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There's a new Top 100 Prospects list at MLB Pipeline, but the No. 1 overall prospect remains unchanged. Orioles middle infielder Jackson Holliday retains his top position for the third consecutive ranking. Baltimore has now claimed the top spot five times in the last seven Top 100 lists, with Adley Rutschman (midseason 2021) and Gunnar Henderson (preseason 2023) being Holliday's predecessors, along with Bobby Witt Jr. (pre-2022) and Francisco Alvarez (mid-2022).
The latest Team Top 30 Prospects lists are as follows:
ALE: BAL | BOS | NYY | TB | TOR
ALC: CLE | CWS | DET | KC | MIN
ALW: HOU | LAA | OAK | SEA | TEX
NLE: ATL | MIA | NYM | PHI | WSH
NLC: CHC | CIN | MIL | PIT | STL
NLW: AZ | COL | LAD| SD| SF
In the new Top 10 rankings, the Orioles, Rays, and Tigers each have two prospects listed, marking the first time since mid-2012 that three teams have achieved this distinction simultaneously. Tampa Bay boasts two of the six best prospects, a feat matched by only four other organizations in the past 15 rankings.
The Top 10 Prospects:
1. Jackson Holliday, 2B/SS, Orioles
2. Junior Caminero, 3B/2B, Rays
3. Dylan Crews, OF, Nationals
4. Walker Jenkins, OF, Twins
5. Marcelo Mayer, SS, Red Sox
6. Carson Williams, SS, Rays
7. Max Clark, OF, Tigers
8. Jackson Jobe, RHP, Tigers
9. Jordan Lawlar, SS, Diamondbacks
10. Coby Mayo, 3B/1B, Orioles
Thirty-one players who missed the preseason list have joined the midseason Top 100 list excluding 2024 draftees. Among them is Tigers middle infielder Kevin McGonigle at No. 33 after an impressive season before an injury.
Top non-Draft newcomers:
33. Kevin McGonigle, SS/2B,Tigers
40.Brandon Sproat,RHP,Mets
44.Moises Ballesteros,C/1B,Cubs
46.Thom White,LHP,Marlins
47.Leodalis De Vries,Ss,Padrés
48.Lazaro Montes,O,F Mariners
49.Josue De Paula,O,F Dodgers
50.Brayden Taylor,Ss/3b,Rays
62.Cooper Pratt,Ss,Brewers
63.Edgar Quero,C White Sox
Twelve first-round picks from the 2024 Draft immediately joined the Top 100 list:
12.Charlie Condon,O/F Rockies(No3 overall pick)
13.Travis Bazzana,(No1)Guardians(2b)
18.Jac Caglianone(1b/Lhp),Royals(No6)
19.JJ Wetherholt(Ss/2b),Cardinals(No7)
24.Chase Burns(Rhp),Reds(No2)
32.Hagen Smith(Lhp),White Sox(No5)
45.Nick Kurtz(1b),Athletics(No4)
55.Konnor Griffin(Ss/O/F Pirates)(No9)
59.Braden Montgomery(O/F Red Sox)(No12)
61.Bryce Rainer(Ss,Tigers)(No11)
81.Cristian Moore(2b Angels)(No8)
99.James Tibbs III(O/F Giants)(No13)
Of our preseason Top 100 prospects only fifty-seven remain on our current list; twenty-two graduated to big leagues while twenty-one didn't make cut this time.
Mariners shortstop Colt Emerson made biggest jump moving from No87 to No30 after hitting his way High-A age eighteen before breaking left foot mid-May.
Highest risers:
+57 Colt Emerson(SS Mariners No87 to No30),
+52 Bubba Chandler(RHP Pirates No93 to No41),
+42 Jacob Wilson(SS Athletics No68 to No26),
+42 Bryce Eldridge(1B Giants No96 to No54),
+38 Blake Mitchell(C Royals NO94 TO NO56),
+37 Xavier Isaac(IB Rays NO58 TO NO21),
+36 Dalton Rushing(C/OF Dodgers NO75 TO NO39,
+35 Noah Schultz(LHP White Sox NO50 TO NO15,
+33 Sebastian Walcott(SS/3B Rangers no71to no38),
+32 Aidan Miller(ss Phillies no61to no39)
This hitter-heaviest top hundred yet record-low twenty-four pitchers breakdown primary position twenty-three shortstops twenty-two outfielders nineteen right-handed pitchers nine catchers second basemen eight first basemen five third basemen left-handed pitchers eighty-one entered pro ball through draft including fifty first-round picks two last three number one overall choices Holliday(b22) Bazzana(b24) twins righty David Festa lowest selection thirteenth rounder seton hall b21 nineteen signed international market Ethan Salas(no20) largest bonus $5six million b23 ten members traded highlighted Caminero rays grabbed guardians exchange Tobias Myers clear space forty-man roster November b21
Top hundred hail eight different countries territories eighty born United States others Dominican Republic ten Cuba three Venezuela three Australia one Canada one Italy one Puerto Rico one farm reports updated system rankings week preview coming attractions tell you five different organizations tied most top hundred Cubs Guardians Mariners Rockies Twins twenty-seven represented Astros Blue Jays Braves shut out quick imprecise measure strength star talent organization calculate what call Prospect Points hundred number one ninety-nine number two so Cubs most Prospect Points three thirty-six narrowly edging Tigers three thirty-two Rays three twenty-five Twins three twenty-one Red Sox three-twenty
Top ten organizations terms prospect points best prospect parentheses:
Cubs336(Matt Shaw INFno25),
Tigers332(Max ClarkOFno7),
Rays325(Junior Caminero3B/2BRaysno2),
Twins321(Walker JenkinsOFno4),
RedSox320(Marcelo MayerSSno5),
Orioles281(JacksonHolliday28ssno1,)
Mariners271(coltEmersonssno30,)
WhiteSox266(noahSchultzLHPno15,)
Guardians257(travisBazanna28NO13,)
Rockies205(charlieCondonof/no12)