So I thought I would just look to see who the Indians selected for Arizona to see who is included and who is not according to FanGraph top 54 prospects to see if there is any insights…. The names on list are from FanGraph (not Arizona list).
Catchers
Bo Naylor | CLE | C | | | 9 | | 45+ | 2022 |
Andres Melendez | CLE | C | R | | 45 | | 40 | 2022 |
Bryan Lavastida | CLE | C | A | | 48 | | 35+ | 2022 |
Not much to see here as we know we don’t have many near ready prospects (2-3 years out). The other invitee is Yainer Diaz has contact issues per FanGraph and would appear on some people’s near top-50 list.
Outfielders
This is probably the most interesting as there were significant additions and names left off.
George Valera | CLE | CF | | 77 | 2 | | 50 | 2022 |
Petey Halpin | CLE | CF | | | 27 | | 40+ | 2025 |
Steven Kwan | CLE | CF | A+ | | 50 | | 35+ | 2022 |
Daniel Johnson | CLE | RF | MLB | | 7 | | 45+ | 2020 |
Alexfri Planez | CLE | RF | R | | 29 | | 40 | 2024 |
Will Benson | CLE | RF | A+ | | 40 | | 40 | 2022 |
Johnathan Rodriguez | CLE | RF | A- | | 53 | | 35+ | 2023 |
Johnson was left off due to being on the 40 man already. Planez was probably left off due to being a Valenzuela kid unable to get out for now (but other Valenzuela kids are in Arizona). They added Will Brennan and Ka’ai Tom who were not on the Lake County Taxi Squad for a reason … Yet, leaving off Rodriquez and Holmes says a lot when Indians need outfields coming up the system (but they aren’t highly thought of).
Infielders
Jhonkensy Noel | CLE | 1B | R | | 51 | | 35+ | 2022 |
Richard Palacios | CLE | 2B | A+ | | 32 | | 40 | 2022 |
Nolan Jones | CLE | 3B | | 48 | 1 | | 50 | 2021 |
Gabriel Rodriguez | CLE | 3B | R | | 21 | | 40+ | 2023 |
Victor Nova | CLE | 3B | R | | 52 | | 35+ | 2023 |
Aaron Bracho | CLE | LF | | | 20 | | 40+ | 2024 |
Tyler Freeman | CLE | SS | | 89 | 4 | | 50 | 2022 |
Brayan Rocchio | CLE | SS | A- | 105 | 5 | | 50 | 2022 |
Gabriel Arias | CLE | SS | | | 16 | | 40+ | 2021 |
Angel Martinez | CLE | SS | R | | 18 | | 40+ | 2023 |
Junior Sanquintin | CLE | SS | R | | 19 | | 40+ | 2023 |
Carson Tucker | CLE | SS | | | 22 | | 40+ | 2025 |
Jose Tena | CLE | SS | R | | 26 | | 40+ | 2024 |
Owen Miller | CLE | SS | | | 31 | | 40 | 2021 |
Jose Fermin | CLE | SS | | | 33 | | 40 | 2023 |
Milan Tolentino | CLE | SS | | | 37 | | 40 | 2025 |
Yordys Valdes | CLE | SS | R | | 38 | | 40 | 2024 |
Ernie Clement | CLE | SS | | | 44 | | 40 | 2020 |
The only significant person left off other than Bradley being on the 40 man is Nova (being 52nd) and too many infielders already. Note, Jones is added to the list as he is not yet on the 40-man. Also note the Valenzuela kids are invited here (so why is Planez off?). A few extras were added in Lara, Naranjo and Pestrano.
Pitchers
Sam Hentges | CLE | LHP | AA | | 12 | | 45 | 2021 |
Joey Cantillo | CLE | LHP | | | 14 | | 45 | 2022 |
Logan Allen | CLE | LHP | MLB | | 15 | | 45 | 2020 |
Logan Allen | CLE | LHP | | | 25 | | 40+ | 2024 |
Scott Moss | CLE | LHP | AAA | | 28 | | 40+ | 2020 |
Kyle Nelson | CLE | LHP | MLB | | 36 | | 40 | 2020 |
Adam Scott | CLE | LHP | AA | | 43 | | 40 | 2022 |
Triston McKenzie | CLE | RHP | MLB | 78 | 3 | | 50 | 2020 |
James Karinchak | CLE | RHP | MLB | 108 | 6 | | 50 | 2020 |
Daniel Espino | CLE | RHP | | | 8 | | 45+ | 2022 |
Lenny Torres | CLE | RHP | A- | | 10 | | 45 | 2023 |
Luis Oviedo | CLE | RHP | | | 11 | | 45 | 2022 |
Ethan Hankins | CLE | RHP | | | 13 | | 45 | 2023 |
Emmanuel Clase | CLE | RHP | MLB | | 17 | | 40+ | 2020 |
Carlos Vargas | CLE | RHP | A- | | 23 | | 40+ | 2023 |
Tanner Burns | CLE | RHP | | | 24 | | 40+ | 2024 |
Nick Sandlin | CLE | RHP | | | 30 | | 40 | 2020 |
Eli Morgan | CLE | RHP | | | 35 | | 40 | 2021 |
Cody Morris | CLE | RHP | A+ | | 39 | | 40 | 2022 |
Hunter Gaddis | CLE | RHP | A- | | 41 | | 40 | 2023 |
Jean Carlos Mejia | CLE | RHP | A+ | | 42 | | 40 | 2020 |
Cam Hill | CLE | RHP | MLB | | 46 | | 35+ | 2020 |
Jared Robinson | CLE | RHP | AAA | | 47 | | 35+ | 2020 |
Nick Mikolajchak | CLE | RHP | A- | | 49 | | 35+ | 2023 |
Here the list seems to have some common themes…. The relief pitchers in Lake County taxi squad were not added (I assume they got their pitch count for year up already) in Gose, Sandlin and Scott, while starters of Morgan Hankins and Espino (sim games only) were brought down to Arizona too. Other high-level relievers who could have been added like Martinez, Dowdy, Siri and Robinson (at #47) were left off. Some additions to Arizona were Herrin, Curry, McCarthy (SP), McCarty, Marman, Janczak and Mikolajchak (at #49).
Thus, overall, you could have taken FanGraph top 52 list and got relatively close to the Arizona list … not bad for comparing how Indians evaluate talent and FanGraphs … especially in deep system.