Format = Position Player | Age on 4/1/2027 | Highest Level Played | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. SS Aidan Miller | 22 | AAA | 2027
The 27th overall pick in 2023, Miller broke out in the second half of 2025, slashing .357/.489/.601 with six home runs, 22 stolen bases and a 17 percent strikeout rate over his last 38 games, the final eight of those happening in Triple-A. He missed most of the 2026 season with discogenic pain and facet inflammation in the lumbar spine but returned to the field last week and looks great so far, collecting three extra base hits and two walks in four games. If healthy, he’s a top ten prospect for me.
2. OF Francisco Renteria | 18 | A | 2031
Hype was loud when the 6’3” 216-pound Renteria signed for $4 million in January, and it’s only gotten louder since he hit the field, slashing .379/.470/.682 with 11 home runs, 24 stolen bases and a 15.3 percent strikeout rate in 53 Dominican Summer League games. A right-handed hitter with huge raw power, he’ll be on the fast track if he can hold his own on the complex next season.
3. RHP Gage Wood | 23 | AA | 2027
A power righty at 6’0” 205 pounds, Wood features good control of a dynamite fastball and solid curveball-slider-changeup mix. The 26th overall pick out of Arkansas in 2025, he hasn’t posted special ratios, allowing a 4.72 ERA and 1.30 WHIP in 68.2 Double-A innings, but Reading is a tough environment for pitchers, and Wood’s 99 strikeouts (34.4%) indicate upside beyond the surface stats.
4. SS Bryan Rincon | 23 | AA | 2027
A 14th-round pick out of a Pittsburgh high school in 2022, Rincon has long had the eye of scouts as a switch-hitter with promising plate skills and solid defensive skills on the infield. Prior to 2026, the hope was mostly hypothetical, but he broke out in a big way with Double-A Reading, slashing .267/.410/.517 with 26 home runs, 30 stolen bases and a 20.8 percent strikeout rate. Public-facing lists have seemed a little slow to react to Rincon’s development, perhaps creating a buying opportunity for our game.
5. C 1B Alirio Ferrebus | 21 | A+ | 2028
An angular righty listed at 6’2” and 174 pounds, Ferrebus is bigger than that today, and the added muscle aided in a breakout year that saw Ferrebus flexing all-fields power. In 72 Low-A games, he slashed .324/.375/.520 with 11 home runs and just 40 strikeouts (12.8%) to earn a late-season promotion to High-A, where he’ll likely open the 2027 season.
6. SS Tyler Spangler | 19 | A | 2031
Another big infielder (6’3” 195 pounds) who has missed time with a back issue, Spangler went 36th overall in the 2026 draft and signed over-slot for $3.25 million. His athleticism is smoother than it is twitchy, prompting comps to Corey Seager in part because he also features plus plate skills and a full-field approach. The Phillies sent him to Low-A right away, where he slashed just .176/.310/.294 with nine games. Big leap from high school to full-season professional baseball, so the nine-game sample is all but irrelevant at the moment.
7. OF Dante Nori | 22 | AA | 2028
The 24th overall pick out of high school in 2024, Nori was cruising through the minors before 2026 and even played a role in Team Italy’s run deep into the World Baseball Classic this spring. This regular season was less kind. Nori has dealt with injuries and played 67 Double-A games during which he slashed .244/.318/.360 with three home runs and 17 stolen bases. I’d drop him down the list a little further, but the guy right behind him had a similarly disappointing season.
8. 2B Aroon Escobar | 22 | AA | 2028
A compact hitter (5’9” 180 pounds) with a quick swing, Escobar entered the 2026 season as a high-floor hitter with sneaky upside. After 132 games in Double-A that saw him slash .230/.332/.347 with 12 home runs and 27 stolen bases, the floor and upside both picked up a question mark or two. That said, he was young for the level (-2.6 years per Baseball Reference) and could quickly reestablish his baseline with better performance.
9. OF Caden Bogenpohl | 21 | A | 2029
The 64th overall pick in this year’s draft, Bogenpohl frame-mogs most ballplayers at 6’6” 245 pounds swinging from the left side. As you might expect, the raw power here is significant, but so is the delta between where Bogenpohl is as a hitter today and where he’ll need to be to thrive as a professional. Even playing in the Missouri Valley Conference and then Conference USA at Missouri State, his stat lines got worse with time, peaking at 20 home runs in his freshman year before hitting 13 as a sophomore and then six as a junior. We can chalk up a lot of that to playing a new league with better pitching, and he did make some gains in the plate-skills department, but he still hit a ton of ground balls and will need to fix that to climb the org chart.
10. SS Juan Parra | 18 | DSL | 2031
A switch-hitter listed at 6’1” 186 pounds, Parra signed for $550,000 in January and went about his business in the DSL, slashing .295/.451/.437 with four home runs, 11 steals and 37 strikeouts (15%) in 54 games. He’s a solid use of a dynasty roster spot heading into the winter if you’re looking for long-term stashes.
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Hoping for some good health with Miller, looks like he has some flashes of a younger Trea Turner