2024 Mid-Season Top Thirty

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MLB released their TOP 100 prospects and each team’s Top Thirty prospects. 

Aidan Miller was the highest ranked Phillies prospect in the Top 100.  He came in a at #29.  Andrew Painter was placed at #34.  Justin Crawford was placed at #58.  Starling Caba rounded out the Phillies entries at #91.

The Phillies Top Thirty is –

  1. SS Aidan Miller
  2. RHP Andrew Painter
  3. OF Justin Crawford
  4. SS Starlyn Caba
  5. C Eduardo Tait
  6. RHP Mick Abel
  7. OF Dante Nori
  8. OF Griffin Burkholder
  9. SS/2B Devin Saltiban
  10. SS Bryan Rincon
  11. OF Gabriel Rincones
  12. OF John Spikerman
  13. RHP Jean Cabrera
  14. 2B/3B Aroon Escobar
  15. RHP Seth Johnson
  16. RHP Alex McFarlane
  17. 3B Carson DeMartini
  18. OF TJayy Walton
  19. RHP Michael Mercado
  20. RHP Wen-Hui Pan
  21. RHP Griff McGarry
  22. RHP Christian McGowan
  23. OF Emaarion Boyd
  24. C Caleb Ricketts
  25. OF/1B Carlos De La Cruz
  26. RHP Moisés Chace
  27. LHP Mavis Graves
  28. 3B/2B Otto Kemp
  29. RHP Micah Ottenbreit
  30. OF Raylin Heredia

Changes –

  • Miller and Painter flip-flopped #1 and #2.
  • Crawford and Caba remained at #3 and #4.
  • Abel slipped from #5 to #6.
  • Tait moved up to #5 from #8.
  • Saltiban fell to #9 from #6 with Nori and Burkholder placing #7 and #8.
  • Rincon dropped from #7 to #10
  • Rincones dropped from #9 to #11
  • Seth Johnson who had been slotted at #10 dropped to #15.
  • Griff McGarry dropped from #11 to #21
  • Carlos De La Cruz dropped from #12 to #25 (the biggest drop)
  • Pan Weh-hui dropped from #13 to #20
  • Alex McFarlane dropped from #14 to #16
  • Jean Cabrera moved up from #15 to #13
  • Aroon Escobar moved up from #16 to #14
  • Christian McGowan dropped from #17 to #22
  • Emaarion Boyd dropped from #18 to #23
  • TJayy Walton moved up from #19 to #18
  • Raylin Heredia dropped from #20 to #30
  • Caleb Ricketts dropped from #21 to #24
  • Kehden Hettiger dropped from #22 out of the top 30
  • Hendry Mendez dropped from #23 out of the top 30
  • Moises Chace who had been slotted at #24 dropped to #26
  • Alexis De La Cruz dropped from #25 out of the top 30
  • Robert Moore dropped from #26 out of the top 30
  • Jalvin Arias dropped from #27 out of the top 30
  • Jose Rodriguez: dropped from #28 out of the top 30
  • Michael Mercado moved up from #29 to #19
  • Mavis Graves moved up from #30 to #27

Six prospects dropped out of the Top Thirty – Hettiger, Mendez, Alexis De La Cruz, Moore, Arias, and Rodriguez.

The six new entries include 4 draft picks Nori, Burkholder, Spikerman, DeMartini, and 2 players in the org all season Kemp and Ottenbreit.

14 thoughts on “2024 Mid-Season Top Thirty”

  1. baseball America midseason update seems to rank our prospects higher than the mlb update for what it’s worth. I also liked johnson and Chace from Baltimore more than where they are ranked.

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    1. I’m surprised CDL, McGarry and Mercado are still on the list.

      In my opinion, you need to be a lights out reliever to be ranked in the top 30. The shine is off Mercado and McGarry is still walking too many guys.

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  6. I don’t put a lot of faith in these. Does it make any sense to rank a recent HS draft pick over Rincones, an accomplished college player with an impressive body of work up to the third highest level of professional baseball.

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    1. Exactly…the larger sites…BA, ESPN, MLB.com, BR, Fangraphs….may all have their individual criteria set up for their specific ranking. One thing for sure….does generate clicks and discussions.

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    2. At this point, it’s all about projection with these draft picks. Rincones now has a book on him and maybe some evaluators feel that his projection and/or ceiling was not as good as previously thought.

      In the end, all these rankings are subjective. It’s up to the player to determine their path. But the numbers say that elite prospects have a higher probability to succeed and outperform.

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      1. I think Rincones’ biggest ranking issue is that, in a critical age year (23), he was injured and invisible most of the year. I’m not sure it’s anything more than that.

        He’s a pretty decent prospect. The issue with him is almost exclusively his hit tool, but the power and plate discipline have been growing and very consistent. Has also shown surprising speed on the bases. I think AAA will be very important for him, Crawford and Kemp. Next year will be interesting.

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  7. Crawford is proving that he is a legitimate prospect. He has made the jump from level to level without much trouble. Do you think he starts in Reading next year and if he does well out of the gate, he moves to LHV?

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    1. I think if he continues hitting this well, then he may start in AAA. This team may have all three OF positions available to win out of the gate next year. Him not being a top 105 prospect on ESPN is a little baffling.

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