Raylin Heredia

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Philadelphia Phillies #25 prospect in 2025
  BA Grade/Risk: 40/High.
  
  Track Record: Heredia signed in 2021 but popped onto the radar in 2023 with an excellent season in the Florida Complex League, where he produced a .947 OPS and hit four home runs. His 2024 season was limited by injury to 70 games, but he still managed to swat a career-best eight home runs in that span.
  
  Scouting Report: Even in limited action from Heredia, scouts were impressed with what they saw. He could stand to sharpen his pitch recognition and improve his swing decisions, but he has plenty of raw juice. Heredia produced 90th percentile and max exit velocities of 103.1 and 109.7 mph and finished the year with 18 extra-base hits. He could stand to add more polish to his hitting ability as well and diversify an approach that right now looks to be geared heavily to his pull side. He has strong first-step quickness and excellent lateral range. He has plus arm strength that grades as the best in the system. He’s an average runner who has solid instincts on the bases, though he stole just nine bases in 2024.
  
  The Future: After a contracted year at Low-A, Heredia should see plenty of time at High-A in 2025. If he can add some polish to his hit tool and stay on the field, he has a shot to be a second-division regular.
  
  Scouting Grades: Hit: 40 | Power: 55 | Run: 55 | Field: 50 | Arm: 60.
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  Ranked Philadelphia Phillies #20 prospect in 2024
  BA Grade: 50/Extreme
  
  Track Record: Heredia is a pop-up prospect from the Phillies’ 2021 international signing class. He put together a solid 2022 season in the Dominican Summer League, including a white-hot postseason run. He was one of the best prospects in the Florida Complex League in 2023, then finished the year with Low-A Clearwater. His .947 OPS was the third-best in the FCL.
  
  Scouting Report: Heredia is one of the more tooled-up players in Philadelphia’s low minors. He grades as average to plus in every area except hitting, where he’s not likely to be better than below-average. Scouts both inside and outside the organization believe Heredia will need to improve his bat-to-ball skills, and his rates of miss and chase were below-average across the board. In particular, he needs to firm up his approach with two strikes. When he did connect, Heredia showed excellent bat speed and did a good job of finding the barrel. His 102.5 mph 90th percentile exit velocity was above-average when compared to his peers in the FCL. Heredia’s above-average speed and plus arm should allow him to profile in right field, where he should be an average defender.
  
  The Future: Heredia has a blend of tools that could lead to a future as a power-hitting corner outfielder who hits toward the bottom of a lineup. He’ll face a big test in 2024 when he spends his first year solely at full-season levels.
  
  Scouting Grades Hit: 40 | Power: 60 | Run: 55 | Field: 50 | Arm: 60