Ranking The Brightest Prospects In The American League

From East To West, The American League’s Best

Today will be the last day without MLB until the day before Opening Day, March 27th, as the Dodgers and Padres are set to face off in a Spring Training matchup tomorrow. I am fortunate enough to be living in Phoenix, after growing up in New York, and have Cubs Spring Training tickets, so I’ll be back at the yard on Friday and I’m itching like a crackhead needing their fix. If you’re going to a game or around the area let me know, would love to meet up!

Let’s finish off the top prospects across the MLB with the American League today. The Baseball Universe and I are in lockstep with Jackson Holliday being the number one prospect, but the other rankings across the East might upset my fellow Yankees fans. Each player’s name will link to their Baseball Reference page so you can learn more about them, and we’ll list the position and age as well. Let’s slide right in…

American League East

Baltimore Orioles: Jackson Holliday, SS, 20 🥇 

Boston Red Sox: Marcelo Mayer, SS, 21 🥉 

New York Yankees: Jasson Domínguez, OF, 21

Tampa Bay Rays: Junior Caminero, 3B, 20 🥈 

Toronto Blue Jays: Ricky Tiedemann, LHP, 21

American League Central

Chicago White Sox: Colson Montgomery, SS, 22

Cleveland Guardians: Brayan Rocchio, SS, 23 🥇 

Detroit Tigers: Max Clark, OF, 19 🥈 

Kansas City Royals: Blake Mitchell, C, 19

Minnesota Twins: Walker Jenkins, OF, 19 🥉 

American League West

Houston Astros: Jacob Melton, OF, 23

Los Angeles Angels: Nolan Schanuel, 1B, 22 🥉 

Oakland Athletics: Max Muncy, SS, 21

Seattle Mariners: Colt Emerson, SS/2B, 18 🥈 

Texas Rangers: Wyatt Langford, OF, 22 🥇 

• Brandon Woodruff re-signs with the Brewers for two more years

• Tampa Bay signs Amed Rosario to 1yr, $1.5M

• All MLB teams have reported full squads to Spring Training

• Jeff Passan reported MLB expansion is a matter of when, not if, and that when is looking like early 2030s

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