Prospect Power Rankings 2023

[RZNJ]

5 minutes ago, ChuckS said:

I thought the updates were weekly last year.

I see Bright debuting in the top 20 and Denoyer making a big jump. 

Who do you move down for Kjerstad? Despite the strong start against Double A pitching, I can’t say definitively he’s a better prospect than any of the players ahead of him. 

I think DL Hall sees the biggest drop in the first rankings. Still probably in the top ten. 

These are power rankings.  A little different than prospect rankings.  Denoyer, I’d only move past Carter Young who might drop down quite a bit.  I agree that Bright could be top 20.   Kjerstad?   I ‘m thinking he’s inside the top 10.  I think I could make a case for top 5.

[Tony-OH]

16 hours ago, RZNJ said:

When is the first update?   How far does Kjerstad move up from 12 and where does Trace Bright debut on this list?

They will be done each Monday. I wanted to have a full week + of games before making some moves. Bright should have already have been on the list ahead of McDermott from last year's rankings. That was an accidental oversite.

[btdart20]

8 hours ago, RZNJ said:

These are power rankings.  A little different than prospect rankings.  Denoyer, I’d only move past Carter Young who might drop down quite a bit.  I agree that Bright could be top 20.   Kjerstad?   I ‘m thinking he’s inside the top 10.  I think I could make a case for top 5.

Thinking to 5 for Kjerstad too.

[Tony-OH]

Updated through 4/17

[btdart20]

Big heart emoji for the Ortiz ranking!  Dude's been killing it on all sides of the game for quite a while.  Well earned!

Maybe Hall lurks here and uses this as motivation to throw strikes!  

The next group of pitcher is really interesting - Povich, Bright, McDermott.  How the develop this year will go a long way to addressing the 'lack of pitching depth' mantra.  

[Frobby]

Early prospect OPS leaders:

Willems 1.494

Kjerstad 1.229

Haskin 1.152

Holliday 1.068

Acevedo .933

Prieto .933

Nice to see Acevedo appear unexpectedly on this list.

 

 

[RZNJ]

6 hours ago, Frobby said:

Early prospect OPS leaders:

Willems 1.494

Kjerstad 1.229

Haskin 1.152

Holliday 1.068

Acevedo .933

Prieto .933

Nice to see Acevedo appear unexpectedly on this list.

 

 

Basallo (18), Willems (19), Holliday (19), and Acevedo (20) on Delmarva.     Nice!

[sportsfan8703]

Just ceilings,

1. Grayson(he gets the nod over Holliday because nothing beats the ACE potential)

2. Holliday

3. Basallo

4. Mayo

5. Kjerstad

[Tony-OH]

On 3/31/2023 at 10:36 AM, Tony-OH said:

These "power rankings" are a fun way to track prospects throughout the year. They are not "official" prospect rankings that are completed at the end of the year after a full evaluations. To be eligible for the list, a player must play at least one game on an active roster. Players starting off in extended spring training or in the DSL are not eligible until they play a game in June. The list will be increased to 40 players once the short season clubs start up. (Updated as of 17 April)

RK	Name	POS	PR	U/D	Team
1	Jackson Holliday	SS	1		DEL (A)
2	Grayson Rodriguez	RHP	2		BAL
3	Joey Ortiz	SS	8	UP	Nor (AAA)
4	Jordan Westburg	SS/3B	6	UP	Nor (AAA)
5	Heston Kjerstad	1B	12	UP	BOW (AA)
6	Connor Norby	2B	7	UP	Nor (AAA)
7	Colton Cowser	OF	3	DOWN	Nor (AAA)
8	Samuel Basallo	C	10	UP	DEL (A)
9	D.L. Hall	LHP	4	DOWN	Nor (AAA)
10	Coby Mayo	3B/RF	5	DOWN	BOW (AA)
11	Cade Povich	LHP	9	DOWN	BOW (AA)
12	Dylan Beavers	OF	11	DOWN	ABN (A+)
13	Jud Fabian	OF	13		ABN (A+)
14	Trace Bright	RHP	17	UP	ABN (A+)
15	Chayse McDermott	RHP	18	UP	BOW (AA)
16	Max Wagner	3B	14	DOWN	ABN (A+)
17	Noah Denoyer	RHP	21	UP	Nor (AAA)
18	Hudson Haskin	OF	22	UP	Nor (AAA)
19	Drew Rom	LHP	23	UP	Nor (AAA)
20	Frederick Bencosme	INF	15	DOWN	ABN (A+)
21	Cesar Prieto	2B	16	DOWN	BOW (AA)
22	John Rhodes	OF	19	DOWN	BOW (AA)
23	Justin Armbruester	RHP	24	UP	BOW (AA)
24	Carlos Tavera	RHP	25	UP	ABN (A+)
25	Creed Willems	C	UR	UP	DEL (A)
26	Maverick Handley	C	28	UP	Nor (AAA)
27	Yennier Cano	RHP	UR	UP	BAL
28	Jean Pinto	RHP	UR	UP	ABN (A+)
29	Carter Young	SS	20	DOWN	DEL (A)
30	Juan De Los Santos	RHP	26	DOWN	DEL (A)
	Bubble Players	INF			FCL
	Stiven Acevedo	OF		NEW	Del (A)
	Silas Ardoin	C	29	DOWN	Del (A)
	Juan Rojas	LHP	30	DOWN	Del (A)
	Anderson De Los Santos	UTL		NEW	Del (A)

 

Just to keep tabs from week to week.

[Tony-OH]

Updated thru April 24th.

Stiven Acevedo and Chris Vallimont make their 2023 debut on the power rankings.

[SpOkane]

Here comes Creed!

[Gurgi]

Anyone slightly worried that none of the 22 picks are doing well in their SSS?  Fabian, Wagner, Beavers, Young.  No one is doing good.  Just Jackson Holiday.  

[glenn__davis]

4 hours ago, Gurgi said:

Anyone slightly worried that none of the 22 picks are doing well in their SSS?  Fabian, Wagner, Beavers, Young.  No one is doing good.  Just Jackson Holiday.  

Not particularly for various reason:

• Fabian, Wagner and Beavers are all at Aberdeen, which seems to suppress offense in recent years.
• Wagner in particular got off to a terrible start but has been much better recently.
• We've seen many prospects initially struggle while the Orioles make some swing changes, only to then show significant improvement.

I don't really question their offensive player development at this point.

Carter Young I wasn't particularly high on anyway, but I seem to recall that he was looking at some pretty major changes to his swing as well.

[Just Regular]

Hopefully Cano keeps pushing the boundaries of where would you power rank a pop-up relief prospect.

@Tony-OH, do you consider ongoing eligibility by the 50 innings/130 at-bats, or the service days?    If it is the innings, he could save the All-Star game and still be in the Monday update!

[Tony-OH]

58 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

Hopefully Cano keeps pushing the boundaries of where would you power rank a pop-up relief prospect.

@Tony-OH, do you consider ongoing eligibility by the 50 innings/130 at-bats, or the service days?    If it is the innings, he could save the All-Star game and still be in the Monday update!

I try to do both if I know the service days. Sometimes that can be tricky if guys go up and down a lot. Cano is going nowhere anytime soon though.