Copyright 2023 Baseball America Enterprises. Our ultimate goal here is to identify the programs in the best shape right now, with an eye toward the next five to 10 years. With ace Hunter Elliott dealing with some tightness, Rivas will need to step up big for Ole Miss. LHP Henry Weycker Virginia Techs entire pitching staff had a good week, with quality outings from each of their starters. The batting average component was down a little due to his .241 BABIP at Columbus, but otherwise 2022 was another standard Rocchio season with the stick. lvarez only ran a 75% Z-contact and 66% overall contact rate in the minors, which is near the bottom of the big league catching continuum, and almost identical to Joey Bart and Jorge Alfaro, who have struggled to find big league footing on offense. Merrill only hit .325/.387/.482 in 45 Cal League games, a line good for a 125 wRC+ in the hitter-friendly league and aided by a .393 BABIP. 34UC Santa BarbaraBig West1CA39433756 The 6-8 righty struck out ten Omaha batters over 6 innings, earning him the win. He left Arizona with top-five pick buzz and ultimately went first overall to Baltimore. OF Chris Cannizzaro Cannizzaro and sophomore phenom Carson DeMartini had the same slugging percentage and batting average this past week, but Cannizzaro gets the edge due to his three walks. (24) East Carolina: L 6-5, L 6-5 Upcoming Feb. 28-March 1: Virginia Commonwealth March 3-5: Stony BrookUNC lost a pair of close games to ECU, first in Greenville and then in Chapel Hill for the first time since 2019. Jameson sits 95-96 mph, touches 99, can add and subtract sink from his fastball, and his mid-80s slider is comfortably plus. Because of the cancellation of the 2020 season, Barco has what counts as a lengthy track record among third-year pitchers in college baseball because he has been in the Florida rotation since arriving on campus. 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. Velocity, repertoire depth, and fastball control have Miller poised to be an impact, mid-rotation starter in the near future, while long-term secondary projection could eventually pull him into a different stratosphere. The Rangers took him 50th overall and he signed for $1.25 million. Thats a decrease of four teams for California since 2019, and an increase of one team for Texas. Its fair to consider there to be subjective and persistent relief risk here related to Flores delivery and the length of his arm action. Before the 2022 draft there was again buzz that some teams were off Lee because of his medical, and also that Lee and his family preferred that he stay as close to home as possible by joining a team that trains in Arizona. Skenes threw six innings last Friday, striking out 12 and allowing four baserunners. 81San DiegoWCC2CA8191007145 He commands it consistently enough to his glove side to project as a starter. Nelson spent most of his college career in the bullpen showing huge stuff, fringe command, and repertoire depth that led to optimism surrounding his development as a starter. Of the teams that were already in the Top 100 in 2019, Tennessee made the biggest jump, catapulting 52 spots from No. According to a source, he was one of just three 18-year-old hitters to have an average exit velocity of 88 mph or higher in 2022, and Chourio played at least one level ahead of the other two (Red Sox outfielder Miguel Bleis and Astros prospect Luis Baez) for the entire season, and two and three levels ahead late in the year when he had a pot of High-A coffee and a shot of espresso at Double-A Biloxi. Against Penn State, however, he was dominant, going 6.2 innings of one-hit ball. This is mind blowing when you consider that Rafaela has only been playing the outfield for two years. Maryland; 39. He finished that season with a 10-game A-ball stint, where he struck out in 16 of his 42 plate appearances. In 2021, he moved into the Aggies rotation, and while his fastball would peak at 95-98 mph, hed typically settle in at 92-94 as a starter and still had issues with walks. The Diamond Dogs (5-3) claimed their first win against a top-5 ranked opponent since 2004, sending the defending national champions home with their second loss of the season. His upper-70s curveball has more depth, but Miller rarely throws it for strikes, while his changeup is the inverse and lives around the zone but doesnt usually have big action. It comes out of his hand from a high arm slot that looks like the kind optimized for data-friendly ride, but the pitchs downhill angle makes it less of a weapon at the letters and actually makes it very vulnerable within the strike zone. Winns huge arm is icing on a cake made mostly of plus bat-to-ball skills and viable shortstop defense. 72Sam Houston StateSouthland1TX8-25473274 Between the two Triple-A squads, Wesneski tossed a total of 110 innings before being called upon to fill out the Cubs rotation. 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. His changeup flashed plus in the Fall League, where he carried that good health and momentum and posted a 10.8 K/9. A spindly, undersized athlete with a plus slider and mid-90s fastball, Jameson is on the starter/reliever line as Arizonas big league staff becomes more crowded with viable major leaguers. However, this type of swing also makes it tough to scoop underneath low pitches. 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He slashed .282/.429/.492 at North Carolina and is a .267/.374/.493 career hitter so far in the minors, spending most of 2022 at Triple-A and joining the 40-man roster after the season. He receives on one knee with the bases empty but mixes his technique with runners on. There was some demographic push and pull happening in the guts of Montgomerys amateur profile that we can already reflect on a bit. Previous ranking: No. As a right-handed hitter almost all of Endys damage is done on outer-third pitches that he can get fully extended against. In a big win Friday at Swayze Field, All-American righthander Jason Savacool delivered a quality start and struck out nine in seven innings. Millers upshot mid-90s fastball should, on its own, make him some kind of impact arm. 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. Even though premium velocity is rare in Japan, Sengas fastball doesnt play like a premium pitch due to its shape and angle. C Josiah Cromwick Cromwick is a popular name for the Ducks after a productive sophomore season in Eugene. Abel has long thrown hard for his age, his velocity steadily climbing into its current 95-97 mph band up from the 90-94 range when he was first known to FanGraphs as a prospect. His pre-trade numbers were impressive and only improved when he joined Rocket-City: In his 29 games with the Angels Double-A affiliate, OHoppe slashed .306/.473/.673 and walked more than he struck out, good for a 194 wRC+ over that span. 6LouisvilleACC1KY1-1566 In the past, Ortizs high-effort delivery and sub-optimal fastball shape put him on the starter/reliever line, but hes thrown plenty of strikes across multiple seasons while simultaneously developing more velocity and comfortably projects as a starting pitcher now. His stuff is more comparable to the 50 FV starters on this list, but his command should allow him to work more efficiently and eat more innings than most of that group. Suasc was part of a dynamic freshman one-two punch at Arizona last season alongside Berry. 1 Last Week: 3-1 Overall: 6-1, 0-0 in SEC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: @ Southern: W 18-4 Karbach Round Rock Classic (Round Rock, Texas) Feb. 24: vs. Kansas State: W 7-3 Feb. 25: vs. Iowa: L 12-4 Feb. 26: vs. Sam Houston State: W 16-4 Upcoming Feb. 28: @ Texas March 3: Butler March 4-5: Central Connecticut StateLSU took its first loss of the season Saturday against Iowa, but bounced back to rout Sam Houston State to be named champion of the Karbach Round Rock Classic. lvarez has been one of the more hyped prospects in the Mets system since signing out of Venezuela in 2018 for nearly $3 million, and he has largely lived up to that hype. He was a model-friendly prospect because of his age and performance, and a scout-friendly prospect because of his relative polish (especially on defense), physicality, and showcase tools. This approach will probably cause Pages to produce batting averages that are actually beneath his true talent feel to hit, but its also a big part of why hes such a dangerous hitter, one likely to have peak seasons with 30-plus home runs. Only 37 of the 112 ranked players here are pitchers. Plus, lvarez isnt nearly as chase-prone as Alfaro and has much more power than Bart, so he should outperform both. Volpes game power should routinely put him in the mix for All-Star teams for as long as he stays on the middle infield, and hell still be a productive everyday player if he moves later in his career. Stones plus (at least) on-mound athleticism and gorgeous arm action allow for continued projection on his fastball utility and command even though hes in his mid-20s, which gives him bigger long-term ceiling than that. Speaking of the Seminoles, the Link Jarrett effect is already real in Tallahassee, as the Seminoles vaulted from unranked last week to No. After beginning his career as a reliever, Senga moved into the Fukuoka Hawks rotation in 2017 and has spent the last half decade as one of the better starters (and hardest-throwing pitchers) in all of NPB. A backfield wunderkind who stood out immediately because of his rare combination of size and athleticism, Alcantara has been a top 100 prospect at FanGraphs for a couple of years now. 19Oklahoma StateBig 124OK1-1172119 He struggles to set up his slider with well-located fastballs, and even when he does its not a given that hell land the slider after its been set up. The Aggies were nearly swept, needing a three-run, ninth-inning rally Sunday to salvage a game against the Pilots. Miller pairs the heater with a sharp, mid-80s slider and locates both with consistency, good for a combined 50% strikeout rate, while issuing just three walks across 14 innings in 2022. Nebraska; 32. Baltimore has tried him some at second and first base, but because hell show you a 70 arm on his best throws and runs pretty well, right field continues to feel like the best long-term fit even though Mayo hasnt played there yet. Abel has been the best pitching prospect his age since his sophomore year of high school, and hes continued to track like an impact starter early on as a pro, reaching Double-A in 2022. In 2021, he hit .288/.400/.502 with 11 home runs. South Alabama; 37. Readers have probably seen the side-by-side mechanical comparisons of Brown and Justin Verlander, and took notice of Browns overpowering stuff during his brief 2022 big league debut. Its worth developing him at catcher for at least a while since that position is at the very top of the defensive spectrum, and Paradas other seemingly viable positions are at or near the bottom. He shares many similarities with Eduardo Escobar. 77Southeastern LouisianaSouthland2LA4-11665595 Merrills feel to hit is sublime. So Lawlar isnt quite as good as his cartoonish stats his present hit/power combination is actually closer to average but he does everything well and is a potential plus defender at short because of his acrobatics. Defensively he spent most of his time at shortstop in 2022, and while he isnt technically polished there, he does have the twitch and arm to project there with more refinement. His wispy, 6-foot-3 frame has room for another 30 pounds at least, and with that weight and strength could come huge raw thunder. And it doesnt take long before you start talking about players with warts that reduce confidence in the overall profile. Based on a combination of respecting the results, strength of schedule, and more than anything else, just how good these teams appear to be at the moment, here are our college basketball rankings for February 27th from 1 to 68. 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. Because hes a bit stiff, its possible the grind of a full-season will impact his defensive mobility and even his offense if he has to catch 80-plus games. March 3-5: Dallas BaptistSouthern Miss lost its first non-conference series at Pete Taylor Park since 2015 and gave up 35 runs in the process, the most runs an opponent has scored in a series in Hattiesburg since 2009.
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