3 Up 3 Down: My May Top 10

I've got some new names in my top 10. It's a very fun group. Jesus Made and Leo De Vries are the two I view as almost sure-fire studs. Get your hands on them and don't let go. Emerson, Baez, and Bazzana all get a bit of a bump for being in or close to the Majors. Baez has the highest ceiling. Bazzana probably has the safest floor. Emerson falls somewhere in between.

Pena, Florentino, and Arias all have high ceilings. Pena and Florentino have missed some time this year but are back. Arias has added some pop to go along with a 60-grade hit tool and is looking like he could be a menace in the middle of that Red Sox lineup. Seth Hernandez might have a slightly higher ceiling, but with Anderson being closer to the Majors, he gets the slight bump.

3 Up 3 Down - Prospects LiveProspects LiveTom Gates

Other rankings notes

Seaver King (147 → 130) Hitting well over .300 in May and showing signs of putting everything together offensively.

Wyatt Sanford**(238 → 185)** Continues to trend in the right direction and earns a healthy jump up the rankings.

Joseph Dzierwa**(118 → 102)** Through two starts at Double-A, he has 19 strikeouts and just one walk. That's about as good an introduction to the level as you can ask for.

Colby Shelton**(310 → 310)** That's right, he's not moving. I just wanted to note that his time at Double-A so far has been uneventful. Not necessarily a bad thing, but not enough to warrant a move either.

Ethan Salas**(125 → 70)** The talent has never been in question, and he's reminding everyone why he was considered one of the top prospects in baseball.

Jacob Gonzalez**(175 → 115)** Had a three-homer night on Thursday. He just keeps hitting and keeps forcing his way up the rankings... and he got the call!

Ronny Cruz**(110 → 150)** Struggling in High-A with a .219/.279/.344 slash line. The strikeout rate is up to 30%, and he's converted just 55% of his stolen base attempts.

Felnin Celesten**(97 → 80)** Slashed .357/.456/.560 in May. The tools have always been exciting, and now the production is showing up consistently.

Roldy Brito**(118 → 95)** A potential five-tool stud who might get the benefit of having Coors as his home park🤤.

Aidan Cremarosa**(239 → 175)** I'd like to see how he performs at the next level because he's been dominant in Single-A. Through 43 innings, he owns a 28% K-BB rate and a 2.89 ERA.

Enddy Azocar (381 → 167) 7 HR and 7 SB, and not talking about the drink. .296/.349/.542.

3 Up

Mairoshendrick Martinus, (Single-A) SS LAD

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2026 stats: .298/.356/.427, 3 HR, 16 SB, 24% K, 6% BB

April rank: Not ranked

New rank: 375

The Dodgers have another bat brewing in their system. This one, though, does need some work. Martinus loves to swing the bat. He’s in the 95th percentile in swing percentage, and that’s not because he keeps getting pitched in the zone. He swings at 45% of pitches outside the zone as well. When he does make contact, though, it’s pretty good contact. He has a flatter swing path, so you get a mix of fly balls and grounders with lots of line drives. He pulls the ball the majority of the time.

This year, the batting average and slugging are up. I’m more excited about the slugging than the batting average, as the batting average might be fueled by the .400 BABIP and, with his approach, could quickly fall back down to the .250s. Martinus has speed, and he’s been pretty successful on the bases this year. You have to like what the Dodgers have been able to do with their prospects. This is someone I’d be grabbing in deep leagues to see if he could become a little more patient.

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Carlos Sanchez, (High-A) SS CIN

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2026 stats: .319/.417/.503, 5 HR, 14 SB, 22% K, 14% BB

April rank: Not ranked

New rank: 328

Sanchez bounced back and forth between shortstop and third base in previous years, but this year it’s been all shortstop. Sanchez is getting ranked due to his great approach at the plate, improved quality of contact, and average-to-plus running. Let’s start with the approach. He doesn’t chase a lot, and he’s fairly aggressive in the zone, so he has a good handle on the strike zone. He’s able to use his ability to recognize balls versus strikes to walk 14% of the time. He’s also brought his strikeout rate down to 20%. Sanchez still profiles as an all-fields hitter, and his groundball rate is still above 50%. This will limit his home run total, but should keep his batting average high.

His success rate on the basepaths hasn’t been the best in previous years.

2024 — 58%

2025 — 58%

2026 — 72%

But we’ve seen a big improvement so far this year. In the Majors, the average stolen base success rate is around 76%. Sanchez has a lower ceiling because of his batted-ball profile. He would be a deep-league add for me.

Abimelec Ortiz, (Triple-A) 1B WSH

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2026 stats: .266/.368/.532, 10 HR, 19% K, 11% BB

April rank: 306

New rank: 216

When considering Ortiz’s new rank after his tremendous month of May, I factored in the following:

• He’s limited defensively to only first base
• He won’t steal bases
• He has a .150 average against four-seam fastballs and only a 9% barrel rate against them
• He will probably be on the strong side of a platoon. He slashed .188/.305/.393 in 131 plate appearances against left-handers in 2025

But he’s tracking like he will be in the Majors soon, and he has shown plus power. I’d expect a sub-.250 average with 20-25 home runs in his first couple of full seasons with the Nationals. That kind of puts him in 2025 Jake Burger territory. Ortiz might be a corner infielder for you in deeper leagues. The biggest concern is how he does against Major League fastballs.

3 Down

Mitch Voit, (High-A) 2B/SS NYM

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2026 stats: .219/.314/.384, 6 HR, 14 SB, 26% K, 8% BB

April rank: 97

New rank: 165

Voit was a target of mine in FYPD this year, and I’ve recently dropped him in two leagues. For context, I really like my minor league system in one of those leagues and had to make room for Josiah Hartshorn, a Cubs fan I have a crush on. But Voit just hasn’t been doing anything great. He’s not really struggling either. With that said, he’s not looking like a top-100 prospect. There is no carrying tool. He’s around average in a lot of the hitting metrics. He does have 14 stolen bases so far this year, but it comes with a .216 average and a low OBP. As I scrolled down my rankings and compared him to every other player, I found myself wanting the other player over him more often than not, mostly due to the lack of upside. I think the floor is still fairly high with Voit. If he improves his hit tool this year, I can see him bouncing back.

Bishop Letson, (High-A) RHP MIL

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2026 stats: 31 IP, 30 K, 21 BB, 3 HRA, 5.81 ERA, 1.55 WHIP

April rank: 157

New rank: 216

Letson went 14 days between starts before taking the mound yesterday. As minor league injury situations go, things have been pretty quiet. It's unclear whether there was an injury concern or if the organization simply wanted to give him some extra time between outings. He also hasn't been working deep into games. In his May 16 outing, he threw just 42 pitches. His most recent start on May 30 was a step in the right direction, as he worked up to 78 pitches. Letson was one of the hotter pitching prospects this offseason, and for good reason. The Brewers have a strong track record of developing arms, and Letson's stuff graded out well entering the year. He also had an impressive season in 2025, striking out 30% of batters while walking 8%.

It's still unclear whether he's working on specific developmental goals in the minors or simply battling command issues, which were not considered an average or plus part of his profile to begin with. The swinging-strike rate has fallen to 11.6%, which ranks 158th among pitchers with at least 20 innings pitched at the level. Letson falls to 216th in the rankings, landing right next to Quinn Mathews. Both pitchers still offer some intrigue, but neither is performing at a level that warrants a more aggressive ranking at the moment.

Nate Dohm, (High-A) RHP STL

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2026 stats: 20 IP, 23 K, 15 BB, 2 HRA, 13 ERA, 2.15 WHIP

April rank: 411

New rank: unranked

It’s just been one disastrous outing after another with Dohm. In his latest outing on May 27th, Dohm retired only one batter of the seven he faced. He gave up four hits and walked two. Maybe there is an injury hiding behind the numbers that happened at the start of the month, because his numbers in April weren’t bad. It was only three starts and shorter outings, but he pitched eight innings, striking out 11, walking four (all in one outing), and giving up only four hits. Then the calendar flipped. In May, it was 12 innings, 12 strikeouts, 27 runs, 11 walks, and 24 hits. Dohm made my list mainly because of his 2025 with the Mets,, when he posted a 27% strikeout rate and a 10% walk rate. But now, he's off until he can right the ship.

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