2023 Preseason Top 100 Prospects List

Our Top 100 prospect list is finally here! This is a culmination of efforts forged by over 20 different individuals here at Prospects Live. We began our offseason report writing in late September with the aim to grade out and rank 900 different prospects to be included across our Top 30 team lists. Yesterday we released our final top 30 list with the Miami Marlins. We are proud to have finished writing up all teams prior to releasing this list to give each prospect full and equal consideration.

Process


Let’s proceed to our Top 100 process. Jake Kerns led the way this offseason and he guided our team through the completion of all Top 30 lists. Jake and Matt Thompson, went through the submitted reports by the members of the Prospects Live Evaluation Team and helped shape these reports into the foundation for our site Top 100. We had four players receiving a grade of 70 OFP, so naturally those four slotted into the top four spots, and then we ranked the twenty 60 OFP players next, and then the 55s and so on. A total of 71 players had OFP of 55 or higher.

Jake Kerns, Matt Thompson, Tyler Jennings, Harris Yudin, Chris O’Day, Adam Kiel, and Grant Carver each submitted a completed individual Top 100, and then the lists were combined to form a true site ranking, hopefully devoid of any bias that could creep in from a single evaluator. We also tried to follow the previously released organization lists. So, if a prospect was ranked ahead of a player in his organization, but dropped behind him in the aggregate, we then made the adjustment. We do have one overwhelming exception to the rule this year, as Tink Hence came out way ahead of Gordon Graceffo in the aggregate; so much so that we thought we should stick with it and will make the necessary changes in any updated Cardinals list. Similarly, Marco Luciano and Daniel Espino were hurt shortly before the list was finalized, and both have been knocked down slightly behind their peers, Kyle Harrison and Gavin Williams.

Report Contributors

Below is our team of report writers, editors and creative contributors whose efforts have led to this list’s creation. Please give them a follow on Twitter as they all provide great content:

Adam Kiel, Alex Jensen, Brandon Smith, Brennan Delaney, Cameron Emamian, Chris O'Day, Daniel Garcia, Diego Solares, Eddy Almaguer, Eli Emery, Grant Carver, Harris Yudin, Ian Smith, Jackson Thomas, Jake Kerns, Jared Perkins, John Brophy, Justin Lada, Mat Adams, Matt Thompson, Rhys White, Tyler Jennings, Tyler Paddor, and Will Hoefer.

We were also helped in this endeavor by former evaluators Tieran Alexander and Trevor Hooth. Their contributions cannot be appreciated enough.

Full Reports On Patreon

In 2021 we launched a Patreon with fantasy baseball as the primary content. Our Patreon not only keeps the lights on here, but allows us to pay our scouts for attending games, our fantasy contributors to make the most informed dynasty lists in the industry, our MLB Draft team to provide incredible content, and expansion of our site content to cover topics like mental health, college analytics, and baseball card news.

We’ve released all the team top 10 ranks with full reports of the top 5 to the site while putting the full rankings and reports on each Top 30 over on Patreon at the 55-tier ($5 level).

We are continuing this with our Top 100 reports. Further on in this post, you’ll find the top 100 rankings, but for scouting reports, you’ll have to head over to Patreon and subscribe at the 55-tier ($5 level). The 100 reports will be in a PDF of our book format and you’ll have access to our all Top 30 team lists & 900 scouting reports. During the season we provide the 55-tier with MiLB daily notes where we cover standout performances from the previous day’s slate of games. We offer a lot more, and we really suggest you check it out.


Below are two examples of reports from a hitter and pitcher.


The 2023 Top 100 Prospect List


1. GUNNAR HENDERSON, 3B/SS - BAL

OFP: 70   Age: 21   Highest Level: MLB 



2. JORDAN WALKER, 3B/OF - STL

OFP: 70   Age: 20  Highest Level: AA



3. CORBIN CARROLL, OF - ARI

OFP: 70   Age: 22  Highest Level: MLB



4. JACKSON CHOURIO, OF - MIL

OFP: 70   Age: 19   Highest Level: AA



5. ELLY DE LA CRUZ, SS/3B - CIN

OFP: 60   Age: 21  Highest Level: AA



6. ANDREW PAINTER, RHP - PHI

OFP: 60   Age: 19  Highest Level: AA



7. GRAYSON RODRIGUEZ, RHP - BAL

OFP: 60   Age: 23   Highest Level: AAA



8. JAMES WOOD, OF - WSH

OFP: 60   Age: 20  Highest Level: A



9. ANTHONY VOLPE, SS - NYY

OFP: 60   Age: 21  Highest Level: AAA



10. EURY PEREZ, RHP - MIA

OFP: 60   Age: 19  Highest Level: AA



11. FRANCISCO ÁLVAREZ, C - NYM

OFP: 60   Age: 21  Highest Level: MLB



12. JORDAN LAWLAR, SS - ARI

OFP: 60   Age: 20  Highest Level: AA



13. JACKSON HOLLIDAY, SS - BAL

OFP: 60   Age: 19   Highest Level: A



14. MARCELO MAYER, SS - BOS

OFP: 60   Age: 20   Highest Level: A+



15. DRUW JONES, OF - ARI

OFP: 60   Age: 19  Highest Level: HS



16. JACKSON MERRILL, SS - SD

OFP: 60   Age: 19  Highest Level: A



17. DIEGO CARTAYA, C - LAD

OFP: 60   Age: 21  Highest Level: A+



18. PETE CROW-ARMSTRONG, OF - CHC

OFP: 60   Age: 20  Highest Level: A+



19. KYLE HARRISON, LHP - SF

OFP: 60   Age: 21   Highest Level: AA



20. NOELVI MARTE, SS/3B - CIN

OFP: 60   Age: 21   Highest Level: A+



21. HUNTER BROWN, RHP - HOU

OFP: 60   Age: 24  Highest Level: MLB



22. MARCO LUCIANO, SS - SF

OFP: 60   Age: 21  Highest Level: A+



23. MASYN WINN, SS - STL

OFP: 60   Age: 20 Highest Level: AA



24. TYLER SODERSTROM, C/1B - OAK

OFP: 60   Age: 21  Highest Level: AAA



25. RICKY TIEDEMANN, LHP - TOR

OFP: 55   Age: 20  Highest Level: AA



26. TRISTON CASAS, 1B - BOS

OFP: 55   Age: 23  Highest Level: MLB



27. ENDY RODRIGUEZ, C/OF - PIT

OFP: 55   Age: 22   Highest Level: AAA



28. EZEQUIEL TOVAR, SS - COL

OFP: 55   Age: 21  Highest Level: MLB



29. JOSH JUNG, 3B - TEX

OFP: 55   Age: 25  Highest Level: MLB



30. BOBBY MILLER, RHP - LAD

OFP: 55   Age: 23  Highest Level: AAA



31. EVAN CARTER, OF - TEX

OFP: 55   Age: 20  Highest Level: AA



32. ZAC VEEN, OF - COL

OFP: 55   Age: 21  Highest Level: AA



33. COLSON MONTGOMERY, SS - CWS

OFP: 55   Age: 20  Highest Level: AA



34. TERMARR JOHNSON, 2B - PIT

OFP: 55   Age: 18   Highest Level: A



35. BRETT BATY, 3B/OF - NYM

OFP: 55   Age: 23  Highest Level: MLB



36. CURTIS MEAD, 3B/2B - TB

OFP: 55   Age: 22  Highest Level: AAA



37. COLTON COWSER, OF - BAL

OFP: 55   Age: 22  Highest Level: AAA



38. TINK HENCE, RHP - STL

OFP: 55   Age: 20  Highest Level: A



39. OSWALD PERAZA, SS - NYY

OFP: 55   Age: 22   Highest Level: MLB



40. BROOKS LEE, SS - MIN

OFP: 55   Age: 22  Highest Level: AA



41. GAVIN WILLIAMS, RHP - CLE

OFP: 55   Age: 23  Highest Level: AA



42. ROBERT HASSELL III, OF - WSH

OFP: 55   Age: 21  Highest Level: AA



43. GAVIN STONE, RHP - LAD

OFP: 55   Age: 24   Highest Level: AAA



44. SAL FRELICK, OF - MIL

OFP: 55   Age: 22  Highest Level: AAA



45. ELIJAH GREEN, OF - WSH

OFP: 55   Age: 19  Highest Level: CPX



46. MICK ABEL, RHP - PHI

OFP: 55   Age: 21  Highest Level: AA



47. JASSON DOMINGUEZ, OF - NYY

OFP: 55   Age: 20   Highest Level: AA



48. DANIEL ESPINO, RHP - CLE

OFP: 55   Age: 22  Highest Level: AA




49. CADE CAVALLI, RHP - WSH

OFP: 55   Age: 24   Highest Level: MLB



50. TAJ BRADLEY, RHP - TB

OFP: 55   Age: 21  Highest Level: AAA




51. KYLE MANZARDO, 1B - TB

OFP: 55   Age: 22  Highest Level: AA



52. GAVIN CROSS, OF - KC

OFP: 55   Age: 22   Highest Level: A



53. HENRY DAVIS, C - PIT

OFP: 55   Age: 23   Highest Level: AA



54. MIGUEL VARGAS, 3B/1B/2B/OF - LAD

OFP: 55   Age: 23   Highest Level: MLB



55. TANNER BIBEE, RHP - CLE

OFP: 55   Age: 23   Highest Level: AA



56. KEVIN ALCANTARA, OF - CHC

OFP: 55   Age: 20   Highest Level: A



57. QUINN PRIESTER, RHP - PIT

OFP: 55   Age: 22   Highest Level: AAA



58. DREW ROMO, C - COL

OFP: 55   Age: 21   Highest Level: A+



59. BRANDON PFAADT, RHP - ARI

OFP: 55   Age: 24   Highest Level: AAA



60. KEVIN PARADA, C - NYM

OFP: 55   Age: 21   Highest Level: A



61. MAX MEYER, RHP - MIA

OFP: 55   Age: 23   Highest Level: MLB



62. COBY MAYO, 3B - BAL

OFP: 55   Age: 21  Highest Level: AA



63. HARRY FORD, C - SEA

OFP: 55   Age: 19   Highest Level: A



64. GORDON GRACEFFO, RHP - STL

OFP: 55   Age: 22   Highest Level: AA



65. OWEN WHITE, RHP - TEX

OFP: 55   Age: 23   Highest Level: AA



66. WILMER FLORES, RHP - DET

OFP: 55   Age: 21  Highest Level: AA



67. DL HALL, LHP - BAL

OFP: 55   Age: 24   Highest Level: MLB



68. BRYCE MILLER, RHP - SEA

OFP: 55   Age: 24  Highest Level: AA



69. DREY JAMESON, RHP - ARI

OFP: 55   Age: 25   Highest Level: MLB



70. JUNIOR CAMINERO, 3B/SS - TB

OFP: 55   Age: 19   Highest Level: A



71. CADE HORTON, RHP - CHC

OFP: 55   Age: 21   Highest Level: NCAA



72. ROYCE LEWIS, SS/OF - MIN

OFP: 50   Age: 23   Highest Level: MLB



73. EMMANUEL RODRIGUEZ, OF - MIN

OFP: 50   Age: 19  Highest Level: A



74. LOGAN O’HOPPE, C - LAA

OFP: 50   Age: 23  Highest Level: MLB



75. CAM COLLIER, 3B - CIN

OFP: 50   Age: 18   Highest Level: CPX



76. CARSON WILLIAMS, SS - TB

OFP: 50   Age: 19   Highest Level: A



77. ADAEL AMADOR, SS - COL

OFP: 50   Age: 19   Highest Level: A



78. ZACH NETO, SS - LAA

OFP: 50   Age: 22   Highest Level: AA



79. BO NAYLOR, C - CLE

OFP: 50   Age: 22  Highest Level: MLB



80. MIGUEL BLEIS, OF - BOS

OFP: 50   Age: 18   Highest Level: CPX



81. EDWIN ARROYO, SS - CIN

OFP: 50   Age: 19   Highest Level: A



82. DYLAN LESKO, RHP - SD

OFP: 50   Age: 19   Highest Level: HS



83. CONNOR NORBY, 2B - BAL

OFP: 50   Age: 22   Highest Level: AAA



84. ALEX RAMIREZ, OF - NYM

OFP: 50   Age: 20   Highest Level: A+



85. EDGAR QUERO, C - LAA

OFP: 50   Age: 19   Highest Level: A



86. BRAYAN ROCCHIO, SS/2B - CLE

OFP: 50   Age: 22   Highest Level: AAA



87. GEORGE VALERA, OF - CLE

OFP: 50   Age: 22   Highest Level: AAA



88. COOPER HJERPE, LHP - STL

OFP: 50   Age: 22   Highest Level: NCAA



89. BRENNEN DAVIS, OF - CHC

OFP: 50   Age: 23  Highest Level: AAA



90. CEDDANNE RAFAELA, OF - BOS

OFP: 50   Age: 22   Highest Level: AA



91. ALEC BURLESON, OF - STL

OFP: 50   Age: 24   Highest Level: MLB



92. NICK NASTRINI, RHP- LAD

OFP: 50   Age: 23   Highest Level: AA



93. OSCAR COLAS, OF - CWS

OFP: 50   Age: 24   Highest Level: AAA



94. MICHAEL BUSCH, 2B/OF - LAD

OFP: 50   Age: 25   Highest Level: AAA



95. JORDAN WESTBURG, SS/2B/3B - BAL

OFP: 50   Age: 23   Highest Level: AAA



96. YOSVER ZULUETA, RHP - TOR

OFP: 50   Age: 25  Highest Level: AAA



97. BROCK PORTER, RHP - TEX

OFP: 50   Age: 19   Highest Level: HS



98. HESTON KJERSTAD, OF - BAL

OFP: 50   Age: 24   Highest Level: A+



99. CHASE DeLAUTER, OF - CLE

OFP: 50   Age: 21   Highest Level: NCAA



100. MATTHEW LIBERATORE, LHP - STL

OFP: 50   Age: 23   Highest Level: MLB