Prospect Podcast: Prospects Climbing In Our August Top 30 Update
Baseball America's JJ Cooper and Ian Cundall walk through their August Top 30 update, arguing that trade-deadline moves and in-season data have reshuffled several systems more than raw rank numbers show — the Rays are so deep that pieces moving into their own 20-25 range slot top-15 to top-20 elsewhere, and the Orioles' Top 100 has completely turned over since preseason. Headline movers: Royals DSL prospect Gomez jumped directly from off the Top 100 into the top 50 in one update off a.348/.461/.591 line with elite underlying contact data; Nationals OF Samil Sarama and Twins SS Marek Houston also rose on data-backed breakouts; Orioles RHP JT Quinn sits at 15 despite being viewed as roughly an 80% bullpen bet; and Tigers C Eduardo Valencia moved into the mid-teens after Jake Rogers' DFA opened a backup-catcher path behind Dylan Dingler.
This is the super-short version — click for the full summary →