NEW SPRING
A total of 10 players who ranked in the preseason Top 100 Prospects made their MLB debuts within a week of Opening Day this year.
That is the second-highest total in the 30-plus years Baseball America has produced its signature Top 100 ranking. It trails only 1995, when 12 players met the criteria. See the spread on the next page for more.
The 2022 class of MLB debuts were anything but afterthoughts. The group included Julio Rodriguez, Bobby Witt Jr., Spencer Torkelson and CJ Abrams—four of the top 10 overall prospects in baseball.
So we know the who, what, when and where of Top 100 Prospects making their debuts is trickier to pinpoint.
