2023 mlb international prospects

1)Montgomery immediately became the White Sox's top prospect when they drafted him 22nd overall in July out of Southridge High (Huntingburg, Ind. He batted .346/.469/.500 with three extra-base hits and a pair of steals in his first seven pro games in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. The 20-year-old is regarded as a future front-of-the-rotation starter. His defensive work remains a work in progress, but there has been growth there in 2021.That entire package has cemented his place atop the New York rankings for a good while to come. 2023 International Amateur Prospects Every player set to receive a bonus of $2 million or more is included in this ranking, with a smattering of players with high six-figure bonuses and up. White can also pronate and turn over a changeup. Bonuses of $10,000 or less are exempt from the pools. Salas is extremely polished for his ageboth as a hitter and as a catcherto the point where he even got playing time in winter ball in the Venezuelan League where he caught and hit against players more than a decade older than him. Some are already in that top spot, some are recent additions via the 2021 Draft and some are those we feel will ascend between now and the start of 23. Tampa Bay signed Colmenarez to a $3 million deal back in January because of his potential at a premium position. 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. #13 Ariel Castro (OF, Cuba) #15 . : Cubs ($1,000,000) More 15. The argument can be made he's the best college pitching prospect in over a decade. Below is our list of the top 100 prospects in baseball. But then again, it might be best not to doubt the backstop. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Soto brings a lot of intrigue to the table. 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. Filippo Di Turi, SS, Ven. by Retrosheet. Regardless of when it is implemented, most of my sources believe an international draft is likely eventually. Teams will sometimes renege on their agreements if they think the player has regressed, or if one of their other commitments has progressed enough that the team feels compelled to up their offer to prevent another club from swooping in with more money late in process, closer to signing day. 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. -- $600,000, BrewersAntony Gomez, OF, D.R. Esmil Valencia, OF, D.R. 63)Walker would have been the likely pick here even before his stellar 2021, but its certainly true now. The reigning ACC Pitcher of the Year, Lowder has some of the best pitchability in the entire class. 1/MLB No. Rayner Arias, OF, D.R. 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. Rays: Carlos Colmenarez, SS (No. A new year, a new board and new ranks. -- $375,000, OriolesJoshua Liranzo, INF, D.R. Marlins: Kahlil Watson, SS (No. 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 | He'll be able to sign a contract of any size at that time. Still, the impact and track record against velocity and spin has evaluators believing this is a big league regular bat. 5/MLB No. Of course, so were many of the game's top young international stars, with Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Juan Soto, Julio Rodriguez, Yordan Alvarez and Wander Francoamong them. Given his size, his move down the mound and subsequent extension, the baseball explodes on hitters with life at the top of the zone. 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. -- $520,000Breyias Dean, 3B, Bah. Marwys Jorge, RHP, D.R. Updating the 2023 Draft Prospect Rankings; . Hes comfortably a plus runner with a huge arm that will play at any outfield spot. Waldrep has a super-athletic frame with well-proportioned strength and a wicked quick arm. 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. 3 overall in 1988. Honeyman really began to turn heads as one of the better hitters on the Caps this past summer. 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. 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. He excelled in his full-season debut as a 19-year-old in Low-A, batting .298/.409/.614 in 31 games, but he sustained a hamstring injury in mid-July that's expected to sideline him for the rest of the year. He can run it up to 99 and hold mid-90s. He has signed with the Padres for $5.6 million, per MLB.com. As always, the FV grade is a more important measure for readers to focus on than the ordinal rankings here. The consensus top prospect in this year's international class is Venezuelan catcher Ethan Salas. Roughly 30 percent of current MLB players were originally signed as international free agents, including stars like Ronald Acua Jr., Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Juan Soto, and Julio Uras. Its one of the best changeups in the class and comfortably projects plus. After a slow start in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League, he has tripled and doubled in his last two games. Hes going to move fast, with how his catching develops the only thing that will slow him down at all. Felix Morrobel, SS, D.R. Alfredo Duno, C, Ven. 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. *Teams will be allowed to trade international bonus slots during this signing period starting Jan. 15. This is largely how Im able to efficiently collect bonus information, but it also reveals an unsavory aspect of the current system that might eventually bring about an international draft. -- $397,500, GiantsChen-Hsun Lee, RHP, Taiwan -- $647,500Yosneiker Rivas, SS, Ven. 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. 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). Luis Morales, RHP, Cuba: Athletics+ (3,000,000) More 6. Felnin Celesten, SS, D.R. He shows good throwing mechanics and a strong arm. He just turned 19 in July, meaning there could be fits and starts in his development ahead, but barring an even better prospect coming in the 2022 Draft, he should be in the drivers seat of the Arizona pipeline for the foreseeable future. If Enrique Bradfield isn't the fastest player in the country, he's in the conversation. Camilo Diaz, OF, D.R. Major League Baseball's international signing period for 2023 has officially opened up today, with many of the big names signing almost immediately . Copyright 2023 Baseball America Enterprises. He may ultimately be a second or third baseman baseman, but if it's a plus hit tool, it won't matter where he plays. Gonzalez isn't a burner and probably won't be a base-stealer as a pro, but hes a very good athlete. 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. 6)The Astros forfeited their first two Draft choices again in 2021 as punishment for sign stealing, and they used their top pick (third round) in July on Whitaker, Gatorade's Nevada high school player of the year. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Sam Dykstra. 1/MLB No. 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. February 27, 2023. Gonzalez almost never strikes out, and he makes a ton of contact as well. 3/MLB No. : Dodgers+ ($697,500) More 24. -- $300,000, Red SoxFranklin Arias, SS, Ven. His profile projects somewhere between Andrew Benintendi and Michael Harris II. The North Carolina high school product has well above-average speed and otherwise solid tools across the board. 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. MLB.com adds he "plays with flair and is dedicated to improving." A very well regarded prep bat, Troy built off a strong freshman campaign at Stanford with an arguably stronger summer at Wareham. : Braves ($2,500,000) More 35. He's got a super-quick arm and natural deception that's been hell on the opposition. This is a premium power bat with easy plus raw power to all fields. 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. Bonus pool trades were put on hold the last few years, during the pandemic. -- $525,000Yoiber Ruiz, SS, Ven. For these prospects, it is their first step in professional baseball. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. -- $500,000, NationalsJuan Obispo, OF, D.R. 10)Basically, the only way lvarez isnt at the top of the Mets list come 2023 is if he somehow graduates next season. Dodgers: Diego Cartaya, C (No. Signed for $3 million out of the Dominican Republic in January, he's built like a young Alex Rodriguez or Manny Machado and could have solid-or-better tools across the board. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted What are scouting executives, cross-checkers and area scouts seeing at the ballfields? Perennial contenders like the Dodgers and Yankees, teams that usually pick late in the draft, use international free agency to add high-end prospects to their farm system. "Overall, there is lots of offensive upside, which is particularly valuable at such a premium position," writes MLB.com. Maikol Orozco, SS, Ven. : Twins ($2,100,000) More 39. Baseball America recently ranked the elder Salas the No. A draft likely wont address all of the abuses of the current system, but it should curtail the practice of teams and 14-year-olds coming to multi-million-dollar agreements. It was a busy day for the Twins, as they had over $6 million to spend, and did so wisely. Well give Abel the nod for now as the organizations lone Top 100 player currently, even though a shoulder issue has shelved him for a while, as he was missing a ton of bats (13.3 K/9) while proving to be tough to hit (.174 batting average against) before he went on the injured list. He's got a fringy arm, and will almost certainly stay in left field moving forward. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted Mets: Francisco lvarez, C (No. 13)Arizona looks like an organization ready to turn even more attention to its young farm system, so the club must have been elated when Lawlar dropped to the No. -- $340,000Jose Pirela, OF, Ven. The 2023 MLB Draft will take place from July 9 through July 11 during All-Star festivities in Seattle, Washington. 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. As is often the case with top international prospects, Salas has been on the scouting radar for quite some time even though he is only 16. The real deal. On defense, he shows plus potential because of his soft hands, blocking ability and receiving skills. -- $350,000D'Angelo Tejada, D.R. Giants: Marco Luciano, SS (No. . With the summer showcase circuit behind us and college fall ball in the rearview mirror, we're ready to re-rank the 2023 draft class. Cardinals: Jordan Walker, 3B (No. 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. 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. February 27, 2023. When he first came over to MLB, Shohei Ohtani had to sign a minor-league deal with the Angels because he was only 23. He spent four years working for the Phillies Triple-A affiliate, two with Baseball Info Solutions and two contributing to prospect coverage at ESPN.com. : Brewers ($1,500,000) More 23. : D-backs+ ($950,000) More 19. He could repeat Low-A in 2022 and still be ahead of the curve, with plenty of time to figure it out. Better than Brien Taylor. Eric Longenhagen is from Catasauqua, PA and currently lives in Tempe, AZ. The 19-year-old infielders carrying tool remains his power with 24 homers in 90 games between Low-A and High-A this season, and that could grow even more by 2023 as he continues to grow accustomed to more experienced pitching. : Rockies ($1,700,000) More 25. Skeptics do question the fastball command, however. A buttery delivery with a low-launch, three-quarter arm slot and electric arm speed. 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. He's hit absolutely everywhere he's gone. Carlos Silva, C, Ven. Players have little to no recourse when this happens, though that might change depending on the outcome of a recently-filed lawsuit in the Dominican Republic. Twins sign twelve international prospects. Miller is a consistent high-performer on the amateur circuit and his mammoth power finds it way into games already. The larger the bonus, the more teams believe in the player. 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. Cubs: Cristian Hernandez, SS (No. His batted-ball metrics are loud. -- $500,000Alison Zacarias, RHP, D.R. Indeed, his hit, power, run and arm tools all grade out as above-average, and even if he needs to move to second or third, those skills could make him a special player. These are the international bonus pools for the 2022-23 signing period: Clubs that received a Competitive Balance Pick in Round B of the Draft (Athletics, Brewers, Mariners, Marlins, Rays, Reds, Tigers and Twins) received a pool of $6,366,900 while clubs with a Competitive Balance Pick in Round A (D-backs, Guardians, Orioles, Padres, Pirates, Rockies and Royals) received $5,825,500. He's been into the mid-90's with the fastball, sitting in the low-90's later into starts with running life, mixing it with a good slider in the low-80's and a diabolical change-up with late parachute and fading life out of the zone in the mid-80's. 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. Top prospect Bradley gets pumped, then gets souvenir. It's a whippy arm with huge projection, but already shoving gas. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Waldrep transferred out of Southern Miss to Florida for his junior year after some impressive undergrad campaigns. A new year, a new board and new ranks. 1/MLB No. Enmanuel Bonilla, OF, D.R. January 2023 has been relatively quiet for the Atlanta Braves, punctuated by a few big days. Cuban RHP Luis Morales: "(One) of the most interesting and dynamic prospects in the class," according to MLB.com, Morales already sits in the mid-90s and shows promising secondary pitches, including both a curveball and slider. Defensively, it's a solid average glove with an above average arm, though his size may ultimately shift him to third base. The scouting summaries were compiled with information provided by available data and industry sources, as well as from our own observations. Crews burst onto the scene as a true freshman, crushing baseballs, earning All-American honors almost unanimously. Youve probably been battered with this question over the past couple months, but any chance the team lists will start rolling out next week? 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. on September 15, 2022 Once the international signing period opens on Jan. 15, 2023, there should be 15-20 infielders who will sign for at least $1 million. Edwin Solano, SS, D.R. International free agency remains through at least 2026, when the collective bargaining agreement expires. With the summer showcase circuit behind us and college fall ball in full swing, we're ready to re-rank the 2023 draft class. 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. 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. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. -- $900,000Anyelo Marquez, SS, D.R. -- $407,500Felix Amparo, INF, D.R. Anthony Baptist, OF, D.R. Braves: Michael Harris, OF (No. Jenkins has missed time with hip issues and a broken hamate bone, something teams will need to consider. Notable International Signings: 1/15/2023. Blue Jays: Orelvis Martinez, SS/3B ( No. 3)Some scouts considered Hernandez the best prospect in the 2020 international class and the Cubs say he has more upside than any foreign player they've signed recently -- including Eloy Jimnez and Gleyber Torres. 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