MLB Pipeline launched their listing of the highest 100 prospects in baseball for 2025 on Friday night. This listing comes after Baseball Prospectus and Baseball America, the 2 different main prospect rating organizations, launched their lists earlier within the month.
Every of the 4 Brewers prospects who appeared on the Baseball Prospectus and Baseball America lists — Jesus Made, Jeferson Quero, Cooper Pratt, and Jacob Misiorowski — unsurprisingly discover themselves on the MLB Pipeline high 100 listing as effectively. Nonetheless, they seem in other places and a distinct order on every of the lists. The next order particulars the rankings for every of those 4 prospects on the three respective lists (Baseball Prospectus, Baseball America, MLB Pipeline) primarily based on their common place:
Jesus Made (BP-No. 35, BA-No. 17, Pipeline No. 56)
Jeferson Quero (BP-No. 61, BA-No. 43, Pipeline No. 47)
Cooper Pratt (BP-No. 63, BA-No. 50, Pipeline No. 57)
Jacob Misiorowski (BP-No. 65, BA-No. 44, Pipeline No. 100)
Let’s check out every of those 4 prospects, and why their rankings might need modified within the final yr. For extra info on every prospect, take a look at Adam’s article from earlier this week relating to the Baseball America rankings.
Jesus Made
Made turns into the Brewers’ highest ranked SS prospect since Orlando Arcia was named the sixth-best prospect in baseball in 2016. Made spent final yr within the Dominican Summer season League, the place he greater than impressed, slashing .331/.458/.554. Doubtless making the leap to Low-A to begin the 2025 season, the Brewers will probably be watching Made intently. If he excels with the Mudcats, the Brewers won’t hesitate to advertise him to Excessive-A earlier than the season is completed, as they did with Jackson Chourio and Luis Lara lately. Nonetheless, the group has additionally proven persistence with OF prospect Yophery Rodriguez, who equally made the leap from the DSL to Low-A in 2024. Rodriguez had a strong yr for Carolina, slashing .250/.343/.383, however didn’t impress sufficient for a midseason promotion in the identical manner that Chourio and Lara did. Thus, Made does have the chance to rise shortly by way of the farm system if he continues to play the best way he did within the DSL, however the Brewers won’t rush his improvement if he struggles with the adjustment to Low-A.
Jeferson Quero
Quero has slipped a bit of in every of the prospect rating lists, and it’s all because of the shoulder damage he suffered final season. With out understanding how he’ll bounce again, it’s troublesome for evaluators to pin down simply how a lot worth the glove-first catcher has. Hopefully, Quero exhibits that his sturdy throwing arm was not affected too severely by his misplaced 2024 season, and he shortly returns to the minor league Gold Glover that he was in 2023. The Brewers did signal Jorge Alfaro as an insurance coverage coverage in case Quero wants extra time to get well, but when its clear he’s again to full energy, count on to see Quero on the most important league roster earlier than Alfaro.
Jacob Misiorowski
Evaluators have been doubtless anticipating Misiorowski to make his MLB debut on the finish of the 2024 season, and when he couldn’t fairly crack the 26-man roster due to some lingering management points, his worth took a small hit. There’s nonetheless an opportunity that Misiorowski will develop into a starter sooner or later in his MLB profession, however his introduction to the large leagues will definitely come as a reliever. His overpowering fastball and new curveball form give him the chance to ascend to the extent of Woodruff and Burnes, two homegrown pitchers who started their careers within the bullpen, however that ascension will probably be decided by his means to manage the strike zone.
Cooper Pratt
Pratt was probably the most constantly ranked prospect on every of the lists and it speaks to his excessive flooring on the diamond. A minor league Gold Glover in 2024, who additionally swiped 27 luggage throughout a season break up between Low-A and Excessive-A, Pratt holds worth each within the area and on the bottom paths. His offensive numbers have been strong, posting a line of .277/.362/.406, however evaluators ought to be excited by the onset of energy that Pratt confirmed on the finish of the season, hitting 5 dwelling runs in simply 23 video games after his promotion to Excessive-A. Pratt will face a tricky check this season, doubtless beginning the yr in Double-A for the Biloxi Shuckers. The Shuckers play within the Southern League, a league identified for stifling bats and favoring pitchers, however with sufficient success in Biloxi, Pratt might discover himself in Triple-A Nashville earlier than the 2025 season is over.
Keep tuned for an additional article upcoming detailing how the remainder of the NL Central carried out on every of those three lists. Spoiler alert: they did fairly effectively.
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