Before I talk about this list at all, here is the list:
| 1 | Bobby Witt Jr. |
| 2 | Asa Lacy |
| 3 | Jackson Kowar |
| 4 | Daniel Lynch |
| 5 | Brady Singer |
| 6 | Erick Pena |
| 7 | Kris Bubic |
| 8 | Khalil Lee |
| 9 | Kyle Isbel |
| 10 | MJ Melendez |
| 11 | Austin Cox |
| 12 | Jonathan Bowlan |
| 13 | Seuly Matis |
| 14 | Nick Loftin |
| 15 | Michael Gigliotti |
| 16 | Carlos Hernandez |
| 17 | Yefri Del Rosario |
| 18 | Yohanse Morel |
| 19 | Daniel Tillo |
| 20 | Brad McConnell |
| 21 | Kelvin Gutierrez |
| 22 | Alec Marsh |
| 23 | Josh Staumont |
| 24 | Nick Heath |
| 25 | Darryl Collins |
| 26 | Kale Emshoff |
| 27 | Brewer Hicklen |
| 28 | Evan Steele |
| 29 | Wilmin Candelario |
| 30 | Zach Haake |
| 31 | Jeison Guzman |
| 32 | Nick Pratto |
| 33 |
Vinnie Pasquantino
|
| 34 | Tucker Bradley |
| 35 | Charlie Neuweiler |
| 36 | Tyler Zuber |
| 37 | Ben Hernandez |
| 38 | Gabriel Cancel |
| 39 | Tyler Gentry |
| 40 | Grant Gavin |
| 41 | Erick Mejia |
| 42 | Delvin Capellan |
| 43 |
Christian Chamberlain
|
| 44 | Will Klein |
| 45 | Scott Blewett |
| 46 | Rylan Kaufman |
| 47 | Jon Heasley |
| 48 | John McMillon |
| 49 | Michael Massey |
| 50 | Sebastian Rivero |
| 51 | Emmanuel Rivera |
| 52 | Travis Jones |
| 53 | Omar Florentino |
| 54 | Grant Gambrell |
| 55 | Foster Griffin |
| 56 | DJ Burt |
| 57 | John Rave |
| 58 | Nate Eaton |
| 59 | Blake Perkins |
| 60 | Gerson Garabito |
| 61 | Ofreidy Gomez |
| 62 |
Arnaldo Hernandez
|
| 63 | Yunior Marte |
| 64 | Janser Lara |
| 65 | Dante Biasi |
| 66 | Adrian Alcantara |
| 67 | Drew Parrish |
| 68 |
Juan Carlos Negret
|
| 69 | Rubendy Jaquez |
| 70 | Andres Stotillet |
| 71 | Jose Marquez |
| 72 | Clay Dungan |
| 73 | Eric Cole |
| 74 | JC Cloney |
| 75 | Josh Dye |
| 76 | Anderson Paulino |
| 77 | Anderson Miller |
| 78 | Jimmy Govern |
| 79 | Marlin Wills |
| 80 | Nathan Webb |
| 81 | Michael Emodi |
| 82 |
Anthony Veneziano
|
| 83 | Tyler Tolbert |
| 84 | Burle Dixon |
| 85 | Justin Hooper |
Okay, so there’s that. Before you panic, ask any questions, or talk about how stupid lists are, read this:
- Lists don’t mean anything. At all. This list especially, because it’s not much different than the one we put out this preseason and there has been zero MiLB games this year. All I did was move a couple guys around and add in the players KC drafted this year plus three undrafted free agents.
- I want to reiterate, we haven’t seen a single pitch in MiLB this year. It is impossible to know which prospects will keep their standing during the layoff. It’s honestly best to not pay too much attention to the changes made.
- The reason for publishing this list is almost entirely for our record keeping here at RFR. We’re glad to share our opinions with you guys but remember, it’s just our opinion.
- The only thing you should really take note of is where we slotted in the players drafted and signed this past June. After a lot of my own digging, I decided to go with Lacy at #2. This kid is unbelievably good. Like…it’s unreal how good I think he’ll wind up being. Also, Kale Emshoff……
- Thanks for reading. Truly. I can’t tell you how much it means to all of us to be able to share our love for MiLB with you. I desperately hope we get some kind of fall league so that we can get some kind of reevaluation in before our midseason list next summer.
- Stay safe. Wear a mask. Keep fighting the good fight.
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Thanks for providing us news on minor leaguers. I’m praying we have some fall baseball for these youngsters
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Thanks for the list, Alex. I appreciate the effort.
Hang in there, guys. This won’t last forever.
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Just nitpicking, but there’s no way Florentino is the best Dominican league prospect.
At a minimum Candelario is a much superior all-around SS prospect. De la Rosa is are best upside pitching prospect to come through in a few years. And Velario has already been clocked at 101. There’s another half dozen pitching prospects there as well.
I’d have Candelario and de las Rosa in the top 40 overall, and they could be top 10 system guys within 2 years if they keep developing.
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Lol, thanks for pointing that out. I went to move Candelario up in the rankings and apparently, took him right out.
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Seems to me that Rito Lugo should easily be in the top twenty but gets overlooked in everyone’s ranking. He pitched every bit as well and was promoted from Lexington to Wilmington right along with Bubic, Bowlan and Cox. In fact in he was outstanding in the Blur Rocks league championship series. The starting pitchers were Lynch, Bubic, Bowlan, Cox and Lugo.
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Interesting No Brandon Marklund
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He should probably be on there somewhere, but there’s just not much to go on yet. We definitely like the stuff.
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