Beneath is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Scouting studies had been compiled with info supplied by trade sources in addition to our personal observations. That is the fourth yr we’re delineating between two anticipated reduction roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “place” column under: MIRP for multi-inning reduction pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning reduction pitchers. The ETAs listed typically correspond to the yr a participant must be added to the 40-man roster to keep away from being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Handbook changes are made the place they appear acceptable, however we use that as a rule of thumb.
A fast overview of what FV (Future Worth) means may be discovered right here. A a lot deeper overview may be discovered right here.
All the ranked prospects under additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the positioning provides that includes sortable scouting info for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan information from varied sources) than this text and integrates each crew’s listing so readers can evaluate prospects throughout farm methods. It may be discovered right here.
Diamondbacks Prime Prospects
Different Prospects of Observe
Grouped by kind and listed so as of choice inside every class.
Ssssneaky Snakes
Casey Anderson, RHP
Anderson Cardenas, RHP
Sam Knowlton, RHP
Erick Reynoso, RHP
Alvin Guzman, RHP
These are developmental sleepers within the early phases of their professional careers. The 6-foot-4 Anderson received over-slot cash in final yr’s eleventh spherical out of Utah Valley. He’s a projectable low-90s righty who generates promising motion on each his slider and changeup. He’s within the Visalia rotation. Cardenas was the most effective DSL arm from final yr and is nearly to show 18. He’s a wispy 6-foot-3 or so, appeared free on tape final season (he received rocked towards a loaded Dodgers lineup earlier this week), sits 87-92 with rise and run, and his sluggish curveball and changeup have promising motion. The 6-foot-8, 23-year-old Knowlton was a Day Three select of South Alabama who threw actually onerous on the 2023 Draft Mix and has continued to take action in professional ball. He didn’t pitch a ton in faculty and would possibly be capable to hone his management sufficient to be a mid-90s/cutter reliever. Reynoso, 21, is a 6-foot-4 righty sitting 93-94 with a very good breaking ball on the complicated. Guzman is a former tooled up outfield prospect whose contact points have led to a conversion to the mound. He nonetheless hasn’t confronted hitters in stay video games, however he’s been as much as 94 within the bullpen and is engaged on a changeup.
Damage by Accidents
Nate Savino, LHP
Landon Sims, RHP
Savino was a comp spherical highschool prospect who regressed at Virginia. He was an attention-grabbing professional ball bounce-back candidate, however he hasn’t thrown a pitch but resulting from a shoulder harm, which has him shelved once more to start out 2024. Sims peaked as a nasty underclassman lengthy reliever at Mississippi State. He wanted Tommy John shortly after transferring into the rotation and his finest velocity hasn’t returned in professional ball. He’s been sitting within the low 90s.
Pitching Depth
Jamison Hill, RHP
Christian Montes De Oca, RHP
Ricky Karcher, RHP
Hill was 2021 senior signal out of Fresno State who has grow to be a sturdy kitchen sink righty. He’s at Double-A. Montes de Oca and Karcher are upper-level relievers with upper-90s arm power that they depend on in lieu of different abilities and pitches.
Robust Profiles
Andrés Chaparro, 1B
Tim Tawa, 2B
Gavin Conticello, 1B
Chaparro, who’s right here on a minor league deal, has been a very good higher stage hitter for a couple of years now and owns a profession .253/.342/.443 line. It takes such an distinctive stage of offensive efficiency to profile at first and Chaparro isn’t fairly there, however he’s nice to have round in case of accidents. Tawa has a bit extra defensive versatility than the remainder of this group (2B/3B/OF), however he’s extra of a 30 bat with 40 energy. Conticello was a 2021 over-slot eighth spherical excessive schooler who, at 6-foot-3, remains to be a uncooked, projectable lefty energy bat.
Younger Center Infielders
Demetrio Crisantes, 2B
Adrian Rodriguez, SS
Yerald Nin, SS
Anderdson Rojas, UTIL
Crisantes, 19, was the most effective participant on a fantastic highschool crew in Nogales and a 2022 seventh rounder. He’s probably the most procedurally superior participant in Arizona’s complicated group and has a fast set of hitting arms. He’s going to be restricted to second base and isn’t particularly projectable. Within the spherical following Crisantes, the Diamondbacks drafted Rodriguez out of the Worldwide Baseball Academy in Puerto Rico. He’s a improbable rotational athlete with a really compact construct, a possible utility infielder. Nin, 18, signed for almost $1 million a pair years in the past and has scuffled a bit on either side of the ball. He’s nonetheless very younger and has room for power on his nickelback construct. Rojas is a speedy little multi-positional participant whose finest shot at enjoying a premium place might be heart discipline. He has struggled on the infield.
System Overview
This is likely one of the deeper and extra thrilling farm methods in baseball largely resulting from its rising pipeline of Latin American expertise. For the final couple of years, Arizona’s backfields have been full of huge time athletes with thrilling bodily projection, most of whom are nonetheless simply getting going within the decrease minors. With Belfi Rivera and others set to start their professional careers within the DSL, that may most likely be true for not less than one other few years. The three-to-2 ratio of place participant prospects to pitchers on this listing is atypical of what comes out of the oven for many methods — that ratio tends to be extra even and barely skewed towards pitchers due to trade want. Hit device threat is pervasive on this system, and with that may most likely come attrition throughout the hitters coated right here. There are nonetheless a couple of counterexamples (like Alberto Barriga and Cristofer Torin), however it feels just like the org has gotten away from the smaller, short-levered sorts they focused up to now.
The Diamondbacks have had fairly terrible harm luck throughout the previous couple of seasons. Tommy Troy’s hamstring harm marks 4 consecutive years of the D-backs’ first spherical decide coping with some form of illness throughout his first full professional season. 5 of their high 11 prospects have had a extreme harm sooner or later over the last yr. Particularly if you find yourself additionally coping with a number of accidents on the main league stage, because the Diamondbacks are proper now, accidents can compound as increasingly more strain is placed on those that are at present wholesome to hold extra of the burden. That is very true with pitchers.
A few of Arizona’s injured prospects might be out till very near the commerce deadline or after it, giving sellers a reasonably slim window wherein to see them. The additions of Eduardo Rodriguez and Jordan Montgomery point out Ken Kendrick goes for it, which could imply he’ll additionally tackle wage by way of a deal or two. With so many prospects who may conceivably result in a commerce’s consummation injured, it may make it a little bit harder to push a swap to the end line.