During a normal offseason, early February is fully reserved for prospect discussions, as most major publications publish their highly anticipated lists around this time of year. While Bryce Harper and Manny Machado still dominate headlines - rightfully so - scouts have worked tirelessly on their prospect lists.
MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, ESPN, and Baseball Prospectus have all released their 2019 prospect rankings ahead of the upcoming season. FanGraphs has yet to complete its final list for 2019, which likely won't come out for a couple weeks. However, its 2018 list has been updated, so we'll stick with that.
What follows, then, is the composite ranking of all five lists including each prospect's highest and lowest ranking. In the event of a tie, the player with the highest rating on any list was given preference. NR means that particular player's lowest ranking was off of at least one list.
Rk | Player | Team | Pos. | High | Low |
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1 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | TOR | 3B | 1 | 2 |
2 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | SD | SS | 1 | 3 |
3 | Eloy Jimenez | CWS | OF | 3 | 5 |
4 | Victor Robles | WSH | OF | 4 | 11 |
5 | Forrest Whitley | HOU | RHP | 4 | 12 |
6 | Wander Franco | TB | SS | 3 | 13 |
7 | Royce Lewis | MIN | SS | 5 | 9 |
8 | Nick Senzel | CIN | 3B | 6 | 10 |
9 | Jo Adell | LAA | OF | 2 | 17 |
10 | Bo Bichette | TOR | SS | 7 | 13 |
11 | Kyle Tucker | HOU | OF | 8 | 17 |
12 | Brendan Rodgers | COL | SS | 10 | 28 |
13 | Taylor Trammell | CIN | OF | 11 | 33 |
14 | Keston Hiura | MIL | 2B | 6 | 22 |
15 | Alex Kirilloff | MIN | OF | 9 | 39 |
16 | Jesus Luzardo | OAK | LHP | 7 | 31 |
17 | MacKenzie Gore | SD | LHP | 7 | 28 |
18 | Michael Kopech | CWS | RHP | 18 | 24 |
19 | Sixto Sanchez | PHI | RHP | 13 | 35 |
20 | Casey Mize | DET | RHP | 15 | 36 |
Rk | Player | Team | Pos. | High | Low |
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21 | Brent Honeywell | TB | RHP | 19 | 28 |
22 | Mitch Keller | PIT | RHP | 18 | 38 |
23 | Francisco Mejia | SD | C | 20 | 32 |
24 | Brendan McKay | TB | LHP/1B | 14 | 47 |
25 | Luis Urias | SD | 2B | 17 | 56 |
26 | Keibert Ruiz | LAD | C | 20 | 36 |
27 | Alex Reyes | STL | RHP | 19 | 42 |
28 | Ian Anderson | ATL | RHP | 24 | 40 |
29 | Alex Verdugo | LAD | OF | 19 | 49 |
30 | Kyle Wright | ATL | RHP | 22 | 58 |
31 | Mike Soroka | ATL | RHP | 24 | 57 |
32 | Carter Kieboom | WSH | SS | 10 | 98 |
33 | Ke'Bryan Hayes | PIT | 3B | 18 | 55 |
34 | Dylan Cease | CWS | RHP | 21 | 95 |
35 | Austin Riley | ATL | 3B | 22 | 87 |
36 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | RHP | 23 | 55 |
37 | Justus Sheffield | SEA | LHP | 27 | 54 |
38 | A.J. Puk | OAK | LHP | 18 | 77 |
39 | Chris Paddack | SD | RHP | 34 | 66 |
40 | Joey Bart | SF | C | 22 | 82 |
Rk | Player | Team | Pos. | High | Low |
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41 | Nick Madrigal | CWS | 2B | 15 | NR |
42 | Hunter Greene | CIN | RHP | 16 | 75 |
43 | Luis Robert | CWS | OF | 27 | 76 |
44 | Cristian Pache | ATL | OF | 18 | 85 |
45 | Jesus Sanchez | TB | OF | 32 | 71 |
46 | Andres Gimenez | NYM | SS | 30 | 97 |
47 | Touki Toussaint | ATL | RHP | 26 | 70 |
48 | Yordan Alvarez | HOU | OF | 34 | NR |
49 | Nolan Gorman | STL | 3B | 34 | 84 |
50 | Peter Alonso | NYM | 1B | 40 | 90 |
51 | Luis Patino | SD | RHP | 48 | 74 |
52 | Jonathan India | CIN | 3B | 35 | 88 |
53 | Jarred Kelenic | SEA | OF | 38 | 85 |
54 | Adrian Morejon | SD | LHP | 46 | NR |
55 | Jazz Chisholm | ARI | SS | 32 | NR |
56 | Dustin May | LAD | RHP | 27 | NR |
57 | Yusniel Diaz | BAL | OF | 37 | NR |
58 | Matthew Liberatore | TB | LHP | 36 | NR |
59 | Danny Jansen | TOR | C | 42 | NR |
60 | Sean Murphy | OAK | C | 45 | 95 |
Rk | Player | Team | Pos. | High | Low |
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61 | Bryse Wilson | ATL | RHP | 51 | 82 |
62 | Gavin Lux | LAD | SS | 40 | NR |
63 | Brusdar Graterol | MIN | RHP | 33 | NR |
64 | Leody Taveras | TEX | OF | 45 | NR |
65 | Josh James | HOU | RHP | 46 | NR |
66 | Griffin Canning | LAA | RHP | 56 | 90 |
67 | Will Smith | LAD | C | 29 | NR |
68 | Drew Waters | ATL | OF | 56 | 86 |
69 | Jon Duplantier | ARI | RHP | 40 | 90 |
70 | Matt Manning | DET | RHP | 50 | NR |
71 | Vidal Brujan | TB | 2B | 51 | NR |
72 | Nate Pearson | TOR | RHP | 54 | 99 |
73 | Adonis Medina | PHI | RHP | 41 | NR |
74 | Travis Swaggerty | PIT | OF | 47 | NR |
75 | Nolan Jones | CLE | 3B | 43 | NR |
76 | Estevan Florial | NYY | OF | 57 | NR |
77 | Alec Bohm | PHI | 3B | 59 | NR |
78 | DL Hall | BAL | LHP | 54 | NR |
79 | Corbin Martin | HOU | RHP | 48 | NR |
80 | Daz Cameron | DET | OF | 42 | NR |
Rk | Player | Team | Pos. | High | Low |
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81 | Ryan Mountcastle | BAL | 3B | 51 | NR |
82 | Khalil Lee | KC | OF | 55 | NR |
83 | Luis Garcia | WSH | 2B | 61 | NR |
84 | Michel Baez | SD | RHP | 62 | NR |
85 | Oneil Cruz | PIT | SS | 78 | 96 |
86 | Ronaldo Hernandez | TB | C | 56 | NR |
87 | Brandon Marsh | LAA | OF | 58 | NR |
88 | Brady Singer | KC | RHP | 54 | NR |
89 | Logan Allen | SD | LHP | 74 | NR |
90 | Victor Victor Mesa | MIA | OF | 60 | NR |
91 | Jonathan Loaisiga | NYY | RHP | 64 | NR |
92 | Seuly Matias | KC | OF | 52 | NR |
93 | Isaac Paredes | DET | SS | 43 | NR |
94 | Bubba Thompson | TEX | OF | 48 | NR |
95 | J.B. Bukauskas | HOU | RHP | 67 | NR |
96 | Jahmai Jones | LAA | 2B | 68 | NR |
97 | Luiz Gohara | ATL | LHP | 44 | NR |
98 | Yusei Kikuchi* | SEA | LHP | 45 | NR |
99 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | RHP | 46 | NR |
100 | Justin Dunn | SEA | 58 | RHP | NR |
* - Kikuchi was only ranked as a prospect by Baseball America. The 27-year-old was signed as an international free agent, previously playing professionally in Japan. Kikuchi will be rookie eligible.