2024 Top 100 Prospects — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects

Last Updated: April 18, 2024.

The Baseball America Top 100 Prospects rankings are our 35th edition of our flagship prospect ranking, which means the players included below are part of a fraternity of the best prospects in baseball that stretches from 1990 (which included Hall of Famer Frank Thomas) through the 2000s (where 2004-2005 No. 1 prospect Joe Mauer is expected to be voted into the Hall of Fame next week) and now into the 2020s.

The initial preseason list in January was a culmination of an offseason of work. To report the list, we have discussions with MLB scouts, coaches, analysts and front office officials. We also see players in person and utilize as much data as we can get our hands on. It also relies on all the reporting we did to produce our Top 30 Prospects rankings online as well as the Baseball America Prospect Handbook.

Players are eligible if they have not exceeded 130 MLB at-bats, 50 innings pitched or 30 pitching appearances. Service time does not play a role in whether players are eligible for this ranking.

Now, with the season underway, our April update takes into account new reporting and strong performances already this spring. You’ll find several risers, including Pirates RHP Jared Jones and Reds RHP Rhett Lowder, and new names at the back of the list. Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn also graduated off the list.

Beginning this year, we are not including players who are classified by MLB as “foreign professionals” when they sign (i.e. players 25 or older who are eligible to sign MLB contacts immediately). So Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Jung Ho Lee and Shota Imanaga do not appear in the rankings. We do have a story that explains where they would have ranked if eligible.

Players in the Top 100 Prospects list are ranked for their long-term MLB impact, with allowances for the risk that they will fall short of that ceiling. The tools grades listed for each player are all future grades of what we project them to be in the best stretch of their big league careers.

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