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With Endy Rodriguez around, it may not matter a ton. From the left side of the plate, Rodriguez has an exceptional ability to rip his hands through pitches on the inner edge of the zone. In four games, Chatagnier owns a 1.792 OPS with two homers and five batted in. 12 Last Week: 5-0 Overall: 7-1, 0-0 in ACC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: Stetson: W 11-2 Feb. 22: Indiana State: W 9-3 Feb. 24-26: Dartmouth: W 9-7, W 6-0, W 20-2 Upcoming Feb. 28: @ Florida Atlantic March 3-5: @ (2) FloridaMiami took care of business with a sweep of Dartmouth and the Hurricanes have won six straight. Lewis chronic injuries have kept him on this list forever, but were still betting that his tools and personhood will eventually turn him into a good multi-positional big leaguer. 49GonzagaWCC1WA1247379NR He throws two plus secondaries a mid-80s changeup and a low-80s slider, each with good movement and high whiff-rates and hes shown the ability to locate each of his offerings, boasting strikeout rates over 34% at all three minor league levels. R: Road. He ran a 6.95 ERA in Triple-A throughout 2022 but the hitting environment in Reno isnt fair to pitchers, and Jamesons stuff, control, and athleticism are all on par with a good teams fourth starter. While Flores didnt throw quite that hard throughout 2022, he did a lot to prove that despite a relatively violent delivery, he can throw strikes and work efficiently enough to be a starter. In a big win Friday at Swayze Field, All-American righthander Jason Savacool delivered a quality start and struck out nine in seven innings. His hands load in a pretty typical spot that keeps him short back to the baseball, and he doesnt swing and miss a ton. Witt will move into the Texas rotation after he had a 3.16 ERA and 73 strikeouts in 57 innings as a key reliever on a Longhorns team that made it to the final four of the College World Series last season. Leiter is too powerful an on-mound athlete not to have an impact fastball, though he does need to sharpen his control. Lefties with plus command and plus changeups tend to overachieve and Allen is exactly that, poised to play a mid-rotation role relatively soon. His ceiling is as lofty as he is. Increasingly, Amadors choppers and grounders are peppered with feel for pull-side loft, when appropriate. stunned the reigning national champs, 2023 NC skiing championship selections announced. College Baseball Rankings: 2023 D1Baseball Top Five. That bat speed, in conjunction with his short levers, allows him to track pitches well, resulting in impressive swing decisions for such a young player. De La Cruz has the most exciting combination of tools and defensive fit in the minors, a switch-hitter with plus-plus power, speed, arm strength, and all-around athleticism, as well as a somewhat more consistent look at shortstop than he had a year ago, even at 6-foot-5. And for much of the season, that seemed to be the case: White started the year at High-A, doling out 81 strikeouts against just 19 walks in 58.2 innings of work before being promoted to Double-A Frisco at the end of June. RHP Karson Ligon Ligon put up a solid freshman year for Miami, and while he doesnt strike many out, he doesnt want a ton either. And lvarez wants to show you his power. Of those accolades, perhaps the most promising was his durability; given the violence in his delivery, our biggest concern has been Cavallis ability to stay healthy, so the fact that he notched over 123 innings of work without an IL stint was a welcome development. He performed well during a September call-up to New York, posting a BABIP-aided .306/.404/.429 line in 18 games. RHP Alonzo Tredwell Tredwell was dominant out of the bullpen as a freshman and will now transition into the weekend rotation. 1VanderbiltSEC1TN11221 Then Nelson had a dominant 2021 season spent mostly at Double-A Amarillo, striking out 163 hitters in 116.1 innings, all as a starter. Falling out of the Top 25 is Oregon, which was swept last weekend by UC Santa Barbara. Everything else Jones shows you in the batters box is exciting. 40. Walkers gigantic frame at his age makes it likely that hed eventually outgrow third base. Many other teams knew of Carter, but did not know his prospectdom in a thorough sense; some thought he was unsignable, others were entirely unaware of him, as we were. California is now tied with Texas for most teams in the top 100 with 10 apiece. LSU lost its first game of the year, but still posted a winning weekend with victories against Kansas State and Sam Houston State. 4 starter fairly soon even if the arrow is currently pointing down. Due to an injury in 2022, Caglianone didnt see the mound, but opened his 2023 campaign with 6.2 scoreless innings, striking out nine. After sitting 94-95 mph in 2021, hes now parked in the 96-98 mph range for entire starts, and his hardest sliders (in the 85-87 mph range) are nearly 10 mph harder than his average curveball was in 2021 (77 mph). As far as defensive projection is concerned, a boxy frame, medium straight line speed, and an awkward running gait push and pull against Mayers defensive instincts, first-step quickness, and strong arm. His 40-man timeline presents the Cardinals with what would likely be a seamless transition from MVP candidate Paul Goldschmidt to Walker if they so choose, with Walker possibly DHing most days during Goldys contract year. 62South AlabamaSun Belt4AL33655081 He was seen a ton as a junior because he played at IMG, which was home to a lot of 2021 draft prospects and served as competition for others. Hes not a great defender right now, and probably wont ever be better than a 40-grade glove, but Davis frames high strikes well and has plus raw arm strength. College Top 25: Week 1. 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. DH Ian Petrutz Petrutz put up big numbers as a freshman, making him a mainstay in the Terps lineup. Quero is a bat-first catching prospect far away from the big leagues. On last look, it was stuff that profiled in the middle of a contending teams rotation, rather than at the very front. 3Mississippi StateSEC3MS1581621 10 Last Week: 2-2 Overall: 4-3, 0-0 in Big 12 (2-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 1-1 Results Feb. 22: Texas-Arlington: W 7-3 Feb. 24-26: Florida State: L 10-1, L 10-8, W 3-2 Upcoming Feb. 28: @ Dallas Baptist Shriners Hospital for Children College Classic (Houston) March 3: vs. Michigan March 4: vs. (4) Louisville March 5: vs. RiceAfter its big Opening Weekend performance at the College Baseball Showdown in Arlington, Texas, TCU wasnt able to build on its momentum and lost a series at home to Florida State. A game Tuesday at Texas looms before LSU heads back to Baton Rouge for the weekend. With some marque matchups this weekend, we should learn more about where these teams should stand. He covers the inner two-thirds of the zone quite well (his in-zone contact rates are actually about as good as Miguel Vargas), but his desire to pull and lift everything leaves him vulnerable on the outer edge and often impacts the quality of his contact. Hall didnt throw harder in a relief role he was still parked in the 95-97 mph range and in fact his velo keeled off a little bit right at the very end of the season. But the best parts of Libbys game are offset by the fact that they dont fit with the rest of his profile, which puts a mild damper on it. Turang can really play shortstop, has feel for the strike zone, and makes a fair amount of contact. In 2022, it garnered just 8% whiffs and 13% chase during his time at Double-A, where he spent most of the season. A small school draft-and-dev success, Stone is starting to have that mid-rotation look after growing into more velocity and a great changeup. LHP Xavier Rivas Delaware was no match for Rivas, who struck out eight and allowed just one hit. The extreme shift in his strikeout and walk rates from 2021 to 2022 has as much to do with the change in Chourios style of swinging as it does the quality of opposing pitchers stuff. Of the teams that were already in the Top 100 in 2019, Tennessee made the biggest jump, catapulting 52 spots from No. Neither his slider nor changeup is fully baked quite yet, but if either (or both) become viable, they would bring with them a higher probability that Priester slots in as a mid-rotation starter. Turang is so defensively gifted that he is almost certain to have a significant and lengthy big league career, especially now that shifting is banned. 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. He shares many similarities with Eduardo Escobar. 73IowaBig Ten5IA1-6676187 Hes a little bit upright in the box but has a well-timed, toe-tap stride and great-looking swing that has typically been on time despite a little bat wrap and hitch in his hands. 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. Texas Tech faces stiffer competition this week, starting with a midweek series against Air Force and then a trip to Houston for the Shriners College Classic, highlighted by a Sunday showdown with Texas A&M. INF Peyton Chatagnier A sparkplug from the Rebels 2022 championship, Chatagnier continues to create a legacy in Oxford. National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, "Collegiate Baseball Div. Working with a private instructor on a daily basis during the pandemic, Volpe completely re-engineered his swing, which now produces impact power, especially for a middle infielder. With just under a month remaining until opening weekend of the 2022 college baseball season, D1Baseball's Kendall Rogers and Aaron Fitt sat down with us to break down their preseason top 25. Out of our newcomers, Notre Dame made the biggest vault, landing at No. He has plus feet, range, and actions, and will make throws from all kinds of odd platforms, including when hes backhanding balls to his right and throwing on the run. Neto dials down his footwork with two strikes and becomes even tougher to put away. Pro pitchers attacked him with lots of back-foot breaking balls in Colliers brief ACL and instructs run, and while he spotted lots of them and hammered a few that didnt finish, he struggled to touch any that were even close to well-executed. Outfielder Dillon Carter went 9-for-14 with two home runs on the weekend to lead the Red Raiders. But his geographic and two-sport background Montgomery was a high-level hooper in high school were arguably late-bloomer traits. But theyre severe enough to dial down the previously plus grades on Rocchios defense and consider him a future average shortstop, while keeping an eye on how he looks there this spring. He was passed over in the 2020 draft despite sitting 94-97 mph in outings that were often seen by decision-makers who were in to scout Asa Lacy and Christian Roa, largely because Miller was very wild. Flores will also show you an upper-80s cutter, which has more inconsistent shape but gives him a third viable weapon. Hes a little more tightly wound than is typical for a big league shortstop, but Hendersons straight-line speed is plus and so is his defensive range, and his arm strength enables him to make some plays that many other infielders cant. Alcantara sometimes has trouble turning on hittable fastballs and tends to pepper the right-center field gap, which is an indication he might struggle to catch up to big league heat at all. He had a somewhat rocky first full season in pro ball, running a FIP near 5.00 across 18 starts with Lakeland before finishing up with three fair outings at Western Michigan. Because the White Sox had so many good prospects in Birmingham toward the end of the season, it was extremely efficient to source scouts and conduct film study from that time period. Instead, Buschs path may lead through the outfield, where things are less settled for Los Angeles. Of the teenage hitters on the list, Zavalas feel to hit is probably the most polished. Feb. 24: vs Mount St. Marys, vs Binghamton. Even though hes been on a throwing program to strengthen his arm, Volpe still doesnt have the hose typical of a big league shortstop. . Finally, Southern Miss, which dropped two of three to Illinois at home in ugly fashion, rounds out the Top 25. Of course, he has game-changing arm strength. Copyright 2023 Baseball America Enterprises. NCAA College Rankings and Polls. OF Chris Cannizzaro Cannizzaro and sophomore phenom Carson DeMartini had the same slugging percentage and batting average this past week, but Cannizzaro gets the edge due to his three walks. His delivery is freaky loose, particularly in his upper back and shoulders, which we think portends better future command than hes shown so far in Oakland. 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. Because Carroll runs such deep counts, his strikeout rates have been higher than one might expect given his reputation as a plus contact hitter. 7LSUSEC5LA1-3435 Drafted as a glove-first shortstop prospect, Volpe had a uninspiring professional debut, but he totally transformed himself during the lost pandemic season and returned in 2021 with one of the best campaigns in all of the minor leagues, slugging .604 across two levels. He ended up at Vanderbilt, where those issues continued, and Eder finished his career there sitting 91-92, which is part of why he fell to the fourth round of his draft. 35GeorgiaSEC11GA1-6298670 The SEC also occupies each of the top four spots in the rankings for the second time in a row, although the order of that top four has shuffled a bit since our 2019 update. 88McNeeseSouthland3LA5N/ANRNRNR His semi-aggressive approach may lead him to have a merely average hit tool, but he has 70 power and might end up hitting 50 annual doubles at his peak. His patient approach and bat-to-ball skills from both sides of the plate inspire confidence in his ability to eventually become a reliable starter. Our ultimate goal here is to identify the programs in the best shape right now, with an eye toward the next five to 10 years. He has incredible defensive range, especially to his right, and his footwork around the bag is balletic. Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association rank the top 30 teams nationally. His frame makes him pretty likely to slow down with age, but as he fills out hell probably grow into elite raw power. But his stuff, body projection and age (even after a year of JUCO ball, he was still just 18 when he was drafted in 2021), were enough for Toronto to pick him up in the third round. Here hes projected to continue to improve on defense as he gets more experience, which would make him perhaps the best defensive center fielder in baseball at peak. All count against the team's salary cap. RHP Nick Dean Dean will return to College Park for his senior season after starting 15 games in 2022. The fluctuations in velocity, Nelsons mechanical look, and his end-of-year scapula injury in 2022 wrap his profile in long-term relief risk, but thats pretty standard among big stuff pitchers toward the back of the top 100. 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. Indeed, the way Mead plays defense isnt typical for an infielder at all; its as if he grew up not watching big league defenders every summer, which might be true. Thats a decrease of four teams for California since 2019, and an increase of one team for Texas. Here at The Duel, we'll have you covered every step of the way, starting with the first step of draft prep identifying this year's top fantasy baseball assets. McGarrys mid-80s slider and low-80s changeup are both plus, but his control issues extend to those pitches. An outstanding international find for $175,000, Peraza is a plus-run, plus-glove shortstop with average pull power. During that stretch, he was also swinging and missing within the strike zone a ton. Louisville this week faces a sterner test as it leaves home for the first time to play in the Shriners College Classic at Minute Maid Park, a weekend that includes a rematch with two of its 2022 NCAA Tournament opponents (Texas A&M and Michigan). He sits 92-95 mph while touching higher with his carrying four-seam fastball, and like any good D-backs prospect, moves it well north-south while generating whiffs at the top of the zone; he also has a sinker as a change of pace. 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. For example, the gap between Padres shortstop Jackson Merrill (No. While his breaking ball command is inconsistent, Sengas velocity, splitter, repertoire depth, and demonstrated durability make him a fit as no. His lefty swing is more powerful while his righty cut is more contact-oriented. That represents more turnover than the last time we conducted this exercise, as just 11 new teams entered in 2019. He was sitting 95-99 mph throughout entire outings, and punched out at least eight hitters in each of his final 11 starts, culminating in a 13 K postseason outing against Vanderbilt when his stock reached its pinnacle. 1 in the D1Baseball Preseason Top 25 rankings for the first time ever. He sports ridiculous all-fields power from the left side of the plate, floats from base to base with huge, graceful strides, can clock home-to-first times close to 4.00 seconds, and still has room for much, much more mass on his frame before it detracts from his mobility enough to push him off shortstop. 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. 71Long Beach StateBig West4CA7-8633978 Healthy House has huge power. 64Old DominionSun Belt5VA4N/ANR8099 This approach will probably cause Pages to produce batting averages that are actually beneath his true talent feel to hit, but its also a big part of why hes such a dangerous hitter, one likely to have peak seasons with 30-plus home runs. 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