Keith Law from The Athletic released his list of the top 100 prospects in baseball on Monday morning. This is the fourth top 100 prospects list from a major source this off-season. It’s the first one to include five Pittsburgh Pirates. Here’s a look at where those players rank.
Law starts off his list with 2022 first round pick Termarr Johnson, who ranks 18th overall. This is the highest ranking so far for any Pirates prospect. Johnson was recently ranked by MLB Pipeline as the best second base prospect in baseball, and the 26th best prospect overall. Johnson was also ranked 31st overall by Baseball Prospectus and 49th overall by Baseball America.
Henry Davis is second among Pirates for Law, ranking 30th overall. He ranked 57th by Pipeline, 73rd by BA and 46th by Prospectus, so this is also his highest ranking.
Right behind Davis is fellow catcher Endy Rodriguez, who ranks 34th on The Athletic list. He was ranked 23rd by BA, who had him as the top prospect in the system. Baseball Prospectus had him in the same spot as MLB Pipeline, placing him 55th overall.
Quinn Priester ranks 64th for Law. He was surprisingly left off the first two lists posted this year (BA and BP), but Pipeline had him 60th. So there’s a difference in opinions between the top sources. It will be interesting to see how he does on the final two lists (ESPN and Fangraphs).
The fifth Pirates player just made it onto the back end of the list, which is his first top 100 ranking. Bubba Chandler is ranked as the 100th best prospect for Law. He did get a mention from BA as a possible prospect who could jump into the top 100 this year, but Law is the first to have him there.
Once the remaining top 100 lists are released, we will average out the results for one final article.
