The A-Sun, CAA, MVC, MWC, WAC and WCC landed two teams apiece in the Top 100. college analytics, and baseball card news. He was a model-friendly prospect because of his age and performance, and a scout-friendly prospect because of his relative polish (especially on defense), physicality, and showcase tools. 1B Blake Burke Burke put his name on the map after a monster freshman season, solidifying himself as a top first baseman in the game. Whites stuff continues to shine when hes healthy, which is especially impressive given the amount of time hes lost. It would be an above-average pitch were it simply in the low-to-mid-80s, but at this velocity, its a 70-grade weapon, and Espino has consistent feel for locating it down and to his glove side. He spent a year at a JUCO, where he was good but not totally dominant, to the consternation and befuddlement of some scouts. 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. 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. Domnguez is massive for a 20-year-old, and even though hes a plus runner who is currently a fit in center field, its hard to say how hell trend athletically into his 20s because theres virtually no precedent for his build. Yorke may end up as a 40-grade infield defender, but he can really hit, and were staying on him despite a rough, injury-riddled 2022. 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. If Stanford has the season that many expect them to, Montgomery will be a huge part of it, and he started off hot. Julien has perhaps the best plate discipline in the minors and can bang em when he actually swings. Painter overpowered low-level hitters with sheer velocity and breaking ball quality during the majority of his first full pro season. If he can consistently locate his stuff Abels pitch execution is behind that of the typical Double-A starter but okay for a still-growing pitcher his age then Abel will be a front-end arm. Despite the extreme amount of chase, Rafaela only Kd at a 21% rate and also doubled his previous career high in homers with 21. He was sitting 95-99 mph throughout entire outings, and punched out at least eight hitters in each of his final 11 starts, culminating in a 13 K postseason outing against Vanderbilt when his stock reached its pinnacle. 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. 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. Sophomore outfielder Jaime Ferrer led the charge offensively, going 6-for-13 with two doubles, one triple, two home runs and six RBIs across three games. Hollidays range, hands, actions and arm are all above average, while his baseball instincts and internal clock are both very good, and season his defensive skill set enough to project him as a long-term shortstop even if he keeps getting bigger. H: Home. Amador is a well-rounded middle infield prospect with a smaller, almost maxed-out frame that compares to Jimmy Rollins or Domingo Leyba. He is more than capable of making a subset of plays at third, where his range and lateral agility are both plus, but he really struggles to make plays coming in on the grass. ECU hosts the Keith LeClair Classic this weekend. 12 Last Week: 5-0 Overall: 7-1, 0-0 in ACC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: Stetson: W 11-2 Feb. 22: Indiana State: W 9-3 Feb. 24-26: Dartmouth: W 9-7, W 6-0, W 20-2 Upcoming Feb. 28: @ Florida Atlantic March 3-5: @ (2) FloridaMiami took care of business with a sweep of Dartmouth and the Hurricanes have won six straight. He rounds out his four-pitch mix with a mid-70s curveball that he threw just 6% of the time at Triple-A, but which accounted for 19% of his 0-0 offerings in his seven big-league starts, outranked in usage only by his fastball. The Razorbacks this weekend welcome Wright State, the Horizon League favorite, to Baum-Walker Stadium. Tech. Hes as likely to make an incredible play as he is to botch a routine one. Hes naturally adept at framing low strikes because hes already so low to the ground, but its also fair to wonder if such a small athlete can withstand the grind of catching 80-100 games every summer. Previous ranking: No. Not all of the pitchers who showed a velocity increase during 2020 Instructional League activity, which came after the prolonged pandemic layoff, have sustained that bump. The biggest hope for the list is that by the time the end of the season rolls around, these 150 players will be something close to being the 150 players who were most impactful in the sport in . He continued to play well as a junior, showing better barrel feel from the left side than he did as a sophomore. Hes tracking like a mid-rotation starter. Merrills feel to hit is sublime. Even with the back issue, the Giants put Luciano on their 40-man roster during the winter. 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. He receives on one knee with the bases empty before utilizing a traditional crouch with runners on, and hes an acceptable receiver and ball-blocker with a plus arm that plays down due to a slow exchange. He worked out in Panama during the offseason and the Guardians thought he was a full-go for spring training 2023, the start of his 40-man evaluation year. 54West VirginiaBig 127WV115573NR His powerful lower half and flexibility drive the production of this velocity, while McGarrys long arm action makes it tough for him to have a consistent release. 83NortheasternCAA2MA1N/ANRNRNR No doubt aided by the hitting environment of the Pacific Coast League, Busch swatted 32 home runs and 70 extra-base hits last season. Jameson reached the majors in 2022 and is ready for prime time. He projects as a slugging five- or six-hole hitter in a typical contending lineup, with contact issues that will create some whiff-prone stretches and significant year-to-year variance. He tends to work contact to center and right field, especially against fastballs, and he has a clear two-strike approach where he ditches his leg kick and takes a more conservative swing. With that in mind, here are the top 100 fantasy baseball players for the 2023 MLB season. 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. The fastball looked great and the slider seemed unhittable. His delivery is freaky loose, particularly in his upper back and shoulders, which we think portends better future command than hes shown so far in Oakland. MLB Second Half Team Projections: Who Should Buy or Sell. Even as various aspects of his profile remain amorphous, Ramos offensive performance to this point and optimism that hell ultimately be able to play at least one infield position well as he matures put him on the Top 100 despite his variance. If he can throw strikes in Allentown, hell likely crack the Phillies bullpen in 2023, and he has closer ceiling if he can throw strikes consistently. A skilled but impatient hitter who can really pick it, Tovar is poised to be the Rockies everyday shortstop and probably will be for a while. Teams 21-30 His fantastic bat-to-ball skill has enabled him to rake in the minors, but he has a tendency to offer at pitches that are way, way off the plate, pitches most hitters instantly know arent competitive. In 2021, Olson spent time at both High- and Double-A, and ended the season with a combined strikeout rate of 26%, while walking 11.6%. 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. What a start for the true freshman OConnor, who will need to be a big part of this mediocre pitching staff. Still, Chourio has big-ceiling company in that part of the leaderboard names like Byron Buxton and Adolis Garca are down there, and Julio Rodrguez isnt far away. Louisiana Tech; 33. Teams 81-90 Still just 19 (his 20th birthday coincides with his first game of the minor league season), Quero has the foundation of a viable defensive catcher but still needs to polish the finer points of his defense. 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. 22 Last Week: 5-0 Overall: 8-0, 0-0 in Big 12 (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 20: Gonzaga: W 9-8 Feb. 24-26: Western Illinois: W 11-3, W 24-9, W 6-5, W 14-8 Upcoming Feb. 28-March 1: Air Force Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic (Houston) March 3: vs. Rice March 4: vs. Michigan March 5: vs. (12) Texas A&MTexas Tech took care of business with a four-game sweep of Western Illinois. If he ends up in left field, he bears a closer resemblance to Tony Kemp. 5 to No. At some point during the next two seasons, Chicago will have to hit the gas on his promotion schedule to avoid burning all of Alcantaras option years before he establishes himself on the big league roster; he cant just climb one level each year now that hes on the 40-man. 4/5 starter on a contender. The risk and long developmental timeline for high school pitchers, let alone injured ones, typically keeps them from sniffing the top 100 in all but a few cases. As Volpe has added strength and mass, the trunk of his body has thickened substantially and impacted his defensive mobility a bit. 96UNC GreensboroSoCon3NC9N/ANRNRNR 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. Julien has been without a true defensive home since college and didnt look great at the keystone during a prolonged look in the Arizona Fall League. 4 Ole Miss in Oxford for the first time since 1989, LSU remains No. 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. Heres the full conference-by-conference breakdown: ACC (12 of 14 teams landed in the Top 100), Pac-12 (8 of 11), Big Ten (8 of 13), Big 12 (7 of 9), Sun Belt (7 of 14), American (5 of 8), Big West (4 of 9), Conference USA (4 of 8). Even at shortstop, there isnt a full-time player in the big leagues who punches out quite that often. They were joined in the top five by Stanford, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Wake Forest, which entered the top five after . His fastball has sufficient action that it still plays at 92-93, and it pairs nicely with his curveball, which is a traditional power pitchers yakker in the upper 70s. He only averaged 91-94 mph during the 2019 season, but he has been parked in the 94-97 range since that 20 instructs period. 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. While he can ambush high pitches, especially up-and-in, and show you close to average peak pop, Turang had not slugged over .400 in any pro season until he saw Triple-A in 2022. NCSA analyzed over 204 four-year colleges with college baseball programs at the NAIA level to develop a list of the Best NAIA Baseball Colleges for Student-Athletes.. NCSA Power Rankings are based on proprietary analysis of NCSA Favorites data obtained from the college search activity of the over 3 million student-athletes on the NCSA recruiting network, U.S. News . While especially adept at launching pitches on the inner third, Johnson also shows some ability to shorten up and cover the top and outer edge of the strike zone. Pitchers tend to be volatile and subject to heightened injury risk, plus their usage is being spread out among more pitchers in the majors, reducing the impact of individuals. The area where its most imperative for Tovar to show improvement is his plate discipline. Juaron Watts-Brown, RHP, Long Beach State to Oklahoma State 2022: 4-4, 3.68 ERA, 73.1 IP, 29 BB, 111 K, .194 AVG Watts-Brown announced himself as one of the best starting pitchers on the west. NCSA analyzed over 257 four-year colleges with college baseball programs at the NCAA Division 2 level to develop a list of the Best Division 2 Baseball Colleges for Student-Athletes.. NCSA Power Rankings are based on proprietary analysis of NCSA Favorites data obtained from the college search activity of the over 3 million student-athletes on the NCSA recruiting . 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 Wolfpack are off to an impressive start to the season, outscoring their opponents, 65-12, on the young year. Out of our newcomers, Notre Dame made the biggest vault, landing at No. Texas, coming off a season that saw it win the Big 12 title and reach the bracket finals of the College World Series, opens the 2022 season ranked No. Even though his career walk rates are extremely low (7%) for a complex-level prospect (where pitchers often struggle to throw strikes), Bleis chase rates are closer to average. Best Colleges for Baseball. Williams injury history is concerning, but hes talented enough to make a big league impact in the middle of Clevelands 2023 rotation. 25 Last Week: 4-0 Overall: 7-0, 0-0 in ACC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 22: @ Coastal Carolina: W 16-4 Feb. 24-26: Belmont: W 11-4, W 7-0, W 7-1 Upcoming Feb. 28: Longwood March 1: Radford March 3-5: New Jersey TechNC State took care of business with a sweep of Belmont. He slashed .327/.426/.617 combined at High-A Bowling Green and Double-A Montgomery (for the final month), hitting 22 homers across the two levels. Yorke was the biggest surprise of the 2020 drafts first round. With a fastball like this, his floor is that of an impact reliever. 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. Big league sliders might force Davis to make an adjustment, but so far his contact performance has been solidly average. Casas went to the Dominican Winter League to be part of Liceys prospect-studded lineup (Elly De La Cruz, Ronny Mauricio, and a few others were also on that roster at the start of the LIDOM season), but a knee injury ended that jaunt after just three games. After sitting 94-95 mph in 2021, hes now parked in the 96-98 mph range for entire starts, and his hardest sliders (in the 85-87 mph range) are nearly 10 mph harder than his average curveball was in 2021 (77 mph). Messick was quietly dominant in 2021, going 8-2 with a 3.10 ERA and 126 strikeouts in 90 innings, and hell go into 2022 with a chance to end the season as the best starting pitcher in the country. Hell be a cog in Phillys quest for a second NL pennant. 16 this week following the impressive series win over the Horned Frogs. 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. Originally a high-profile Yankees amateur signee, the pandemic and a hamstring injury limited Alcantara to just nine stateside minor league games before he was traded to the Cubs for Anthony Rizzo in 2021. Here Berry projects as a DH. Teams 6-10 Poised to compete for a rotation spot when 2023 camp breaks, Ortiz is one of a few high-upside Pirates youngsters who look like theyd fit in a contenders rotation. On paper, Cappe has performed well from a bat-to-ball standpoint early in his career, and he has very exciting raw power projection because of his wide receiver-ish frame. Hes actually a fairly rangy third baseman, as his foot speed allows him to cover a lot of ground, but his hands and arm accuracy are both pretty rough and cause him to be error-prone. Hassell was playing like his usual sweet-swinging self until he was traded to Washington as part of the Juan Soto blockbuster; after the deal, his performance took a nosedive. It plays as an above-average offering even though Allens raw arm strength is comfortably below average. Its a tall order for a prospect who already has some hit tool risk. Working with a private instructor on a daily basis during the pandemic, Volpe completely re-engineered his swing, which now produces impact power, especially for a middle infielder. The toolset to profile as a 50 in right is arguably already in place, and theres a chance Mayo ends up with 70 raw at peak and becomes a star out there. If you would like to read a book-length treatment on the subject, one is available here. 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. When LSU hired Jay Johnson away, Berry was one of several players who transferred out of Tucson, following Johnson to Baton Rouge. In 2022, it garnered just 8% whiffs and 13% chase during his time at Double-A, where he spent most of the season. For a relatively compact hitter, Arroyos swing is swift and explosive. Priesters four-seamer is divisive. After hitting .278/.373/.556 with San Jose, he was promoted to High-A and struck out at a 37% clip during the final month of the season. Tennessee; 35. But the meal ticket here is still Ramos hit and power combination. He practically straddles the plate and was hit by 20 pitches during an injury-shortened regular season, then was somehow beaned seven more times in just 17 Arizona Fall League games. He has tended to strikeout at a 20% or lower clip throughout his pro career, even when chase was an issue, which is very impressive considering Ramos age relative to the levels to which hes been assigned. 99NevadaMWC2NV1N/ANRNRNR 1; Virginia, Texas State Enter D1Baseball", "D1Baseball Top 25: Virginia, Arizona Make Big Moves", "D1Baseball Top 25: Tennessee Reaches The Rocky Top", "D1Baseball Top 25: Miami Surges Into Top 10, Three Teams Enter Rankings", "D1Baseball Top 25: Vols Remain No. OHoppe started the 2022 season at Double-A in the Phillies system before the Angels snagged him as part of the Brandon Marsh deadline deal. Our ultimate goal here is to identify the programs in the best shape right now, with an eye toward the next five to 10 years. If he can consistently create that arm-side finish on the curveball, it will give him a weapon against lefties, though now that hes had to whip out his changeup against upper-level hitters, some of those have been quite good. 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. 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. Lee played short at Poly, but based on his size (Brad Miller is a fair body comp), straight line speed (hes heavy-footed from home to first, in the 4.5s) and his medical, clubs tend to have him projected to third base. . 34UC Santa BarbaraBig West1CA39433756 Lawlars throwing stroke to first base can sometimes be a little odd, but he finds all kinds of crazy ways to contort his body and send the baseball where it needs to go, which is especially true of his feeds to second base. If he develops even a 40-grade hit tool, hell hit 30 annual bombs and it wont matter where he plays. Hes a career .291/.388/.534 hitter with 18 home runs in 77 games, in fact. Teams 41-50 As you would probably expect from a hitter with such a steep swing (this is about as steep as one can get without it becoming a problem), Pages swings and misses a fair bit, but not enough that it makes his prospecthood feel flimsy. There were reasons to be skeptical or apprehensive about declaring Chourio one of the games top prospects, especially at the onset of his breakout. The Zion Williamson of baseball, Domnguez is a bulked-up, switch-hitting toolshed. 1 overall pick in the. The Big East, MAC, SoCon and Southland placed three teams apiece on the list. Bradley has, and hes done so while building an innings count that should help vault him into the Rays rotation at some point in 2023. A few factoids: (you might need to use the scrollbar at the bottom of the table, depending on your device), Teams1-5 Hes a good enough defender that hed probably being playing shortstop had he ended up at Arizona State, but in pro ball the keystone is Johnsons likeliest defensive home given his maxed-out, stocky build and what projects to be somewhat limited range. Sims will go into the 2022 season as Mississippi States Friday starter, one season after he had a 1.44 ERA, a .149 opponent batting average and 100 strikeouts in 56.1 innings as the Bulldogs stopper in the bullpen. His season started as good as it could, with Keisel starting a no-hitter, going 5.1 innings with 11 strikeouts. Meads feel to hit and power on contact will make him an impact everyday player no matter what position he ends up playing. If most hitters leg kicks and move forward are outies, Mayos is an inny his front foot often lands closer to his rear foot than where it began. He has a loose arm, a frame built for eating innings, and a repeatable delivery. He was also one of the better rotational athletes available, with one of the loosest, most beautiful swings in the class. 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. For instance, Merrills hard-hit rate in 2022 was nearly 44%, which is already well above the average big league shortstops mark (35%). The SEC also occupies six of the top eight spots, and nine of the top 20. 1 in the D1Baseball Top 25 for the first time in the eight-year history of the rankings. He ultimately fell to the White Sox at 22nd overall, and a little over a year removed from his selection, that looks like an absolute steal. Quants and front office analyst types are more bearish, citing issues with Priesters fastball playability. CFN 2023 Rankings: After Week 17 51-68 | 26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10 - AP | Coaches | NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections Contact @ColFootballNews. Both of Painters breaking balls have huge movement. 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. The degree of confidence in his hit tool has him ranked on the Top 100 ahead of some other middle infielders who are closer to the big leagues or who are more likely to stay shortstop. 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-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. 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. If he and the Rockies can find a way to be on time against fastballs, then theres a shot for a real breakout here, but its tough to ask that of someone who, to this point, has been successful. Were projecting heavily on Abels command in anticipation of him growing into his body and arm speed. INF David Mendham Mendham, an experienced and well-traveled player, is back for another season of college baseball. Ortiz put up some silly offensive numbers as an amateur, including a .422/.474/.697 line as a junior at New Mexico State that was caricatured by the elevation of Las Cruces, which is one of the most hitter-friendly environments in college baseball. 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. He has plus feet, range, and actions, and will make throws from all kinds of odd platforms, including when hes backhanding balls to his right and throwing on the run. 13 Last Week: 2-2 Overall: 5-2, 0-0 in Pac-12 (1-2 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 1-1 Results Feb. 21: Pepperdine: W 11-2 Feb. 24-26: @ (5) Vanderbilt: L 6-0, W 3-0, L 2-1 Upcoming Feb. 28: Loyola Marymount March 1: Michigan Southern California College Baseball Classic March 3: Tulane March 4: Sacramento State March 5: Southern California UCLAs trip to Vanderbilt delivered on its promise on the mound, as the teams traded shutouts in the first two games before the Commodores edged the Bruins in the series finale. Its no surprise, then, that his introduction to pro ball came with a reduced workload, which Graceffo combined with a clear commitment to hitting the gym, resulting in an immediate velocity increase across his repertoire. Mead is a career .306/.376/.517 hitter in the minors and hit .298/.390/.532 throughout a 2022 season spent mostly at Double-A Montgomery, with about a month of reps at Triple-A Durham tagged on at the end. Here hes projected to continue to improve on defense as he gets more experience, which would make him perhaps the best defensive center fielder in baseball at peak. He did show some swing-and-miss vulnerability at the top of the strike zone throughout 2022, but seemed to be remedying that toward the end of the season. These polls, along with the Perfect Game USA poll, rank the top 25 teams nationally. 65). 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