Welcome to the 2025 Arizona Fall League

The thirty third Arizona Fall League season opened final night time with a single recreation in Scottsdale. There are future stars within the Fall League yearly, in addition to many extra workmanlike gamers who’re competing for a 40-man roster spot on subsequent yr’s membership. It’s an exquisite league for groups to develop and scout prospects due to the cross part of expertise it tends to incorporate (there are normally a lot of good place participant prospects), its timing (which permits gamers who had been injured in the course of the common season to atone for reps), and its construction (which permits for six weeks of regular appears to be like). Groups virtually at all times take the AFL critically and ship gamers right here who they wish to see extra of, or who they wish to take a look at. Being on the roster is, by itself, a flare. It’s a sign {that a} participant is price taking note of from a scouting standpoint even when I didn’t know the man’s identify till I noticed a roster.

Previewing this league with prospects’ scouting studies dangers placing the cart earlier than the horse as a result of the scouting half has but to occur. I wish to provide the studies I have already got, to play the hits and ensure you have Kevin McGonigle and Josue De Paula studies and gear grades in entrance of you (don’t fear, you’ll), however an enormous a part of the professional scouting train that’s the Arizona Fall League is mining for the deeper minimize prospects, and I can’t inform you who these guys are going to be simply but. However I can present you the preliminary steps I take to arrange to go to the sphere and attempt to systematically unearth these guys, provide the instruments to take action by yourself, and, within the course of, let know you who it’s I’m most curious and excited to be taught extra about for the subsequent six weeks.

The gamers who change into scouting “targets” are likely to fall right into a handful of classes, particularly: Well-known Gamers, Potential Dudes, Floor-Stage Statistical Performers, TrackMan Performers, Gamers Who’ve Walked a Distinctive Path, and Gamers in a Key Roster State of affairs.

The Well-known Gamers are Prime 100 prospects someplace if not at FanGraphs; they had been high-bonus guys after they signed or have already damaged out, and also you most likely know who they’re. Potential Dudes are prospects with burgeoning expertise who would possibly quickly be part of the ranks of the well-known because the business turns into extra assured that the participant certainly profiles as an on a regular basis huge leaguer. That is arguably crucial subset of participant in all the league. I’m going to record and contact on the Well-known Gamers and Potential Dudes for every Arizona Fall League roster beneath, however for in-depth scouting studies, device grades, and video on these guys, you’re going to wish to bookmark the 2025 Arizona Fall League tab on The Board, which Sean Dolinar and I’ve assembled in your comfort. These are pre-existing studies that I’ll add to and replace all through the subsequent six weeks.

The Floor-Stage Statistical Performers are the fellows who had spectacular back-of-the-baseball-card stats this season. You should utilize the customized options on our Minor League Leaderboards to isolate the gamers on rosters and even create your personal statistical classes of curiosity, simply as I’ve completed within the leaderboards linked just under this paragraph. Once more, I’ll contact on the gamers who stood out on this regard for every Fall League squad beneath, however now you’ve the power to entry all of that knowledge very simply. I’ll be referencing these on my laptop computer or telephone all through the autumn (particularly early on) as a manner of familiarizing myself with how the deeper minimize gamers did the throughout common season. Bear in mind, when you open the hyperlinks, you possibly can play with the leaderboards your self, even when it’s simply to isolate who your favourite group despatched:

2025 Arizona Fall League Pitchers Stat Leaderboards
2025 Arizona Fall League Hitters Stat Leaderboard

TrackMan Performers are gamers who stand out due to a unique kind of measurable. Somewhat than their batting common or stolen base totals, right here we’re what I’ll name “expertise evaluation metrics,” knowledge that illustrates bodily prowess as an alternative of on-field efficiency. Who throws onerous? Whose pitches transfer so much? Who has a cool launch level? Who hits the ball the toughest? These are integral points of up to date participant analysis, however there’s no complete public leaderboard for these things; it’s only a factor it’s important to discover a method to entry as a pseudo-journalistic analyst. The information of this kind that my buddies and sources would possibly ship me could be huge. On the backside of this publish, I’ve assembled tables with what I take into account to be essentially the most primary, related subset of this kind of knowledge, and naturally I contact on some standouts within the group sections beneath.

The final two participant classes are subjective in nature. Gamers in Key Roster Conditions would possibly embrace guys who’re probably being showcased for commerce due to a logjam at their place, de-facto rehabbers who want innings in preparation for an enormous league function subsequent yr, gamers who’ll be uncovered to different groups by way of the Rule 5 Draft this offseason in the event that they aren’t added to the 40-man roster, or gamers who’ve been despatched to Arizona to remain lively within the occasion that their ring-chasing guardian membership abruptly wants them as a result of accidents. They’re gamers who a professional scouting division would care about greater than they’d in a vacuum due to these particulars. Distinctive Path gamers would possibly embrace older guys signed out of Indy ball, or guys who’re type of a black field as a result of they’ve been injured so much, or have just lately switched positions or sports activities. Principally, one thing associated to their private background signifies that they nonetheless have developmental ceiling.

Different Stuff For Your Toolkit

The Fall League rosters are right here and are altering on a regular basis. Even within the temporary window between once I began scripting this piece and revealed it, the rosters modified and a few of the tables beneath have a superfluous man or two. Sadly, we don’t have Arizona Fall League stats accessible on FanGraphs. For these it is best to go to the AFL’s web site, which has different cool stuff like pitching probables and hyperlinks to their dwell streams so you possibly can watch the video games. Now let’s contact on gamers from every AFL squad who fall into one in every of these classes. Please be aware that some gamers seem throughout a number of classes.

Glendale Desert Canines (Braves, White Sox, Dodgers, Cardinals, Blue Jays)

Well-known Gamers
Josue De Paula, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers
Hagen Smith, LHP, Chicago White Sox
Braden Montgomery, OF, Chicago White Sox

De Paula is a statuesque 20-year-old outfield prospect with elite plate self-discipline and thrilling long-term energy projection. This month I’ll be scrutinizing his plate protection (most of his good contact comes on pitches proper down the center) and protection, which has been shaky for me prior to now. Smith was a high 5 draft pick of Arkansas in 2024. He has a killer fastball/slider combo, however he struggled with walks and damage in 2025. Is he bettering on this regard, or is it time to mission him as a reliever (William Shatner Within the UnXplained dot GIF)? You’ll discover extra on Montgomery beneath.

Potential Dude(s)
Chen-Wei Lin, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals

Lin, 23, was a notable Taiwanese faculty pitcher who gained stateside publicity by way of the Northwoods and MLB Draft Leagues earlier than he signed with the Cardinals for $500,000 in 2023. He’s a sky-scraping 6-foot-7 righty who’ll contact 100 and has an excellent splitter, however his strike throwing actually backed up this yr. He has mid-rotation stuff and is a possible late bloomer as a strike-thrower due to his measurement.

Floor-Stage Statistical Performers
Venezuelan Blue Jays righty Yondrei Rojas, 22, missed practically three months with damage this yr, however he posted a 0.88 WHIP and 1.43 ERA within the 37.2 innings he threw, and wrapped his season at Double-A New Hampshire. His fastball sits about 96, and Rojas’ tremendous lengthy arms assist him generate six-and-a-half ft of extension although he’s solely 5-foot-10. His slider isn’t nice, and he wants a very good second pitch. Whether or not one could be developed right here would possibly dictate whether or not he finally ends up rostered by Toronto this winter. Braden Montgomery led all AFL hitters in common season doubles with 34. Blue Jays infielder Cutter Coffey slashed .273/.359/.427 in the course of the yr, whereas White Sox 1B/OF Caden Connor (6%) and Cardinals outfielder Travis Honeyman (7%) had low swinging strike charges. White Sox infielder Sam Antonacci had practically as many walks as strikeouts and a 155 wRC+ in a season cut up between Excessive- and Double-A; he additionally stole 48 bases. Braves outfielder Patrick Clohisy stole 79 bases this yr, 20 greater than some other Fall Leaguer.

TrackMan Performer
Braves infielder Jim Jarvis has a notable contact (80%, above common) and energy (40% hard-hit, just under common) combo. Atlanta right-hander LJ McDonough is producing seven ft of extension and likewise has a launch peak just below 5 ft, and I’m actually excited for an in-person peek at what his supply appears to be like like from the aspect.

Key Roster State of affairs
The promotion tempo of hard-throwing Cardinals righty Randel Clemente was accelerated this season, as he climbed three ranges to Double-A in his 40-man platform yr. He has enormous stuff, loud sufficient that he could be of curiosity to groups within the Rule 5 Draft if he shoves for six weeks and is left unprotected, however he struggles with command to the purpose the place he could not stick on a roster even when he’s taken. Blue Jays infielder Josh Kasevich, one of many higher pure contact hitters within the minors, is trying to rebound after a nasty season and put himself within the Blue Jays infield combine for subsequent yr within the occasion Bo Bichette strikes on in free company.

Distinctive Path
Braden Montgomery, a White Sox Prime 100 prospect, was arguably the highest unsigned highschool prospect from his graduating class. He was an thrilling two-way participant at Stanford who ultimately transferred to Texas A&M, the place he targeted on hitting and minimize his strikeouts sufficient to solidify his early-first spherical standing. He turned Boston’s first spherical decide, then was shortly a key side of the Garrett Crochet commerce. He’s a switch-hitting outfielder with plus energy and a show-stopping arm, however Montgomery strikes out so much, and I hope to make use of the subsequent six weeks to higher perceive whether or not this problem will worsen towards huge league velocity.

Mesa Photo voltaic Sox (Athletics, Cubs, Marlins, Yankees, Rays)

Well-known Gamers
PJ Morlando, OF, Miami Marlins
Brailer Guerrero, OF, Tampa Bay Rays
Aidan Smith, OF, Tampa Bay Rays

Morlando had the most effective current energy among the many excessive schoolers within the 2024 draft, absurd BP pop for a hitter his age that allowed him to make huge league parks look small with a wooden bat. He signed for $3.4 million relatively than go to South Carolina, and to date his professional profession has been beset by accidents. A stress response in his again ended his quick professional debut in 2024, then Morlando wanted ulnar nerve transposition surgical procedure within the spring of 2025 earlier than straining his hamstring in Could. Let’s see how he appears to be like the additional he will get away from these accidents. Each of the Rays outfielders have both been on my Prime 100 (in Guerrero’s case) or on others’ prior to now. Each have huge instruments (Guerrero is constructed like an NFL prospect and has huge energy, whereas Smith is sinewy and long-levered with plus pace and long-term energy projection), however their swings are so lengthy that I’m apprehensive each are going to strike out a ton. You possibly can simply as simply embrace them within the subsequent group.

Potential Dude(s)
Karson Milbrandt, RHP, Miami Marlins
Bryce Cunningham, RHP, New York Yankees

Milbrandt signed for simply shy of $1.5 million within the 2022 third spherical relatively than head to Vanderbilt. His growth hasn’t been linear, however the now-21-year-old set a profession finest for innings (90) and Okay% (29%) this yr and reached Double-A. Do his mechanics and really feel for location look starter-y? Cunningham was the Yankees’ second rounder in 2024 however didn’t exceed his junior yr innings whole this season as a result of damage. His changeup performed like a plus-plus pitch this yr. Does he have sufficient of a breaking ball to be thought of a mid-rotation starter prospect?

Floor-Stage Statistical Performers
Infield prospect Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, 22, was the Athletics’ 2024 third rounder out of Rutgers and Okay’d simply 9% of the time this yr. Assessing his potential defensive versatility might be key this Fall League, as he could not have the ability to profile as an on a regular basis second baseman. Cubs catcher Owen Ayers, a 24-year-old out of Marshall, has amongst each the very best pull charges (55%) and lowest groundball charges (37%) within the AFL. Yankees righty Hueston Morrill had a 0.76 ERA on the season.

TrackMan Performers
Rays righty Jadon Bercovich has a fastball with practically 19 inches of induced vertical break and it’s coming from a lower-than-average launch level, if solely by a little bit bit. Brailer Guerrero had a 50% hard-hit charge however averaged simply two levels of launch due to the character of his swing. Marlins outfielder Fenwick Trimble hovered across the huge league common in each contact charge and his energy metrics.

Key Roster State of affairs
Athletics infielder Max Muncy was added to the roster on Opening Day. With Jacob Wilson slated to deal with on a regular basis shortstop duties for the A’s, Muncy is slated to compete with Darell Hernaiz and Brett Harris for taking part in time at second and third base. The business might be watching him this fall with that in thoughts. He’s on the mend from a hand damage and won’t have his typical energy simply but.

Distinctive Path
Rays righty Mason Auer was a two-way prospect who had a nomadic beginner profession (Missouri State, San Jacinto) and have become a 40+ FV prospect as an outfielder after a breakout 2022 season. The next yr he actually began to wrestle making any type of contact, and towards the top of 2024, the Rays moved him again to the mound. He threw simply shy of six innings this yr, a pitch pattern so small that it doesn’t meet the minimal threshold for inclusion on the TrackMan knowledge I pulled to prep. This man is a black field for me proper now. I put a 70 on his outfield arm in highschool and wish to see how he appears to be like airing it out an inning at a time as a reliever.

Peoria Javelinas (Orioles, Reds, Twins, Padres, Mariners)

Well-known Gamers
Rhett Lowder, RHP, Cincinnati Reds
Alfredo Duno, C, Cincinnati Reds
Enrique Bradfield Jr., Baltimore Orioles
Jonny Farmelo, OF, Seattle Mariners

Lowder, the seventh general decide in 2023, is selecting up innings after lacking time with forearm and indirect strains this season. Duno is a toolshed teenage catcher who’s coming off an excellent Low-A season throughout which he was lastly wholesome and productive. The Reds didn’t promote him to Excessive-A towards the top of the yr, so this can be a de facto promotion and might be a take a look at of Duno’s plate self-discipline. Bradfield is a traditional leadoff hitting middle area prospect who turned a family identify throughout his days at Vanderbilt. With Cedric Mullins gone, might he compete for time in middle area subsequent yr? Farmelo is simply 21 and is sort of younger for this league each by way of his age and minor league expertise, as accidents have restricted him to 75 video games since he was drafted in 2023. He has a uncommon mixture of energy and pace, however his bat-to-ball capacity has been robust to nail down as a result of he’s missed a lot time. Are his struggles with strikeouts truly a expertise problem, or are they a small pattern anomaly or maybe the results of but unshaken rust?

Potential Dude(s)
Brandon Winokur, UTIL, Minnesota Twins
Cam Collier, 3B, Cincinnati Reds
Luis De León, LHP, Baltimore Orioles

Winokur is a 6-foot-6, 20-year-old shortstop and middle fielder who hit 17 bombs this yr. He nonetheless hasn’t completely grown into his physique, and will add each energy and coordination as he matures. Hopefully with that can come fewer strikeouts. His Okay% has slowly been trending down every season. He’s a long-term mission with huge ceiling. Collier signed for $5 million in 2022 and has particular lefty uncooked energy, nevertheless it hasn’t been actualized in video games and he hit simply 4 dingers this yr although his underlying TrackMan energy knowledge (115 mph max, 48% hard-hit charge) are wonderful. De León is a high-ceiling’d 22-year-old lefty with a really projectable 6-foot-3 body who was sitting within the 95-97 mph vary in the course of the spring of 2025 earlier than he was shut down firstly of the season with an elbow impingement. His fastball has uphill angle and tail, however De León has little or no really feel for finding it or his plus-plus slider. Although he has a ton of reduction danger, partly as a result of his arm stroke is so lengthy, the way in which De León is constructed and strikes is indicative of a beginning pitcher. He has the ceiling of a mid-rotation arm with uncommon lefty starter velo and two plus secondaries, whereas his flooring appears to be like like Génesis Cabrera.

Floor-Stage Statistical Performers
Alfredo Duno had a 164 wRC+ on the season and hit .287/.430/.518 with 52 extra-base hits. Billy Amick, the Twins’ 2024 second rounder, had a 150 wRC+ and hit .307 in 54 video games at Cedar Rapids. Outfielder Hendry Mendez (traded from Milwaukee to Philly, then later to Minnesota) posted a 5.9% swinging strike charge this yr, among the many better of all Fall Leaguers. Orioles pitcher Tanner Smith generated a ridiculous 67% groundball charge in 37 innings.

TrackMan Performers
Cam Collier hit a ball 115 this yr and had a 48% hard-hit charge although he solely hit 4 homers; persevering with to know what’s occurring there and the way it would possibly get fastened is an enormous deal. Hendry Mendez had a 91% zone contact charge this season. Righty Johan Moreno’s slider generated a 52% miss charge.

Key Roster State of affairs
The Mariners have a bunch of pitchers on the 40-man fringe right here. Marcelo Perez is a strike-throwing 25-year-old out of TCU whose curveball and cutter spearhead a backend starter profile. Stefan Raeth is a misleading, slider-heavy reliever who throws a ton of strikes. Tyler Cleveland is a cool, submarine reduction righty with an enormous sweeper. Any of them might transfer the needle with a dominant fall.

Distinctive Path
Orioles lefty Sayer Diederich started his faculty profession as a pitcher at Nebraska, then turned a two-way man at Southern Nevada for a season earlier than transferring to LSU Shreveport (NAIA) for his closing collegiate season. He went undrafted and performed Indy ball for a yr earlier than the Orioles signed him. He’s 24 however solely made his affiliated debut this yr, putting out 43 in 33.2 innings because of a very good slider.

Salt River Rafters (D-backs, Crimson Sox, Rockies, Angels, Pirates)

Well-known Gamers
Charlie Condon, 3B/OF, Colorado Rockies

Condon had top-of-the-line faculty seasons ever in 2024 and was the third general decide in that draft, signing for over $9 million. I used to be considerably skeptical of Condon’s bat-to-ball capacity earlier than the draft and he struggled so badly instantly after he signed that he slid out of my Prime 100. That fallow interval was defined away as a result of damage, and whereas Condon was significantly better in 2025, he nonetheless Okay’d at a 28% clip at Double-A, and I nonetheless suppose he has a unstable offensive forecast although he clearly has huge energy.

Potential Dude(s)
Tony Blanco Jr., 1B, Pittsburgh Pirates
Jansel Luis, SS, Arizona Diamondbacks
David Hagaman, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks

Blanco has a few of the finest uncooked energy in all of professional baseball although he’s solely 20 years outdated. He’s already hit a ball 120 mph and had a 113 mph EV90 in 2025, second in professional baseball behind Oneil Cruz. Will he be Aaron Decide? Chris Carter? Or will Blanco make so little contact that he turns right into a Franmil Reyes kind of fringe huge leaguer? Luis is a projectable switch-hitting 20-year-old infielder with superior hand pace, however his Epicurean strategy on the dish has tended to affect his manufacturing. Hagaman got here to Arizona within the Merrill Kelly commerce. He fell in his draft yr as a result of TJ and solely returned to affiliated ball a number of weeks earlier than he was traded. He’s each constructed like and strikes like an enormous league starter, will flash three good pitches, and threw strikes in a comparatively small pattern after he was again from surgical procedure.

Floor-Stage Statistical Performers
Angels righty Benny Thompson, an undrafted free agent from 2023, had a ridiculous 39% Okay% in 61.1 innings this yr. Granted, he’s an older man who spent the yr in A-ball and he walked a ton of dudes. To my recollection, I’ve by no means seen Thompson, so I don’t know how he’s doing this. His age and wildness make him a lower-priority goal, however a goal nonetheless. Angels outfielder Raudi Rodriguez had an incredible 14 triples in 125 video games and stole 38 bases in 44 makes an attempt. Pirates outfielder Esmerlyn Valdez hit 26 homers this yr, most amongst Fall Leaguers.

TrackMan Performers
Angels righty Najer Victor had a 60% miss charge on his slider this yr, whereas the sliders of Ryan Costeiu, one other Angels reliever, and D-backs rehabber Drey Jameson had slider miss charges simply shy of fifty%. Salt River doesn’t have anybody on the roster with a contact charge over 76%, a mark owned by Jansel Luis. And naturally, I discussed Tony Blanco Jr.

Key Roster State of affairs
Drey Jameson, a former Prime 100 prospect, graduated from rookie standing in 2023, however his profession has been beset by accidents since then. The vacuum created by accidents to Corbin Burnes, A.J. Puk and Justin Martinez, plus the looming potential turnover in Arizona’s rotation as a result of Zac Gallen’s free company, makes it notably vital for Jameson to hit the bottom working and play a key function on the pitching employees of an in any other case aggressive D-backs roster. His look in Arizona will assist decide what sort of function — Starter? Lengthy reliever? Late-inning man? — he would possibly compete for when camp kicks off subsequent spring. Crimson Sox righty Luis Perales is in an analogous state of affairs after coming back from surgical procedure late within the yr. He could be an enormous a part of Boston’s 2026 bullpen.

Distinctive Path
Pirates outfielder Will Taylor comes from a household of adorned athletes in South Carolina and has one of many nuttier highschool athletics résumés you’ll ever see. He lettered 5 instances in baseball, 5 instances in observe & area, 4 instances in soccer and 4 instances in wrestling, he was a three-time state champion in wrestling, and he received state titles in soccer and observe. He went to Clemson as a two-sport athlete and have become the primary soccer and baseball participant on the college since Lions defensive lineman D.J. Reader, however he tore his ACL in 2021 and had only one productive baseball season. He was drafted within the 2024 fifth spherical and had an enormous energy output uptick in 2025.

Scottsdale Scorpions (Tigers, Astros, Mets, Giants, Nationals)

Well-known Gamers
Kevin McGonigle, 2B, Detroit Tigers

You’re little question acquainted with McGonigle, who is among the easiest prospects in baseball because of his elite really feel for contact. An ideal Fall League would tee him as much as exchange Gleyber Torres because the Tigers’ on a regular basis second baseman subsequent yr ought to Torres go away in free company.

Potential Dudes
Jake Bennett, LHP, Washington Nationals
Walker Janek, C, Houston Astros

Bennett is a 6-foot-6, 24-year-old lefty who throws a ton of strikes and has an excellent changeup. He doesn’t throw particularly onerous, however lefties with nice command of nice changeups are likely to outperform their projections. We might see Bennett within the bigs subsequent yr. Janek is an excellent athletic catcher with uncommon pull energy for his place. He strikes out a very good bit, however he’s a small college participant from Sam Houston State who would possibly simply want extra time to regulate to professional pitching.

Floor-Stage Statistical Performers
Sean Paul Liñan, a 20-year-old righty who came visiting from the Dodgers within the Alex Name commerce, isn’t solely one of many youngest couple of pitchers within the league, however he Okay’d 33% of opposing hitters this yr, second most amongst AFL pitchers who threw not less than 70 innings in the course of the season.

TrackMan Performers
Kevin McGonigle checks each field in not less than a mean capability. Astros outfielder Joseph Sullivan had a microscopic 13% chase charge. Sean Paul Liñan’s changeup options 2,600 rpm and generated an elite miss charge this yr. Tigers pitcher Kenny Serwa has a splitter with a triple-digit spin charge.

Key Roster State of affairs
Tigers lefty Jake Miller regarded nice in final yr’s Fall League, however he spent most of 2025 on the IL and solely threw 20 innings. The Tigers’ huge league roster is totally stacked with good pitching, and it’d crowd out Miller to the purpose the place he generates commerce or Rule 5 Draft curiosity this offseason.

Distinctive Path
Giants infielder Parks Harber started his faculty profession at Georgia, then transferred to North Carolina and was ultimately an undrafted senior signal by the Yankees in 2024. He was off to a sizzling begin in 2025, then bought injured a number of weeks earlier than he was traded to the Giants as a part of the Camilo Doval deal. He hit .323 this yr in restricted motion and has the overt physicality of an enormous league 3B/1B, however how actual is the hit device?

Shock Saguaros (Guardians, Royals, Brewers, Phillies, Rangers)

Well-known Gamers
Daniel Espino, RHP, Cleveland Guardians
Blake Mitchell, C, Kansas Metropolis Royals
Sebastian Walcott, SS, Texas Rangers

Espino regarded like the subsequent Gerrit Cole earlier than a number of full-season accidents derailed his profession. He’s been again for a bit, and touched 102 on the backfields earlier than he was briefly despatched to an affiliate in the course of the common season. He appears to be like so much like Ryan Helsley now; let’s see how he and his stuff maintain up (or possibly progress) by the autumn. Mitchell has been well-known since he was a highschool sophomore, a lefty-hitting catcher prospect with huge energy and arm energy. Poor plate self-discipline threatens to show him right into a lefty-hitting Jorge Alfaro, helpful however flawed. Walcott has possibly the most effective long-term energy projection within the minors. He’s a strapping 6-foot-4 and has carried out as a young-for-the-level participant with every project.

Potential Dudes
Josh Adamczewski, 2B/LF, Milwaukee Brewers
Dylan Dreiling, OF, Texas Rangers

Adamczewski has plus lefty bat pace however actually struggles on protection. It’s believable he’ll hit sufficient to be a very good left fielder, a place the place he noticed elevated reps throughout Tutorial League and sure will once more within the AFL. The Rangers have completely overhauled Dreiling’s swing. His angle of assault has modified — his bat is pointed extra vertically when his fingers load — and he’s been given a much bigger leg kick. He made a plus charge of contact in 2025, and this fall might be used to find out how nicely he can time fastballs.

Floor-Stage Statistical Performers
Phillies prospect Dante Nori (52) and Royals prospect Carson Roccaforte (43) had been close to the highest of the stolen base leaderboard throughout the entire minors. Brewers 1B/3B Luke Adams has a profession .423 OBP in 4 seasons. Royals right-hander A.J. Causey had a 0.88 WHIP and 1.72 ERA this yr.

TrackMan Performers
Guardians outfielder Wuilfredo Antunez doesn’t have huge top-end energy, however he’s averaging a completely wild 23 levels of launch, which could be too excessive for him to be productive. Marco Dinges (who you’ll examine shortly) is pacing this group with a 107 mph EV90. Rangers pitcher Joey Danielson generated an absurd 42% miss charge on his 95-96 mph fastball.

Key Roster State of affairs
The Rangers have three pitchers in Arizona who might conceivably play key roles on subsequent yr’s huge league group. Winston Santos is an athletic, strike-throwing 23-year-old righty with a 94-97 mph fastball. He missed time in 2025 with a stress response in his again. I wrote about Jose Corniell in August. And at last, righty Emiliano Teodo will exceed triple digits together with his fastball, however its form and motion aren’t conducive to lacking bats.

Distinctive Path
Marco Dinges started his faculty profession at Tallahassee Neighborhood Faculty the place, throughout his sophomore yr, he developed Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, a probably deadly autoimmune illness the place white blood cells are produced in extra and assault wholesome tissues and organs relatively than an precise invader, like a virus. For weeks, Dinges had a fever of 105 or so and was actually combating for his life, out and in of various hospitals earlier than he was correctly recognized and handled by a pediatric rheumatologist and professor on the College of Florida. Satirically, after Dinges recovered and was able to resume his baseball profession, he transferred to Florida State for his junior yr. He’s a very toolsy (bat pace, arm energy) if undersized catcher coming off a yr with an OPS over .900.