Thatll be a big part of his development. McGraw holds his velocity and stuff deep into his outings too, something not everyone on this list can necessarily claim. If there's one critique, scouts do question where the body can go from here. February 27, 2023. Bonus pool trades were put on hold the last few years, during the pandemic. This class is led by a strong and deep crop of college talents. He's hitting .255/.386/.340 through 13 games in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League. They're mostly all shortstops now,. Its one of the best changeups in the class and comfortably projects plus. The son of two-time All-Star and World Series champion Al Leiter, he comes equipped with an elite 90-97 mph fastball that hitters rarely barrel, a plus curveball and a solid slider and changeup. 02:24. I pulled out portions of these documents for reference in the pieces published earlier this week and have done so again here, but I suggest readers familiarize themselves further. He's shown feel for spinning the baseball, primarily a low-to-mid 70s curveball with tight tilt that projects. Meyer offers a mid-80s changeup that lags behind his other two weapons, but shows enough promise for scouts to slap a future 50 grade on the off-speed offering. Some scouts project it double-plus and the best breaking ball in the class. Roughly 30 percent of current MLB players were originally signed as international free agents, including stars like Ronald Acua Jr., Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Juan Soto, and Julio Uras. CLICK HERE FOR 2023 MLB INTERNATIONAL PROSPECT BONUS BOARD. 28)The Marlins were delighted to find Watson, MLB Pipeline's No. He could repeat Low-A in 2022 and still be ahead of the curve, with plenty of time to figure it out. -- $840,000Carlos Mateo, RHP, D.R. 3/MLB No. : Giants ($2,697,500) More 16. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Sure, this is a bet that CJ Abrams (still only 20 years old) will graduate prior to 2023, but the way San Diego was aggressive with sending Abrams to Double-A this summer (and Fernando Tatis Jr.s recent move to the outfield) could be signs he would take that jump next year. 11 overall. : D-backs+ ($950,000) More 19. The 2023 MLB Draft will take place from July 9 through July 11 during All-Star festivities in Seattle, Washington. Enmanuel Bonilla, OF, D.R. He's an average defender at shortstop and could comfortably move to third base or second base. He's got juice to the pull-side and only projects to develop more as he ages and works to understand what he's capable of. 23)The No. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. He'll likely be tested at shortstop for the Cardinal moving forward, but this is a definitive middle infield profile. Some scouts question the swing mechanics at the next level as Gonzalez has a tendency to throw open his hips and can step in the bucket at times, but his production has never wavered against premium college stuff. : Dodgers+ ($697,500) More 24. by Retrosheet. 11)Marte has made the largest leap of any prospect who wasnt on our Top 100 at the start of the season, jumping up to No. Compreshensive MLB draft prospect rankings in a sortable, easy-to-read, feature-rich table. Clark has a fantastic feel for the strike zone and has a swing catered toward using the entire field. Meyer burst onto the scene during the 2022 showcase circuit with a fastball up to 98 featuring arm-side run and some ride. MLB.com adds he "plays with flair and is dedicated to improving." 1 prospect for the Blue Jays since he signed for $3.5 million back in July 2018, and hes backed that up with his performance in his first full season. He has touched 100 mph, has a wide array of secondary pitches, and has been praised for his poise and makeup, per MLB.com. For these prospects, it is their first step in professional baseball. Luciano has some of the best bat speed and raw power in the Minors, and he's hitting .270/.358/.510 with 19 homers in 89 games between Low-A and High-A while making his full-season debut at age 19. He's been into the mid-90's with the fastball, sitting in the low-90's later into starts with running life, mixing it with a good slider in the low-80's and a diabolical change-up with late parachute and fading life out of the zone in the mid-80's. 7)There is a whole lot of projection baked into this selection. While players routinely have agreements lined up to sign with clubs multiple years in. 5 Dodgers prospects to watch this spring. : Red Sox ($1,400,000) More 26. Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hisashi Iwakuma, Kenta Maeda, Kosuke Fukudome, Alexei Ramirez, Raisel Iglesias, Seung-Hwan Oh and dozens of others signed after the WBC and went onto successful, multi-year MLB. -- $325,000Luis Lameda, SS., Ven. Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. -- $497,500Daniel Mielcarek, SS, D.R. Kuehler will need to continue throwing more strikes and ironing down the effort in his delivery as he develops and gets more college innings under his belt, but there's definitive day one upside here if the track record and production continue to impress. Cuban outfielder Brando Mayea is another player who stood out early on in the scouting process for a well-rounded balance of tools, skills and hitting ability. Giants: Marco Luciano, SS (No. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. And thats not just for right now, or even next year. While his time up a level has been a bit more uneven, he is still only 20 years old and continues to hit for some power and steal some bases, with 14 of each heading into Thursdays games in what amounts to his first full season of pro ball. His profile projects somewhere between Andrew Benintendi and Michael Harris II. Some evaluators compare the way he moves to Jacob deGrom. : Orioles+ ($2,297,500) More 21. Yophery Rodriguez, OF, Ven. Hes comfortably a plus runner with a huge arm that will play at any outfield spot. : Pirates+ ($600,000) More 27. In the middle of the month, the international free agency (IFA) signing period re-opened; a few days before that, MLB reinstated former Braves executive John Coppolella, who was ousted for improprieties in this market, and then banned from baseball for refusing to cooperate with the MLB investigation. Angels: Kyren Paris, SS (No. Our team has taken in 9 showcase tournaments and been closely monitoring fall scrimmages. The body is already very thick and muscular, so he'll need to maintain his athleticism as he gets older. The 20-year-old is regarded as a future front-of-the-rotation starter. Projected signing teams, scouting reports and tool grades on just over 30 players from the 2023 class can now be viewed over on The Board. That said, bonuses of $10,000 or less do not count against the bonus pool, but that doesn't mean the players getting those checks shouldn't get some attention too. 4/MLB No. -- $700,000Angelo Hernandez, C, Ven. Jenkins has missed time with hip issues and a broken hamate bone, something teams will need to consider. Rockies: Zac Veen, OF (No. It's caused him to go through occasional streaky periods of swing-and-miss, and his chase rates can balloon on him in a rut. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. MLB Draft, 2023 MLB Draft A new year, a new board and new ranks. Some believe the profile is best suited as an impact second baseman, though proponents point to his athleticism, lateral burst and sparky actions as reasons to let him develop as a SS. Emerson showcased a whole lot of tools on the circuit in 2022 with an impressive hit tool and sneaky power. He's a line drive machine. Hes played primarily in center field as well, only helping his case as a high-end prospect. Players with a 40+ FV grade or above tend to be prospects who I think would go in the first two rounds of a draft, while the teenage 40 FV prospects are the sort Id ballpark in the $700,000 to $1 million bonus range as draft prospects, basically the slot amounts just after the second round. February 27, 2023. Skenes velo sits in low-to-mid 90s, though when he rears back he's been up to 99. Brando Mayea, OF, Cuba: Yankees ($4,350,000) More 10. 29)The Dodgers have landed the best Venezuelan prospect in the last three international classes: Cartaya in 2018, outfielder Luis Rodriguez in 2019 and shortstop Wilman Diaz in January. #13 Ariel Castro (OF, Cuba) #15 . Gonzalez isn't a burner and probably won't be a base-stealer as a pro, but hes a very good athlete. Mariners: Noelvi Marte, SS (No. He possesses an average arm and his feet can get short and choppy on balls his to his left and right. Maybe even a future Cy Young winner or MVP. BA Newsletter: Get Analysis, Rankings Delivered To Your Inbox! : Twins ($2,100,000) More 39. January 2023 has been relatively quiet for the Atlanta Braves, punctuated by a few big days. Ethan Salas, C, Ven. Luis Guanipa, OF, Ven. As I mentioned in my KBO update from Tuesday, when talent acquisition rules change, they tend to do so in ways that are unfavorable to players and increasingly financially favorable to teams. Meyer is also an impressive athlete coming from a 6-foot-5, long, lanky frame. He is rumored to have a deal in place with the Yankees. In the field, Crews is likely destined for right field where his plus throwing arm and above average speed will be valuable assets. The reality, though, is it's much more difficult to gauge an international class because players, mostly from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, are signing at 16 and 17 but often agreed with a team when they were 13 or 14. McGonigle is a smaller, twitchy infielder with lightning for hands and impressive core strength at the plate. What are scouting executives, cross-checkers and area scouts seeing at the ballfields? Honeyman really began to turn heads as one of the better hitters on the Caps this past summer. Jobe sports four above-average to plus-plus pitches, headlined by a killer wipeout slider, and the Tigers have a recent history of developing top-pick hurlers into Major Leaguers in Casey Mize and Matt Manning. If he can stay up the middle as he matures, then he could be an even bigger position-player star in a system that will likely graduate Bobby Witt Jr., Nick Pratto and MJ Melendez next year. Here is a look at which players from MLB Pipeline's Top 50 International Prospects list have agreed to terms with clubs, according to sources, and for how much. The floor here is pretty high as far as prep bats go. 1/MLB No. He's big and athletic with explosive power that stems from a combination of raw strength and excellent bat speed. Teams with pool amounts below $5,284,000 lost money from their pools as a penalty for signing free agents who had rejected a qualifying offer. The scouting summaries were compiled with information provided by available data and industry sources, as well as from our own observations. 5/MLB No. 15)Slowed by mononucleosis in his pro debut after the Yankees made him a first-round choice in 2019 out of a New Jersey high school, Volpe used his pandemic downtime to add strength to his advanced hitting skills and has raked throughout 2021. Notes: JV's changeup; Max's pace; Mauricio's clout. He's also an above average runner, but the legs play up thanks to strong instincts and burst in the field. If a draft is put in place before then, it will likely impact how much money those players receive and which team they end up working for. 3/MLB No. The larger the bonus, the more teams believe in the player. by Handedness, Board Update: 2023 International Amateur Prospects, Official Professional Baseball Rules Book, recently-filed lawsuit in the Dominican Republic, the league and the MLBPA had until July 25, New Brewer Owen Miller Is Evolving as a Hitter (Or at Least Trying To). Pfaadt 'fantastic' in debut -- and he made sure to have fun . : Tigers+ ($1,100,000) More 49. Royals: Erick Pea, OF (No. The 2022-2023 international free agent market will feature at least three teenagers set to sign contracts that exceed $4 million in bonuses. Nationals: Brady House, SS (No. Covering prospects is all about the future, right? A draft likely wont address all of the abuses of the current system, but it should curtail the practice of teams and 14-year-olds coming to multi-million-dollar agreements. The Official Site of Major League Baseball. As always, the FV grade is a more important measure for readers to focus on than the ordinal rankings here. Wilson showcases 40-grade power but many believe he'll grow into fringe-average pop in the pros. 4/MLB No. 1. Jobe is the organizations next big project. Enrique Jimenez, C, Ven. 60)The biggest asset on Houses scouting report was his plus power. When we put out a new Top 100 list or Top 30 by team ranking, as we did recently, were trying to look into a crystal ball and predict the stars of tomorrow. 2023 600 PA / 200 IP Projections . Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted When the most recent CBA was ratified, the league and the MLBPA had until July 25 to agree to a draft, the first of which would have taken place in 2024 had they done so. He can pitch backwards off the slider and change-up with ease and has good command and feel of his entire arsenal. Welcome to this year's ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball. 1/MLB No. His defensive work remains a work in progress, but there has been growth there in 2021.That entire package has cemented his place atop the New York rankings for a good while to come. -- $300,000, MarinersSebastian De Andrade, C, D.R. 4 prospect in Miami's system and said his "offensive skills will make him a valuable player." The argument can be made he's the best college pitching prospect in over a decade. He doesn't strike out and draws a ton of walks as well, though the swing-and-miss can get streaky against better stuff. : Cubs ($1,000,000) More 20. San Francisco Giants. This is also when I start to collect biographical data like dates of birth, height/weight, position, and handedness, all of which later finds its way on The Board. The base signing pool for the Astros, Blue Jays, Braves, Cardinals, Cubs, Giants, Mets, Nationals, White Sox and Yankees is $5,284,000. He'll make his pro debut in 2022. : D-backs+ ($1,250,000) More 48. His 6-foot-3 build and his game prompt comparisons to Salvador Perez, but he's a better pure hitter than the seven-time All-Star. Andy Acevedo, OF, D.R. Weve collected data and pitch metrics from guys showcasing their summer gains and, boy, do things look promising. Dollander offers a big, high-70's curveball with huge sweep, though he's hardly had to use it. 1/MLB No. Others have referred to it as the international day of joy. Guardians 2023 Top 50 Prospects, No. Crews burst onto the scene as a true freshman, crushing baseballs, earning All-American honors almost unanimously. The draft you see every summer covers players born in the. The swing is anchored by lightning quick hands that have feel to all-fields with some pull-side juice. 9)The Red Sox picked fourth in the 2021 Draft, their earliest selection since 1967, and landed MLB Pipeline's top-rated prospect in California prepster Mayer. : Tigers+ ($1,250,000) More 33. : Guardians+ ($1,375,000) More 29. Cristian Perez, OF, D.R. International free agency remains free agency because MLB and the MLB Players Association were unable to agreed to an international draft last year. Bonuses of $10,000 or less are exempt from the pools. Darling Fernandez, OF, D.R. : Astros+ ($897,500) More 22. It's a two-plane sweeper with impressive depth and a bat-missing track record. Updating the 2023 Draft Prospect Rankings; . -- $350,000D'Angelo Tejada, D.R. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Sam Dykstra. He generates plenty of carry on the heater, with spin rates in the 2400 RPM range. The league offered to eliminate the qualifying offer system in exchange for an international draft, How the Dodgers can replace Gavin Lux after injury, Fernando Tats Jr. returns to Padres lineup, Rhys Hoskins, Steven Kwan and more extension candidates, Padres, Manny Machado agree to 11-year, $350M deal, Dodgers shortstop Gavin Lux tears ACL, will miss season, Rays ace Tyler Glasnow suffers oblique injury. -- $500,000, NationalsJuan Obispo, OF, D.R. : Braves ($2,500,000) More 35. Jan 30, 2023. There are 12 prospects from Venezuela, three from Cuba, two from the Bahamas and one each from Mexico and Korea. It's the first date when playersmany of whom have had signing commitments in place dating back two or three yearscan officially sign a contract with a major league team. 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