2024 Prospect Power Rankings

[RZNJ]

11 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Convo with some of these about Mordan before the season started.  Skepticism for sure but things they liked:

 

Is this the same clown who said only 4 players in the entire minor leagues project as 20/20 players and one of them is our own 19 year old Eli’s Cuevas in the FCL.

Before you repost something as dumb as that don’t you ask the simple question “Does that make sense?”

Some guy calls himself an expert and some people go hook, line, and sinker with no questions asked.  Internally or Externally.   
 

Twitter seems like it’s for twits.

[Frobby]

43 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Convo with some of these about Mordan before the season started.  Skepticism for sure but things they liked:

 

I listened to this with an open mind, but they really didn’t seem to know anything more about Mordan than you or me, and certainly less than @Tony-OH.   

[RZNJ]

50 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Convo with some of these about Mordan before the season started.  Skepticism for sure but things they liked:

 

@Tony-OH

You have to watch this podcast.  It’s cringe-worthy.  It’s from October 2023 and the one guy, who can barely express himself, is clearly just reading from Mordan’s BRef page.   No Statcast.  No batted ball metrics.   They, or someone they are citing, gives him a 75 power grade.   It’s almost lol funny but I can’t believe someone would actually watch these two guys more than once.  It’s unlistenable.    Check it out.

[RZNJ]

2 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

Updated now through the top 40. Don't get too caught up in who is better from 31-40 though. That's more for fun purposes of following the young guys and a few guys just off the top 30.

Did I miss anyone in the "players to watch"? Anyone you're following that is not on the list?

Don’t laugh.  Reed Trimble.  17 games.  62 PA at Aberdeen.  .893 OPS.  11 walks to 8 K.  5 doubles, 1 triple, 1 homer.  9 for 9 in steals.   He’s 24 and always injured but he’s showing signs.

Edited June 24 by RZNJ

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, RZNJ said:

Don’t laugh.  Reed Trimble.  17 games.  62 PA at Aberdeen.  .893 OPS.  11 walks to 8 K.  5 doubles, 1 triple, 1 homer.  9 for 9 in steals.   He’s 24 and always injured but he’s showing signs.

Yeah, he's been so hard to judge because he's literally been hurt almost his whole career. If he keeps it up though he could go on the players to watch. Nice to see him doing well. He clearly will need to go on the Servideo promotion schedule which is sink or swim at AA soon.

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, RZNJ said:

@Tony-OH

You have to watch this podcast.  It’s cringe-worthy.  It’s from October 2023 and the one guy, who can barely express himself, is clearly just reading from Mordan’s BRef page.   No Statcast.  No batted ball metrics.   They, or someone they are citing, gives him a 75 power grade.   It’s almost lol funny but I can’t believe someone would actually watch these two guys more than once.  It’s unlistenable.    Check it out.

Sounds like something I would not watch. Most of these guys out there that are trying to do all organizations don't have the time to really know much more than what they can read off baseball reference or Fan Graphs. I mean, if somebody seems to have access to statcast info besides when we're lucky enough to get the announcers to give it to us on occasion, I'm certainly willing to receive any information I can get.

@Sports Guy and a few others do a good job of just bringing addition content from X in here for conversation. I have zero issues with it although I also agree that it should be timely and pertinent information. 

Now I do agree with you that some folks weigh that stuff a little more heavily than others, and that's there right. I mean, SG clearly asked me why I think I'm more informed then these guys. I just kinda laughed that one off because I don't feel any need to give my credentials out on here. Everyone knows my background, but people are free to pick and choose who they think the experts are. 

[Sports Guy]

5 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Sounds like something I would not watch. Most of these guys out there that are trying to do all organizations don't have the time to really know much more than what they can read off baseball reference or Fan Graphs. I mean, if somebody seems to have access to statcast info besides when we're lucky enough to get the announcers to give it to us on occasion, I'm certainly willing to receive any information I can get.

@Sports Guy and a few others do a good job of just bringing addition content from X in here for conversation. I have zero issues with it although I also agree that it should be timely and pertinent information. 

Now I do agree with you that some folks weigh that stuff a little more heavily than others, and that's there right. I mean, SG clearly asked me why I think I'm more informed then these guys. I just kinda laughed that one off because I don't feel any need to give my credentials out on here. Everyone knows my background, but people are free to pick and choose who they think the experts are. 

Actually what I clearly asked you is how do you know those guys don’t have similar credentials as you?  

Like I said, I tend to doubt they scout these guys and I doubt they talk to scouts of other teams. Most of them seem to be model and data driven guys and that obviously doesn’t tell the whole story.

But I can’t say that for sure.

[sportsfan8703]

4 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

Updated now through the top 40. Don't get too caught up in who is better from 31-40 though. That's more for fun purposes of following the young guys and a few guys just off the top 30.

Did I miss anyone in the "players to watch"? Anyone you're following that is not on the list?

Good job.  I think you successfully captured everyone's pet Dominican League catcher.  Koby Perez is doing great work down there.  

[now]

Love seeing all this new blood entering the list at 40 and above! Especially the newest .400 hitter on my (otherwise uninformed) radar, SS Elvin Garcia of DSL Black, age 17.

Edited June 25 by now

[LookinUp]

I'll post this here in lieu of some other thread, but my personal pref list is Mayo/Basallo in some order, followed by Holliday.

I know Holliday is very young and has great plate discipline, but I don't think his defense offers a ton of value (e.g., he's really not a SS, certainly not a plus one), his speed is average and his power profile pales in comparison to the other two. 

I love that we have him, but I love that we have the other two even more. 

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, LookinUp said:

I'll post this here in lieu of some other thread, but my personal pref list is Mayo/Basallo in some order, followed by Holliday.

I know Holliday is very young and has great plate discipline, but I don't think his defense offers a ton of value (e.g., he's really not a SS, certainly not a plus one), his speed is average and his power profile pales in comparison to the other two. 

I love that we have him, but I love that we have the other two even more. 

Holliday definitely has above average speed.

[Say O!]

28 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Holliday definitely has above average speed.

Yep, his sprint speed measured in line with Gunnar/Westy and ahead of Mullins/Cowser. 

 

[LookinUp]

2 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

Holliday definitely has above average speed.

I did not know that.

[Tony-OH]

On 3/29/2024 at 8:43 PM, 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. (Updated as of Jun 24th) 

RK	Name	POS	Prev		Team
1	Jackson Holliday	SS	1		Nor (AAA)
2	Samuel Basallo	C	2		BOW (AA)
3	Coby Mayo	3B/RF	3		Nor (AAA)
4	Heston Kjerstad	RF/1B	4		Nor (AAA)
5	Cade Povich	LHP	5		Baltimore
6	Chayce McDermott	RHP	7		Nor (AAA)
7	Dylan Beavers	OF	6		BOW (AA)
8	Enrique Bradfield Jr.	CF	8		ABN (A+)
9	Luis DeLeon	LHP	9		ABN (A+)
10	Connor Norby	2B	10		Nor (AAA)
11	Jackson Baumeister	RHP	11		ABN (A+)
12	Michael Forret	RHP	12		ABN (A+)
13	Leandro Arias	SS	13		DEL (A)
14	Joshua Liranzo	3B	New		FCL O's
15	Mac Horvath	2B/3B	14		ABN (A+)
16	Thomas Sosa	OF	15		DEL (A)
17	Matthew Etzel	OF	16		BOW (AA)
18	Seth Johnson	RHP	17		BOW (AA)
19	Trace Bright	RHP	18		BOW (AA)
20	Brandon Young	RHP	19		Nor (AAA)
21	Luis Almeyda	SS	24		FCL O's
22	Emilio Sanchez	SS	25		DSL Orange
23	Cameron Weston	RHP	20		BOW (AA)
24	Jud Fabian	OF	23		BOW (AA)
25	Aron Estrada	INF/OF	30		DEL (A)
26	Edgar Portes	RHP	21		ABN (A+)
27	Braylin Tavera	CF	22		DEL (A)
28	Creed Willems	C	26		ABN (A+)
29	Billy Cook	INF/OF	29		Nor (AAA)
30	Jordan Sanchez	CF	New		DSL Orange
31	Moises Chace	RHP	UR		ABN (A+)
32	Yaqui Rivera	RHP	UR		ABN (A+)
33	Stiven Acevedo	OF	UR		DEL (A)
34	Miguel Rodriguez	C	New		FCL O's
35	Elis Cuevas	IF/OF	New		FCL O's
36	José Mejia	2B	New		DSL Black
37	Elvin Garcia	SS	New		DSL Black
38	Stiven Martinez	OF	New		DSL Orange
39	Adriander Mejia	C	New		DSL Orange
40	Nestor German	RHP	New		DEL (A)
	Bubble Players
	Kade Strowd	RHP	27		Nor (AAA)
	Maverick Handley	C			Nor (AAA)
	Matt Krook	LHP			Nor (AAA)
	Carlos Tavera	RHP			Nor (AAA)
	Trey McGough	LHP			Nor (AAA)
	Max Wagner	3B	28		BOW (AA)
	Frederick Bencosme	2B			BOW (AA)
	Silas Ardoin	C			BOW (AA)
	Alex Pham	RHP			BOW (AA)
	Juan Nunez	RHP			ABN (A+)
	Levi Wells	RHP			ABN (A+)
	Jacob Cravey	RHP			DEL (A)
	Trey Gibson	RHP			DEL (A)
	Jesus Palacios	RHP			FCL O's
	Edwin Amparo	INF			FCL O's
	Félix Amparo	INF			DSL Black
	Jemone Nuel	INF			DSL Black
	Saul Gomez	3B/1B			DSL Orange

Tracking purposes

[Tony-OH]

On 3/29/2024 at 8:43 PM, 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. (Updated as of Jul 1st) 

RK	Name	POS	Prev		Team	INJ
1	Jackson Holliday	SS	1		Nor (AAA)
2	Samuel Basallo	C	2		BOW (AA)
3	Coby Mayo	3B/RF	3		Nor (AAA)
4	Heston Kjerstad	RF/1B	4		Baltimore
5	Cade Povich	LHP	5		Baltimore
6	Chayce McDermott	RHP	6		Nor (AAA)
7	Luis DeLeon	LHP	9		ABN (A+)
8	Michael Forret	RHP	12		ABN (A+)
9	Dylan Beavers	OF	7		BOW (AA)
10	Enrique Bradfield Jr.	CF	8		ABN (A+)
11	Connor Norby	2B	10		Nor (AAA)
12	Jackson Baumeister	RHP	11		ABN (A+)
13	Leandro Arias	SS	13		DEL (A)
14	Joshua Liranzo	3B	14		FCL O's
15	Mac Horvath	2B/3B	15		ABN (A+)
16	Thomas Sosa	OF	16		DEL (A)
17	Matthew Etzel	OF	17		BOW (AA)
18	Seth Johnson	RHP	18		BOW (AA)
19	Trace Bright	RHP	19		BOW (AA)
20	Brandon Young	RHP	20		Nor (AAA)
21	Emilio Sanchez	SS	22		DSL Orange
22	Cameron Weston	RHP	23		BOW (AA)
23	Jud Fabian	OF	24		BOW (AA)
24	Aron Estrada	INF/OF	25		DEL (A)
25	Edgar Portes	RHP	26		ABN (A+)
26	Luis Almeyda	SS	21		FCL O's
27	Braylin Tavera	CF	27		DEL (A)
28	Jordan Sanchez	CF	30		DSL Orange
29	Creed Willems	C	28		ABN (A+)
30	Elvin Garcia	SS	37		DSL Black
31	Miguel Rodriguez	C	34		FCL O's
32	Billy Cook	INF/OF	29		Nor (AAA)
33	Moises Chace	RHP	31		ABN (A+)
34	Elis Cuevas	IF/OF	35		FCL O's
35	José Mejia	2B	36		DSL Black
36	Stiven Martinez	OF	38		DSL Orange
37	Adriander Mejia	C	39		DSL Orange
38	Nestor German	RHP	40		DEL (A)
39	Yaqui Rivera	RHP	32		ABN (A+)
40	Stiven Acevedo	OF	33		DEL (A)
	Bubble Players
	Kade Strowd	RHP			Nor (AAA)
	Maverick Handley	C			Nor (AAA)
	Carlos Tavera	RHP			Nor (AAA)
	Trey McGough	LHP			Nor (AAA)
	Max Wagner	3B			BOW (AA)	7-Day IL
	Frederick Bencosme	2B			BOW (AA)
	Silas Ardoin	C			BOW (AA)
	Dylan Heid	RHP			BOW (AA)
	Levi Stoudt	RHP			BOW (AA)
	Juan Nunez	RHP			ABN (A+)	7-Day IL
	Reed Trimble	OF			ABN (A+)
	Jacob Cravey	RHP			DEL (A)
	Trey Gibson	RHP			DEL (A)
	Jesus Palacios	RHP			FCL O's
	Edwin Amparo	INF			FCL O's
	Félix Amparo	INF			DSL Black
	Jemone Nuel	INF			DSL Black
	Saul Gomez	3B/1B			DSL Orange

Updated through July 1st.