With the 2021 season underway, opportunity knocks for many of the game s future stars.
Seventeen Top 100 prospects, including six of the top 20, dot Opening Day rosters. Pirates third baseman Ke Bryan Hayes (No. 9) is the highest-ranked prospect to break camp with his big league club, followed by Tigers right-hander Casey Mize (No. 11), Braves outfielder Cristian Pache (No. 12), Cardinals outfielder Dylan Carlson (No. 13), White Sox infielder/outfielder Andrew Vaughn (No. 14) and Braves right-hander Ian Anderson (No. 18).
Here s our look at all prospects on team Top 30 lists who made Opening Day rosters:
AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST
Alejandro Kirk, C (No. 5); Julian Merryweather, RHP (No. 21); T.J. Zeuch, RHP (No. 28)
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SEATTLE After a very strange 2020, everyone has reasons to look ahead with hope to a New Year and new beginning in ’21. For the Mariners, that certainly holds true as well following a truncated developmental season that provided a few answers, but left many things unanswered.
As the club prepares to push forward again in its rebuilding process, here are five questions for 2021.
1. Is Kelenic ready to make a difference?
If you’re looking for a reason to get excited about the Mariners’ prospects for the coming season, look no further than their No. 1 prospect per MLB Pipeline, Jarred Kelenic. The 21-year-old outfielder likely will start the season at Triple-A Tacoma, but look for him to be an early addition to the Major League roster with the chance to develop alongside 2020 AL Rookie of the Year Award winner Kyle Lewis.
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