These prospect rankings are based on fantasy value, not 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 prospect fantasy baseball rankings are focused on long-term/dynasty outlooks. Think of these rankings as more of a five-year plan.
Rather than getting into writing mini-bios on all prospects, I’ve decided to keep my rankings simple by providing the 2024 and 2025 stats of each player across all levels, plus a player comp, a small blurb on their 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 (some are updated from May, while others still feature preseason fScores), 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: 101-125 (Updated)
Please note these rankings are the result of months of work from previous rankings, to ongoing film and in-person scouting along with team rankings, positional rankings and a final stack-up that you are now reading and thus since this is a massive write up the statistical inputs will have varying dates and are not based upon one static date.
NOTES:
- Rookie status is determined by 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched at the Major League level.
- I prematurely removed the following players due to them being close to graduation, their age or injury concerns, bumping them from prospect status by the next time we see them: Chase Dollander (SP – COL), Christian Scott (SP – NYM), Drew Thorpe (SP – CWS), Robert Gasser (SP – MIL), Edgar Quero (C – CWS)
Previous Fantasy Baseball Prospect Rankings
- Rankings, Comps & Predictions (126-150)
- Rankings, Comps & Predictions (101-125)
- Rankings, Comps & Predictions (76-100)
- Rankings, Comps & Predictions (51-75)
- Rankings, Comps & Predictions (26-50)
- Rankings, Comps & Predictions (1-25)
- OF Slade Caldwell (Diamondbacks)
2025 A (as of 5/30/25): .308/.468/.463 | 20.1 BB%, 30.2 K% | 17 XBH, 3 HR, 10 SB
Age: 18
ETA: 2028
fScores: N/A
Comp: Sal Frelick with more power, the ceiling is Steven Kwan
Prime Skills: Caldwell is best known for having a killer hit tool as a high school guy (though only a 77% contact rate this year), but he has a short, quick, compact lefty swing and some nice wheels. He’s not a zero in power and could contribute around 10 homers or so per season. He’s been a doubles machine so far in his short minor league career.
Ranking Explanation: Caldwell has a pretty safe floor for a high school guy, because he does have a prodigious hit tool and speed to go along with it, that should actually improve from what we have seen to date. He should be a high batting average guy that hits near the top of a lineup with plus gap power. Garcia has the edge since he could have some fun mashing doubles against the green monster in the middle of a strong Red Sox order.
Previous Rank: 146
- SP Yordanny Monegro (Red Sox):
2024 CPX/A+: 76 IP | 21.2 K-BB%, 15.8 SwStr%, 32 CSW% | 2.84 ERA, 1.04 WHIP
2025 AA (as of 5/29/25): 26 1/3 IP | 37.4 K-BB%, 17 SwStr%, 34 CSW% | 2.05 ERA, 1.14 WHIP
Age: 22
ETA: Mid 2026
fScores: N/A
Comp: Righty Matthew Liberatore with better velocity and a splitter rather than sinker
Prime Skills: Monegro was good last year and has been great this year. He has already made this list three times this season and this start was another killer. He has ticked up his fastball from low 90s to 94-96 this year and he pairs this with an effective gyro slider, cutter, splitter and nasty curve.
Ranking Explanation: Monegro relies heavily on the curve for swings and misses and curves across the league have not been as effective as they once were, however the splitter is also a very effective pitch and he’s only gotten better with the improved velocity. Sloan gets the edge for having arguably better stuff than Monegro at a younger age with a better home ballpark within the organization, but Monegro is no slouch – they are both great and Monegro is probably more available / cheaper.
Previous Rank: N/A
- SP Nolan McLean (Mets):
2024 CPX/A+: 76 IP | 21.2 K-BB%, 15.8 SwStr%, 32 CSW% | 2.84 ERA, 1.04 WHIP
2025 AA/AAA (as of 5/29/25): 26 1/3 IP | 37.4 K-BB%, 17 SwStr%, 34 CSW% | 2.05 ERA, 1.14 WHIP
Age: 23
ETA: Mid 2026
fScores: N/A
Comp: Tanner Bibee / Luis Severino mash
Prime Skills: McLean is focusing on pitching for the first year of his minor league career and we are seeing an uptick in the effectiveness of his stuff. His arsenal includes a mediocre mid 90s fastball (that tops out at 98), an elite late breaking sweeper with a unique hard cut at the tail end of the pitch with a fantastic sinker that sits in the mid 90s and has a 17.4% SwStr% in AAA along with an 88-90 mph cutter, an 85-88 mph changeup and a low 80s curve he will drop in every now and then.
Ranking Explanation: McLean has below average command and despite an elite sweeper (slider) and sinker combination, the fastball performs below average (6.8% SwStr%) and he needs to work on generating better characteristics on it or on the change up to get more swing and miss. He has some fun stuff, but ultimately Monegro has been more effective with his arsenal and gets the edge.
Previous Rank: N/A
- 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
2025 AAA (as of 5/27/25): .253/.345/.411 | 11.8 BB%, 25.5 K% | 7 XBH, 4 HR, 2 SB
2025 MLB: .341/.364/.512 | 4.5 BB%, 25 K% | 5 XBH, 1 HR, 0 SB
Age: 22
ETA: Debuted
fScores: 100 fContact, 86 fDiscipline, 89 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 and oddly has a reverse split against lefty pitchers at AAA this season. The hit tool has actually not been good at AAA (71.2 contact% and 77.9 Z-contact%) this season.
Ranking Explanation: He won’t be a super star, 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 last year he hit .290/.351/.524 with 12 bombs in 55 games. He’s off to a slow start, so maybe he’s just a second half player after the crazy good 2023 second half that helped him get to a minor league batting title.
Previous Rank: 88
- SP Dasan Hill (Twins):
2025 A (as of 5/30/25): 47 2/3 IP | 25.3 K-BB%, 12.2 SwStr%, 31.5 CSW% | 2.08 ERA, 1.05 WHIP
Age: 19
ETA: Mid 2025
fScores: N/A
Comp: Max Fried
Prime Skills: Dasan Hill throws a 95-97 mph sinker as his primary fastball, but it’s the breakers that are elite pitches as the 82-84 mph slider is generating a 25.3% SwStr%, the 82-85 mph kick change up is generating a 31.3% SwStr% and the 79-81 mph curveball is generating a 16% SwStr%. He also mixes in the traditional four seamer at 95-97, but the go to is the sinker.
Ranking Explanation: I saw Dasan Hill’s first professional start in person and posted a ton of video on X and on YouTube from behind the plate. Hill was extremely impressive and I see a lot of good starters in the Florida State League. Watching him reminded me of Shane McClanahan at first, but the movement on the primary fastball is completely different and upon second consideration his profile is more of the Max Fried type. I actually like his stuff and command mix better than Nolan McLean, but McLean is in AAA and gets the proximity edge – a lot can go wrong for a pitcher between A ball and the majors – but his stuff plays at 19 and should improve.
Previous Rank: N/A
- SP Grant Taylor (White Sox):
2024 CPX/A: 19 1/3 IP | 41.7 K-BB%, 14.3 SwStr%, 37.2 CSW% | 2.3 ERA, 0.72 WHIP
2025 AA (as of 5/29/25): 22 1/3 IP | 33.7 K-BB%, 16.7 SwStr%, 31.3 CSW% | 1.21 ERA, 0.90 WHIP
Age: 23
ETA: Mid 2026
fScores: N/A
Comp: Trevor Bauer meets Ryan Pepiot with more velocity
Prime Skills: Taylor is a former second rounder coming off TJ at the end of 2024 with a high 90s fastball that tops out at 101, a really sharp killer mid-80s curveball, a plus low 90s cutter with arm-side movement, a slider and a change up.
Ranking Explanation: Taylor has had some relief appearances of late and has been limited in his starts to 40-50 pitch after coming off surgery. The fact he’s in relief now and not being further stretched out is concerning, but perhaps the White Sox are going the Garrett Crochett way of his development. This limits his upside in the short term and this is the only reason he’s ranked outside of the top 100 as he could simply be pushed to the next Mason Miller.
Previous Rank: 151
- SP Parker Messick (Guardians)
2024 A+/AA: 133 2/3 IP | 22.1 K-BB%, 16 SwStr%, 30.6 CSW% | 2.83 ERA, 1.14 WHIP
2025 AAA (as of 5/30/25): 42 ⅔ IP | 18.9 K-BB%, 14 SwStr%, 28.8 CSW% | 2.95 ERA, 1.22 WHIP
Age: 23
ETA: Mid 2025
fScores: 98 Stuff, 99 fControl, 124 fERA
Comp: Framber Valdez / lefty Sonny Gray light
Prime Skills: Shorter heavy set lefty who is a classic Guardians command guy who is breaking ball heavy and a former second rounder out of FSU. He’s been primarily throwing fastball and changeup this season even though his slider and sinker are both very solid pitches, but the change up has become his primary strikeout pitch with a 27.7 SwStr% on the season.
Ranking Explanation: He’s a bit of a bull dog on the mound and as a command first guy there should be a pretty smooth transition up level and unsurprisingly his walk rate has increased about 4% thanks to the ABS at AAA, but it should bounce back to the 8% range he’s had throughout his entire career in the majors. Taylor has much more upside with all around better pitches and I think he does stick as a starter eventually.
Previous Rank: 110
- 2B Demetrio Crisantes (Diamondbacks)
2024 CPX/A: .341/.429/.492 | 12.5 BB%, 15.7 K% | 36 XBH, 7 HR, 30 SB
2025 A+ (as of 5/28/25): .252/.358/.415 | 13.9 BB%, 12.6 K% | 12 XBH, 4 HR, 6 SB
Age: 20
ETA: 2027
fScores: N/A
Comp: Mini Xander Bogaerts
Prime Skills: Crisantes has a 65 grade hit tool and advanced plate approach to go along with decent doubles power and above average base running skills. He’s a thinner dude right now, but his bat can pay up for doubles power that may end up leading to 20 homer power. The hit tool will get him to the bigs.
Ranking Explanation: Crisantes was looking to make a big rise on the list, but he’s missing the rest of 2025 to get shoulder surgery, which will likely delay his debut for an additional season and could stifle the development of his power tool. He would have been ranked in the 70-80 range had it not been for the injury.
Previous Rank: N/A
- OF Hector Rodriguez (Reds)
2024 A/A+: .293/.343/.495 | 5.6 BB%, 18.8 K% | 51 XBH, 16 HR, 18 SB
2025 AA (as of 5/30/25): .293/.371/.476 | 10.8 BB%, 12.4 K% | 16 XBH, 6 HR, 6 SB
Age: 21
ETA: Early 2026
fScores: N/A
Comp: Wilyer Abreu and Michael Harris II mash (as hitters)
Prime Skills: Rodriguez has fire hydrant build as a 200 pound 5’11” player with a short, quick swing that leads to a solid hit tool with a much improved plate approach this season and above average power and speed tools with a nice 20/20 type profile and a gap hitter profile that can really boom in Cincinnati. He’s good enough against lefties to avoid the strongside platoon risk many lefties face.
Ranking Explanation: The biggest issue Rodriguez faces is hitting the ball in the ground too often. Cincinnati is a great place to hit and the Reds actually have room for Rodriguez to move up quickly as an underrated prospect ala this year’s Alejandro Osuna.
Previous Rank: N/A
- 1B/3B Tommy White (Athletics)
2024 College: .330/.401/.638 | 8.6 BB%, 12.1 K% | 37 XBH, 24 HR, 3 SB
2024 A: .224/.303/.299 | 7.6 BB%, 17.6 K% | 4 XBH, 2 HR, 0 SB
2025 A+ (as of 5/30/25): .320/.400/.570 | 10.3 BB%, 9.7 K% | 18 XBH, 7 HR, 2 SB
Age: 22
ETA: Mid 2026
fScores: N/A
Comp: Nolan Arenado light as a hitter
Prime Skills: Tommy Tanks was a great college hitter and the thought he wouldn’t be a great major league hitter too in retrospect is funny. White has an elite 85.4% contact rate this year with only a 7.3% SwStr%, while mashing to a 154 wRC+.
Ranking Explanation: White is a free swinger who makes good contact and will put a ton of balls in play, which means he will be a great middle of the order RBI guy as long as he can keep the ball off the ground. He’s a corner infielder who is not known for his defense, so where he plays positionally will matter as the Athletics have a ton of 1B types so if he can play 3B or LF that will be his best route to playing time with Kurtz and Soderstrom already on the team.
Previous Rank: N/A
- SP Wei-en Lin (Athletics)
2025 A (as of 5/30/25): 41 IP | 32.9 K-BB%, 16.2 SwStr%, 30.6 CSW% | 4.61 ERA, 1.20 WHIP
Age: 19
ETA: 2027
fScores: N/A
Comp: Jesus Luzardo mash with Shota Imanaga
Prime Skills: This lefty out of Taiwan has been invincible to start the season and is only 19-years-old, rare for an international prospect from the far east. He has a high IVB 93-95 MPH fastball that darts in against a nasty 89-91 mph sweeper, a slower loopier breaker and a very solid change up. He has a slight build at 6’1” and only about 180 pounds, but has great locations with only a 2.4% walk rate – he puts the ball where he wants it to go.
Ranking Explanation: As mentioned with Hill, an A ball pitcher is a long way from the majors and a lot of things can go wrong, but the repertoire here is great and the results are also phenomenal – so Parker Messick gets the nudge based almost entirely on proximity. Lin’s command does give him the nudge over a couple other really good prospect pitchers just downwind who are a level higher.
Previous Rank: N/A
- OF Theo Gillen (Rays)
2024 CPX: .154/.353/.192 | 23.5 BB%, 41.2 K% | 1 XBH, 0 HR, 1 SB (8 games)
2025 A (as of 5/30/25): .272/.429/.481 | 19.6 BB%, 23.4 K% | 8 XBH, 4 HR, 13 SB
Age: 19
ETA: 2028
fScores: N/A
Comp: Smaller, more toolsy Parker Meadows
Prime Skills: Gillen has great timing at the plate, nice load and really gets on pitches with a sweet and powerful lefty swing. He has a nice sized athletic build and should develop into a power / speed threat. He played SS in highschool, but with a weak arm has moved off to the OF. The hit tool is performing better than I had expected out of the gate with a 75.4% contact rate and only a 7.7% SwStr%, while he’s shown a fantastic eye at the plate, but he has been a little too patient with only a 31.2% Swing%.
Ranking Explanation: Gillen is a bit of a flier as a high school athlete in a system that can get crowded with Tampa, but there is a good power / speed skill set here that will play up in this system as long as he can avoid the platoon and hit some lefties (.231/.353/.231 slash against lefties). I might be lower on Gillen them some, but I do have concerns over the splits especially with him being in an organization infamous for platoons and playing matchups like the Rays – a platoon is never good for fantasy value.
Previous Rank: 148
- SP Cam Caminiti (Braves)
2024 A: 3 IP | 4 Ks, 0 BBs | 3.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP
2025 CPX (as of 5/30/25): 13 ⅔ IP | 21.7 K-BB%, 21.9 SwStr%, 33.6 SwStr% | 7.24 ERA, 1.39 WHIP
Age: 18
ETA: 2028
fScores: N/A
Comp: A raw McKenzie Gore with more wiry mechanics
Prime Skills: Caminiti has an athletic build at 6’ 2”, 195 pounds with a mid-to-upper 90s fastball from the left side, but inconsistent secondaries between a slider, changeup and curveball.
Ranking Explanation: Caminiti has shown some impressive stuff in his short stints, but we don’t have any statcast data from complex and very limited video. There is high upside here, as there is with any high 90s fastball from the left-side, but the most important thing we have seen thus far is excellent command from the young lefty. There is a lot more information and video for Lin and he’s a level up, so those things alone give him the bump over Caminiti.
Top 150 Rank: 155
- SP Santiago Suarez (Rays)
2024 A Stats: 111 2/3 IP | 21 K-BB%, 14.9 SwStr%, 27.6 CSW% | 4.11 ERA, 1.11 WHIP
2025 A+ Stats (as of 5/30/25): 25 ⅓ IP | 23.2 K-BB%, 14.8 SwStr%, 30.3 CSW% | 1.78 ERA, 0.83 WHIP
Age: 20
ETA: 2027
fScores: N/A
Comp: Freddy Peralta
Prime Skills: Suarez has a 95-97 MPH fastball with some ride and a changeup / curve combo that carries him through starts. He’s a big righty at only 6’ 2” and has gained a couple ticks of velocity since he was on this list a year ago. The curveball is a nice secondary and he has elite command for his age.
Ranking Explanation: Suarez doesn’t have the stuff / upside of Caminiti, but he’s very polished for a young starter, though it would be great or him to add another pitch to his arsenal. We are in this young pitchers with great command tier, because most of these guys should be able to move up and maintain a starter profile on the way up through the minors, pending injury a lot of these guys can move faster than hitters as well.
Previous Rank: N/A
- SS Luke Dickerson (Nationals)
2025 CPX/A (as of 5/31/25): .288/.398/.450 | 13.6 BB%, 32.5 K% | 9 XBH, 2 HR, 4 SB (23 games)
Age: 19
ETA: 2028
fScores: N/A
Comp: Willy Adames
Prime Skills: Dickerson was taken high in the second round last year and paid like a first rounder with a $3.8 million bonus. He’s a tool shed with above average contact (76.1% so far at A ball), a fantastic plate approach and above average power with some baserunning ability. He has some good pull power from his 5’11”, 197 pound frame and even though the swing is a bit long he has a good ability to generate barrels by also having some upper level bat speed.
Ranking Explanation: Dickerson has a lot of potential and it will be fun to see how he progresses. We only have small sample sizes of his work to go on at this point, but I’m a believer and the 139 wRC+ to start his career is a great window into what we can expect with seven doubles already at A ball – the gap power is enticing. Gillen has done more at the level to date and with a better profile for home run power, I’m giving him a slight edge.
Previous Rank: N/A
- SS Josuar de Jesus Gonzalez (Giants)
2025 DSL: N/A
Age: 17
ETA: 2029
fScores: N/A
Comp: Wander Franco (I know, the name is as bad as Voldemort, but it’s true)
Prime Skills: Switch hitting kid with a nice swing from both sides of the plate and plus power from both sides, already showing some loud power tools with a wood bat. He has some wheels as well and projects out as a very well rounded player as long as the hit tool continues to develop as he ages through the levels.
Ranking Explanation: International guys who have not played professionally are always a much larger risk than more known quantities in the U.S., especially in comparison to the college guys where we just have significantly more data to draw from.
Top 150 Rank: 167
- SP Mick Abel (Phillies)
2024 AAA: 108 2/3 IP | 7.6 K-BB%, 10.9 SwStr%, 26.3 CSW% | 6.46 ERA, 1.81 WHIP
2025 AAA (as of 5/31/25): 57 IP | 17.2 K-BB%, 13.3 SwStr%, 29.2 CSW% | 2.21 ERA, 1.23 WHIP
2025 MLB: 6 IP | 40.9 K-BB%, 19 SwStr%, 35.7 CSW% | 0.00 ERA, 0.83 WHIP
Age: 23
ETA: Debuted
fScores: 98 fStuff, 91 fControl, 113 fERA
Comp: A young Max Scherzer with significantly worse control.
Prime Skills: Abel has a sick curveball (16.8 SwStr%) with a high 90s fastball with great movement (14.8 SwStr% – really great for a fastball and 108 Stuff+) and solid changeup (14.1 SwStr%). Abel has had #2-3 starter upside for a couple years now, but needs to work on his control if he wants to meet maximum potential, but the stuff is there. The command has been much better this year, which is why he’s back in my top prospects list. His slider is his go-to breaker, though it’s less effective than the curve and change up as he doesn’t even throw it in the zone even 40% of the time.
Ranking Explanation: Abel had a great debut out-dueling Paul Skenes, we could have a case here of Abel’s control improving in the majors vs. AAA due to not having to deal with the ABS, which has been messing with pitchers at the AAA level for a couple years now as I have noted at length. He still has a lot of work to do in the command department, but he has proximity in his favor and his stuff is much better than Whisenhunt, even though Whisenhunt will have the ballpark edge.
Previous Rank: N/A
- OF Owen Caissie (Cubs)
2024 AAA: .278/.375/.472 | 12.9 BB%, 28.4 K% | 51 XBH, 19 HR, 11 SB
2025 AAA (as of 5/30/25): .238/.341/.456 | 13 BB%, 33.5 K% | 19 XBH, 7 HR, 2 SB
Age: 22
ETA: Late 2025
fScores (May): 92 fContact, 91 fDiscipline, 107 fPower, 88 fSpeed
Comp: Cody Bellinger meets Joey Gallo
Prime Skills: The power is legit for this big lefty OF (115.5 max EV last year and around 93.5 average EV with a 108.3 90th percentile EV), but the hit tool (66.6 Contact% and 75.7 Z-Contact%) and plate skills need some serious work. There is a lot of power potential here however, it will likely come in a strong-side platoon role, because his numbers against lefties are horrendous with a .189/.362/.351 slash against same handed pitching.
Ranking Explanation: Caissie has always played young for the level and I expect more power to develop based on the exit velocities, but the hit tool and strikeouts are negatively regressing, rather than improving. These are the major hurdles that will determine whether or not Caissie leans toward good Cody Bellinger production or bad Joey Gallo production, while the EVs keep his prospect status afloat.
Previous Rank: 66
- 2B / SS Tommy Troy (Diamondbacks)
2024 CPX/A+: .234/.318/.363 | 9.9 BB%, 22.6 K% | 23 XBH, 5 HR, 16 SB
2025 AA (as of 5/30/25): .289/.421/.428 | 16.4 BB%, 19 K% | 13 XBH, 4 HR, 10 SB
Age: 23
ETA: Early 2026
fScores: N/A
Comp: Matt McLain light / Maikel Garcia mash
Prime Skills: I was really high on Troy when he first came on the scene, but his hit tool has only proven to be sub-par (73.4% contact% this year), but he does have above average gap power and plus speed with a much improved plate approach that is borderline 55/60 and some solid speed that could result in a 15/25 potential profile. He has a 5’9” fire hydrant type build with a big leg kick in his swing.
Ranking Explanation: Troy jumped out as a standout post draft in the fast lane to a quick promotion. He killed it in his debut, but then struggled in 2024 and has fallen off most lists – but a solid season in 2025 is rebounding him back into prominence – at least as a notable prospect. I’ll buy Caissie’s power potential over Troy’s plate approach and speed at this point, but not by much.
Previous Rank: N/A
- SP Carson Whisenhunt (Giants)
2024 AAA: 109 2/3 IP | 17.1 K-BB%, 15.3 SwStr%, 29.5 CSW% | 5.17 ERA, 1.58 WHIP
2025 AAA (as of 5/30/25): 61 ⅔ IP | 18.2 K-BB%, 13.7 SwStr%, 29.1 CSW% | 3.50 ERA, 1.09 WHIP
Age: 24
ETA: Early/Mid 2025
fScores: 99 fStuff, 98 fControl, 105 fERA
Comp: Christopher Sanchez
Prime Skills: Whisenhunt is a big lefty known for possibly the best change up in the minors (21.6 SwStr%), but he’s playing these against a below average sinker as his primary fastball (92.6 velocity and 9% SwStr%). He also throws a cutter and a change up every one in a while, but his third pitch is a solid slider (14.3 SwStr%).
Ranking Explanation: Whisenhunt has one dominant pitch and his sinker only generates a 37% GB rate. His path to being the best he can be revolves around developing a second fastball off the sinker and getting that sinker located to generate groundballs in a big San Francisco stadium. Suarez, though at only high A and at last a year off Whisenhunt in proximity has better command and a much better fastball, thus gets the edge.
Previous Rank: 117
- SS / 3B Seaver King (Nationals)
2024 College: .308/.377/.577 | 33 XBH, 16 HR, 11 SB
2024 A: .295/.367/.385 | 10 BB%, 14.4 K% | 4 XBH, 0 HR, 10 SB
2025 A+ (as of 5/30/25): .263/.310/.386 | 4.9 BB%, 22.2 K% | 12 XBH, 3 HR, 12 SB
Age: 22
ETA: Mid 2026
fScores: N/A
Comp: Trea Turner light
Prime Skills: King has a good hit tool and electric speed, King has a wide open stance that generates more power from his smaller frame than you would expect that will likely translate more for doubles than homers in the majors. He is aggressive in the zone and should run high averages (78.8% contact%).
Ranking Explanation: King has a high end profile rating above average across the board in the hit tool, plate skills and power department with plus, plus speed. I expect him to have a killer year in high A and AA, priming himself for a 2026 debut. King needs to work on taking some more walks and increasing his hard hit rate. Tommy Troy gets the slight edge even though King has the better contact rates.
Previous Rank: 71
- SP Jarlin Susana (Nationals)
2024 A/A+: 103 2/3 IP | 24.5 K-BB%, 17.5 SwStr%, 33.4 CSW% | 4.34 ERA, 1.31 WHIP
2025 AA (as of 5/30/25): 26 IP | 14.8 K-BB%, 12.7 SwStr%, 30.3 CSW% | 4.15 ERA, 1.69 WHIP
Age: 21
ETA: Mid 2026
fScores: N/A
Comp: Paul Skenes light
Prime Skills: Another 6’ 6” righty for the Nationals, but Susana came to them in the Juan Soto trade from San Diego… the gift trade that keeps on giving. Susana has an insane 100-102 MPH fastball with a 94 MPH changeup and 87-91 mph power slider that continues to improve.
Ranking Explanation: The Nationals are flooded with ridiculous pitching prospects right now at the lower level. Susana and Sykora are going to cause problems for a long time, except that Susana is putting up terrible walk rates (16.4%) and looks like he needs to go down to A ball to figure out his command. The strike rate itself is prettys solid, but the f-strike% is bad (45-ish percent) and he must be falling behind in the count. Both of these guys should be in the majors, but Susana might be in the majors as a closer, not a starter.
Previous Rank: 106
- OF Aidan Smith (Rays)
2024 A: .288/.401/.473 | 14.4 BB% / 23.2 K%| 45 XBH, 11 HR, 41 SB
2025 A+ (as of 5/31/25): .231/.349/.350 | 13.6 BB%, 32.5 K% | 9 XBH, 3 HR, 14 SB
Age: 20
ETA: Late 2026
fScores: N/A
Comp: Righty Josh Lowe light
Prime Skills: Smith is a toolsy doubles machine (33 in 2024) with an athletic build 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. The speed is there with a solid hit tool and he’s young for the level at A ball.
Ranking Explanation: A lot of the Rays pop prospects last season are off to rough starts this year from Ledbetter and Aidan Smith losing power, to Xavier Isaac’s hit tool and to Jackson Baumeister and Owen Wild regressing negatively – something is going on in a bad way within the Rays system. His groundball rate is up from 34% to 44% this season, while the contact% is down at high A from a solid 75% to 70% with only a .119 ISO, I don’t have EV numbers on him but the Ks are way up, the contact is down and he’s hitting the ball on the ground more this year.
Previous Rank: 92
- SS Tyson Lewis (Reds)
2025 CPX (as of 5/31/25): .357/.429/.524 | 8.2 BB%, 18.4 K% | 3 XBH, 1 HR, 8 SB (11 games)
Age: 19
ETA: 2028
fScores: N/A
Comp: Gunnar Henderson light with worse plate skills
Prime Skills: Lewis is an athletic freak that we have heard a lot about from everyone out in Arizona, especially after some monster EVs he has put up with a 119.4 max EV. At 6’ 2” 195 lbs, he has a similar build to a lefty Arjun Nimala and potentially greater upside if he can keep cranking out EVs as high as his max. He has a powerful lefty swing with great wheels, but the hit tool (70% contact rate) and plate skills (15.8 SwStr%) grade out as slightly below average.
Ranking Explanation: Lewis is too good for complex ball and should be up at A ball in short order where hopefully I’ll be able to get some eyes on him in the Florida State League. I’m a big fan of the tools and the only thing holding him from climbing higher in the rankings is I want to see how the hit tool and K rate adapt to A ball.
Previous Rank: N/A
- SS Kaelen Culpepper (Twins)
2024 A/A+: .242/.330/.394 | 9.8 BB%, 13.4 K% | 8 XBH, 3 HR, 4 SB
2025 A+ (as of 5/31/25): .299/.401/.481 | 12.2 BB% / 17.4 K% | 14 XBH, 6 HR, 11 SB
Age: 22
ETA: 2027
fScores: N/A
Comp: Dansby Swanson
Prime Skills: Kaelen Culpepper is showing a very nice hit tool and plus plate approach this season with a little power and speed on the side as the Twins first rounder from last season. Culpepper is running a plus contact rate at 78%, but he has had a pretty rough time against lefties, though it’s not enough of a concern that he has potential platoon issues. He has great bat speed and a really sweet swing that portends to some nice pull power.
Ranking Explanation: I moved Culpepper ahead of DeBarge last minute as I like his swing and batted ball profile a lot more – it’s a lot more consistent and will lead I think to a very reliable outcome every year ala Swanson. He’s rocking a 149 wRC+ this year and he just seems so smooth in the box – I’m a fan.
Previous Rank: N/A
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