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. Hilariously, Mayos swing is perhaps well-suited for the current metagame because so many contemporary fastballs ride to the top of the strike zone, which is where Mayos barrel hunts. 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. Graceffos velocity has exploded since he left the Main Line, and hes now nearing the big leagues as a contenders fourth starter. Out of our newcomers, Notre Dame made the biggest vault, landing at No. Those pitches (in order of usage) are a cutter, slider, and the occasional curveball, all bending in anywhere between 94 and 75 mph, with the sliders shape and velo sometimes bleeding into the other two. He didnt throw a ton of strikes and the visual quality of his stuff was closer to average overall than plus or better, which is how it looked in high school. 65). 7 Last Week: 1-3 Overall: 4-3, 0-0 in SEC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 1-1 Results Feb. 21: Lamar: L 7-4 Feb. 24-26: Portland: L 10-3, L 4-1, W 5-4 Upcoming Feb. 28: Houston Christian Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic (Houston) March 3: vs. (4) Louisville March 4: vs. Rice March 5: vs. (18) Texas Tech It was a tough week for Texas A&M, as it lost Tuesday against Lamar and then lost its first two games against Portland. If he does that while getting to most of his power, hell be one of the better players in baseball its just that De La Cruz has struck out a concerning 30% of the time. The Baseball America poll is voted on by staff members of the Baseball America magazine. Ortiz is a slick shortstop defender with a plus hit tool and very little pop. 1 team loses in college baseball, as Iowa dominates top-ranked LSU, Trio of heavy-hitters down three top-10 teams Friday night in college baseball, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 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. Of course, Nolan Arenados presence through 2027 dictates a move regardless of how Walker looks over there. The swing particulars of an 18-year-old arent especially important, and Colliers skill set gives him star-level ceiling, this is just a specific, key area to be sensitive to as he develops. Rocchios calling card is still his switch-hitting offensive ability, specifically his bat-to-ball skills, which have made him a 50 FV mainstay since he finished his first domestic pro season. Of the teams that were already in the Top 100 in 2019, Tennessee made the biggest jump, catapulting 52 spots from No. Perazas true carrying tool is his shortstop defense. RHP Logan Whitaker The entire NC State pitching staff had a great start to their season, allowing just seven runs across four games. 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. Wiemer has a rare size/athleticism combination and wields an elaborate swing that produces huge pull-side power. The transfer outfielder will look to anchor this NC State lineup that lost key pieces over the offseason. 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. Mayers gorgeous left-handed swing produces impact power for a shortstop. He projects as a 2-WAR player whose versatility could help optimize the way Baltimores other young infielders are deployed. His desert lethargy was understandable, but its still the most recent thing the industry has seen. There is no 70 FV prospect in this years class and only two 65 FV prospects. By virtue of this precision, he might have peak years with 20 homers or so, very similar to Brantley. Hences fastball will be elite if he can sustain mid-to-upper-90s velocity across starters innings, which he hasnt yet had to do. Now, after what might be a delayed start to his 2023, hell be asked to hit the ground running after only playing half of last year. 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. 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. Johnson often ends his swing with his torso having made a full 180 degree rotation, sometimes swinging with such ferocious bat speed that he loses his balance and faceplants in the batters box. He has performed well through the lower minors (.271/.368/.438), and his frame, speed, general athleticism, and long-term frame-based power projection are all very enticing from a scouting standpoint, but the limitations of his current swing still make Veens big league impact more of an abstract projection than an inevitability. Now fully healthy again, Elko should be one of the best run producers in the country in 2022. Romo has a plus glove and plus-plus arm but likely wont make a huge offensive impact. Make no mistake, Brown does not suddenly have Verlanders command. His lefty swing is more powerful while his righty cut is more contact-oriented. 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. 75Oral RobertsSummit1OK3-16596571 The curve features similar movement with longer break and both are nasty when he runs them off the plate glove side, though both play in the strike zone, as well. It cost him all of 2022. Hes also added a few ticks of velocity and now sits 93-96 mph, velocity hes maintained across two consecutive years of innings increases. 35GeorgiaSEC11GA1-6298670 He finished that season with a 10-game A-ball stint, where he struck out in 16 of his 42 plate appearances. 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. Williams was a two-way high school player who was talented enough to be considered a prospect as both a shortstop and a pitcher. 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. 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. Romos offensive performance is impressive considering he only turned 21 near the end of the 2022 season, though in another sense its troubling because hes such a physical guy and yet has such poor ball-striking power. Hes also worked to make himself more lithe and athletic since first arriving on the Dodgers backfields shortly after he signed, when Dodgers coaches were asking a fresh-faced Vargas to make mid-game swing-changes that incorporated more movement into his conservative cut. 1 overall pick in the. Ramirez spent all of 2021 at Low-A as an 18-year-old and slashed .258/.326/.384, which was slightly below the league-average line in the pitcher-friendly Florida State League. Add to that his plus-plus defense at an up-the-middle position, and hes on track for star-level everyday center field role. He has no underlying swing-and-miss issues and his massive 6-foot-5 frame still has room for more strength. Acuas athleticism is too exciting to keep him off the list even though his approach is sometimes reckless and he doesnt impact the ball in the air. He generates bigger exit velocity than his size would imply, but because he tends to offer at pitchers pitches, it has resulted in a groundball rate around the 50% mark. The junior righty struck out nine in five hitless innings against New Orleans and appeared out of the bullpen against Liberty, another hitless performance. He wasnt considered a lock to stay there before the draft, and pro scouts came away skeptical of his defense in center from Greens post-draft look. OF Bryson Ware An experienced outfielder, Ware returns for his third year at Auburn. He has reached Triple-A Norfolk while accumulating a career .271/.349/.425 line in the minors, generating plus underlying contact data in 2022 (an 89% Z-contact%, which would be top 10 among major league shortstops) in the process. 15 Last Week: 1-3 Overall: 3-4, 0-0 in Big Ten (1-2 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 1-1 Results Feb. 21: West Virginia: L 8-6 Feb. 24-26: @ (9) Mississippi: W 9-2, L 12-6, L 18-8 (7) Upcoming Feb. 28: Delaware Cambria College Classic (Minneapolis) March 3: vs. (8) Mississippi March 4: vs. (5) Vanderbilt March 5: vs. Hawaii Maryland faced challenging competition throughout the week and went 1-3, losing its home opener against West Virginia before a tough road series loss at Ole Miss. 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They were joined in the top five by Stanford, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Wake Forest, which entered the top five after . A few factoids: (you might need to use the scrollbar at the bottom of the table, depending on your device), Teams1-5 He chased at a 37% rate in 2022, which isnt terrible in a big league context, but is pretty bad when viewed through the minor league lens, where fewer pitchers have chase-inducing stuff. 5 Last Week: 3-2 Overall: 5-3, 0-0 in SEC (3-2 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: Central Arkansas: L 5-4 Feb. 22: Alabama-Birmingham: W 13-1 Feb. 24-26: vs. (13) UCLA: W 6-0, L 3-0, W 2-1 Upcoming Feb. 28: Austin Peay State Cambria College Classic (Minneapolis) March 3: vs. Nebraska March 4: vs. (17) Maryland March 5: @ Minnesota After getting upset Tuesday in its home opener by Central Arkansas, Vanderbilt bounced back and scored a big series win against UCLA. The USAToday/ESPN Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of 31 Division I baseball coaches. Brown is the Mewtwo of pitchers, engineered as a facsimile of another powerful entity using science and technology. 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. If not, hes a Phillippe Aumont sequel. Turang is so defensively gifted that he is almost certain to have a significant and lengthy big league career, especially now that shifting is banned. He also throws a changeup and a slider, both of which show promise, though neither was featured much in his 2022 mix. RHP Nathan Dettmer Dettmer was as-advertized this weekend, striking out eight over 4.2 runless innings. Florida State enters the Top 25 after winning a series at TCU. Previous ranking: No. His raw power has improved considerably over the last two years, and at age 19, he already has thunderous pull-side pop and is lifting the ball consistently in games. 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). Those states are followed by North Carolina (nine), Florida (seven), Louisiana (six) and Virginia (five). 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. His wispy, 6-foot-3 frame has room for another 30 pounds at least, and with that weight and strength could come huge raw thunder. His trademark breaking ball, which has plus-plus spin and flashes huge depth, tends to finish in the strike zone and isnt yet a consistent putaway pitch. Previous ranking: No. 64) and Georgia Southern (No. He slashed .282/.429/.492 at North Carolina and is a .267/.374/.493 career hitter so far in the minors, spending most of 2022 at Triple-A and joining the 40-man roster after the season. Additionally, you can subscribe to Baseball America's newsletter and receive all of our rankings, analysis, prospect insight & more delivered to your inbox every day. RPI (Live) Records include games against Division I opponents only. 76StetsonA-Sun2FL6-1957NR Lots of high-level decision makers ran to Indiana to see the high school version of Montgomery as part of a late spring jaunt through the Midwest, and he was one of the buzziest prospects just as the 2021 draft approached, with some pre-draft smoke near the top 10. The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. 11Texas A&MSEC7TX20111014 On a universal prospect continuum, Henderson grades out a shade below some of the 70 FV or better prospects from recent years like Shohei Ohtani, Wander Franco, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and (gulp) Gavin Lux (who is now tracking like a 60, thank goodness) because were talking about a corner bat with what might be a 45-grade hit tool. His arm slot is not as deliberately north/south as before, but his fastball still plays as an in-zone bat-misser because of his angle and carry. His mid-90s fastball missed bats up in the zone and above it, and he commanded all three secondaries, with above-average spin across the board. 8Ole MissSEC6MS211191918 He left Arizona with top-five pick buzz and ultimately went first overall to Baltimore. You can see the power and athleticism in Davis lower half throughout other aspects of his game, and its an indication that he has the ability to polish this stuff up and control the running game. 8 TCU. Hes a complete hitter who will likely produce some 25-30 home run seasons by virtue of his contact quality and frequency, and some .400-plus OBP seasons because of his plate discipline and speed. He still hits the ball really hard for a player his age and looks the part in the uniform, but theres growing risk here, enough to reposition Lucianos FV into this tier. 4 starter fairly soon even if the arrow is currently pointing down. 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. What if Michael Brantley played shortstop? Big league sliders might force Davis to make an adjustment, but so far his contact performance has been solidly average. They went 44-20, including 19-11 in the SEC, and road that wave until they were one of four teams remaining in the College World Series. Diaz is a bat-first catching prospect close to the big leagues. 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