International players under 25 can sign minor-league contracts only. Youve probably been battered with this question over the past couple months, but any chance the team lists will start rolling out next week? Jobe is the organizations next big project. He can run it up to 99 and hold mid-90s. 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 . Baseball America recently ranked the elder Salas the No. Rayner Arias, OF, D.R. #13 Ariel Castro (OF, Cuba) #15 . His frame still has room to add some muscle, so it wouldn't surprise scouts if he ended up with enough juice to run into double-digit homers at his pro peak. The son of MLB-veteran shortstop Jack Wilson, Jacob Wilson has been one of the most accomplished, mature hitters in the country during his stay at GCU. With that in mind, we give you who we think will be the No. 4/MLB No. 3/MLB No. Marwys Jorge, RHP, D.R. Tampa Bay signed Colmenarez to a $3 million deal back in January because of his potential at a premium position. The teenager is currently in the Low-A Wests top five in home runs and RBIs and has a very good chance of joining the 20-20 club in his U.S. debut. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. The 2020 21st overall pick has shown his trademark power with impressive exit velocities at both Low-A and High-A this summer, and his hit tool has been perhaps even better than expected with a .323 average through 63 games at both stops. Marlins: Kahlil Watson, SS (No. Daiverson Gutierrez, C, D.R. Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio, Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez, Dodgers catcher Diego Cartaya, Giants shortstop Marco Luciano, Reds shortstop Noelvi Marte, Guardians outfielder George Valera, Twins outfielder Emmanuel Rodriguezand Rockies shortstop Adael Amador were all seven-figure signings. 1/MLB No. With college ball right around the corner and more industry insight at our fingertips, it's time to dive into the top college prospects for the 2023 class. Featuring above average power and a potential solid average hit tool, Shaw has impact in his bat and a mature approach. January 15, 2023 Paul Woodin AL East, General, MiLB, Top 50 Lists, Yankees 9 New York Yankees Top 50 graphic design by Michael Packard, @CollectingPack on Twitter The Yankees used a lot of youth in 2022 that effectively kept them in the playoff race. : Angels ($900,000) More . Hes jumped stateside again this season in the Arizona Complex League, and while results havent been stellar, the pieces are still there to make the Dominican Republic native an above-average hitter for both average and power in time. "Overall, there is lots of offensive upside, which is particularly valuable at such a premium position," writes MLB.com. He's making his pro debut as a 17-year-old in the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League, where he's hitting .224/.337/.329 with two homers and nine steals in 24 games. An ultra-aggressive swinger of the bat, Hurley will need to polish up his approach as he sees more advanced pitching at the next level. Some believe the profile is best suited as an impact second baseman, though proponents point to his athleticism, lateral burst and sparky actions as reasons to let him develop as a SS. : Astros+ ($897,500) More 22. The signing period is now neatly confined to a single calendar year and runs from Jan. 15 to Dec. 15. Thats unlikely given that hell only turn 20 in November. If there is a draft, it could remedy some of the exploitative aspects of the current system, namely billion-dollar sports franchises (and the cottage industry of training facilities in Latin America) dealing with, and sometimes leveraging power over, impoverished minors. -- $750,000, Blue JaysDavid Guzman, OF, Ven. The 20-year-old is regarded as a future front-of-the-rotation starter. Beyond his 70-grade run tool, the former Boston College star looks like a potential plus hitter, and he works well in both center and right. From Detroits stance, it picked up a pitcher who could eventually end up as the best arm of the class. 4-rated prospect in the 2021 Draft, available with their 16th overall selection. Clark figures to stick in centerfield where his 70-grade run times and strong routes should age beautifully. St. Louis Cardinals. 4/MLB No. Even though it seems likely there will eventually be a draft, in the immediate-term, teams are behaving as if there wont be one to avoid being caught flat-footed in the event one doesnt materialize, or that it takes a while for the infrastructure that would support a draft to be put in place. 48) Martinez has been pegged as a potential future No. Rockies C prospect Romo shows off wheels. Alfredo Duno, C, Ven. *Teams will be allowed to trade international bonus slots during this signing period starting Jan. 15. Covering prospects is all about the future, right? Tony Ruiz, OF, D.R.31. The 2021 Futures Gamer would be second in the Low-A West in slugging and OPS if he had enough at-bats to qualify, while hitting over .300 to boot. + indicates that the club has officially announced the signing. Fantastic write-up as always Eric, thank you! He started tapping into big power on the showcase circuit but still remains super projectable and likely to add plenty more strength. He's big and athletic with explosive power that stems from a combination of raw strength and excellent bat speed. Prospect Headlines. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Sam Dykstra. Clark has a fantastic feel for the strike zone and has a swing catered toward using the entire field. Munetaka Murakami, the record-setting slugger of the Yakult Swallows in Japan, won't be posted until after 2025, when he will be 25 and no longer subject to the international bonus pools. Jeremy Rodriguez, SS, D.R. 1/MLB No. Because the International Players tab has an apples and oranges mix of older pros from Asian leagues and soon-to-be first-year players, there is no explicit ranking on The Board, but Ive stacked the class of anticipated 2023 signees in a table below with a ranking for reference should you need it. The son of two-time All-Star and World Series champion Al Leiter, he comes equipped with an elite 90-97 mph fastball that hitters rarely barrel, a plus curveball and a solid slider and changeup. Rule Changes Probable Pitchers Starting Lineups . : Rockies ($1,700,000) More 25. Ethan Salas, C, Ven. -- $320,000, CardinalsBracewell Taveras, SS, D.R. A new year, a new board and new ranks. His 6-foot-3 build and his game prompt comparisons to Salvador Perez, but he's a better pure hitter than the seven-time All-Star. Robert Calaz, OF, D.R. Emerson showcased a whole lot of tools on the circuit in 2022 with an impressive hit tool and sneaky power. Here are a few of the other top prospects for the 2023 international signing period, listed alphabetically: Dominican SS Felnin Celesten: Celesten, 17, has arguably the best tools seen in international free agency since Wander Franco. As always, our boards are built on three pillars: Conversations within the industry. : Athletics+ ($750,000) More 41. Skenes has shown the ability to manipulate the shape of his slider, and it's paid dividents depending on the handedness matchup. 98)Hes only just started his pro career as the Reds top pick in the 2021 Draft, but the fact that hes already in High-A ball points to the possibility hell live up to his billing as an advanced college hitter who can move quickly. Andy Acevedo, OF, D.R. : Royals+ ($450,000) More 50. The reality, though, is it's much more difficult to gauge an international class because players, mostly from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, are signing at 16 and 17 but often agreed with a team when they were 13 or 14. The 2023 international signing period opens on January 15, as the new collective bargaining agreement has formalized the mid-January start date that has been in place for the last two years. For now, it's comfortably a third base profile, with a corner outfield or first base role possible as he ages. : Blue Jays+ ($4,100,000) More 8. Weve collected data and pitch metrics from guys showcasing their summer gains and, boy, do things look promising. Red Sox: Marcelo Mayer, SS (No. Every player set to receive a bonus of $2 million or more is included in this ranking, with a smattering of players with high six-figure bonuses and up included as well, players who emerged as favorites of mine throughout the process. 1/MLB No. You can find a lot of our film and live looks in each players blurb below. Crews burst onto the scene as a true freshman, crushing baseballs, earning All-American honors almost unanimously. The Angels (Noah Syndergaard), Phillies (Nick Castellanos), Red Sox (Trevor Story), and Rangers (Corey Seager, Marcus Semien) each forfeited $500,000 to sign free agents with qualifying offers as non-CBT payers (Texas forfeited $500,000 each for Seager and Semien). Here are the Nationals' 2023 Top 30 prospects. Better than McKenzie Gore. -- $497,500Jose Mejia, INF, D.R. As always, the FV grade is a more important measure for readers to focus on than the ordinal rankings here. Evaluators certainly prefer the arm, but theres two-way upside. White Sox: Colson Montgomery, SS (No. Given his low release and mid-90s velo, there's definitive swing-and-miss upside if he can find consistency up there. . Felnin Celesten, SS, D.R. Pretty much the complete package. Jan 30, 2023. Darling Fernandez, OF, D.R. Guardians 2023 Top 50 Prospects, No. Ethan Salas, C, Ven. If he can stay up the middle as he matures, then he could be an even bigger position-player star in a system that will likely graduate Bobby Witt Jr., Nick Pratto and MJ Melendez next year. Twins sign twelve international prospects. Led by Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman, Mariners outfielder Julio Rodrguez and Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., seven of the eight highest-rated prospects on our end-of-season 2021 Top 100 should graduate to the Majors this year. 5 Dodgers prospects to watch this spring. 7)There is a whole lot of projection baked into this selection. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. February 26, 2023. Right now, it's more power-over-hit, but scouts think the hit tool could be average too. The fastball is already up into the upper-90s with top of the scale ride. He has signed with the Padres for $5.6 million, per MLB.com. As an example, there's a 2024 high school pitcher in the United States who is 16. : Cubs ($1,000,000) More 15. A primary left fielder, Honeyman is an above average runner with high-level instincts. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. Kevin Ereu, SS, Ven. He offers a four-seam and a two-seam fastball, the latter being more consistent, though McGraw showed a willingness to elevate the four-seamer on the Cape last summer. : Brewers ($1,500,000) More 23. 3 / MLB No. He's got a super-quick arm and natural deception that's been hell on the opposition. Unless otherwise noted, clubs have not confirmed the deals. Prospect Highlights. 537. Bonuses of $10,000 or less are exempt from the pools. Here are the Braves' 2023 Top 30 prospects. After a slow start in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League, he has tripled and doubled in his last two games. on January 15, 2023 Major League Baseball's international signing period opened on Sunday, Jan. 15. This year's newly eligible players were born between Sept. 1, 2005, and Aug. 31, 2006. International bonus pools, the money teams can spend on players, are tied to revenue and market size, with small-market teams getting the biggest bonus pools and large market teams getting the smallest. Angel Cepeda, SS, D.R. Still, the impact and track record against velocity and spin has evaluators believing this is a big league regular bat. As always, our boards are based on three pillars: Astros: Tyler Whitaker, OF (No. 1/MLB No. February 26, 2023. There isnt an official source from which to draw that info early on. 3/MLB No. He features an intriguing toolset that includes plus power and arm strength as well as solid to plus speed. -- $500,000Alison Zacarias, RHP, D.R. Hurley comes packed in an athletic frame with well-proportioned strength and organic loft built into his swing. Honeyman really began to turn heads as one of the better hitters on the Caps this past summer. The Guardians Francisca is considered one of the top young hitters in the entire 2022 MLB International signing class. -- $640,000Rafhlmil Torres, SS, Ven. That all means that, truthfully, public rankings of the top international players before Jan. 15 are not a great way to accurately capture the true best players in the class today or what we would consider an industry consensus the way we can in the draft. Better than Brien Taylor. Others have referred to it as the international day of joy. His batted-ball metrics are loud. That said, he's really begun developing into plenty of game power and could run into 20+ HR at his peak. Sure, this is a bet that CJ Abrams (still only 20 years old) will graduate prior to 2023, but the way San Diego was aggressive with sending Abrams to Double-A this summer (and Fernando Tatis Jr.s recent move to the outfield) could be signs he would take that jump next year. 12)Leiter turned down first-round interest as a New Jersey high schooler in 2019 to attend Vanderbilt, where he was spectacular in his lone full season this spring, no-hitting South Carolina in his first SEC start, tying for the NCAA Division I strikeout lead with 179 in 110 innings and helping the Commodores reach the College World Series finals. Hes got a way about impacting the game in every aspect of the game. Indians: George Valera, OF (No. His older brother, Jose Salas, is a highly regarded infield prospect with the Marlins. The fastball gets up to 99 with immense hop at the top of the zone and true bat-missing qualities. Mariners: Noelvi Marte, SS (No. CLICK HERE FOR 2023 MLB INTERNATIONAL PROSPECT BONUS BOARD Signing Bonus Pool B: $6,366,900 Cincinnati Reds Detroit Tigers Miami Marlins Milwaukee Brewers Minnesota Twins Oakland Athletics. Given his size, his move down the mound and subsequent extension, the baseball explodes on hitters with life at the top of the zone. When the most recent CBA was ratified, the league and the MLBPA had until July 25 to agree to a draft, the first of which would have taken place in 2024 had they done so. Future All-Stars will be signed when international free agency opens Sunday. He can run a fastball into the low-90s on the mound, but his future is likely swinging a bat. We're betting on his dynamic glove, speed, and gamebreaking ability. 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Taylor shows a keen eye at the plate, refusing to expand his zone in favorable counts and commonly walking more than he punches out. He'll be able to sign a contract of any size at that time. 1 prospect in the Nats future. -- $405,000Manuel Genao, RHP, D.R. Its one of the best changeups in the class and comfortably projects plus. Welcome to this year's ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball. The scouting summaries were compiled with information provided by available data and industry sources, as well as from our own observations. In the middle of the month, the international free agency (IFA) signing period re-opened; a few days before that, MLB reinstated former Braves executive John Coppolella, who was ousted for improprieties in this market, and then banned from baseball for refusing to cooperate with the MLB investigation. Were talking about an thunderous bat that should hit for average and power. He possesses an average arm and his feet can get short and choppy on balls his to his left and right. February 26, 2023. Maybe even a future Cy Young winner or MVP. He may ultimately be a second or third baseman baseman, but if it's a plus hit tool, it won't matter where he plays. Brando Mayea, OF, Cuba: Yankees ($4,350,000) More 10. : Dodgers+ ($2,077,500) More 4. He's batting .303/.440/.609 with 20 homers and 28 steals in 88 games between Low-A and High-A, leads the Minors in runs (93) and extra-base hits (55) and ranks third in OPS (1.049). Pirates: Henry Davis, C (No. International free agency remains through at least 2026, when the collective bargaining agreement expires. Sunday marks the open of the 2023 international signing period, one of two ways MLB teams can acquire amateur talent each year. Orioles: Gunnar Henderson, SS (No. Hes comfortably a plus runner with a huge arm that will play at any outfield spot. In the field, Crews is likely destined for right field where his plus throwing arm and above average speed will be valuable assets. Projected bonus amounts for this group will be published on signing day. : Mariners ($4,700,000) More 3. An overview of the rules that govern signing international amateurs can be found on MLBs glossary here, while more thorough and detailed documentation can be found starting on page 287 of the CBA (forgive the 2017-21 version the full text of the latest agreement isnt publicly available yet), and page 38 of the Official Professional Baseball Rules Book. That's a seven mph jump that, in three months, took him from a lower-end Division 1 arm into now one of the harder throwers in the country for his age group. : D-backs+ ($950,000) More 19. 1/MLB No. Yoeilin Cespedes, SS, D.R. Filippo Di Turi, SS, Ven. D-backs: Jordan Lawlar, SS (No. 5 Dodgers prospects to watch this spring. 1. 46)While a back issue has kept him out since late July, Soderstrom has shown that reports of his advanced bat coming out of high school were right on target. CLICK HERE FOR 2023 MLB INTERNATIONAL SIGNINGS TRACKER. Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft: 10-Team, Late Pick (2023) MLB Prospects to Stash in Redraft (2023 Fantasy Baseball) Deep Sleepers: Matt Carpenter (2023 Fantasy Baseball) Derniche Valdez, SS, D.R. He played a bit of third base, but with good range to his right and a strong arm, he projects a more natural fit at third base if hes forced off the shortstop position. If a draft is put in place before then, it will likely impact how much money those players receive and which team they end up working for. Im starting from scratch every time I rank an international class, and I have to begin somewhere just to generate the list of available and relevant names. Our team has taken in nine showcase tournaments and been closely monitoring fall scrimmages, including sitting in on several exhibitions. Janero Miller, OF, Bahamas: Marlins ($950,000) More 17. The signing period begins on Jan. 15 and ends on Dec. 15, 2023. This is largely how Im able to efficiently collect bonus information, but it also reveals an unsavory aspect of the current system that might eventually bring about an international draft. He is an average runner. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted February 26, 2023. 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. Venezuelan catcher Ethan Salas, Dominican shortstop. lvarez shows an impressively quick right-handed bat that should help him hit for average and power the higher he climbs. Pfaadt 'fantastic' in debut -- and he made sure to have fun . If there's one critique, it may be that the throwing arm is below average, maybe a tick better. With Nolan Gorman and Matthew Liberatore both likely in the Majors by 2023, the top spot will be Walkers to lose by then. The international signing period runs through Dec. 15, 2023. A new year, a new board and new ranks. He could repeat Low-A in 2022 and still be ahead of the curve, with plenty of time to figure it out. : Cubs ($2,800,000) More 7. Since bonus pools have become hard-capped, top-of-the-market international players bonuses have fallen well below those of domestic draftees, and its unclear how that might shift with the implementation of an international draft. 10)Basically, the only way lvarez isnt at the top of the Mets list come 2023 is if he somehow graduates next season. He's a Kenny Lofton type of spark-plug that provides far more value than his slugging percentage will ever indicate. 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.
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