Previous ranking: No. The extreme shift in his strikeout and walk rates from 2021 to 2022 has as much to do with the change in Chourios style of swinging as it does the quality of opposing pitchers stuff. Cartaya had a whopping 41% hard-hit rate in 2022, which is already better than that of the average big league starting catcher (hes 21! Forty-two of the 57 games he played in the Carolina League came at ballparks with park factors of 116 or more, per research conducted annually by Baseball Americas Matt Eddy. 1 in the D1Baseball Top 25, which began in 2015. Stone raced to the upper levels of the minors and generated one of the highest swinging strike rates among Double-A pitchers who threw at least 70 innings in 2022. Unless hed throwing on the run, he just sort of lollipops the ball over to first. Rafaela is also capable of playing a couple of spots on the infield, though not as well, and unless his approach is actually a problem and shifts Rafaela into a premium utility role, hes probably just going to play center field all the time. Watch film back into the 2022 regular season and Rocchios issues arent as severe, but its still a mixed bag on defense. Every aspect of his offense is plus except for his raw power, but Manzardos precise feel for the barrel and tendency to hunt pitches he can drive (or spoil ones he cant until he gets something hittable) should enable his game power to play above his batting practice raw. He doesnt have to be put on the 40-man until after the 2024 season, but the rate at which he has been promoted so far indicates hell be in the mix for a rotation spot sooner than that. Right now, hes notching six outs every five days or so, a number the org would surely like to see increase as he ramps up his innings. He signed for $5.1 million in 2019 as easily the toolsiest player in his signing class, a plus-plus running center fielder with huge switch-hitting power. Theres still risk Rafaela walks the Cristian Pache path, as his issues are similar to the ones that have apparently undone the young Athletic, but more likely hes akin to Kevin Pillar, and there are scouts who think Rafaelas frame will continue to add strength such that he hits for more power than Pillar was able to. He hit .405/.488/.746 with 17 doubles, 12 home runs and 58 RBIs during the spring while also putting up a 3.43 ERA in 21 innings on the mound. Redshirt junior shortstop Owen Cobb went 8-for-13 in the series and is now hitting .500/.531/.767 in his first season as a starter. McGarry has three plus pitches but also the worst control on the Top 100. His wispy, 6-foot-3 frame has room for another 30 pounds at least, and with that weight and strength could come huge raw thunder. June 17: The 2022 College World Series begins in Omaha. 88McNeeseSouthland3LA5N/ANRNRNR This is the third year were delineating between two anticipated relief roles, the abbreviations for which youll see in the position column below: MIRP for multi-inning relief pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning relief pitchers. He spent the bulk of the 2022 season at High-A, where he slugged .513 with 20 home runs and 19 doubles, earning him an early-August bump up to Double-A, where his slugging remained roughly the same while he brought his strikeout rate down a couple ticks. Walkers gigantic frame at his age makes it likely that hed eventually outgrow third base. 6LouisvilleACC1KY1-1566 Thats a decrease of four teams for California since 2019, and an increase of one team for Texas. Hes a young, switch-hitting catcher with cartoonish offensive numbers (especially from a bat-to-ball standpoint) and uncommon defensive versatility, as hes played a bunch of second base and left field as well. For now, its amazing how sentient his feel to hit is considering his age and size. He has the prototypical starters frame at a broad-shouldered 6-foot-6, and the pacing and look of his delivery evoke Gerrit Cole. Game-breaking speed is Bradfield, Jr.s calling card, and he swiped 47 bases in 53 tries last season. Carrolls surprising power development bolsters what was once a traditional leadoff mans skill set featuring elite speed and a great approach. By his senior year of high school, Holliday already had. The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Though hes mostly started so far and has three nasty pitches, Millers delivery is very violent and his injury history suggests he may only have so many bullets, so we expect Oakland will put him on the big league roster in fairly short order, perhaps in a relief role. PCA is one of the best defensive center fielders in the sport and a swing change unlocked dormant power in 2022. Fall Nuggets: Mississippi State, Illinois, Nebraska, UConn, Iowa, Troy, Illinois St., HPU, Indiana St. 2022 Top 100 College Baseball Programs: Top Five, Updated February 28, 2023 | More on the Top 25, Mid-Major Madness: Surging Oral Roberts, Woffords Galanie Headline Notebook, ECUs Parker Byrd Keeps Chasing Baseball Dream After Leg Amputation, Midwest Connection: Statement Wins For the Big Ten, Round Rock, Rumble In The Jungle, and The Rest of Week Two The D1Baseball Podcast, Rogers Rewind: Everything That Caught My Attention In Week Two, Stat Roundup: How The Top 100 Prospects Performed In Week Two, Auburns Irish Came In Hitting, Hasnt Stopped, SEC Midweek Game Primer Feb. 28, March 1, SEC Player and Pitcher of the Week Week 2, SEC Baseball Weekend Two Recap Highway To Hoover, Mississippi State Gets Back on Track Behind Yntema. He has three potential plus pitches and front-end upside. Lewis chronic injuries have kept him on this list forever, but were still betting that his tools and personhood will eventually turn him into a good multi-positional big leaguer. Yorkes rhythm and timing at the plate were fantastic there, though, and were inclined to dismiss his 2022 as being the result of his injuries rather than a real regression in skill or exposure of a flaw in his offense. Considered too advanced for the teams Dominican complex, he made his stateside pro debut in 2019 and followed that up by posting a .941 OPS across two A-ball levels in 2021 while still a teenager. It was enough for the Yankees to roster him for their postseason series against Houston, who worked Peraza with sink and breaking balls in the bottom of the zone, which he consistently swung over the top of. Plus, a Dodgers source indicated to FanGraphs that theyll continue to play Busch at second base despite his issues in the hopes he can develop there. The other biggest climbers are Virginia Tech (up 45 spots), Louisiana Tech (up 43), Maryland (up 33) and Oregon (up 26). 40. The degree of confidence in his hit tool has him ranked on the Top 100 ahead of some other middle infielders who are closer to the big leagues or who are more likely to stay shortstop. Jobe was the consensus top high school arm in the 2021 draft and earned a bonus of nearly $7 million as the third overall pick. Importantly, Lucianos strikeout rate returned to his career norm of 22%, indicating he adjusted after the whiff-prone end of 2021. Our ultimate goal here is to identify the programs in the best shape right now, with an eye toward the next five to 10 years. Youll also notice that there is a Future Value outcome distribution graph for each prospect on the list. Berry turned down seven figures coming out of high school and went to Arizona, where he raked as a freshman DH for a Wildcats team that made a deep postseason run. While his profile is that of an offense-first catcher, lvarez is unlikely to be a true liability back there and has more than enough stick to make up for his defensive deficiencies. They went 44-20, including 19-11 in the SEC, and road that wave until they were one of four teams remaining in the College World Series. While the power breakout hasnt materialized yet (and feels unlikely at this point Frelick isnt a big hip/shoulder separation athlete), Frelick ripped through three minor league levels in 2022, his first full pro season, and ended with a very strong 46-game jaunt at Triple-A Nashville, where he slashed .365/.435/.508 and walked more than he struck out; his peripherals actually improved with each promotion. The sophomore righty looked like what the Pirates needed on Saturday, going five innings and striking out seven, allowing just one run. This is one of the toolsiest prospects in all the minors and one of the players on the Top 100 who has a chance to Chourio, i.e. POLLS: D1Baseball.com Top 25 | Baseball America | RPI Leiter was wild in his first full season, but we dont want to come off him too severely since he has looked like a solid fourth starter basically every other year hes been on the prospect radar. M.J. Melendezs 2019 and Bo Naylors 2020 are recent examples of otherwise good-hitting catchers who had a terrible offensive season in the mid-minors followed by an immediate and significant rebound the following year. Velocity, repertoire depth, and fastball control have Miller poised to be an impact, mid-rotation starter in the near future, while long-term secondary projection could eventually pull him into a different stratosphere. And Miller held upper-90s velocity throughout, sitting 98-99 mph throughout most of his starts and rarely ever dipping below the 96-97 mph band with his fastball, which he also threw for a strike at a 70% clip in 2022. Other Teams Receiving Votes: Clemson (25-27), Baylor (31-20), Washington St. (26-23), California (29-26), Grand Canyon (39-21-1), California Baptist (40-16), Brigham Young (23-27), Abilene Christian (36-21), Sam Houston St. (30-25), San Diego (33-12), Auburn (25-27), Texas A&M (29-27), Kentucky (29-23), Coastal Carolina (27-24), Georgia Southern Defensively, lvarez is a bit of a mixed bag. Ramirez has to cut some mechanical corners to swing as hard as he does right now, and that leads to swing-and-miss risk that adds to whats already present because of his propensity to chase, but that might be ironed out as he gets stronger and can take a more traditional swing. If not, hes a Phillippe Aumont sequel. The offensive bar in left is at roughly the same level as third base and if we project Vargas to be able to play a neutral left field (hes below average right now but looks better than he ever has at third), it actually buoys his overall profile because his third base defense was pulling it down. 11 Last Week: 3-1 Overall: 5-2, 0-0 in SEC (1-1 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: Grambling State: W 9-7 Feb. 24-26: Eastern Illinois: W 13-2 (7), W 10-3, L 12-3 Upcoming March 1: Illinois State March 3-5: Wright StateArkansas largely took care of business at home last week and won a series against Eastern Illinois. 11 to No. This is particularly important given the fact that his fastballs viability has more to do with its velocity than its shape, so being able to rely more heavily on the secondaries he also features an impressive mid-80s slider and a changeup he reserves mainly for use against lefties allows the whole mix to play up. 3B Yohandy Morales Morales is attracting first-round buzz, and for good reason after two dominant years for the Hurricanes. His arm strength (a 70 on the scale two winters ago) was not as consistent in recent looks but is still strong. 8 Last Week: 5-0 Overall: 9-0, 0-0 in ACC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 21: UNC Greensboro: W 20-2 Feb. 24: Mount Saint Marys: W 18-2 Feb. 24: Binghamton: W 6-0 Feb. 25: Towson: W 18-1 Feb. 26: Mount Saint Marys: W 15-1 Upcoming Feb. 28: UNC Wilmington March 3: Purdue-Fort Wayne March 4: Ball State March 5: CornellWake Forest continued to batter teams last week, outscoring its opponents, 77-6, on the week. Browns stuff was already good at Wayne, and it leveled up pretty quickly after he signed, but it was the strike throwing that took a step forward in 2022 and led to his September call-up. 14North CarolinaACC3NC1-1131210 By virtue of this precision, he might have peak years with 20 homers or so, very similar to Brantley. A small school draft-and-dev success, Stone is starting to have that mid-rotation look after growing into more velocity and a great changeup. Wiemer has a rare size/athleticism combination and wields an elaborate swing that produces huge pull-side power. RHP Brendan Girton The third-year right-hander lasted six innings out of relief for Texas Tech on Saturday, striking out six and allowing just three baserunners. As a fourth-year junior in 2021, he was still sitting 88-92 mph, with his fastball velocity sometimes drifting as low as 86 mph in a given start. Heres the full conference-by-conference breakdown: ACC (12 of 14 teams landed in the Top 100), Pac-12 (8 of 11), Big Ten (8 of 13), Big 12 (7 of 9), Sun Belt (7 of 14), American (5 of 8), Big West (4 of 9), Conference USA (4 of 8). Neither his slider nor changeup is fully baked quite yet, but if either (or both) become viable, they would bring with them a higher probability that Priester slots in as a mid-rotation starter. 65). 19Oklahoma StateBig 124OK1-1172119 15VirginiaACC4VA1-31252 Hell be just one of a whole host of All-American candidates in the LSU lineup. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, Southern Miss; 49. After a College Baseball Classic with glowing reviews, Taylor ended the week with a 1.401 OPS and nine hits. Naylors 2022 rebound is a great example of why its prudent to give catchers with any sort of offensive potential more developmental grace than their peers. The Blue Jays coaxed Barger away from a Florida commitment with $270,000, and he barely played during his first two full seasons, one of them lost to the pandemic. Hes added a hard slider/cutter to his amazing-looking curveball, but his fastball still doesnt miss bats and his report reads like Aaron Sanchezs did. Keith added 30 pounds of bulk between when he was drafted and now, and he weighed in at 245 pounds when he showed up in Arizona for the 2022 Fall League. The huge swing doesnt detract from Netos feel for contact, which he made plenty of during an aggressive post-draft assignment to Double-A. After initially showing feel for opposite field-only contact on the complex, Wood began to turn on balls more frequently in 2022 and started hitting line drive lasers to all fields, with his peak exit velocity topping out at 114 mph off the bat. Miller has huge stuff and has been hurt a lot. In his first four games, Montgomery slashed .429/.600/.786 with a home run. Big league sliders might force Davis to make an adjustment, but so far his contact performance has been solidly average. This is the first week the Seminoles are ranked this season. The fluctuations in velocity, Nelsons mechanical look, and his end-of-year scapula injury in 2022 wrap his profile in long-term relief risk, but thats pretty standard among big stuff pitchers toward the back of the top 100. Its tough for hitters who are looking for a fastball to do anything with them, even though Millers feel for locating his secondaries (especially his sinking changeup and low-80s curveball) is not sharp. Winns huge arm is icing on a cake made mostly of plus bat-to-ball skills and viable shortstop defense. Even though hes still eons from the big leagues, the Cubs were compelled to put Alcantara on their 40-man roster during the offseason to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft. LSU had a successful weekend at the Karbach Round Rock Classic and remains the No. His injuries reduced the sample size, but Merrills contact metrics from the regular season are incredible. Jackson Holliday, the No. Still, hes poised to be a franchise cornerstone for the Orioles looming renaissance. Below is our list of the top 100 prospects in baseball. The Red Sox have said that theyll manage his workload by DHing him and letting their righty-hitting corner bats caddy for him against some lefty starters. The tailing shape on his heater is suboptimal but at times helps him miss a bat. 16NC StateACC5NC28242525 We can safely put to bed any notion that Pages (pronounced p-hz) might stay in center field, and as such, his projection has narrowed as he shifts to being an average everyday corner outfield prospect by virtue of his ability to get to power, which he does via his combination of raw strength and the extreme lift in his swing. 72Sam Houston StateSouthland1TX8-25473274 St.'s winning moment For example, based on Craigs research, the average 60 FV hitter on a list becomes a perennial 5-plus WAR player over his six controlled years 26% of the time, and has a 27% chance of accumulating, at most, a couple of WAR during his six controlled years. Outfielder Dylan Crews was named MVP of the event after going 9-for-13 and scoring six runs on the weekend. In his first full season, Mayer slashed .280/.399/.489, hit 30 doubles and 13 homers, and was 17-for-17 on stolen base attempts as he continued the track record of premium offensive performance that hes displayed since he was a high school underclassman. With some of the best bat-to-ball skills in last year's draft Jackson, impressed in his senior year, slashing .685/.749/1.392 in 41 games. Some of Lawlars offensive performance has been inflated by his home parks hitting environments, especially Low-A Visalia and Double-A Amarillo. He makes up for mediocre twitch and range with outstanding instincts, elegant body control, lightning-fast hands and actions, and a plus arm. Hes on pace to spend most of 2023 at Triple-A and be added to the Dodgers 40-man after the season, though its plausible that the big league club will have enough injuries ahead of him on the depth chart to accelerate his timeline. In 2021, he had a 3.80 ERA, a .208 opponent batting average and 94 strikeouts in 71 innings. He definitely has a starters mix, but just one of his three pitches is truly plus, giving Stone the look of a no. He ran an 83% Z-contact rate in 2022, which again, is right on the precipice of viability, as chase-prone, low-OBP hitters like Ozzie Albies and Jonathan Schoop have shown. RHP Nick Dean Dean will return to College Park for his senior season after starting 15 games in 2022. 5 to No. His stolen base total itself is not an indication of speed, but Naylor is running home-to-first as fast as 4.10, which is a plus run time, and he should swipe double-digit bases in his physical prime, relevant for fantasy-playing readers. After a slow start to 2022, Volpe hit .273/.355/.502 with Double-A Somerset from May through August and earned a late-season call up to Scranton. Bibee now looks like a polished mid-rotation prospect. The son of 15-year pro Lou Collier, Cam was among the most physical prospects in the 2022 draft even though he reclassified from the 23 group and was one of his class youngest at just over 17-and-a-half on draft day. UC Santa Barbara; 34. An action-packed week one has come to an end, meaning it's time to release our first Top 25 of the young season. After that it seemed like Ramirez was asked to try to demonstrate better plate discipline. He had a successful foray into full-season ball, slashing .273/.360/.451 with 15 homers and 14 steals while with Low-A Myrtle Beach. Miller will occasionally show you good secondary stuff. 26Southern MissSun Belt1MS37333388 Built like human skyscraper, Prez has incredible control of his limbs for a pitcher this tall, this age, and who throws this hard. He also has sizable raw power thanks to his plus bat speed and a promising early-career bat-to-ball track record. He has plus feet, range, and actions, and will make throws from all kinds of odd platforms, including when hes backhanding balls to his right and throwing on the run. 1 team in the land in the latest D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings. Hes barrel-chested and quite bulky, and hell need to maintain his conditioning to be able to block and receive adequately. For instance, Merrills hard-hit rate in 2022 was nearly 44%, which is already well above the average big league shortstops mark (35%). 78RiceC-USA5TX9-43352320 HISTORY: Longest games| Longest winning streaks| Longest half inning Over the last year, Prez has added about 30 pounds, experienced a two-tick fastball velocity bump, and incorporated a second, harder breaking ball that has become his primary non-fastball weapon. If things click, hell be a star. Tiedemann was passed over as a SoCal high school hurler in the 2020 draft due in part to an ill-timed injury. Manzardo hasnt hit a single speed bump in pro ball and moved into the Top 100 during the middle of 2022 on the strength of his statistical performance and visual feel to hit. On the field, the Vols were undeterred and completed a 5-0 week. Mayers gorgeous left-handed swing produces impact power for a shortstop. To see all the great stories in this issue, CLICK HERE. Hes now a career .303/.394/.533 hitter and has had meaningful statistical success up through Double-A, where he spent about a month toward the end of 2022. He loads his hands high and cuts down at the ball, which makes him tough to beat in the upper two thirds of the strike zone because Peraza is so short to those locations. March 3-5: Dallas BaptistSouthern Miss lost its first non-conference series at Pete Taylor Park since 2015 and gave up 35 runs in the process, the most runs an opponent has scored in a series in Hattiesburg since 2009. His raw power has improved considerably over the last two years, and at age 19, he already has thunderous pull-side pop and is lifting the ball consistently in games. Even if he plays nothing but first base from the jump, Walker will still produce enough power to be a consistent 3-WAR All-Star, and theres superlative thump here even at that position. Toronto didnt accelerate his promotion schedule to make up for the lost time, so he began 2021 back at Low-A as a 21-year-old and (mostly) flew under the FanGraphs prospect radar as an old-for-the-level player until 2022, when Barger hammered High- and Double-A pitching as a 22-year-old. The Tigers put together a 2-1 record at the event with the lone loss coming to Iowa. After operating below the radar going into 2021, Beavers now has to be considered among the best bats on the West Coast after he hit .303/.401/.630 with 18 home runs and 49 RBIs last season. Williams was a two-way high school player who was talented enough to be considered a prospect as both a shortstop and a pitcher. Oregon State; 43. Cue the Hunter Pence comps because Mayos swing is still wacky looking and odd, but it clearly works for him. After his velocity varied throughout his senior year at times 92-94 mph, at others parked comfortably in the 95-96 mph range and touching above Jobe mostly sat 93-95 in 2022. He projects as a contact-oriented everyday shortstop, though one scouting director we spoke with for this list still wants to see what hed look like on the mound. 66UNC WilmingtonCAA1NC7-20464848 He hit .335/.392/.591 with 24 doubles and 12 home runs a season ago and flashed promising tools defensively, including a plus arm. The Wolfpack are off to an impressive start to the season, outscoring their opponents, 65-12, on the young year. TCU faces another difficult week with a game at Dallas Baptist followed by the Shriners College Classic at Minute Maid Park. After sitting 94-95 mph in 2021, hes now parked in the 96-98 mph range for entire starts, and his hardest sliders (in the 85-87 mph range) are nearly 10 mph harder than his average curveball was in 2021 (77 mph). Hollidays range, hands, actions and arm are all above average, while his baseball instincts and internal clock are both very good, and season his defensive skill set enough to project him as a long-term shortstop even if he keeps getting bigger. Its important to acknowledge the risk of his profile at this stage, but Mayer still projects as an extra-base machine at shortstop and an impact big leaguer. Its fair to consider there to be subjective and persistent relief risk here related to Flores delivery and the length of his arm action. Sophomore outfielder Jaime Ferrer led the charge offensively, going 6-for-13 with two doubles, one triple, two home runs and six RBIs across three games. Ware has struggled in his first two seasons for the Tigers, but started hot this season, slashing .667/.647/1.133 with four doubles. His fastball has done a ton of damage at the top of the zone and is a legit plus-plus pitch. Romo has a plus glove and plus-plus arm but likely wont make a huge offensive impact. The pitch has natural tailing action, but Ortiz can also blow it past hitters at the letters when he wants, and his TrackMan data shows hes mixing in four- and two-seamers in the locations where theyre most effective. But theyre severe enough to dial down the previously plus grades on Rocchios defense and consider him a future average shortstop, while keeping an eye on how he looks there this spring. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place . Manual adjustments are made where they seem appropriate, but we use that as a rule of thumb. 91UCFAmerican4FL7-20715961 Lee has fantastic breaking ball recognition, and he can let pitches travel deep before deciding whether to swing. Liberty; 38. The rest of the Top 25 remains the same. He doesnt have a huge frame, but his lack of room for mass arguably makes it more likely that he stays at short since hes unlikely to outgrow it. Its safe to assume he was playing through injury during that return appearance, which could account for the significantly depleted power (his average exit velo was in the 80 mph range). Hes filled out and gotten stronger while remaining agile enough to play shortstop, hes hit 20 homers each of the last two years as hes reached the upper levels of the minors, he won the Dominican Winter League MVP during the offseason, and hes done this despite missing his age-19 season due to the pandemic. Thats a decrease of four teams for California since 2019, and an increase of one team for Texas. NCSA analyzed over 204 four-year colleges with college baseball programs at the NAIA level to develop a list of the Best NAIA Baseball Colleges for Student-Athletes.. NCSA Power Rankings are based on proprietary analysis of NCSA Favorites data obtained from the college search activity of the over 3 million student-athletes on the NCSA recruiting network, U.S. News . The chart below is sortable by state and by conference, which makes it easy to see how all of the Top 100 programs stack up relative to the other teams in their state and league. But his stuff, body projection and age (even after a year of JUCO ball, he was still just 18 when he was drafted in 2021), were enough for Toronto to pick him up in the third round. Well, Volpes swing starts with what is best described as a heel tap of his rear leg, as he loads all his weight onto his back side before he strides forward and swings with verve and ferocity. He ran a 6.95 ERA in Triple-A throughout 2022 but the hitting environment in Reno isnt fair to pitchers, and Jamesons stuff, control, and athleticism are all on par with a good teams fourth starter. Carroll has evolved in some surprising ways as a hitter. The Aggies were nearly swept, needing a three-run, ninth-inning rally Sunday to salvage a game against the Pilots. 25 Last Week: 4-0 Overall: 7-0, 0-0 in ACC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 22: @ Coastal Carolina: W 16-4 Feb. 24-26: Belmont: W 11-4, W 7-0, W 7-1 Upcoming Feb. 28: Longwood March 1: Radford March 3-5: New Jersey TechNC State took care of business with a sweep of Belmont. It can be tough to turn over a changeup from his arm slot, but that slot is also part of how Bibee creates depth on his curveball, which has become a show-me pitch that he lands in the zone at will. His stuff is more comparable to the 50 FV starters on this list, but his command should allow him to work more efficiently and eat more innings than most of that group. Oklahoma; 46. Mayo makes frequent, hard, pull-heavy contact despite his sometimes ugly-looking cut, which features a strange, choppy stride. The Cowboys will look to keep things rolling this week, starting with a familiar foe in Missouri Statea matchup that produced a wild 29-15 elimination game in last years Stillwater Regional. Carter has plus soft skills but doesnt have the power for stardom. A patient, discerning hitter, Carters breaking ball recognition and feel for the strike zone is excellent. Jobes stuff has more spin than the 24-hour news networks, but he had a rough first season in pro ball. Because hes still so young, the chances are better that Marte can course correct in this area, and theres recent precedent for that path in Julio Rodrguez, who became sleeker and faster to stay in center field. He had a paltry 7% swinging strike rate to go along with an amazing 90% z-contact% and 85% overall contact rate. Jung is still a bendy, explosive and strong third base athlete with all-fields pop, a hit/power combination above the everyday bar at third base, and an above-average glove. 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