{"id":18453,"date":"2024-05-10T09:51:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=18453"},"modified":"2024-05-10T09:51:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:51:21","slug":"baseball-america-may-2024-updated-top-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=18453","title":{"rendered":"Baseball America May 2024 Updated top 30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reviewing off-season ranks from pundits last winter was a ton of fun, culminating in my <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1Dtx_W2CN19W2EyRyQ17iaSkoyc51u1qR\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=102402795225850924380&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">publishing my own ranks<\/a> once all the major pundits had reported.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re now a month into the season, and the first of a few expected &#8220;mid season updates&#8221; have published. These are useful re-ranks that take into account promotions, graduations, injuries, and the like. So, here&#8217;s a reaction to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/teams\/2013-washington-nationals\/prospects\/?season=2024&amp;ranking=preseason\">5\/6\/24 Update to the Baseball America Rankings for the Nats<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the May 2024 rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-126\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-126\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\"><em><strong>BA May2024 rank<\/strong><\/em><\/th><th class=\"column-2\"><em><strong>Last Name<\/strong><\/em><\/th><th class=\"column-3\"><em><strong>First Name<\/strong><\/em><\/th><th class=\"column-4\"><em><strong>Position<\/strong><\/em><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Wood<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">James<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Crews<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dylan<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">House<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Brady<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS\/3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cavalli<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cade<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Morales<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Yohandy<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rutledge<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Jackson<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Hassell III<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Robert<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Vaquero<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cristian<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lipscomb<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Trey<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parker<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mitchell<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Susana<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Jarlin<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Green<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Elijah<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lile<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Daylen<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Hurtado<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Victor<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bennett<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Jake<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sykora<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Travis<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Herz<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">DJ<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Nunez<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Nasim<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">19<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Pinckney<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Andrew<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Brzykcy<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Zach<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">21<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Millas<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Drew<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">22<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Henry<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cole<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">23<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Feliz<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Angel<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3B\/SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">24<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Made<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Kevin<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">25<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">De La Rosa<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Jeremy<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">26<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cruz<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Armando<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">27<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Baker<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Darren<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">28<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">White<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">T.J.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">29<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Alvarez<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Andrew<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">30<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Brown<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Marcus<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS\/2B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-126 from cache -->\n\n\n<p>In this post, i&#8217;ll highlight just those changes in these rankings from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=18199\">Jan 2024 system rankings, reviewed here<\/a> (all stats quoted were as of 5\/8\/24 and may be slightly different when you read this).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At the top, BA officially does what many others have been threatening to; switch Crews and Wood at the top of the ranking.  Wood had a monster spring and is at AAA, while Crews has scuffled out of the gate to continue his poor AA career numbers (he hit .208 there for a month last year and is hitting .235 there so far this season).  Meanwhile, Wood is destroying AAA pitching so far in 2024; current slash line .339\/.444\/.529.  I think it&#8217;s more than safe to say that the current depth chart of outfielders on the 40-man roster (roughly: Winker, Thomas, Young, Robles, Rosario, Call, and Garrett) may be ready for a shake up the next time they have an injury.  I&#8217;m not sure how much longer the team will stand for Rosario to hit .125 when they have a top-5 prospect in AAA with nothing more to prove.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lipscomb bumped up from #16 in January to #9 today, and he may not be eligible for this list much longer.  He&#8217;s already got 87 ABs this season and doesn&#8217;t seem to be going anywhere as a useful backup infielder.  Meanwhile, Rule5 draftee Nasim Nunez has three (3!) total ABs this season, and if the team stays in Wild Card contention much longer I see his usefulness being exhausted pretty soon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parker bumped up from #29 to #10. Well of course he&#8217;s been bumped up. Show up in the majors as a mid-20s prospect on every sheet, shut down the Dodgers, shut down the Astros? Come on. Nobody saw this coming. I liked Parker a lot after seeing him in person last year and I could only push him into my mid 20s.  Hopefully its not a complete mirage and he continues along an bests what most pundits saw initially; 4th\/5th starter ceiling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Susana jumps ahead of Green in the rankings.  Not sure what Susana has done to merit jumping ahead of anyone, let alone being this high.  So far in 2024: 5 starts, 16 innings, and a 5.51 ERA.  Interestingly, his K\/9 is way up and his BB\/9 is way down &#8230; but they can&#8217;t let him throw more than 3 innings a stint?  Meanwhile, Green continues to not hit in the low-A, with a .170 BA and 52 (!!) Ks in 25 games so far this year.  I mean &#8230; unless the franchise has told him to swing out of his ass every time he gets up, this is just not good.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nunez remains 18th on the list, with no movement up or down relative to where he was in January.  Really?  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacob Young, ranked 18th in January, has officially graduated from rookie eligibility\/prospect status by hitting his 150th PA in April.  Like Parker\/Lipscomb he never really was a heralded prospect but is succeeding so far in the majors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The rest of the list from 19 to 29 is identical from January.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To add in the new 30th prospect to replace Young, BA has added &#8230; Marcus Brown.  Which is weird b\/c they had a list of 8-10 &#8220;honorable mentions&#8221; after posting their Jan 2024 list, and Brown wasn&#8217;t on it.  I guess they released this before seeing what Marcus did in High-A when he got promoted earlier this year (.129\/.206\/.145).  In January their &#8220;31st&#8221;prospect was Andry Lara, who has looked awesome so far in 2024, so that doesn&#8217;t make much sense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, some movement for some players, but not a full overhaul based on the SSS of 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewing off-season ranks from pundits last winter was a ton of fun, culminating in my publishing my own ranks once all the major pundits had reported. We&#8217;re now a month into the season, and the first of a few expected &#8220;mid season updates&#8221; have published. 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