Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the San Diego Padres. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as my own observations. This is the sixth year we’re delineating between two anticipated relief roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see in the “position” column below: MIRP for multi-inning relief pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning relief pitchers. The ETAs listed generally correspond to the year a player has to be added to the 40-man roster to avoid being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Manual adjustments are made where they seem appropriate, but we use that as a rule of thumb.
A quick overview of what FV (Future Value) means can be found here. A much deeper overview can be found here.
All of the ranked prospects below also appear on The Board, a resource the site offers featuring sortable scouting information for every organization. It has more details (and updated TrackMan data from various sources) than this article and integrates every team’s list so readers can compare prospects across farm systems. It can be found here. Read the rest of this entry »
Brendan Gawlowski: Usual housekeeping items… Last week I published the Royals list, so give that a look if you haven’t already. Eric and James are working on the Cubs right now and I’m most of the way down the trail on Padres. We’re gunning to publish both this week.
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Brendan Gawlowski: I suspect Giants will follow those two before we pivot to the Florida teams to finish things out.
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Brendan Gawlowski: Let’s get to it
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drplantwrench: the angels bullpen is a goddamn disaster, and only partially because of injuries. is there anyone in their minor league system that could provide backup?
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Brendan Gawlowski: They’re thin, particularly if they’re going to use Urena as a starter. I was surprised Cody Laweryson didn’t stick, as he’s a perfectly fine fungible reliever, but he’s also hurt now, so.
Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Kansas City Royals. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as my own observations. This is the sixth year we’re delineating between two anticipated relief roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see in the “position” column below: MIRP for multi-inning relief pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning relief pitchers. The ETAs listed generally correspond to the year a player has to be added to the 40-man roster to avoid being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Manual adjustments are made where they seem appropriate, but we use that as a rule of thumb.
A quick overview of what FV (Future Value) means can be found here. A much deeper overview can be found here.
All of the ranked prospects below also appear on The Board, a resource the site offers featuring sortable scouting information for every organization. It has more details (and updated TrackMan data from various sources) than this article and integrates every team’s list so readers can compare prospects across farm systems. It can be found here. Read the rest of this entry »
Brendan Gawlowski: Hello everybody. A little list housekeeping to start… I wrote up the Rangers system yesterday, and Eric tackled Sacramento last week. He’s currently working on the Nationals and I’m writing up Kansas City. Hopefully both will be live by this time next week.
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Brendan Gawlowski: I also went out to Everett last week and wrote up some notes on a few Top 100 guys — Farmelo, Bremner, Celesten — and a few other guys, including Luke Stevenson, who has a chance to make the list on our next update.
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Brendan Gawlowski: It appears Johnny Level has homered again
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Brendan Gawlowski: I’ll have Brecht and the Spokane/Vancouver game in the background, maybe we can all follow along with that together too
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Brendan Gawlowski: Otherwise, let’s get going
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Insert Witty Name Here: Have you watched Painter’s games at all this year? SSS of course, but curious to know how you think he looks.
I made it out to Everett a couple of times last week, drawn by the chance to watch three of our Top 100 prospects and a couple of other notable farmhands. My thoughts on seven of the standouts are below.
Tyler Bremner, RHP, Angels
Bremner was as advertised. He’s a loose athlete with, odd front leg swing as he starts his motion aside, a clean and easy delivery. He ticked every number on the gun from 93-98 mph, flashed an above-average slider, and most importantly, missed a half dozen bats with his 70-FV changeup. On the night, he struck out four, walked three, allowed one hit, and only one or two hard-hit balls. It’s what an early first-round pick should do against a decent High-A lineup.
If we’re going to pick nits, I wouldn’t focus on the walks too much, as Bremner was battling a muddy mound on a cold night. He nibbles a bit and likes to entice hitters off the plate. He does this on the changeup especially, and it’s fair to wonder if big leaguers will bite to the same degree college and low minors hitters have thus far. Despite the velo, he only missed two bats with the fastball and none with the slider, which raises questions about where he’ll turn on days when hitters aren’t chasing the cambio. Ultimately, I don’t have long-term concerns. He still projects as a no. 3 or 4 starter, but the night underscored the importance of continuing to develop his slider and fastball command. Whether that’s a job best done at this level or a rung up is above my pay grade.
Jonny Farmelo, CF, Mariners
Farmelo put together two solid at-bats against Bremner. He didn’t reach base, but managed to turn around an upper-90s fastball up and in and line it to right in his first trip up, and then hit a hard line drive to left in his second plate appearance. He got out in front of fastballs a couple times this week and showed enough barrel manipulation to stay competitive on pitches up, even with his fairly long bat path. Perhaps most encouragingly for a player who has battled a lot of injuries as a pro, he still looks like a 70 runner, and he also made a nice read and leaping catch at the wall in center. Read the rest of this entry »
Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Texas Rangers. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as my own observations. This is the sixth year we’re delineating between two anticipated relief roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see in the “position” column below: MIRP for multi-inning relief pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning relief pitchers. The ETAs listed generally correspond to the year a player has to be added to the 40-man roster to avoid being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Manual adjustments are made where they seem appropriate, but we use that as a rule of thumb.
A quick overview of what FV (Future Value) means can be found here. A much deeper overview can be found here.
All of the ranked prospects below also appear on The Board, a resource the site offers featuring sortable scouting information for every organization. It has more details (and updated TrackMan data from various sources) than this article and integrates every team’s list so readers can compare prospects across farm systems. It can be found here. Read the rest of this entry »
Brendan Gawlowski: Nice that we have some actual minor league games to go off of. I’m sure we’ll all responsibly digest the first week without getting too excited and overreacting to oh who am I kidding
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Brendan Gawlowski: Housekeeping: Meg has been taking a much deserved few days off, which may complicate the publish dates, but my understanding is that Eric is very close to producing an A’s list and I’m nearly there on Rangers. Look for those soon.
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Brendan Gawlowski: Let’s get to it
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Guest: It’s only 3 innings but apparently Landen Maroudis was back to 94-96 and throwing strikes. How much would that change his outlook to get back to his ‘24 self, top 100 type arm talent?
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Brendan Gawlowski: I don’t know about T100 but very encouraging first start, I was really worried for him. Couldn’t throw strikes, stuff down, looked bad in 2025.
Brendan Gawlowski: Just a little housekeeping to start… I published the Rockies list yesterday, kind of a weird/volatile system, pretty interesting and a little better than I thought it would look going in.
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Brendan Gawlowski: I covered the Cooper Pratt extension here. It appears y’all are already having a party in the comments there.
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Brendan Gawlowski: Upcoming: Eric is rolling on A’s, I’ve started up on Rangers.
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Brendan Gawlowski: And, most pertinently for this chat… I watched Jonah Tong’s start last week in prep for the avalanche.
