Prospect Watch: 15 National League minor-league players off to stellar starts in 2025 MLB season

Welcome to Prospect Watch, CBS Sports regularly checked on minor leagues. For those of views, we publish this feature every other week, replacing the American and National League farm systems.

This turns around, we focus on some strong seasonal performers for NL organizations. We will do the same exercises that al francies can come on May 16.

Let’s get to it.

Lawlar, my prese. 9 Prepect, Most of the last year is missing after the increase in minors due to thumb injuries. He performs his part to promote stimulation, hitting .381 / .470 / .690 with six household runs and 12 steals in 28 triple games. Lawlar’s ball tracking data is not so brilliant. Its average exit speed is below 90 miles / hours, and he smugs and can’t knock his results or his families. By condition, he remains healthy (not given in his career), that’s about when and not if he knows the big league.

The 35th election of the draft 2022 entered Ritin only 21 career performances in his name, Tommy John Surgery. He makes up the lost time, amounting to 1.93 Age and 2,56 strike-hike, at the top five exhibitions of high levels. RITCHIE cannot be missing on the bats that you can expect based on his age (his contact rate is about 75%), so it will be interesting how he departs on time when he leaves to double.

When I classified the second best prospect in the winter system, I highly appreciated his brilliant offensive game, but warned about his violent future. Balterces’ Ultimate Defensiving Home has yet to be decided. Miguel Amayan and Karson Kelly contributed to the hot start of Chicago, but his best position is clearly going to be in the dish. He struggles .402 / .459 / .619, 12 additional base hits and is almost as strolled as strikes through his first 24 games. At the same time, he has been more than 46% of more than 46% of 95 miles / hours speed or better. I am not sure how cubes are the tubes to fold the series in the coming months. I just know he is already squeezing that question.

Sanchez is not someone you’ll find at the top of the prospect list, but I decided to give him a nose because of the persecuted burns. He did it, while the period between the third foundation and the short period, and being more than a year younger than his average rival. Sanchez’s output speeds are better than its insufficient career. Unfortunately, he spins a lot and misses a lot, runs only 65% ​​contact rates, the holes located in the upper half of the zone. If Sanchez can improve in that regard, the reds can just have something here.

Kerabgh was fascinating, a polarizing prospect that exits San Diego province. Scouts I spoke when he fell around his defensive ability around the diamond, but I was not so sure that he had good strokes about his chances. It is interesting, then, that 1) the rocks mainly played him in the central field this season, and 2) hit 0,270 / .372 / .541. Unfortunately, Kerikg’s suburbs are not so encouraging as the situation. Conventional wisdom notes that it is not going to hit a lot of great value, but he can end this idea if they keep those signs long.

Sirota entered the legitimate first round last spring, despite being a small school player (he went to the northeast university) with a big rhythm. He fell after the third stage after the hard start, and the reds traded him on offsau (as part of the Gavin Lux transaction) before he even appeared in the game with the organization. Sirota is a hot start with its new club, swimming .333 / .421 / .621 with the 12th major hits in the age-old California League. He shakes a quarter of time, but he is worth considering the unpackable achievement of his past and Dodgers.

Alderman slipped the second stage of the 2023 project about its hit tool and its defensive value. One thing was clear and stayed now. He is strong. He heads Marlins’ double-daughter at home (four) and set the second one through its first 21 games. More promiscible, he cut his scout level from 24.4% to 19.3%, maintaining his contact rate. Marlins have no competitive reasons to rush her to show, but she will discuss this year later or next year, if she behave.

Was made in this piece if he knew about him he hit .329 / .420 / .529 with seven high base hits. That he hits so well, as well as 17-year-old (next week’s 18 years old) in the Carolina League, where the average player is over 20 years old, an incredibly promising sign for his future. And, by the way, I mentioned that he was left-handed. Get used to seeing and listening to his name. He is going to be a device on promising lists as long as he is debut.

I gave up as my minor league breakdown, noting that he has an unusual game that has an extreme release point and riding fund. These properties have given him the opportunity to start this season at the rate of 3.63 times and 40.5%. Tong walks more battles than it’s typical of (11 to 11), but if he can climb his lands more often, he will present his lands later this season.

Escobar, 20 years old, has given good life outside of life. He hit .360 / .461 / .627 five households with five households and five more couples in Florida State League Games. Escobar has shown a real force, about 60% of his Master’s balls, cleaning 95 miles / hours. Although his average starting angle is in one digits, some of his hardest blow pellets have been in the trail that puts it well for his home production. Escobar saw most of his work in a key stone city, but Philins continued to continue him at the third core. He is a very interesting player, everyone told, and he is like a man who has the opportunity to present the top of Phillies’ prospects.

Griffin was one of the most effective players of last year’s project. Instrumental right hand athletic with a predictable frame. He slipped the pirates due to the concerns No. 9, and while he has not yet mitigated those fears (he has been piercing 28 times), he has shown that Pittsburgh has expressed a desire to risk. Griffin hits .65 / .333 / .518 Three-growing balls cleaned 110 miles / hours, including 114 km / h. It will give him one of the 20 highest maximum speeds of major majors this season, thinking only 19 weeks ago. There is a real opportunity for him to develop in the star-caliber performer if he can find his strikes in the long run.

De Vies continues to assure him as potentially preparation. He is a switch shortstop, which hits at the age of 18.306 / .378 / .625, four home runs and eight additional additional base in his first 19th games. Remember that the average West League’s average player has been more than four years than its captain. Doesn’t that not only do that De Vries makes it more impressive, but it makes it easier to forgive her reckless 1.67 percussion ratio. If you are not all in him already, fix it soon.

Davidson is a free non-released free agent that boasts with raw power and promise with central quality athleticism. He opened in this season .339 / .403 / .554 in three home runs and five pairs in his first 15 games. Davidson’s contact rate is over this year, even since he is more likely to pull the ball than he did in 2024.

Last summer, the cardiners in the sixth round through Inc. It’s too early to know that he will fall as steal, but he is in the first 19 play with six household functions (and eight other additional base). More than half of his matsal balls were presented at exit speed 95 miles / hours, and he was connected to almost three quarters of his rhythm, despite the rhythm-happy approach. Stay tuned.

Lomavita has closed the 39th election in the 39th election in the last summer. His Topin’s results have so far ratified that decision, as he hit 0.302 / .397 / .365. I think that there are chains in the big chances of great opportunities for its common opportunities to do this. Lomavita rarely goes for a walk, and she has not yet given a lot of temptation of games (she is still two outgoing base hits.) Usually, you expect that profile will accompany the top-sparse ball skills. This is not the case here, because he makes about 30% rhythm and the missed exchange rate. Of course, the attacking bar is ever low for hunters, so Lomavita will not demand a lot to clean it. For now, I have not seen any reason that non-believers change their minds.