Top 10 Astros Prospects For 2025

Plus: BA's new college baseball writer & NPB/KBO scouting reports

December 13, 2024

Top 10 Guardians Prospects For 2025

With just a few teams left to go, we’re winding down our rollout of Top 10 prospect lists for 2025. Today, we take a closer look at the Houston Astros.

The top of the Astros system is headlined by Jacob Melton, a well-rounded offensive contributor with impressive wheels and the glove to stand out defensively in center field. For the complete Astros breakdown, be sure to check out:

Stay tuned next week as we round out Top 10s season with breakdowns of the Mariners and Rangers.

College Coaches Voice Concerns Over Looming NCAA Roster Rule Changes

Baseball America is proud to announce the debut of Jacob Rudner as our new national college baseball writer. Welcome, Jacob!

To kick things off, Jacob spoke with several college coaches to provide a look at the changing landscape of the game and how the impending 34-man roster limit will impact programs.

Though college baseball fandom is booming, coaches around the country have expressed concerns about looming changes that “stand to increase what they feel has been steadily intensifying chaos across their sport.”

So, be sure to give Jacob’s inaugural BA story a read, give him a follow on Twitter and get ready for a ton of informative college reporting coming your way in 2025.

Scouting Reports For Roki Sasaki, Top NPB & KBO Players To Know

With Japanese pitching phenom Roki Sasaki and Korean all-star Hyeseong Kim having officially been posted to MLB, we’re presenting updated scouting reports for notable NPB and KBO players heading into 2025.

In addition to Sasaki and Kim, you’ll find all new reports for:

  • RHP Tomoyuki Sugano

  • LHP Shinnosuke Ogasawara

  • RHP Koyo Aoyagi

With so much whirlwind MLB Draft lottery and Rule 5 action this week, did you miss any of our other Top 10s? Not to worry! Here’s a rundown of team reports from earlier this week:

Looking for more teams? You can find our complete archive of 2025 Top 10s here.

👨🏻 A month after the release of Topps Chrome Update, there’s still no sign of the Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch.

👏 We announced two more 2024 Baseball America award winners in Cory Hahn for Trailblazer of the Year and Ismael Cruz for the Tony Gwynn Award.

🤔 Brendan Tuma wonders who next year’s Jackson Chourio and Jackson Merrill will be in fantasy baseball.

🎙️ We’ve got all new episodes of Future Projection and the BA Draft Podcast for your listening needs this weekend.

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