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Who is the Cleveland Indians' top prospect? MLB releases new rankings

MLB.com has released its updated rankings for the top prospects in the Cleveland Indians organization.

With Opening Day less than a month away, most of the attention when it comes to the Cleveland Indians is currently focused on the 2020 season.

It's never too early, however, to take a peak at the future.

On Friday, MLB.com did just that when it released its updated top 30 player rankings of the Indians' farm system. Compiled by MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis, Cleveland's latest list includes some significant changes from the team's last prospect rankings, which were released in August.

The Indians' new list of top 30 prospects is as follows:

  1. 3B Nolan Jones
  2. SS Tyler Freeman
  3. C Bo Naylor
  4. OF George Valera
  5. RHP Daniel Espino
  6. SS Brayan Rocchio
  7. 2B Aaron Bracho
  8. RHP Ethan Hankins
  9. RHP Triston McKenzie
  10. SS/3B Gabriel Rodriguez
  11. LHP Logan Allen
  12. 1B Bobby Bradley
  13. OF Daniel Johnson
  14. RHP James Karinchak
  15. RHP Emmanuel Clase
  16. INF Angel Martinez
  17. RHP Carlos Vargas
  18. LHP Scott Moss
  19. RHP Luis Oviedo
  20. SS Jose Tena
  21. INF Yu Chang
  22. LHP Sam Hentges
  23. RHP Lenny Torres
  24. RHP Nick Sandlin
  25. OF Will Benson
  26. RHP Jean Carlos Mejia
  27. RHP Cody Morris
  28. SS Ernie Clement
  29. OF Oscar Gonzalez
  30. C Yainer Diaz

Perhaps the most notable change in Cleveland's new rankings comes in the form of Triston McKenzie's drop. The Indians' top-ranked prospect a year ago, the right-handed pitcher now ranks ninth in the organization after missing the entirety of the 2019 campaign due to a back injury.

McKenzie's drop, however, could also be attributed to the rapid rise of the players in the lower levels of Cleveland's farm system. According to Callis, the Indians possess so much potential that he said expects their farm system to rank as one of baseball's best in just a few years.

As for the Indians' prospects closest to making their jumps to "The Show," Logan Allen, Bobby Bradley, Daniel Johnson, James Karinchak, Emmanuel Clase and Yu Chang each possess the potential to either start the 2020 season in Cleveland or be called up shortly after. Meanwhile, it appears the Indians' top prospect, Nolan Jones, could be on the fast track to his Major League debut, with Cleveland having extended the third baseman an invitation to training camp earlier this week.

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