Any conversation about Frias must begin with his thunderous raw power. He\u2019s been clocked as high as 117.0 mph off the bat, while also notching a 105.3 mph EV90 during his time in the Arizona Complex League. For reference, the average MLB right fielder has logged a 105.2 mph EV90 in 2026, so the Dominican import already boasts average big-league exit velocity while barely being a legal adult.<\/p>\n
He also showed a nifty feel for the barrel by posting a 15.8 PullAir% and a 26.1 SweetSpot% in CPX Statcast-tracked games, good for the 62nd percentile and 45th percentile, respectively. Being able to optimize his elite power in the air will drive his profile as he progresses toward the big leagues.<\/p>\n
Frias\u2019s bat-to-ball skills and swing decisions are solid, too. His 74.3% contact rate and 29.6% chase rate at the complex are more than respectable for someone his age, especially considering how much thump he has in his bat.<\/p>\n
A dependable athlete, Frias has recorded a maximum sprint speed of 29.0 ft\/sec, as well as a maximum home-to-first time of 4.17 seconds. As a result, there\u2019s enough mobility and feel for the position to patrol center field for now, though he likely won\u2019t be the best defensive outfielder on his team the higher he climbs the minor-league ladder. Should he slide down the defensive spectrum, he\u2019ll slot in perfectly in right field with an arm topping out at 97.0 mph on a recorded throw earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Of any player moved this deadline, Frias arguably possesses the highest ceiling of them all. He\u2019s not quite a top-100 prospect just yet, but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he eventually becomes a top-15 guy in the sport.<\/p>\n
Prospects this young rarely display this kind of power, and with no true glaring weakness to his game, there\u2019s a lot to be excited about going forward. His current 50th-percentile outcome is a fringe starter on a championship-caliber team with legitimate superstar potential.<\/p>\n
Another product of Milwaukee\u2019s ever-churning position player factory, Josiah Ragsdale has a case to be the highest-rising prospect in baseball this year.<\/p>\n
The former Boston College Eagle has done nothing but rake as a professional after being selected in the seventh round of the 2024 MLB Draft. After posting a 151 wRC+ at High-A Wisconsin, Ragsdale hit the ground running at Double-A Biloxi, registering an eye-watering 183 wRC+ in 119 PAs before the trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Any conversation about Frias must begin with his thunderous raw power. He\u2019s been clocked as high as 117.0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2403],"tags":[5,160,4,673,67,4311,4310],"class_list":["post-781262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-louis-cardinals","tag-baseball","tag-cardinals","tag-mlb","tag-st-louis","tag-st-louis-cardinals","tag-stlouis","tag-stlouiscardinals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117112005208261220","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781262","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=781262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}