The Minor League season is a month outdated and several other of the sport’s greatest hitting prospects are off to quick begins. Pink Sox outfielder Roman Anthony is tearing up Triple-A (identical to he did on the finish of final yr), Padres shortstop Leo De Vries is main the Excessive-A Midwest League in slugging at age 18 and Pirates shortstop/heart fielder Konnor Griffin and Brewers shortstop Jesús Made are raking of their full-season debuts.
Under, we highlight the most well liked hitters on every group’s Prime 30 Prospects record. They embody 9 members of our general Prime 100 Prospects record in addition to seven guys who rank within the backside third of their staff’s Prime 30 lists.
Blue Jays: Arjun Nimmala, SS (No. 1/MLB No. 83)
The 2023 first-rounder hasn’t had a lot hassle carrying final yr’s second-half surge into a brand new season at a brand new stage. Nimmala homered in three straight video games from final Friday to Sunday and now has 5 dingers by way of 19 video games for Excessive-A Vancouver, tied with Eduardo Tait for essentially the most within the Minors amongst gamers of their age-19 season or youthful.
Orioles: Ethan Anderson, C/1B (No. 18)
Speedster Enrique Bradfield Jr. acquired off to a extremely good begin (1.032 OPS), however has been on the injured record since April 11. Anderson, the O’s second-rounder in final yr’s Draft out of Virginia is greater than holding his personal, hitting for common (.290) and getting on base (.413 OBP), strolling practically as typically as he’s putting out whereas additionally going 9-for-10 in stolen-base makes an attempt for Excessive-A Aberdeen.
Rays: Cooper Kinney, 2B/3B (No. 23)
With a profession .287 common and .810 OPS in his fourth season, Kinney has at all times produced offensively when wholesome throughout his time within the Tampa Bay system, however this could be one among his greatest stretches but. He’s gone deep 4 instances over his final seven video games for Double-A Montgomery and has six homers on the season, solely 4 fewer than his profession excessive of 10. Once more, it’s nonetheless solely April. His .699 slugging proportion on the season leads Double-A qualifiers, whereas his 1.111 OPS and 222 wRC+ rank second.
Pink Sox: Roman Anthony (No. 1/MLB No. 2)
Baseball’s high place prospect is pushing for his first massive league callup by slashing .306/.439/.565 with 5 homers in 24 Triple-A video games at age 20, burnishing his status as a plus hitter with plus-plus uncooked energy. The Pink Sox haven’t got an apparent spot for the 2022 supplemental first-rounder from a Florida highschool, however they are going to want to search out one quickly.
Yankees: George Lombard Jr., SS (No. 1/MLB No. 98)
The son of former massive leaguer and present Tigers bench coach George Lombard Sr., he is displaying a sophisticated method as a 19-year-old at Excessive-A, batting .309/.500/.456 whereas rating second within the Florida State League in on-base proportion and walks (22 in 21 video games). A 2023 first-rounder out of a Florida highschool, he additionally has 11 steals and is enjoying high quality protection.
Guardians: C.J. Kayfus, 1B/OF (No. 8)
Kayfus started this season by hitting .364/.475/.591 with 9 extra-base hits in 18 Double-A video games, which is sweet sufficient to steer the Japanese League in OBP and OPS (1.066) — and to earn a promotion to Triple-A on Monday. The 2023 third-rounder is exhibiting extra energy in professional ball than he did in school at Miami now that he is attacking driveable pitches early in counts and trying to launch them within the air to his pull facet.
Royals: Asbel Gonzalez, OF (No. 23)
Should you’ve smelled burning rubber within the Columbia space not too long ago, it’s most likely been Gonzalez, who has stolen 29 bases over 21 video games for Kansas Metropolis’s Single-A affiliate. That’s essentially the most within the Minors, and nobody else has greater than 24. In fact to steal luggage, you need to be on base, and Gonzalez is engaging in that with a .500 OBP and extra walks (12) than strikeouts (seven). He hasn’t proven a lot energy (just one extra-base hit), however that is probably not as wanted if he’s selecting up further bases in different methods.
Tigers: Max Anderson, 2B (No. 22)
The 2023 second-rounder began his second full season with a bang and caught much more hearth recently. Over his final eight video games with Double-A Erie, Anderson is 18-for-37 (.487) with 4 homers and two doubles, pushing his season line to .342/.388/.620 by way of 19 contests. He has as many extra-base hits on the season as strikeouts (12) and is one among solely two Minor League qualifiers to keep up a Okay fee under 15 % whereas slugging above .600.
Twins: Billy Amick, 3B (No. 14)
The Twins’ first- and second-round picks from the 2024 Draft are each hitting effectively for Excessive-A Cedar Rapids proper now. We’ll give Amick, the second-rounder out of Tennessee the nod solely as a result of first-rounder Kaelen Culpepper missed time on the injured record. Amick goes to have to observe the strikeouts (27.4 % Okay fee up to now), however he’s additionally drawing walks (15.8) whereas posting a .333/.474/.444 line over his first 20 video games.
White Sox: Caleb Bonemer, SS/3B (No. 11)
The White Sox gave Bonemer an over-slot $2,997,500 bonus as a second-round select of a Michigan highschool final July, and the early returns from his 2025 professional debut have been good. His bat pace and appreciable uncooked energy have translated right into a .294/.425/.485 slash line with 9 extra-base hits in 19 video games at Single-A.
Angels: Denzer Guzman, SS (No. 9)
The 21-year-old Guzman’s slash line of .243/.341/.443 is comparatively modest, however there are some encouraging developments right here for a man who’s struggled to achieve any offensive traction since signing in 2021. He’s putting out a smidge much less and drawing extra walks and that’s helped him faucet into his uncooked energy greater than he has beforehand. He has 4 homers over 19 video games, and that’s simply three shy of his profession excessive.
Astros: Joseph Sullivan, OF (No. 12)
Sure, a man proper on the Mendoza Line has the best OPS on our Astros Prime 30 record. Sullivan is slashing .200/.461/.433 because of 4 homers and a Excessive-A South Atlantic League-leading 24 walks in 20 video games. The grandson of 1971 Heisman Trophy winner Patrick Sullivan and a seventh-round choose from South Alabama final yr, he makes good swing selections and makes use of his plus pace to steal bases (eight this yr) and chase down balls in heart discipline.
A’s: Logan Davidson, UTIL (No. 30)
Simply added again to the A’s Prime 30, the 27-year-old Davidson had a .915 OPS in 2024, however with what has been his typical Okay/BB ratio (109/30 in 90 video games). This yr at Triple-A, he’s nonetheless putting out quite a bit (31.0 %) however he’s drawing much more walks (22 in 25 video games) that has helped him put up a .348/.487/.472 line whereas seeing time at 5 totally different positions.
Mariners: Lazaro Montes, OF (No. 2/MLB No. 39)
Montes has proven he can get to his energy at each cease since signing in 2022, together with hitting 21 homers and driving in 105 runs final yr in his first full yr in full-season ball. He’s simply 20 for all of this season, greater than two years youthful than the common hitter within the Excessive-A Northwest League, and he leads the circuit in extra-base hits (13) and is tied for the league lead in homers (5) and complete bases (47) whereas sitting second in slugging (.588) and fourth in OPS (.988).
Rangers: Justin Foscue, 2B/1B (No. 15)
A Mississippi State product drafted 14th general in 2020, Foscue has a few of the greatest bat-to-ball expertise and plate self-discipline within the Rangers’ system, however he is blocked on the massive league stage as a result of he does not present a lot energy or defensive worth. He is off to a .300/383/460 begin with three homers in 26 Triple-A video games.
Braves: Carlos Rodríguez, OF (No. 29)
The Braves signed Rodríguez as a Minor League free agent and added him to their 40-man roster this offseason as a result of they favored his bat-to-ball expertise and he’s doing form of what he’s at all times completed: hit. He needed to begin the yr again at Double-A, however acquired bumped up after hitting .342 over his first 10 video games with Columbus. For the yr, he’s at .296 with a .348 OBP, proper in step with his profession marks of .291 and .355.
Marlins: Joe Mack, C (No. 9)
The thirty first general choose within the 2021 Draft as a New York excessive schooler, Mack lastly broke out offensively final season and hasn’t slowed down this yr. He is batting .328/.458/.627 with 5 homers in 19 video games between Double-A and Triple-A, and he is additionally a a lot better defender behind the plate than Marlins rookie sensation Agustín Ramírez.
Mets: A.J. Ewing, OF/2B (No. 27)
Ewing performed 71 video games for Single-A St. Lucie final yr however confirmed he didn’t plan on having as prolonged a keep this time round. The 2023 fourth-rounder hit .400/.506/.615 over 18 video games to open his age-20 season and was promoted to Excessive-A Brooklyn to start this week. His 26 hits, 4 triples, 14 steals and 1.122 OPS nonetheless lead the Florida State League.
Nationals: Daylen Lile, OF (No. 9)
Should you hit, you’ll transfer. Lile has actually hit with a 14-game hitting streak for Double-A Harrisburg coming into Wednesday. He’s gone 23-for-62 (.371) with two homers, two triples and 4 doubles over that stretch, all whereas putting out solely 4 instances. And now he’s actually transferring with a visit as much as Triple-A Rochester lower than a month into his age-22 marketing campaign. The Nationals have a crowded outfield depth chart, however the left-handed slugger is elbowing his method into consideration for a glance this summer season forward of his Rule 5 eligibility within the offseason.
Phillies: Aroon Escobar, 2B/3B (No. 13)
Tip of the cap to Otto Kemp, who’s knocking on the large league door with 9 homers and a 1.139 OPS at Triple-A, however we’re going to provide the nod to the youthful man in A ball. Escobar is simply 20 and making his full-season debut look straightforward. The infielder has already set his profession excessive in house runs with 4, has a .357/.464/.600 line and is at the moment third within the Florida State League with a 1.064 OPS.
Brewers: Jesús Made, SS/3B (No. 2/MLB No. 52)
Made opened 0-for-9 over his first two video games for Single-A Carolina (contests sandwiched between an absence because of an ankle situation), and it may have been a sluggish begin for a 17-year-old pushed into the deep finish of full-season ball. A lot for that. The switch-hitter has gone 21-for-57 (.368) with three homers in 14 video games since then. His four-hit efficiency Tuesday tied a profession excessive for knocks in a sport and featured his newest dinger, an extended ball off the videoboard in left discipline. The Mudcats have Single-A’s (if not all the Minors’) most enjoyable lineup, and Made is their celebrity.
Cardinals: Travis Honeyman, OF (No. 24)
The previous Boston School star missed a lot of his first full season with shoulder points and acquired off to a delayed begin this yr with an April 11 debut. However he’s completed a lot to make up for misplaced time, opening with a nine-game hitting streak for Single-A Palm Seaside. Even when that got here to an finish Tuesday, he nonetheless reached base with two walks. Honeyman is 15-for-36 (.417) with an equal 5/5 Okay/BB ratio by way of 10 contests and will see Excessive-A Peoria earlier than lengthy in his age-23 marketing campaign.
Cubs: Moisés Ballesteros, C/1B (No. 4/MLB No. 65)
After successful the Cubs’ Minor League participant of the yr award in each 2023 and 2024, Ballesteros is trying to make it a trifecta. He is slashing .402/.459/.619 with 4 homers in 24 video games, pacing the Triple-A Worldwide League in batting and hits (39). Signed for $1.2 million out of Venezuela in 2021, he has nothing left to show offensively within the Minors however his protection remains to be a piece in progress.
Pirates: Konnor Griffin, SS/OF (No. 2/MLB No. 40)
Griffin is bound to hit some bumps alongside the way in which throughout his professional debut this yr with Single-A Bradenton, and he’ll have to preserve engaged on his method (29.2 % Okay fee and 6.7 pct BB fee), nevertheless it’s been enjoyable to see him faucet into his appreciable instruments already. The 19-year outdated is within the Florida State League high 5 in house runs (4), extra-base hits (9), complete bases (38) and steals (11) over his first 19 video games.
Reds: Héctor Rodríguez, OF (No. 11)
Rodríguez has at all times had a really feel for hitting, but in addition had an inclination to be overaggressive. He’s by no means swung and missed a lot (14.9 % profession Okay fee), however chased out of the zone quite a bit (40 % in 2024). Thus far this yr, that chase fee is at 23 %, in keeping with Synergy, an enormous cause why he’s slashing .365/.427/.514 and main the Southern League in hitting (second in OPS) in his first style of Double-A.
D-backs: Jordan Lawlar, INF (No. 1/MLB No. 10)
There’s been loads of consideration paid to the place Lawlar is enjoying defensively following shortstop Geraldo Perdomo’s extension with Arizona — it’s been numerous second base with some quick and third combined in — nevertheless it’s the bat that retains him within the dialog concerning the high prospects in baseball. Lawlar has been an extra-base-hit machine for Triple-A Reno with 20 (six homers, two triples, 12 doubles) in 27 video games, second-most within the Minors. He leads MiLB with 39 hits complete and sports activities a .365/.460/.682 line. The hitter-friendly environs assist, however Lawlar is taking benefit with good swing selections, first rate energy and the flexibility to tug fly balls.
Dodgers: Mike Sirota, OF (No. 20)
The grandnephew of Corridor of Famer Whitey Ford, Sirota went to the Reds within the third spherical of the 2024 Draft out of Northeastern and joined the Dodgers within the Gavin Lux commerce in January. A possible 20/20 heart fielder, he is destroying the California League in his professional debut, batting .361/.451/.672 in 15 video games and main the Single-A circuit in slugging, OPS (1.123) and extra-base hits (12).
Giants: Bo Davidson, OF (No. 9)
Signed for $50,000 as a nondrafted free agent out of Caldwell (N.C.) CC in 2023, Davidson posted a 1.042 OPS final season and is continuous to thrive within the Excessive-A Northwest League. He is slashing .339/.388/.565 with eight extra-base hits in 14 video games and exhibiting the potential for no less than stable instruments throughout the board.
Padres: Leo De Vries, SS (No. 1/MLB No. 17)
The 18-year-old was the youngest participant on a Excessive-A Opening Day roster in 2025, however he positive isn’t enjoying prefer it. A five-hit, two-homer cycle on April 22 was his largest spotlight of the season up to now for Fort Wayne, however he hasn’t stopped there, going 3-for-3 with a homer and a double Tuesday. De Vries leads the Midwest League with a .609 slugging proportion over 18 video games and ranks second with a .968 OPS, regardless of being greater than 4 years youthful than the common hitter on the circuit.
Rockies: Jared Thomas, OF (No. 12)
Thomas was considered the most effective pure hitters as a Draft-eligible sophomore popping out of Texas final yr and that’s why the Rockies took him within the second spherical. He’s lived as much as that billing up to now throughout his full-season debut with Excessive-A Spokane, placing up a .349/.462/.535 line over his first 22 video games. He tops the Northwest League in hits (30) and is second in common and third in OPS.
