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WeagleWeagle · 10-07-2022, 02:56 PM

With Opening Day almost upon us, BNN dropped its updated top 100 prospects and unsurprisingly no one apart of Nashville is anywhere to be found. The minor league top systems ranking paints a disturbing picture for how far we have to go to even have the farm system in place to compete in the MLB.

We do have 2 players ranked in the top 200 which is more than Vegas can say. 3B Willy Vasquez comes in at #118 while 1B Tyler Black is #155. Both were Rule 5 pickups. Again that’s one of the best opportunities we have early on to add some legit young MLB talent to our roster.

Here’s a look at the top 10 prospects in baseball heading into 2025:

1.) RF Andres Bernal, 18, San Francisco
2.) 2B Juan Morales, 18, Milwaukee Brewers
3.) SS Jesus Padilla, 17, Cincinnati Reds
4.) 3B Juan Lara, 18, Minnesota Twins
5.) 3B Payton Green, 22, Toronto Blue Jays
6.) CF Sanho Caleiro, 18, Atlanta Braves
7.) RHP Jonah Tong, 21, Cleveland Guardians
8.) RHP Mason Marriott, 22, Oakland Athletics
9.) RHP Bubba Chandler, 22, Pittsburgh Pirates —> could make MLB debut in 2025
10.) LF Juan Rojas, 18, New York Yankees

Outside of Chandler, most of these prospects are a few years away from seeing the big leagues. Keep an eye on New York Mets 2B Jacob Gonzalez, Seattle’s CF Enrique Bradfield Jr, Atlanta’s SS Yordys Valdes, Los Angeles Dodgers’ SP Abel Moya, and Milwaukee’s SP Jefferson Figueroa as guys that could see their first MLB action and push for that Rookie of the Year award.

As for top systems, Baltimore sits in the #1 spot with 5 players in the top 30. Cleveland comes in at #2 with 2 in the top 15 and Toronto is #3 thanks in large part to Green and CF C.J. Ramos (#13).

Unsurprisingly, not many folks are interested in parting ways with those highly rated prospects. We’ve poked around all off-season and we just don’t have the assets to make any of those types of moves. So I gave my scouting director Robert Meija a different task. “Go find kids you project to be elite at something”.

Sure it’s nice to have well rounded prospects but those don’t grow on trees and they are expensive to acquire. Especially so if you have no assets to trade with. So instead, let’s go find those kids who have a chance to be special at something, get them in our organization and see if we can build those other skills. Worst case scenario the farm system is loaded with elite defenders, HR hitters and pitchers that walk no one. I can live with that.

Meija turned up a few names and we were actually able to make a move for one. CF Alvarao Granados was an international discovery for the Detroit organization back in 2022. Meija projects him to be an elite defensive player with the chance to be a decent doubles hitter that doesn’t strike out much. Got his first taste of professional ball in Rookie League last year where he struggled a good bit at the plate. But he projects to be an elite outfielder and an elite baserunner with 80 grade speed. The prototype for type of acquirable young talent we can access right now.

So we made a deal with Detroit to send over veteran Dansby Swanson who we recently signed to a AAA team. The former #1 overall pick has really struggled in the majors past few seasons so we had signed him more as a depth piece. Detroit thinks they can use him this season. Works for us.

10-07-2022, 02:56 PM	#18
WeagleWeagle Major Leagues Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 448	2025 BNN Top Prospects With Opening Day almost upon us, BNN dropped its updated top 100 prospects and unsurprisingly no one apart of Nashville is anywhere to be found. The minor league top systems ranking paints a disturbing picture for how far we have to go to even have the farm system in place to compete in the MLB. We do have 2 players ranked in the top 200 which is more than Vegas can say. 3B Willy Vasquez comes in at #118 while 1B Tyler Black is #155. Both were Rule 5 pickups. Again that’s one of the best opportunities we have early on to add some legit young MLB talent to our roster. Here’s a look at the top 10 prospects in baseball heading into 2025: 1.) RF Andres Bernal, 18, San Francisco 2.) 2B Juan Morales, 18, Milwaukee Brewers 3.) SS Jesus Padilla, 17, Cincinnati Reds 4.) 3B Juan Lara, 18, Minnesota Twins 5.) 3B Payton Green, 22, Toronto Blue Jays 6.) CF Sanho Caleiro, 18, Atlanta Braves 7.) RHP Jonah Tong, 21, Cleveland Guardians 8.) RHP Mason Marriott, 22, Oakland Athletics 9.) RHP Bubba Chandler, 22, Pittsburgh Pirates —> could make MLB debut in 2025 10.) LF Juan Rojas, 18, New York Yankees Outside of Chandler, most of these prospects are a few years away from seeing the big leagues. Keep an eye on New York Mets 2B Jacob Gonzalez, Seattle’s CF Enrique Bradfield Jr, Atlanta’s SS Yordys Valdes, Los Angeles Dodgers’ SP Abel Moya, and Milwaukee’s SP Jefferson Figueroa as guys that could see their first MLB action and push for that Rookie of the Year award. As for top systems, Baltimore sits in the #1 spot with 5 players in the top 30. Cleveland comes in at #2 with 2 in the top 15 and Toronto is #3 thanks in large part to Green and CF C.J. Ramos (#13). Unsurprisingly, not many folks are interested in parting ways with those highly rated prospects. We’ve poked around all off-season and we just don’t have the assets to make any of those types of moves. So I gave my scouting director Robert Meija a different task. “Go find kids you project to be elite at something”. Sure it’s nice to have well rounded prospects but those don’t grow on trees and they are expensive to acquire. Especially so if you have no assets to trade with. So instead, let’s go find those kids who have a chance to be special at something, get them in our organization and see if we can build those other skills. Worst case scenario the farm system is loaded with elite defenders, HR hitters and pitchers that walk no one. I can live with that. Meija turned up a few names and we were actually able to make a move for one. CF Alvarao Granados was an international discovery for the Detroit organization back in 2022. Meija projects him to be an elite defensive player with the chance to be a decent doubles hitter that doesn’t strike out much. Got his first taste of professional ball in Rookie League last year where he struggled a good bit at the plate. But he projects to be an elite outfielder and an elite baserunner with 80 grade speed. The prototype for type of acquirable young talent we can access right now. So we made a deal with Detroit to send over veteran Dansby Swanson who we recently signed to a AAA team. The former #1 overall pick has really struggled in the majors past few seasons so we had signed him more as a depth piece. Detroit thinks they can use him this season. Works for us.