{"id":19142,"date":"2025-07-22T08:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=19142"},"modified":"2025-07-22T08:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:34:14","slug":"baseball-americas-updated-top-30-with-2025-draft-class-we-have-a-new-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=19142","title":{"rendered":"Baseball America’s updated top 30 with 2025 Draft class – We have a new #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Your new #1 Nationals prospect, Eli Willits. Photo via MLBpipeline\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It did not take Baseball America long to provide an updated top 30 for the Washington Nationals<\/a> (and the rest of the league) post Draft, and I was surprised to see where our 1-1 pick Willits ended up. That would be atop our system rankings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BA also took the opportunity to “graduate” a few guys and to tweak some of the rankings for players who have struggled badly this year (but, they did not seem to tweak rankings for those who have over-performed this round). They did an early June release of rankings<\/a>, and now a mid July, so we have a six week differential of ranks that I’ll discuss below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the top 30, plus a few in the 31-35 range that were likely “pushed down” by our 2025 top draft picks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Rank<\/strong><\/em><\/th>First Name<\/strong><\/em><\/th>Last Name<\/strong><\/em><\/th>Position<\/strong><\/em><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>Eli<\/td>Willits<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>Travis<\/td>Sykora<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>Jarlin<\/td>Susana<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>Brady<\/td>House<\/td>SS\/3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>Alex<\/td>Clemmey<\/td>LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>Luke<\/td>Dickerson<\/td>SS\/CF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>Daylen<\/td>Lile<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>Ethan<\/td>Petry<\/td>1B\/OF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>Coy<\/td>James<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>Cade<\/td>Cavalli<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>Seaver<\/td>King<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>Caleb<\/td>Lomavita<\/td>C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>Landon<\/td>Harmon<\/td>RHP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>Robert<\/td>Hassell III<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>Jake<\/td>Bennett<\/td>LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>Yohandy<\/td>Morales<\/td>3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>Angel<\/td>Feliz<\/td>3B\/SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>Tyler<\/td>Stuart<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>Miguel<\/td>Sime Jr.<\/td>RHP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>Brayan<\/td>Cortesia<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>Jackson<\/td>Kent<\/td>LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>Daniel<\/td>Hernandez<\/td>C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>Andry<\/td>Lara<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>Yoel<\/td>Tejada Jr. <\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>Garcia<\/td>Davian<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>Cornelio<\/td>Riley<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>Jorgelys<\/td>Mota<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>Kevin<\/td>Bazzell<\/td>C\/3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>Sam<\/td>Peterson<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>Sir Jamison<\/td>Jones<\/td>CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>Cayden<\/td>Wallace<\/td>2B\/3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>Andrew<\/td>Pinckney<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>Elijah<\/td>Green<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>Cristian<\/td>Vaquero<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>Robert<\/td>Cranz<\/td>RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

Now for some observations and commentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: not all five of these new 2025 draft picks have signed as of this writing. I think they will sign because its 2025 and players in the top 10 don’t get drafted unless they’re going to sign, but it does bear mentioning that not all of these players are officially on the team as of this writing on 7\/21\/25. This mostly applies to 5th rounder James, who seems like he’s a better prospect than two of the prep kids drafted ahead of him, and I wonder if the bonus dollars are there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n