Top MLB Players With The Loudest Scouting Tools In 2024

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As is tradition at Baseball America, we love ranking to 100. So on the heels of our 2024 MLB 100 ranking of the top MLB players, here are the players on the list with the loudest scouting tools. These players’ tools grade as an 80 on the 20-80 scouting scale. As a reminder, you can find more information on the 20-80 scouting scale here.

Hitting ability

Ronald Acuña Jr.
Shohei Ohtani
Freddie Freeman
Luis Arraez

Power 

Shohei Ohtani
Aaron Judge
Matt Olson
Pete Alonso

Speed

Bobby Witt Jr.
Elly De La Cruz
Trea Turner
Corbin Carroll
Evan Carter

Fielding

Fernando Tatis Jr., RF
Marcus Semien, 2B
Andres Gimenez, 2B
Nico Hoerner, 2B
Francisco Lindor, SS
Dansby Swanson, SS
Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B
Adley Rutschman, C
Sean Murphy, C
Nolan Arenado, 3B

Arm

Fernando Tatis Jr.
J.T. Realmuto
Gabriel Moreno
Adolis García
Elly De La Cruz
Carlos Correa
Nolan Jones
Ronald Acuña Jr.

Fastball

Gerrit Cole
Zack Wheeler

Curveball

Tyler Glasnow
Blake Snell
Framber Valdez

Slider

Gerrit Cole
Cole Ragans
Dylan Cease
Edwin Diaz

Changeup

Pablo Lopez
Kevin Gausman

Control

Zac Gallen
Logan Webb
George Kirby
Zach Eflin