He rarely chases and spoils lots of well-executed pitches, grinding away at opposing pitchers. Filippo Di Turi, SS, Ven. Drafted and mostly deployed as a third baseman, Mayo has projected as a right fielder since his draft year because of his size. Unless otherwise noted, clubs have not confirmed the deals. Some pre-draft medical question marks precipitated his fall to Minnesota. *Teams will be allowed to trade international bonus slots during this signing period starting Jan. 15. His approach is solid, though there are some issues chasing breaking balls, and his in-zone swing-and-miss was a fair bit below average in 2022 (he swings inside a lot of sliders), but were talking about a 20-year-old at Double-A here. Some aspects of Mauricios defense need to be cleaned up. Below is a look at which players from MLB.coms Top 50 International Prospects list have agreed to terms with clubs, and for how much. The upright nature of this adjusted swing has impacted Meads plate coverage a bit, and he swung through lots of high fastballs and sliders that finished on the outer third of the zone in 2022. 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. MLB Prospect Watch: 2022 minor-league awards, including Orioles as top team and Corbin Carroll as best hitter The 2022 Minor League Baseball season is wrapping up, so it's time for some hardware Tiedemann has shifted toward the first base side of the rubber and has closed off his stride direction slightly, which creates additional deception in his already-funky low-slot lefty delivery. The Dodgers surpassed the luxury tax threshold the previous season and had to forfeit $1,000,000 for Freddie Freeman. He followed up his splashy 2021 with a 2022 tidal wave, reaching Double-A Chattanooga as a 20-year-old while tabulating over 70 extra-base hits and about 40 stolen bases. In Casas case, there is so much lefty-hitting power here that we are still buying him as an above-average big league run producer at first base. His pop times are routinely in the 1.85-1.95 range in part because Endy has a strong arm, but also because hes almost always leaving his crouch before he even receives the pitch on steal attempts, which hastens his exchange. 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. Its enough that Julien comfortably projects as an everyday second baseman if it turns out he can stay there, and even though he has experience at other positions, second base is the only one he played in 2022. -- $497,500Daniel Mielcarek, SS, D.R. Big league sliders might force Davis to make an adjustment, but so far his contact performance has been solidly average. 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. Mauricios measurable power is already plus (45% hard-hit rate, 114 mph max exit velo), and at a strapping 6-foot-4 or so, he might still grow into more. Maybe even a Cy Young winner or an MVP. "Consensus No. Davis skills and offensive style are tailored like those of Evan Gattis. Lawlars hit tool projection is a bit of a conundrum. Its long been seen as a potential, maybe even an obvious move, due to both Soderstroms below-average defense as a backstop, and as a way of protecting his offensive performance from the dings and scratches that are part and parcel with everyday catching. 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. His arm strength (a 70 on the scale two winters ago) was not as consistent in recent looks but is still strong. That way players sign contracts for the coming season -- when they signed on July 2, they often signed contracts that started the following year -- and budgets don't span multiple years. Yes, hes reached Triple-A, but this is a 21-year-old were talking about here. Merrill is Michael Brantley, except at shortstop. 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. But it shows how much can change (and continue to evolve) with players still in the early stages of development. Its tough to be a 2-WAR DH every year (Bryce Harpers 2022 100-game line was good for 2 WAR), but Busch has the hit/power combination to do it. He began the 2022 slate on a delay and rehabbed in extended spring training until the very end of April. Position-wise, there are 26 infielders, 16 outfielders, two pitchers and six catchers. A rookie more than he is a prospect, Sengas splitter and fastball velocity fit in the middle of a contenders rotation. 1. And even though he has some approach-driven bust risk, he does enough other stuff to project in a prominent big league role if his chase proves too much for him to be an everyday player. He has plus bat speed, and a compact, athletic swing that features a very flexible lower half and a fair amount of barrel variability. His ball-blocking is still pretty rough, though. The Yankees scouting department has done a phenomenal job outside of domestic borders in recent years, putting the "NY" letters on multiple talented ball players from overseas.13 of the Yankees'. 2023 International Prospects. Plus, a Dodgers source indicated to FanGraphs that theyll continue to play Busch at second base despite his issues in the hopes he can develop there. : Nationals+ ($1,300,000) More 46. 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. Enmanuel Bonilla, OF, D.R. 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. And I was convinced I had discovered the secret to uncovering superstar talent before being seen as such. He slid within this FV tier but his grade didnt change, and hes still a pretty good bet to be a no. His feel for contact and for the zone already gave him a high floor. 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. Lewis missed a chunk of 2019 with an injury before losing all of 2020 to the pandemic. -- $600,000, AstrosGerman Ramirez, SS, D.R. Still, the quality of Martes contact, as much as he might make, is not consistent or authoritative, and this was true in the regular season when he looked twitchier and looser than he did in the fall. Jameson reached the majors in 2022 and is ready for prime time. : Angels ($900,000) More . His time on the Twins roster was too short-lived to put much stake in, but was just as brilliant more so, given his ability to translate those above-average across-the-board numbers to the highest level. Harrisons body has thickened pretty quickly, but he throws hard and has diverse fastball utility and great secondary stuff. The bumps and bruises suffered from catching can sometimes level players for whole seasons, and Davis had a lot of them in 2022. 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. Montgomery may provide a counterexample to the industrys obsession with hitters age in the draft room, as the former 19-year-old high schooler looks like he might be a star. 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. Hes not a great defender right now, and probably wont ever be better than a 40-grade glove, but Davis frames high strikes well and has plus raw arm strength. 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. There are people capable of standing out in this manner, but generally, even the most accomplished rankers tend to miss on players. -- $525,000Yoiber Ruiz, SS, Ven. His huge strides enable him to cover a ton of ground in center field and he is a not only a viable defender out there right now, but he looks like a future plus glove. Hes an okay receiver and framer, catching on one knee with the bases empty, utilizing a traditional crouch with two strikes and with runners on base. : Royals+ ($450,000) More 50. Its possible he was gassed at that point, but his late-2021 and early-2022 backfield defensive look was similar, and its rare for shortstops to be this size. Ramirez has plus-plus bat speed and will show you big pull-side power already. It is possible this will be the last international free agency class ever. -- $520,000Breyias Dean, 3B, Bah. He does not take casual BP hacks he maxes out and swings with all-out effort, which extends to his in-game approach, a feature that gives some scouts pause and worry that big league pitchers will pull the rug out from under him. Neither his slider nor changeup is fully baked quite yet, but if either (or both) become viable, they would bring with them a higher probability that Priester slots in as a mid-rotation starter. 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. : Rockies ($1,700,000) More 25. Below we have the signing agreements for all 30 clubs, with more to. Kenni Gomez, OF, Cuba Astros ($775,000) More 43. Wood compares to a young Adam Dunn as a power-hitting outfielder of considerable size. Injuries and the pandemic have limited him to just 284 career minor league games since he was drafted in 2018, and his bat-to-ball skill has projection deep into his mid-20s as he continues to gain actual pro experience. While his ball/strike recognition isnt good, Tovar is otherwise an advanced hitter. 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. Yophery Rodriguez, OF, Ven. Luis Almeyda, SS, D.R. 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. He struck out a third of the time and posted an OPS of just .602 before being shut down for the remainder of the season in mid-June. Cols is exclusively an outfielder now, and he hit .269/.319/.481 in part-time duty with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in Japan from 2017-19. This is particularly important given the fact that his fastballs viability has more to do with its velocity than its shape, so being able to rely more heavily on the secondaries he also features an impressive mid-80s slider and a changeup he reserves mainly for use against lefties allows the whole mix to play up. Rangers land Pablo Guerrero, brother of Vlad Jr. MLB Pipeline's Top 50 International Prospects. 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. Bryan Acua , SS, Venezuela Twins ($650,000) More 40. His traditional crouch can be a little high and make it tough for him to get to the ground to block balls, which he often tries to do with his hands rather than his whole body, and hell cost you a base now and then because of this. Those teams will then triage prospects later in the process and nix whichever verbal deals they see as the least favorable. After a blazing-hot end to the 2021 minor league season and a dominant Fall League performance, White rode a lot of hype into last season. Henderson, still just the age of a college draft prospect, had one of the best offensive performances in minor league baseball in 2022 and made his big league debut late in the season. His mid-80s slider was his go-to secondary, but his command was spotty throughout the season, to the tune of a 5.44 BB/9 over the course of his 92.2 innings. 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. More striking than his velocity itself is the ease with which Espino generates it. But from June on, he was markedly more effective, boosting that K-rate to just shy of 30%, while bringing his walk rate down. The righty received a 60-game suspension without pay in March after testing positive for Stanozolol, a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League . He tore up Low-A, slashing .354/.443/.557 with a 12% walk rate and an 18% strikeout rate over the course of April and May before earning a promotion in early June. Below is Baseball America's international prospect bonus board, sorting the players in the 2021-22 signing class based on the top 50 expected bonuses. Its possible Marte simply lacks feel for squaring up the baseball, and/or that his power output was caricatured by the hitting environments of Seattles A-ball clubs (Everett is hitter-friendly, and pockets of the Cal League are extremely so), or was simply over-evaluated in the first place. March 1, 2023. : Dodgers+ ($2,077,500) More 4. Veens lefty swing is still vulnerable to inner-half velocity, and he remains in a liminal prospect space more than he is a slam dunk big league star. He tends to swing through the down-and-in portion of the zone and struggles with anything away from him. 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. Its tough to account for what sort of long-term impact Lees injury history will have on his defense, and Carlos Correas presence is also a factor, but in a vacuum he projects as an above-average everyday shortstop. Still on the 2B/SS line, the lift in Arroyos swing helps him get to impact power for a middle infielder. : Brewers ($1,500,000) More 23. Still, there are all kinds of hit tool red flags here, both in the data and in Williams visual scouting report. Ranking players is a challenge regardless of their age. Lever length still limits Batys ability to make consistent, quality contact in certain part of the zone, but he still shows you impressive barrel control as he tries to get the bat where it needs to be. Position-wise, there are 20 infielders, 18 outfielders, five catchers, six pitchers and one two-way player. He has top-of-the-rotation stuff but the injuries make it more likely that Cleveland proactively moves him to the bullpen. At the plate, he takes a big (but balanced) stride, and can adjust his barrel depth by getting deeper into his lower half through contact. The batting average component was down a little due to his .241 BABIP at Columbus, but otherwise 2022 was another standard Rocchio season with the stick. The Blue Jays coaxed Barger away from a Florida commitment with $270,000, and he barely played during his first two full seasons, one of them lost to the pandemic. He gets a lot of swing and miss on his slider, both in and out of the zone, and commands it well. If not, hes a Phillippe Aumont sequel. He has a shot to break camp with the big club and play a huge role on the next Orioles contender. Felnin Celesten, SS, D.R. For prospects around the globe hoping to sign with an MLB franchise, it kicks off a 11-month window for teams to land prospects. Even though premium velocity is rare in Japan, Sengas fastball doesnt play like a premium pitch due to its shape and angle. No more. But attempting to put together an accurate list containing the players with the least amount of info is difficult. He slashed .274/.381/.429 at mostly Low- and High-A in 2022 before wrapping up at Birmingham. Hes begun to solve the former problem by occasionally catching on one knee with one leg splayed out, la Carlos Ruiz, which allows him to be lower to the ground and present low pitches moving back toward the zone. Because just a few months of physical development can be quite meaningful for such young athletes, prospects have a tendency to change a lot between when they make a handshake deal with a team and when they actually sign. 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. He produced a 150 wRC+ when healthy and was making among the highest rates of hard, airborne contact in the minors when he got hurt. Hes not quite as deft a hitter from the right side, but hes still plenty dangerous. 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. Marwys Jorge, RHP, D.R. A massive part of fantasy baseball dynasty leagues always has been and always will be prospects. -- $700,000Angelo Hernandez, C, Ven. There might be more game power here than there is raw power, or at least more game power than youd expect from someone who has some approach-related red flags. Hes graded with the optimism that these traits will help him manage the swing-and-miss enough to be a multi-time All-Star. So far that looks to have been the correct assessment, as Williams hit 19 homers, tallied 51 extra-base hits, stole 28 bases and solidified shortstop as his future defensive home during his 2022 foray into full-season ball. These two pitches are Bradleys most-used weapons by a wide margin, as his splitter and curveball are both used 6-7% of the time. 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: Busch has continued his long track record of excellent offensive performance so far in pro ball. 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. His injuries reduced the sample size, but Merrills contact metrics from the regular season are incredible. Now that hes on the 40-man roster, proactive experimentation makes sense so that Ramos can move the moment he needs to. Defensively, he has mostly played second base so far in his professional career, with just a handful of starts at short. Reiner Lopez, RHP, Ven. Hes not only kept things in check physically but actually improved to the point of being an above-average defender. lvarez has been one of the more hyped prospects in the Mets system since signing out of Venezuela in 2018 for nearly $3 million, and he has largely lived up to that hype. His 39.8% strikeout rate was the highest in the minors among qualified pitchers last year, and he fanned 186 batters in just 113 innings. In fact, his fastball locations are still pretty scattered and his delivery remains quite violent.
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