<\/a>hasn\u2019t missed a stride. In his 68 games with the A+ Level Hillsboro Hops, he\u2019s hit .268\/.415\/.447 with 13 doubles, a triple, 9 homeruns, 10 stolen bases, and a .401 wOBA (weighted On Base Average) and a 142 wRC+. Waldy also had three outfield assists while playing left field for the Hops, with no errors. After being promoted to the AA level Amarillo Sod Poodles, Waldschmidt hit .309\/.423\/.498 with 19 stolen bases, 14 doubles, three triples, and nine HRs, good for a .423 wOBa and a 145 wRC+. He also grabbed two more outfield assists from left field, along with a third from right, while continuing his error-free play in Amarillo. In 134 games altogether in 2025, Waldschmidt hit .289\/.419\/.473 with 27 doubles, four triples, 18 HRs, 29 stolen bases, a .412 wOBa and 143 wRC+. Extrapolating those numbers to a full 162 game season, and we\u2019re talking about an outfielder with 20+ HR power and 35+ stolen bases.<\/p>\nBased on Waldschmidt\u2019s consistent progression and results at each level, I don\u2019t think its unreasonable to expect Waldschmidt to be called up early enough to qualify for the prospect promotion incentive. Waldschmidt has gotten better after each promotion, and is easily the most impressive outfield prospect I\u2019ve seen since, well, Corbin Carroll. If he\u2019s not called up early on, I\u2019d then expect instead for the Dbacks to try and keep his rookie status intact for the 2027 season. Regardless, that all depends on what Dbacks GM Mike Hazen does this offseason. If Waldschmidt has a scorching hot spring, I would consider rolling the dice and have him skip AAA, but I think it\u2019s safe to safe to say that Hazen won\u2019t be considering that this spring.<\/p>\n
76 picks after Waldschmidt was taken in the 2024 draft, Daniel Eagen was selected by the Diamondbacks out of Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. Unlike Waldy, Eagen did not make his pro debut until 2025, but like Waldschmidt started the year in High A level Hillsboro. Eagen started 19 games and pitched 97 \u2154 innings with a 2.49 ERA, 54 ERA-(100 is average, lower is better), 2.97 FIP, 3.27 xFIP, with a monstrous 34.1% strikeout percentage vs a 10.6% walk percentage.<\/p>\n
The only real speedbump Eagen has faced in his pro career is his less than stellar results in his four games in AA. In 19.2 innings he\u2019s put up a 5.49 ERA, 114 ERA-, 6.30 FIP, and 4.21 xFIP. His numbers would look even worse if we excluded his AA debut, when he pitched 7\u2154 scoreless innings while striking out eight, with just a pair of hits and a walk. I\u2019d do the math on those last three games but I\u2019m far too lazy, so somone let me know what his stats are for his last three games.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d expect Eagen to begin 2026 back in AA. Considering the many, many pitchers coming of the injured list over the course of the next season, I wouldn\u2019t expect Eagen to be called up until September at the earliest, unless it\u2019s for a random spot start. The more than likely scenario is that we won\u2019t see him until mid-2027.<\/p>\n
Do you agree or disagree with Ryan Waldchmidt as the Dbacks MILB Position Player of the year, or with Daniel Eagen as the D\u2019Backs MILB Pitcher of the Year? Who do you think are the runner ups? Leave your thoughts in the comment section down below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Position Player of the Year: Ryan Waldschmidt After taking high school outfielder Slade Caldwell with the 29th overall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,40105,4314,5,38,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-342612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks-prospects-minor-leagues","11":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","12":"tag-baseball","13":"tag-diamondbacks","14":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115269772530653223","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}