These prospect rankings are based on FANTASY value, not on real-life value. Considering such, hitters generally weigh a bit heavier for me due to the injury risk and higher volatility of prospect pitchers. Proximity to the majors is also prominent in the equation, though these rankings are taking a longer-term / dynasty look on these guys (think of it more as a 5 year plan).
Rather than getting into writing little bios on all of these hitters, I’ve decided to keep my rankings simple by providing the 2024 stats of each player across all levels, plus a player comp, a small blub on the player’s prime skills for fantasy and an explanation of my ranking. I’ve also included updated fScores for any players I expect to debut in 2025, which highlights what my fScore projections believe the player is capable of at the pro level for immediate impact.
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2025 Top 150 Fantasy Baseball Prospect Rankings: 76-100
I know most people don’t care to read 250 – 500 words on each player, so using both box score scouting and film review, I have provided my personal comps for each prospect (for fun – note: comps may be based on mechanics, body type, pitching arsenal or similar skills & box score style) and how I think each prospect will perform once in the majors over the next five or so seasons. All-in-all I think the rankings paired with statistical info and a player comp will hit the sweet spot for the broadest category of people who are reading this prospect rankings (or listening/watching on the Fantasy Aceball podcast).
NOTE: Rookie status is determined by 130 ABs, or 50 IPs at the Major League level.
NOTE: I did NOT include international professionals such as Roki Sasaki in this ranking, Sasaki would be the #1 prospect in the event he was included.
***Note, Prematurely removed due to them being so close to graduation, or due to age and injuries bumping them from prospect status by the next time we see them: SP Christian Scott (Mets), SP Drew Thorpe (White Sox), SP Max Meyer (Marlins), 2B Ronny Mauricio (Mets), SP Robert Gasser (Brewers)
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76. 1B/2B Tyler Black (Brewers)
- 2024 AAA: .258/.374/.429 | 13.2 BB%, 18.8 K% | 33 XBH, 14 HR, 20 SB (102 games)
- 2024 MLB: .204/.316/.245 | 12.3 BB%, 29.8 K% | 2 XBH, 0 HR, 3 SB (18 games)
- Age: 24
- ETA: Opening Day (debuted in 2024)
- fScores: 92 fContact, 123 fDiscipline, 72 fPower, 173 fSpeed
- Comp: Nolan Schannuel with speed
- Prime Skills: He has ridiculously good plate skills to go along with high end speed, a solid hit tool, but below average power – especially if he ends up on a corner. The exit velocities are fine for a middle infielder, but the defense might be too poor to keep him at the position, which makes him a bit of a nomad.
- Ranking Explanation: Black has been good this year, but the fact he is bad defensively is likely to limit him to being a super utility guy, DH or 1B – for which he doesn’t have enough power. If he could play a solid second base for the Brewers, he would be higher on my list, but he has spent the majority of his time at 1B rather than other positions and might end up as a bench hitter.
- Previous Rank: 67
77. C Carter Jensen (Royals)
- 2024 A+/AA: .259/.359/.450 | 13.2 BB%, 23.4 K% | 46 XBH, 18 HR, 17 SB
- Age: 21
- ETA: Late 2025 (cup of coffee)
- fScores: 85 fContact, 107 fDiscipline, 87 fPower, 98 fSpeed
- Comp: Bo Naylor w/ a bit of a Will Smith batted ball profile
- Prime Skills: Jensen is a beast of an athlete for a catcher. The Royals are the masters at developing stud catchers it would seem. He has some solid pull power while also showing the ability to hit the ball the other way, which should keep him from getting shifted to death. He’s a line drive hitter rather than a fly ball hitter, so he should run some higher BABIPs like he is right now, but is probably more like a .250 batting average guy. He has some fantastic plate skills and is great on the basepaths.
- Ranking Explanation: Jensen’s BABIP came back down to Earth, but he’s maintained the solid power / speed combo with great plate skills, especially for a catcher. It should be noted about 1/3 of his plate appearances are coming as a DH, so the Royals really like his bat and he may get moved off the position at some point.
- Previous Rank: 82
78. 1B Xavier Isaac (Rays)
- 2024 A+/AA: .264/.370/.480 | 13.3 BB%, 33.3 | 41 XBH, 18 HR, 15 SB
- Age: 21
- Comp: Vinnie Pasquantino with speed
- ETA: Late 2025 (cup of coffee)
- fScores: 93 fContact, 98 fDiscipline, 93 fPower, 103 fSpeed
- Prime Skills: Sweet lefty swing and wide open stance with all-field power. Some of his best highlights are him lining high heat out of the park, how he still gets under those and hits them hard enough to get out is a pretty sight to see. A ridiculous number of his homers are no doubters; the kid is big-bodied and also maintains his athleticism, but has some strikeout issues and ran some good BABIP luck in 2024.
- Ranking Explanation: Isaac had some atrocious strikeout issues once he was promoted to AA and was completely exposed, but he was young for the level so we should provide him some grace. I give Black the edge to Isaac for proximity and the fact he at least has the big speed-carrying tool that might lead to being useful for fantasy, while Jensen has adapted better to AA than Isaac did.
- Previous Rank: 22
79. SS Adael Amador (Rockies)
- 2024 AA: .230/.343/.376 | 13.6 BB%, 19.3 K% | 27 XBH, 14 HR, 35 SB
- 2024 MLB: .171/.194/.200 | 2.8 BB%, 16.7 K% | 1 XBH, 0 HR, 1 SB
- Age: 22
- ETA: Late 2025 (July / August)
- fScores: 93 fContact, 109 fDiscipline, 76 fPower, 136 fSpeed
- Comp: Short switch hitting Jake Cronenworth
- Prime Skills: He has a compact swing and gets out of the box fast, which helps him reach for hits because he does hit the ball on the ground too much. He has surprising power for his size because he is good at turning on the ball quickly when pitchers make mistakes. His contact and plate discipline skills are his calling card, with above-average speed but below-average power.
- Ranking Explanation: Amador had a terrible 2024 season, but finished strong with a .287/.365/.484 slash with 7 bombs and 10 steals from July 24th and on, however, the steals are a little bit of a misnomer as he also was caught stealing 6 times over that period. Amador might bounce back on the hit tool, which nudges him ahead of Ford for me, but Tyler Black has similar / better skills at the plate than Amador and has a better proximity edge.
- Pre-Season Rank: 107
80. C Harry Ford (Mariners)
- 2024 AA: .249/.377/.367 | 14.1 BB%, 22 K% | 35 XBH, 7 HR, 35 SB
- Age: 22
- ETA: Late 2025
- fScores: 91 fContact, 122 fDiscipline, 66 fPower, 155 fSpeed
- Comp: J.T. Realmuto light (less power, better discipline)
- Prime Skills: Ford has great plate skills and he’s a great athlete, but we saw the power taper off after the first month in AA. He may also move off the position ala MJ Melendez and be an OF and backup catcher because Big Bopper will be blocking him at the position and he’s been DH-ing or playing OF in about 50% of his games.
- Ranking Explanation: The hit tool has not progressed in the last couple of years and the power has actually tapered off, so whatever the Mariners are doing developmentally with Ford seems to be failing as we have not seen any growth in his profile. He’s still a good athlete, so there could be more here, but he’s losing steam in my rankings with each update, while on the other hand, Jensen is gaining steam and has a power/speed combo rather than only speed.
- Previous Rank: 55
81. SP K.C. Hunt (Brewers)
- Season A/A+/AA: 102 IP | 28.4 K-BB%, 17.3 SwStr%, 33.4 CSW% | 2.03 ERA, 0.93 WHIP
- Age: 24
- ETA: Late 2025
- fScores: 96 fStuff, 101 fControl, 148 fERA
- Comp: Corbin Burnes light
- Prime Skills: He’s a 12th rounder from Mississippi State on that George Klassen, Zebby Matthews, and Quinn Mathews ride. He lives 93-94 with a five-pitch mix and Baseball Performance Center gave him a Trevor Bauer comp. He has an 86 MPH hard slider against a ridiculous 80 mph 12/6 hook that is simply disgusting.
- Ranking Explanation: He started the season as a reliever until the Brewers realized he had a starter’s repertoire. Hunt was consistently good throughout the season as a starter, posting 90 Ks in 73 innings with a 1.85 ERA in 14 starts from June until the end of the season. The fScores like Dana a bit better despite the bad major league sample size and he has the age advantage on Hunt by 3 years, hence the ranking difference and gap between the two.
- Previous Rank: 118
82. SS Bryce Rainer (Tigers)
- 2024 CPX: N/A
- Age: 18
- ETA: 2028
- fScores: N/A
- Comp: Lefty Carson Williams
- Prime Skills: Big lefty bat with a nice stroke that should lead to an above-average hit tool, he could grow into some nice power and has a little bit of speed. He was also a pitcher and has a killer arm, so should be a prime defender as well.
- Ranking Explanation: I really have no reason to bump Rainer up my rankings except that I dug in a bit more for FYPD this off-season and I like the potential ceiling enough to bump him over some of the guys we have seen with holes in their game. I like Rainer over Konnor Griffin because I trust for a smoother development based on his profile than Griffin who has more moving parts. The Tigers have done a better job developmentally on their hitters than the Pirates as well.
- Previous Rank: 96
83. SS / OF Konnor Griffin (Pirates)
- 2024 CPX: N/A
- Age: 18
- ETA: 2028
- fScores: N/A
- Comp: Light Fernando Tatis Jr.
- Prime Skills: Griffin is a big righty with a good arm as a high school pitcher and he has some massive power upside. The high stance and high and tight hands in his swing reminds me of Fernando Tatis Jr. and like Tatis, he will probably have plenty of swing and miss to go with the damage.
- Ranking Explanation: I have a good feeling Griffin moves to the OF based on his size, but then again this is a team that developed Oneil Cruz as an SS. I think like Tatis, he moves out to RF to utilize the arm. He’s also put on some good weight this off-season, but as noted above the Tigers have had more success (sans Torkelson’s struggles) when developing their hitting prospects.
- Previous Rank: 97
84. SP Travis Sykora (Nationals)
- 2024 A: 85 IP | 31 K-BB%, 20.8 SwStr%, 36.2 CSW% | 2.3 ERA, 0.91 WHIP
- Age: 21
- ETA: Late 2026
- fScores: N/A
- Comp: Logan Gilbert
- Prime Skills: Sykora has some really sick stuff as a former third rounder and is a big-time name to watch. He’s a giant at 6′ 6″ with a 44.4% whiff rate in the minors and needs to be up in A+ or AA at this point. Sykora rocks a mid-90s fastball with an obviously ridiculous extension due to his size with more run than ride and he also has a devastating 81-83 mph splitter and 85 mph hard slider.
- Ranking Explanation: This dude is a freak and the only thing keeping him from rising higher up the ranking is I want to see him pitching against higher-level competition. Unlike Hunt, he spent the entire season in A ball, a little older on an age-to-level basis as a pitcher.
- Previous Rank: 101
85. OF Dylan Beavers (Orioles)
- 2024 AA/AAA: .242/.342/.408 | 12.8 BB%, 23.5 K% | 40 XBH, 15 HR, 31 SB
- Age: 23
- ETA: Late 2025
- fScores: fScores: 87 fContact, 105 fDiscipline, 86 fPower, 176 fSpeed
- Comp: Kyle Tucker light w/ a worse hit tool… maybe like a Tommy Pham profile
- Prime Skills: Big lefty outfielder who killed it in the doubles department last year and is not transitioning some of that into homerun power. There’s a potential 25/25 player here if he can hit enough to make it work.
- Ranking Explanation: As if the Orioles didn’t have enough talent, former first-rounder Dylan Beavers is really coming into his own this season. He had a mid-season slump but bounced back around August 6th to finish the season with a .273/.378/.439 slash with 4 bombs and 7 steals, getting a call to AAA to finish the year. There’s a lot of upside here, but the batted ball metrics were rough in his little AAA sample size. I would like to see some more data before bumping him up into the top 50-60.
- Previous Rank: 71
86. SP Logan Henderson (Brewers)
- 2024 CPX/A+/AA/AAA: 81 1/3 IP | 28.1 K-BB%, 15 SwStr%, 31.6 CSW% | 3.32 ERA, 0.91 WHIP
- Age: 23
- ETA: Mid 2025
- fScores: 105 fStuff, 106 fControl, 110 fERA
- Comp: Spencer Strider-light (dude has some quads) and really ramps up
- Prime Skills: Henderson is of slight build (5′ 11″) and has jumped up a couple of levels already this season after destroying at low A most of last season. He has excellent command and a nice fastball/changeup combo. The fastball runs 94-96 MPH and the change-up is one of the better change-ups in the minors.
- Ranking Explanation: Henderson zoomed up my rankings, just like he zoomed up from A ball last year all the way into AAA. He has excellent command and also some big-time strikeout stuff, especially on the fastball/changeup combo. I love the stuff, but we have seen a lot of struggles from the fastball/changeup/command guys lately (ie: Mazur, Thorpe, etc.) and while I think Henderson might have a better fastball than those guys, it’s worth playing him a little safe against someone like Horton who has a better pedigree. The drop in ranking for me is not related to his performance, but more a slight philosophy change where I’m bumping more hitters up in the rankings due to the volatility of pitching health.
- Previous Rank: 61
87. C Edgar Quero (White Sox)
- 2024 AA/AAA: .280/.366/.463 | 9.7 BB%, 17.4 K% | 32 XBH, 16 HR, 1 SB (98 games)
- Age: 21
- ETA: Early 2025
- fScores: 96 fContact, 113 fDiscipline, 76 fPower, 67 fSpeed
- Comp: Yasmani Grandal w/ less power and a better hit tool
- Prime Skills: Quero has fantastic plate discipline with more walks than Ks as a young 21-year-old at AA. He has 20-ish homer power in the bat and can steal a few bags as a rare switch-hitting catcher.
- Ranking Explanation: Quero has been absolutely destroying AAA as a 21-year-old. It’s impressive to see the power come into its own as I’ve been very high on Quero for a few years now. His falling in these rankings is no negative reflection on Quero, but more an adjustment in moving catchers down my rankings as they won’t have the same number of PAs as other position players. Additionally, we have more statcast data on him and the EV numbers from Quero are lackluster (87.3 average EV & 106.7 max EV). He’s young, so I expect the power to improve to a possible 15-20 homer power over a season.
- Previous Rank: 76
88. 2B / SS / 3B Thomas Saggese (Cardinals)
- 2024 AAA: .253/.313/.438 | 5.9 BB%, 23.1 K% | 46 XBH, 20 HR, 9 SB
- 2024 MLB: .204/.250/.306 | 3.8 BB%, 26.9 K% | 3 XBH, 1 HR, 0 SB
- Age: 22
- ETA: Opening Day (debuted in 2024)
- fScores: 100 fContact, 74 fDiscipline, 80 fPower, 86 fSpeed
- Comp: Righty Matt Carpenter with more speed
- Prime Skills: Saggese has a good hit tool, very solid plate skills (which he showed off better in the Fall League than the iffy AAA season this year with 16 walks and only 15 Ks in the Fall League) and underrated power and speed for a guy that plays multiple infield positions. He’s kind of a jack of all trades.
- Ranking Explanation: He won’t be a superstar, but he should be a very valuable deeper league asset sooner, rather than later. He’s going to provide stats in all categories and will be great for points leagues. From July through the end of the minor league season, he hit .290/.351/.524 with 12 bombs in 55 games. Saggese might get stuck in a super-sub role and I expect Quero to get the majority of catching reps for the White Sox by year’s end in 2025, the position edge as catcher gives Quero a slight edge.
- Previous Rank: 109
89. SP Jackson Baumeister (Rays)
- 2024 A+: 99 2/3 IP | 21.1 K-BB%, 13.2 SwStr%, 30.8 CSW% | 2.53 ERA, 1.13 WHIP
- Age: 22
- ETA: Late 2025 (cup of coffee)
- fScores: 106 fStuff, 100 fControl, 130 fERA
- Comp: Bigger Jack Leiter… or maybe Nick Pivetta with a nice change-up
- Prime Skills: Baumeister is a big right, former second-rounder who hits 97 MPH with the fastball (w/ 20″ IVB) and added a 91 MPH cutter to a repertoire that already included a slider, hard 12/6 curve and pretty sick change-up that he utilizes inside to lefties and righties.
- Ranking Explanation: What do you know, the dude is traded from the Orioles to the Rays in the Zach Eflin deal and becomes a complete stud. In 29 innings with the Rays, Baumeister put up a 37.1 K-BB%, 14.8 SwStr%, 33 CSW%, 1.24 ERA and 0.59 WHIP. The metrics are also supported by a drop in xFIP from 4.22 with the Orioles to 2.15 with the Rays. The Rays know what they are doing with pitching development, the Orioles don’t.
- Previous Rank: N/A
90. C Jeferson Quero (Brewers)
- 2023 AA: .262/.339/.441 | 10 BB%, 17.8 K% | 28 XBH, 16 HR, 5 SB
- Age: 22
- ETA: Late 2025
- fScores: 95 fContact, 100 fDiscipline, 89 fPower, 77 fSpeed
- Comp: Wilson Contreras with a better glove
- Prime Skills: Pretty above-average skills across the board and young for the level. He showed increased power and plate skills in 2023, along with a better hit tool all as a 20-year-old catcher at AA, but missed all of the 2024 season after getting injured in the first game of the year.
- Ranking Explanation: Quero is going to be a solid major league catcher for a long time, the development of his hit tool and plate skills to match his solid power potential have kept him in my top 100 despite having no 2024 data. I liked Jeferson Quero more than Edgar Quero pre-2024, so keep an eye on Jeferson for an underrated buy early this year.
- Previous Rank: 93
91. SP Thomas White (Marlins)
- 2024 A/A+: 96 IP | 20 K-BB%, 14.6 SwStr%, 30.5 CSW% | 2.81 ERA, 1.31 WHIP
- Age: 20
- ETA: Mid 2026
- fScore: N/A
- Comp: Carlos Rodon / Andrew Heaney mash-up
- Prime Skills: White is a big 6′ 5″ lefty who I saw live pitching against Quinn Mathews pitch for pitcher earlier in the season. He throws a 95-97 MPH riding fastball with a killer 85-87 MPH changeup and 78-82 MPH slurve. He needs to work on building up innings in 2025.
- Ranking Explanation: White has been getting better as he goes and is evidently working on developing a sweeper to replace his slurve with. It was interesting pitting White against new teammate Robby Snelling as the Marlins form the basis for their next stellar rotation with an Eury Perez/Noble Meyer/White/Robby Snelling/Max Meyer or Adam Mazur rotation in the future. White might have a higher ceiling to Henderson because of the size, but he also has an edge in proximity value.
- Previous Rank: 112
92. OF Aidan Smith (Rays)
- 2024 A: .288/.401/.473 | 14.4 BB% / 23.2 K%| 45 XBH, 11 HR, 41 SB
- Age: 20
- ETA: Late 2026
- fScores: N/A
- Comp: Righty Josh Lowe light
- Prime Skills: Smith is a toolsy doubles machine (33 on the year) and became a stolen base machine as soon as he was traded to the Rays from Seattle in the Randy Arozarena deal after being drafted out of high school last year. He keeps the ball off the ground ala Colby Thomas and that’s what is allowing him to do so much damage.
- Ranking Explanation: It’s hilarious I had this guy compared to Josh Lowe and Snelling linked to Jesus Luzardo pre-trade deadline in 2024 and then those teams acquired them both. The fact the Rays wanted Smith in the Arozarena deal only makes me want him more, they are a smart organization and when they make trades, they usually win. He’s at least a couple of years away, but he has some fun tools to dream on.
- Previous Rank: 125
93. SP Owen Wild (Rays)
- 2024 A/A+: 121 1/3 IP | 24.1 K-BB%, 16.6 SwStr%, 27.8 CSW% | 2.82 ERA, 1.15 WHIP
- Age: 22
- ETA: 2026
- fScores: 105 fStuff, 101 fControl, 108 fERA
- Comp: Joe Ryan / Nick Pivetta mash-up
- Prime Skills: Interesting overhand delivery with some crazy ride on a lower 90s velo fastball with his delivery. There’s some deception in this delivery that makes for a very interesting pitcher. He also has a slider and change-up. He gets a lot of extensions and has a ton of zip on his fastball; it has some fun run to it and the slider tunnels against it nicely.
- Ranking Explanation: Wild has kind of come out of nowhere, but he’s been excellent all season and like Thomas White has been even better at high A than low A. White gets the edge with the better stuff, but I’ve bumped Wild ahead a lot of guys like Cade Horton as the swinging strike stuff has been insane and for whatever reason I feel like umps are missing some called strikes – possibly because of the noted deception above.
- Previous Rank: 134
94. SP Cade Horton (Cubs)
- 2024 AA/AAA: 34 1/3 IP | 18.9 K-BB%, 15.3 SwStr%, 29 CSW% | 4.46 ERA, 1.25 WHIP
- Age: 22
- ETA: Early 2025
- fScores: 93 fStuff, 96 fControl, 100 fERA
- Comp: Hunter Brown with control and a third pitch
- Prime Skills: Dude looks like a righty Jon Lester throwing 98 MPH darts and has a nasty curve. He has shown insane command with three-plus pitches between the fastball, slider and curve and should be moving pretty quickly next season due to his well-above-average command.
- Ranking Explanation: Horton was a multi-sport guy until recently and now that his full focus is on baseball, he’s showing he can be even better than advertised. The transition from AA to AAA has been a little rough and he missed most of the season with a shoulder injury, which is concerning for a pitcher and has bumped him down from the top 30 range I had him in at the beginning of 2024.
- Previous Rank: 57
95. SS Yoeilin Cespedes (Red Sox)
- 2024 CPX: .319/.400/.615 | 11.4 BB%, 18.1 K% | 16 XBH, 5 HR, 3 SB
- Age: 19
- ETA: 2027
- fScores: N/A
- Comp: Jose Altuve as a SS
- Prime Skills: Tiny dude who plays shortstop, but has some nice power for the size. The swing is mechanically sound and a thing of beauty that should lead to a high-end hit tool.
- Ranking Explanation: Cespedes broke his hamate bone and has not been able to play in A ball and when checking out his stats, it should be taken into consideration that he was playing in the Florida Complex League (a more difficult hitting environment), not Arizona. He’s a dude with a lot of potential and like the other complex or DSL guys, we will learn a lot once he hits full-season ball.
- Previous Rank: 139
96. OF Zyhir Hope (Dodgers)
- 2024 CPX/A: .290/.419/.484 | 15.1 BB% / 22.8 K%| 25 XBH, 9 HR, 9 SB (61 games)
- Age: 20
- ETA: Late 2026
- fScores: N/A
- Comp: Lean Josh Naylor
- Prime Skills: Shorter dude with quick hands and a beautiful lefty swing with some major lefty pull power. Hope has excellent plate skills to go along with the plus hit tool and the plus power he has shown in A ball and in the Fall League where he hit 5 bombs in 23 games.
- Ranking Explanation: Hope had a shoulder injury and missed a decent chunk of the season, but it appears to have not affected him as he tore it up after coming back on July 15th. He has a lot of wind behind his sales right now, so be careful to not over-buy on his stock.
- Previous Rank: 113
97. SS Angel Genao (Guardians)
- 2024 A/A+: .330/.379/.499 | 7.7 BB% / 15.5 K%| 52 XBH, 10 HR, 25 SB
- Age: 21
- ETA: Early 2026
- fScores: N/A (need AAA statcast data)
- Comp: Tommy Edman
- Prime Skills: Athletic switch-hitting middle infielder with a classic hit and speed type profile with a little power built in. He’s a small dude and will have a limited power upside, but he does have 15 homer power just based on how much hard contact he generates in the smaller frame.
- Ranking Explanation: The Guardians have a lot of these hit first switch hitting middle infielders and while Genao might be the best of their massive middle infield crop behind Bazzana, they haven’t exactly hit on all of them (see Rocchio and Gimenez). Hope gets the edge to Genao thanks to the power profile vs. Genao who might max out around 15 bombs.
- Previous Rank: 130
98. OF Colton Ledbetter (Rays)
- 2024 A+: .273/.339/.484 | 8.1 BB% / 28.3 K%| 45 XBH, 16 HR, 34 SB
- Age: 23
- ETA: Mid 2026
- fScores: N/A (need AAA statcast data)
- Comp: Garrett Mitchell
- Prime Skills: Ledbetter was the Rays second-round pick in 2023 and has had a good year all around. He should both be in AA right now. He’s a great athlete known for good defense and while there has been a bit too much swing and miss, the ability to do damage is there. There are great tools in this package with some contact and plate skills questions.
- Ranking Explanation: Ledbetter should have been promoted, which concerns me a bit (as I always am with Rays prospects), not from a skills standpoint but from an organizational philosophy standpoint, because he’s been a stud all season. Genao has the much safer profile and though he might not have the same pop as Ledbetter the hit tool is that much better.
- Previous Rank: 128
99. SP Thomas Harrington (Pirates)
- 2024 A+/AA/AAA: 92 1/3 IP | 29 K-BB%, 17.7 SwStr%, 31.8 CSW% | 1.95 ERA, 0.82 WHIP
- Age: 23
- ETA: Mid 2025 (May / June)
- fScores: 93 fStuff, 112 fControl, 105 fERA
- Comp: Nick Martinez
- Prime Skills: Harrington is a command-oriented pitcher whose nastiest pitch is the change-up against his 92-93 MPH fastball. He has an interesting 3/4 arm action with a quick whip and the breaking pitches kind of pop out quickly from the hand, playing up against the below-average fastball velocity… which by the way actually is very flat and plays up against the velo.
- Ranking Explanation: Harrington projects out to me as a very solid #3 / #4 major league pitcher who might have some really nice WHIP seasons as he ran only around 4% walk rates in 2024 at every level. Harrington should be up at the worst-case scenario mid-season… he will be battling Bubba Chandler to see who can be first up. Horton has better stuff and I give him the edge as a pretty high prospect prior to the injury.
- Previous Rank: N/A
100. SS Echedry Vargas (Marlins)
- 2024 A: .276/.321/.454 | 5 BB%, 21.1 K% | 40 XBH, 14 HR, 29 SB (97 games)
- Age: 20
- ETA: 2027
- fScores: N/A
- Comp: Mini Xander Bogaerts
- Prime Skills: Great line drive hitter with a ton of pull power. He has a bit of a swinging strike issue, but it doesn’t necessarily translate to strikeouts. He’s likely to move off SS to 2B, especially with Walcott ahead of him on the depth chart.
- Ranking Explanation: Vargas has a nice power and speed combo, but he was playing at a lower level and should have been up in high A. He was the best part of the Marlins return in the Jake Burger trade in my opinion.
- Previous Rank: 84
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