MLB Pipeline has been ranking the top ten prospects at each position this week ahead of their top 100 prospects list, which will be released tomorrow night. Yesterday we posted about Nick Gonzales being named as the top second base prospect in all of baseball. Also in that article was Oneil Cruz being named as the ninth best shortstop in baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates added one more prospect to this list on Thursday when Pipeline released their top outfielders and top catchers lists. Henry Davis has been ranked as the fourth best catching prospect.
Davis ranked seventh among all catchers for Baseball America when they did their top tens last month. It’s a really strong year for catching prospects, with Pipeline noting in their article that three catchers are among the top ten prospects in the game, and 12 total made the top 100 list. They called it the best catching crop in more than a decade. Pipeline ranked Davis has having a 70 grade arm, which was tops in the group. They gave him a big league ETA of 2024, which might be a little slow if he opens this year in Altoona.
Tim Williams recently had an article talking about Davis and his leadership skills at any early stage in his pro career.
