[Evan Grant] It’s time for an update: Our End of the Season Rangers Top 30 prospects. It looks very different.
September 12, 2024
[Evan Grant] It’s time for an update: Our End of the Season Rangers Top 30 prospects. It looks very different.
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> Here is our end-of-the-season Top 30 with preseason ranks in parentheses: >1: RHP Kumar Rocker (9) >2: SS Sebastian Walcott (3) >3: RHP Alejandro Rosario (NR) >4: RHP Emiliano Teodo (20) >5: RHP Jack Leiter (8) >6: C Malcolm Moore (NR) >7: INF Justin Foscue (6) >8: RHP Winston Santos (29) >9: OF Dylan Dreiling (NR) >10: SS Yolfran Castillo (NR) >11: OF Paulino Santana (14) >12: INF Cam Cauley (11) >13: OF Alejandro Osuna (27) >14: INF Echedry Vargas (13) >15: OF Anthony Gutierrez (4) >16: LHP Kohl Drake (NR) >17: LHP Mitch Bratt (16) >18: RHP Izack Tiger (18) >19: RHP Jose Corniell (19) >20: OF Braylin Morel (NR) >21: 3B Gleider Figuereo (21) >22: RHP Aidan Curry (12) >23: OF Yeremi Cabrera (NR) >24: C Jesús Lopez (28) >25: RHP Marc Church (25) >26: RHP Skylar Hales (NR) >27: RHP Dane Acker (NR) >28: RHP Brock Porter (5) >29: RHP Owen White (7) >30: RHP David Davalillo (NR)
**Thoughts:** I think they’re low on Davalillo and Dane Acker, and probably a little high on Jesús Lopez (I’d swap him and Davalillo). I think their top 5 is pretty spot on to where I’d have it rn too, but you can make the argument that the 1 and 2 slot are pretty interchangeable. Didn’t want to plagiarize their whole article lol so if there’s someone you want to see their thoughts on just open the article and click the “reader view” at the top.
White and Porter (especially Porter) are such bummers. With Winn also settling into “ordinary” status at the major league level, that’s a big fall-off for some of our young guys. Hope Porter bounces back; all of baseball was high on him in the draft. Walcott has come on a bit stronger than I thought, at such a young age, but I’m not making much of him in AA. I think short season is over, so maybe they just want him to keep playing some ball. Rosario is an awesome story, especially given his college career.
I like our team, and I like that the list of “fixes” to take the West next year is a *relatively* short one.
No Abi Ortiz is disappointing. He’s had a good last two months amd at least deserves to stay in the Top 30
Pre injury I thought Corniell would finish this year as the top Rangers pitching prospect. It’s crazy how many farm arms have taken a step forward where Corniell is now kind of a forgotten man.
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> Here is our end-of-the-season Top 30 with preseason ranks in parentheses:
>1: RHP Kumar Rocker (9)
>2: SS Sebastian Walcott (3)
>3: RHP Alejandro Rosario (NR)
>4: RHP Emiliano Teodo (20)
>5: RHP Jack Leiter (8)
>6: C Malcolm Moore (NR)
>7: INF Justin Foscue (6)
>8: RHP Winston Santos (29)
>9: OF Dylan Dreiling (NR)
>10: SS Yolfran Castillo (NR)
>11: OF Paulino Santana (14)
>12: INF Cam Cauley (11)
>13: OF Alejandro Osuna (27)
>14: INF Echedry Vargas (13)
>15: OF Anthony Gutierrez (4)
>16: LHP Kohl Drake (NR)
>17: LHP Mitch Bratt (16)
>18: RHP Izack Tiger (18)
>19: RHP Jose Corniell (19)
>20: OF Braylin Morel (NR)
>21: 3B Gleider Figuereo (21)
>22: RHP Aidan Curry (12)
>23: OF Yeremi Cabrera (NR)
>24: C Jesús Lopez (28)
>25: RHP Marc Church (25)
>26: RHP Skylar Hales (NR)
>27: RHP Dane Acker (NR)
>28: RHP Brock Porter (5)
>29: RHP Owen White (7)
>30: RHP David Davalillo (NR)
**Thoughts:** I think they’re low on Davalillo and Dane Acker, and probably a little high on Jesús Lopez (I’d swap him and Davalillo). I think their top 5 is pretty spot on to where I’d have it rn too, but you can make the argument that the 1 and 2 slot are pretty interchangeable. Didn’t want to plagiarize their whole article lol so if there’s someone you want to see their thoughts on just open the article and click the “reader view” at the top.
White and Porter (especially Porter) are such bummers. With Winn also settling into “ordinary” status at the major league level, that’s a big fall-off for some of our young guys. Hope Porter bounces back; all of baseball was high on him in the draft. Walcott has come on a bit stronger than I thought, at such a young age, but I’m not making much of him in AA. I think short season is over, so maybe they just want him to keep playing some ball. Rosario is an awesome story, especially given his college career.
I like our team, and I like that the list of “fixes” to take the West next year is a *relatively* short one.
No Abi Ortiz is disappointing. He’s had a good last two months amd at least deserves to stay in the Top 30
Pre injury I thought Corniell would finish this year as the top Rangers pitching prospect. It’s crazy how many farm arms have taken a step forward where Corniell is now kind of a forgotten man.