Prospect lists from the five major publications - MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, FanGraphs, and The Athletic - are now out ahead of the 2020 season, and that means it's time to create our composite prospect rankings.
By combining all five lists and assigning even weights to each, we made a composite ranking of the 144 different minor leaguers mentioned. What follows is the top 100 from those lists.
In instances when there was a tie, the higher position was given to the player who appears on more lists. If the two players appeared on the same amount of lists, the player with the highest grading on any of the lists was ranked higher.
Unsurprisingly, there are plenty of places the five lists differ. However, there's one area of agreement: Tampa Bay Rays teenage phenom Wander Franco is in a class of his own.
Rank | Player | Team | Pos. | High | Low |
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1 | Wander Franco | TB | SS | 1 | 1 |
2 | Gavin Lux | LAD | SS | 2 | 4 |
3 | Jo Adell | LAA | OF | 2 | 6 |
4 | MacKenzie Gore | SD | LHP | 3 | 6 |
5 | Luis Robert | CWS | OF | 2 | 7 |
6 | Adley Rutschman | BAL | C | 4 | 10 |
7 | Jarred Kelenic | SEA | OF | 7 | 11 |
8 | Nate Pearson | TOR | RHP | 7 | 19 |
9 | Jesus Luzardo | OAK | LHP | 6 | 26 |
10 | Julio Rodriguez | SEA | OF | 8 | 19 |
11 | Casey Mize | DET | RHP | 7 | 20 |
12 | Cristian Pache | ATL | OF | 5 | 22 |
13 | Dustin May | LAD | RHP | 7 | 23 |
14 | Luis Patino | SD | RHP | 12 | 27 |
15 | Brendan McKay | TB | LHP | 14 | 28 |
16 | Forrest Whitley | HOU | RHP | 14 | 26 |
17 | Royce Lewis | MIN | SS | 9 | 31 |
18 | Dylan Carlson | STL | OF | 10 | 39 |
19 | Michael Kopech | CWS | RHP | 16 | 33 |
20 | Joey Bart | SF | C | 10 | 44 |
Rank | Player | Team | Pos. | High | Low |
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21 | CJ Abrams | SD | SS | 22 | 33 |
22 | Matt Manning | DET | RHP | 12 | 47 |
23 | Bobby Witt Jr. | KC | SS | 10 | 47 |
24 | Carter Kieboom | WSH | 2B | 11 | 74 |
25 | Andrew Vaughn | CWS | 1B | 16 | 37 |
26 | A.J. Puk | OAK | LHP | 17 | 60 |
27 | Spencer Howard | PHI | RHP | 22 | 36 |
28 | Marco Luciano | SF | SS | 14 | 58 |
29 | Sixto Sanchez | MIA | RHP | 16 | 49 |
30 | Brendan Rodgers | COL | SS | 26 | 56 |
31 | Ian Anderson | ATL | RHP | 27 | 44 |
32 | Alec Bohm | PHI | 3B | 28 | 56 |
33 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | LHP | 29 | 60 |
34 | Kristian Robinson | ARI | OF | 16 | 74 |
35 | Alex Kirilloff | MIN | OF | 9 | 86 |
36 | Sean Murphy | OAK | C | 33 | 62 |
37 | Riley Greene | DET | OF | 31 | 52 |
38 | Ronny Mauricio | NYM | SS | 17 | 66 |
39 | JJ Bleday | MIA | OF | 28 | 68 |
40 | Tarik Skubal | DET | LHP | 24 | 76 |
Rank | Player | Team | Pos. | High | Low |
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41 | Ke'Bryan Hayes | PIT | 3B | 30 | 63 |
42 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | RHP | 38 | 59 |
43 | Nick Madrigal | CWS | 2B | 13 | NR |
44 | Nolan Gorman | STL | 3B | 23 | 82 |
45 | Nolan Jones | CLE | 3B | 35 | 66 |
46 | Brandon Marsh | LAA | OF | 36 | 79 |
47 | Drew Waters | ATL | OF | 26 | NR |
48 | Vidal Brujan | TB | 2B | 27 | 73 |
49 | Mitch Keller | PIT | RHP | 34 | 71 |
50 | Jazz Chisholm | MIA | SS | 15 | 88 |
51 | Daniel Lynch | KC | LHP | 13 | 93 |
52 | Luis Campusano | SD | C | 40 | 79 |
53 | Nico Hoerner | CHC | SS | 40 | NR |
54 | Heliot Ramos | SF | OF | 34 | 68 |
55 | Jasson Dominguez | NYY | OF | 38 | 99 |
56 | Oneil Cruz | PIT | SS | 32 | 79 |
57 | Deivi Garcia | NYY | RHP | 24 | 92 |
58 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | LHP | 42 | 94 |
59 | Jordan Groshans | TOR | SS | 29 | 80 |
60 | Daulton Varsho | ARI | C | 29 | 87 |
Rank | Player | Team | Pos. | High | Low |
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61 | Taylor Trammell | SD | OF | 43 | 73 |
62 | Alek Thomas | ARI | OF | 49 | 87 |
63 | Evan White | SEA | 1B | 54 | 86 |
64 | Hunter Greene | CIN | RHP | 30 | NR |
65 | Josiah Gray | LAD | RHP | 61 | 84 |
66 | Jeter Downs | BOS | SS | 44 | NR |
67 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | RHP | 34 | 97 |
68 | DL Hall | BAL | LHP | 47 | NR |
69 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | LHP | 48 | 92 |
70 | Shane Baz | TB | RHP | 30 | 101 |
71 | Kyle Wright | ATL | RHP | 52 | 95 |
72 | Trevor Larnach | MIN | OF | 45 | NR |
73 | Francisco Alvarez | NYM | C | 48 | NR |
74 | Brennen Davis | CHC | OF | 50 | 94 |
75 | Brailyn Marquez | CHC | LHP | 37 | NR |
76 | Brusdar Graterol | LAD | RHP | 32 | NR |
77 | Leody Taveras | TEX | OF | 37 | NR |
78 | Xavier Edwards | TB | SS | 64 | 95 |
79 | Triston Casas | BOS | 1B | 57 | NR |
80 | Jesus Sanchez | MIA | OF | 58 | 96 |
Rank | Player | Team | Pos. | High | Low |
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81 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | RHP | 51 | NR |
82 | Josh Jung | TEX | 3B | 55 | NR |
83 | Corbin Carroll | ARI | OF | 33 | NR |
84 | Josh Lowe | TB | OF | 56 | NR |
85 | Keibert Ruiz | LAD | C | 73 | NR |
86 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | RHP | 77 | NR |
87 | Jordan Balazovic | MIN | RHP | 69 | NR |
88 | Brady Singer | KC | RHP | 59 | NR |
89 | Hunter Bishop | SF | OF | 68 | NR |
90 | Geraldo Perdomo | ARI | 2B | 72 | 98 |
91 | Simeon Woods Richardson | TOR | RHP | 61 | NR |
92 | Adrian Morejon | SD | LHP | 72 | NR |
93 | Miguel Amaya | CHC | C | 65 | NR |
94 | Brent Honeywell | TB | RHP | 71 | NR |
95 | George Valera | CLE | OF | 58 | NR |
96 | Travis Swaggerty | PIT | OF | 61 | NR |
97 | Shea Langeliers | ATL | C | 70 | NR |
98 | Ryan Mountcastle | BAL | OF | 57 | NR |
99 | Jordyn Adams | LAA | OF | 72 | NR |
100 | Shane McClanahan | TB | LHP | 71 | NR |