BA Top 30 - Rise/Fall

[DirtySox]

Baseball America summarized movement in each team's top 30 prospect list. See below for the blurbs.

Up:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/players-making-significant-jumps-up-june-top-30-prospects-lists/

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Jonathan Cannon, RHP (No. 11 to No. 7)

Last year’s third-round pick from Georgia, Cannon has impressed talent evaluators with his fastball command and the ability to hold his velocity deep into games.

Terrell Tatum, OF (No. 24 to No. 13)

Tatum has added strength and is showing good bat-to-ball skills, to go with a very high walk rate that gets him on base better than 40% of the time, allowing him to use his plus-plus speed.

Jacob Burke, OF (NR to No. 20)

The White Sox 11th-round pick from Miami in 2022 was expected to be more of a high-energy outfielder able to play all three positions, but early returns from his first 100 at-bats at Low-A Kannapolis show that he may have more potential with the bat then projected.

Down:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/players-making-significant-moves-down-june-top-30-prospects-lists/

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Norge Vera, RHP (No. 8 to No. 18)

Vera’s high-90s velocity from early last season disappeared as the 2022 season progressed and has not yet returned in 2023, more often pitching in the low 90s and struggling to land his pitches for strikes. The native of Cuba failed to get out of the first inning in both of his starts for High-A Winston-Salem, and is now back at the White Sox complex in Arizona recovering from a lower back strain.

Kohl Simas, RHP (No. 13 to No. 23)

A pick to click in 2022, Simas has struggled at High-A Winston-Salem, with observers noting that the righthander added weight in the offseason, lost some of his athleticism and arm speed and has seen his stuff dip below-average.

Yolbert Sanchez, 2B (No. 23 to NR)

Signed from Cuba in 2019, Sanchez early on looked like a middle infielder who could get on base and deliver consistently high batting averages, but it’s now mostly weak contact resulting in a lot of ground balls and low walk rates. Sanchez is already 26, so this may be his ceiling.

 

Edited June 22, 2023 by DirtySox