The Guardians excel at signing talented young hitters and helping pitchers take their stuff to another level. They figure to redirect those savings to Brock Porter, who was widely regarded as the best high school pitcher in the draft before he fell to the fourth round. The 19-year-old has grown four inches and gained 45 points since signing for $200,000 in 2019, and he is now a towering 6'8", 220-pounder with electric stuff. 1. More , 25. Cincinnati Reds2021 midseason rank: 102021 preseason rank: 202020 midseason rank: 222020 preseason rank: 24Top 100 Prospects: Hunter Greene (No. Those are three high-ceiling bats who could easily form the middle of a New York lineup by the end of 2023. 2 in 2007. CUBS. Aug 8, 2022. He doesn't have the highest ceiling, but left-hander Cooper Hjerpe might be the first starting pitcher from the 2022 draft class to reach the majors. 97), Its been a little bit of a mixed bag farm system-wise for the Twins, with Lewis second knee injury the most notable blow. RHP Drey Jameson (Tier 3)8. 79 overall pick as their most promising 2022 selection. OF George Valera (Tier 1)3. Their lone Top 100 guy at the start of the season, Michael Harris II, made the jump from Double-A to the big leagues, earned a big contract extension and should get plenty of Rookie of the Year votes. Right-hander Taj Bradley has gone from being a fifth-round pick in 2018 to one of the best pitching prospects in baseball. Witt is Kansas Citys only Top 50 overall prospect, hurting the system slightly in this set of rankings. Yes, the Chicago White Sox ' minor league system was ranked dead last by The Athletic's Keith Law on Monday, 30th out of 30 major league teams. OF Garrett Mitchell (Tier 3). 65); Nick Gonzales, 2B (No. OF Justin Crawford (Tier 2)5. Right-handers Bobby Miller and Ryan Pepiot are the next farmhands poised to make an impact in Los Angeles. 35), Eury Perez (No. More , 9. More . 63), Kyle Harrison (No. RHP Jonathan Bowlan (Tier 3). 1B Vinnie Pasquantino (Tier 1)2. Moore was the Brewers' third selection in the 2022 draft. 4 prospect Ivan Herrera arent far from forming a Major League battery themselves. RHP Norge Vera (Tier 3)6. 57), Michael Busch (No. The Guardians rolled the dice on the power potential of Chase DeLauter with the No. Right-hander Dylan Lesko was a candidate to go No. 74), Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson are off prospect lists, yet the Tigers continue their tradition of having first-rounders in the Top 100 with Jobe (2021) and Jung (2022). A prospect on the rise when the season began, Elly De La Cruz is now one of the most promising young players in the minors. Liberatore and No. RHP Landon Marceaux (Tier 3)10. For the time being, the talent at the top of the farm coupled with some interesting toolsy players throughout makes it one of the more intriguing ones in baseball. The strength of the farm system was tied almost exclusively to the development and projection of the . More , 24. 43), Walkers ascent to become St. Louis top prospect gives the club yet another slugging-first third-base option behind Nolan Arenado. 3B/OF Nolan Jones (Tier 2)7. 17); Kyle Harrison, LHP (No. 47), Daniel Espino (No. 15 after the club traded the bulk of its big league coreincluding Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez, Yu . Philadelphia Phillies2022 preseason rank: 262021 midseason rank: 272021 preseason rank: 232020 midseason rank: 23Top 100 Prospects: Andrew Painter, RHP (No. 55), Cam Collier, 3B (No. LHP Andrew Abbott (ETA 2023) According to MLB.com's rankings and projections, three of the top . Their graduations and drop leave Kansas City with only two Top 100 prospects this round. INF Elly De La Cruz (ETA 2024) 9. The 19-year-old is hitting .267/.366/.474 with 30 extra-base hits and 15 steals in 71 games while showing plate discipline that belies his age with a 12.6 percent walk rate. 2.3M subscribers in the baseball community. RHP Ben Brown (Tier 3)8. Updated farm system rankings for 2022 August 23rd, 2022 Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Sam Dykstra Your browser does not support HTML5 video tag. 1. 28); Adael Amador, SS (No. 25), Edward Cabrera(No. C Daniel Susac (Tier 2)5. 80), Colton Cowser, OF (No. If not for injuries from Brady House and Cole Henry, this group could look even brighter. RHP Bryce Elder (Tier 3)9. He is also one of the best defensive outfielders in the minors. Their current Top 100 guy, Vaughn Grissom, has made a similar Double-A to the bigs jump to contribute as well, and theyve still managed to upgrade their big league roster using prospects in smaller deals. LHP T.J. Sikkema (Tier 3). In their places, Shane Baz became one of the most promising young arms in the game, Josh Lowe showed enough tools to put himself on the brink of The Show and Taj Bradley led full-season Minor Leaguers in ERA. 64); Drew Romo, C (No. What was once one of the game's best stocked talent pools is now, in the opinion of those who evaluate such things, dried up. Moreno, who is blocked by Toronto at present, continues to show a plus hit tool and special athleticism behind the plate, while on the other end of the battery, Tiedemann has been one of the Minors best breakout pitchers in his first full season, rising from the 2021 third round to comfortably within the Top 100. More , 12. The son of former MLB All-Star Matt Holliday, he hit an absurd .685/.749/1.392 this spring with 89 hits in 41 games to break J.T. More , 7. The 21-year-old was an 11th-round pick in 2019. Colton Cowser, CF 5. In addition to the intriguing talent at the top, this is the deepest the system has been in some time. 89), Is this jump into the Top 20 solely based on Chourio? 2B Justin Foscue (Tier 2)9. 1. With a strong 6'7", 240-pound frame, James Wood has always had huge power potential, but an inconsistent senior season at IMG Academy caused him to slip to the second round in the 2021 draft. 79), The Braves system might continue to be a bit thin as they continue to compete in the NL East/Wild Card, but you have to give credit where its due. 5 Jordan Balazovic, No. RHP Freddy Tarnok (Tier 3)8. Already pitching at Double-A, he has a 3.05 ERA, 0.90 WHIP and 87 strikeouts in 62 innings. Pittsburgh Pirates2022 preseason rank: 72021 midseason rank: 42021 preseason rank: 82020 midseason rank: 16Top 100 Prospects: Henry Davis, C (No. 57), Its status quo, more or less, for the Phillies system. RHP Jeff Criswell (Tier 3). 40), No other system has two prospects in the Top 5. 40); Alex Ramirez, OF (No. 8), DL Hall, LHP (No. New York Yankees2022 preseason rank: 132021 midseason rank: 192021 preseason rank: 182020 midseason rank: 19Top 100 Prospects: Anthony Volpe, SS (No. Realmuto's national high school record for hits in a season. They could move quickly through the minors if they continue on their current trajectory. The Marlins grabbed one of the most MLB-ready bats in the 2022 class in Jacob Berry with the No. 40 overall pick. t's no secret the Cubs have bolstered their farm system, heavily increasing its depth via trades and the draft over the last 20 months. Here is our 2022 ranking of all 30 farm systems, counting down from number 30 to number 1. RHP Matt Allan (Tier 2)9 RHP Calvin Ziegler (Tier 3)10. Baltimore Orioles Top 5 Prospects 1. LHP Jackson Ferris (Tier 2)8. January 15, 2023. Don't be surprised if Berry is in the majors by 2024. 21 overall pick in this year's draft. 13 overall pick in this year's draft could quickly make the jump to Tier 1 with a strong start to his pro career. OF James Wood (Tier 1)4. SS Jordan Lawlar (Tier 1)2. Colorado Rockies2021 midseason rank: 262021 preseason rank: 272020 midseason rank: 282020 preseason rank: 27Top 100 Prospects: Zac Veen (No. 73), If Moreno had graduated as many expected him to by this point, the Jays would have likely slipped a few places. Houston Astros2021 midseason rank: 292021 preseason rank: 292020 midseason rank: 272020 preseason rank: 28Top 100 Prospects: none, The Astros place in the bottom three for the fifth straight time, yet that hasn't kept them from appearing in five consecutive American League Championship Series. With an athletic 6'7" frame, it's easy to think there might be some untapped power potential in first-round pick Spencer Jones. Toronto Blue Jays2022 preseason rank: 212021 midseason rank: 142021 preseason rank: 72020 midseason rank: 7Top 100 prospects: Gabriel Moreno, C (No. Miami Marlins2022 preseason rank: 62021 midseason rank: 32021 preseason rank: 42020 midseason rank: 5Top 100 Prospects: Eury Prez, RHP (No. Catcher Shea Langeliers hit .272/.364/.505 with 13 doubles, 16 home runs and 44 RBI in 74 games at Triple-A during the first half before winning Futures Game MVP honors during All-Star Weekend. Kansas City Royals2021 midseason rank: 52021 preseason rank: 102020 midseason rank: 102020 preseason rank: 17Top 100 Prospects: Bobby Witt Jr. (No. With two months of the 2022 MLB season in the books, minor league action in full swing and a number of rookies recently exhausting their prospect status, it's the perfect time for an updated. More , 16. C Shea Langeliers (Tier 1)2. RHP Hunter Brown (Tier 1)2. The Braves claimed a title with the help of homegrown talents Freddie Freeman, Ozzie Albies, Dansby Swanson and Max Fried among others -- to say nothing of the club's best prospect of the last decade, Ronald Acua Jr., who missed the postseason due to injury. 3 in mid-2019 and pre-2020. 9), Robert Hassell III (No. 3B Jordan Walker (Tier 1)2. More , 20. LHP Kyle Muller (Tier 2)5. More , 18. C Harry Ford (Tier 1)5. 1B Niko Kavadas (Tier 3)8. 87), With Hunter Greene poised to spend considerable time in the Majors this year, Nick Lodolo just about ready to do the same, Cincinnatis rotation should feature two of the most exciting rookie pitchers for a good chunk of the season. This still very much remains a top-heavy system, however, and the Top 100 contingent can only carry so much weight. 70), Zack Gelof, 3B (No. Texas Rangers2021 midseason rank: 112021 preseason rank: 212020 midseason rank: 242020 preseason rank: 21Top 100 Prospects: Jack Leiter (No. SS/3B Orelvis Martinez (Tier 1)4. 59), There's still room for improvement, but the Oakland system is much more robust than it was a year ago. 20 overall) and JR Ritchie (No. 38), Jordan Groshans (No. Jos Ramrez and Shane Bieber are the best big league examples, and all five of their Top 100 Prospects fall into one of those two categories. A fifth-round pick out of Central Arkansas during the shortened 2020 draft, he has baffled opposing hitters to the tune of a 1.50 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 106 strikeouts in 78 innings between High-A and Double-A this year. 2), Grayson Rodriguez, RHP (No. But this is the first time Cleveland has cracked the top 10 since we began evaluating organization talent in 2015, as well as the first time Cincinnati has crashed the top five. Julio Rodriguez is a top-five prospect and the 21-year-old is already in the big leagues. Recent first-round Draft picks Robert Hassell (2020) and Jackson Merrill (2021) have impressed in the early stages of their careers. More , 13. A few observations from the top down: *The Orioles' farm comes out almost $50M in value ahead of its nearest competitor, the Diamondbacks' farm. RHP Jared Jones (Tier 3)9. OF Heston Kjerstad (Tier 2)9. 1. 17 Max Castillo could all be graduates by seasons end. The Rangers had perhaps the best draft strategy of any team in 2022, reaching for Kumar Rocker at No. A player must not have passed the rookie-eligibility limits (130 Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images, Oscar Colas (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images), Watch more top videos, highlights, and B/R original content, Vaughn Grissom (Michael Reaves/Getty Images), Hunter Brown (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images), Cade Cavalli (Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images), Logan O'Hoppe (Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images), Ricky Tiedemann (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images), Vinnie Pasquantino (Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images), Joey Wiemer (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images), Shea Langeliers (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images), Marcelo Mayer (Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images), Ezequiel Tovar (David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images), Pete Crow-Armstrong (Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images), Elly De La Cruz (Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images), Robert Hassell III (Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images), Marco Luciano (Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images), George Valera (Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images), Taj Bradley (Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images), Anthony Volpe (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images), Oneil Cruz (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images), Matt Wallner (Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images), Francisco Alvarez (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images), Jack Leiter (John E. Moore III/Getty Images), Riley Greene (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images), Diego Cartaya (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images), Jordan Walker (Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images), Gunnar Henderson (Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images), Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 26), Brayan Bello (No. This 31-day project counts down to the NHL organization with the best collection of prospects. 34), Max Meyer (No. 7 overall, the Cubs grabbed one of the best high school pitchers in the country in Jackson Ferris in the second round. SS Jett Williams (Tier 2)7. With Grayson Rodriguez (BAL) on the injured list, Eury Perez has a strong case for being the best active pitcher in the minors. 3B Jacob Berry (Tier 1)5. 19 overall pick Daniel Susac was the best all-around catching prospect in the 2022 draft class. 38); Carson Williams, SS (No. In the past two years, unheralded prospects Cristian Javier, Luis Garcia, Chas McCormick and Jake Meyers have made significant contributions. SS Gunnar Henderson (Tier 1)2. The Mets and Yankees both have top-10 farm systems, according to the rankings.. LHP Robby Snelling (Tier 2)8. The Rockies have a new top pitching prospect after taking Gonzaga ace Gabriel Hughes with the No. More , 25. Their last two first-round Draft picks are in the Top 100, and an international signees ascension gives them one of the most exciting prospects in baseball. 3B Elehuris Montero (Tier 3)8. SS Adael Amador (Tier 1)5. 81), The Dodgers continue to marry winning in the Majors with churning out impact talent in the Minors. Atlanta Braves On the heels of winning the 2021 World Series, the Braves are in full win-now mode. 82), Harry Ford, C (No. SS Ronny Mauricio (Tier 2)8. OF Jackson Chourio (Tier 1)2. OF Johan Rojas (Tier 3)7. The Padres got a great draft haul. RHP Brandon Pfaadt (Tier 2)5. LHP Mitchell Parker (Tier 3). With Alek Thomas and Corbin Carroll atop the list, its easy to get excited about the future outfield. 1 overall, Cal Poly shortstop Brooks Lee could be the steal of the 2022 draft as the No. Keep an eye on the Draft class. 2B Nick Yorke (Tier 1)5. IF Jonathan Aranda (Tier 3)9. The Padres have been aggressive on the international market and have several toolsy prospects in the system. 28 overall) and Jacob Melton (No. SS Masyn Winn (Tier 1)4. 69); Ryan Pepiot, RHP (No. RHP Will Bednar (Tier 1)4. They stay atop the rankings even after losing Adley Rutschman to graduation, as the Os still have two of the top four prospects in all of baseball, three in the top 15 and six in the Top 100 overall. RELATED: What to expect from Gavin Sheets in 2022.

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