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He lacks the raw power of a typical big league first baseman, but Manzardos feel for sweet spot contact should enable him to clear the lofty offensive standard at that position. }); Drafted: 2nd Round, 2019 from Morgan Academy HS (AL) (BAL), Drafted: 1st Round, 2019 from Lakeside HS (WA) (ARI), Drafted: 2nd Round, 2021 from IMG Academy (SDP), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2019 from Dominican Republic (MIA), Drafted: 1st Round, 2021 from Calvary Christian HS (PHI), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2018 from Dominican Republic (CIN), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2021 from Venezuela (MIL), Drafted: 1st Round, 2022 from Wesleyan HS (GA) (ARI), Drafted: 1st Round, 2022 from Stillwater HS (OK) (BAL), Drafted: 1st Round, 2021 from Severna HS (SDP), Drafted: 1st Round, 2019 from Delbarton HS (NJ) (NYY), Drafted: 1st Round, 2020 from Decatur HS (GA) (STL), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2018 from Venezuela (NYM), Drafted: 1st Round, 2020 from Harvard Westlake HS (CA) (NYM), Drafted: 1st Round, 2021 from Jesuit Prep HS (ARI), Drafted: 5th Round, 2020 from Bellarmine (ARI), Drafted: 1st Round, 2018 from Central Heights HS (TX) (BAL), Drafted: 1st Round, 2021 from Eastlake HS (CA) (BOS), Drafted: 1st Round, 2022 from Cal Poly (MIN), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2021 from Dominican Republic (BOS), Drafted: 1st Round, 2022 from Mays HS (GA) (PIT), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2018 from Dominican Republic (NYM), Drafted: 1st Round, 2019 from Lake Travis HS (TX) (NYM), Drafted: 3rd Round, 2021 from Golden West College (TOR), Drafted: 1st Round, 2020 from Jesuit HS (OR) (PHI), Drafted: 3rd Round, 2020 from De La Salle HS (CA) (SFG), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2017 from Australia (PHI), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2018 from Venezuela (LAD), Drafted: 1st Round, 2018 from American Heritage HS (FL) (BOS), Drafted: 1st Round, 2020 from Turlock HS (CA) (OAK), Drafted: 1st Round, 2019 from Texas Tech (TEX), Drafted: 2nd Round, 2018 from Carson HS (NC) (TEX), Drafted: 1st Round, 2020 from Louisville (LAD), Drafted: 5th Round, 2019 from Wayne State (HOU), Drafted: 1st Round, 2021 from Southridge HS (IN) (CHW), Drafted: 4th Round, 2020 from Stoneman Douglas HS (FL) (BAL), Drafted: 5th Round, 2018 from Redan HS (GA) (TBR), Drafted: 1st Round, 2021 from Louisville (PIT), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2016 from Venezuela (NYY), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2017 from Venezuela (COL), Drafted: 2nd Round, 2021 from Washington State (TBR), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2019 from Dominican Republic (COL), Drafted: 2nd Round, 2020 from Kingwood HS (TX) (STL), Drafted: 1st Round, 2018 from St. Joan of Arc HS (CAN) (CLE), Drafted: 1st Round, 2019 from North Carolina (LAD), Drafted: 3rd Round, 2019 from Oregon (MIN), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2017 from Cuba (LAD), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2017 from Curacao (BOS), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2019 from Dominican Republic (NYY), Drafted: 23rd Round, 2018 from St. John the Baptist HS (NY) (PHI), Drafted: 2nd Round, 2021 from Central Pointe Christian (FL) (SEA), Drafted: 6th Round, 2018 from C. Leon King HS (FL) (TOR), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2017 from Venezuela (CLE), Drafted: 1st Round, 2017 from JSerra HS (CA) (MIN), Drafted: 1st Round, 2021 from Torrey Pines HS (TBR), Drafted: 2nd Round, 2020 from Florida International (CLE), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2017 from Dominican Republic (LAD), Drafted: 5th Round, 2020 from Central Arkansas (LAD), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2018 from Cuba (CHW), Drafted: 1st Round, 2022 from Campbell (LAA), Drafted: 4th Round, 2020 from Vanderbilt (MIA), Drafted: 1st Round, 2020 from Oklahoma (WSN), Drafted: 1st Round, 2017 from Valdosta HS (GA) (BAL), Drafted: 1st Round, 2018 from Santiago HS (CA) (MIL), Drafted: 4th Round, 2019 from New Mexico State (BAL), Drafted: 2nd Round, 2020 from Elizabethton HS (TN) (TEX), Drafted: 1st Round, 2021 from Boston College (MIL), Drafted: 5th Round, 2021 from Villanova (STL), Drafted: 5th Round, 2021 from Cal State Fullerton (CLE), Drafted: 1st Round, 2022 from Chipola JC (CIN), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2019 from Dominican Republic (NYM), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2018 from Dominican Republic (NYY), Drafted: 2nd Round, 2020 from Watson Chapel HS (AR) (STL), Drafted: 18th Round, 2019 from Auburn (MIN), Drafted: 5th Round, 2020 from Biloxi HS (MS) (DET), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2018 from Dominican Republic (PIT), Drafted: 1st Round, 2019 from Ball State (ARI), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2016 from Dominican Republic (CLE), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2021 from Cuba (LAA), Drafted: 1st Round, 2021 from East Carolina (CLE), Drafted: 4th Round, 2021 from Texas A&M (SEA), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2021 from Venezuela (SDP), Drafted: 1st Round, 2020 from The Woodlands HS (TX) (COL), Drafted: 5th Round, 2019 from St. Marys (NYY), Drafted: 13th Round, 2018 from North Hall HS (GA) (MIL), Drafted: 6th Round, 2019 from Sam Houston (NYY), Drafted: 2nd Round, 2019 from Oregon (ARI), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2017 from Dominican Republic (NYM), Drafted: 4th Round, 2020 from Cincinnati (MIL), Drafted: 1st Round, 2022 from IMG Academy (FL) (WSN), Drafted: 1st Round, 2019 from Georgai Premier Academy (GA) (CLE), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2018 from Dominican Republic (SEA), Drafted: 1st Round, 2020 from Spruce Creek HS (COL), Drafted: 1st Round, 2021 from Winder-Barrow HS (WSN), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2018 from Dominican Republic (SFG), Drafted: 3rd Round, 2021 from Gardner-Webb (OAK), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2021 from Cuba (MIA), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2021 from Dominican Republic (CHC), Drafted: 5th Round, 2021 from Virginia (PHI), Drafted: 1st Round, 2020 from Archbishop Mitty HS (CA) (BOS), Drafted: 1st Round, 2022 from Georgia Tech (NYM), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2018 from Venezuela (TEX), Signed: July 2nd Period, 2019 from Dominican Republic (CLE), Drafted: 1st Round, 2018 from Mountain Ridge HS (AZ) (TBR), Drafted: 1st Round, 2019 from Cary-Grove HS (IL) (PIT), Drafted: 1st Round, 2022 from Buford HS (GA) (SDP), Drafted: 1st Round, 2021 from Heritage Hall HS (DET), Drafted: 1st Round, 2021 from Vanderbilt (TEX), Drafted: 1st Round, 2020 from Independence HS (TN) (SDP). The Padres pitching development track record isnt great and perhaps theyre not the team best suited to coax a great breaking ball out of Lesko, but as long as his stuff is the same coming off of TJ, hes already in position to project as a 50. He rocketed through Arizonas system in 2021, making brief stops at both A-ball levels before closing the season with six starts for Double-A Amarillo, where he then spent most of 2022 dominating to the tune of a 32% K% and 4% BB% before a late promotion to Reno. The Red Sox have said that theyll manage his workload by DHing him and letting their righty-hitting corner bats caddy for him against some lefty starters. 10StanfordPac-122CA112223031 83NortheasternCAA2MA1N/ANRNRNR Suasc was part of a dynamic freshman one-two punch at Arizona last season alongside Berry. Lefties with plus command and plus changeups tend to overachieve and Allen is exactly that, poised to play a mid-rotation role relatively soon. He spent a year at a JUCO, where he was good but not totally dominant, to the consternation and befuddlement of some scouts. His slider often has curt, unspectacular-looking movement, but Bradleys command of it and the way he sets it up with well-located fastballs make it a dominant pitch. Collegiate Baseball's 2022 College Baseball Preview Edition (Jan. 7, 2022) has just been published and features all the top teams and players on all levels of college baseball plus a look at the top 93 college baseball players for the 2022 MLB Draft, All-American teams and much more. Southern Miss; 32. By the end of the year he was late on any sort of real velocity, struggling to get on top of fastballs up and away from him, and spraying most of his contact down the third base line, unable to turn on much of anything. Hes naturally adept at framing low strikes because hes already so low to the ground, but its also fair to wonder if such a small athlete can withstand the grind of catching 80-100 games every summer. Watch film back into the 2022 regular season and Rocchios issues arent as severe, but its still a mixed bag on defense. His stolen base total itself is not an indication of speed, but Naylor is running home-to-first as fast as 4.10, which is a plus run time, and he should swipe double-digit bases in his physical prime, relevant for fantasy-playing readers. There might be more game power here than there is raw power, or at least more game power than youd expect from someone who has some approach-related red flags. Cappe has an ideal baseball frame, as well as the athleticism, hands, and arm strength to play shortstop, and while his swing is a little noisy and imbalanced, he tracks pitches well and finds a way to put the bat on them even if it isnt always pretty. This sort of thing runs through McGarrys whole operation, but he already has rare repertoire depth and quality for a reliever, and he might throw harder working just one or two innings at a time. He fell deep enough in the drafts top 10 that the Twins, who were otherwise on Cam Collier, felt compelled to pop him even though they werent a fit in this regard. 1B Jac Caglianone Caglianone had a productive freshman year and is coming out of the gate strong. Vanderbilt heads North this weekend to take on a trio of Big Ten opponents in the Cambria College Classic at U.S. Bank Stadium, the home of the Minnesota Vikings. He also throws a changeup and a slider, both of which show promise, though neither was featured much in his 2022 mix. So are his reads and routes in center field, which he runs well enough to play right now. In a big win Friday at Swayze Field, All-American righthander Jason Savacool delivered a quality start and struck out nine in seven innings. The plate discipline piece is well below average but everything else is above. Allen sat 88-90 again as a junior and then, like many Cleveland pitching prospects, enjoyed a two-tick bump pretty quickly, sitting 90-93 throughout his first full season in pro ball, a velocity he maintained across 110 innings, many more than he had thrown during the pandemic-shortened year. A Massachusetts multi-sport prep standout (he was the Gatorade POY in football as a quarterback, as well as a lauded hockey player), Frelick emerged as a baseball prospect during his freshman season at Boston College when he hit .361/.438/.594 and went 22-for-24 on stolen base attempts in just 35 games. He spent most of the rest of the year rehabbing in Arizona, often attending Diamondbacks games in his sling. Its prudent to bake this context into how one thinks about Marte, but there are also some statistical yellow flags evident in his regular season performance as well as some harsh realities to come to grips with regarding his trajectory on defense. 4FloridaSEC4FL1-3113 When Lee does take a comfortable hack, he shows you plus raw power, but his style of hitting is very balanced, and he doesnt sell out for huge pop all the time. He started the 2022 season at Triple-A and wasnt quite as dominant as hed been at the close of 2021, with just a 21.5% strikeout rate throughout April and May. This cemented confidence in his feel to hit and also generated pre-draft conversations about whether there was a path for Jung to get to more power in games by pulling the ball more often, and whether that would hurt his ability to make contact. And even though he has some approach-driven bust risk, he does enough other stuff to project in a prominent big league role if his chase proves too much for him to be an everyday player. Our interpretation of this is that its a result of rust from the prolonged layoff rather than an actual indication that Jung suddenly has terrible feel for the strike zone. He can get extended on pitches out away from him and drive them into the opposite field gap, and has the power to do damage that way, and can also move the bat head all over the strike zone. Whats causing the swing-and-miss? Johnson was a well-regarded prospect basically as soon as he reached high school, and there were scouts who were so excited when they first watched him hit that they considered him a future top 5-10 pick when he was only a freshman. June 25 : The best-of-three CWS finals begins and concludes on either June 26 or June 27 with the crowning of the 2022 national champion. There is just one change in the top five, see the full rankings here. We also take into account player productivity, projection about what players will be as opposed to what they currently are and how we think each player will fit into what his specific program is trying to accomplish in 2022. JohnsBig East3NY3-46484442 Like DeLauter, Neto made people sit up and take notice of a player putting up huge numbers at a mid-major program. 1 in the D1Baseball Preseason Top 25 rankings for the first time ever. Because hes still so young, the chances are better that Marte can course correct in this area, and theres recent precedent for that path in Julio Rodrguez, who became sleeker and faster to stay in center field. He is sure-handed and slick, twitchy and acrobatic, wielding plus range, hands, actions and arm strength. Bradleys fastball utility, command, and athleticism enable deep projection on his secondary pitches into his 20s. Teams not listed above are: 31. In his first full season, Mayer slashed .280/.399/.489, hit 30 doubles and 13 homers, and was 17-for-17 on stolen base attempts as he continued the track record of premium offensive performance that hes displayed since he was a high school underclassman. Opinions on Tiedemann vary depending on how much stock is put in his early professional performance: He sat 96 mph at instructs in 2021, but skeptics questioned whether that was a short-term effect of him airing things out in short stints, or if receiving higher-quality development and instruction than he got in his amateur environment had actually unlocked something. Teams 6-10 Feb. 24: vs Mount St. Marys, vs Binghamton. Across the 2022 calendar, Davis had nearly as many HBPs as he did extra-base hits, to which the wrist fracture likely contributed. His left-handed swing is very uphill, the sort typically associated with strikeout issues, but his levers are so short that his swing is still fairly compact. 3B Brayden Taylor Taylor is already a top draft prospect, with many expecting him to raise his stock throughout the season. Not since Bryce Harper has a prospect carved a path quite like Colliers, one that was optimized to appeal to draft models, weighty in-person scouting looks, and perhaps lead to a very young eventual free agency. He has three potential plus pitches and front-end upside. Hes hit 57 home runs combined the last two years while running sub-30% groundball rates and average launch angles in the 22-25 degree range, both of which are extreme by big league standards. His four-seamer sits comfortably around 96 mph with gravity-defying carry, and a scout Tess spoke with described his curveball as having the potential to become a similarly elite offering. The upright nature of this adjusted swing has impacted Meads plate coverage a bit, and he swung through lots of high fastballs and sliders that finished on the outer third of the zone in 2022. With Martn Maldonado and Korey Lee around, Diaz will be able to ease into the everyday waters and start some games at 1B/DH to get his bat into the lineup. Hes short, he gets way down the mound (which helps create shallow angle on the pitch), and even though he has a three-quarters arm slot, his hand position is more north/south on release, which helps him create backspin and ride on the fastball. He tends to work contact to center and right field, especially against fastballs, and he has a clear two-strike approach where he ditches his leg kick and takes a more conservative swing. 37MarylandBig Ten2MD133703439 His arm angle makes it naturally tough on lefties but its utility is limited against righties, which is likely what caused Cleveland and Allen to work on a cutter that is still in the nascent stages of development. 11 Last Week: 3-1 Overall: 5-2, 0-0 in SEC (1-1 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: Grambling State: W 9-7 Feb. 24-26: Eastern Illinois: W 13-2 (7), W 10-3, L 12-3 Upcoming March 1: Illinois State March 3-5: Wright StateArkansas largely took care of business at home last week and won a series against Eastern Illinois. Montgomery did not look good at shortstop during that stretch, falling short of the positions high bar in most facets (range, hands, arm strength). That caveat extends to his defense, where Luciano continues to look miscast as a shortstop. To that point, hed shown an advanced approach on the backfields that belied his age, and he carried his performance into the Cal League, slashing .254/.355/.508 with a mid-teens walk rate in A-ball. At times hes too bold and rushes throws that he should just holster, but Tovar is only the age of a college draft prospect, so details like this will likely tighten up as he matures. Messick was quietly dominant in 2021, going 8-2 with a 3.10 ERA and 126 strikeouts in 90 innings, and hell go into 2022 with a chance to end the season as the best starting pitcher in the country. In this case, Montgomerys bat seems to have already blossomed, while you can throw out the age-related concerns given that he has now proven himself at High-A. As he has laid a statistical track record in pro ball, Turangs plate discipline became the tip of that spear, and even though his walk rate dipped to a mark merely above average (10%) in 2022, his rate of chase was a more superlative 23%, which would have been the best among qualified major league shortstops. 6 overall and places behind only Phillies righty Andrew Painter among the game's top pitching prospects. Ramos is walking the Curtis Mead path in many ways. He threw his heavy, low-spin curveball with greater frequency and relied on it more as an out pitch. Almost all of Veens pull-side contact into the outfield once he was promoted to Double-A came against secondary pitches. Teams 61-70 Hes now on the doorstep of the big leagues as a three-pitch power reliever. All rights reserved. RHP Brendan Girton The third-year right-hander lasted six innings out of relief for Texas Tech on Saturday, striking out six and allowing just three baserunners. The rest of the Top 25 remains the same. If he does end up having relevant chase issues, he might track like a left-handed hitting Brendan Rodgers, but Johnsons makeup and personality are so universally lauded that its fair to expect him to make relevant adjustments and become a key cog on Pittsburghs next competitive team. House started the 2022 season very hot, slashing .325/.408/.449 with a 141 wRC+ at High-A through April before injuring his back in early May and sitting out a couple of weeks. He debuted with Boston late in the season and flashed the titanic power that promises to make him a valuable big league regular, while also running the high walk and strikeout rates that readers should expect from him going forward. Jung is still a bendy, explosive and strong third base athlete with all-fields pop, a hit/power combination above the everyday bar at third base, and an above-average glove. He has some vulnerability to high fastballs and tends to do most of his extra-base damage against middle-middle mistakes, but Steer is capable of making line drive contact in basically all parts of the strike zone, and is especially adept at poking outer-third pitches the opposite way for base hits. Liberty; 38. Miller spent his freshman year at Blinn College, then pitched out of the Texas A&M bullpen as a sophomore and junior. Its worth developing him at catcher for at least a while since that position is at the very top of the defensive spectrum, and Paradas other seemingly viable positions are at or near the bottom. Ortiz is a plus defender anywhere on the infield dirt. Previous ranking: No. He has a loose arm, a frame built for eating innings, and a repeatable delivery. There is still a front-end arm here, as well as a big, sturdy-looking frame that theoretically should be able to eat a ton of innings. Power on par with Salvy seems in play here, too. When an opposing pitcher releases the ball, the scoop in Johnsons bat head is pointing at the mound with his back elbow hiked way up above his shoulder in a position that seems to defy the rules of normal human physiology. Buschs swing is simple but still athletic and explosive. In 2022, the talented Cuban slashed a potent .275/.350/.471 and clubbed 19 home runs at High-A Winston-Salem as a young 20-year-old (he wont turn 21 until March) before descending upon Birmingham with the rest of Chicagos high-profile guys. Finally, Southern Miss, which dropped two of three to Illinois at home in ugly fashion, rounds out the Top 25. Yorke and his French swing (because it is evocative of Ty France) looked like a high-probability big league hitter with a well-rounded contact and power combination in Arizona, enough to project as a regular if he can stay on the dirt. His in-zone contact rate on the year (89%) is very impressive for someone who detractors feared would be raw upon his entry into pro ball, and Montgomery is already doing measureable damage (based on his barrel rate, hard-hit rate, and other sourced metrics assessing impact contact) on par with a typical starting big league shortstop. Painter overpowered low-level hitters with sheer velocity and breaking ball quality during the majority of his first full pro season. 1 overall pick in the. Top 25 (Feb. 27) Louisiana State remains No. 55), Old Dominion (No. Though he does his homer damage almost exclusively to his pull side, Berry slices breaking balls away from him to the opposite field, and most of his non-extra-base hits come that way. If he ends up in left field, he bears a closer resemblance to Tony Kemp. Its tough for hitters who are looking for a fastball to do anything with them, even though Millers feel for locating his secondaries (especially his sinking changeup and low-80s curveball) is not sharp. Lucianos bat speed is incredible but his barrel accuracy is not. Considered too advanced for the teams Dominican complex, he made his stateside pro debut in 2019 and followed that up by posting a .941 OPS across two A-ball levels in 2021 while still a teenager. He has the prototypical starters frame at a broad-shouldered 6-foot-6, and the pacing and look of his delivery evoke Gerrit Cole. Poised to be a post-2023 40-man add, Flores worked just over 100 innings in 2022. Hes begun to solve the former problem by occasionally catching on one knee with one leg splayed out, la Carlos Ruiz, which allows him to be lower to the ground and present low pitches moving back toward the zone. During that stretch, he was also swinging and missing within the strike zone a ton. Bibee now looks like a polished mid-rotation prospect. The improved fastball utility and Bibees slider command give him two major league-ready weapons, while his deliverys consistency and his long standing feel to pitch generate optimism around the continued growth of his changeup, which hes using more often now than when he was in college. Ortiz put up some silly offensive numbers as an amateur, including a .422/.474/.697 line as a junior at New Mexico State that was caricatured by the elevation of Las Cruces, which is one of the most hitter-friendly environments in college baseball. Texas, coming off a season that saw it win the Big 12 title and reach the bracket finals of the College World Series, opens the 2022 season ranked No. He is quite comfortably the best defensive shortstop on the Yankees 40-man entering the 2023 season and likely to play there every day in the near future, producing on par with an average regular at the position. For an offense that lost a ton over the offseason, Bazzana must step up, and he is off to a good start, producing a 1.147 OPS in 17 at-bats. He matriculated to Florida Atlantic, where the Owls considered him athletic enough to deploy as a two-way player during his freshman season before he focused more on pitching in 2019 and 2020. Its tough to account for what sort of long-term impact Lees injury history will have on his defense, and Carlos Correas presence is also a factor, but in a vacuum he projects as an above-average everyday shortstop. RHP Paul Skenes Out of all the top aces in college baseball, Skenes was the best last weekend. And now, a few important things to keep in mind as youre perusing the Top 100. Instead, just a few days before Top 100 list publication, it was revealed that he still has a tear in his shoulder and will miss the first few months of the year. Everything else Jones shows you in the batters box is exciting. A high-probability shortstop with a long-limbed, projectable frame, Hernandez was your traditional international amateur who excels in a workout environment. His changeup isnt consistent enough for it to play a major role in his arsenal quite yet, but he trusts his slider enough to use it in place of the changeup, even against righties. His ability to locate his arsenal showed improvement over previous seasons as well. Hes going to be a middle-of-the-order anchor in Oakland fairly soon. But more than that, he seems to have a knack for the clutch hit and seems more comfortable in those big moments than just about any other college hitter. DH Ian Petrutz Petrutz put up big numbers as a freshman, making him a mainstay in the Terps lineup. Even when he has to shorten up to protect, the strength in his hands enables him to do extra-base damage. He followed up his splashy 2021 with a 2022 tidal wave, reaching Double-A Chattanooga as a 20-year-old while tabulating over 70 extra-base hits and about 40 stolen bases. His speed makes him a defensive fit in center field but a lack of arm strength and the presence of young Alek Thomas in Arizona will likely push Carroll to left, where he might be the games best defender at that position. Remember that there was pre-draft consternation around his age (he was well over 19), which draft models tend to penalize prospects for because of the historical success of younger players. HISTORY: Longest games| Longest winning streaks| Longest half inning Its possible he was gassed from playing a career-high 132 games during the regular season, and these issues are uncharacteristic of Rocchio. The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. So far that looks to have been the correct assessment, as Williams hit 19 homers, tallied 51 extra-base hits, stole 28 bases and solidified shortstop as his future defensive home during his 2022 foray into full-season ball. He produced a 150 wRC+ when healthy and was making among the highest rates of hard, airborne contact in the minors when he got hurt. He fell behind some of the other high school infielders in his draft class due to doubts that Arroyo could stay at short as well as concerns about his hit tool. He projects as a slugging five- or six-hole hitter in a typical contending lineup, with contact issues that will create some whiff-prone stretches and significant year-to-year variance. Redshirt junior shortstop Owen Cobb went 8-for-13 in the series and is now hitting .500/.531/.767 in his first season as a starter. Prior to his fifth-round selection in the 2021 draft, Graceffo had been Villanovas Friday starter, routinely called upon to throw well over 100 pitches per outing. Eders delivery has changed since college. He has a cartoonish leg kick and his hands load similarly to Javier Bezs, and while Neto doesnt have quite the same all-world whip as Bez, he is a plus rotational athlete who hits some epic pull-side homers. Hes adept at dropping it into the top of the strike zone, around the hands of left-handed hitters who think its a fastball above the zone until it cuts down onto the corner. Hes also adept at positioning his body to be ready to throw as he fields the baseball, his transfer is quick, and his internal clock is well-calibrated. His numbers backed up in 2022, but thats typical of pitchers who go to work in Reno. His fastball now sits 95-99 mph, up seven ticks from his college days, and while it currently relies heavily on its velocity rather than its below-average shape, a scout we spoke with was optimistic regarding the 22-year-olds ability to continue to improve the offering, singing Graceffos praises when it comes to his work ethic. Some of Lawlars offensive performance has been inflated by his home parks hitting environments, especially Low-A Visalia and Double-A Amarillo. He had Tommy John in August of 2019 and rehabbed during a 2020 season that he would have missed anyway. Meads feel to hit and power on contact will make him an impact everyday player no matter what position he ends up playing. . Fall Nuggets: Mississippi State, Illinois, Nebraska, UConn, Iowa, Troy, Illinois St., HPU, Indiana St. 2022 Top 100 College Baseball Programs: Top Five, Updated February 28, 2023 | More on the Top 25, Mid-Major Madness: Surging Oral Roberts, Woffords Galanie Headline Notebook, ECUs Parker Byrd Keeps Chasing Baseball Dream After Leg Amputation, Midwest Connection: Statement Wins For the Big Ten, Round Rock, Rumble In The Jungle, and The Rest of Week Two The D1Baseball Podcast, Rogers Rewind: Everything That Caught My Attention In Week Two, Stat Roundup: How The Top 100 Prospects Performed In Week Two, Auburns Irish Came In Hitting, Hasnt Stopped, SEC Midweek Game Primer Feb. 28, March 1, SEC Player and Pitcher of the Week Week 2, SEC Baseball Weekend Two Recap Highway To Hoover, Mississippi State Gets Back on Track Behind Yntema. Weve manually adjusted Netos ETA to reflect the Angels tendency to move their prospects more quickly than their stock 40-man timeline. 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