The two December trades and the suggestions from the comments have been added. And as much as I was hoping I wouldn’t have to, I added the slew of Rule 5 picks Forrest Gump pause again.
Now for the obligatory reminders…
• It’s not a depth chart – Players are listed primarily by the highest level they’ve played, minors or majors. I’d rather not list in alphabetical order to make this clear.
• Most of these guys will not make it to AA – It seems harsh, but it really is true. You only need to look at a watchlist from three or four years ago to see what I mean.
• It’s not a prediction of usage – It’s probably a safe bet that two or three of this year’s catchers will be playing 1B or LF by the time their time in the minors is over. Scouts have long remarked that very few players play the position they did when they were drafted. And to the dismay of the “purists,” teams are now giving guys a chance to start, relieve, close, open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur, which is why I only delineate by dexterity (not only that, Skipper, they’re listed by handedness 😉
| C | 1B | 2B/SS | 3B | OF | RHP |
| Ford | Morales | King | Wallace | Pinckney | Lara |
| Lomavita | Brown | A. Feliz | Mota | Franklin | Susana |
| Bazzell | Requena | Dickerson | L. Arias | Glasser | Cornelio |
| Hollifield | Willits | Nunez | Yean | ||
| S.J. Jones | E. Rojas | Petersen | Perales | ||
| D. Hernandez | Vaquero | Sykora | |||
| Petry | Amaral | ||||
| D. Tejeda | Randall | ||||
| B. Martinez | Cranz | ||||
| Sales | |||||
| D. Garcia | |||||
| Y. Tejeda | |||||
| J. Feliz | |||||
| LHP | ’25 Picks | DSL Arms | DSL Bats | Rule 5 Picks | Notables |
| Eder | Harmon | Reyes | German | McGarry | O. Martinez |
| Alvarez | Sime | Torrelles | N. De La Cruz | Gaston | Boissiere |
| Kent | James | Jimenez | Cortesia | Hill | Stuart |
| Clemmey | Maddox | Carela | Castillo | Tebrake | Liñan |
| Aldonis | Moroknek | M. De La Cruz | Obispo | Rogers | Swan |
| Huizi | Arguelles | ||||
| C. Rojas | L. Sullivan | ||||
| L. Johnson | |||||
| Lunar | |||||
| Beeker | |||||
| Lyon |
This will eventually be posted to the tab above and in the sidebar. Over the course of January and into February, I’ll build out the pages while I wait for the prospect books to arrive or be released.
I’ll try to post when category pages are done, but that will depend on how much news there is(n’t) this month. When they’re done, I’ll hyperlink the category label.
In the meantime, feel free to discuss in the comments…