1 Roderick Arias The international signing period began Saturday By Matt Snyder Jan 18,. Its been called international signing day. Its part of why hes projected with a below-average hit tool here even though hes performed at an above-average clip in the minors. Because the White Sox had so many good prospects in Birmingham toward the end of the season, it was extremely efficient to source scouts and conduct film study from that time period. -- $525,000Yoiber Ruiz, SS, Ven. Flores has emerged as the best current prospect among the 2020 undrafted free agents and spent most of 2022 carving up the Eastern League. The international signing period usually runs from July 2 to June 15, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to push back the start of the last two signing periods to Jan. 15. Yerlin Luis, OF, D.R. If youre looking for the prospect most likely to hit 40 home runs in a season down the line, this is your player. March 1, 2023. March 1, 2023. Keith was on the SS/3B line as a high school defender, but his extra heft has pushed him down the defensive spectrum. During the course of working on the 2023 class, I became aware of about a half-dozen players set to sign in 2025 and 26 who already have verbal deals for north of $3 million. Jones had surgery, missed the back half of the summer and instructs, and only began hitting again in January. He showed a tendency to expand the zone and make some sub-optimal contact as an amateur and in his 2022 pro sample, but there are times when Johnson does this and rather than frustrate scouts and analysts, he impresses them with his ability to identify and adjust to breaking balls, his barrel feel, and his hand-eye coordination. Stone was an athletic small-school prospect with a powerful drop-and-drive delivery and short, vertically-oriented arm action who the Dodgers selected late in the shortened 2020 draft. Rankings and reports for the current class of amateur players set to sign in January 2022 (though that date could be delayed due to the lockout) have been expanded on The Board with help from. Millers upshot mid-90s fastball should, on its own, make him some kind of impact arm. Alfredo Duno, C, Ven. He has impeccable hitters timing and a swing that is equal parts balanced and explosive, generating plus all-fields power despite barely utilizing any sort of stride. Position-wise, there are 26 infielders, 16 outfielders, two pitchers and six catchers. The start of the international signing period is one of the most important dates on the baseball calendar. But assuming that third base is now his likeliest position, more pressure will be put on Martes bat, and while theres good news in that regard, there also needs to be refinement if Marte is going to hit enough to play an everyday role at third base. The bat is impactful enough to consider him a high-probability big leaguer regular of some kind, even at the bottom of the defensive hierarchy. A newer offering for him (at least based on the previous notes and data FanGraphs has), it spins at 2,900 rpm, 300 rpm more than his trademark slider. Projected signing teams, scouting reports and tool grades on just over 30 players from the 2023 class can now be viewed over on The Board. Their ability as a group to rapidly move their way through the Minor Leagues was unprecedented. Ideally hell play a few different positions based on the game situation. The Houston Astros officially signed Panamanian right-handed pitcher Antony Aparicio to a minor-league contract Thursday. Hes not only kept things in check physically but actually improved to the point of being an above-average defender. -- $500,000, NationalsJuan Obispo, OF, D.R. He loads his hands high and cuts down at the ball, which makes him tough to beat in the upper two thirds of the strike zone because Peraza is so short to those locations. 1st Round. A powerful on-mound athlete, Pfaadt is one of few pitching prospects capable of missing bats with every one of his weapons. lvarez begins in an open set up and then straightens out upon swing initiation without taking a big step or needing a timing mechanism. We gravitate toward up-the-middle defenders littered all throughout the minor leagues, and really only tend to push corner bats onto the list when theyre close to the big leagues, or if we have an abnormal degree of confidence that they will continue to hit all the way through the minors. 2. Cincinnatis present roster situation funnels him to third base, but Jonathan Indias injury history, Joey Vottos age and handedness, and the Reds willingness to play Kyle Farmer at shortstop in the past likely mean that Steer will see time all over the infield throughout the next few years, and this flexibility along with his hitting skill should make him nearly an everyday, every-inning player despite some of his defensive blemishes. Chance for 5 tools. : Tigers+ ($1,250,000) More 33. Heres what scouts like: He runs well for a catcher, and he already shows elite bat speed. -- $400,000Carlos Batista, OF, D.R. He rarely chases and spoils lots of well-executed pitches, grinding away at opposing pitchers. I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. Its fair to consider him a high-floor, low-variance prospect because Romos defensive ability and rocket arm make him very likely to be a plus defender at maturity, and even a one-note style of offense (Romo both lacks power and is relatively impatient) tends to profile at catcher. Jun-Seok Shim, RHP, S. Korea: Pirates+ More 11. He doesnt have big, over-the-fence power, and instead boasts premium feel for contact and a great idea of the strike zone that makes him a dangerous lefty stick who grinds away at opposing pitchers. Quero is a switch-hitting catcher who only had 39 professional games under his belt coming into 2022, the majority of which were played on the complex the previous year. AUCTION - 2022 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball Hobby Box Kenni Gomez, OF, Cuba Astros ($775,000) More 43. : Guardians+ ($850,000) More 38. They recap top prospects who performed well at MLB's Desert Invitational in Arizona, including Tennessee right-hander Chase Dollander and Grand Canyon shortstop Jacob Wilson, and other stars who got off to strong starts, such as LSU righty Paul Skenes. -- $310,000Carlos Monteverde, OF, Ven. The Angels, Phillies and Red Sox each forfeited $500,000 from their pools for signing players who had rejected qualifying offers -- Noah Syndergaard, Nick Castellanos and Trevor Story, respectively -- last offseason, so each has a pool of $4,644,000 . Miller spent his freshman year at Blinn College, then pitched out of the Texas A&M bullpen as a sophomore and junior. at High-A Wisconsin for the last month of the season. Jameson sits 95-96 mph, touches 99, can add and subtract sink from his fastball, and his mid-80s slider is comfortably plus. For international prospects across the globe, this is where it all begins and dreams come true. Still, the quality of Martes contact, as much as he might make, is not consistent or authoritative, and this was true in the regular season when he looked twitchier and looser than he did in the fall. Vaquero is expected to sign with the Nationals and would be a considered a potential top five pick if he were eligible for the amateur draft. Hall didnt throw harder in a relief role he was still parked in the 95-97 mph range and in fact his velo keeled off a little bit right at the very end of the season. Those pitches (in order of usage) are a cutter, slider, and the occasional curveball, all bending in anywhere between 94 and 75 mph, with the sliders shape and velo sometimes bleeding into the other two. The offensive bar in left is at roughly the same level as third base and if we project Vargas to be able to play a neutral left field (hes below average right now but looks better than he ever has at third), it actually buoys his overall profile because his third base defense was pulling it down. Merrills feel to hit is sublime. With breathtaking bat speed, he wraps the head of his bat over his back shoulder, keeping it pointed toward the mound well after the pitcher releases the ball, then whips it through the zone so quickly that he still manages to make contact in front of the plate. Make no mistake, Paradas bat was one of the surer things in the 2022 draft, and hes likely to hit in the middle of a big league order regardless of position, which would make him a superstar catcher, but closer to an average regular if he ends up a LF/DH. Rafaela had a breakout 2022 season, hitting .299/.342/.539 mostly at Double-A Portland. He has some outfield experience but very little in pro ball, and he doesnt exactly look like a fish in water out there. His 2021 season got off to a delayed start because of a stress fracture in his left foot (he slashed .326/.398/.592 across 80 upper-level games thereafter) and Jung spent most of 2022 on the shelf rehabbing from surgery to repair a torn left labrum. He has plus feet, range, and actions, and will make throws from all kinds of odd platforms, including when hes backhanding balls to his right and throwing on the run. There are people capable of standing out in this manner, but generally, even the most accomplished rankers tend to miss on players. AL East: Johnson projects as a second baseman with plus contact and power. Ramos often pulls off pitches on the outer edge and swings inside ones hed ideally either contact or spoil. March 1, 2023. Davis plate crowding helps enable his pull-heavy approach. Raymond Mola, OF, D.R. 55 runner. Twenty-five of the players on the 2021 Top 50 International Prospects list are from the Dominican Republic. -- $800,000Luis Merejo, INF, D.R. If he and the Rockies can find a way to be on time against fastballs, then theres a shot for a real breakout here, but its tough to ask that of someone who, to this point, has been successful. As of list publication, Rodriguez is one of just two catchers on Pittsburghs 40-man roster, and while its possible hes beaten out by a veteran non-roster invitee like Tyler Heineman or Kevin Plawecki, Rodriguezs defensive chops and versatility give him a shot to break camp with the big club, split time with Austin Hedges, and moonlight at one or two other positions before eventually seizing the primary catcher job. Jhonny Severino, SS, Dominican Republic Brewers ($1,230,000) More 22. Lee played short at Poly, but based on his size (Brad Miller is a fair body comp), straight line speed (hes heavy-footed from home to first, in the 4.5s) and his medical, clubs tend to have him projected to third base. Big league sliders might force Davis to make an adjustment, but so far his contact performance has been solidly average. Across parts of five MLB seasons, Soto has a slash line of .287/.424/.526 (157 OPS+), and he's averaged 33 home runs and 133 walks per 162 games played. Knee and hamstring surgery effectively knocked him out for the 2020 season, then Lee hit .341/.384/.626 in 2021 and had a huge summer on Cape Cod, with six homers in just 21 games. Plus athlete, "true shortstop". Manual adjustments are made where they seem appropriate, but we use that as a rule of thumb. Tiedemann was passed over as a SoCal high school hurler in the 2020 draft due in part to an ill-timed injury. At one point, his in-zone contact rate was in the ninth percentile among minor leaguers, even while his triple slash line was out of this world. And Chourio has that kind of power. Even though beat writers reported that he had begun throwing again in June, Espino didnt pitch in games for the rest of the year. Hes on pace to compete for a big league rotation spot in 2024 and work a full slate of innings, assuming a standard 20-inning bump year over year. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted Diego Benitez, SS, Venezuela Braves ($2,500,000) More 11. Its also when their dreams are realized. As is customary for pitching prospects near the tippity top of prospect lists, Rodriguez got hurt in 2022, suffering a Grade 2 lat strain in early June. Green struck out in a third of his varsity at-bats in 2021, and swung and missed more than he put balls in play during that years summer/fall showcase circuit before things improved during his senior year of high school. Pages swing is as geared for lift as any hitter in the minors, and he should get to enough power to profile in a corner. Keith was a late-riser on 2020 draft boards and had teams debating whether to select him as a pitcher or a hitter, with some even considering developing him as a two-way talent. Ronny Mo is on the very edge of the threshold of viability in this respect. 2022 MLB Draft Top 100 Prospects Prospects Live There are 13 prospects from Venezuela, two from the Bahamas and one each from Cuba, Mexico and Korea. Nelsons velocity was down early in 2022 but picked up late in the year. Each Box Contains Eight Autographs, Two Memorabilia Cards & Five Opti-Chrome Cards! : Nationals+ ($550,000) More 40. Julien finally got underway in pro ball in 2021 and since then, hes had two good seasons en route to a 40-man roster spot. He was the fifth ranked prospect on our 2022 Draft Board but was picked 13th, enough to merit some reconsideration as to whether Neto belongs in the 50 FV already. Below is a look at which players from MLB.com's Top 50 International Prospects list have agreed to terms with clubs, and for how much. Here are the bonus pools for the 2022 international signing period, according to MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez: The Blue Jays (George Springer) and Dodgers (Trevor Bauer) each forfeited $500,000 in international bonus pool money to sign a qualified free agent last offseason. The most famous prospect available is 23-year-old Cuban outfielder Oscar Cols, who was once dubbed the "Cuban Ohtani" for his two-way ability. His in-zone contact numbers improved throughout 2022, even after promotion. Vargas has great feel for contact and enough power to profile as an everyday left fielder or second baseman, with the latter looking more likely for now given the Dodgers roster situation. When you visit any web site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. He was passed over in the 2020 draft despite sitting 94-97 mph in outings that were often seen by decision-makers who were in to scout Asa Lacy and Christian Roa, largely because Miller was very wild. More striking than his velocity itself is the ease with which Espino generates it. His feeds around the bag sometimes lack touch and accuracy, but hes otherwise a capable shortstop defender and would easily be plus at third base. Position-wise, there are 20 infielders, 18 outfielders, five catchers, six pitchers and one two-way player. For instance, Marte isnt easy to beat in the strike zone. 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 is short to the baseball and still generates huge, all-fields power, swinging with so much effort and might that sometimes his head rattles around and his helmet flies off as hes making contact. Espino looked like a front-end arm early in 2022, then missed most of the season with knee and shoulder issues, the latter of which (dabs tear ducts) bled into 2023. Mar 21, 2022 at 5:14 pm ET 6 min read Not every prospect list is suitable for every need. For one, he struck out in a third of his A-ball plate appearances, and the track record for hitters who K that much at such a low level is not very good. You may have also noticed that there are more than 100 prospects in the table below, and more than 100 scouting summaries. He tends to bar his front arm and load his hands high, which made it impossible for him to turn on velocity on the showcase circuit when he was facing better, faster pitching than he did during varsity play. By virtue of this precision, he might have peak years with 20 homers or so, very similar to Brantley. His patient approach and bat-to-ball skills from both sides of the plate inspire confidence in his ability to eventually become a reliable starter. Thank you. In mid-August, the Orioles moved Hall to the bullpen, and after just four relief appearances over a span of 12 days, he was promoted to Baltimore for a 13-inning cup of coffee. 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. It seemed plausible he might eventually grow into meaningful power, too. In this case, Montgomerys bat seems to have already blossomed, while you can throw out the age-related concerns given that he has now proven himself at High-A. Poised to make an immediate impact as Arizonas leadoff hitter, Carroll is the tip of the spear the Diamondbacks are pointing at the Dodgers and Padres. Though his lower half looks a little stiff and he plays defense with a high center of gravity, hes capable of acrobatic defensive plays and at least has a shot to stay at shortstop long-term. The loss of reps might accelerate a move down the defensive spectrum (the Giants have publicly refuted this) so Luciano can just focus on hitting his way to San Francisco. He continued to play well as a junior, showing better barrel feel from the left side than he did as a sophomore. Even though his stride is relatively conservative, he is still generating so much force with his legs that his back foot will sometimes come completely off the ground as hes making contact, la Bryce Harper. Maikol Orozco, SS, Ven. International bonus pools, the money teams can spend on players, are set according to market size, with small market teams getting the most and large market teams getting the least. Hassell doesnt have premium ball-striking power and is probably a corner outfielder, so the contact piece of his profile needs to rebound in a big way for him to continue projecting as a regular. : Cubs ($1,000,000) More 20. Because his delivery is so elegant and consistent, Bradleys splitter has deep projection. Marte had a long and eventful 2022 that culminated in him looking absolutely gassed during the Arizona Fall League. He still threw a ton of strikes and went in the fifth round of the 2021 draft, projecting as a high-floor, low-ceiling depth starter based on his command. He turned out to have a stress fracture in his lower back, which the Giants revealed as players reported to camp at the start of 2023. Use of any marks, trademarks, or logos on this website shall not constitute a sponsorship or endorsement by the trademark holder. Naylors 2022 rebound is a great example of why its prudent to give catchers with any sort of offensive potential more developmental grace than their peers. Defensively, hes of the Carlos Correa ilk in that his arm strength allows for some wiggle room regarding his hands and pure fielding ability. Hes still likely to get to enough power and play good enough defense to be an impact regular for Arizona. There arent many lefty-hitting shortstops with this kind of offensive juice.
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