RoboScout's Prospect Names To Know, May 14, 2023

By Dylan White
on May 14, 2023

Editor's Note: All statistics listed below in the tables are peak projections over the course of a full MLB season.

For this week’s RoboScout article, we’ve added a slight tweak to the formula so the rankings have more movement than would normally be expected. The reason for that is that we’ve blended in (25%) minor league Statcast and stuff metrics data to help provide additional data-based insights into prospect performance. As per usual, RoboScout measures performance relative to age and level, and the pertinent Statcast metrics (generally contact, contact quality and swing decisions at various weightings for hitters; and stuff grades for pitchers) are adjusted based on their data compared to their same-age and same-level peers.

In the level writeups below, I’ll try to identify the players near the top of the list who had the biggest adjustments when the “underlying” data was blended in. As is tradition, I’ll start with Low-A and work my way up to Triple-A. All data is through Friday’s games.

Low-A

Top Hitters per RoboScout (minimum 40 plate appearances) in Low-A are:
1. Jackson Holliday (BAL No. 3 prospect)
2. Moises Ballesteros (CHC No. 16 prospect
3. Ryan Clifford (HOU No. 20 prospect)
4. Samuel Basallo (BAL No. 15 prospect)
5. Cole Young (SEA No. 2 prospect)
6. Creed Willems (BAL unranked)
7. Nate Furman (CLE unranked)
8. Leonardo Bernal (STL No. 12 prospect)
9. Luis Lara (MIL No. 12 prospect)
10. Graham Pauley (SDP unranked)
11. Onil Perez (SFG unranked)
12. Maick Collado (CLE unranked)
13. Nelson Rada (LAA No. 9 prospect)
14. Daylen Lile (WSN No. 27 prospect)
15. Jared Serna (NYY unranked)
Honorable Mentions: Cam Collier (CIN), Justin Crawford (PHI), Roman Anthony (BOS), J.T. Williams (NYM), Enmanuel Terrero (PIT)

Entering the top 10 for the first time is Lara (MIL). As Josh Norris noted in the first week of May, the Brewers aggressively assigned a young international signing to full-season ball, reminiscent of an approach they took last year.

The twitchy outfielder—who will be 18 years old for the entire season—has more walks than strikeouts and, although not showing too much power yet, should gain sneaky pop (from both sides of the plate) as he grows while playing a solid center field. Arrow up.

Pauley is bursting his way onto the RoboScout charts. Because he is older for Low-A, he is less loved by the raw RoboScout algorithm (RawboScout?) despite being named the California League’s hitter of the month for April. However, when Statcast is folded into the model, he enters the top 10. Under the hood, we can see why: his contact rate is plus, his chase rate is plus, and his 90th percentile (and maximum) exit velocities are exactly average for a 22-year-old. In 2022 at Duke, the 13th-round draft pick had more walks than strikeouts (showing similar rates to Zach Neto) but his power and barrel rates trailed many of the other third base draftees (Neto, Jace Jung, Ryan Cermak, Peyton Graham). In 2023, Pauley has managed to direct more of his balls in play at the optimal launch angle zone than in previous years, leading to excellent results despite the average batted ball velocities. This is reminiscent of Kyle Manzardo, who also had exit velocities that were not as impressive as those of his slugging peers, but because most of his harder-hit balls were in the “barrel” launch angle zone, he generated fantastic hitting production. Incidentally, Manzardo has raised his 90th percentile exit velocity year-over-year, showing that bat speed can develop without sacrificing a great hitting approach. Pauley should be promoted to Fort Wayne soon—and we’ll see how he performs against more age-appropriate competition.

Rk.	Name	Team	Age	PA	BB%	K%	xBA	xOBP	wRC+	HR	SB	Robo	RoboCast
1	Jackson Holliday	BAL	19	65	13%	17%	.253	.333	98	19	8	100	100
2	Moises Ballesteros	CHC	19	109	12%	11%	.262	.335	94	24	6	96	100
3	Ryan Clifford	HOU	19	121	13%	19%	.246	.327	95	16	5	93	98
4	Samuel Basallo	BAL	18	109	7%	17%	.254	.314	97	22	4	94	97
5	Cole Young	SEA	19	145	12%	14%	.255	.328	93	9	11	93	94
6	Creed Willems	BAL	20	99	10%	20%	.243	.316	94	33	4	93	94
7	Nate Furman	CLE	21	135	13%	13%	.250	.326	84	6	28	89	92
8	Leonardo Bernal	STL	19	92	9%	15%	.251	.316	89	20	3	82	89
9	Luis Lara	MIL	18	47	11%	11%	.257	.328	86	14	10	84	87
10	Graham Pauley	SDP	22	130	11%	14%	.249	.321	84	11	12	78	85
11	Onil Perez	SFG	20	77	10%	11%	.255	.322	86	13	9	81	85
12	Maick Collado	CLE	20	127	12%	13%	.250	.322	83	10	13	80	84
13	Nelson Rada	LAA	17	130	11%	15%	.251	.322	90	14	17	89	83
14	Daylen Lile	WSN	20	106	9%	18%	.240	.306	84	18	12	78	83
15	Jared Serna	NYY	21	109	8%	13%	.250	.310	82	16	11	74	82
16	Cam Collier	CIN	18	89	10%	20%	.237	.307	86	20	5	75	82
17	Justin Crawford	PHI	19	98	8%	19%	.236	.298	80	10	20	72	80
18	Roman Anthony	BOS	19	105	12%	17%	.238	.313	78	10	15	70	79
19	Jett Williams	NYM	19	95	12%	21%	.232	.308	80	14	11	73	79
20	Enmanuel Terrero	PIT	20	121	9%	19%	.237	.303	82	13	12	71	79
21	Gabriel Gonzalez	SEA	19	107	7%	13%	.252	.309	85	14	4	73	77
22	Carlos Jorge	CIN	19	113	8%	22%	.237	.304	91	19	13	88	77
23	Luke Adams	MIL	19	101	13%	19%	.234	.311	78	20	12	71	76
24	Jorge Ruiz	LAA	19	139	7%	14%	.250	.309	87	15	7	77	76
25	Samuel Zavala	SDP	18	123	12%	19%	.244	.321	92	22	8	90	76
26	Ricardo Balogh	HOU	20	59	9%	23%	.228	.295	83	14	2	68	75
27	Emaarion Boyd	PHI	19	93	9%	15%	.242	.305	76	11	35	76	75
28	Anthony Gutierrez	TEX	18	106	7%	16%	.246	.305	84	15	15	77	74
29	Rayne Doncon	LAD	19	139	8%	20%	.233	.298	81	21	3	68	74
30	Diego Velasquez	SFG	19	126	8%	15%	.248	.311	87	15	5	79	74
31	Danny De Andrade	MIN	19	121	11%	22%	.232	.305	83	13	4	72	74
32	Brady House	WSN	20	89	10%	21%	.231	.300	80	19	3	66	74
33	Sal Stewart	CIN	19	105	13%	13%	.247	.321	79	13	4	67	74
34	Hector Rodriguez	CIN	19	98	6%	18%	.240	.298	84	27	5	72	73
35	Daniel Guilarte	MIL	19	126	10%	19%	.235	.304	80	10	21	74	72
36	Gabriel Rincones Jr.	PHI	22	126	10%	28%	.212	.282	75	19	22	62	72
37	Jacob Reimer	NYM	19	122	10%	16%	.240	.306	79	15	4	66	72
38	Thayron Liranzo	LAD	19	105	11%	26%	.228	.304	90	29	3	82	72
39	Javier Sanoja	MIA	20	133	7%	12%	.245	.299	73	8	16	62	72
40	Abimelec Ortiz	TEX	21	88	9%	28%	.214	.284	79	25	2	61	72
41	Michael Curialle	STL	22	130	10%	23%	.233	.306	89	9	6	76	72
42	Luis Ravelo	BOS	19	112	11%	18%	.240	.312	85	21	7	77	70
43	Yeison Morrobel	TEX	19	74	12%	19%	.232	.308	76	11	17	67	69
44	Jorel Ortega	MIN	22	137	11%	22%	.228	.300	79	10	8	66	69
45	Odalys Peguero	TBR	20	60	11%	17%	.233	.303	72	10	16	62	68
46	Chris Newell	LAD	22	120	10%	27%	.214	.286	75	23	9	58	68
47	Thomas Gavello	SFG	22	112	7%	25%	.225	.287	82	23	3	64	68
48	Anderdson Rojas	ARI	19	40	6%	14%	.246	.300	80	13	9	66	68
49	Xavier Isaac	TBR	19	88	14%	16%	.241	.320	80	14	3	70	68
50	Daniel Vazquez	KCR	19	117	7%	17%	.236	.294	76	12	16	66	68
51	Elijah Green	WSN	19	115	10%	37%	.195	.271	77	16	17	61	66
52	Guy Lipscomb	CLE	22	114	9%	22%	.219	.284	68	5	30	57	66
53	Jesus Castillo	PIT	19	130	14%	15%	.247	.325	83	9	6	75	66
54	Manuel Beltre	TOR	19	58	9%	18%	.237	.303	81	12	5	65	66
55	Stiven Acevedo	BAL	20	111	8%	24%	.221	.284	76	18	11	60	65
56	Tayden Hall	MIL	20	43	12%	19%	.229	.304	72	11	3	54	65
57	Alexander Mojica	PIT	20	101	11%	20%	.231	.302	77	14	3	60	65
58	Won-Bin Cho	STL	19	96	10%	19%	.234	.302	79	19	18	72	65
59	Cutter Coffey	BOS	19	106	14%	19%	.231	.312	76	10	13	68	65
60	Andrew Cossetti	MIN	23	112	8%	20%	.230	.293	77	23	2	58	65
61	Ethan Workinger	ATL	21	107	8%	20%	.230	.293	76	18	4	60	64
62	Jorge Caballero	MIA	23	111	8%	21%	.228	.290	77	8	10	58	64
63	Robert Hassell III	WSN	21	68	13%	16%	.233	.307	69	12	6	50	63
64	Wuilfredo Antunez	CLE	21	67	12%	20%	.230	.305	78	8	8	64	63
65	Cooper Kinney	TBR	20	117	8%	20%	.229	.291	74	18	2	56	63
66	Brayan Buelvas	OAK	21	123	9%	24%	.217	.283	70	13	14	54	63
67	Tres Gonzalez	PIT	22	82	10%	17%	.231	.298	69	9	13	53	63
68	Jose Devers	CLE	20	112	8%	19%	.228	.287	69	14	23	58	63
69	Jordan Viars	PHI	19	96	7%	19%	.230	.288	73	17	6	53	63
70	Andy Perez	COL	19	131	6%	11%	.248	.298	75	9	5	59	63
71	Matthew Wood	MIL	22	100	12%	17%	.233	.306	72	15	3	57	62
72	Bryan Rincon	PHI	19	99	9%	21%	.227	.293	74	17	11	61	62
73	Miguel Bleis	BOS	19	124	7%	23%	.224	.285	76	13	16	64	61
74	Omar Martinez	NYY	21	92	10%	31%	.206	.279	74	17	3	50	61
75	Agustin Ramirez	NYY	21	100	11%	16%	.236	.306	72	17	6	57	61
76	Leonardo Balcazar	CIN	19	82	11%	23%	.233	.306	87	14	5	76	61
77	Christian Cerda	ARI	20	109	11%	23%	.223	.297	74	14	2	58	61
78	Jesus Galiz	LAD	19	98	7%	20%	.230	.289	76	13	3	57	61
79	Jose Ramos	SFG	20	131	9%	19%	.229	.292	72	8	9	55	61
80	Ricardo Rosario	PHI	20	65	9%	17%	.233	.297	72	10	19	60	61
81	Elio Prado	BAL	21	109	9%	16%	.231	.292	67	10	7	48	61
82	Lazaro Benitez	DET	23	71	6%	18%	.232	.287	72	9	2	47	60
83	Kyle Nevin	LAD	21	74	8%	23%	.224	.288	76	8	4	55	60
84	Jadher Areinamo	MIL	19	92	6%	16%	.234	.288	69	11	6	51	59
85	Jair Casanova	ATL	19	67	8%	27%	.219	.287	81	21	6	65	59
86	Rosman Verdugo	SDP	18	120	9%	21%	.231	.297	82	12	9	70	59
87	Adrian Pinto	TOR	20	94	11%	20%	.228	.300	74	9	16	61	58
88	Cristian Hernandez	CHC	19	101	6%	29%	.211	.273	77	18	4	54	58
89	Albert Fabian	SDP	21	121	4%	21%	.223	.272	70	23	1	47	58
90	Andrew Jenkins	DET	22	86	7%	29%	.206	.269	70	10	3	43	57
91	Erick Brito	PHI	21	98	8%	15%	.235	.293	70	10	16	55	57
92	Milkar Perez	SEA	21	100	10%	22%	.225	.294	75	7	2	55	57
93	Jesus Rodriguez	NYY	21	81	8%	17%	.229	.288	66	11	11	46	57
94	Dominic Keegan	TBR	22	105	8%	19%	.228	.289	72	12	2	50	57
95	Matt Higgins	SFG	23	120	7%	25%	.215	.274	68	13	5	44	56
96	Kevin Villavicencio	NYM	19	104	8%	21%	.225	.285	71	10	9	51	56
97	Tucker Mitchell	TEX	22	76	7%	24%	.221	.281	74	14	6	51	56
98	Brooks Baldwin	CHW	22	85	8%	23%	.215	.275	64	12	16	44	56
99	Caleb Ricketts	PHI	23	92	4%	17%	.231	.276	68	8	3	41	55
100	Ricardo Olivar	MIN	21	106	6%	30%	.202	.262	68	16	10	44	55
101	Josh Hood	SEA	22	139	6%	24%	.214	.270	67	15	13	45	55
102	Bill Knight	SEA	23	75	5%	28%	.206	.262	67	14	21	45	55
103	Tyler Whitaker	HOU	20	90	8%	27%	.211	.277	72	12	8	49	54
104	Joshua Baez	STL	20	73	8%	30%	.206	.273	73	14	6	51	54
105	Angel Del Rosario	TOR	20	41	7%	26%	.218	.280	76	19	20	63	54
106	Termarr Johnson	PIT	19	48	11%	35%	.199	.277	77	12	3	54	54
107	Ronald Rosario	BOS	20	72	10%	27%	.215	.289	76	14	2	55	54
108	R.J. Yeager	STL	24	130	5%	18%	.233	.285	74	18	6	50	54
109	Alex Iadisernia	STL	22	91	7%	23%	.217	.277	67	19	5	42	54
110	Jefferson Encarnacion	CHC	21	107	10%	29%	.208	.280	72	14	3	46	54
111	Denzer Guzman	LAA	19	131	9%	27%	.213	.281	73	13	5	50	53
112	Omar Hernandez	KCR	21	88	6%	15%	.228	.279	59	7	19	38	53
113	Carlos Colmenarez	TBR	19	48	13%	28%	.214	.296	77	12	8	62	53
114	Lizandro Rodriguez	KCR	20	113	9%	23%	.222	.289	73	16	7	55	53
115	Rafael Morel	CHC	21	70	6%	27%	.209	.267	67	12	6	40	53
116	Narbe Cruz	HOU	22	112	8%	23%	.217	.280	67	15	3	40	53
117	Albert Feliz	BOS	21	61	12%	33%	.195	.275	66	8	2	38	53
118	Tyler Robertson	SDP	23	102	6%	17%	.227	.281	65	8	20	44	53
119	Jordan Dissin	PHI	21	61	9%	25%	.216	.284	72	12	2	48	53
120	Ryan Ritter	COL	22	126	10%	28%	.210	.283	73	24	5	51	53
121	Roque Salinas	TOR	20	81	6%	15%	.234	.285	66	12	3	42	52
122	Clark Elliott	OAK	22	122	10%	19%	.225	.292	66	7	8	45	52
123	Ian Moller	TEX	20	83	10%	33%	.201	.275	73	16	3	51	52
124	Zachary Cole	HOU	22	109	7%	34%	.197	.263	71	21	16	52	52
125	Jaden Rudd	TOR	20	94	11%	24%	.218	.290	71	9	8	51	52
126	Pedro Ramirez	CHC	19	101	7%	21%	.225	.283	72	10	6	50	52
127	Ahbram Liendo	BOS	19	99	12%	23%	.221	.296	73	10	20	63	52
128	Manuel Mejias	CLE	19	84	8%	21%	.221	.282	68	11	2	40	51
129	Allan Castro	BOS	20	127	12%	17%	.230	.303	69	11	10	54	51
130	Luis Mendez	COL	20	93	14%	19%	.232	.312	77	9	8	64	51
131	Kaylan Nicasia	MIL	21	73	14%	24%	.218	.299	71	11	18	58	51
132	Angel Zarate	CLE	23	84	8%	20%	.221	.282	63	5	14	40	51
133	Cameron Cauley	TEX	20	93	7%	27%	.209	.269	69	12	13	47	50
134	Chandler Simpson	TBR	22	122	7%	16%	.229	.283	63	5	32	52	50
135	Druw Jones	ARI	19	46	9%	25%	.217	.286	72	12	3	48	50
136	Bryce Willits	CHW	23	88	7%	19%	.224	.279	65	17	3	38	50
137	Sammy Infante	WSN	22	89	8%	25%	.213	.277	68	12	17	50	50
138	Jorge Puerta	LAD	21	97	9%	22%	.218	.284	68	10	5	45	50
139	Juan Chacon	BOS	20	104	11%	23%	.222	.295	74	8	16	59	50
140	Vincent Perozo	NYM	20	74	9%	29%	.207	.274	71	9	4	46	50
141	Anderson De Los Santos	BAL	19	119	9%	25%	.215	.280	69	10	9	48	50
142	Junior Tilien	NYM	20	118	8%	21%	.224	.286	71	14	2	49	49
143	Carlos Aguiar	MIN	21	122	7%	30%	.207	.269	74	18	6	51	49
144	Lizandro Espinoza	STL	20	104	9%	21%	.222	.285	67	13	10	48	49
145	Ariel Almonte	CIN	19	110	8%	29%	.209	.275	72	13	2	45	48
146	Peyton Williams	TOR	22	125	6%	22%	.218	.273	65	13	4	38	48
147	Juan Corniel	ARI	20	107	11%	18%	.230	.299	71	8	12	55	48
148	Chris Rotondo	STL	24	117	10%	25%	.210	.280	65	11	4	36	48
149	Roismar Quintana	WSN	20	71	7%	27%	.209	.271	69	13	2	40	48
150	Brennan Milone	OAK	22	95	10%	22%	.219	.286	66	13	3	42	48

Top Pitchers per RoboScout (minimum 10 innings) in Low-A:
1. Steven Zobac (KCR No. 29 prospect)
2. David Sandlin (KCR unranked)
3. Blake Adams (COL unranked)
4. Jacob Misiorowski (MIL No. 7 prospect)
5. JR Ritchie (ATL No. 4 prospect)
6. Justin Lange (NYY unranked)
7. Orion Kerkering (PHI No. 25 prospect)
8. Hayden Birdsong (SFG unranked)
9. Liam Simon (SFG unranked)
10. Frank Mozzicato (KCR No. 5 prospect)
Honorable Mentions: Cade Horton (CHC), Owen Murphy (ATL), Dalton Rogers (BOS), Aidan Curry (TEX), Wen Hui Pan (PHI), Maddux Burns (LAD)

With the consideration of stuff metrics, a few interesting names appear in the Low-A ranks. Last year at South Florida, Orion Kerkering predominantly showed a fastball/slider mix before the Phillies drafted him in the fifth round. In Clearwater this year, pitching strictly out of the bullpen, Kerkering has seen his fastball jump up to 97-98 mph, topping out at 100 mph. The slider has also gained around three mph. After rendering his Low-A competition hapless, the Phillies have moved him up to High-A. I don’t recommend speculating on relief pitchers that often. But you could definitely do worse than Kerkering, though keep in mind, he will not likely be a major league high-leverage option until at least 2025.

An interesting name is Adams (COL), who was the California League’s pitcher of the month for April. Although it’s not bad fantasy advice to generally avoid Rockies pitchers altogether, the 13th-round draftee has been undeniably solid this year. He throws a four-seam fastball (50% usage) at 91-93 mph with 18 inches of induced vertical break that is plus on stuff models. His 12-to-6 curveball has good downward bite and his mid-80s slider generates a ton of ground balls, getting average grades on both pitches from the most enthusiastic scouts. In his first two starts in May, he faced 23 and 24 batters, respectively, and struck out 18 while issuing no free passes, showing so far that he can handle a starter’s workload. The results are undeniable but I’m hesitant to invest yet until he’s shown that his secondaries can get higher level competition out. He's a watch list candidate.

Rk.	Name	Team	Age	IP	K%	BB%	GB%	xxFIP	xFIP	xERA	Robo	RoboSTF+
1	Steven Zobac	KCR	22	14	24%	8%	41%	4.05	4.68	4.51	93	100
2	David Sandlin	KCR	22	27.2	21%	8%	43%	4.18	4.52	4.50	91	97
3	Blake Adams	COL	22	30	19%	7%	52%	3.94	4.56	4.39	93	96
4	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	21	10.2	22%	9%	45%	4.14	4.86	4.65	85	96
5	JR Ritchie	ATL	20	13.1	24%	8%	43%	3.91	4.45	4.32	100	92
6	Justin Lange	NYY	21	19.2	24%	10%	42%	4.19	4.9	4.69	84	90
7	Orion Kerkering	PHI	22	10.1	18%	9%	47%	4.38	4.81	4.75	77	88
8	Hayden Birdsong	SFG	21	19.2	22%	9%	44%	4.22	4.88	4.70	83	86
9	Liam Simon	SFG	22	21	19%	9%	46%	4.4	5	4.86	74	85
10	Frank Mozzicato	KCR	20	29.1	23%	10%	42%	4.23	4.77	4.65	85	85
11	Cade Horton	CHC	21	14.1	20%	9%	42%	4.42	4.93	4.83	77	85
12	Michael Darrell-Hicks	LAA	25	14.2	21%	10%	39%	4.55	4.96	4.91	74	84
13	Alexander Vallecillo	MIL	20	18	20%	9%	44%	4.31	4.89	4.75	79	83
14	Owen Murphy	ATL	19	17.1	18%	8%	40%	4.63	4.88	4.91	72	81
15	Dalton Rogers	BOS	22	17.2	21%	10%	44%	4.35	4.99	4.83	76	81
16	Aidan Curry	TEX	20	21.1	19%	8%	41%	4.53	4.92	4.89	74	81
17	Wen Hui Pan	PHI	20	14	17%	8%	46%	4.5	4.99	4.90	71	79
18	Maddux Bruns	LAD	21	21	21%	10%	45%	4.38	5.09	4.89	73	79
19	Rafael Sanchez	TOR	23	35.2	17%	8%	48%	4.38	4.7	4.69	79	78
20	Nolan DeVos	HOU	22	23	20%	11%	45%	4.56	5.18	5.03	66	78
21	Samuel Aldegheri	PHI	21	20.2	19%	8%	47%	4.26	4.86	4.71	80	78
22	Jared Karros	LAD	22	17.1	19%	9%	46%	4.43	5.02	4.88	72	78
23	Andrew Taylor	HOU	21	22.1	19%	9%	40%	4.65	4.93	4.95	71	78
24	Joey Mancini	HOU	22	24.2	19%	8%	45%	4.41	4.96	4.84	75	77
25	Trevor Martin	TBR	22	23.1	19%	9%	42%	4.61	5.12	5.03	68	77
26	Zebby Matthews	MIN	23	29	18%	8%	42%	4.54	4.85	4.86	74	77
27	Troy Melton	DET	22	25.1	16%	8%	45%	4.64	5.04	5.00	66	77
28	Kendry Rojas	TOR	20	21.1	19%	8%	43%	4.48	4.79	4.79	77	76
29	Owen Kellington	PIT	20	19.2	20%	9%	43%	4.4	4.81	4.76	79	76
30	Jose Corniell	TEX	20	19	18%	8%	45%	4.45	4.86	4.81	75	76
31	Robby Snelling	SDP	19	26.2	16%	8%	47%	4.57	4.96	4.92	69	75
32	Manuel Castro	SDP	21	18.1	17%	8%	47%	4.55	5.01	4.94	68	75
33	Caden Dana	LAA	19	15	18%	8%	41%	4.58	5	4.95	71	75
34	D.J. McCarty	TEX	20	14.2	19%	9%	48%	4.26	4.91	4.74	78	75
35	Brock Porter	TEX	20	19.2	20%	10%	43%	4.54	5.12	4.99	69	75
36	Didier Fuentes	ATL	18	10.1	16%	8%	44%	4.76	5.03	5.06	63	74
37	Ricardo Yan	ARI	20	20.2	18%	9%	44%	4.65	5.28	5.13	62	74
38	Jose Dicochea	OAK	22	21	17%	9%	49%	4.56	5.17	5.02	64	74
39	Carson Whisenhunt	SFG	22	13.2	18%	9%	46%	4.48	5.02	4.91	71	73
40	Jerming Rosario	LAD	21	25	17%	8%	45%	4.53	4.89	4.86	73	73
41	Moises Chace	BAL	20	19.1	19%	10%	47%	4.56	5.29	5.09	63	73
42	Michael Knorr	HOU	23	17.1	18%	10%	47%	4.57	5.1	5.00	66	73
43	Cory Lewis	MIN	22	24	18%	9%	44%	4.62	5.05	5.00	67	73
44	Isaiah Lowe	SDP	20	11.1	19%	8%	46%	4.36	4.9	4.79	76	72
45	Jose Fleury	HOU	21	20.2	19%	10%	47%	4.57	5.14	5.02	65	72
46	Jhancarlos Lara	ATL	20	14.1	19%	10%	45%	4.53	5.16	5.01	67	72
47	Wesley Moore	PHI	23	15	16%	10%	44%	4.84	5.07	5.12	60	71
48	Jedixson Paez	BOS	19	11	17%	8%	46%	4.52	4.77	4.80	74	71
49	Lucas Wepf	LAD	23	14.1	17%	9%	43%	4.78	4.84	4.97	66	71
50	Jordy Vargas	COL	19	31	16%	8%	39%	4.87	5.09	5.15	61	71
51	Seth Keller	ATL	19	19	15%	7%	49%	4.46	4.81	4.79	73	71
52	Cedric De Grandpre	ATL	21	20.2	19%	8%	48%	4.24	4.75	4.64	82	70
53	Magnus Ellerts	CLE	22	13	15%	9%	44%	4.93	4.99	5.13	58	70
54	Brody McCullough	CHC	23	19.2	17%	9%	44%	4.74	5.13	5.10	62	69
55	Alex McFarlane	PHI	22	22.1	17%	11%	51%	4.58	5.38	5.15	58	69
56	Angel Gonzalez	CHC	20	11.2	15%	9%	46%	4.84	4.94	5.06	61	69
57	John McMillon	KCR	25	10.2	17%	11%	43%	4.94	5.22	5.26	54	68
58	Connor McCullough	CHW	23	25.1	17%	9%	46%	4.51	4.92	4.87	72	68
59	Peter Heubeck	LAD	20	20	17%	10%	42%	4.82	5.38	5.27	56	68
60	Michael Morales	SEA	20	24.1	16%	9%	44%	4.79	5.15	5.14	60	68
61	Ryan Jennings	TOR	24	16.2	20%	10%	36%	4.78	5.41	5.27	60	67
62	Jack Choate	SFG	22	21	18%	9%	47%	4.52	4.8	4.82	73	67
63	Payton Martin	LAD	19	16	15%	8%	46%	4.79	5.16	5.14	59	67
64	Trey Dombroski	HOU	22	26	20%	9%	42%	4.54	4.85	4.85	74	66
65	Nate Peterson	MIL	23	18.2	18%	10%	45%	4.62	5.18	5.07	64	66
66	Jorge Marcheco	LAA	20	26.2	15%	8%	37%	5.01	5.18	5.26	57	65
67	Thomas Harrington	PIT	21	27.2	15%	8%	40%	4.97	5.27	5.29	55	65
68	Marcus Johnson	TBR	22	24	15%	7%	44%	4.73	4.94	5.00	66	64
69	Saul Garcia	NYM	20	16.2	16%	10%	44%	4.89	5.48	5.36	51	64
70	Jeisson Cabrera	LAD	24	11.1	15%	9%	39%	5.16	5.32	5.41	49	64
71	Edwin Jimenez	MIL	21	18	19%	8%	47%	4.37	4.87	4.77	77	64
72	Chris Campos	LAD	22	18.1	14%	9%	44%	5.09	5.21	5.32	49	64
73	Yaqui Rivera	BAL	19	11	16%	9%	45%	4.73	4.92	4.99	65	63
74	Yaifer Perdomo	ARI	21	17	15%	10%	43%	5.09	5.09	5.26	52	63
75	Nic Swanson	HOU	23	20.1	17%	11%	45%	4.82	5.38	5.27	55	63
76	Deivy Cruz	BAL	19	18.2	18%	10%	43%	4.75	5.26	5.17	60	63
77	Jarlin Susana	WSN	19	15.2	16%	10%	45%	4.81	5.37	5.26	55	62
78	Ben Kudrna	KCR	20	26	14%	9%	46%	4.92	5.12	5.19	55	62
79	Patricio Aquino	MIL	20	23.1	16%	8%	47%	4.58	5.1	5.01	66	62
80	Yoniel Curet	TBR	20	16.1	17%	11%	48%	4.84	5.71	5.45	47	62
81	C.J. Culpepper	MIN	21	23.1	16%	8%	46%	4.68	5.08	5.04	64	61
82	Karson Milbrandt	MIA	19	27	14%	9%	41%	5.06	5.3	5.35	51	61
83	Michael Arias	CHC	21	15.2	18%	10%	41%	4.81	5.29	5.22	59	60
84	Max Rajcic	STL	21	31.2	16%	7%	44%	4.55	4.82	4.85	73	60
85	Edgar Portes	BAL	20	15.2	14%	9%	43%	5.09	5.39	5.42	47	60
86	Jared Johnson	ATL	22	16	18%	10%	41%	4.85	5.36	5.28	56	59
87	Luis Valdez	LAD	19	10.2	16%	9%	46%	4.69	5.3	5.16	59	59
88	Adrian Rodriguez	TEX	22	11	14%	10%	45%	5.05	5.5	5.45	45	59
89	Tyler Schweitzer	CHW	22	26	15%	8%	48%	4.74	5.06	5.07	61	59
90	Dylan Phillips	LAA	24	17	15%	10%	44%	5.03	5.27	5.32	51	59
91	Tyler Guilfoil	HOU	23	23	17%	10%	41%	4.89	5.37	5.30	55	59
92	Jackson Kelley	TEX	23	12	13%	10%	49%	5.1	5.44	5.44	43	59
93	Luis Sanchez	BAL	20	10.2	13%	9%	46%	5.05	5.25	5.32	49	58
94	Marino Santy	CHC	21	18	18%	11%	53%	4.43	5.31	5.03	63	58
95	Armando Vasquez	ARI	22	14.1	13%	9%	39%	5.33	5.13	5.40	46	58
96	Shane Murphy	CHW	22	25	17%	8%	39%	4.75	5.12	5.10	65	58
97	Jake Bennett	WSN	22	26.1	16%	8%	51%	4.44	4.93	4.84	71	58
98	Jeff Hakanson	TBR	24	10.2	18%	11%	41%	4.94	5.47	5.38	51	58
99	Parker Messick	CLE	22	24	15%	9%	43%	4.9	5.19	5.21	57	57
100	Caleb Bolden	BOS	24	16.1	16%	11%	47%	4.95	5.3	5.30	51	57
101	Kevin Abel	CIN	24	10.2	19%	11%	42%	4.81	5.43	5.29	56	57
102	Leonard Garcia	LAA	19	21.1	16%	8%	38%	4.96	5.24	5.27	57	57
103	Chris McElvain	CIN	22	23.1	15%	9%	42%	5.02	5.36	5.37	50	57
104	Manuel Mercedes	SFG	20	24	11%	8%	54%	4.83	5.13	5.15	53	57
105	Deury Carrasco	HOU	23	10.1	13%	9%	50%	4.87	5.06	5.13	55	57
106	Davison Palermo	COL	23	10	14%	9%	43%	5.06	5.27	5.34	50	57
107	Drew McDaniel	CHW	22	20	13%	8%	47%	4.93	5.25	5.26	52	56
108	Jawilme Ramirez	NYM	21	27.2	12%	8%	41%	5.16	5.23	5.37	49	56
109	Lazaro Estrada	TOR	24	15.1	13%	9%	41%	5.29	5.45	5.55	41	56
110	Erik Martinez	LAA	27	16	15%	10%	40%	5.23	5.42	5.50	44	56
111	Landon Harper	ATL	22	19.2	13%	8%	48%	4.81	4.83	4.98	63	55
112	Juan Nunez	BAL	22	24.2	15%	10%	42%	5.19	5.69	5.62	39	55
113	Oscar Rayo	KCR	21	11	14%	9%	45%	4.99	5.27	5.30	51	55
114	Shane Smith	MIL	23	15	17%	9%	46%	4.7	4.93	4.98	65	55
115	Gabriel Yanez	MIN	23	11.2	16%	9%	43%	4.86	4.88	5.03	64	55
116	Leonardo Pestana	NYY	24	20.1	15%	10%	47%	4.92	5.56	5.42	47	55
117	Johnathan Lavallee	MIN	23	11	15%	9%	43%	5.01	5.09	5.22	54	55
118	Alex Ayala Jr.	TBR	21	12	15%	9%	45%	4.79	5.25	5.19	58	55
119	Edwin Nunez	STL	21	13.1	16%	9%	44%	4.77	5.04	5.07	62	55
120	Yorman Gomez	CLE	20	22.2	12%	8%	50%	4.91	5.19	5.22	52	55
121	Mason Vinyard	NYY	24	17.1	15%	10%	44%	5.04	5.23	5.31	51	55
122	Joseph Montalvo	TEX	21	21.2	16%	10%	40%	5.11	5.55	5.51	45	55
123	Aidan Maldonado	MIL	23	18	15%	10%	39%	5.21	5.54	5.56	43	55
124	Joel Ibarra	LAD	20	12.1	12%	10%	48%	5.18	5.52	5.53	39	55
125	Ben Ethridge	MIN	21	15	13%	10%	43%	5.22	5.26	5.42	45	55
126	Jake Christianson	TBR	23	15.1	14%	10%	43%	5.25	5.62	5.62	38	54
127	Eliander Alcalde	TOR	19	18.1	17%	9%	42%	4.74	5.1	5.09	64	54
128	Cole Kirschsieper	MIA	22	23.1	17%	9%	46%	4.69	5.17	5.09	62	54
129	Matt Brosky	TEX	23	15	13%	9%	45%	5.04	4.99	5.18	54	54
130	Cade Winquest	STL	23	18.2	16%	10%	50%	4.63	5.32	5.14	59	54
131	Bryce McGowan	COL	23	13.1	13%	10%	49%	5.1	5.4	5.43	43	54
132	Shane Gray	NYY	23	17	16%	9%	43%	4.87	4.84	5.02	63	54
133	Henry Baez	SDP	20	19.2	17%	9%	51%	4.5	5.16	4.99	65	54
134	Fernando Sanchez	SDP	22	16.1	19%	9%	43%	4.6	5.09	5.01	67	54
135	Breidy Encarnacion	MIA	22	13.2	14%	9%	43%	5.05	5.06	5.23	54	54
136	Tyler Wehrle	MIL	23	19	12%	9%	39%	5.41	5.22	5.50	42	54
137	Shawn Rapp	CLE	22	14.2	13%	10%	43%	5.21	5.37	5.47	43	54
138	Mauricio Veliz	KCR	20	13	13%	9%	48%	4.98	5.45	5.39	47	54
139	Jared Beck	BAL	22	23.1	15%	9%	46%	4.89	5.27	5.25	53	53
140	Michael Prosecky	COL	22	23	17%	9%	43%	4.79	5.33	5.23	58	53
141	Kevin Miranda	TOR	24	22.1	10%	8%	48%	5.16	5.15	5.33	46	53
142	Starlyn Castillo	PHI	21	12.1	15%	10%	49%	4.87	5.52	5.37	48	53
143	Luis Perales	BOS	20	12	12%	10%	46%	5.2	5.68	5.63	37	53
144	Samuel Vasquez	CLE	23	11.2	13%	11%	46%	5.31	5.48	5.58	37	53
145	Jared Poland	MIA	23	16	15%	9%	45%	4.92	5.21	5.23	55	53
146	Alex Rao	PHI	23	14	16%	9%	42%	4.88	5.43	5.33	54	53
147	Austin Peterson	CLE	23	23	13%	8%	49%	4.86	5.13	5.16	56	52
148	Mason Albright	LAA	20	23	14%	8%	42%	5.04	5.3	5.35	51	52
149	Joshua Loeschorn	PIT	23	14	14%	9%	43%	5.14	5.12	5.31	50	52
150	Brandon Schaeffer	SEA	23	27.2	16%	10%	42%	4.93	5.3	5.29	54	52

High-A

Top Hitters per RoboScout (minimum 40 plate appearances) in High-A:
1. Junior Caminero (TBR No. 8 prospect)
2. Ignacio Alvarez (ATL No. 15 prospect)
3. Jonatan Clase (SEA No. 12 prospect)
4. Jackson Holliday (BAL No. 3 prospect)
5. Javier Vaz (KCR unranked)
6. Yeiner Fernandez (LAD No. 24 prospect)
7. Sterlin Thompson (COL No. 8 prospect)
8. Nathan Martorella (SDP No. 21 prospect)
9. Cayden Wallace (KCR No. 2 prospect)
10. Dalton Rushing (LAD No. 8 prospect)
11. Marcelo Mayer (BOS No. 1 prospect)
12. Juan Brito (CLE No. 16 prospect)
13. Kahlil Watson (MIA No. 15 prospect)
14. Carter Jensen (KCR No. 10 prospect)
15. Austin Gauthier (LAD unranked)
Honorable Mentions: James Wood (WSN), Harry Ford (SEA), Adael Amador (COL), Wilfred Veras (CHW)

With the addition of the Statcast data, the names remain familiar. Some loud performances in the past week from preseason breakout nominees Rushing and Martorella have them entering firmly into the top 10. It’s extremely encouraging to see Watson continuing to put 2022 behind him.

The most conspicuous name on the list—and a name who wasn’t on the Royals Top 30 Prospects list before the season—is Vaz. After being drafted in the 15th round, the second baseman/outfielder had more walks and strikeouts in his professional debut while showing incredible plate discipline. This year, he is playing at the keystone more than on the grass, and continues to show his elite plate discipline. His contact and chase rates are by far the best at the level, though they are driven by his extreme patience: when he chooses to swing, he makes contact. The issue, of course, is that there isn’t too much thump in the bat. The contact quality remains well below-average—he has yet to put a ball in play at 102 mph or higher in his professional career, albeit in fewer than 200 plate appearances—and there’s not much more projection left in his compact physique. Nonetheless, he is still young, his bat path and hand-eye coordination are such that he’s still managed a .200 ISO in his minor league career … and note that Luis Arraez so far in 2023 has a maximum exit velocity of 100.4 mph. He's another watch list name for now.

I also just want to mention a helium name: Victor Scott (STL unranked), who finds himself tied with Jackson Merrill (SDP No. 1 prospect) and Emmanuel Rodriguez (MIN No. 3 prospect) on the High-A RoboScout list. Before the season, Geoff identified him as a sleeper name in the Cardinals organization.

The prescience is impressive as the 22-year-old outfielder has a 144 wRC+ and similar contact rate, chase rate and 90th percentile exit velocity as the aforementioned Merrill. The biggest eye opener, though, is the minor league-leading 24 stolen bases (twice caught) through Friday’s games. Coupled with the plus defense up the middle and the excellent swing decisions (his Z-Swing% minus O-Swing% is in the 98th percentile amongst all minor leaguers with over 60 plate appearances), the fifth-round draft pick out of West Virginia is my deep target this week.

Rk	Name	Team	Age	PA	BB%	K%	xBA	xOBP	wRC+	HR	SB	Robo	RoboCast
1	Junior Caminero	TBR	19	111	7%	18%	.253	.315	101	24	5	100	100
2	Ignacio Alvarez	ATL	20	124	15%	11%	.257	.339	88	9	11	88	90
3	Jonatan Clase	SEA	21	106	11%	24%	.229	.304	85	20	29	90	89
4	Jackson Holliday	BAL	19	61	13%	16%	.249	.327	91	18	17	91	87
5	Javier Vaz	KCR	22	82	9%	10%	.256	.318	83	13	14	82	85
6	Yeiner Fernandez	LAD	20	107	9%	14%	.251	.316	88	17	5	82	84
7	Sterlin Thompson	COL	22	78	7%	12%	.252	.309	81	13	12	78	82
8	Nathan Martorella	SDP	22	125	10%	15%	.248	.317	85	21	3	79	82
9	Cayden Wallace	KCR	21	136	10%	19%	.238	.307	85	14	12	78	80
10	Dalton Rushing	LAD	22	129	14%	24%	.233	.319	91	22	3	88	80
11	Marcelo Mayer	BOS	20	111	9%	19%	.242	.309	88	16	8	82	79
12	Juan Brito	CLE	21	114	11%	12%	.252	.320	82	14	6	76	79
13	Kahlil Watson	MIA	20	60	12%	18%	.241	.316	86	14	10	81	79
14	Carter Jensen	KCR	19	126	17%	21%	.235	.328	87	18	7	84	78
15	Austin Gauthier	LAD	24	127	10%	22%	.232	.305	85	11	6	76	78
16	James Wood	WSN	20	122	9%	26%	.224	.292	83	16	9	71	77
17	Harry Ford	SEA	20	136	13%	17%	.242	.320	82	14	8	77	76
18	Adael Amador	COL	20	105	7%	13%	.247	.304	77	15	13	69	75
19	Wilfred Veras	CHW	20	121	6%	21%	.234	.292	85	15	10	73	75
20	Blake Dunn	CIN	24	120	8%	22%	.227	.289	77	18	23	71	75
21	Carson Williams	TBR	20	98	9%	26%	.226	.296	87	20	10	81	75
22	Jace Jung	DET	22	129	11%	23%	.228	.300	81	18	3	70	74
23	Haydn McGeary	CHC	23	90	9%	20%	.233	.300	80	14	7	68	74
24	Roberto Campos	DET	20	117	8%	19%	.241	.304	87	18	2	75	74
25	Alejandro Osuna	TEX	20	103	14%	20%	.233	.316	80	12	15	74	74
26	Jakob Marsee	SDP	22	134	13%	19%	.232	.308	75	11	17	68	73
27	Chase Meidroth	BOS	21	97	13%	20%	.234	.314	81	12	9	73	73
28	DJ Gladney	CHW	21	132	5%	22%	.231	.287	84	23	3	71	73
29	Jackson Merrill	SDP	20	99	7%	12%	.249	.305	80	18	7	69	72
30	Victor Scott II	STL	22	131	6%	19%	.235	.291	80	11	34	76	72
31	Emmanuel Rodriguez	MIN	20	63	10%	37%	.197	.275	80	20	5	66	72
32	Tsung-Che Cheng	PIT	21	115	11%	16%	.241	.311	80	13	15	75	71
33	Hao-Yu Lee	PHI	20	105	11%	16%	.240	.310	79	12	11	72	71
34	Yohendrick Pinango	CHC	21	131	10%	18%	.233	.299	75	12	10	63	70
35	Adam Zebrowski	ATL	22	86	11%	24%	.225	.299	81	20	4	73	70
36	Ben Rice	NYY	24	68	14%	19%	.228	.307	71	10	9	62	70
37	Kala'i Rosario	MIN	20	122	11%	23%	.231	.306	86	12	3	73	69
38	Alex Ramirez	NYM	20	111	7%	17%	.237	.295	77	12	8	63	69
39	Danny Serretti	DET	23	110	6%	21%	.231	.289	79	15	5	65	69
40	Drew Gilbert	HOU	22	95	6%	22%	.226	.282	76	16	9	61	68
41	Dylan Beavers	BAL	21	119	9%	24%	.221	.289	75	11	10	62	68
42	Justice Bigbie	DET	24	85	7%	19%	.234	.294	79	19	4	66	68
43	Yanquiel Fernandez	COL	20	121	5%	19%	.235	.289	79	18	2	64	67
44	Noah Mendlinger	STL	22	57	11%	17%	.236	.304	75	11	8	62	67
45	Nathan Church	STL	22	135	7%	11%	.246	.301	73	8	11	62	67
46	Dayan Frias	CLE	21	74	12%	16%	.239	.311	76	9	4	67	67
47	Kevin Alcantara	CHC	20	116	6%	21%	.230	.286	78	16	12	64	67
48	Eddinson Paulino	BOS	20	118	7%	17%	.235	.293	75	13	18	66	67
49	Stanley Consuegra	NYM	22	110	7%	21%	.227	.287	75	16	5	59	67
50	Kevin Made	CHC	20	102	8%	18%	.237	.299	80	12	5	68	66
51	Max Acosta	TEX	20	102	8%	24%	.225	.289	80	15	15	69	66
52	Frederick Bencosme	BAL	20	92	11%	15%	.243	.312	79	10	9	69	66
53	Blaze Jordan	BOS	20	118	7%	17%	.242	.302	83	17	3	71	66
54	Caleb Durbin	NYY	23	97	9%	13%	.239	.301	70	6	28	63	66
55	Yiddi Cappe	MIA	20	126	7%	19%	.238	.297	84	17	9	73	65
56	Spencer Jones	NYY	22	111	6%	32%	.203	.263	73	16	13	56	65
57	Jorge Burgos	CLE	21	99	10%	17%	.235	.303	75	10	2	58	64
58	Loidel Chapelli	CHW	21	102	11%	23%	.227	.300	79	14	8	70	63
59	Alexander Vargas	NYY	21	103	7%	25%	.218	.281	75	17	12	63	63
60	Terrell Tatum	CHW	23	123	12%	25%	.216	.292	73	9	23	62	63
61	Yunior Garcia	LAD	21	75	7%	22%	.227	.287	79	23	2	64	63
62	Yordys Valdes	CLE	21	92	7%	20%	.230	.289	77	13	4	60	63
63	Ben Malgeri	DET	23	54	7%	24%	.222	.283	75	19	3	58	63
64	Ezequiel Pagan	CHC	22	52	7%	17%	.239	.296	79	12	6	65	63
65	Tyler Locklear	SEA	22	133	8%	22%	.224	.288	74	15	5	58	62
66	Benny Montgomery	COL	20	118	9%	21%	.226	.291	74	11	3	54	61
67	Eliezer Alfonzo	DET	23	85	6%	10%	.246	.296	70	13	2	52	61
68	Juan Guerrero	COL	21	122	7%	14%	.243	.298	75	12	3	61	61
69	Ruben Ibarra	CIN	24	60	8%	22%	.222	.285	70	17	5	51	61
70	Noah Cardenas	MIN	23	102	8%	23%	.222	.287	73	8	7	56	61
71	Joe Lampe	CLE	22	108	7%	18%	.231	.288	70	11	11	54	61
72	Victor Bericoto	SFG	21	110	8%	18%	.234	.295	77	16	3	64	61
73	Shane Sasaki	TBR	22	117	8%	17%	.232	.291	69	10	15	58	61
74	Wade Meckler	SFG	23	77	6%	16%	.237	.291	73	9	4	57	60
75	Zach Dezenzo	HOU	23	93	9%	25%	.215	.281	71	10	6	52	60
76	Kevin Parada	NYM	21	111	9%	22%	.224	.291	75	12	3	59	60
77	Aaron Palensky	NYY	24	92	7%	24%	.221	.281	74	21	14	65	60
78	Willy Vasquez	TBR	21	106	9%	22%	.224	.292	74	15	8	57	59
79	Max Wagner	BAL	21	120	9%	25%	.214	.280	69	15	16	54	59
80	Izaac Pacheco	DET	20	120	7%	26%	.219	.282	78	18	2	62	59
81	Kevin Kilpatrick Jr.	ATL	22	135	11%	27%	.211	.285	69	12	13	57	59
82	Alberto Rodriguez	SEA	22	107	9%	22%	.222	.288	71	9	3	53	58
83	T.J. White	WSN	19	99	13%	26%	.221	.301	80	15	2	64	58
84	Ben Ross	MIN	22	99	8%	24%	.221	.284	76	15	5	59	58
85	Christian Cairo	CLE	22	72	10%	23%	.219	.290	71	10	7	53	57
86	Herard Gonzalez	KCR	22	58	12%	18%	.228	.299	67	9	5	51	57
87	Aeverson Arteaga	SFG	20	123	9%	22%	.225	.291	75	13	4	56	57
88	Alan Roden	TOR	23	101	9%	15%	.233	.293	67	8	7	49	57
89	River Town	KCR	23	105	10%	19%	.226	.291	68	8	10	52	57
90	Gabriel Martinez	TOR	20	98	6%	16%	.242	.296	80	15	2	65	56
91	Jacob Melton	HOU	22	92	12%	26%	.211	.287	66	12	23	56	56
92	Keshawn Ogans	ATL	21	86	11%	19%	.227	.296	70	9	6	54	56
93	Daniel Susac	OAK	22	114	8%	25%	.216	.279	71	13	3	51	55
94	Eric Brown Jr.	MIL	22	100	8%	17%	.230	.290	66	9	20	54	55
95	Leandro Pineda	PHI	21	102	9%	23%	.219	.284	69	13	7	49	55
96	Shawn Goosenberg	CHW	23	98	10%	23%	.216	.283	66	10	24	55	55
97	Brandon Valenzuela	SDP	22	48	6%	20%	.231	.288	78	19	3	63	54
98	Adrian Sugastey	SFG	20	89	6%	16%	.235	.289	73	13	2	53	54
99	Chris Meyers	DET	24	85	8%	21%	.229	.293	77	22	4	62	54
100	Jeremy Rivas	STL	20	113	9%	23%	.224	.290	77	12	8	62	54
101	Drake Baldwin	ATL	22	99	12%	22%	.222	.295	71	14	2	54	54
102	Hudson Head	PIT	22	107	7%	26%	.213	.273	69	12	7	50	53
103	J.J. D'Orazio	ARI	21	109	12%	14%	.243	.313	74	8	5	63	53
104	Carlos Luis	SDP	23	87	10%	18%	.227	.292	66	9	2	43	53
105	Eduardo Garcia	MIL	20	109	8%	31%	.207	.275	75	14	3	54	53
106	Caeden Trenkle	OAK	22	91	10%	24%	.217	.286	69	12	9	52	53
107	Zach Kokoska	COL	24	93	10%	23%	.221	.290	72	15	16	61	52
108	Daniel Mateo	TEX	21	110	5%	20%	.226	.277	70	13	14	53	52
109	Jake Thompson	MIA	25	86	10%	20%	.226	.293	70	16	6	55	52
110	Jacob Young	WSN	23	108	7%	17%	.226	.281	62	7	27	48	52
111	Tanner Schobel	MIN	22	120	7%	21%	.223	.280	69	14	6	51	52
112	Jud Fabian	BAL	22	110	9%	25%	.213	.279	66	14	11	50	52
113	Miguel Palma	HOU	21	99	8%	20%	.224	.283	68	11	5	47	51
114	Willie Joe Garry Jr.	MIN	23	71	6%	30%	.201	.260	65	10	15	41	51
115	Victor Planchart	CLE	22	42	7%	18%	.229	.285	68	9	3	48	51
116	Jase Bowen	PIT	22	115	7%	28%	.209	.270	70	14	12	53	50
117	Troy Schreffler	PHI	22	58	12%	25%	.211	.286	65	9	25	50	50
118	Jeferson Morales	MIN	24	46	10%	28%	.203	.275	64	13	9	44	50
119	Trey Lipscomb	WSN	23	112	8%	20%	.221	.279	65	9	8	43	50
120	Nathan Hickey	BOS	23	82	9%	25%	.216	.284	71	13	2	52	50
121	Rafael Flores	NYY	22	88	7%	23%	.217	.275	67	9	4	45	50
122	Dru Baker	TBR	23	103	7%	28%	.206	.267	65	7	25	49	49
123	Wilfredo Flores	PHI	23	63	5%	15%	.231	.280	63	7	10	40	49
124	Sammy Siani	PIT	22	81	11%	28%	.208	.283	70	12	20	58	49
125	Edwin Arroyo	CIN	19	99	7%	17%	.237	.294	77	17	4	60	49
126	Alsander Womack	CHW	24	61	6%	22%	.216	.270	62	11	5	37	49
127	Aaron McKeithan	STL	23	86	8%	21%	.220	.282	65	11	4	43	48
128	Micael Ramirez	CLE	24	56	7%	12%	.236	.289	61	7	3	37	48
129	Arol Vera	LAA	20	129	8%	24%	.220	.285	75	14	6	57	48
130	Jesus Chirinos	MIL	21	71	9%	29%	.207	.276	71	15	5	48	48
131	Kendall Simmons	PHI	23	52	6%	30%	.203	.262	70	16	3	45	48
132	Bobby Seymour	TBR	24	60	8%	24%	.211	.271	62	12	3	36	48
133	Bryan Gonzalez	BOS	21	92	7%	31%	.205	.270	73	14	4	48	48
134	Rainer Nunez	TOR	22	94	7%	20%	.225	.284	69	10	2	49	48
135	Milan Tolentino	CLE	21	83	8%	28%	.204	.268	65	11	12	44	48
136	Fabian Pertuz	CHC	22	121	7%	21%	.222	.279	67	11	16	50	48
137	Reed Trimble	BAL	23	57	9%	24%	.209	.273	59	7	18	38	47
138	Euribiel Angeles	OAK	21	85	5%	18%	.231	.280	70	11	10	49	47
139	Noah Miller	MIN	20	128	8%	21%	.226	.289	73	12	8	56	47
140	Joshua Zamora	MIA	24	86	6%	20%	.221	.273	63	14	2	40	47
141	Jordan Beck	COL	22	110	6%	21%	.225	.282	73	21	3	58	47
142	Jake Fox	CLE	20	59	9%	27%	.214	.281	74	14	5	57	47
143	Darrien Miller	MIL	22	94	8%	20%	.224	.284	68	12	4	50	47
144	Riley Tirotta	TOR	24	69	6%	28%	.208	.268	69	11	11	48	47
145	Alex De Jesus	TOR	21	102	8%	25%	.215	.278	70	16	2	49	46
146	Abrahan Gutierrez	PIT	23	68	8%	19%	.220	.278	60	8	3	33	46
147	Luis Toribio	SFG	22	104	10%	28%	.213	.285	75	19	2	58	46
148	Isaac De Leon	BAL	21	94	8%	27%	.208	.273	67	12	9	43	46
149	Jeremy De La Rosa	WSN	21	100	10%	35%	.195	.270	71	10	12	51	46
150	Jared Carr	PHI	24	83	8%	23%	.211	.272	60	9	14	37	46

Top Pitchers per RoboScout (minimum 10 innings) in High-A:
1. AJ Smith-Shawver (ATL No. 1 prospect)
2. Ronan Kopp (LAD No. 15 prospect)
3. Chase Hampton (NYY unranked)
4. Noah Cameron (KCR No. 23 prospect)
5. Keider Montero (DET unranked)
6. Tink Hence (STL No. 2 prospect)
7. Dylan Ray (ARI No. 20 prospect)
8. Carson Ragsdale (SFG unranked)
9. Jairo Iriarte (SDP No. 13 prospect)
10. Tyler Mattson (DET unranked)
Honorable Mentions: Yu-Min Lin (ARI), Tyler Thornton (CLE), Kumar Rocker (TEX), Juan Mercedes (SEA)

A high-value target in High-A who might still be available in your league is Hampton. On the heels of his five-inning, nine-strikeout (with only one walk) gem of a performance against Wilmington, he already would have climbed up to No. 7 in the raw RoboScout rankings. When his stuff grades get folded in, he gets an even bigger bump. The bread and butter is his mid-90s four-seamer that has 19 inches of IVB and flat vertical approach angle. The mid-80s slider is also above-average and manages to get a 44% CSW. His curveball has velocity (80 mph), horizontal movement (10”) and spike (-13” IVB) in the same cluster as George Kirby, Tink Hence and Walker Buehler (2022) and grades out already as nearly major league average on Stuff+ models. In all four of his outings in 2023, he’s gone through the order twice, throwing 70 to 86 pitches. If it all clicks, he should be able to be a starter in the Yankees rotation—albeit three years from now—or, minimally, a power bullpen arm.

Rk.	Name	Team	Age	IP	K%	BB%	GB%	xxFIP	xFIP	xERA	Robo	RoboSTF+
1	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	20	14	24%	8%	43%	3.75	4.49	4.26	98	100
2	Ronan Kopp	LAD	20	20.2	23%	10%	45%	4.05	4.54	4.44	86	91
3	Chase Hampton	NYY	21	18.2	23%	8%	41%	4.04	4.65	4.49	88	90
4	Noah Cameron	KCR	23	29	24%	8%	45%	3.85	4.23	4.17	100	87
5	Keider Montero	DET	22	16	21%	8%	47%	4.08	4.48	4.42	87	87
6	Tink Hence	STL	20	10.2	19%	8%	47%	4.15	4.57	4.51	82	86
7	Dylan Ray	ARI	22	24.1	20%	7%	46%	4.12	4.61	4.51	84	86
8	Carson Ragsdale	SFG	25	24.2	23%	8%	46%	3.90	4.82	4.51	89	85
9	Jairo Iriarte	SDP	21	18	22%	9%	44%	4.13	4.51	4.47	85	85
10	Tyler Mattison	DET	23	17	20%	9%	43%	4.42	4.44	4.58	80	84
11	Yu-Min Lin	ARI	19	12.1	23%	8%	49%	3.71	4.39	4.19	96	82
12	Tyler Thornton	CLE	22	11.1	20%	10%	42%	4.52	4.63	4.73	73	81
13	Kumar Rocker	TEX	23	28	23%	8%	48%	3.80	4.56	4.32	94	80
14	Juan Mercedes	SEA	23	21	19%	8%	45%	4.28	4.81	4.69	77	78
15	Jose Acuna	CIN	20	22.1	18%	7%	45%	4.30	4.57	4.58	79	78
16	Trace Bright	BAL	22	17	22%	9%	41%	4.37	5.00	4.84	72	76
17	Ian Bedell	STL	23	20	23%	9%	37%	4.26	4.77	4.67	82	76
18	Pierson Ohl	MIN	23	26	16%	7%	43%	4.66	4.69	4.83	68	76
19	Gabriel Hughes	COL	21	24.2	21%	8%	47%	4.03	4.76	4.54	83	76
20	Peyton Alford	SEA	25	11.1	20%	9%	37%	4.72	4.87	4.95	67	75
21	Christopher Troye	BOS	24	13	20%	10%	43%	4.53	4.93	4.88	68	75
22	Marco Raya	MIN	20	11.2	18%	8%	42%	4.53	4.86	4.85	68	75
23	Marlon Perez	WSN	23	13.1	19%	9%	41%	4.58	4.8	4.85	70	75
24	Julian Aguiar	CIN	22	22.1	19%	8%	48%	4.25	4.51	4.53	80	74
25	Josh Stephan	TEX	21	25	19%	7%	49%	4.07	4.76	4.56	81	74
26	Nick Sinacola	SFG	23	24.2	20%	8%	45%	4.28	4.92	4.75	75	74
27	Alex Pham	BAL	23	23.1	21%	10%	45%	4.29	5.07	4.84	72	74
28	Mason Fluharty	TOR	21	11.1	16%	8%	46%	4.58	4.79	4.84	66	74
29	Will Dion	CLE	23	18	20%	9%	42%	4.42	4.79	4.76	74	73
30	Mason Barnett	KCR	22	25.1	19%	9%	42%	4.58	4.92	4.91	66	73
31	Chad Dallas	TOR	23	26.2	22%	9%	46%	4.17	4.95	4.72	77	73
32	Caden Dana	LAA	19	14.2	19%	7%	45%	4.24	4.89	4.72	74	72
33	Isaac Coffey	BOS	23	31.2	18%	8%	41%	4.47	4.86	4.82	72	72
34	Alexander Cornielle	MIL	21	21.1	19%	8%	41%	4.4	4.51	4.61	79	72
35	Hunter Parks	CIN	22	24.2	17%	8%	45%	4.64	4.86	4.91	64	72
36	Kohl Franklin	CHC	23	19.1	20%	10%	40%	4.62	5.07	5.01	64	71
37	Mitch Bratt	TEX	19	20.2	18%	6%	45%	4.16	4.56	4.51	82	71
38	Luinder Avila	KCR	21	27.1	21%	8%	50%	3.95	4.3	4.26	91	71
39	Carson Whisenhunt	SFG	22	13	20%	8%	44%	4.26	5.01	4.79	74	70
40	Trenton Wallace	TOR	24	25	19%	8%	46%	4.31	4.97	4.80	73	70
41	Jean Pinto	BAL	22	26.1	23%	9%	46%	3.97	4.7	4.48	87	70
42	Carson Rudd	CIN	24	21	18%	9%	45%	4.60	4.97	4.94	64	69
43	Drew Thorpe	NYY	22	25.2	19%	9%	47%	4.37	4.91	4.80	70	69
44	Angel Bastardo	BOS	21	28	20%	9%	47%	4.19	4.91	4.70	75	69
45	Juan Carela	NYY	21	25	19%	8%	44%	4.41	4.95	4.84	70	69
46	Jorge Juan	OAK	24	14.1	19%	10%	41%	4.76	4.75	4.91	65	69
47	Cooper Hjerpe	STL	22	27.1	19%	10%	43%	4.56	4.97	4.93	65	69
48	Daniel Federman	BAL	24	23.2	20%	8%	42%	4.43	5.06	4.90	70	69
49	Chandler Champlain	KCR	23	32.2	17%	8%	50%	4.39	4.70	4.70	72	68
50	Jake Lyons	BAL	24	18.2	21%	9%	46%	4.20	4.88	4.69	78	68
51	Kyle Hill	SEA	26	10	16%	10%	46%	4.79	4.98	5.05	58	68
52	Ben Casparius	LAD	24	28.1	17%	9%	44%	4.77	5.02	5.06	59	67
53	Rodolfo Sanchez	PHI	23	11	21%	10%	43%	4.48	5.28	5.04	63	67
54	Tyler Owens	ATL	22	12.1	17%	8%	43%	4.70	5.28	5.16	56	67
55	Jake Pilarski	LAD	25	12.2	16%	10%	47%	4.78	5.04	5.08	56	67
56	Dahian Santos	TOR	20	16.1	20%	9%	43%	4.44	5.04	4.90	67	66
57	Michael Flynn	SEA	26	10.2	19%	10%	43%	4.59	4.97	4.94	66	66
58	Keyshawn Askew	TBR	23	24.1	16%	9%	50%	4.58	5.28	5.10	56	66
59	Daniel Juarez	NYM	22	11.2	16%	9%	42%	4.80	5.07	5.10	57	66
60	Russell Smith	MIL	24	13.1	19%	9%	40%	4.72	5.02	5.03	62	65
61	Tyler Stuart	NYM	23	20.2	21%	9%	47%	4.26	4.86	4.71	75	65
62	Bubba Chandler	PIT	20	24.1	17%	9%	51%	4.52	5.24	5.04	56	65
63	Blade Tidwell	NYM	22	18.1	19%	10%	41%	4.68	5.42	5.22	56	65
64	Michael Brewer	TEX	22	10.1	15%	8%	44%	4.81	4.85	4.99	59	65
65	Jack Perkins	OAK	23	23.1	16%	9%	47%	4.68	4.95	4.98	61	64
66	Braxton Roxby	CIN	24	11	14%	9%	47%	4.83	4.99	5.08	56	64
67	Blake Holub	DET	24	16.2	14%	8%	41%	5.05	4.87	5.12	54	64
68	Tyson Guerrero	KCR	24	20.2	18%	9%	43%	4.72	5.01	5.03	61	64
69	Donovan Benoit	CIN	24	11.2	16%	9%	44%	4.86	4.99	5.09	56	64
70	Yon Castro	LAD	24	26	16%	9%	41%	4.87	5.14	5.17	56	63
71	Ignacio Feliz	BAL	23	10	15%	8%	45%	4.85	5.23	5.21	52	63
72	Taylor Floyd	MIL	25	13	14%	8%	46%	4.81	4.77	4.95	61	63
73	Andrew Marrero	STL	23	11.2	17%	10%	44%	4.75	5.00	5.04	59	62
74	Peyton Plumlee	HOU	26	12	19%	9%	43%	4.58	5.17	5.04	63	62
75	Wikelman Gonzalez	BOS	21	16	19%	11%	48%	4.55	5.46	5.17	54	62
76	Danny Watson	NYY	22	14.2	19%	9%	48%	4.38	4.78	4.73	72	62
77	Ryan Long	BAL	23	22.1	16%	9%	43%	4.83	5.30	5.23	52	62
78	Kelvin Caceres	LAA	23	10	19%	9%	46%	4.42	4.74	4.73	73	62
79	T.J. Brock	TOR	23	11.2	17%	10%	42%	4.91	5.16	5.21	53	61
80	Hunter Gregory	TOR	24	17.1	15%	9%	46%	4.81	5.35	5.25	51	61
81	Carlos Pena	DET	24	28.1	18%	9%	45%	4.55	4.78	4.82	69	61
82	Jonah Scolaro	CHW	24	13.2	19%	9%	41%	4.55	4.96	4.91	69	61
83	John Swanda	LAA	24	29	13%	8%	51%	4.72	5.21	5.13	53	61
84	Bodi Rascon	SDP	22	11.2	18%	9%	44%	4.58	4.98	4.94	64	60
85	Hunter Dula	SFG	24	11.2	15%	9%	44%	4.96	5.1	5.20	51	60
86	Adam Macko	TOR	22	17.2	18%	9%	45%	4.57	5.22	5.06	60	60
87	Brad Deppermann	CHC	27	12.1	14%	9%	43%	5.09	5.02	5.23	50	60
88	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	22	22	17%	9%	41%	4.91	5.14	5.19	53	59
89	A.J. Blubaugh	HOU	22	23	17%	9%	45%	4.62	5.30	5.12	58	59
90	Abdiel Mendoza	TOR	24	20.1	15%	9%	48%	4.79	5.26	5.19	52	59
91	Michael Dominguez	TOR	22	14.2	18%	11%	46%	4.76	5.63	5.37	46	59
92	Reid Johnston	CLE	24	19.1	18%	10%	46%	4.67	5.30	5.15	56	59
93	Robinson Pina	LAA	24	11.1	17%	9%	47%	4.65	4.99	4.98	61	58
94	Jarrod Cande	COL	23	25.2	19%	8%	43%	4.42	5.00	4.87	70	58
95	Rodney Boone	CLE	23	16.1	17%	10%	42%	4.97	5.24	5.27	50	58
96	Blake Beers	OAK	24	22	16%	9%	42%	4.87	5.09	5.15	56	58
97	Zach Messinger	NYY	23	31	19%	9%	40%	4.62	5.20	5.07	63	58
98	Victor Juarez	COL	20	23	18%	7%	45%	4.31	4.91	4.77	72	58
99	Anthony Solometo	PIT	20	29.2	20%	10%	47%	4.29	4.90	4.75	71	58
100	Kyle Luckham	WSN	23	27	18%	7%	46%	4.29	4.87	4.74	75	57
101	Tommy McCollum	PHI	24	10	17%	11%	42%	5.06	5.45	5.43	43	57
102	Kohl Simas	CHW	23	23	19%	10%	43%	4.67	5.19	5.10	59	57
103	Devereaux Harrison	TOR	22	10.1	14%	10%	43%	5.13	5.23	5.35	43	57
104	Michell Miliano	PIT	23	15.2	18%	10%	44%	4.81	5.05	5.09	57	57
105	Eric Silva	SFG	20	23.2	14%	8%	48%	4.68	5.17	5.09	54	57
106	Thomas Farr	CIN	24	30	16%	8%	38%	4.96	5.09	5.19	55	57
107	Regi Grace	MIN	23	15.2	16%	8%	46%	4.65	4.95	4.96	62	57
108	Tommy Sommer	CHW	24	12	21%	10%	45%	4.40	5.20	4.96	66	57
109	Gerald Ogando	ARI	22	17	14%	10%	48%	4.95	5.29	5.29	45	56
110	Lenny Torres Jr.	CLE	22	10.2	15%	10%	44%	5.09	5.17	5.30	45	56
111	Ryan Bergert	SDP	23	18	17%	11%	42%	5.00	5.35	5.35	46	56
112	Nelson L. Alvarez	TBR	25	14.2	15%	9%	51%	4.71	5.11	5.08	55	56
113	Ryan Brady	MIL	24	17.2	13%	8%	50%	4.81	4.76	4.95	58	56
114	Kyle Jones	MIN	23	24.1	14%	8%	51%	4.62	4.86	4.90	62	56
115	Jack Neely	NYY	23	15.1	15%	10%	43%	5.06	5.26	5.33	46	56
116	Trey McLoughlin	NYM	24	11.1	15%	9%	44%	4.99	5.15	5.24	50	56
117	Franco Aleman	CLE	23	17	16%	9%	44%	4.82	4.84	4.99	60	56
118	Jaylen Nowlin	MIN	22	25	17%	9%	41%	4.74	5.06	5.06	60	56
119	Trent Baker	STL	24	29.2	15%	8%	42%	4.85	4.97	5.08	58	55
120	Alex Williams	MIA	23	16	15%	9%	42%	4.93	5.19	5.23	51	55
121	Antonio Knowles	LAD	23	13.1	17%	10%	46%	4.72	4.86	4.95	61	55
122	Cristhian Tortosa	DET	24	14.1	15%	10%	48%	4.83	5.00	5.08	55	55
123	Tyler Myrick	SFG	25	10.2	12%	8%	47%	5.00	5.08	5.21	49	55
124	Carlos Betancourt	PHI	22	19	15%	9%	47%	4.83	5.04	5.10	54	55
125	Reid VanScoter	SEA	24	30.2	17%	9%	55%	4.37	4.92	4.80	66	54
126	Dustin Saenz	WSN	24	28.1	18%	9%	47%	4.40	5.14	4.93	66	54
127	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	22	23.2	10%	7%	52%	4.85	5.18	5.18	48	54
128	Ryan Gusto	HOU	24	20	17%	9%	46%	4.63	5.34	5.16	56	54
129	Tyler Baum	OAK	25	10.1	13%	10%	45%	5.18	5.17	5.35	43	54
130	Tyler Schoff	WSN	24	17.1	15%	8%	50%	4.61	4.84	4.88	64	54
131	Javi Rivera	CIN	23	24.2	12%	8%	45%	5.08	5.28	5.36	44	53
132	William Fleming	KCR	24	28	14%	9%	45%	4.99	5.26	5.29	48	53
133	Maceo Campbell	BOS	24	11	16%	10%	43%	5.03	5.33	5.35	46	53
134	Luke Little	CHC	22	17.1	17%	9%	49%	4.42	5.02	4.88	66	53
135	Daniel Lloyd	BAL	22	17.2	15%	9%	45%	4.89	5.48	5.36	46	53
136	Karlos Morales	MIL	23	13.2	14%	9%	49%	4.92	4.99	5.12	51	52
137	Winston Santos	TEX	21	24	12%	7%	48%	4.81	5.48	5.32	47	52
138	Yilber Diaz	ARI	22	15.1	16%	9%	40%	4.96	5.7	5.51	43	52
139	Eli Saul	ARI	21	10.2	15%	9%	49%	4.67	5.35	5.18	52	52
140	Carson Palmquist	COL	22	19	17%	10%	40%	4.89	5.56	5.40	47	52
141	Luarbert Arias	MIA	22	11.2	14%	8%	40%	5.10	4.99	5.21	50	52
142	Clay Aguilar	NYY	24	10	19%	10%	46%	4.55	5.3	5.09	59	52
143	Gabriel Sequeira	DET	25	11.2	12%	9%	47%	5.20	5.16	5.36	41	52
144	Brandon Birdsell	CHC	23	24.2	13%	9%	36%	5.40	5.39	5.58	37	52
145	Richard Gallardo	CHC	21	34.1	13%	7%	50%	4.62	4.75	4.84	63	51
146	Logan Rinehart	SEA	25	11	12%	10%	48%	5.13	5.32	5.40	40	51
147	Mike Paredes	MIN	22	11.2	13%	9%	44%	5.17	5.48	5.51	37	51
148	Nick Jones	LAA	24	12.2	14%	8%	48%	4.71	4.80	4.92	62	51
149	Alejandro Hidalgo	MIN	20	18	16%	9%	42%	4.89	5.23	5.23	50	51
150	Brayan Castillo	COL	22	12.2	14%	9%	48%	4.82	5.34	5.25	49	51

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Prospect Report: Peraza Blasts Two Longballs In Scranton

The Yankees' infielder carded the fourth multi-home run game of the year, a pair of Giants put forth impressive performances and an Angels outfielder is showing remarkable gifts against more experienced competition.

Double-A

Top Hitters per RoboScout (minimum 40 plate appearances) in Double-A:
1. Henry Davis (PIT No. 3 prospect)
2. Jasson Dominguez (NYY No. 3 prospect)
3. Owen Caissie (CHC No. 13 prospect)
4. Luis Matos (SFG No. 5 prospect)
5. Evan Carter (TEX No. 1 prospect)
6. Edgar Quero (LAA No. 4 prospect)
7. Nick Yorke (BOS No. 7 prospect)
8. Hunter Goodman (COL No. 14 prospect)
9. Jackson Chourio (MIL No. 1 prospect)
10. Coby Mayo (BAL No, 10 prospect)
11. Cesar Prieto (BAL No. 25 prospect)
12. Tyler Black (MIL No. 8 prospect)
13. Luisangel Acuna (TEX No. 4 prospect)
14. Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC No. 1 prospect)
15. Ethan Wilson (PHI No. 9 prospect)
Honorable Mentions: Jorbit Vivas (LAD), Noelvi Marte (CIN), Joey Loperfido (HOU), Colt Keith (DET), Bladimir Restituyo (COL)

The newest top name in Double-A is Davis, and that would be true whether or not I folded in his statcast data. Since the calendar flipped over to May, the catcher has a .393/.485/.750 slash line with two home runs and four doubles. Still playing predominantly behind the plate (17 games at catcher, three games in right field, three at DH), Davis’ contact rate, chase rate and 90th percentile exit velocity are all plus for the level.

The biggest discrepancy between RawboScout and RoboScout when Statcast is blended in belongs to Black, who was third in the raw score but drops to 12th when his underlying Statcast data is gently folded in. The data itself isn’t portending a precipitous drop off in his production, it is merely cooling it off a bit. The swing decisions are excellent but there’s a bit more swing-and-miss than we’d like considering he’s not a true slugger. That being said, the fact that he has stolen 17 bases while only being caught once suggests over 25 stolen bases in the major leagues in his prime years. Again, for a 22-year-old in Double-A to show a peak projection of .250/.336 with 19 home runs and 29 stolen bases (based on this year’s production) is still extremely impressive, even though the Statcast data isn’t currently eye-popping.

Rk.	Name	Team	Age	PA	BB%	K%	xBA	xOBP	wRC+	HR	SB	Robo	RoboCast
1	Henry Davis	PIT	23	106	11%	20%	0.254	0.333	108	27	11	100	100
2	Jasson Dominguez	NYY	20	112	16%	19%	0.253	0.346	105	20	20	100	97
3	Owen Caissie	CHC	20	118	11%	32%	0.228	0.310	109	24	5	89	92
4	Luis Matos	SFG	21	124	10%	11%	0.268	0.337	100	14	16	89	92
5	Evan Carter	TEX	20	131	14%	16%	0.257	0.341	101	18	9	91	89
6	Edgar Quero	LAA	20	104	14%	19%	0.255	0.341	106	14	2	88	87
7	Nick Yorke	BOS	21	121	12%	20%	0.250	0.329	103	19	8	88	87
8	Hunter Goodman	COL	23	130	8%	24%	0.244	0.312	105	30	2	86	86
9	Jackson Chourio	MIL	19	130	8%	19%	0.249	0.315	98	20	17	80	84
10	Coby Mayo	BAL	21	121	11%	21%	0.247	0.324	101	17	2	80	84
11	Cesar Prieto	BAL	24	125	6%	10%	0.268	0.323	98	11	7	80	83
12	Tyler Black	MIL	22	120	14%	19%	0.250	0.336	100	19	29	98	80
13	Luisangel Acuna	TEX	21	152	8%	19%	0.245	0.310	93	14	21	76	79
14	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	21	103	6%	18%	0.248	0.305	94	18	18	78	78
15	Ethan Wilson	PHI	23	74	7%	20%	0.244	0.306	96	20	5	74	78
16	Jorbit Vivas	LAD	22	138	8%	14%	0.258	0.321	96	15	9	80	78
17	Noelvi Marte	CIN	21	123	8%	17%	0.250	0.315	95	20	11	76	77
18	Joey Loperfido	HOU	24	74	12%	21%	0.237	0.315	89	16	14	70	77
19	Colt Keith	DET	21	135	7%	23%	0.239	0.304	96	20	2	69	75
20	Bladimir Restituyo	COL	21	119	5%	17%	0.252	0.307	97	18	12	75	75
21	Austin Wells	NYY	23	40	8%	22%	0.237	0.303	90	22	7	69	75
22	Darell Hernaiz	OAK	21	107	7%	19%	0.248	0.312	97	19	11	79	75
23	Andy Pages	LAD	22	135	12%	22%	0.239	0.318	95	13	12	80	74
24	Johan Rojas	PHI	22	129	8%	17%	0.248	0.311	91	12	14	69	73
25	Heston Kjerstad	BAL	24	121	7%	20%	0.247	0.309	97	22	7	75	73
26	Kyren Paris	LAA	21	132	13%	28%	0.230	0.315	100	22	17	84	73
27	Nasim Nunez	MIA	22	144	12%	18%	0.248	0.325	93	13	24	80	72
28	Wenceel Perez	DET	23	104	10%	19%	0.242	0.312	89	13	18	73	72
29	Damiano Palmegiani	TOR	23	115	13%	25%	0.231	0.314	90	16	5	67	72
30	Brett Harris	OAK	25	129	9%	16%	0.248	0.314	88	12	8	64	72
31	Pablo Aliendo	CHC	22	66	8%	25%	0.233	0.301	94	19	5	68	71
32	Jonny DeLuca	LAD	24	135	8%	21%	0.239	0.304	89	22	15	70	70
33	Trey Sweeney	NYY	23	114	12%	21%	0.239	0.317	91	12	12	72	70
34	Max Burt	NYY	26	80	7%	24%	0.233	0.296	92	18	18	69	69
35	Lawrence Butler	OAK	22	138	8%	19%	0.239	0.303	85	12	15	63	69
36	Aaron Bracho	CLE	22	71	10%	23%	0.236	0.307	91	24	3	70	69
37	Zac Veen	COL	21	92	9%	18%	0.246	0.313	93	13	22	76	68
38	T.J. Rumfield	NYY	23	89	9%	18%	0.240	0.306	84	20	10	59	68
39	Miguel Amaya	CHC	24	56	9%	29%	0.220	0.294	88	18	6	61	68
40	Jack Dunn	WSN	26	42	11%	19%	0.239	0.310	85	11	23	67	68
41	Liover Peguero	PIT	22	118	9%	17%	0.241	0.307	83	13	16	62	68
42	Will Wagner	HOU	24	45	11%	17%	0.244	0.315	87	14	4	62	67
43	Matt Rudick	NYM	24	106	12%	17%	0.248	0.325	93	14	11	77	67
44	Jordan Lawlar	ARI	20	123	11%	25%	0.228	0.304	86	18	14	64	67
45	Victor Mesa Jr.	MIA	21	131	7%	28%	0.229	0.297	97	15	9	71	66
46	Orelvis Martinez	TOR	21	102	8%	22%	0.236	0.301	89	31	2	63	66
47	Corey Rosier	BOS	23	93	8%	21%	0.234	0.298	85	13	33	68	66
48	Ryan Bliss	ARI	23	126	5%	21%	0.238	0.292	88	14	16	66	66
49	Jose Ramos	LAD	22	124	7%	23%	0.234	0.298	90	23	8	66	66
50	Denzel Clarke	OAK	23	58	9%	29%	0.223	0.294	90	21	6	65	65
51	Colin Barber	HOU	22	85	12%	23%	0.235	0.313	92	16	5	70	65
52	Haydn McGeary	CHC	23	43	9%	24%	0.229	0.296	84	13	4	54	65
53	Shay Whitcomb	HOU	24	124	6%	25%	0.225	0.286	83	20	8	55	65
54	Angel Martinez	CLE	21	133	10%	22%	0.232	0.302	85	16	8	58	65
55	BJ Murray Jr.	CHC	23	130	12%	23%	0.235	0.314	92	17	6	71	64
56	Jeferson Quero	MIL	20	78	8%	19%	0.246	0.311	96	19	5	73	64
57	Leo Jimenez	TOR	22	73	8%	18%	0.241	0.302	83	10	5	55	64
58	Petey Halpin	CLE	21	87	9%	24%	0.232	0.300	89	16	7	61	63
59	Drew Millas	WSN	25	76	11%	22%	0.236	0.309	88	12	7	62	62
60	Tyler Hardman	NYY	24	98	9%	26%	0.225	0.294	85	18	10	59	62
61	Blake Hunt	TBR	24	92	7%	25%	0.227	0.290	85	17	6	53	62
62	Tyler Fitzgerald	SFG	25	78	8%	29%	0.223	0.292	91	12	9	61	62
63	Javier Valdes	ATL	24	67	9%	21%	0.239	0.308	90	20	3	64	62
64	Phillip Sikes	BOS	24	106	7%	27%	0.219	0.281	82	12	21	57	61
65	Matthew Lugo	BOS	22	83	5%	22%	0.233	0.289	85	12	9	55	61
66	JT Schwartz	NYM	23	113	6%	20%	0.234	0.291	80	12	4	49	61
67	Imanol Vargas	LAD	25	105	12%	30%	0.216	0.296	85	16	2	53	61
68	Anthony Seigler	NYY	24	68	12%	23%	0.225	0.300	77	8	8	47	60
69	Steward Berroa	TOR	24	96	11%	25%	0.229	0.304	88	14	23	69	60
70	Carlos D. Rodriguez	MIL	22	101	9%	17%	0.241	0.305	83	9	9	55	60
71	Mason Martin	PIT	24	87	13%	27%	0.221	0.303	84	18	11	60	60
72	Kyle Datres	COL	27	54	8%	22%	0.233	0.296	85	19	14	60	60
73	Noah Campbell	MIL	24	89	12%	23%	0.233	0.312	88	13	4	63	60
74	Carlos De La Cruz	PHI	23	126	6%	25%	0.230	0.292	91	20	2	61	59
75	Freddy Zamora	MIL	24	93	10%	22%	0.234	0.307	88	17	14	68	59
76	Zach Britton	TOR	24	53	14%	24%	0.229	0.314	86	12	12	65	59
77	Jose Peroza	NYM	23	75	7%	28%	0.226	0.293	94	22	5	68	59
78	Cody Milligan	ATL	24	60	10%	30%	0.218	0.293	88	12	16	62	59
79	Troy Johnston	MIA	26	124	8%	21%	0.236	0.302	87	16	5	58	58
80	Alsander Womack	CHW	24	54	8%	18%	0.239	0.300	81	14	6	46	58
81	Tyler Dearden	BOS	24	64	9%	20%	0.235	0.301	83	11	3	52	58
82	Miguel Hiraldo	TOR	22	85	6%	29%	0.220	0.283	88	17	9	57	58
83	Patrick Bailey	SFG	24	60	8%	23%	0.230	0.295	85	14	8	57	58
84	Ronny Simon	TBR	23	106	10%	21%	0.228	0.298	77	10	16	50	58
85	Wes Clarke	MIL	23	99	12%	28%	0.217	0.297	80	12	6	51	58
86	Mario Feliciano	DET	24	49	6%	20%	0.234	0.293	82	9	3	47	58
87	Ethan Murray	MIL	23	87	8%	27%	0.215	0.282	76	10	11	44	57
88	Alexander Ovalles	TBR	22	94	11%	26%	0.219	0.293	79	9	8	47	57
89	Deyvison De Los Santos	ARI	20	119	9%	20%	0.233	0.300	81	16	4	48	57
90	Brooks Lee	MIN	22	130	7%	17%	0.239	0.299	81	12	5	50	57
91	Gabriel Rodriguez	CLE	21	99	11%	24%	0.230	0.305	86	16	4	58	57
92	Cody Morissette	MIA	23	64	8%	24%	0.225	0.289	79	14	3	47	56
93	Oliver Dunn	PHI	25	112	11%	27%	0.223	0.300	86	12	9	56	56
94	Hayden Cantrelle	SFG	24	98	11%	20%	0.237	0.309	85	10	12	61	56
95	Ben Malgeri	DET	23	57	8%	30%	0.212	0.278	79	16	9	46	56
96	Spencer Packard	SEA	25	91	8%	20%	0.235	0.300	83	14	4	55	56
97	Gage Workman	DET	23	74	11%	28%	0.224	0.301	90	17	10	64	56
98	Ismael Munguia	SFG	24	130	6%	20%	0.234	0.292	81	10	12	53	56
99	Brandon Lockridge	NYY	26	75	7%	23%	0.225	0.286	79	9	32	55	55
100	Leo Rivas	SEA	25	117	12%	24%	0.224	0.302	79	10	20	55	55
101	Cooper Bowman	OAK	23	123	10%	22%	0.227	0.297	77	14	28	58	55
102	Luis Vazquez	CHC	23	107	7%	25%	0.228	0.292	89	19	4	60	55
103	Everson Pereira	NYY	22	103	8%	29%	0.218	0.286	86	15	11	58	55
104	Eric Wagaman	NYY	25	51	6%	25%	0.221	0.280	79	14	24	54	54
105	Johnathan Rodriguez	CLE	23	117	8%	24%	0.224	0.289	80	12	5	44	54
106	Quincy McAfee	CIN	25	78	9%	23%	0.229	0.298	84	12	3	53	54
107	David Calabrese	LAA	20	109	9%	29%	0.221	0.292	88	17	4	58	54
108	Jose Alvarez	STL	23	88	8%	17%	0.235	0.297	75	8	6	44	54
109	Diego Infante	TBR	23	80	8%	24%	0.222	0.285	76	13	7	41	53
110	Pat Winkel	MIN	23	75	12%	28%	0.212	0.292	76	13	3	42	53
111	Will Robertson	TOR	25	90	8%	23%	0.228	0.295	83	16	6	53	53
112	Orlando Martinez	LAA	25	119	5%	25%	0.228	0.284	87	14	4	53	53
113	Isaac Collins	MIL	25	47	12%	25%	0.217	0.292	73	9	31	53	53
114	Paul McIntosh	MIA	25	57	8%	24%	0.227	0.293	82	18	3	53	53
115	Drew Romo	COL	21	91	7%	16%	0.239	0.297	77	11	8	47	53
116	A.J. Vukovich	ARI	21	107	7%	26%	0.225	0.289	85	17	9	56	53
117	Trei Cruz	DET	24	98	8%	28%	0.222	0.291	87	22	8	61	53
118	Alika Williams	TBR	24	110	8%	21%	0.232	0.295	82	12	4	50	53
119	Robert Perez Jr.	SEA	23	126	7%	30%	0.216	0.281	84	20	5	51	52
120	Thomas Saggese	TEX	21	136	7%	22%	0.232	0.294	84	13	8	56	52
121	Joe Naranjo	CLE	22	110	10%	24%	0.220	0.290	75	11	2	38	51
122	Yunior Severino	MIN	23	115	8%	34%	0.207	0.279	86	23	5	55	51
123	Niko Kavadas	BOS	24	114	14%	32%	0.208	0.295	81	13	4	50	51
124	John Rave	KCR	25	130	10%	27%	0.220	0.291	81	12	6	51	51
125	Drew Ellis	PHI	27	40	11%	25%	0.224	0.298	81	16	4	51	51
126	Jose Devers	MIA	23	109	9%	17%	0.239	0.302	79	8	2	47	51
127	Chase Strumpf	CHC	25	116	11%	33%	0.208	0.287	83	17	7	51	51
128	Rowdey Jordan	NYM	24	93	10%	21%	0.226	0.293	74	10	8	44	51
129	Stephen Scott	BOS	26	86	9%	27%	0.222	0.290	83	14	7	50	51
130	Zavier Warren	MIL	24	108	7%	19%	0.230	0.290	74	14	9	43	51
131	Quincy Hamilton	HOU	25	116	11%	24%	0.221	0.294	76	8	9	45	51
132	Carson Taylor	LAD	24	52	8%	17%	0.237	0.299	77	14	3	47	51
133	Scott Kapers	TEX	26	73	6%	19%	0.236	0.293	82	16	3	50	51
134	Jeisson Rosario	NYY	23	102	14%	32%	0.208	0.294	80	19	6	51	50
135	Dylan Rock	TOR	24	47	7%	25%	0.222	0.284	78	12	13	47	50
136	Yoyner Fajardo	MIN	24	135	7%	19%	0.231	0.290	75	9	19	48	50
137	Tirso Ornelas	SDP	23	119	10%	23%	0.222	0.293	73	12	7	39	50
138	Cam Cannon	PHI	25	46	7%	19%	0.235	0.295	80	11	4	50	50
139	Juan Fernandez	SDP	24	72	9%	20%	0.236	0.303	83	8	5	54	50
140	Domingo Leyba	PIT	27	89	8%	17%	0.241	0.302	82	11	4	49	50
141	Grant Lavigne	COL	23	118	9%	26%	0.223	0.294	84	16	4	51	50
142	Tristin English	ARI	26	78	10%	28%	0.217	0.289	81	16	5	49	50
143	Julio Carreras	COL	23	56	8%	23%	0.230	0.297	85	15	11	58	49
144	Pedro Pages	STL	24	112	8%	24%	0.219	0.283	73	8	2	37	49
145	Isiah Gilliam	SEA	26	97	11%	31%	0.209	0.285	79	11	17	49	49
146	Mateo Gil	NYM	22	57	8%	22%	0.224	0.287	74	11	6	39	49
147	Jacob Hurtubise	CIN	25	80	8%	23%	0.225	0.289	77	14	15	49	49
148	Alex Isola	MIN	24	108	9%	28%	0.213	0.281	75	12	4	41	49
149	Robbie Tenerowicz	SEA	28	133	8%	23%	0.230	0.297	85	17	3	49	49
150	Ramon Rodriguez	BAL	24	56	10%	15%	0.243	0.310	80	9	6	51	49

Top Pitchers per RoboScout (minimum 10 innings) in Double-A:
1. Andrew Abbott (CIN No. 11 prospect)
2. Eury Perez (MIA No. 1 prospect)
3. Emmett Sheehan (LAD No. 13 prospect)
4. Coleman Crow (LAA No. 21 prospect)
5. Connor Phillips (CIN No. 9 prospect)
6. Ricky Tiedemann (TOR No. 1 prospect)
7. Bryan Woo (SEA No. 7 prospect)
8. Kyle Hurt (LAD No. 27 prospect)
9. Cade Povich (BAL No. 13 prospect)
10. Tobias Myers (MIL unranked)
Honorable Mentions: Ben Brown (CHC), Jacob Lopez (TBR), Mike Vasil (NYM), Cristian Mena (CHW), Ty Madden (DET), Gavin Williams (CLE)

Prior to folding in his “stuff”, RoboScout ranked Phillips 14th in Double-A. After folding in his stuff grades, RoboScout propelled him up into the top five. As a reminder, the data is influenced by the well-documented pre-tacked ball in Southern League, but it's impressive notwithstanding the caveat. His four-seamer sits at 96 mph (touching 98 mph) with over 21 inches of induced vertical break (and is very flat). The curveball is low 80s with over 12 inches of sweep and deep dive (-17” IVB). You may note that these are similar numbers to Hampton’s curveball but thrown with even more velocity. Of all the curveballs thrown (minimum 40 thrown) in the major leagues this year, there are none in the same bucket of velocity that have as much vertical and horizontal movement. The closest curve in terms of movement is Seth Lugo’s and he throws it nearly three mph slower than Phillips. You might think that he can’t land it in the zone or can’t compel CSW% but he has a strike rate of just under 50% and a CSW% of 30%. There is no question the stuff is nasty, as evidenced by the 37% K%; it’s the command (11% BB%) that he has to harness. That being said, it is not unheard of to succeed with a walk rate in Double-A in that range: Dylan Cease had a 39% K% and 11% BB% in 2018 at the same age, Cristian Javier in 2019 had a 39% K% and 13% BB% at the same age and Lance McCullers Jr. had a 37% K% and 11% rate in 2015 at age 21, so it’s not a death sentence. In fact, it’s downright good company. As with his former Chattanooga teammate Andrew Abbott, I’d like to see him perform in Triple-A. But I see that coming relatively soon. He is nearing Fantasy Top 100 status for me.

Rk.	Name	Team	Age	IP	K%	BB%	GB%	xxFIP	xFIP	xERA	Robo	RoboSTF+
1	Andrew Abbott	CIN	24	15.2	34%	8%	45%	2.71	3.7	3.31	100	100
2	Eury Perez	MIA	20	31	24%	6%	51%	3.29	3.83	3.68	78	83
3	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	23	29	26%	8%	43%	3.67	4.54	4.24	67	77
4	Coleman Crow	LAA	22	24	23%	7%	48%	3.65	4.16	4.03	70	76
5	Connor Phillips	CIN	22	27	24%	8%	45%	3.76	4.31	4.17	66	76
6	Ricky Tiedemann	TOR	20	12.2	25%	7%	50%	3.42	3.91	3.79	74	75
7	Bryan Woo	SEA	23	28	24%	7%	44%	3.74	4.58	4.30	65	74
8	Kyle Hurt	LAD	25	16	23%	8%	50%	3.63	4.46	4.18	67	73
9	Cade Povich	BAL	23	26.2	25%	8%	50%	3.43	3.76	3.72	79	73
10	Tobias Myers	MIL	24	36.1	22%	7%	45%	3.84	4.42	4.27	65	72
11	Ben Brown	CHC	23	20	24%	8%	48%	3.64	4.17	4.04	70	72
12	Jacob Lopez	TBR	25	25	26%	8%	48%	3.5	4.32	4.04	73	71
13	Mike Vasil	NYM	23	30	23%	6%	40%	3.84	4.04	4.08	71	71
14	Cristian Mena	CHW	20	27.2	26%	6%	45%	3.3	3.76	3.65	81	71
15	Ty Madden	DET	23	23	21%	7%	47%	3.99	4.11	4.19	64	70
16	Gavin Williams	CLE	23	14.1	22%	7%	40%	4.1	4.41	4.40	60	70
17	Chayce McDermott	BAL	24	25.1	22%	9%	44%	4.13	4.33	4.37	60	68
18	Nick Frasso	LAD	24	26.2	22%	7%	49%	3.72	4.31	4.15	67	67
19	Nathan Lavender	NYM	23	10.1	19%	8%	46%	4.21	4.29	4.39	57	67
20	Will Warren	NYY	24	29.1	21%	8%	48%	4.05	4.18	4.25	62	66
21	Justin Jarvis	MIL	23	33	19%	7%	47%	4.17	4.63	4.55	53	65
22	Joey Cantillo	CLE	23	19.2	23%	9%	44%	4.11	4.51	4.46	57	64
23	David Festa	MIN	23	23.1	21%	8%	48%	3.99	4.53	4.40	58	63
24	Stevie Branche	CIN	26	13.2	18%	9%	47%	4.41	4.7	4.71	48	62
25	Amos Willingham	WSN	24	10.2	16%	8%	45%	4.57	4.45	4.66	48	61
26	Easton Lucas	BAL	26	10	18%	9%	49%	4.41	4.49	4.60	50	61
27	Pedro Garcia	CIN	28	11.1	20%	10%	41%	4.6	4.68	4.80	46	61
28	Kai-Wei Teng	SFG	24	24	23%	8%	45%	3.87	4.22	4.18	67	61
29	Richard Fitts	NYY	23	29.2	18%	7%	43%	4.39	4.41	4.55	52	60
30	Mick Abel	PHI	21	25	19%	8%	40%	4.52	4.6	4.71	46	60
31	Andre Granillo	STL	23	16	19%	8%	45%	4.31	4.37	4.49	54	60
32	Tanner Burns	CLE	24	22.2	19%	8%	45%	4.4	4.53	4.62	50	60
33	Jordan Leasure	LAD	24	10	18%	9%	45%	4.49	4.82	4.81	45	60
34	Jack Leiter	TEX	23	31	21%	9%	42%	4.32	4.93	4.78	48	60
35	Nash Walters	CHW	26	10	18%	9%	46%	4.53	4.74	4.79	45	60
36	Michael Mercado	TBR	24	11.1	20%	9%	42%	4.57	4.57	4.72	47	59
37	Marc Church	TEX	22	14.1	18%	8%	44%	4.48	4.58	4.68	47	59
38	Braydon Fisher	LAD	22	11.1	16%	7%	49%	4.41	4.53	4.62	47	59
39	Rhett Kouba	HOU	23	29.2	19%	6%	48%	3.95	4.42	4.32	61	58
40	Justin Sterner	TBR	26	14	18%	8%	41%	4.59	4.69	4.79	47	58
41	Jordan Wicks	CHC	23	26.1	20%	8%	43%	4.23	4.64	4.58	53	58
42	Patrick Monteverde	MIA	25	37	24%	8%	39%	4	4.49	4.39	63	58
43	Colton Gordon	HOU	24	28.1	20%