Baseball America and MLB PIpeline both released their final organization prospect rankings of the season this week, accounting for all signed draft picks and prospects who were traded (for), and when comparing them side by side, there isn't a whole lot of disagreement. Then again, it's hard to vary wildly when two top-10 lists share the same 10 names between them.
| BA | Rank | MLB |
|---|---|---|
| Roch Cholowsky | 1 | Roch Cholowsky |
| Caleb Bonemer | 2 | Caleb Bonemer |
| Billy Carlson | 3 | Billy Carlson |
| Hagen Smith | 4 | Hagen Smith |
| Tanner McDougal | 5 | Cole Prosek |
| Cole Prosek | 6 | Landon Thome |
| Landon Thome | 7 | Tanner McDougal |
| Joey Volchko | 8 | Jaden Fauske |
| Jaden Fauske | 9 | Joey Volchko |
| William Bergolla Jr. | 10 | William Bergolla Jr. |
The other takeaway is that these top 10 lists include three guys who have yet to make their professional debut, and another who was limited to 11 games. Ranking prospects is by definition a speculative exercise, but this system looks like it'll leave even more blanks than usual for everybody to fill in to the best of their abilities.
On a side note, Billy Carlson registers at No. 62 on MLB Pipeline's Top 100. It's not quite as bullish as Keith Law's ranking, but it seems like there are two schools of thought on his skill set -- one that places him comfortably inside a top-100 context, and one that leaves him out.
Rochester 5, Charlotte 2
- Junior Pérez was 0-for-3 with a walk.
- Noah Schultz: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 35 of 48 pitches for strikes.
Columbus 6, Birmingham 2
- Caleb Bonemer returned to the lineup after his three-HBP night and went 2-for-4 with a triple and a double.
- Anthony DePino was 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Colby Shelton, 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Ryan Burrowes went 1-for-3 with a strikeout and a stolen base.
- James Taussig, 0-for-3 with a K.
- Samuel Zavala was 1-for-3 with a double and a strikeout.
- Shane Murphy: 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 46 of 82 pitches for strikes.
Winston-Salem 9, Greensboro 4
- Nick McLain was 0-for-6 with a strikeout.
- Roch Cholowsky, 1-for-3 with a double, walk and sac fly.
- Javier Mogollón went 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- George Wolkow, 2-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Kyle Lodise homered twice, singled, walked, struck out and stole a base.
- Jeral Perez singled twice, walked once and struck out twice.
Kannapolis 4, Hickory 3
- Jaden Fauske went 1-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
- Matthew Boughton was 0-for-3 with a walk.
- Grayson Fitzwater went 2-for-4 witha homer.
- Alexander Albertus, 0-for3- with a walk.
DSL Rockies 19, DSL White Sox 18 (8 innings)
- Fernando Graterol went 1-for-4 with a double, walk, HBP, strikeout and stolen base.
- Sebastian Romero, 0-for-3 with a walk, HBP and two strikeouts.
- Ronald Cardozo was 2-for-4 with a homer, walk, strikeout and stolen base.
- Felix Lebrom was 1-for-3 with a double and two walks.
- Samuel Luis, 1-for-4 with a homer, walk and strikeout.
- Franchel Crisóstomo: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 HBP
