Jeter Martinez, RHP, Mex. As a 6-foot-4 lefty-hitting shortstop with a lofty offensive ceiling, he draws comparisons to Corey Seager at the same stage of their careers. : Phillies ($3,000,000) More 14. A premium high school hitter. With that in mind, we give you who we think will be the No. The consensus best hitter and best defender in this year's crop -- high school or college -- he also has at least solid power and homered twice in his first eight pro games in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. 2/MLB No. Still, this bat will be drafted for the juice. The younger Salas has all the tools to be an impact player at the game's most demanding position. Munetaka Murakami, the record-setting slugger of the Yakult Swallows in Japan, won't be posted until after 2025, when he will be 25 and no longer subject to the international bonus pools. When a team and a player (or the players camp) come to a verbal agreement on a bonus (a practice that is commonplace throughout the industry despite its prohibition), other MLB teams are alerted to the agreement, usually by the players trainer informing them that they arent going to sign the player. Guardians 2023 Top 50 Prospects, No. Robert Calaz, OF, D.R. 4/MLB No. The 2020 first-rounder has had a tremendous first full season with a slash line over .300/.400/.500 across the board to go along with 31 stolen bases. 1/MLB No. Those negotiations failed, meaning that the future signing periods of the 2022-26 CBA will continue to operate on the current schedule and under the current rules. 3/MLB No. He can get a bit erratic with his strike-throwing at times, but there's a ton of upside to unlock here, plus he'll be one of the youngest players in this draft class. : D-backs+ ($1,250,000) More 48. McGraw has a high-spin slider that's exceeded 3000 rpm in the past, up to 90 mph this spring. Sebastian Walcott, SS, Bahamas: Rangers+ ($3,200,000) More 9. January 2023 has been relatively quiet for the Atlanta Braves, punctuated by a few big days. February 26, 2023. He's got a short biting slider in the mid-80's that he's primarily utilized against righties to garner chases, as well as a tumbling change-up in the same velocity band that he can command away from lefties with consistency. Emerson showcased a whole lot of tools on the circuit in 2022 with an impressive hit tool and sneaky power. He barely got a chance to show what he could do in his first four years as a pro, however, because a broken hamate in his right hand in 2018 and the canceled Minor League season in 2020 limited him to just 58 games. The Top 300 is here. Better than the whole lot of them. Our team has taken in 9 showcase tournaments and been closely monitoring fall scrimmages. Notes: JV's changeup; Max's pace; Mauricio's clout. His frame still has room to add some muscle, so it wouldn't surprise scouts if he ended up with enough juice to run into double-digit homers at his pro peak. Teams with pool amounts below $5,284,000 lost money from their pools as a penalty for signing free agents who had rejected a qualifying offer. For these prospects, it is their first step in professional baseball. 1/MLB No. Astros: Tyler Whitaker, OF (No. Joendry Vargas, SS, D.R. Mayea also has a good approach at the plate and mans center field now, though he is likely to settle into a corner down the road. Because the International Players tab has an apples and oranges mix of older pros from Asian leagues and soon-to-be first-year players, there is no explicit ranking on The Board, but Ive stacked the class of anticipated 2023 signees in a table below with a ranking for reference should you need it. Pretty much the complete package. -- $300,000, BravesJohn Estevez, OF, D.R. The Astros originally signed Cristian Javier and Framber Valdez to $10,000 bonuses in 2015. The fastball gets up to 99 with immense hop at the top of the zone and true bat-missing qualities. Youve probably been battered with this question over the past couple months, but any chance the team lists will start rolling out next week? He's been up to 98 MPH, sitting 92-96 MPH with late running life. Hes a guy who knows how to get on base and is a nightmare for the opposition when he runs. Yankees: Anthony Volpe, SS (No. Im starting from scratch every time I rank an international class, and I have to begin somewhere just to generate the list of available and relevant names. : Tigers+ ($1,100,000) More 49. : Cubs ($2,800,000) More 7. Signing Bonus Pool B: $6,366,900 Cincinnati Reds Detroit Tigers Miami Marlins Milwaukee Brewers Minnesota Twins Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners Tampa Bay Rays, Signing Bonus Pool A: $5,825,500 Arizona Diamondbacks Baltimore Orioles Cleveland Guardians Colorado Rockies Kansas City Royals Pittsburgh Pirates San Diego Padres, $5,284,000 Pool Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox Houston Astros New York Mets New York Yankees San Francisco Giants St. Louis Cardinals Toronto Blue Jays Washington Nationals, $4,644,000 Pool Boston Red Sox Los Angeles Angels Philadelphia Phillies, $4,144,000 Pool Los Angeles Dodgers Texas Rangers, CLICK HERE FOR THE 2023 MLB INTERNATIONAL PROSPECT BONUS BOARD. Bonus pool trades were put on hold the last few years, during the pandemic. Yoeilin Cespedes, SS, D.R. Scouting and comparing international players tools and athleticism to those of recent and upcoming domestic amateurs helps me to triangulate approximately where theyd go in a given draft, and assign them a FV based on that approximation. Wilson showcases 40-grade power but many believe he'll grow into fringe-average pop in the pros. I've been . Hes comfortably a plus runner with a huge arm that will play at any outfield spot. Better than Brien Taylor. : Orioles+ ($2,297,500) More 21. -- $407,500Felix Amparo, INF, D.R. He is rumored to have a deal in place with the Yankees. White can also pronate and turn over a changeup. Derniche Valdez, SS, D.R. Thanks as always, keep up the great work! 96)Milwaukee stuck to a theme by taking a speedy outfielder in the first round for the second consecutive year, following up Garrett Mitchell last summer with Frelick this time around. Really loud. Dominican SS Joendry Vargas: One of the better pure hitters in the international class, 17-year-old Vargas has advanced strike zone knowledge and a rare sweet right-handed swing. In the field, Crews is likely destined for right field where his plus throwing arm and above average speed will be valuable assets. Beyond his 70-grade run tool, the former Boston College star looks like a potential plus hitter, and he works well in both center and right. Some believe the profile is best suited as an impact second baseman, though proponents point to his athleticism, lateral burst and sparky actions as reasons to let him develop as a SS. : Tigers ($900,000) More 45. Combine that with notes from in-person looks (there are sometimes workouts and showcases in Arizona or in close proximity to big MLB events like the Winter Meetings) and supplementary video analysis of my own, and the list is pretty much baked. In the middle of the month, the international free agency (IFA) signing period re-opened; a few days before that, MLB reinstated former Braves executive John Coppolella, who was ousted for improprieties in this market, and then banned from baseball for refusing to cooperate with the MLB investigation. Given his low release and mid-90s velo, there's definitive swing-and-miss upside if he can find consistency up there. Here are a few of the other top prospects for the 2023 international signing period, listed alphabetically: Dominican SS Felnin Celesten: Celesten, 17, has arguably the best tools seen in international free agency since Wander Franco. Reds: Matt McLain, SS (No. Featuring above average power and a potential solid average hit tool, Shaw has impact in his bat and a mature approach. He can pitch backwards off the slider and change-up with ease and has good command and feel of his entire arsenal. 97)During his pro debut after being a bit of a surprise third-round pick in 2019, Harris showed that the Braves mightve been shrewd to take the two-way player and let him hit, as he reached full-season ball. Again, verbal agreements are sometimes made a couple of years in advance of a player actually being eligible to sign, a phenomena that tends to happen most often with top-of-the-market prospects. Clark figures to stick in centerfield where his 70-grade run times and strong routes should age beautifully. His 6-foot-3 build and his game prompt comparisons to Salvador Perez, but he's a better pure hitter than the seven-time All-Star. -- $397,500, GiantsChen-Hsun Lee, RHP, Taiwan -- $647,500Yosneiker Rivas, SS, Ven. It's solid-average power at the plate, mostly to his pull-side. Position-wise, there are 20 infielders, 18 outfielders, five catchers, six pitchers and one two-way player. Gian Zapata, OF, D.R. Ethan Salas, C, Ven. Elite instincts on the field and makeup off the field, Wilson checks a ton of boxes and is a very popular figure among his peers and evaluators. As has been the case with past classes, after these players sign, they will be pulled off the International Players section of The Board and warehoused in a ranking of their signing class for record-keeping purposes. Major League Baseball's international signing period for 2023 opens on Sunday, Jan. 15. The argument can be made he's the best college pitching prospect in over a decade. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. MLB.com adds he "plays with flair and is dedicated to improving." To be eligible to sign, players must be at least 16 years old and turn 17 by Sept. 1 of the following year. As I mentioned in my KBO update from Tuesday, when talent acquisition rules change, they tend to do so in ways that are unfavorable to players and increasingly financially favorable to teams. International free agency remains through at least 2026, when the collective bargaining agreement expires. 1/MLB No. Kevin Ereu, SS, Ven. Projected signing teams, scouting reports and tool grades on just over 30 players from the 2023 class can now be viewed over on The Board. Here is a look at which players from MLB Pipeline's Top 50 International Prospects list have agreed to terms with clubs, according to sources, and for how much. The 2021 Futures Gamer would be second in the Low-A West in slugging and OPS if he had enough at-bats to qualify, while hitting over .300 to boot. Our team has taken in nine showcase tournaments and been closely monitoring fall scrimmages, including sitting in on several exhibitions. Luis Morales, RHP, Cuba: Athletics+ (3,000,000) More 6. Gonzalez isn't a burner and probably won't be a base-stealer as a pro, but hes a very good athlete. Former Braves top prospects shine for A's in spring debuts. 5/MLB No. : Cardinals+ ($500,000) More 37. McGonigle has a loose, flashy glove with bouncy actions on the dirt. The league offered to eliminate the qualifying offer system in exchange for an international draft, How the Dodgers can replace Gavin Lux after injury, Fernando Tats Jr. returns to Padres lineup, Rhys Hoskins, Steven Kwan and more extension candidates, Padres, Manny Machado agree to 11-year, $350M deal, Dodgers shortstop Gavin Lux tears ACL, will miss season, Rays ace Tyler Glasnow suffers oblique injury. Hes got a way about impacting the game in every aspect of the game. Vargas is expected to sign with the Dodgers. An overview of the rules that govern signing international amateurs can be found on MLBs glossary here, while more thorough and detailed documentation can be found starting on page 287 of the CBA (forgive the 2017-21 version the full text of the latest agreement isnt publicly available yet), and page 38 of the Official Professional Baseball Rules Book. This is also when I start to collect biographical data like dates of birth, height/weight, position, and handedness, all of which later finds its way on The Board. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted
Rangers: Jack Leiter, RHP (No. Dollander offers a big, high-70's curveball with huge sweep, though he's hardly had to use it. Rule Changes Probable Pitchers Starting Lineups . While his time up a level has been a bit more uneven, he is still only 20 years old and continues to hit for some power and steal some bases, with 14 of each heading into Thursdays games in what amounts to his first full season of pro ball. This class is led by a strong and deep crop of college talents. Braves: Michael Harris, OF (No. He's a switch-hitter with contact ability, power, and strong defensive chops. He offers a four-seam and a two-seam fastball, the latter being more consistent, though McGraw showed a willingness to elevate the four-seamer on the Cape last summer. The international amateur arena is a procedural and ethical mess that has undergone wholesale structural changes several times during my time as a writer, most recently because of what the pandemic did to shift the timeline of each signing period. -- $500,000Rafael Alvarez, 3B, D.R. -- $400,000Carlos Batista, OF, D.R. He's making his pro debut as a 17-year-old in the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League, where he's hitting .224/.337/.329 with two homers and nine steals in 24 games. The 2020 21st overall pick has shown his trademark power with impressive exit velocities at both Low-A and High-A this summer, and his hit tool has been perhaps even better than expected with a .323 average through 63 games at both stops. -- $600,000Hector Liriano, OF, D.R. Crews burst onto the scene as a true freshman, crushing baseballs, earning All-American honors almost unanimously. International players under 25 can sign minor-league contracts only. Prospect Highlights. : Guardians+ ($1,375,000) More 29. : Nationals+ ($1,300,000) More 47. The son of two-time All-Star and World Series champion Al Leiter, he comes equipped with an elite 90-97 mph fastball that hitters rarely barrel, a plus curveball and a solid slider and changeup. -- $450,000Ruben Menes, RHP, D.R. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: mlb | pageType: stories | As the list below indicates, we try to project as far off into the future as possible. All others fall into international free agency. February 27, 2023. Jenkins is long, lean, athletic, and projectable at 6-foot-3, 205 pounds, showcasing some of the best bat speed and power in the class. -- $300,000, MarlinsJancory De La Cruz, OF, D.R. : Reds+ ($3,100,000) More 5. Esmil Valencia, OF, D.R. Its one of the best changeups in the class and comfortably projects plus. -- $525,000Yoiber Ruiz, SS, Ven. That tendency applies here as well. He can run it up to 99 and hold mid-90s. -- $640,000Rafhlmil Torres, SS, Ven. With college ball right around the corner and more industry insight at our fingertips, it's time to dive into the top prospects for the 2023 class. 1/MLB No. -- $700,000Angelo Hernandez, C, Ven. The body is already very thick and muscular, so he'll need to maintain his athleticism as he gets older. -- $1,000,000Juan Hernandez, SS, Ven. In the event of a draft, international prospects would lose the agency to pick their employers, an ability they currently enjoy, while North American draft prospects do not. Bradfield will never been a thumper, but he's got elite vision at the plate, hardly ever expands the zone and walks just about as much as he strikes out. Sunday marks the open of the 2023 international signing period, one of two ways MLB teams can acquire amateur talent each year. -- $375,000, OriolesJoshua Liranzo, INF, D.R. He features an intriguing toolset that includes plus power and arm strength as well as solid to plus speed. Better than McKenzie Gore. . As always, our boards are based on three pillars: The Guardians Francisca is considered one of the top young hitters in the entire 2022 MLB International signing class. 4/MLB No. It's a deceptive slot that's tough to pick up too. -- $520,000Breyias Dean, 3B, Bah. Those teams have largely turned their attention to the 2025 and 2026 classes over the past year. : Giants ($2,697,500) More 16. White has been up to 96 and many believe he'll approach triple digits when it's all said and done. SPENDING BY COUNTRY $50.9M 1 Dominican Republic $26.3M 2 Venezuela $7.2M 3 Cuba $3.3M 4 Japan $0.6M 5 Mexico $0.4M 6 Panama $0.1M 7 Canada $0.0M 8 Curacao $0.0M 9 Switzerland $0.0M 10 Brazil $0.0M 11 Taiwan $0.0M 12 Italy $0.0M 13 Nicaragua 1/MLB No. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location,
Strong eyes and quick twitch gives him the ability to make good swing decisions consistently, and it is rare to see him post poor at-bats. 5)While Paris missed a chunk of this season with a fractured fibula, he came back and hit well enough to earn a promotion from Low-A to High-A, and hes still a teenager. Twins sign twelve international prospects. Honeyman really began to turn heads as one of the better hitters on the Caps this past summer. : Dodgers+ ($697,500) More 24. Nimmala will be just 17 years old at the time of the draft and offers some of the most intriguing athlete upside at the top of the class. He's got a prolific eye at the plate with an extremely advanced approach and a grand willingness to use the whole field. The signing period begins on Jan. 15 and ends on Dec. 15, 2023. : Cubs ($1,000,000) More 15. The Angels (Noah Syndergaard), Phillies (Nick Castellanos), Red Sox (Trevor Story), and Rangers (Corey Seager, Marcus Semien) each forfeited $500,000 to sign free agents with qualifying offers as non-CBT payers (Texas forfeited $500,000 each for Seager and Semien). Skenes velo sits in low-to-mid 90s, though when he rears back he's been up to 99. -- $500,000, TigersAnibal Salas, OF, Ven. Hes already shown that off with two homers (including a grand slam) in his first three games in the Florida Complex League. Cubs: Cristian Hernandez, SS (No. Here is a look at which players from MLB Pipeline's Top 50 International Prospects list have agreed to terms with clubs, according to sources, and for how much. He has touched 100 mph, has a wide array of secondary pitches, and has been praised for his poise and makeup, per MLB.com. Enrique Jimenez, C, Ven. Daiverson Gutierrez, C, D.R. : Twins ($2,100,000) More 39. He's a true power pitcher with a bulldog mentality on the bump. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Twins: Misael Urbina, OF (No. D-backs: Jordan Lawlar, SS (No. In 2022, he took 25 free passes, punching out just seven times. 1/MLB No. Former Braves top prospects shine for A's in spring debuts. The international signing period ends on Dec. 15, 2023. Hes missed a lot of time, first with a broken hamate the summer after he was drafted in 2019 and then this year, but the tools and the ability to play shortstop long-term make him stand out. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Blue Jays: Orelvis Martinez, SS/3B (No. : Tigers+ ($1,250,000) More 33. -- $797,500, AthleticsRamon Landaeta, C, Ven. In the field, he's comfortably a plus defender in center. It's a two-plane sweeper with impressive depth and a bat-missing track record. Still, the impact and track record against velocity and spin has evaluators believing this is a big league regular bat. Venezuelan catcher Ethan Salas, Dominican shortstop. 1 prospect for the Blue Jays since he signed for $3.5 million back in July 2018, and he's backed that up with his performance in his first full season. 6-keys: media/spln/mlb/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. : Mets+ ($1,900,000) More 28. Alfredo Duno, C, Ven. The Rangers forfeit $500,000 each for Corey Seager and Marcus Semien. Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 3:26 AM ET, Park Factors
Filippo Di Turi, SS, Ven. -- $400,000Angel Gil, OF, D.R., $375,000, D-backsYassel Soler, 3B, D.R. After a slow start in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League, he has tripled and doubled in his last two games. The reality, though, is it's much more difficult to gauge an international class because players, mostly from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, are signing at 16 and 17 but often agreed with a team when they were 13 or 14. Taylor has a short, simple swing from the left side with good upper body rotation and whippy bat speed. -- $750,000, RaysWilian Trinidad, INF, D.R. 3/MLB No. -- $800,000Bladimir Pichardo, RHP, D.R. -- $400,000Andres Valor, OF, Ven. During the course of working on the 2023 class, I became aware of about a half-dozen players set to sign in 2025 and 26 who already have verbal deals for north of $3 million. McGraw doesn't have the prototype size of some of his peers, but his sublime feel for a 4-pitch mix has evaluators drooling. 70)Itll be interesting to see if 2021 first-rounder Andrew Painter surpasses Abel, the clubs 2020 top pick, as both are big right-handers drafted out of high school. -- $409,000. Prospect Headlines. Here are the Nationals' 2023 Top 30 prospects. 5)Luciano has been better than advertised since the Giants signed him for $2.6 million out of the Dominican Republic in 2018, part of an international haul that included two more potential impact bats in outfielders Luis Matos and Jairo Pomares. The curveball may have the most potential of all his secondaries, but landing it for strikes consistently has come and gone. That's a seven mph jump that, in three months, took him from a lower-end Division 1 arm into now one of the harder throwers in the country for his age group. He jumped to High-A for his full-season debut this year and hit .256/.430/.548 with 16 homers and 10 steals in 63 games to earn a promotion to Double-A at age 20. Notes: JV's changeup; Max's pace; Mauricio's clout. Its a complex situation without, so far as I can conceive, a nice, clean solution that perfectly addresses all of the issues surrounding the safety, well-being, and agency of these young amateur players, whose plight I consider the most important issue at stake. When the most recent CBA was ratified, the league and the MLBPA had until July 25 to agree to a draft, the first of which would have taken place in 2024 had they done so. Honeyman has essentially been a steady performer throughout his college career, both on campus and in wood-bat summer leagues. 5 Dodgers prospects to watch this spring. 8)Kansas City sent Pea to its alternate site last year when he was still only 17 -- a sign of how advanced they believe the July 2019 signee was. The Official Site of Major League Baseball. 29)The Dodgers have landed the best Venezuelan prospect in the last three international classes: Cartaya in 2018, outfielder Luis Rodriguez in 2019 and shortstop Wilman Diaz in January. Here's everything you need to know going into the open of the 2023 international signing period. The . The 20-year-old is regarded as a future front-of-the-rotation starter. 4/MLB No. -- $300,000, RockiesAlessander De La Cruz, D.R. More Prospects News. There's potential here to be an athletic impact bat on the left side of the infield, likely at third base at the next level. Because these players are so close in age to the younger prospects who participate in any given domestic draft, I like to use theoretical draft position as a barometer by which to grade the international amateurs. MLB Draft, 2023 MLB Draft. An ultra-aggressive swinger of the bat, Hurley will need to polish up his approach as he sees more advanced pitching at the next level. The international signing period used to run from July 2 to June 25 each year, but the start of the 2020-21 signing period was pushed back to Jan. 15 because of the pandemic, and that change is now permanent under the current agreement. You can find a lot of our film and live looks in each players blurb below. RotoBaller.com 2023 MLB Top Prospect Rankings. Red Sox: Marcelo Mayer, SS (No. And while some of my sources think the league and the PA could come together on a draft format before the next CBA is ratified, there is doubt that it will happen soon enough for it to change the way the 2024 class signs. Yerlin Luis, OF, D.R. He has a nice loose swing and shows the ability to hit home runs in batting practice and games. Projected bonus amounts for this group will be published on signing day. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Clark has a fantastic feel for the strike zone and has a swing catered toward using the entire field. 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