Welcome to our first team-by-team MLB prospect rankings big board!

We’ve already ranked the top 100 prospects in the sport, identified breakout stars from the next tier of prospects and compared how all 30 farm systems stack up for the 2025 season. Now it’s time to rank the top 10 prospects in every system.

Below you will find the rankings for your favorite team, along with a player I’m most watching going into the season, and all 30 of these lists will be updated regularly throughout the 2025 season.

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AL East

Baltimore Orioles

Farm system ranking: 14th ($207 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Forret and Gibson

The O’s have a wealth of pretty interesting pitchers who have a standout skill or two or are big league-ready, and most of them were close to anonymous as draft prospects. Baltimore prefers to stack position players with their early draft picks and then play a quantity game with pitchers late in the draft.

Forret and Gibson have risen to the top from that pool of pitchers. Neither is a slam-dunk starter per se, but both have a shot and both have real stuff: Forrett has four above-average pitches headlined by his sinker/slider combo while Gibson has a plus-flashing (and distinctly different) collection of breakers between his slider, sweeper and curveball.


Boston Red Sox

Farm system ranking: 4th ($278 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Yoeilin Cespedes, SS

Cespedes is listed at 5-foot-8, isn’t a standout runner or defender and may end up at second base long-term, but he can really hit and has 20+ homer upside. Keep an eye on him with his full season minor league debut coming in 2025. Varela is my sleeper/pick to click on the pitching side.


New York Yankees

Farm system ranking: 21st ($166 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Henry Lalane, LHP

Lalane is a 6-foot-7 lefty who had a breakout year in 2023 but took a step back in 2024 because of shoulder soreness. At his best, his velocity is in the mid-90s, his breaking ball flashes above average, his changeup is plus and he has starter traits. Last season, his velocity was understandably down, so 2025 will be a big season to right the ship. He is also Rule 5 draft eligible in December, despite having just 34 domestic regular-season innings under his belt.


Tampa Bay Rays

Farm system ranking: 5th ($270 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Dylan Lesko, RHP

Lesko was one of the top prep pitching prospects in recent memory before undergoing Tommy John surgery just ahead of the 2022 draft. His upside remains intact, but his command has been bad thus far in pro ball. Tampa Bay scooped him up in a deadline trade with the Padres for Jason Adam, and there is real upside if the Rays can solve his command issues, which is something they have done before — including with Tyler Glasnow.


Toronto Blue Jays

Farm system ranking: 24th ($151 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Johnny King, LHP and Landen Maroudis, RHP

King is a personal favorite of mine who got $1.5 million in the 2024 draft out of a south Florida high school, while Maroudis got $1.5 million out of a central Florida high school in the 2023 draft. Maroudis is returning from elbow surgery, and King will be making his pro debut; both have midrotation upside and are picks to click this season.

AL Central

Chicago White Sox

Farm system ranking: 2nd ($313 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Taylor

Taylor had trouble throwing strikes in high school and in his freshman season at LSU, then needed Tommy John surgery before his second year in Baton Rouge, after he was showing strides in command in fall practice. The White Sox gambled by drafting him in the second round before he had returned from surgery based on that fall progress, and he rewarded them by striking out 32 and walking two in his pro debut in 2024. He headed to the Arizona Fall League after that, and his command issues popped up again as he posted a 13-to-7 strikeout-to-walk ratio. If the regular season performance before his AFL struggles is close to his 2025 performance, Taylor will be on next winter’s top 100.


Cleveland Guardians

Farm system ranking: 11th ($213 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Braylon Doughty, RHP and Joey Oakie, RHP

These two prep righties signed for more than $4.5 million as the top two pitchers in the Guardians’ massive 2024 draft haul. Neither has pitched in an official pro game yet, but both have top-100 potential. Oakie is 6-foot-3 with high-octane stuff and a real shot to start, while Doughty is 6-foot-1 with 3,000-plus rpm breaking pitches that headline a midrotation profile.


Detroit Tigers

Farm system ranking: 3rd ($298 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Ethan Schiefelbein, LHP

I loved Schiefelbein in my look at him last spring before the Tigers gave him $1.8 million after the second round. What stood out most to me was the Zack Greinke-esque way that he toyed with hitters, adding and subtracting to every pitch in velocity and shape. He has the classic projection characteristics that indicate more stuff is coming and the feel for the game to make the most out of his stuff if it ends up being fringy.


Kansas City Royals

Farm system ranking: 22nd ($163 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Blake Wolters, RHP and Yandel Ricardo, SS

These are K.C.’s No 11 and No. 12 prospects, two high-upside types I need to see a little more from before they break into the top 10, which is made up mostly of accomplished players who will be in the upper minors in 2025.

Wolters is a classic big, multisport, power righty with starter traits who hasn’t quite put the pieces together in pro ball just yet. Ricardo also signed for a big bonus ($2.4 million) as a switch-hitting shortstop with power potential and showed some flashes in the DSL last year, but he needs more time to develop.


Minnesota Twins

Farm system ranking: 6th ($257 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: ConnorPrielipp

Prielipp had Tommy John surgery in spring 2021 at Alabama, returning to throw a few bullpens before he went in the second round of the 2022 draft. Two appearances into his pro career, he needed another elbow surgery, this time an internal brace procedure, and he returned to the mound in July.

Prielipp still has a plus-plus slider along with a 55-grade heater and changeup, which would profile him as a frontline starter if his command was a grade better with demonstrated durability. He has a chance to do that in 2025, but I’d bet he ends up being a strong reliever who can go multiple innings, if needed.

AL West

Athletics

Farm system ranking: 23rd ($160 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Steven Echavarria, RHP

Echavarria is a prototypical projectable right-hander with a fluid arm action and the makings of three above-average pitches as a teenager, which is why the A’s signed him for $3 million in the 2023 draft. His pro debut in 2024 was just OK, but that could just mean his development is a slower burn. Echavarria could jump way up these rankings with progress in 2025.


Houston Astros

Farm system ranking: 30th ($104 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Brito

Brito started his pro career in the DSL last season and ended it in Low-A, so 2025 could be his breakout into the mainstream prospect conversation. He has some starter traits and two potentially plus pitches in his four-seam fastball and sweeper.


Los Angeles Angels

Farm system ranking: 28th ($129 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Dylan Jordan, RHP

Jordan was one of my picks to click from the summer showcase circuit, with solid feel for a low-90s sinker and an above-average breaking ball coming from an Aaron Nola-like arm slot with his 6-foot-3 frame. He’ll need to progress with a third pitch and command, but the pieces are here for a No. 3 or No. 4 starter, which is why the Angels gave him $1.25 million in the fifth round last summer.


Seattle Mariners

Farm system ranking: 7th ($241 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: McGraw

McGraw enters the spring healthy after undergoing Tommy John surgery in college and experiencing tightness in his arm late last season. He has easy top 100 upside with a healthy season as he has two above-average shapes to his fastball, a plus-plus sweeper and a plus changeup. He has made only four pro appearances, though, and his command may force him into a relief role. Monitor 24-year-old 2024 seventh-rounder RHP Brock Moore as a sleeper, due to his plus-plus fastball/sweeper combo.


Texas Rangers

Farm system ranking: 16th ($192 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Paulino Santana, CF, and Braylin Morel, LF

There is a wealth of interesting outfielders at the tail end of this list and in the next half-dozen players after that, including both of these prospects. Santana had a loud pro debut in the DSL with a wide base of skills and good sense of the strike zone while Morel is a corner-only type with lesser on-base skills than Santana, but real raw power with feel to get to it in games, despite just turning 19 years old.

NL East

Atlanta Braves

Farm system ranking: 27th ($133 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Ritchie

Ritchie was trending like a top 100 arm in his first four outings of 2023, showing three above-average pitches and above-average command, but his season was ended early by Tommy John surgery. He returned late in 2024 and looked solid. Now 2025 will determine when it’s fair to judge if he has picked back up where he left off before the injury.


Miami Marlins

Farm system ranking: 15th ($197 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Deyvison De Los Santos, 1B and Dax Fulton, LHP

De Los Santos was acquired in the A.J. Puk deal last year amid his minor league leading 40 home run season, which was mostly in Triple-A. He’ll play in the big leagues this year and I don’t know if it’ll all work because even though he has massive raw power and some feel for the bat head, it comes with a terrible approach and not much defensive value. Fulton is returning this year from his second elbow surgery, but was showing plus stuff before being injured in 2023 so he could be a real big league factor by 2026.


New York Mets

Farm system ranking: 9th ($222 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Elian Pena, SS

Pena signed for $5 million, the second-biggest bonus in the recently opened international signing period behind only Roki Sasaki’s. He isn’t an impact runner or defender, so I’ll assume he ends up at third base, but there’s real potential at the plate, so I’m expecting a loud pro debut in 2025.


Philadelphia Phillies

Farm system ranking: 17th ($188 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Burkholder and Nori

Nori was a big surprise last summer when he was selected with the No. 27 overall pick after he was generally expected to go in the second round, then the Phillies took Burkholder, a comparable prospect, with their second pick (63rd overall), paying both the same $2.5 million bonus. Nori is a year older than most of his peers but has every-day center fielder tools, and Burkholder was tracking like a first-round pick before injuries limited how much teams could see him last spring. Both could be top-100 prospects by this time next year with loud 2025 seasons.


Washington Nationals

Farm system ranking: 12th ($212 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Luke Dickerson, SS

Dickerson was the third pick in what’s looking like a strong 2024 draft class for the Nationals, but he is seen as the biggest gamble Washington made because of his well-over-slot $3.8 million bonus.

He was a standout high school hockey player who is a plus runner and will fit at an up-the-middle position with above-average bat speed and raw power. If it clicks, his upside is big.

NL Central

Chicago Cubs

Farm system ranking: 10th ($215 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Melendez

Melendez may not be a shortstop, but he should fit in the infield long term, and his full-season debut will be coming in 2025. He has top-100 upside by next winter because he has plus power potential, feel to get to that power in games, a solid approach and some feel for the bat head. You can’t be right about every hunch, but the pieces are here


Cincinnati Reds

Farm system ranking: 13th ($210 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Stafura

Stafura was a prep pop-up name in the Northeast before the 2023 draft, giving some Trevor Story vibes as a standout athlete with power who could stick at shortstop, but had some contact concerns. He hit a bit more than I expected in 2024 and could be scratching the surface of a breakout season.


Milwaukee Brewers

Farm system ranking: 8th ($225 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Bishop Letson, RHP

Letson signed for just under $500,000 after being selected from an Indiana high school in the 11th round of the 2023 draft. He is 6-foot-4 with two potential plus pitches in his fastball and sweeper along with starter traits that are coming along.


Pittsburgh Pirates

Farm system ranking: 20th ($179 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Zander Mueth, RHP

Mueth is a lanky 6-foot-6 teenager who got $1.8 million in the 2023 draft and has midrotation potential if he can put the pieces together. His command lags behind right now in part because of his long limbs and low, near-sidearm slot, but his sinker and slider both flash plus and he’s a solid athlete.


St. Louis Cardinals

Farm system ranking: 19th ($184 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Every pitcher in the top 10

Finding a frontline arm internally would make next offseason so much easier for the Cardinals and the five pitchers ranked above may all pitch in the big leagues next year if they have a strong 2025.

Mathews has a plus fastball and changeup now after a velo spike, Hence has four above-average pitches and a plus changeup, Hjerpe also has above -average stuff headlined by a plus changeup, McGreevy’s sinker/sweeper combo now looks good enough to fit in a rotation long-term, and Roby’s curveball is the best single pitch of this whole group.

NL West

Arizona Diamondbacks

Farm system ranking: 25th ($139 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Waldschmidt and Caldwell

Waldschmidt and Caldwell were the top two picks in the D’backs’ 2024 draft haul and both were polarizing for some evaluators, so their first full pro seasons could help shed light on which camp will win the early judgment.

Waldschmidt was a TrackMan data darling at the plate, with excellent pitch selection, exit velos and barrel rates in the SEC at Kentucky, along with above-average speed; some scouts saw a below-average left-field defender without any plus tools and a swing that wouldn’t post those kinds of numbers at higher levels. Caldwell is a compact 5-foot-9 speedster, but his lack of physical projection and lower exit velos as a high school player made some evaluators question if he could be an every-day player. Some analysts point to his excellent combine-style explosion numbers as proof that there’s enough to project impact in his bat.


Colorado Rockies

Farm system ranking: 18th ($185 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Carson Palmquist & Luis Peralta, LHP and Seth Halvorsen, RHP

All three of these pitchers just missed the list and could be big league factors in a number of roles in 2025.

Palmquist is a near-sidearm lefty with a fringy fastball but good off-speed stuff and feel to where he may be able to turn over a big league lineup. Peralta was acquired from the Pirates at the trade deadline and joined Halvorsen in the big league pen at the end of 2024. Peralta has a plus fastball/slider combo and pretty good feel for a reliever while Halvorsen also has a plus fastball/slider combo, averaging 100.1 mph over his 12 big league appearances last summer.


Los Angeles Dodgers

Farm system ranking: 1st ($420 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Edgardo Henriquez, RHP and Kellon Lindsay, SS

There are a number of potential breakouts in this system (including Hope, Morales and Quintero above), but I’m eyeing Henriquez because he could impact even the incredibly deep Dodgers’ big league pitching staff in 2025. He was promoted for a cup of coffee last season both because he dominated the upper minors in a relief role coming off of Tommy John surgery, but his stuff was so loud he would’ve been plucked in the Rule 5 draft if he wasn’t added to the 40-man. He now has three option years to potentially get stretched out for longer roles, but he has a plus to plus-plus collection of pitches in a four-seam fastball, cutter, and slider along with enough feel to turn over a lineup that he could fit in any role.

Lindsey was a late riser in the prep ranks whom the Dodgers took in the first round due to his heavy Trea Turner vibes, but he was unrefined at the plate due to his mechanics and lack of facing high-end pitching. The buzz around his offseason offensive improvements is very positive, so keep an eye on him in 2025 for a potential breakout.


San Diego Padres

Farm system ranking: 26th ($135 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Fountain and Hightower

Both were surprises among prep position player prospects in the 2024 draft, for different reasons. Fountain was seen as likely to end up at LSU, but San Diego offered $1.7 million to get him to turn pro. He may have 80-grade raw power with deceptive athleticism for his 6-foot-5, 225-pound frame, but also might be a first baseman long-term.

I got on Hightower very late in the process, ranking him 133rd in the draft class when I don’t think any other publications had him ranked at all. He was old for the prep class and was seen as likely to end up at North Carolina, but had big enough tools that San Diego paid him a little over $850,000 to turn pro. Neither has played a pro game yet, so their debuts will be watched closely by amateur scouts who weren’t as high as the Padres were on this pair.


San Francisco Giants

Farm system ranking: 29th ($109 million)

Name(s) to watch in 2025: Jordan

If you see him on the right day, Jordan has or projects for 80-grade raw power and 80-grade speed, a unicorn of tools that harkens back to the best raw tools scouts have seen — maybe even all the way to Bo Jackson.

Jordan has bad instincts on the bases and in the outfield, so you wouldn’t know how fast he was from his stolen base totals or even his position (he played mostly right field at Mississippi State). At the plate, both his bat control and pitch selection are below average but playable, with some scouts thinking he needs a swing rework to unlock his otherworldly bat speed. It’s an uphill development battle on all fronts, but the upside is so big it will keep me paying attention.