Get to know 16 of MLB’s top prospects

With a brand new MLB season comes a brand new Minor League season. That means a number of the brightest stars of tomorrow are renewing their quest to succeed in the massive leagues. While the Triple-A season has already began, ranges under Triple-A shall be opening up this week, together with most of the greatest prospects within the recreation.

Here’s a take a look at 16 of the Top 100 prospects in baseball per MLB Pipeline, a lot of whom both have or will quickly make their Major League debuts:

Francisco Álvarez, C, Mets
The Mets’ No. 1 prospect, and No. 3 general, has already caught and homered off Jacob deGrom, smashed a 103.7 mph residence run within the 2021 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Coors Field and persistently hits the ball tougher than many on the massive league membership’s roster. In Double-A and Triple-A final season, he smashed 27 homers with an .885 OPS. The Venezuela native is trying to comply with within the footsteps of many nice catchers who hail from there, together with Salvador Perez and brothers Willson and William Contreras. More >

Corbin Carroll, OF, D-backs
Carroll is the No. 2 general prospect within the recreation and he is extensively considered a 2023 NL Rookie of the Year favourite. He hit at each stage within the Minors, after which impressed with a robust MLB debut season final yr, posting an .830 OPS with 4 homers in 104 at-bats. He additionally has nice pace, as evidenced by his 52 steals out of 59 makes an attempt within the Minors, and he’s an incredible defensive outfielder. His future is so vibrant that Arizona has already locked him up with an eight-year contract extension. More >

Diego Cartaya, C, Dodgers
Cartaya is the Dodgers’ prime prospect and is ranked 14th general. The 21-year-old backstop from Venezuela signed with the group at age 16 in 2018, and he hasn’t dissatisfied. Over time, his energy has developed and in 95 video games break up between Single-A Rancho Cucamonga and High-A Great Lakes final yr, he posted an .892 OPS with 22 homers. While his protection behind the plate stays a piece in progress, Cartaya appears to comply with the path of such efficiently developed Dodgers catchers as Will Smith. More >

Jackson Chourio, OF, Brewers
Signed out of Venezuela at age 16, Chourio reached Double-A in Milwaukee’s farm system in simply two years. He’s the No. 8 prospect in baseball — the youngest within the prime 25 — to not point out the Brewers’ prime prospect. In 99 video games throughout three ranges in 2022 — Single-A, High-A and Double-A — he hit .288/.342/.538 with 20 homers and 16 steals, and he was named MVP of the Single-A Carolina League. He’s already been in comparison with Ronald Acuña Jr. More >

Elly De La Cruz, SS, Reds
The 21-year-old native of the Dominican Republic is ranked the Tenth-best prospect in baseball, in addition to Cincinnati’s No. 1 prospect. De La Cruz stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 200 kilos, combining nice pace with energy on the plate, as he demonstrated final yr when he posted a .945 OPS with 28 homers and 47 steals between High-A Dayton and Double-A Chattanooga. His general numbers throughout Spring Training weren’t nice, however he did have some huge moments that raised eyebrows, together with when he tripled off Aroldis Chapman and homered later in the identical recreation in opposition to the Royals on March 4. More >

Jasson Domínguez, OF, Yankees
Domínguez is among the most hyped worldwide prospects of our time. The Yankees’ No. 2 prospect and No. 47 general, Domínguez is a five-tool energy/pace risk who hits from either side of the plate. He’s seen as a possible 30-homer/30-steal participant within the Majors, and he is additionally an excellent defensive heart fielder with a robust arm. With comparisons to Mickey Mantle, Mike Trout and Bo Jackson by way of his physique, all eyes shall be on Domínguez’s continued rise via the Minors. More >

Gunnar Henderson, SS/3B, Orioles
He’s the No. 1 general prospect in baseball, and for good motive. Henderson just isn’t solely a strong left-handed hitter with pace — he smashed 19 homers and stole 22 bases to go together with a .947 OPS throughout 112 video games between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk earlier than making his MLB debut with Baltimore final yr — he is additionally thought of one of the best defensive infield prospect the group has had since Manny Machado. He held his personal in his first style of the Majors in 2022, hitting .259/.348/.440 in his first 34 huge league video games. More >

Jackson Holliday, SS, Orioles
The son of former All-Star slugger Matt Holliday, who hit 316 residence runs over a 15-year MLB profession, Jackson has it in his genes. He set the nationwide prep single-season document with 89 hits throughout his senior season at Stillwater High School (Okla.) earlier than being chosen No. 1 general by the Orioles within the 2022 MLB Draft. At simply 19 years previous, the group’s No. 3 prospect joined the Orioles for Spring Training in 2023, and hit .429. In ’22, his first skilled season, he hit .297/.489/.422 in 90 plate appearances between Rookie ball and Single-A Delmarva. More >

Druw Jones, CF, D-backs
Ranked because the D-backs’ No. 3 prospect (No. 15 general), Jones is the son of former All-Star heart fielder Andruw Jones, who belted 434 homers and received 10 Gold Glove Awards throughout a 17-year Major League profession. Druw was chosen No. 2 general by Arizona within the 2022 MLB Draft, and his slender however highly effective construct has him poised to maneuver via the group’s farm system rapidly regardless of a shoulder harm that delayed the begin to his professional profession. He’s wholesome once more and anticipated to open the ’23 marketing campaign with Single-A Visalia for his first style {of professional} baseball. More >

Jordan Lawlar, SS, D-backs
Lawlar is Arizona’s No. 2 prospect behind solely Carroll, and No. 11 general. He needed to have season-ending shoulder surgical procedure to handle a labrum tear in 2021, however in ’22, he was sensational, hitting .303/.401/.509 with 16 residence runs and 39 steals over 100 video games throughout 4 Minor League ranges. As rapidly as he is shifting via the D-backs’ farm system, he could possibly be manning shortstop at Chase Field sooner fairly than later. More >

Marcelo Mayer, SS, Red Sox
Selected fourth general by the Red Sox in 2021, Mayer is the inheritor obvious at quick for Boston, particularly now that Xander Bogaerts is in San Diego. Mayer, nonetheless solely 20 years previous, is the No. 9 general prospect and has drawn comparisons to Corey Seager for his bat and Brandon Crawford for his glove. In 2022, his first full Minor League season, Mayer hit .280/.399/.489 with 13 homers in 91 video games between Single-A Salem and High-A Greenville. Though pace is not his robust swimsuit, he even stole 17 bases in 17 makes an attempt in ’22. More >

Andrew Painter, RHP, Phillies
The No. 6 general prospect and prime pitcher within the rankings, Painter is at present sidelined with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow. But the 19-year-old entered Spring Training in 2023 with a reliable likelihood to be the Phillies’ fifth starter. He has electrical stuff, posting a 1.56 ERA with an unimaginable 38.7 % strikeout price throughout three ranges of the Minors in ’22. Standing 6-foot-7 and that includes a fastball that averages 96 mph to go together with a slider, curveball and changeup, it is solely a matter of time earlier than he is taking the mound for Philly. More >

Eury Pérez, RHP, Marlins
With Sandy Alcantara rising as among the best beginning pitchers within the Majors for Miami, budding ace Pérez has been making his means towards The Show might be part of the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner quickly. The 6-foot-8 right-hander is ranked the Marlins’ No. 1 prospect and No. 13 general. He includes a fastball that may contact triple digits together with a changeup, curveball and slider. The 19-year-old was the youngest participant to seem within the 2022 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Dodger Stadium, tossing a scoreless inning with a strikeout. More >

Grayson Rodriguez, RHP, Orioles
Another Baltimore prospect on this record is extra proof of the Orioles boasting the sport’s greatest farm system heading into the 2023 season. Rodriguez is ranked the No. 7 prospect in baseball, and the 6-foot-5, 230-pound right-hander posted a 2.20 ERA over 14 begins for Triple-A Norfolk in 2022. He’s knocking on the door to the massive leagues and will quickly be reunited together with his batterymate from the Minors, Adley Rutschman, who has referred to Rodriguez’s stuff as “elite.” More >

Anthony Volpe, SS, Yankees
Volpe lived a lifelong dream when he was within the beginning lineup because the Opening Day shortstop for the Yankees. And the No. 5 general prospect in baseball rapidly impressed, selecting up a pair of hits in his second MLB recreation and stealing a base in every of his first three, changing into solely the fifth participant since no less than 1901 to perform that feat. Volpe’s power-speed combo made historical past in 2022, when he turned the primary Minor Leaguer to hit no less than 20 homers and steal no less than 50 bases in the identical season since 1995 (Andruw Jones). More >

Jordan Walker, OF, Cardinals
Walker, the No. 4 general prospect, parlayed a formidable Spring Training efficiency into an Opening Day roster spot with the Cardinals. The 20-year-old posted a .791 OPS with 5 doubles and three residence runs, together with a mammoth 430-foot, three-run shot in his second Cactus League recreation. He picked up his first MLB hit in his huge league debut on Opening Day, a single to heart subject. He has a cannon of an arm, as soon as being clocked at 99.5 mph on a throw. Following a 2022 marketing campaign through which he posted an .898 OPS with 19 homers and 22 steals at Double-A Springfield, Walker may simply be within the Majors to remain. More >