Here are 10 interesting prospects who will debut on the upcoming Top 30 lists

This is an exciting time of year at MLB Pipeline. The new Top 100 prospects list is out, Spring Breakout is right around the corner, and prospects across baseball are making their presence felt in big league camps. The smell of the new season hangs in the air. And that means it¡¯s almost time for the 2025 Top 30 prospects lists to be revealed. Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo can hardly wait.

On this week's Pipeline Podcast, Callis and Mayo (and host Jason Ratliff) offered a little teaser to the new top 30s, which are set to be unveiled on March 3 (AL/NL East teams), March 4 (AL/NL Central) and March 5 (AL/NL West). That is going to be a huge week in Prospectdom, with Spring Breakout rosters announced on March 6 and MLB Pipeline¡¯s farm system rankings set for March 7.

To preview it without giving too much away, Mayo and Callis identified 10 interesting prospects about to make their Top 30 list debuts and explained why each player is worth keeping on eye on over the course of the 2025 season.

John Gil, SS, Braves
Mayo: ¡°They signed Gil in 2023 in the international signing period, but only for $110,000, which is kind of a bargain for some high-end guys. The tools have stood out as much as anybody from that Braves class. And he played his way from the Dominican Summer League and then to the Florida Complex League and actually made it up to full-season Augusta last year. The carrying tool is the speed. It's at least a 70. He had 40 steals last year. He makes a lot of contact. He doesn't chase a lot. He understands that getting on base and drawing walks, the one question is impact. But he does hit the ball hard. You know, when he makes contact, we'll see what kind of extra-base juice there is. He's played short and third. I think there's a chance for him to stay at short where that athleticism will play. Obviously, he's sort of just getting going. Maybe he goes back to Augusta to start this year, but he's still a teenager, so a lot of excitement.¡±

Juan Tomas, SS, Cubs
Callis: "Do you know where Juan Tomas ranked on Jesse Borek's International Top 50? Anybody want to guess? Well, it's a trick question, because he wasn't ranked. That's what makes him interesting. So Tomas was kind of a late bloomer physically, and it appeared he was going to sign with the Marlins, and the Marlins overhauled their international scouting department last summer. Right when Tomas was hitting a growth spurt, 6-foot-3 ¡­ his handlers decided, well, we're going to put him back in the market, because the guys we struck the deal with don't work for the Marlins anymore. The Cubs found enough money to sign him for $1.1 million, third-highest bonus in their class. But he might have the highest ceiling in the system.¡±

Nestor German, RHP, Orioles
Mayo: ¡°The Orioles took him in the 11th round of the 2023 Draft out of Seattle University. Nothing that he did at Seattle would speak to what he did during his first full season. He struck out a few more guys his junior year, but he left Seattle with a 6.37 career earned run average. But when he got into pro ball, they tweaked some things, and he pitched across two levels of A ball sort of as a swingman with 73 innings. He had a 1.59 earned run average. He missed a lot of bats, 11 strikeouts per nine. He didn't walk many guys. That was an issue in college. And he's got four pitches. The fastball is average ¨C maybe a tick above eventually. And then he's got a curve, slider and the splitter. And he missed a lot of bats with all of them. So he's certainly interesting. He'll need to show that he can hold up over a full season, but for an 11th-rounder with that kind of college track record, I find that interesting.¡±

Jaron Elkins, OF, Dodgers
Callis: ¡°He was on a Nashville high school team with Tigers fourth-round pick Carson Rucker in 2023. Scouts who went to see Rucker also saw Elkins, but they weren't quite sure what to do with him because they didn't have a lot of history with him. He was an all-region running back in football, so he didn't spend a lot of time on the showcase circuit. He had tools, but teams hadn't seen him against a lot of top-flight competition. The Dodgers were able to get him in the eighth round, signed him for an over-slot $407,500. He made a one-game pro debut in the Arizona Complex League in ¡®23, and went back there last summer, posting an .869 OPS with 20 steals in 57 games. He's got a lot of interesting tools.¡±

Eric Reyzelman, RHP, Yankees
Callis: ¡°He went to University of San Francisco as a freshman, had Tommy John surgery. Then he couldn't throw any strikes as a sophomore ¨C which seems like an odd preface to transferring to LSU. But when he was at LSU, he had a mid-90s fastball. They had him throw 94 percent fastballs because he could throw that for a decent amount of strikes. His arm strength and success as a reliever got him drafted in the third round in '22. But he barely pitched in pro ball before last year because he had a cyst in his back that required three operations, three separate surgeries. Finally healthy, he put up ridiculous numbers, 1.16 ERA, .136 opponent average, 41 percent strikeout rate. I do think there's a good chance we see him pitch in New York this year, even though most Yankees fans have not heard of him before last summer at the earliest. Fastball still is his main pitch, it's 94-97, it touches 99. It's got more carry than life, so he's got to spot it up in the strike zone.¡±

Gabriel Davalillo, C, Angels
Mayo: ¡°He was the highest-ranked catcher on our International Top 50 list this year out of Venezuela. He comes from a big baseball family. His brother joined the Rangers organization in 2022. The younger brother Gabriel, a really good catcher, bat first, chance to really hit with a ton of power. Got really good bat speed, repeats his swing well, does damage, especially to the pull side. Reminds some people of Francisco Alvarez in terms of the offensive profile, sort of compact and strong. If he doesn't stick behind the plate, then you have to move to first and the profile isn't great. So the hopes are that he can stick behind the plate. He's got a chance to, but there's work to do there, but it's the bat that is going to carry him up the ladder.¡±

Joseph Sullivan, OF, Astros
Callis: ¡°He¡¯s the grandson of 1971 Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback and college football coach Patrick Sullivan. That part's interesting. What's interesting to me is how quickly Joseph Sullivan has risen in terms of how well he's regarded in the Astros organization internally and externally. So Joseph played some football in high school. He's a safety and wide receiver before he decides to focus on baseball. He goes to South Alabama. He hits .271 with a .964 OPS over three seasons, which is good, but not unbelievable. Sophomore eligible in 2023, doesn't get drafted, had a hamate injury last spring and winds up going to the Astros in the seventh round. He showed flashes of all-around ability during his pro debut, and his name started coming up in trade talks almost immediately. He has a lot to offer. He makes good swing decisions ¡­ The Astros love this guy, and other teams are willing to take him off the Astros' hands, but they don't want to part with him.¡±

Yorger Bautista, OF, Mariners
Mayo: ¡°He¡¯s better known as The Beast, 'La Beastia'. I don't need to say anything else, right? He's got easily plus power. Some of the best raw power and bat speed that a lot of international scouts have seen in quite some time, and a chance to really tap into it. It's a little unorthodox swing, but he tends to be on time all the time. He's got a gun from the outfield as well, so he should fit into that corner outfield spot, right field, power hitting, power arm. ¡­ The Mariners are very, very excited that they were able to get him. When I was working on the order of their list, there were some calls to move him further up than where I had him. It's a pretty good system, and I kind of stashed him pretty high, but I had a couple of people within the organization who said this guy is going to climb pretty fast once he gets going.¡±

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Sadbiel Delzine, RHP, Red Sox
Callis: "He¡¯s a pitcher that the Red Sox signed this year, right-hander out of Venezuela, for $500,000. We talk about on the podcast all the time about how most of the big-money guys on the international market are hitters. His $500,000 was the fifth-highest bonus given to any pitcher in this class, and the most Boston's paid for an international pitcher since they signed Chi Young Lu for $750,000 and $1 ¨C don't forget the extra dollar ¨C in 2019. But anyway, with the understanding that Delzine is young and he's many years away from the big leagues, we're talking about a guy who could be three plus pitches and plus control when its all said and done. The video of him is more fascinating than the Arnaldo Lantigua video. He's 6-foot-5, he's athletic, just throws with ease. He's already touching 94 with good arm-side run on his fastball.¡±