Seeing so many of the top 2024 DSL performers become the top prospects to watch in the Complex Leagues gave me an idea. So this week, while also listing theTop 10 prospects for each full-season level, we’ll also take a look at who RoboScout identified as level leaders on this date last year to see how this crop compares, and whether we can learn anything.

Check it out below.

Low-A Hitters

The top 10 hitters, minimum 35 plate appearances in 2025:

RankNameTeamAgeRoboScore1Andrew SalasMIA171002Luis PenaMIL18853Asbel GonzalezKCR19814Jesus MadeMIL18805Braylon PayneMIL18756Eduardo TaitPHI18747Javier MogollonCHW19748A.J. EwingNYM20739Slade CaldwellARI196910Eduardo QuinteroLAD1963

Just missed: Caleb Bonemer (CHW), Luis Merejo (CLE).

Despite very little power and a BABIP above .400, Marlins prospect Andrew Salas continues to dominate the Low-A rankings.

We took the 2024 Low-A performance through May 4, 2024 and combined it with RoboScout for this year. Here’s how the top 20 shakes out, with the performance date listed and 2024 names bolded.

rankname (PA)yearroboBB%BB%wRC+HRSB1Andrew Salas (74 PAs)202510023%18%174092Luis Pena (70)20258611%9%1471153Asbel Gonzalez (116)20258312%9%1720314Jesus Made (95)20258112%21%142385Lazaro Montes (110)20247914%15%152506Braylon Payne (108)20257716%25%1242147Jeral Perez (107)20247616%23%164438Eduardo Tait (102)2025755%22%120609Javier Mogollon (106)20257521%26%15431010A.J. Ewing (81)20257418%12%20511411Cristofer Torin (95)20247120%15%1651212Slade Caldwell (101)20257124%31%1892513Jaison Chourio (94)20247021%13%1532814Blake Mitchell (103)20246921%34%1533815Jonny Farmelo (86)20246916%26%1083816Aidan Smith (102)20246813%26%1223717Colt Emerson (53)2024678%19%1172118Nehomar Ochoa Jr. (79)20246613%29%1092319Alfredo Duno (73)20246611%27%1242120Eduardo Quintero (94)20256512%31%129310

There are a few takeaways here. For one, the current crop of performances are better than in 2024, as the top four names are all from 2025. Secondly, the top 2024 names are pretty solid with a number of top prospects listed such as Lazaro Montes, Colt Emerson, and Jaison Chourio.

Similarly, Salas’ 174 wRC+, even without considering that he’s the youngest hitter in the league, is already impressive based on the last two years.

Low-A Pitchers

The top 10 pitchers, minimum nine innings in 2025:

RankNameTeamAgeRoboScore1Sean LinanLAD201002Wei-En LinATH19933Liomar MartinezMIA20854Dasan HillMIN19835Christian OpporCHW20836Braylon DoughtyCLE19807Trey YesavageTOR21788Dylan QuestadMIN20789Tzu-Chen ShaATH217510Luis ReyesCHW1973

Just missed: Boston Bateman (SDP), Griffin Herring (NYY).

Wondering why Blue Jays righty Khal Stephen doesn’t appear on this list despite a 0.94 WHIP and 1.82 ERA with a 31% strikeout rate. Well, because Stephen should be dominating at Low-A as a college pitcher, RoboScout dings him with regression. Assuming his success carries over, he should appear near the top of the High-A rankings once he arrives at the level.

Here’s the combined list with 2024 data through May 4, with 2024 players bolded.

rankname (ip)yearroboK%BB%WHIPERAGB%1Sean Linan (25.2 IP)202510047%6%0.741.4048%2Matt Wilkinson (25.2)20249850%10%0.660.3543%3Jonah Tong (18.2)20249753%7%0.640.0050%4Wei-En Lin (20)20259341%0%0.852.7026%5Yujanyer Herrera (17)20248742%9%0.942.1255%6Quinn Mathews (24.1)20248747%11%0.820.7465%7Liomar Martinez (19)20258544%12%1.002.8460%8George Klassen (25)20248442%9%0.720.3658%9Dasan Hill (12)20258444%10%0.831.5037%10Christian Oppor (18.1)20258343%10%0.872.4522%11Charlee Soto (16.1)20248330%7%1.534.9664%12Michael Kennedy (17)20258233%4%1.123.7146%13Jedixson Paez (19)20248131%3%1.262.3749%14Braylon Doughty (16.2)20258132%8%1.504.8658%15Trey Yesavage (23.1)20257940%9%0.902.3154%16Santiago Suarez (24)20247827%2%0.882.2541%17Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz (19.2)20247836%12%1.373.2057%18Dylan Questad (13)20257842%12%0.541.3837%19Tzu-Chen Sha (20.2)20257639%2%0.770.8752%20Michael Forret (18.2)20247537%10%0.862.4144%

Just missed: Jarlin Susana (WAS).

So far, Sean Linan’s 2025 performance surpasses even Guardians LHP Matt Wilkinson and Mets RHP Jonah Tong from 2024 despite both enjoying torrid starts a year ago. As a reminder, Wilkinson and Tong went from unranked on their team’s prospect lists to No. 18 and No. 12 respectively by the end of the year. In other words, their first 20 innings at Low-A heralded their ascension. Another riser, Cardinals LHP Quinn Mathews, went from No. 24 on the Cardinals’ preseason list in 2024 to second by the end of the year while comfortably ranking inside Baseball America’s Top 100.

From this track record, I think Marlins righty Liomar Martinez, despite the high walk rate, and A’s lefty Wei-En Lin, despite the relative lack of grounders and eye-popping stuff, should be grabbed as fliers.

High-A Hitters

The top 10 hitters, minimum 35 plate appearances:

RankNameTeamAgeRoboScore1Leo De VriesSDP181002Arjun NimmalaTOR19793Yophery RodriguezBOS19734Jeral PerezCHW20725Lazaro MontesSEA20716Josue De PaulaLAD20717George Lombard Jr.NYY20698Zyhir HopeLAD20669Max ClarkDET206610Josue BricenoDET2064

Just missed: Jacob Reimer (NYM), Kyle DeBarge (MIN).

Not much has changed here over the last few weeks. Leo De Vries still has a huge gap between him and everyone else on the list.

Here’s the combined list with 2024 data through May 4, with 2024 players bolded.

rankname (pa)yearrobobb%k%wRC+hrsb1Leo De Vries (92 PAs)202510013%16%170432Cam Collier (103)2024746%19%153703Lazaro Montes (117)20257319%23%177724Jeral Perez (105)20257212%30%144825Carter Jensen (113)20247020%20%163296Arjun Nimmala (102)20256910%20%157617Yophery Rodriguez (100)20256720%18%145258Jay Allen II (63)20246718%14%216569Sebastian Walcott (93)20246514%30%892110Jacob Reimer (108)20256410%20%1845211Kyle DeBarge (118)20256417%15%15541312George Lombard Jr. (111)20256321%20%18411113Zyhir Hope (114)20256312%25%1454414Ryan Waldschmidt (114)20256221%22%1835215Hector Rodriguez (106)2024627%8%1404316Josue Briceno (105)20256215%22%1275017Jefferson Rojas (101)2024627%17%1102518Josue De Paula (110)20256219%14%1564519Max Clark (109)20256123%15%1611220Creed Willems (81)2024606%18%16360

Just missed from 2024: Sal Stewart (CIN), Alex Freeland (LAD), Luke Keaschall (MIN) and Joe Mack (MIA).

De Vries’ performance is still worlds above the next-best High-A hitter, even when 2024 is included. Great start for the top prospect.

High-A Pitchers

The top 10 pitchers, minimum nine innings in 2025:

RankNameTeamAgeRoboScore1Bishop LetsonMIL201002Gage JumpATH22983Carlos LagrangeNYY22934Michael ForretBAL21915David DavalilloTEX22906Daniel EagenARI22907Manuel RodriguezMIL19908Tyson HardinMIL23909Elmer Rodriguez-CruzNYY218910Santiago SuarezTBR2088

Just missed: Hayden Mullins (BOS), Charlee Soto (MIN).

Please note that Red Sox lefty Brandon Clarke would rank third on this list if he qualified after his 4.2-inning High-A debut. He’s a top 100 fantasy prospect and rising quickly.

It’s interesting to see Santiago Suarez, Michael Forret and Charlee Soto (honorable mention) here after they ranked highly on the Low-A list at this point in the 2024 season. Red Sox lefty Hayden Mullins is another honorable mention who has since moved on to Double-A. While he only pitches in the low 90s, Mullins has huge extension and impressive pitchability, suggesting back-of-the-rotation potential if he can remain healthy.

Baseball America identified Rangers righty David Davalillo as a sleeper earlier this year and he also ranks prominently so far.

Here’s the combined list with 2024 data through May 4, with 2024 players bolded.

rankname (ip)yearroboK%BB%WHIPERAGB%1Sean Sullivan (20.2 IP)202410038%1%1.152.6141%2Jaden Hamm (20.1)20249538%1%0.931.3333%3Noah Schultz (16)20249442%8%0.944.5031%4Andry Lara (23.2)20249339%8%1.102.2836%5Bishop Letson (21.1)20259333%5%0.801.2753%6Gage Jump (23)20259140%5%0.962.7424%7Chase Dollander (19.1)20249043%10%0.882.3331%8Owen Murphy (29.2)20248937%9%0.741.5228%9Zebby Matthews (22.2)20248733%0%0.751.5953%10Winston Santos (20.2)20248739%9%0.820.4436%11Carlos Lagrange (19.2)20258640%8%1.124.5835%12Michael Forret (21.2)20258537%9%0.691.6642%13Brett Wichrowski (14.2)20248534%5%1.092.4540%14David Davalillo (20.1)20258440%6%0.841.3350%15Daniel Eagen (18.1)20258439%9%1.313.4433%16Manuel Rodriguez (25)20258426%5%1.001.8036%17Tyson Hardin (25.2)20258430%4%0.860.7050%18Andrew Morris (25.2)20248331%5%1.292.8146%19Samuel Aldegheri (22)20248336%8%0.590.4134%20Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz (28)20258232%8%0.822.2550%

Just missed: Mitch Bratt (TEX), Santiago Suarez (TBR), Ben Kudrna (KCR) and Luis Perales (BOS).

While he’s the top High-A pitcher so far in 2025, Bishop Letson ranks fifth over the last two years with a lower strikeout rate than the pitchers above him. His big extension and his solid groundball rate project to a sub-4.00 ERA in the major leagues so far in the early going. Interestingly, his early-season line looks a lot like what Zebby Matthews did in 2024, and Letson is four years younger.

Brewers righty Tyson Hardin is another interesting one. Geoff Pontes wrote about Hardin and his impressive extension in April.

Double-A Hitters

The top 10 hitters, minimum 35 plate appearances:

RankNameTeamAgeRoboScore1Sebastian WalcottTEX191002Cooper PrattMIL20883Ethan SalasSDP19854Jett WilliamsNYM21855Cooper KinneyTBR22856William BergollaCHW20847Hector RodriguezCIN21848Joe MackMIA22839Xavier IsaacTBR218210Mikey RomeroBOS2181

Just missed: Bryce Eldridge (SFG), Diego Velasquez (SFG), Denzer Guzman (LAA).

It might be surprising to see Ethan Salas so high on this list with only a 76 wRC+. RoboScout likes that Salas is just 19 years old in Double-A with a 12% strikeout rate and a 15% walk rate. We’ll keep an eye on him as he accrues more reps.

Interestingly, after showing up in the 2024 High-A list, Reds outfielder Hector Rodriguez is here in 2025 with a 169 wRC+ and three home runs over 96 plate appearances. Rodriguez just turned 21, so RoboScout likes his performance for his age relative to the level. However, there are some orange flags, namely a 56% groundball rate and a below-average chase rate. Still with this performance, RoboScout projects Rodriguez to be better-than-league-average with 20-homer pop as a big leaguer.

Here’s the combined list with 2024 data through May 4, with 2024 players bolded.

rankname (pa)yearroboBB%K%wRC+hrsb1Emmanuel Rodriguez (87 PAs)202410029%28%204492Moises Ballesteros (71 PAs)20249214%13%191303Deyvison De Los Santos (105)2024907%24%212914Agustin Ramirez (106)20248918%19%162955Harry Ford (109)20248719%21%152446Carson Williams (91)2024816%26%187477Sebastian Walcott (109)20258015%21%110258Cooper Pratt (114)2025779%13%119379Samuel Basallo (95)2024773%25%1065210Matthew Lugo (65)20247612%29%2366111James Triantos (96)2024755%9%1533712Jett Williams (83)2025748%24%1542613Zac Veen (75)20247415%23%1863714Jett Williams (50)20247316%10%1050215Eddinson Paulino (80)20247214%26%1503316Mikey Romero (93)20257113%28%1404217Hector Rodriguez (96)2025718%16%1693318Wilfred Veras (91)2024702%34%1894219Bryce Eldridge (38)20257010%34%1561020Edgar Quero (94)2024707%19%14551

This is a great reminder that we were spoiled with exceptional Double-A performances in 2024. Marlins sluggers Agustin Ramirez and Deyvison De Los Santos both had nine homers at this point last year, while Cubs catcher Moises Ballesteros owned a wRC+ near 200 as a 20-year-old in the upper minors. Twins outfielder Emmanuel Rodriguez was healthy and raking, putting them all at the top of the combined 2024 and 2025 list.

Interestingly enough, despite Sebastian Walcott having a huge lead over the second-ranked player in 2025, he’s only seventh here. Another 19-year-old at the time, Samuel Basallo, ranked behind Walcott, though he showed more power at this stage of the season in 2024.

Double-A Pitchers

The top 10 pitchers, minimum nine innings:

RankNameTeamAgeRoboScore1Chase BurnsCIN221002Yordanny MonegroBOS22963Robby SnellingMIA21924Hunter BarcoPIT24925Blake AdamsCOL24896Jack WenningerNYM23887Jonah TongNYM22888Duncan DavittTBR25889Henry BaezSDP228710Jackson WolfSDP2687

Just missed: Kohl Drake (TEX), George Klassen (LAA).

Just like fellow Red Sox lefty Brandon Clarke at High-A, Hayden Mullins would rank third here if he hit the innings minimum behind a 42% strikeout rate. His peak major league projection includes a 1.24 WHIP and 3.94 ERA. Mullins might be yet another feather in the cap of the Red Sox development machine.

Reds righty Chase Burns leads Double-A with a 34% strikeout-minus-walk rate and a peak major league projection of 1.21 WHIP and 3.72 ERA. Don’t be surprised if Burns is pitching in Cincinnati later this season.

Jack Wenninger was one of Geoff Pontes’ 10 April pitching prospects who stood out. Wenninger’s velocity is up and he has a new slider shape, which allows his whole arsenal to play up. The arrow is pointing up for the Mets righthander.

Here’s the combined list with 2024 data through May 4, with 2024 players bolded.

rankname (ip)yearrobok%BB%WHIPERAGB%1Chase Burns (9 IP)202510037%3%1.222.0043%2Yordanny Monegro (13.1)20259748%7%1.432.7044%3Mason Adams (28.1)20249432%3%0.883.1846%4Tyler Woessner (20.1)20249434%5%1.182.6646%5Robby Snelling (26)20259331%7%1.152.4255%6Yilber Diaz (25)20249339%11%1.323.9647%7Hunter Barco (25.2)20259336%7%0.700.0049%8Tink Hence (25.2)20249333%6%0.742.1051%9Blake Adams (19.2)20259036%4%1.227.3241%10Jack Wenninger (24.2)20258935%7%1.012.9246%11Jonah Tong (17.1)20258940%15%1.333.6353%12Duncan Davitt (25)20258832%3%1.003.6047%13Henry Baez (22.2)20258830%4%0.843.1853%14Lael Lockhart (19)20248835%5%1.052.8436%15Jackson Wolf (25)20258833%3%0.803.2439%16Kohl Drake (16.1)20258742%13%1.103.3130%17Aaron Brown (21.2)20248734%8%1.204.1548%18Cade Horton (16.1)20248629%3%0.921.1049%19Ian Seymour (25.2)20248635%7%0.782.1042%20Adam Mazur (26.1)20248629%4%0.952.3943%

Just missed: Ty Madden (DET), Mason Barnett (KCR), and Chandler Champlain (KCR).

The top 2024 Double-A pitchers are not the same type of impressive household names that we saw in previous levels of the minors. That might be because we don’t have 2025 Stuff+ yet, so it hasn’t been added into the analysis. Therefore, the 2024 comparison is solely an apples-to-apples surface performance comparison.

Lael Lockhart, Tyler Woessner, Mason Adams and Aaron Brown all have 2024 Stuff+ below 100, suggesting that their initial 2024 season performance wasn’t entirely supported by the underlying data. It will be interesting to do this same analysis in the next couple of weeks when our minor league stuff model gets folded into the 2025 RoboScout allowing for a more informed analysis.

Triple-A Hitters

The top 10 hitters, minimum 50 plate appearances:

RankNameTeamAgeRoboScore1Jordan LawlarARI221002Moise BallesterosCHC21963Roman AnthonyBOS21894Otto KempPHI25845Samuel BasalloBAL20806Nick KurtzATH22777Jesus RodriguezNYY23718Coby MayoBAL23709Marcelo MayerBOS226810Dylan BeaversBAL2367

Just missed: Juan Brito (CLE), Matt Shaw (CHC), Brady House (WAS).

Here’s the combined list with 2024 data through May 4, with 2024 players bolded.

rankname (pa)yearrobobb%k%wrc+hrsb1Junior Caminero (64 PAs)20241009%22%177612Jordan Lawlar (142)20259712%22%1756123Coby Mayo (145)2024958%28%1621134Moises Ballesteros (122)2025928%11%169435Jackson Holliday (86)20249221%16%147216Joey Loperfido (122)20248713%30%1541357Kyle Manzardo (124)20248312%16%147808Heston Kjerstad (102)20248312%22%1911019Jose Fermin (72)20248315%4%1854510Roman Anthony (124)20258218%21%1485211Andy Pages (73)20248111%18%1775212Otto Kemp (139)2025809%24%1929513Orelvis Martinez (119)2024798%24$1408014Miguel Vargas (134)20247717%19%1426615James Wood (127)20247716%20%1422816Samuel Basallo (51)20257612%18%1063017Jonah Bride (110)20247417%14%1997118Nick Kurtz (97)20257410%27%1457019Tyler Black (117)20247211%14%1365320Jordan Beck (121)20247115%20%14255

Just missed: Owen Caissie (CHC), Caleb Durbin (MIL)

Major Leaguers adorn this list, suggesting that ranking near the top of RoboScout’s Triple-A list indicates a likely future big league contributor. A’s slugger Nick Kurtz ranks surprisingly low on this list. The issue appears to be his elevated 27% strikeout rate–and those strikeout woes have carried over to his nascent 2025 major league output. His 145 wRC+ isn’t all that elite compared to other performances at the same point in the season, either.

By that logic, Yankees prospect Jesus Rodriguez looks like a major league bat. Whether it’s at catcher remains to be seen, but both Austin Wells and Agustin Ramirez have carved out major league roles behind the dish despite poor initial minor league reports. Let’s see if Rodriguez is next in that lineage.

Triple-A Pitchers

The top 10 pitchers, minimum 11 innings:

RankNameTeamAgeRoboScore1J.T. GinnATH261002Bubba ChandlerPIT22973Spencer StriderATL26974Logan HendersonMIL23895Nathan WilesATL26866Joe BoyleTBR25847Jacob MisiorowskiMIL23828Caden DanaLAA21829Cooper CriswellBOS288210Blade TidwellNYM2480

Just missed: Carlos Rodriguez (MIL), Noah Cameron (KCR), Zebby Matthews (MIN), Kyle Harrison (SFG).

This is essentially a list of big leaguers with Bubba Chandler and Jacob Misiorowski on the precipice of debuts. Chandler is showing the best peak pitching projection in the minors based on 2025 performance and, even as a 22-year-old, looks like he might post a sub-4.00 ERA in 2025 when he debuts.

Braves righty Nathan Wiles is interesting. He has a 27% strikeout-minus-walk rate in 25 Triple-A innings, but doesn’t have much prospect pedigree and is already 26 years old.

Here’s the combined list with 2024 data through May 4, with 2024 players bolded.

rankname (ip)yearrobok%bb%whiperagb%1Paul Skenes (23 IP)202410047%7%0.870.3952%2J.T. Ginn (11)20259551%5%0.641.6456%3Bubba Chandler (25.1)20259240%8%0.671.4256%4Spencer Strider (13.2)20259253%10%0.731.3228%5Christian Scott (25.1)20249138%6%0.713.2033%6Cade Povich (32.1)20248637%12%0.901.1141%7Logan Henderson (26)20258435%11%0.962.4230%8Jack Leiter (25.1)20258437%8%0.912.8443%9Nathan Wiles (25.1)20258233%6%0.962.1646%10Taj Bradley (11)20248040%8%0.450.8226%11Joe Boyle (26)20258034%10%0.851.7356%12Sem Robberse (35.2)20248026%5%0.951.7752%13Jacob Misioroski (35.2)20257831%12%1.011.7739%14Caden Dana (25.2)20257829%9%1.252.4543%15Cooper Criswell (17)20257737%6%0.881.0643%16Clayton Beeter (23)20247736%14%1.222.7453%17Carlos Rodriguez (28.2)20257630%8%1.191.2635%18Louie Varland (12)20247630%2%0.670.7564%19Blade Tidwell (27)20257632%8%1.335.0038%20Zebby Matthews (23.1)20257531%7%1.071.9344%

Just missed: Quinn Priester (MIL), Noah Cameron (KCR), Kyle Harrison (SFG)

From a “will they make it to the major leagues” standpoint, that’s a pretty solid list.

Happy bidding!