February is here, and spring training is very close. This is only one thing around these parts. It’s time to rank a minor league outlook. All teams in the major are selling hope to fans. Some teams are selling them in the form of an active off -season full of free signatures and acquisitions of trade. Others, on the other hand, are selling them with prospective customers who may make a difference in the next few years.
CBS Sports continues to investigate the top three prospects of each organization. The definition of “prospect” is simple. Does the player have a rookie eligibility in the 2025 season? If so, they are outlook. If not, that’s probably why your favorite young players are absent from the minutes.
As usual, these lists are formed following conversations with scouts, analysts, player development specialists, and other human resources in the industry. A considerable amount of evaluation, statistical analysis, and historical research are also mixed. In addition, personal biased piles -we all have specific characteristics and profiles that are more preferred than others.
Note that there are no correct answers for these types. And these are just our opinions, meaning they don’t have a real relationship in the future. We have already published the ranking of the top 25 prospects to all minors。
Ranking the top three prospects of the St. Luis Cardinals System so that it doesn’t get in the way.
Top 25 rank: No. 13
Short Hook: Potential Draft Night Steel has a balanced game
Wezaholt missed half of his university season due to hamstring injuries, and then slipped to his seventh pick last summer. Eventually, he may reveal that he is the best player in the class. Wezaholt starts with a considerable feel of the barrel and the zone where scouts are throwing a double plus on his hit tools. He is unlikely to be a major threat, and it’s almost certain that he crosses a bag before he reaches a major and moves to 2 Base. (After all, MASYN Winn exists.) Nevertheless, Wetherholt is making quick regular productions that have given him at least several teams that have given him. MLB ETA: Spring 2026
Short hook: Plus and left -handed
Matthew has his speed, so his stock has been sitting in the mid 90s since it was drafted by Stanford as a senior from Stanford in 2023, and the high release and vertical break. With the combination of, it is comparable to Pirates Rookie’s Jared Jones. Mathews ARSENAL features four other pitches, including two or more, two or more (Changeup and Slider), and has generated at least 50 % of the ball tracking samples that we can use. 。 Mathews has experienced some wild spells dating back to universities. If he mainly controls his control, he will profile him as an average starter. MLB ETA: Early Summer 2025
Short hook: Same old, same old
Therefore, there is a starter’s weapon, the fastball rises, and there are two good secondary, but everyone speculates whether they can be in charge of the workload of the starter at the Big League level. Cardiac S approached his development using the CrockPot method. As a result, he has recorded only 236 regular innings in four years, including 79 frames at 2024, and he has not yet cleared the Century mark in one season. Staring pitcher workload requests have decreased in the past 10 years, but it is fair to explain that this is an extreme situation than the Dodgers faced the Bobby Miller a few years ago. Therefore, it is natural to be wondering if it will end in the role of a bullpen or some hybrid. At the moment, there is no reason to hurry the call. Thus, the numbers that spend most of his 22 seasons in Triple A have an external opportunity to make his debut in the second half of this year. MLB ETA: The end of the summer of 2025
