On Friday, January 24, at 7 p.m. ET, MLB Pipeline will air a one-hour programme on MLB Network and MLB.com announcing its 2025 Top 100 Prospects list. We’ll look at baseball’s top 10 prospects at each position before the Top 100 is announced. The attention is always on shortstops. In last year’s league MVP voting, Francisco Lindor and Bobby Witt Jr. came in second, while Elly De La Cruz, Gunnar Henderson, and youngster Jackson Merrill also placed in the top 10. With the exception of Henderson, who was our top-ranked third baseman in 2023, all of them played a significant role in previous iterations of MLB Pipeline’s preseason Top 10 Shortstops rankings.
This year’s Top 10 Shortstops group also should be packed with future stars. The position claimed 25 of the spots on our upcoming Top 100 Prospects list — the most ever — with the first 10 shortstops ranking in the upper third. The three best — Carson Williams (Rays), Jordan Lawlar (Diamondbacks) and Marcelo Mayer (Red Sox) — return from our 2024 rankings and should graduate to the Majors this season.
Top 10 prospects by position:
1/14: C
1/16: 1B
1/17: 2B
1/20: 3B
1/21: SS
1/22: OF
1/23: LHP
1/24: RHP
1/24: Top 100
Williams, Lawlar and Mayer all were high school first-rounders in the 2021 Draft, as was Colson Montgomery (White Sox), who just missed the top 10. The 2023 prep class also features plenty of upside with first-rounders Colt Emerson (Mariners) and Aidan Miller (Phillies) and supplemental first-rounder Kevin McGonigle (Tigers) in the top 10, and Cooper Pratt (sixth round, Brewers) and Arjun Nimmala (first round, Blue Jays) climbing toward it.
The Top 10 (ETA)
1. Carson Williams, Rays (2025)
2. Jordan Lawlar, Diamondbacks (2025)
3. Marcelo Mayer, Red Sox (2025)
- 4. Sebastian Walcott, Rangers (2026)
5. Leodalis De Vries, Padres (2027)
6. Colt Emerson, Mariners (2026)
7. JJ Wetherholt, Cardinals (2026)
8. Aidan Miller, Phillies (2026)
9. Kevin McGonigle, Tigers (2027)
10. Jacob Wilson, Athletics (2025)
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