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With the minor league season heating up we’re updating Top 30 lists for all 30 teams. Below are Central Division prospects who made a big jump in our latest update.
Chicago Cubs
Alfonso Rivas, 1B (Moved from No. 27 to No. 16)
Rivas has supplanted Frank Schwindel as the Cubs’ primary first baseman and continues to show the contact and on-base skills to succeed in the major leagues. Even with below-average power, he’s done enough to secure a spot in the Cubs starting lineup.
Christopher Morel, OF/3B (Moved from No. 29 to No. 17)
Morel has some of the best tools in the Cubs system and is finally making better swing decisions to cut down his strikeout rate. After striking out in 30% of his plate appearances last year at Double-A, Morel has cut his strikeout rate to 25% at the level this year. More contact has allowed his power to play more, with 13 extra-base hits—including seven homers—already in just 28 games.
Chicago White Sox
Sean Burke, RHP (Moved from No. 9 to No. 4)
Last year’s third-round pick from Maryland is thriving in his first full season at High-A Winston-Salem with two plus pitches and a chance for a third as he develops the slider. Burke has a high floor with a projection of a mid-rotation starter.
Lenyn Sosa, SS/2B (Moved from No. 19 to No. 11)
The power has emerged in Sosa’s age-22 season, with his ISO jumping from .068 last year to .197 in 2022. His walk rate has also improved significantly while strikeouts have dropped. With the ability to play all three infield positions, there could be further upward movement as the season progresses.
Yolbert Sanchez, 2B/SS (Moved from No. 17 to No. 12)
A plus defender at second base, Sanchez teamed with Lenyn Sosa as both have taken jumps forward. A walk rate of nearly 20% in Double-A, six times his rate at the same level in 2021, turned Sanchez into an on-base machine and earned him a promotion to Triple-A.
Davis Martin, RHP (Moved from NR to No. 13)
The velo on Martin’s four-seamer has jumped,…
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