Archive for Prospects

Miami Marlins Top 53 Prospects

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June 18, 2026
Thomas White Photo: Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union/USA Today Network via Imagn Images

Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Miami Marlins. 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 Prospects Chat: 6/16/26

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June 16, 2026
2:01
Brendan Gawlowski: Hello everybody
2:01
Brendan Gawlowski: Since we last did this, Eric and James published a Twins list.
2:02
Brendan Gawlowski: I have been working furiously on the Marlins. That’ll go either tomorrow or Thursday but it’s essentially done.
2:02
Brendan Gawlowski: Which leaves just the Rays and this will all be over.
2:02
Brendan Gawlowski: For now let’s do this
2:03
Chris: Is James Tibbs III a Top 50 prospect at this point?

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Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat: 6/12/26

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June 12, 2026
12:32
Eric A Longenhagen: Friday chat fam, what’s up? Hello from the kitchen island in Tempe as monsoon season looks like it has arrived early and we’re in line for some rain today.
12:33
Eric A Longenhagen: I wrote up the Twins with James this week. Two more orgs to go before we’re done with all 30. I’m starting on Rays this weekend, Brendan is doing Marlins. Pretty exciting stuff! Let’s see what you’ve got for me today…
12:33
WarrenJ: Happy to see Merphy Hernandez in your Twins writeup, even as an honorable mention.  Yohandy Morales isn’t a favorite of the prospect community, but he’s hitting 339/415/596 at Rochester.  Don’t the Nationals have to give him a try soon?
12:34
Eric A Longenhagen: Merphy can play some defense, man. I share in the Yohandy skepticism but think he’s in line for trial after Garcia is traded.
12:34
muenstertruck: No real question, but I’m excited that Daniel Espino finally got the call. I can’t imagine his stuff is quite as electric as it was before the injuries, but he’s still bumping 100 in the minors and the story behind it is amazing.
12:36
Eric A Longenhagen: He’s going to be a higher leverage reliever, I think. Sitting 96-100 with plus vert, slider generating plus miss. Ryan Helsley look to the mechanics. Hunter Harvey type trajectory for Espino.

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Minnesota Twins Top 50 Prospects

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June 12, 2026
Walker Jenkins Photo: Jonah Hinebaugh/Naples Daily News/USA Today Network-Florida

Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Minnesota Twins. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as our 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 Prospects Chat: 6/9/26

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June 9, 2026
2:01
Brendan Gawlowski: Hello everybody
2:01
Brendan Gawlowski: As you all undoubtedly saw, I published the Giants list last week.
2:03
Brendan Gawlowski: Eric and James are working furiously on the Twins. I’m about 20 players into the Marlins system, that’s gonna be a long one. I see a path for us to have TB and Miami done next week and be finished with the whole kit and kaboodle but those are both deep systems so we’ll see.
2:03
Brendan Gawlowski: I’ve Isotopes/Rainiers fired up in the background
2:03
Brendan Gawlowski: Let’s go
2:04
Phillip Denny: What’s your 2/5 of the way through the season evaluation of the DePodesta regime in CO?

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Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat: 6/5/26

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June 5, 2026
12:02
Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning, y’all. Sorry for the slight delay, had a cat w/ bird situation to handle just as we were supposed to start.
12:03
Eric A Longenhagen: (bird was bleeding a bit but also flew away just now so…yay?)
12:03
miggy80: Nice to see a very young cubs overslot doing well, what is Hartshorns ceiling as of right now?
12:05
Eric A Longenhagen: Everyday 1B driven by OBP and contact, more doubles pop than huge raw. Like 55 hit, 50 power, plus plate discipline. Don’t think he’s a 30+ homer guy. We considered 50’ing him when he did Cubs, but thought the 45 was more in line with the value of the profile when it’s in A-ball.
12:05
alec_eiffel: Hey, a Dax Kilby sighting at the Rookie league! Just stay healthy kid!
12:05
Eric A Longenhagen: Wooot, now go hit please.

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San Francisco Giants Top 50 Prospects

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June 5, 2026
Robert Edwards-Imagn Images

Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the San Francisco Giants. 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 »


Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects

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June 3, 2026
Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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 Prospects Chat: 6/2/26

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June 2, 2026
2:00
Brendan Gawlowski: Hello everybody. I’ve been told that in this chat, only folks with an account are able to ask questions. It’s a new system. DA has invited us all to share the following statement about that: “We’re trying out a new system where you’re required to log in to FanGraphs to ask a question. You don’t need to be a Member, but you do need to have an account, just like you need an account to comment on any article. We’ll see how it goes. If you have feedback, feel free to just leave it as a question, or you can send a note to support@fangraphs.com.”
2:01
Brendan Gawlowski: Looks like a lot of you aren’t having problems, but perhaps it’s a better day than normal for you regulars to submit a few questions. We’ll see!
2:02
Brendan Gawlowski: Housekeeping: I’m working furiously on Giants, Eric is almost done with Pirates, James is battling on a Twins list.
2:02
Brendan Gawlowski: our milb.tv game of the day is Springfield-Frisco. I’ve got my eye on Rafe Perich in particular, a guy I kinda liked on the backfields in ’25. He crushed High-A this year and is now up in AA.
2:02
Brendan Gawlowski: And away we go
2:03
P: You and Eric both talked about the the ball possibly being juiced at Double A and below on your chats last week.  Have pitching prospects across the board performed worse this season because of it?  I’ve been wondering why the Braves hitters seem to be raking this year, but the pitchers don’t seem to be.

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Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat – 2026 Regional Edition

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May 29, 2026
12:04
Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning from Tempe on a gorgeous Friday, I’m excited to overeat baseball today. I’ve got Squeeze Play on but the Kentucky/Wake game is the big one starting shortly, so if you have to pick one I suggest that.
12:05
YardGoat: Hey Eric, do you have a prediction for who makes it to Omaha?
12:09
Eric A Longenhagen: Last week I mentioned Georgia Tech, UCLA, Auburn. Auburn’s path was made easier by the way the brackets shook out. If I’m looking for a deeper seed to sneak in it’s coming from the Chapel Hill and Lincoln regionals.
12:10
Justin Krupp: Have you seen Luis Hernandez in person this year or heard anything from scouts to lend context (good or bad) to what hes done so far this year?
12:12
Eric A Longenhagen: Yeah, like six times. I like him, I don’t think he has the enormous physical tools of a guy who we eventually rank 3rd or anything like that. He’s a skilled, smaller player who gets a lot out of his body because of how well he rotates.
12:13
Eric A Longenhagen: Do they not have velos in Morgantown? Lemme crack the trackman real quick…

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