The Rays stole Mead from the Phillies in what seemed like a relatively innocuous trade at the time, a swap that sent a low-level developmental sleeper (Mead) to Tampa for depth starter Cristopher Snchez. Over the course of two years worth of showcase play tracked by Synergy Sports, amounting to roughly 250 swings on tape, Jones never pulled a ball to the left of the left-center field gap, and all but about a dozen of his airborne balls in play were to right field. The period means everything and its only a few months away. Roderick Arias, SS, Dominican Republic - Yankees ($4,000,000) More 2. MLB international signing period: Where the top international prospects signed, including No. Lesko is arguably the most polished and complete high school pitching prospect to come along in a decade. (International Prospects League) the ball was recorded leaving Ferreiras bat at 104 MPH by Flightscope Baseball. MLB.com's free scouting report says Cols can "play all three outfield positions and projects to hit in the middle of the order." Caminero is much bigger than his team-listed height and weight, and is very likely a third base-only fit, though the Rays continue to give him some middle infield reps. Regardless of when it is implemented, most of my sources believe an international draft is likely eventually. His slider (Hall was almost exclusively a fastball/slider pitcher against lefties during his big league run) is firm and now has better movement demarcation from his curveball, which is easily his least-used offering, usually a backdoor option to righties. His footwork on throws to second is clunky and variable, which often impacts his throw times and accuracy, but the pure arm strength is in there. Drafted and mostly deployed as a third baseman, Mayo has projected as a right fielder since his draft year because of his size. This is one of the toolsiest prospects in all the minors and one of the players on the Top 100 who has a chance to Chourio, i.e. : Dodgers+ ($2,077,500) More 4. While the power breakout hasnt materialized yet (and feels unlikely at this point Frelick isnt a big hip/shoulder separation athlete), Frelick ripped through three minor league levels in 2022, his first full pro season, and ended with a very strong 46-game jaunt at Triple-A Nashville, where he slashed .365/.435/.508 and walked more than he struck out; his peripherals actually improved with each promotion. Bleis has some of the planets sexiest bat speed and produces shocking power for a young hitter his size. Mauricio is both What They Look Like and What They Look Like When They Bust. He is a huge-framed, switch-hitting shortstop with power from both sides of the plate and a rocket arm, but his swing decisions are often so reckless that even though hes coming off a 20/20 season at Double-A, hes still an extremely volatile prospect. 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. At one point, his in-zone contact rate was in the ninth percentile among minor leaguers, even while his triple slash line was out of this world. window.FGWebsite_head_section.buildProspectsListTop100Controls(); Despite being this size at this age, which might typically cause long-term 1B/DH projection, Colliers defensive feet, hands, actions, and arm strength are all excellent, and make him a future plus third base defender. Quickly thereafter he was at Triple-A Norfolk and looked like the usual DL Hall, wielding three plus pitches and struggling with walks. The tailing shape on his heater is suboptimal but at times helps him miss a bat. Merrill is Michael Brantley, except at shortstop. 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. Fraymi De Leon, SS, Dominican Republic Red Sox ($1,200,000) More . SS Ricardo Cabrera, Venezuela: Arguably the best hitter available this year, Cabrera is also a sound defender with "soft hands, good footwork and the type of range that will make him at least an average shortstop," according to MLB.com. He has lost some range as his compact, ovular frame has filled out and matured, and shockingly his hands and arm accuracy (even from second base) were both concerningly bad in Venezuela. He was a coveted prospect as a prep player, but his strong commitment to Cal Poly, where his dad coaches, and some general concerns about his physical longevity due to a back issue pushed the industrys assessment of him down, so he went to school. Rangers land Pablo Guerrero, brother of Vlad Jr. MLB Pipeline's Top 50 International Prospects. 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. He has terrific breaking ball recognition, uses his whole body to maneuver the barrel around the zone, and can let pitches travel deep before driving them the other way, and Henderson is strong enough to do damage to left field even when hes late or mis-hits a pitch. This wasnt a gradual increase, either it happened all at once in 2019. 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. Felix Morrobel, SS, D.R. 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. Lesko looked like he had two plus pitches on board as a high schooler. 2022 Elite Extra Edition will feature autograph and memorabilia hits form this year's top draft picks, prospects and DPL stars! Hell stay in the middle of the infield for as long as he can, but his plus arm potential will serve him well if he transitions to third base in the future. We can safely put to bed any notion that Pages (pronounced p-hz) might stay in center field, and as such, his projection has narrowed as he shifts to being an average everyday corner outfield prospect by virtue of his ability to get to power, which he does via his combination of raw strength and the extreme lift in his swing. Its prudent to bake this context into how one thinks about Marte, but there are also some statistical yellow flags evident in his regular season performance as well as some harsh realities to come to grips with regarding his trajectory on defense. Both of Painters breaking balls have huge movement. This is not to denigrate Vargas skill as a hitter, as he has incredible hand-eye coordination, terrific breaking ball recognition, and a great idea of the strike zone, the complement of skills that drive his profile. FREE SHIPPING OVER $199*, $9.95 FLAT UNDER $199**, DELIVERED 3 DAYS OR LESS! 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. Jarlin Susana, RHP, Dominican Republic Padres ($1,700,000) More 32. After playing some winter ball for Gigantes del Cibao, Marte saw 520 regular season plate appearances, changed organizations as the highest-profile prospect in the blockbuster Luis Castillo trade in the midst of those, went to Germany as part of Team Spains WBC qualifier roster, and then came back to the US and played for another six weeks in the Fall League. -- $500,000Alison Zacarias, RHP, D.R. Some of them ignore teenagers and make it work with proximity players. 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. With the turn of the calendar to 2022, so begins the MLB International signing period. 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. De La Cruz has the most exciting combination of tools and defensive fit in the minors, a switch-hitter with plus-plus power, speed, arm strength, and all-around athleticism, as well as a somewhat more consistent look at shortstop than he had a year ago, even at 6-foot-5. Every player set to receive a bonus of $2 million or more is included in this ranking, with a smattering of players with high six-figure bonuses and up included as well, players who emerged as favorites of mine throughout the process. Yoeilin Cespedes, SS, D.R. He plays with the high center of gravity more typical of an outfielder, and has a hard time flipping his hips to make fundamentally typical throws if hes had to range left to field a groundball. His physicality perhaps gives him a better chance of withstanding that grind than most other prospects. The forfeited monies are redistributed to the other clubs. The international amateur arena is a procedural and ethical mess that has undergone wholesale structural changes several times during my time as a writer, most recently because of what the pandemic did to shift the timeline of each signing period. Flores has emerged as the best current prospect among the 2020 undrafted free agents and spent most of 2022 carving up the Eastern League. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. He seems the most likely to start the season as the As fourth or fifth starter. Ortiz had one of the fastest ascents up the minor league ladder in 2022 and now projects as a mid-rotation starter or elite reliever in Pittsburgh, depending on what he can develop beyond his lethal fastball/slider combo. There was a stretch as an amateur when Frelick was viewed as a potential second baseman, an experiment that didnt really go anywhere. The international signing period, which runs through Dec. 15, is officially underway. Unless otherwise noted, clubs have not confirmed the deals. His 2021 season got off to a delayed start because of a stress fracture in his left foot (he slashed .326/.398/.592 across 80 upper-level games thereafter) and Jung spent most of 2022 on the shelf rehabbing from surgery to repair a torn left labrum. Vargas doesnt have the sort of projectable, statuesque frame typical of a hitter in his early 20s, and despite the relevant changes to his swing, he still isnt an especially electric athlete and the cement appears quite dry on his physique, so theres not much reason to project on his raw power going forward. Given that injury has always been the primary concern for Cavalli, the way his season ended is a letdown after a couple years of exciting progress. Carrolls surprising power development bolsters what was once a traditional leadoff mans skill set featuring elite speed and a great approach. Top prospect Painter goes two innings, touches 99 mph. Buschs swing is simple but still athletic and explosive. Hes performed as a young-for-the-level hitter at each stop despite a raw approach at the plate and uncertainty around his defense, with his third base fit in question due to middling arm strength. And Chourio has that kind of power. The ETAs listed generally correspond to the year a player has to be added to the 40-man roster to avoid being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Generally considered a polished, high-floored prospect, theres now a fair bit of volatility here. This new signing. 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. 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He worked in the 89-93 mph range as a high schooler, then exploded in college, hitting 100 mph as a freshman and sustaining upper-90s velocity when he finally moved to the rotation as a fourth-year junior in 2021. Montgomery did not look good at shortstop during that stretch, falling short of the positions high bar in most facets (range, hands, arm strength). 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. Were betting on Hassell in part because hes a very competitive guy who seems hellbent on maxing himself out. Reiner Lopez, RHP, Ven. Instead, Buschs path may lead through the outfield, where things are less settled for Los Angeles. Still on the 2B/SS line, the lift in Arroyos swing helps him get to impact power for a middle infielder. He checks literally every scouting box, and for as much as analytical boxes matter for a high school hitter, he checks those, too. : Blue Jays+ ($4,100,000) More 8. Here I highlight the 2022 International class and a little about a few of them. A complete prospect and a total baseball rat, Lawlar had been a touted amateur as an underclassman and held serve as a near top-of-the-class talent for two or three years, even amid the volatility of the 2020 draft process. Martinez made that less likely. Scouting and comparing international players tools and athleticism to those of recent and upcoming domestic amateurs helps me to triangulate approximately where theyd go in a given draft, and assign them a FV based on that approximation. His ceiling is as lofty as he is. 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. -- $400,000Andres Valor, OF, Ven. Below is a look at which players from MLB.com's Top 50 International Prospects list have agreed to terms with clubs, and for how much. Hernandez has fantastic bat speed and power for a no-doubt shortstop prospect, but he Kd at a concerning rate in 2022. Holliday exited his pre-draft summer as a mid-to-late first round prospect. The 20-year-old finished the season having performed exactly at the Double-A league average over his 86 games there despite being about four years younger than the average player at that level. Jung is still a bendy, explosive and strong third base athlete with all-fields pop, a hit/power combination above the everyday bar at third base, and an above-average glove. . 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. Its a mid-rotation starters stuff, and healthy Williams should produce as such at the big league level, though the pitchers who tend to get hurt are the ones who have been hurt in the past, and theres enough of a track record here to alter how Williams lines up with similarly talented peers. In his first full season, Mayer slashed .280/.399/.489, hit 30 doubles and 13 homers, and was 17-for-17 on stolen base attempts as he continued the track record of premium offensive performance that hes displayed since he was a high school underclassman. These dominant results paved the way for a late-August call-up to the big-league squad, where he made a single start before being shut down for the remainder of the season with shoulder inflammation. -- $900,000Anyelo Marquez, SS, D.R. Hes on pace to compete for a big league rotation spot in 2024 and work a full slate of innings, assuming a standard 20-inning bump year over year. The fluctuations in velocity, Nelsons mechanical look, and his end-of-year scapula injury in 2022 wrap his profile in long-term relief risk, but thats pretty standard among big stuff pitchers toward the back of the top 100. The floor for Ortiz looks something like Isiah Kiner-Falefa, a slick-fielding utilityman with plus bat-to-ball ability, but not enough power to be a true everyday option, essentially a 45-grade player. His frame is maxed out, and Marte is not currently mobile enough to project as a big league shortstop defender. Stone raced to the upper levels of the minors and generated one of the highest swinging strike rates among Double-A pitchers who threw at least 70 innings in 2022. Anthuan Valencia, SS, Venezuela Reds More 33. Hes on pace to spend most of 2023 at Triple-A and be added to the Dodgers 40-man after the season, though its plausible that the big league club will have enough injuries ahead of him on the depth chart to accelerate his timeline. He is short to the baseball and still generates huge, all-fields power, swinging with so much effort and might that sometimes his head rattles around and his helmet flies off as hes making contact. For instance, Merrills hard-hit rate in 2022 was nearly 44%, which is already well above the average big league shortstops mark (35%). Bibees velocity ticked way up in pro ball, and he has command of a mid-rotation starters four-pitch mix. His overall chase rates remain a little worse than average but theyre not terrifying. Jones combination of present baseball ability and physical projection were unmatched in the 2022 draft class. 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. But his stuff, body projection and age (even after a year of JUCO ball, he was still just 18 when he was drafted in 2021), were enough for Toronto to pick him up in the third round. Also, by disabling these cookies you will also disable banner ads served by Google Adsense on this website.. For more information about these items, view our complete privacy policy.Read More. 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. Keith was a late-riser on 2020 draft boards and had teams debating whether to select him as a pitcher or a hitter, with some even considering developing him as a two-way talent. Braylin Tavera, OF, Dominican Republic Orioles ($1,700,000) More 23. To call Naylors 2022 a return to form isnt exactly correct, however, because much of his resurgence was due to swing alterations that made his bat path a little more variable, which he outlined in an interview with our own David Laurila. That outcome seems in play for Merrill after his first full season in pro ball, even though a fractured wrist and strained hamstring both limited his reps and probably impacted his power output in A-ball. Domnguez also wasnt seen facing live pitching very much as an amateur, so while his showcase tools were evident, there wasnt as much confidence in his hit tool as is typical of a top-of-the-class prospect. On defense, he shows plus potential because of his soft hands, blocking ability and receiving skills. . Eders delivery has changed since college. Scouts were blown away by his power and speed, but swing-and-miss issues were a concern. -- $320,000Juan Frances, OF, Ven. With Kyle Hendricks out of the rotation with injury for the start of 2023, Wesneski seems like a candidate to slot in as the big league teams fourth or fifth starter if he shows well in camp. The most special players move at an unpredictable pace. His stuff was down in 2022 but is still good, and Rodriguez should be a mid-rotation stalwart in short order. He was seen a ton as a junior because he played at IMG, which was home to a lot of 2021 draft prospects and served as competition for others. But attempting to put together an accurate list containing the players with the least amount of info is difficult. He blew triple-digits at the top of the zone past batters at every stop, with his fastball averaging 99 mph at Triple-A. As explosive as most of his body is, Veens hands are not, and he tends to be long into the hitting zone. : Tigers+ ($1,250,000) More 33. So are his reads and routes in center field, which he runs well enough to play right now. The base signing pool for the Astros, Blue Jays, Braves, Cardinals, Cubs, Giants, Mets, Nationals, White Sox and Yankees is $5,284,000. Naylors defense is still pretty rough around the edges. Teams keep track of rival clubs bonus allocations both to gauge the market and to assess the total amount of money still available, as well as how much each team has promised to players. Yes, hes reached Triple-A, but this is a 21-year-old were talking about here. Collier has stand-out raw strength and generates it across a very short mechanical distance, capable of driving thunderous contact to center and left/center with a flick of his wrists. Harrisons fastball sits 93-94 mph, topping out around 98, and it plays up thanks to its shape and the deceptively low lefty arm slot Harrison hurls it from. As of list publication, Rodriguez is one of just two catchers on Pittsburghs 40-man roster, and while its possible hes beaten out by a veteran non-roster invitee like Tyler Heineman or Kevin Plawecki, Rodriguezs defensive chops and versatility give him a shot to break camp with the big club, split time with Austin Hedges, and moonlight at one or two other positions before eventually seizing the primary catcher job. At times Jung looked totally lost late in 2022 when he finally returned from the shoulder surgery. The Rangers forfeit $500,000 each for Corey Seager and Marcus Semien. This years 60 FV tier has some players who still show some hit tool red flags (Chourio, De La Cruz, Jones) that kept them from ever really being considered for the tier above. It makes everything nice and tidy. Its a tall order for a prospect who already has some hit tool risk.