds the "upside and high baseball IQ combined to make him one of the most interesting prospects" available. Espino had taken another leap at the onset of 2022, sitting in the 98-102 mph range with a fastball that sometimes had 20-23 inches of vertical break during the spring. Each MLB Team's Breakout Prospect Turning Heads in 2022 Joel Reuter August 20, 2022 Vaughn Grissom (AP Photo/John Bazemore) One of the most fun things about MLB prospect rankings is how. 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. A decade ago, players with no professional experience were not considered viable draft picks, even in most deeper settings. As is customary for pitching prospects near the tippity top of prospect lists, Rodriguez got hurt in 2022, suffering a Grade 2 lat strain in early June. Big-bodied catchers with potent bats, like Travis dArnaud, Tyler Flowers and Diaz, are the sorts who tend to take a leap later in their 20s, which is the expectation here. The Dodgers and Blue Jays forfeited $500,000 from their pools for signing players who had rejected qualifying offers -- Trevor Bauer and George Springer, respectively -- last offseason, so each has a pool of $4,644,000. : Blue Jays+ ($4,100,000) More 8. Positional Dynasty Prospects Catchers First Basemen Second Basemen Shortstops Third Basemen Outfielders Pitchers. Some of them ignore teenagers and make it work with proximity players. Bibee seems to have altered his stride direction so that he isnt landing quite as closed as he was at Fullerton, which appears to enable him to stay behind the baseball a little better, creating riding action on a fastball that wasnt previously as explosive. Across parts of five MLB seasons, Soto has a slash line of .287/.424/.526 (157 OPS+), and he's averaged 33 home runs and 133 walks per 162 games played. 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. Yorke may end up as a 40-grade infield defender, but he can really hit, and were staying on him despite a rough, injury-riddled 2022. Keith may not have a position, but he has a pretty stable hit/power combination that will profile at third if he can actually stay there. 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. 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. He was throwing all of his pitches in bullpens and had started facing live hitters just a couple weeks before list completion. Ellys tools are big enough to stand with those guys, but if hes striking out at a 30% clip at Double-A, its likely hell do so more often against big league pitching, which puts him in a dangerous area. 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. Domnguez is massive for a 20-year-old, and even though hes a plus runner who is currently a fit in center field, its hard to say how hell trend athletically into his 20s because theres virtually no precedent for his build. Manual adjustments are made where they seem appropriate, but we use that as a rule of thumb. Once I have a fairly complete picture of the players set to garner meaningful bonuses, I start to make more scouting and evaluation-centric calls and inquiries to augment the initial, bonus-based list. 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. 1st Round. : Brewers ($1,400,000) More 36. 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. In 2022, it garnered just 8% whiffs and 13% chase during his time at Double-A, where he spent most of the season. In the event of a draft, international prospects would lose the agency to pick their employers, an ability they currently enjoy, while North American draft prospects do not. : Dodgers+ ($697,500) More 24. He was the fifth ranked prospect on our 2022 Draft Board but was picked 13th, enough to merit some reconsideration as to whether Neto belongs in the 50 FV already. 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. If he develops even a 40-grade hit tool, hell hit 30 annual bombs and it wont matter where he plays. Martes body and athleticism regressed in 2022, and he looked pretty rough in the Arizona Fall League. Eders delivery has changed since college. 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. Rafaela had a breakout 2022 season, hitting .299/.342/.539 mostly at Double-A Portland. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. 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. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. The closest contemporary statistical predecessors and tool-based comps to make for De La Cruz are Willy Adames (a 29% K% hitter who has performed like a 60 because he gets to his power and plays great defense) and Fernando Tatis Jr. (27.6% K%). Given the 2022 performance of some of their young 40-man occupants (strike-throwing issues for Ryan Pepiot, Andre Jackson), Miller might be Los Angeles most reliable in-season option to make a start if one or more of their projected starters goes down with injury. An international player is eligible to sign with a Major League team between Jan. 15 and Dec. 15. His swing is a little odd and upright, and his hands load with a bit of a hitch, but he is still able to guide the barrel around the zone and produce shocking raw power for such a lithe teenage hitter. Still, there are complicated issues that surround a potential draft. March 1, 2023. Carroll has evolved in some surprising ways as a hitter. Pick Team Player Pos HT WT School; 1: Baltimore Orioles: Druw Jones: OF: 6'4" 180: Wesleyan HS (GA) 2: Arizona Diamondbacks: Elijah Green: OF: 6'3" 225: IMG Academy (FL) 3: Texas Rangers: Jackson Holliday: SS: : Orioles+ ($2,297,500) More 21. He slashed .287/.388/.476 at High-A in 2022 and hit 43 extra-base hits during the year, but Carters game is much more about soft skills than premium tools. Lesko is arguably the most polished and complete high school pitching prospect to come along in a decade. Salas is expected to command close to $5 million next January. Parada has impeccable hitters timing, and batting stance aside, his swing is rhythmic and balanced. Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association finalized a deal in March 2020 that addressed the international signing period during the pandemic. Top prospect Brown focusing on slider mechanics after spring debut. After a busy offseason, the Blue Jays have limited spots on the active roster that will need to be decided this Spring Training. Cartayas exchange is absurdly fast for a player his size, and he actively hunts baserunners when they reach, a threat to throw to the bases at any time. When an opposing pitcher releases the ball, the scoop in Johnsons bat head is pointing at the mound with his back elbow hiked way up above his shoulder in a position that seems to defy the rules of normal human physiology. Touching 99 mph, Painter earns widespread praise. 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. The bumps and bruises suffered from catching can sometimes level players for whole seasons, and Davis had a lot of them in 2022. His changeup isnt consistent enough for it to play a major role in his arsenal quite yet, but he trusts his slider enough to use it in place of the changeup, even against righties. Still on the 2B/SS line, the lift in Arroyos swing helps him get to impact power for a middle infielder. Even as he has become more and more muscular entering his 20s, he has maintained a freaky level of flexibility, which he attained by stretching four times per day. 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. There are 13 prospects from Venezuela, two from the Bahamas and one each from Cuba, Mexico and Korea. We think there will be enough power for Barger to produce like an average regular in a multi-positional role. Holliday is a sweet-swinging shortstop with above-average feel for contact and burgeoning power. From the left side, he shows doubles power and hits line drives. Zavala was the youngest player to reach an affiliate in 2022, joining Low-A Lake Elsinore just a couple weeks after his 18th birthday. He also plays solid defense and it will keep him at shortstop as he makes his way through the Minor Leagues. 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. Hunt for the College Ticket and Elite Extra Edition Optic set, which will feature this year's top draft picks on opti-chrome cards . Acuas swing is explosive and athletic, starting upright with a load and leg kick similar to his brothers, before he takes a gargantuan stride toward the mound. Its possible he was gassed from playing a career-high 132 games during the regular season, and these issues are uncharacteristic of Rocchio. His feel for contact and for the zone already gave him a high floor. The thought that we had to wait several years to see returns on these players went out the window. Bibee now looks like a polished mid-rotation prospect. For now, its amazing how sentient his feel to hit is considering his age and size. Not since Bryce Harper has a prospect carved a path quite like Colliers, one that was optimized to appeal to draft models, weighty in-person scouting looks, and perhaps lead to a very young eventual free agency. Its tough for hitters who are looking for a fastball to do anything with them, even though Millers feel for locating his secondaries (especially his sinking changeup and low-80s curveball) is not sharp. He now sits 96 mph and will touch as high as 102, though he typically tops out at 99 in any given start. Acua slashed .317/.417/.483 at High-A before finishing the season at Double-A, where his numbers deflated across the board, though that did include his strikeout rate, which he brought down to 21% at the more advanced level. Felnin Celesten, SS, D.R. His physicality perhaps gives him a better chance of withstanding that grind than most other prospects. 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. 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. He looked great at the start of the Fall League before pitchers figured out they could get him to chase whatever and started junk-balling him to death. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. The international signing period usually runs from July 2 to June 15, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to push back the start of the last two signing periods to Jan. 15. : Astros+ ($897,500) More 22. Arias, a 17-year-old native of the Dominican Republic, is the top-ranked international prospect of 2022 by MLB Pipeline and agreed to a $4 million deal with New York, MLB.com reported. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location,
This sort of offensive player would be a good everyday third baseman and a star shortstop. His amateur look was that of a slash-and-dash leadoff man with doubles power and a great idea of the strike zone. 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. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. 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. At the plate, he exhibits above-average bat-to-ball skills and strike zone awareness. 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. 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. 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. When Lee does take a comfortable hack, he shows you plus raw power, but his style of hitting is very balanced, and he doesnt sell out for huge pop all the time. He struggled to frame low pitches and one-hoppers would find a way through his wickets. A bat-only prospect with a well-rounded offensive skill set, Steer may end up a 30-grade second base defender or just play 3B/1B/LF. He spent four years working for the Phillies Triple-A affiliate, two with Baseball Info Solutions and two contributing to prospect coverage at ESPN.com. Hes able to pull his hands in and get the barrel on inside pitches, but he swung underneath a ton of fastballs during his 2022 season on the complex, which is why he struck out at a very scary 30% clip. His ceiling is as lofty as he is. 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. He tends to swing through the down-and-in portion of the zone and struggles with anything away from him. His innings were limited an effort to keep his workload light as he focuses on adding size and muscle to his frame. Throw in the visual twitch and athleticism, and this is the player Spotifys algorithm would recommend to FanGraphs if prospects were musical artists. Our hope is that the distribution graphs reflect these kinds of differences. 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. : Guardians+ ($850,000) More 38. Drafted out of Wayne State, a Division-II school in Michigan, Browns arm strength and velocity have been sculpted to replicate the power-pitching formula in Houston. 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. 1 or 2 starter. Everything else Jones shows you in the batters box is exciting. His 2022 throwing was not quite as good as previous notes indicate, with lots of one-hoppers to the bag or throws sailing on him, though Naylors pop times remain close to average. 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. 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. He must turn 16 before he signs and be 17 before Sept. 1 the following year -- in practical terms, that means players born between Sept. 1, 2005, and Aug. 31, 2006, will be eligible to sign in the upcoming signing period. There have been prior instances of prospects, including Mike Trout and Buster Posey, who had a terrible Fall League coming off a long year simply because they were tired and then rebounded the following season. But all of a sudden, an influx of extraordinary high-level talent began funneling from the international market. His rare raw thump has already begun to manifest in games, as Cartaya clubbed 22 homers in 2022, a season after he dealt with multiple injuries that severely limited his playing time. But it shows how much can change (and continue to evolve) with players still in the early stages of development. His first step can be a little delayed, but Jones huge strides eat up tons of ground in the outfield, and he gallivants into the gaps, robs would-be doubles, and has a runner-sniping arm. Hell be a cog in Phillys quest for a second NL pennant. Hes a good hitter who will stabilize an infield spot in Cincinnati for the next half decade or so. He has special hand-eye coordination and bat-to-ball skill, as well as a tremendous idea of the strike zone. Busch has continued his long track record of excellent offensive performance so far in pro ball. As Ive honed a process for this over the years, my first step is to source rumored bonus amounts, often hopping on the phone with people who are involved with international players or scouting to see who they know will be receiving $1 million or more. : Nationals+ ($550,000) More 40. March 1, 2023. Cristhian Vaquero, OF, Cuba - Nationals ($4,925,000) More 3. Carter looks like a high-OBP, table-setting center fielder in the Brandon Nimmo mold. Significantly increasing Soto's long-term . His strong skills on the field are matched by his notable family bloodline as his grandfather, father and uncle all played professionally. The Mariners drafted him in the fourth round and have deployed him as a starter so far. After the Reds gave him some time at first base in 2022, Steer now has experience at all four infield positions. The Rangers then took an aggressive approach, assigning him directly to Double-A Frisco for his first year of pro ball in 2022. He isnt a great hands-and-feet athlete, and his arm strength doesnt match that of a typical third baseman. For a further explanation of the merits and drawbacks of Future Value, please read this and this. Because he participated in Team USA and showcase events from a very young age, Collier generated an inordinate amount of amateur data. Hes similar to DJ LeMahieu and Vinnie Pasquantino from a skill set standpoint and should provide a long-term answer at first base for the Rays within the next couple of years. In 2022, he dominated the upper levels (.260/.374/.511) and made his big league debut at age 20 with a five-game cup of coffee.
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