Hernandez has fantastic bat speed and power for a no-doubt shortstop prospect, but he Kd at a concerning rate in 2022. TOP 25 CHAT Tennessee took over No. His slider execution is especially consistent, though his curveball has the more visually pleasing movement. If he does that while getting to most of his power, hell be one of the better players in baseball its just that De La Cruz has struck out a concerning 30% of the time. Plus, lvarez isnt nearly as chase-prone as Alfaro and has much more power than Bart, so he should outperform both. His open batting stance and deep pre-stride crouch are much more extreme than they were last year, and this change might have enabled him to see the ball better (similar to the way opening his stance helped unlock peak D-backs Luis Gonzalez) and improve his bat-to-ball ability enough for all of his modest power to play, especially in the Cal League. Because hes still so young, the chances are better that Marte can course correct in this area, and theres recent precedent for that path in Julio Rodrguez, who became sleeker and faster to stay in center field. Mauricio has developed as well as could have been rationally hoped when he signed. Previous ranking: No. Kurtz was unstoppable, hitting four homers and driving in 11, along with a video-game-like 1.267 slugging percentage. He was a coveted prospect as a prep player, but his strong commitment to Cal Poly, where his dad coaches, and some general concerns about his physical longevity due to a back issue pushed the industrys assessment of him down, so he went to school. Tradition is nice, but its more important to establish a tradition of consistent winning in the last decade, and especially in the last five years. Bat speed prodigy Luciano has encountered a few developmental speed bumps since roasting the Cal League in 2021. Yorkes rhythm and timing at the plate were fantastic there, though, and were inclined to dismiss his 2022 as being the result of his injuries rather than a real regression in skill or exposure of a flaw in his offense. He has a big frame, a mature approach, and a left-handed stroke so gorgeous that its now rumored to be dating Pete Davidson. Mauricio is both What They Look Like and What They Look Like When They Bust. He is a huge-framed, switch-hitting shortstop with power from both sides of the plate and a rocket arm, but his swing decisions are often so reckless that even though hes coming off a 20/20 season at Double-A, hes still an extremely volatile prospect. Jobe was the consensus top high school arm in the 2021 draft and earned a bonus of nearly $7 million as the third overall pick. Unfortunately, his season was interrupted (and maybe compromised) by a back injury that cost him all of June and July, and he only played in 57 games throughout the season. As Volpe has added strength and mass, the trunk of his body has thickened substantially and impacted his defensive mobility a bit. Outfielder Dylan Crews was named MVP of the event after going 9-for-13 and scoring six runs on the weekend. Its tough for hitters who are looking for a fastball to do anything with them, even though Millers feel for locating his secondaries (especially his sinking changeup and low-80s curveball) is not sharp. 74CharlotteC-USA4NC8N/ANRNRNR 70Grand CanyonWAC1AZ3N/ANRNRNR His forearms have grown like the Grinchs heart, and Carroll can now bang wall-threatening contact to all fields with the flick of his wrists. Still, Chourio has big-ceiling company in that part of the leaderboard names like Byron Buxton and Adolis Garca are down there, and Julio Rodrguez isnt far away. On defense, Rodriguezs size is both a feature and a bug. The sophomore righty looked like what the Pirates needed on Saturday, going five innings and striking out seven, allowing just one run. The 55 FV pitchers and above tend to have some combination of monster stuff and good command, whereas the 50 FV pitchers often have one or the other. RHP Nathan Dettmer Dettmer was as-advertized this weekend, striking out eight over 4.2 runless innings. Prospect status is a factor, to be sure, but this list strives to be much more than that. Before he got hurt, there were folks in baseball who considered him a top 30 prospect, so his ceiling is big enough to include him on the top 100 now even though hes coming off injury. Its tough to gauge where Woods eventual defensive home will be. A complete prospect and a total baseball rat, Lawlar had been a touted amateur as an underclassman and held serve as a near top-of-the-class talent for two or three years, even amid the volatility of the 2020 draft process. He needs to improve at framing pitches in the bottom of the zone, especially breaking balls, which he tends to let travel too deep, making them appear to be below the zone. His slider tunnels better with the four-seamer, but its whiff and chase rates have been more pedestrian. Theres an All-Star-caliber hit and power combination here, and while a bigger pro data sample might reveal some approach-related issues, Johnson has been one of the best hitters his age for going on a half decade and feels like a relatively high-probability high school hitting prospect. He has had the most impressive BP session at each of the last two Futures Games, launching satellite-threatening baseballs to the very outer reaches of big league stadiums. We can quibble over whether A-ball dynamics have changed due to the elimination of the short season leagues in a way that might invalidate historical precedents like this, but its reasonable to have some pause about Williams long-term prospectdom when you realize the closest 2022 comp for his contact data (66% contact%, 78% z-contact) was Paul DeJong. Of the teenage hitters on the list, Zavalas feel to hit is probably the most polished. Espino had taken another leap at the onset of 2022, sitting in the 98-102 mph range with a fastball that sometimes had 20-23 inches of vertical break during the spring. Some aspects of Mauricios defense need to be cleaned up. His best offspeed is a plus slider, a tight, two-plane offering in the low-to-mid-80s. Those states are followed by North Carolina (nine), Florida (seven), Louisiana (six) and Virginia (five). He can shorten up and punish inner-third velocity from the left side like few other hitters in the 2022 draft could, and he rarely expands the zone. Weekend Record reflects a teams weekend results as a collective unit in an effort to incorporate tournament results and not just reflect a teams record in weekend series. Rafaela is also capable of playing a couple of spots on the infield, though not as well, and unless his approach is actually a problem and shifts Rafaela into a premium utility role, hes probably just going to play center field all the time. With Martn Maldonado and Korey Lee around, Diaz will be able to ease into the everyday waters and start some games at 1B/DH to get his bat into the lineup. The FV grade is more important than the ordinal ranking. His slider can bend in as hard as 94 mph and has late, two-plane finish. He shares many similarities with Eduardo Escobar. Henderson is a viable shortstop defender (for now) who has plus-plus plate discipline and power. This wasnt a gradual increase, either it happened all at once in 2019. Neither his slider nor changeup is fully baked quite yet, but if either (or both) become viable, they would bring with them a higher probability that Priester slots in as a mid-rotation starter. Hes a complete hitter who will likely produce some 25-30 home run seasons by virtue of his contact quality and frequency, and some .400-plus OBP seasons because of his plate discipline and speed. Previous ranking: No. Acuas swing is explosive and athletic, starting upright with a load and leg kick similar to his brothers, before he takes a gargantuan stride toward the mound. His swing, however, works in such a way that his contact quality tends to be highly variable, his bat path really only enables him to work middle-away with any authority, he gets jammed a bunch, and he doesnt seem to be able to go down to scoop or spoil pitches that finish down-and-in. His strikeout rate began to decline after that, and while his fastball was averaging just over 96 mph across his first four professional starts, it was just below 94 mph over his last four. Its tough to be a 2-WAR DH every year (Bryce Harpers 2022 100-game line was good for 2 WAR), but Busch has the hit/power combination to do it. NC State has one more week of non-conference play before its schedule stiffens with ACC competition. This is the first week the Seminoles are ranked this season. He still has some relief risk. In Casas case, there is so much lefty-hitting power here that we are still buying him as an above-average big league run producer at first base. Hes coming off another terrific offensive year, slashing .257/.336/.420 as a 21-year-old at Akron with about a month of Columbus thrown in, and setting a career-high in homers (18) for the second straight season. The floor here is XL Freddy Galvis with worse defense, but there will be some peak seasons where more of the power plays and he produces like a star. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place . Use code Fall15for a discounted subscription. The fastball looked great and the slider seemed unhittable. Theres substantial bust risk here but the ceiling is huge, too big to move off of Hernandez after a whiff-prone first year stateside. After a breakout 2021 season, Harrison managed to improve in virtually every column of his stat sheet in 2022. RPI (Live) Records include games against Division I opponents only. The Volunteers improved to 23-1 on the season. Nelsons velocity was down early in 2022 but picked up late in the year. 17TennesseeSEC8TN25269NRNR 15VirginiaACC4VA1-31252 Keith was in the AFL because he missed all but about two months of the regular season with a shoulder injury. He issued more strikeouts and lowered his WHIP, all while racking up more innings and advancing two levels without showing many growing pains in the process. Hes going to reach base a ton and hit for power. He finished that season with a 10-game A-ball stint, where he struck out in 16 of his 42 plate appearances. Poised to compete for a rotation spot when 2023 camp breaks, Ortiz is one of a few high-upside Pirates youngsters who look like theyd fit in a contenders rotation. His ceiling is as lofty as he is. Hes added a hard slider/cutter to his amazing-looking curveball, but his fastball still doesnt miss bats and his report reads like Aaron Sanchezs did. He sometimes struggles with arm accuracy from third base and has sub-par range at second, but his footwork, hands, and actions keep him afloat at each spot. Jung had a rough 2022 that were chalking up to injury-related rust rather than severe skill regression. Throw in the visual twitch and athleticism, and this is the player Spotifys algorithm would recommend to FanGraphs if prospects were musical artists. Defensively, hes of the Carlos Correa ilk in that his arm strength allows for some wiggle room regarding his hands and pure fielding ability. Jones, like so much of the Stanford lineup, struggled mightily during the shortened 2020 season, but upon the start of the 2021 campaign, he looked like a different player. Parada may not be able to catch, but we think his bat profiles anywhere. Hes a compact-framed, contact-oriented middle infielder from a smaller conference, but Neto gets the most out of his body by taking very athletic, high-octane swings. Its possible that aspects of his repertoire will be pared down in relief. Ramirez has to cut some mechanical corners to swing as hard as he does right now, and that leads to swing-and-miss risk that adds to whats already present because of his propensity to chase, but that might be ironed out as he gets stronger and can take a more traditional swing. His fantastic bat-to-ball skill has enabled him to rake in the minors, but he has a tendency to offer at pitches that are way, way off the plate, pitches most hitters instantly know arent competitive. That bat speed, in conjunction with his short levers, allows him to track pitches well, resulting in impressive swing decisions for such a young player. June 25 : The best-of-three CWS finals begins and concludes on either June 26 or June 27 with the crowning of the 2022 national champion. He also throws a changeup and a slider, both of which show promise, though neither was featured much in his 2022 mix. We started with those base rates for every player on this years list and then manually tweaked them depending on our more specific opinions about the player. While his profile is that of an offense-first catcher, lvarez is unlikely to be a true liability back there and has more than enough stick to make up for his defensive deficiencies. He struck out a third of the time and posted an OPS of just .602 before being shut down for the remainder of the season in mid-June. Subscribe to get the best baseball coverage. He slashed .287/.388/.476 at High-A in 2022 and hit 43 extra-base hits during the year, but Carters game is much more about soft skills than premium tools. His rare raw thump has already begun to manifest in games, as Cartaya clubbed 22 homers in 2022, a season after he dealt with multiple injuries that severely limited his playing time. 31ClemsonACC7SC2-8232424 His swing is like a right-handed version of Juan Sotos, capable of getting underneath the baseball in basically every part of the zone, in part because of the flexibility and athleticism in his lower half. He does look quite vulnerable out there but it isnt an issue opposing pitchers have consistently been able to exploit just yet. Peraza seems to realize this and tends to let strikes in the lower third of the zone go by until he absolutely has to swing at them. DI indoor T&F championship selections revealed, How La. INF Jonathan Vastine Vanderbilt is counting on the sophomore Vastine this spring and he didnt disappoint last week. His aggressive approach resulted in his walk rate dipping at High-A, while his strikeout rate inflated a bit typical advancement-related growing pains but he still managed to slug .498 and swipe 19 bags at the higher level. Increased changeup emphasis, which was already evident during Williams first instructs, has occurred in pro ball, and while Williams meal ticket is still his mid-90s fastball, which he rips past hitters at the letters, he has three viable weapons right now and might have a fourth as his changeup develops. It was Merrills Arizona Fall League look, which came against more advanced arms, and his underlying hit data that really drove him up the prospect continuum. Merrills breaking ball recognition is fantastic and hes adept at making adjustments in the middle of at-bats once hes seen the shape of his opponents pitches. 1, Three Teams Enter", "D1Baseball Top 25: Virginia Tech, Texas Tech Moves Headline Latest Rankings", "D1Baseball Top 25: LSU, Oklahoma, ECU Join Rankings", "D1Baseball Top 25: Conference Champs Make Big Jumps", "D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings: Champion Ole Miss Finishes Atop Rankings", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2022_NCAA_Division_I_baseball_rankings&oldid=1095325875, College baseball rankings in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Tied with team above or below also with this symbol, This page was last edited on 27 June 2022, at 18:20. Busch has continued his long track record of excellent offensive performance so far in pro ball. The 20-year-old ends it near (or sometimes in) a kneeling position in the box because hes swung with so much effort. Lots of scouts think he ultimately projects in relief, but hes holding his velocity deep into games and has some other pitchability traits that suggest he could continue to start. If the Giants are contending for a playoff spot, he may be called up during the 2023 season, perhaps first in a bullpen capacity, but he projects as an eventual impact starter. His trademark breaking ball, which has plus-plus spin and flashes huge depth, tends to finish in the strike zone and isnt yet a consistent putaway pitch. Domnguez also wasnt seen facing live pitching very much as an amateur, so while his showcase tools were evident, there wasnt as much confidence in his hit tool as is typical of a top-of-the-class prospect. Leiter is too powerful an on-mound athlete not to have an impact fastball, though he does need to sharpen his control. Carter has plus soft skills but doesnt have the power for stardom. If most hitters leg kicks and move forward are outies, Mayos is an inny his front foot often lands closer to his rear foot than where it began. He sits 92-95 mph while touching higher with his carrying four-seam fastball, and like any good D-backs prospect, moves it well north-south while generating whiffs at the top of the zone; he also has a sinker as a change of pace. He takes a little while to get his legs churning, but once hes moving, hes a plus runner and has generated some home-to-first times in the neighborhood of 4.1-4.2 seconds. RHP AJ Hutcheson The true freshman was lights-out from the bullpen this past week, appearing two times and striking out seven without allowing a hit. But hes also quite the hitter and has impressive plate discipline, as shown with a .336 average and .451 on-base percentage in 2021. His performance in 2022 was a reminder of what makes him such an exciting prospect: over 34 games at Triple-A, he slashed .313/.405/.534 with nearly 12% walks and just over 20% strikeouts. Gonzaga; 35 Liberty. If he can consistently locate his stuff Abels pitch execution is behind that of the typical Double-A starter but okay for a still-growing pitcher his age then Abel will be a front-end arm. 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