Breakout Prospects For All 30 Teams

An important aspect of offseason prospect evaluation at Baseball America is the identification of potential “breakout” candidates heading into next season.

Names we’ve identified early the past couple years include the likes of Samuel Basallo, Josue De Paula and Luke Keaschall.

Below, you’ll find our breakout picks for each organization for 2025. To qualify, a player must rank outside an organization’s Top 10 prospects entering the year. All scouting reports are from Baseball America’s 2025 Prospect handbook, which you can purchase here.

STANDOUT TOOLS IN THE MINORS

Every Player With An 80-Grade Tool In The 2025 Prospect Handbook

Here’s a quick pop quiz: How many prospects in the 2025 Prospect Handbook carry an 80 grade on a tool?

Would you be surprised to learn the answer is just a baker’s dozen?

That’s right, only 13 players in a book featuring over 900 names have true top-of-the-scale tools. Josh Norris runs through them all, including a Orioles speedster with not one, but two 80s on his scouting report.

A HIT OR MISS FOR TOPPS?

The 2025 Topps Baseball Card Design Is Here (And Reviews Are Mixed)

After announcing Aaron Judge as the cover athlete for their 2025 Series 1 flagship release earlier this week, Topps released the design for the actual cards on Thursday morning, and it has design elements reminding some of years past.

Unlike the 2024 design, which featured a black border and the team name in color up top, this year's default design goes back to white borders, and moves the team name to the left side of the card, written in an outline on top of a looping line that reminds many of the 1982 Topps design.

The player name remains at the bottom of the card, and the position is indicated on a baseball-field icon at the bottom right of the card.

BASEBALL AMERICA’S WEEKEND READER

Looking to bookmark a few goods reads to get you through the weekend? Here’s a look back through the week that was at Baseball America:

1️⃣ Baseball America’s 2025 Scout Survey: Evaluators Fear Game’s Direction Amid ‘Doom And Gloom’ Offseason 

2️⃣ Top 25 College Baseball Freshmen For 2025

3️⃣ Top 500 Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings For 2025

4️⃣ Top MLB Prospects At Every Position Entering 2025

5️⃣ How Low And Mid-Major Coaches View College Baseball Roster Rule Changes | Coaches Confidential

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