RoboScout’s Top Prospects At Every Level

Plus: Latest Hot Sheet rankings, updated college top 25 & new Statcast Standouts

April 21, 2025

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RoboScout’s Top Prospects At Every Level

While we’re still early in the season, RoboScout’s abilities are quite robust when it comes to assessing prospect performance.

Consider that, on this date last year, RoboScout’s top 10 Low-A players included the likes of Colt Emerson, Jonny Farmelo, Aidan Smith and Zyhir Hope. The High-A rundown featured future Top 100 Prospects like Carter Jensen, Luke Keaschall and Joe Mack.

So, who is catching RoboScout’s optical sensor in the early going of 2025?

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JORDAN LAWLAR TOPS HOT SHEET

Hot Sheet: Ranking The 20 Hottest Prospects

This week’s Hot Sheet is led by top D-backs prospect Jordan Lawlar, who might finally be nearing his long-awaited shot at a full-time MLB job.

The 22-year-old slashed 409/.480/1.000 for Triple-A Reno last week, notching six extra-base hits (including three homers) and walking nearly as many times (three) as he struck out (four). Lawlar had never played second base before this season, but he’s already gotten 12 games at the position this month.

As always, we’ll be hosting our weekly Hot Sheet Show on YouTube at 3:30 p.m. ET on Monday followed by a Hot Sheet prospects chat on Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET.

Week 10 College Baseball Top 25 Rankings

No. 1 Texas continued to roll last week, notching a solid midweek win over UTRGV before an emphatic sweep of then-No. 7 Auburn.

Despite no change at the top and no new additions to the list, there was still notable movement across the Baseball America college baseball Top 25 rankings after a busy Week 10. Five teams—Texas, Oregon State, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt and West Virginia—turned in perfect weeks, while Georgia Tech stood alone as the only ranked team to go winless.

The Hot Sheet Show airs new episodes every Monday at 3:30 p.m. ET on the Baseball America YouTube channel.

Each week, we go live to chat about the latest baseball news, prospect analysis, player interviews & lots more.

Tim Elko, Nate Eaton Headline 10 Statcast Standouts (April 21)

Every Monday morning, Eli Ben-Porat highlights 10 players who stood out over the previous week based on underlying Statcast metrics. This week’s list includes:

  • A White Sox slugger who has improved dramatically

  • What Nate Eaton tells us about Red Sox player dev

  • A 103 mph sinkerballer

  • The best pitching prospect in the minors

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🏃🏿‍♂️ Chandler Simpson has already recorded the fastest home-to-first time in MLB this season.

📊 Eli Ben-Porat also compiled a special MLB edition of Statcast Standouts.

💪 USCB ace Tyler Bremner made an appearance on this week’s Ace Report.

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