Tiedemann was passed over as a SoCal high school hurler in the 2020 draft due in part to an ill-timed injury. 3 or 4 starter on a contender like the Mets, who signed him to a five-year, $75 million deal. Meads feel to hit and power on contact will make him an impact everyday player no matter what position he ends up playing. The base signing pool for the Astros, Blue Jays, Braves, Cardinals, Cubs, Giants, Mets, Nationals, White Sox and Yankees is $5,284,000. He hit a whopping .324/.373/.600 at Low-A Carolina during the first half of the year, then slashed a more pedestrian .252/.317/.488 (as an 18-year-old!) 1 guy." pic.twitter.com/XXOd1D8KKQ Joe Doyle (@JoeDoyleMiLB) December 20, 2022 Over time, some managers become more emboldened (myself included) to chase the next big thing. He still has two years before he technically has to be added to the 40-man, and theoretically the Phillies could use all that runway to keep developing him as a starter in the hopes that things click, but going on age 24 that feels like a bit of a pipe dream. He swings bent at the waist, his torso hanging over the zone, enabling him to cover the plate with gentle lift that helps him pepper the opposite field gap with doubles contact. While he was closer to the 50/55 FV line last offseason, the snapshot of the defensive piece of the puzzle pulls him more comfortably into the 50s for this list cycle, one of many Guardians upper-level middle infielders with the talent to be an everyday player. Over the last year or so, hes thickened like a roux and become stronger, and hes capable of doing more damage than our tepid projection expected. Hall didnt throw harder in a relief role he was still parked in the 95-97 mph range and in fact his velo keeled off a little bit right at the very end of the season. 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. He has a big frame, a mature approach, and a left-handed stroke so gorgeous that its now rumored to be dating Pete Davidson. The FV grade is more important than the ordinal ranking. Jaison Chourio, OF, Venezuela Guardians ($1,200,000) More 21. Even while being a relatively free-swinger, hes only struck out at a 15-17% clip since entering full-season ball and has a rare hit/power combination for a catcher, though he has been a little bit older for each level. Then Nelson had a dominant 2021 season spent mostly at Double-A Amarillo, striking out 163 hitters in 116.1 innings, all as a starter. 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. Most of Rafaelas underlying contact and power data is middling, and his peak exit velos arent what youd typically expect from a 20-homer threat, except he does seem to hit the ball fairly hard and in the air very frequently relative to his peak exits. In the past, Ortizs high-effort delivery and sub-optimal fastball shape put him on the starter/reliever line, but hes thrown plenty of strikes across multiple seasons while simultaneously developing more velocity and comfortably projects as a starting pitcher now. Its a tall order for a prospect who already has some hit tool risk. He loads his hands high and cuts down at the ball, which makes him tough to beat in the upper two thirds of the strike zone because Peraza is so short to those locations. Castrovince writes that under the draft proposal, the top 600 players would receive $172.5MM in total bonuses, up from the $163.9MM for the top 600 bonuses given to players during the 2019-20 . But all of a sudden, an influx of extraordinary high-level talent began funneling from the international market. Team W L PCT GB STRK; Miami: 33: 30.524-L1: Atlanta: 31: 31.500: 1.5: L1: Washington: 29: 32.475: 3: W1: Orlando: 26: 37 . Scouts are putting Carlos Gonzlez comps on his body and swing, and think hell be an everyday corner guy in a few years. Julien hit 17 dingers and slashed .278/.398/.556 as a freshman at Auburn, then was ruled draft-eligible as a 20-year-old sophomore not because of his age, but because he had attended a year of secondary school in Canada before heading to college, which made him three years removed from high school. 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: Luis Guanipa, OF, Ven. Volpes uppercut swing will allow him to get to impact power for a middle infielder. The swing changes that helped enable his breakout created a bat path built to lift the ball to the extreme, and Volpes average launch angle was a whopping 24 degrees last year. It can be tough to turn over a changeup from his arm slot, but that slot is also part of how Bibee creates depth on his curveball, which has become a show-me pitch that he lands in the zone at will. Before prospects debut, there are some wildly inaccurate hit tool grades on the international talent. Arroyo hit for a surprising amount of power at Low-A Modesto before he was sent to the Reds as part of the Luis Castillo trade, golfing out 13 homers and slugging .514. Others have referred to it as the international day of joy. It makes sense that there has been some second base experimentation here over the last few years, as Ramos range and actions make it plausible that he could eventually fit there, and Colson Montgomerys third base projection might force the issue. In fact, his fastball locations are still pretty scattered and his delivery remains quite violent. Neto finds a way to make lots of contact despite his cacophonous swing, which is enough to project him as an everyday second baseman. -- $520,000Breyias Dean, 3B, Bah. 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. The switch hitter has improved in every facet of his game as he has matured physically in the last year, and he has a chance to have plus speed, arm, and raw power as a result. Even though Stones delivery looks like the sort that can create a power pitchers angle and shape on his fastball, it isnt a dominant in-zone pitch, and his slider/cutter plays more due to command rather than pure stuff. Certain managers are willing to stockpile international talent with the hopes of striking gold on one of them. He began the 2022 slate on a delay and rehabbed in extended spring training until the very end of April. Power and arm strength have been Cartayas headline tools since his amateur days, and despite missing lots of time in the 2020-21 window due to the pandemic and injuries, he has still developed on defense and managed his strikeout tendencies, and played enough in 2022 to reinforce industry confidence in his plate discipline across a larger sample of plate appearances. : Orioles+ ($2,297,500) More 21. We are still in a holding pattern with Veen because the length of his swing continues to make it very difficult for him to turn on fastballs. His defensive ability alone gives him a big league floor, and his power gives him a big ceiling if he can get to it in games. Some pre-draft medical question marks precipitated his fall to Minnesota. Druw Jones . -- $500,000, RedsAlfredo Alcantara, SS, D.R. Now hes a strapping 6-foot-4 and has grown into considerable power, all while maintaining some amount of future physical projection (i.e. He tends to throw his two breaking balls (his curveballs shape pairs especially nicely with his fastball) in the zone, often early in counts, and then use the fastball as a finishing pitch. 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. Yankees flexing their muscles with top 2023 prospect before International Draft By Adam Weinrib Mar 11, 2022 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 22: Gary Sanchez #24 of the New York Yankees. Jones had surgery, missed the back half of the summer and instructs, and only began hitting again in January. 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. Ethan Salas, C, Ven. For example, based on Craigs research, the average 60 FV hitter on a list becomes a perennial 5-plus WAR player over his six controlled years 26% of the time, and has a 27% chance of accumulating, at most, a couple of WAR during his six controlled years. : Brewers ($1,300,000) More 34. And Chourio has that kind of power. On defense, he shows plus potential because of his soft hands, blocking ability and receiving skills. With the turn of the calendar to 2022, so begins the MLB International signing period. There is no 70 FV prospect in this years class and only two 65 FV prospects. These are the international bonus pools for the 2022-23 signing period: Clubs that received a Competitive Balance Pick in Round B of the Draft (Athletics, Brewers, Mariners, Marlins, Rays, Reds, Tigers and Twins) received a pool of $6,366,900 while clubs with a Competitive Balance Pick in Round A (D-backs, Guardians, Orioles, Padres, Pirates, Rockies and Royals) received $5,825,500. The scouting summaries were compiled with information provided by available data and industry sources, as well as from our own observations. He has also seen a lot of time at first base and, more recently, a little bit in the outfield corners. Indeed, the way Mead plays defense isnt typical for an infielder at all; its as if he grew up not watching big league defenders every summer, which might be true. Baty made some subtle swing changes that may have better actualized his plus-plus raw power. It appears the latter is true. 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. He has a loose arm, a frame built for eating innings, and a repeatable delivery. Once a two-way prospect, Winns skills in the batters box quickly won out, and hes been developed solely as a position player. Hes going to be a middle-of-the-order anchor in Oakland fairly soon. For one, hes a Gold Glove-caliber center field defender, capable of making tough plays look easy and impossible plays possible, especially around the wall. Everything else Jones shows you in the batters box is exciting. Marte had a long and eventful 2022 that culminated in him looking absolutely gassed during the Arizona Fall League. Many other teams knew of Carter, but did not know his prospectdom in a thorough sense; some thought he was unsignable, others were entirely unaware of him, as we were. Compiling 2022 MLB top prospects rankings from all of the best sources in the Minor League baseball, scouting, and fantasy industries. Nitpicking about his swing actualization is fine because were talking about one of baseballs best prospects, but the foundation of present skills and tools combined with Jones physical projection makes him a potential franchise-altering superstar. His split/changeup is still his best pitch, but Allen has undergone a stylistic change and now takes a power pitchers approach with his fastball, ripping it past hitters at the letters with a high-effort delivery despite its mediocre velocity.