Minor League Rankings 2022

Thursday, June 09 2022 @ 10:05 PM EDT

Contributed by: John Northey

Yeah, this is months late, but many lists didn't come out until very late, then I held off due to games every day. With a day off I finally put this together.

First the summary of players from the 14 lists I found. I figured best to combine the results to get a 'groupthink' and to find as many prospects as possible. Scores are based on 30 for #1, 29 for #2...21 for #10, 15 for 11-20, 5 for 21-30, 1 for below #30 including 'also of note' guys (Batters Box had Bowden Francis, Hayden Juenger, Maximo Castillo, Dasan Brown, Will Robertson, Addison Barger, Kyle Johnston, Dahian Santos, Gabriel Martinez, Nick Frasso, Kendry Rojas, Graham Spraker, Thomas Ruwe, and Yosver Zulueta as 'also of note' - dang that is getting long). Sites used were...

Some are behind paywalls - in which case I used what I heard from others was on their lists or if I subscribe I just put the list in. Paywalls are a pain but that allows some of these sites to exist - if you really enjoy a site, please pay for it (although this one is free). If anyone wants to give me the missing guys from ones I don't pay for I'll add them in and adjust this table to show those results. I'm not listing the top 30 by site this time as that requires breaking their paywalls which I'd rather not do. Summation of their results I feel lands under 'fair use' especially since I'm providing links to their sites.
WhoScore1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
11-20
21-3030+Made a list
Gabriel Moreno 420 14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14
Orelvis Martinez 404 -- 12 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14
Jordan Groshans 386 -- 1 7 5 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14
Otto Lopez 285 -- -- 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 -- -- 12
Ricky Tiedemann 276 -- -- -- -- 2 3 1 -- 2 1 4 -- -- 13
Gunnar Hoglund 269 -- -- 2 5 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10
Manuel Beltre 254 -- -- -- -- 2 -- 2 1 2 2 3 -- -- 12
Sem Robberse 230 -- -- -- -- 1 -- 2 1 1 1 6 -- -- 12
Leo Jimenez 227 -- -- -- 2 1 1 2 1 -- 1 2 -- -- 10
Kevin Smith 215 -- -- 1 -- 1 1 1 1 2 -- 3 -- -- 10
CJ Van Eyk 215 -- -- -- -- -- 1 1 2 -- -- 8 -- -- 12
Samad Taylor 204 -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- 3 2 -- 4 1 1 12
Miguel Hiraldo 190 -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- 2 1 6 2 -- 12
Adam Kloffenstein 186 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- 1 -- 9 1 -- 12
Estiven Machado 181 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 -- -- 9 -- -- 11
Rikelbin De Castro 163 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- 9 1 -- 11
Irv Carter 146 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 8 1 -- 10
Nate Pearson 110 -- 1 1 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4
Hagen Danner 92 -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- 3 4 2 10
Spencer Horwitz 81 -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- 3 2 1 7
Eric Pardinho 81 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 4 1 9
Zach Logue 72 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 2 4 1 8
Chad Dallas 71 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 5 1 9
Adrian Hernandez 62 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 3 2 8
Dasan Brown 59 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 2 4 9
Victor Mesia 58 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 2 3 8
Dahian Santos 57 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 2 2 7
Hayden Juenger 53 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 1 3 7
Kendry Rojas 52 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 4 2 8
Yosver Zulueta 50 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 -- 5 8
Yhoangel Aponte 49 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1 2 3 7
Bowden Francis 47 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 3 2 7
Joey Murray 43 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 5 3 9
Tanner Morris 38 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 4 3 8
Trent Palmer 33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6 3 9
Luis Meza 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1 2 4
Gabriel Martinez 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1 2 4
Vinny Capra 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- 3 4
Sebastian Espino 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 2 5
Josh Palacios 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 2 5
Chavez Young 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 2 5
Kyle Johnston 16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- 1 2
Luis Garcia 16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 1 4
Nick Frasso 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 4 5
Zac Cook 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 3 4
Will Robertson 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 3 4
Luis Quiñones 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1 2
Cristian Feliz 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1 2
Kirby Snead 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- 1
Addison Barger 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 4
Maximo Castillo 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 3
Cameron Eden 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 3
Amell Brazoban 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 3
Steward Berroa 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 3
Graham Spraker 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 2
Rafael Lantigua 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 2
Rainer Nunez 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 2
Thomas Ruwe 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Yeuni Munoz 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Zach Britton 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Gregory Cano 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Jackson Rees 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Marcos De La Rosa 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Angel Del Rosario 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Jonathan Peguero 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Peniel Brito 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Martin Gimenez 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Phil Clarke 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
PK Morris 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Damiano Palmegiani 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1

Note: Moreno #1 across the board, no shock. Baseball Prospectus and Baseball America didn't put Orelvis Martinez 2nd (Jordan Groshans & Nate Pearson respectively instead). Gunnar Hoglund either loved (3/4/5) or hated (not listed by 4). I figure many felt Nate Pearson doesn't count anymore, but some did thus his weird score. FanGraphs putting Kirby Snead #26 is the highest for a guy named on only 1 list.

Top 100 lists made...
Much shorter list of course. I'm sure others are out there, but those were the big ones I got.

By player...
Quite the debate there on Orelvis Martinez - from #16 (ESPN) to #75 (Baseball America). Looking at raw numbers I really don't see why Moreno was ranked lower than the O's big guy Adley Rutschman (#1 by everyone) as Moreno is younger by 2 years (massive factor in projection), has hit better, but did have injury issues. Still, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me with the age spread and Rutschman having a 26 OPS+ before today (didn't start) doesn't help his cause.

So that was the view on Jays prospects pre-2022 starting (or in some cases as 2022 started). Should be interesting to see how these kids do in a few years.

2019's summary: I went into a lot more detail there, but such is life. Top 3 we all know - Vlad, Bo, Jansen. Pearson was #4, Groshans #5, Biggio #9, Orelvis Martinez #15 (no one had him higher than #12), Jordan Romano was named only once (#19 by the Batters Box crew - good going guys!)

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