5 Dodgers have been named to ESPN's checklist of the 100 greatest prospects coming into the 2024 season, a quintet above teenage outfielder Josue De Paula plus an look by catcher Diego Cartaya.
5 are probably the most Dodgers to date for any nationwide prospect checklist, with ESPN the one checklist to this point to incorporate Cartaya.
Cartaya was the Dodgers' greatest prospect earlier than final season, with a median rating of twenty first within the sport, however he had a nightmare 2023, hitting solely .189/.278/.379 with a 71 wRC+ and 19 residence runs for Double -A. Tulsa, though at solely 21 years outdated he was among the many youngest gamers within the Texas League.
McDaniel ranks Cartaya because the eighty fifth greatest prospect in baseball:
He's nonetheless a stable common defensive catcher with a better arm and it's considerably frequent for catching prospects to have a down yr combined into an in any other case clear resume, so I'm not promoting all my Cartaya inventory. I’ve him as a .240 to .250 hitter with a stable method, 15-20 homers and stable protection; he’s nonetheless a newbie and fairly good.
We're all the way down to 4 nationwide retailers unveiling their prime 100 prospects this yr, with ESPN's Kiley McDaniel's checklist becoming a member of Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus and MLB Pipeline. Seven totally different Dodgers have been named to a minimum of one in every of these lists.
Depth is the principle power of the Dodgers' prospect pool, with a number of others outdoors the highest 100 however nonetheless with an opportunity to contribute, even this season, together with a number of at present on the 40-man roster. River Ryan, that’s no but on the 40-man roster, he didn’t make a prime 100 checklist yr, however was among the many subsequent 15 prospects outdoors of Baseball America's prime 100, and was among the many 10 outdoors of Baseball America's prime 101 Prospectus.
De Paula additionally simply missed the BA checklist, however was additionally ranked forty eighth by BP. McDaniel rated De Paula 68th, making him the highest-ranked Dodger on this prospect checklist.
De Paula was signed by the Dodgers in January 2022, has a .417 on-base proportion in 563 plate appearances, already has a full season of affiliate baseball underneath his belt, and isn’t but 19 years outdated. to Could He’s hitting .284/.396/.372 with a 118 wRC+ for Low-A Rancho Cucamonga in 2023.
McDaniel says: “De Paula appears to be one of the best of the [2022 international] group proper now and the thrill is that he's the one untouchable prospect within the Dodgers' system.”
Dodgers on 2024 top-100 prospect checklist
| Participant | Pos | 2024 age | 2023 excessive degree | B.A | BP | ESPN | MLB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participant | Pos | 2024 age | 2023 excessive degree | B.A | BP | ESPN | MLB |
| Dalton Speeding | C | 23 | Excessive-A | 50 | 36 | 75 | 75 |
| Nick Frasso | RHP | 25 | Triple-A | 97 | 67 | 86 | 80 |
| Jose De Paula | OF | 19 | Low-A | 101-115 | 48 | 68 | |
| Andy Pages | OF | 23 | Triple-A | 96 | 87 | ||
| Thayron Liranzo | C | 20 | Low-A | 70 | |||
| Gavin Stone | RHP | 25 | MLB | 82 | |||
| Diego Cartaya | C | 22 | Double-A | 85 |
