Redszone 2023 Top 40 prospects Poll: #29

[podgejeff_]

Yerlin Confidan is in the rankings. Only 11 more to go. Replacing him in the poll is the ghost of Jackson Miller.

01. Elly De La Cruz SS/3B AA 20
02. Noelvi Marte SS A+ 21
03. Cam Collier 3B ROK 17
04. Edwin Arroyo SS A 19
05. Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B/3B AA 22
06. Matt McLain SS AA 23
07. Chase Petty RHP A+ 19
08. Spencer Steer INF MLB 24
09. Brandon Williamson LHP AAA 24
10. Connor Phillips RHP AA 21
11. Sal Stewart 3B ROK 18
12. Andrew Abbott LHP AA 23
13. Joe Boyle RHP AA 23
14. Levi Stoudt RHP MLB 24
15. Jay Allen II OF A+ 20
16. Michael Siani OF MLB 23
17. Austin Hendrick OF A+ 21
18. Rece Hinds OF AA 22
19. Ricardo Cabrera SS ROK 18
20. Christian Roa RHP AA 23
21. Lyon Richardson RHP A+ 22
22. Carlos Jorge 2B ROK 19
23. Ariel Almonte OF ROK 19
24. Jose Acuna RHP A 20
25. Victor Acosta SS ROK 18
25. Bryce Bonnin RHP A+ 24
27. Julian Aguiar RHP A+ 21
28. Yerlin Confidan OF A 20

[Tom Servo]

well now that Yerlin finally won one I don't know who to vote for. I guess I'll go Ivan Johnson, still think he might become a solid backup or second-division starter.

[Bourgeois Zee]

well now that Yerlin finally won one I don't know who to vote for. I guess I'll go Ivan Johnson, still think he might become a solid backup or second-division starter.

If you like Julian Aguiar, you should like Javi Rivera.

[Mitri]

I was torn between Callihan, Ivan J and Javi Rivera.

I went with Callihan; I still believe in his hit tool, even though it has rarely stood out in his time as a pro.

[herbdizzle]

Still supporting McGarry here. Solid production at AA and will likely see his MLB debut this year with good start at Louisville. Callihan is next for me.

[Betterread]

Voted for Hubbart. Alternating between Balcazar and him. If Hubbart stays healthy, he is going to pitch in the majors. He definitely knows how to pitch. He was FSU’s reliable second starter for two years with WHIP of 1.16 and 1.17. He has a great curveball that he can throw at different speeds in different parts of the count. His FB And CU are above average and he is honing a slider. This guy has thrown many 7+ innng starts, so we know he has encountered the 6th inning threshold and mastered it. We don’t know how all the reds A ball pitchers will react, because none are allowed to go past the 5th inning.

[Mitri]

Hubbart is a good choice as well. I think he's got a nice swingman profile.

[krazzy]

I see someone voted for Esmith Pineda. He was really good last season before getting hurt hope he can keep it up in Arizona next season.

[*BaseClogger*]

To all the non-McGarry voters: we’ve gotta vote for Callihan next round if we want to keep him out of the top 30…

[Bourgeois Zee]

I see someone voted for Esmith Pineda. He was really good last season before getting hurt hope he can keep it up in Arizona next season.

Pineda is definitely interesting to me, as is Carlos Sanchez (.355/ .506/ .442/ .948 line with 40 walks and 28 Ks in 182 PAs).

Those two, Ricardo Cabrera, P Khristian Guevera, Victor Acosta, Malvin Valdez, Sal Stewart (maybe), Cam Collier (maybe), Hector Rodriguez (after he gets healthy), P Ben Walmsley, and P Jose Montero are all interesting follows deep in the AZL. This would be a good season to get out to Arizona for Spring Training to look at the super young guys and get a feel for who's hitting the ball with authority and who's really hard to hit.

Of course, every year is a good year to get out to Spring Training to see the young guys.

[krazzy]

Do you think Acosta starts in Arizona or Daytona? I’m leaning toward Arizona. Daytonas infield will be packed. I hate it that Rodriguez hit hurt. He was having a great season. I doubt Collier or Stewart start in Arizona.

Here is a list of interesting players from the DSL and AFL that I didn’t have in my top 30

Cristian Galindo DSL
11 G, 28 IP, 9 BB, 42 SO, 2.25 ERA, 1.00 WHIP

Lisnerkin Lantigua DSL
11 G, 32.2 IP. 16 BB, 30 SO, 3.90 ERA, 1.70 WHIP

Khristian Guevara DSL
8 G, 20 IP, 3 BB, 22 SO, 3.60 ERA, 1.15 WHIP

Jefferson Lopez ACL
14 G, 24.0 IP
1.50 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 29 SO, 6 BB

Nestor Lorant ACL
11 G, 39.2 IP
4.50 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 47 SO, 15 BB

Nicolo Pinazzi ACL
12 G, 42.2 IP , 73 SO, 28 BB
4.85 ERA, 1.38 WHIP,

Carlos Sanchez. DSL
355/505/442/947
He reached base in every game he played except 2. He had 40 BB and 28 SO in 138 ABs. 2 HR and 14 SB

Jesus Correa. DSL 2B,
333/429/472/901
He only had 36 ABs. 6 SO, 4 BB

Luis Leones DSL OF
296/346/380/726
71 ABs, 4 BB, 27 SO. 1 HR, 0 SB

Esmith Pineda. DSL. OF
367/456/592/1.048
49 ABs. 7 BB, 9 SO, 3 HR, 2 SB

Luis Reyes DSL. 3B.
275/453/475/928
40 AB, 12 BB, 8 SO, 2 HR, 0 SB

Jesus Torres. DSL, CF
262/345/408/753
103 AB, 9 BB, 52 SO, 1 HR, 9 SB

Donovan Antonia. ACL, 2B, OF
261/377/489/866
13.2 BB%, 18.9 SO%, 3 SB, 4 HR

[Bourgeois Zee]

Do you think Acosta starts in Arizona or Daytona? I’m leaning toward Arizona. Daytonas infield will be packed.

Yeah, I want to get into this later as an entire discussion.

Right now, they've got a whole host of interesting enough prospects up the middle from Arizona through Louisville.

AAA has Siani, EDLC, and McLain. They could also have Rey (whom I like), Urbaez (whom I like more), and Ivan Johnson (whom I like most). They're not likely to get much playing time at 3B, due to CES. They might end up at DH. Rey might see lots of time in the OF-- which is probably better for him if he wants to make it as a major leaguer anyway. Urbaez should probably ask to play some OF-- particularly CF. Johnson should take his glove everywhere-- he's got wheels enough and arm enough to make himself an interesting low BA, good power utility guy.

AA has Torres, Marte, Hendrick and Cerda, the extra bats from the six above, not to mention Nick Quintana and Miguel Hernandez (who used to be interesting). There is an opening at 3B, though Quintana should have the inside track there. That leaves one extra IF bat and an extra OF. Hendrick and Cerda can both play corner OF, but Hinds is the RF. So the non-CF plays LF or DHs. Which cuts out at least one semi-interesting prospect every day.

Dayton has Allen, Arroyo, and Tyler Callihan. That seems set-- unless they want to move some of the extra bats down or Blake to CF. Which is likely. If Callihan hits like he's capable, he's already spent half a season in Dayton. That'd throw a big-time wrench here.

That leaves Daytona with Jorge, Ascanio, Acosta, Balcazar, Valdez, and Hector Rodriguez up the middle. That's untenable. The extra PAs won't come at 3B (because of Collier and Stewart) or DH (same reason). You've also got Minier to figure out-- he's still young enough to matter. Yerlin Confidan is probably going to be in RF, and they'll want Justin Boyd to play somewhere. He's got a great glove, so he's probably the third guy in that mix. That means the DH spot is going to be absolutely stuffed with hitters. (They might move the OF around a lot-- that's what I'd do.) If/ When Rodriguez gets back, he's going to need to play too. And none of that mentions the two college catchers they drafted last year high enough that they need look-sees or Jackson Miller, who I suspect, at this point, is an apparition. The Daytona team is chock full'o interesting guys and limited on spot. It'll be fun to watch what they do.

[krazzy]

Something I did earlier. This isn’t exactly where I think everyone will end up. It’s where I think they ought to be if it was just based on what would be best for them. Yiu will see there are to many infielders in Daytona and to many starting pitchers in Dayton among other things.
A- Daytona Tortugas


3B. Cam Collier 370/514/630/1.144
20.0 BB%, 17.1 BB%,
2 HR, 0 SB

1B. Sal Stewart. 292/393/458/851
14.3 BB%, 17.9 SO%,
0 HR, 0 SB

1B. Yassel Pino.
219/311/374/695
186 AB, 27 BB, 55 SO,
6 HR, 2 SB

2B. Carlos Jorge. 261/405/529/934
16.2 BB%, 26.6 SO%,
7 HR, 27 SB

SS Leonardo Balcazar. 322/411/476/887
10.7 BB%, 25.0 SO%,
13 SB, 4 HR

SS. Johnny Ascanio
294/376/358/734
109 AB, 14 BB, 29 SO, 0 HR, 5 SB

SS. Victor Acosta. 237/348/360/708
12.7 BB%, 22.4 SO%, 5 SB, 2 HR

C. Logan Tanner
180/300/220/520
15.0 BB%, 28.3 SO%, 0 HR, 0 SB

C Cade Hunter.
341/449/683/1.132
41 AB, 7 BB, 11 SO,
3 HR, 3 SB

OF. Arial Almonte. 286/399/493/883
12.8 BB%, 29.9 SO%,
6 HR, 1 SB

OF Yerlin Confidan
264/369/444/813
2 HR, 1 SB, 14.3 BB%, 28.6 SO%

OF. Justin Boyd.
172/262/241/503
10.8 BB%, 40.0 SO% 0 HR, 6 SB

2B/OF Donovan Antonia.
261/377/489/866
13.2 BB%, 18.9 SO%,
3 SB, 4 HR

SP. Bryce Hubbart
4 G, 4.2 IP, 6 BB, 7 SO, 1.93 ERA, 1.71 WHIP

SP. Ryan Cardonia
25 G, 75.0 IP, 50 BB, 92 SO, 3.36 ERA, 1.40 WHIP

RP. Lewis Mey
34 G, 43 IP, 32 BB, 58 SO, 5.65 ERA, 1.79 WHIP

Jefferson Lopez
14 G, 24.0 IP
1.50 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 29 SO, 6 BB

Nestor Lorant
11 G, 39.2 IP
4.50 ERA, 1.41 WHIP,
47 SO, 15 BB

Nicolo Pinazzi
12 G, 42.2 IP , 73 SO,
28 BB
4.85 ERA, 1.38 WHIP,

Jean Correa
8 G, 20 IP, 22 BB, 18 SO
1.80 ERA, 1.10 WHIP

Trey Braithwaite
5 G, 8 IP, 3 BB, 7 SO
1.13 ERA, 1.25 WHIP



A+ Dayton Dragons


SS. Edwin Arroyo
293/366/480/846
8.7 BB%, 23.3 SO%,
14 HR, 27 SB

1B. Ruben Ibarra
249/337/440/777
225 AB, 24 BB, 63 SO,
11 HR, 3 SB

OF. Austin Hendrick.
216/306/433/739
388 AB, 43 BB, 165 SO, 21 HR, 16 SB

OF. Jay Allen
225/347/324/671
11.5 BB%, 24.0 SO%,
3 HR, 43 SB

OF. Rece Hinds
233/304/428/732
7.8 BB%, 38.8 SO%,
12 HR, 15 SB

OF. Justice Thompson.
248/361/374/735
326 AB, 53 BB, 134 SO,
7 HR, 23 SB

Austin Callahan
256/326/414/740
203 AB, 21 BB, 49 SO,
5 HR, 5 SB

Tyler Callihan
250/311/396/707
328 AB, 27 BB, 80 SO,
7 HR, 15 SB

SS. Tray Faltine
246/407/393/800
61 AB, 15 BB, 24 SO,
1 HR, 1 SB

1B/3B. Michael Triana

OF. Blake Dunn
264/435/443/878
106 AB, 25 BB, 32 SO,
4 HR, 20 SB

OF. Jack Rogers
248/335/438/773
315 AB, 37 BB, 133 SO, 10 HR, 7 SB

C. Hayden Jones.
233/292/395/687
258 AB, 19 BB, 84 SO,
10 HR, 2 SB

C. Michael Trautwein

SP. Chase Petty
25 G, 98.1 IP, 31 BB, 96 SO, 3.48 ERA, 1.17 WHIP

SP. Bryce Bonnin
6 G, 25 IP, 12 BB, 28 SO 2.52 ERA, 0.92 WHIP

SP. Steve Hajjar
15 G, 52.1 IP, 32 BB, 83 SO, 3.61 ERA, 1.22 WHIP

SP. Julian Aguiar
25 G, 96.1 IP, 27 BB, 113 SO
3.46 ERA, 1.21 WHIP

SP. Javi Rivera
24 G, 93 IP, 25 BB, 111 SO
3.29 ERA, 0.99 WHIP

SP. Lyon Richardson
DNP

SP. Hunter Parks.
25 G, 82.1 IP, 53 BB, 94 SO, 4.70 ERA, 1.55 WHIP

SP. Jose Acuna.
15 G, 65 IP, 22 BB, 83 SO
2.91 ERA, 0.94 WHIP

SP Tanner Cooper
22 G, 83.2 IP, 21 BB, 75 SO, 3.55 ERA,1.21 WHIP

SP Jose Franco. Injured
20 G, 77.0 IP, 39 BB, 104 SO
4.44 ERA, 1.49 WHIP

RP Jacques Pucheu
11 G, 39.0 IP, 16 BB, 42 SO
5.31 ERA, 1.41 WHIP

RP. Andrew Moore.
32 G, 42 IP, 29 BB, 73 SO
4.29 ERA, 1.57 WHIP

RP. Jean Correa
8 G, 20 IP, 22 BB, 18 SO
1.80 ERA, 1.10 WHIP

RP. Jake Gozzo
25 G, 42 IP, 24 BB, 36 SO
3.95 ERA, 1.27 WHIP

RP. Jake Gilbert.
30 G, 53 IP, 35 BB, 59 SO, 5.77 ERA, 1.68 WHIP

RP. Braxton Roxby
19 G, 22.1 IP, 10 BB, 32 SO, 4.84 ERA, 1.34 WHIP

RP. Jayvien Sandridge
28 G, 80.2 IP, 35 BB, 67 SO, 3.10 ERA, 1.33 WHIP

RP. Dennis Boatman
29 G, 43.2 IP, 18 BB, 60 SO, 3.30 ERA, 1.17 WHIP



AA. Chattanooga Lookouts


SS/3B. Noelvi Marte
279/371/458/829
11.3 BB%, 20.6 SO%, 19 HR, 23 SB

SS. Jose Torres

IF. Ivan Johnson.
261/325/428/753
180 AB, 13 BB, 66 SO,
4 SB, 4 HR

1B/2B/3B Nick Quintana.
245/358/387/745
372 AB, 62 BB, 100 SO, 10 HR, 5 SB

1B/3B Nick Northcut

Brian Rey.
243/307/343/650
140 AB, 5 BB, 25 SO,
2 HR, 5 SB

Francisco Urbaez
280/364/415/779
164 AB, 21 BB, 31 SO,
3 HR, 2 SB

IF. Steven Leyton
250/274/471/745
308 AB. 5 BB, 68 SO,
11 HR, 6 SB

OF. Jacob Hurtubise
250/385/308/693
156 AB, 23 BB, 41 SO,
1 HR, 16 SB

OF. Drew Mount
(2021 stats, was injured this season)
279/361/498/859
215 AB, 19 BB, 59 SO,
12 HR, 3 SB

C. Daniel Vellojin
199/327/358/686
10 HR, 3 SB, 29.1 SO%, 15.5 BB%

C. Mattheu Nelson

SP Connor Phillips
24 G, 109.2 IP, 66 BB, 150 SO, 3.78 ERA, 1.40 WHIP

SP. Joe Boyle
23 G, 100.2 IP, 84 BB, 153 SO, 2.86 ERA, 1.29 WHIP

SP. Christian Roa
21 G, 92.0 IP, 57 BB, 104 SO, 4.11 ERA, 1.37 WHIP

SP. Sam Benschoter
22 G, 78 IP, 31 BB, 118 SO, 4.73 ERA, 1.26 WHIP

SP Thomas Farr.
22 G, 99.1 IP, 37 BB, 102 SO, 4.80 ERA, 1.49 WHIP

RP. Vin Timpanelli
32 G, 47.2 IP, 40 BB, 79 SO, 5.10 ERA, 1.72 WHIP

RP. Manuel Cachutt
27 G, 51.2 IP, 24 BB, 30 SO, 4.35 ERA, 1.18 WHIP

RP. Owen Holt. A
24 G, 44.2 IP, 16 BB, 49 SO, 2.42 ERA, 1.05 WHIP

RP. Donovan Benoit
33 G, 45 IP, 22 BB, 61 SO
4.00 ERA, 1.20 WHIP

RP. Myles Gayman.
30 G, 56.1 IP, 16 BB, 62 SO, 4.95 ERA, 1.44 WHIP

RP. Evan Kravetz
28 G, 83.2 IP, 41 BB, 103 SO, 4.20 ERA, 145 WHIP



AAA. Louisville Bats


SS. Elly De La Cruz
304/359/586/945
7.8 BB%, 30.8 SO%,
28 HR, 47 SB

2B. Matt Mclain
229/367/443/810
16.4 BB%, 27.3 SO%,
17 HR, 28 SB

3B. Christian Encarnacion Strand
304/368/587/955
7.4 BB%, 25.5 SO%,
32 HR, 8 SB

C. James Free
254/304/395/699
228 AB, 14 BB, 59 SO,
8 HR, 0 SB,

C. Chuckie Robinson
266/320/399/ 719
203 AB, 14 BB, 49 SO,
5 HR, 4 SB

SS. Miguel Hernandez
260/329/362/691
127 AB, 13 BB, 34 SO,
3 HR, 1 SB

1B. Alex McGarry
264/316/543/859
416 AB, 28 BB, 136 SO, 27 HR, 15 SB

OF. Michael Siani
248/338/393/731
11.0 BB%, 17.2 SO%,
14 HR, 52 SB

OF. Allan Cerda
208/360/444/803
16.6 BB%, 32.8 SO%,
24 HR, 7 SB

OF. TJ Hopkins
259/333/458/791
467 AB, 48 BB, 146 SO, 21 HR, 8 SB

SP Brandon Williamson
27 G, 122.2 IP, 77 BB, 123 SO, 4.11 ERA, 1.56 WHIP

SP. Andrew Abbott
25 G, 118.0 IP, 48 BB, 159 SO, 3.81 ERA, 1.25 WHIP

SP. Levi Stoudt
25 G, 111.0 IP, 30 BB, 103 SO, 4.70 ERA, 1.29 WHIP

SP Carson Spiers
27 G, 122.2 IP, 45 BB, 105 SO, 5.33 ERA, 1.52 WHIP

RP. Eddy Demurias
55 G, 54.2 IP, 33 BB, 59 SO, 3.95 ERA, 1.55 WHIP

RP. Pedro Garcia.
49 G, 55.1 IP, 22 BB, 66 SO, 3.20 ERA, 1.24 WHIP

RP. Ricky Karcher
52 G, 56.2 IP, 40 BB, 88 SO, 3.65 ERA, 1.50 WHIP

RP Ryan Nutof
43 G, 59 IP, 34 BB, 67 SO, 3.05 ERA, 1.49 WHIP

RP. Spencer Stockton
32 G, 64.1 IP, 25 BB, 68 SO, 3.50 ERA, 1.21 WHIP

RP. Michael Byrne.
42 G, 61.1 IP, 28 BB, 73 SO, 4.55 ERA, 1.50 WHIP

RP Kevin Herget

[JCM11]

The amount of talent 1-40 is pretty impressive. One guy who fell of a cliff last year that I haven't give up on yet is Jose Torres. Looking at his stats he really struggled vs LHP last year with a .620 OPS in 108 PA. I think a lot of these guys don't see much LHP until they move up in the minors. If he can learn to hit lefties better I think there's still something there with his defense and speed.