Top 50 International Prospects For July 2
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These are Baseball America’s rankings for the top 50 international prospects eligible to sign on July 2.
Players with the best combination of tools, baseball skills and positional value rise toward the top of the list. The top three players separated themselves as the elite players in the class, with the top five all earning widespread praise for their well-rounded combination of tools and game skills.
While there are thousands of players looking to sign with teams and at least 600 or so who sign annually, every player is on this list because there were scouts who liked them. The lower you go down the list, the thinner the spread in talent becomes. Some teams prefer premium athletes with loud tools and raw skills, while others place a higher value on players with more present feel for the game, instincts and hitting ability, even if the tools don’t stand out as much. Then there are players who combine the best of both worlds but had a lower profile and managed to fly under the radar, like Victor Robles, who end up being huge bargains.
Projecting the futures of players who are 15 and 16 involves a tremendous amount of risk and failure, with significant disagreements among scouts on players who are often evaluated in private workouts and can look different from one month to the next. This year, one of the most challenging aspects in putting together this list is that many of these players reached oral agreements to sign with teams last year—some even before July 2 last year—and haven’t been seen as much recently. A player’s signing bonus is not necessarily his value on July 2, but what a team felt he was worth at the time they reached an agreement.
Due to the unique circumstances of Cuban players and how they become available to sign with major league teams, we have not included them in these rankings. We have covered those players in our rankings of the top Cuban players before they left the country, with follow-up reports elsewhere on BA about their progress since then, with many players still waiting for MLB to clear them to sign.
Rank, Player |
Pos. | Country | Video |
1. Kevin Maitan | ss | Venezuela | Link |
2. Luis Almanzar | ss | Dominican Republic | Link |
3. Luis Garcia | ss | Dominican Republic | Link |
4. Gabriel Arias | ss | Venezuela | Link |
5. Freudis Nova | ss | Dominican Republic | Link |
6. Jeisson Rosario | of | Dominican Republic | Link |
7. David Garcia | c | Venezuela | Link |
8. Yunior Severino | ss | Dominican Republic | Link |
9. Jose Sanchez | ss | Venezuela | |
10. Victor Garcia | of | Venezuela | Link |
11. Yorbin Ceuta | ss | Venezuela | Link |
12. Francisco Morales | rhp | Venezuela | |
13. Marcos Brito | ss | Dominican Republic | Link |
14. Yasel Antuna | ss | Dominican Republic | Link |
15. Abrahan Gutierrez | c | Venezuela | Link |
16. Livan Soto | ss | Venezuela | |
17. Luis Noguera | lhp | Venezuela | |
18. Diego Infante | of | Venezuela | |
19. Brayan Gonzalez | ss | Venezuela | Link |
20. Jean Carlos Carmona | ss | Dominican Republic | |
21. Yeikel Blandin | of | Dominican Republic | Link |
22. Alison Quintero | c | Venezuela | |
23. Wencel Perez | ss | Dominican Republic | Link |
24. Yerdel Vargas | ss | Dominican Republic | Link |
25. Roancy Contreras | rhp | Dominican Republic | |
26. Yefri Del Rosario | rhp | Dominican Republic | Link |
27. Marcos Gonzalez | ss | Dominican Republic | Link |
28. Justin Lopez | ss | Venezuela | |
29. Luis Veloz | of | Dominican Republic | Link |
30. Ricardo Mendez | of | Venezuela | |
31. Roimer Bolivar | of | Venezuela | |
32. Yenci Pena | ss | Dominican Republic | Link |
33. Josue Guerrero | of | Dominican Republic | Link |
34. Tirso Ornelas | of | Mexico | Link |
35. Carlos Soler | of | Dominican Republic | |
36. Luis Mieses | of | Dominican Republic | Link |
37. Anderson Cosma | of | Dominican Republic | Link |
38. Leuri Mejia | of | Dominican Republic | Link |
39. Kevin Richards | of | Dominican Republic | Link |
40. Angel Macuare | rhp | Venezuela | |
41. Juan Contreras | rhp | Dominican Republic | Link |
42. Diego Blanco | of | Venezuela | |
43. Nerio Rodriguez | c | Dominican Republic | Link |
44. Pablo Abreu | of | Dominican Republic | |
45. Nicolas Torres | ss | Venezuela | |
46. Deurys Carrasco | ss | Dominican Republic | Link |
47. Juan Aparicio | c | Venezuela | |
48. Michell Miliano | rhp | Dominican Republic | Link |
49. Alexander Campos | ss | Venezuela | Link |
50. Yordy Barley | ss | Dominican Republic | Link |
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