Top 2 Shortstops Battle for Draft Top Spot

0:00On April 24th, Prospect rankings are heating up with the amateur season in full swing, and our brand new Draftov 150 list drops at the end of, next week, scouts are all over the map, eyeing talent less than three months from the July draft in Philadelphia. Right now, the number one spot is a toss-up between two teenage short stops, crushing in double A, 19-year-old Jesus, made of the brewers and leotivries of the A's, made holds a slight edge early, with a 338 average, solid power, walks, steels, and a 160WRC plus. Devries is right there at 333, not far behind in production, despite being way younger than the average player at that level. Pirates pitcher Seth Hernandez is making noise too, dominating in just 12 innings with 23 strikeouts and a tiny 0.75 ERA. Folks just split on whose number one, and we're gearing up for some heated internal debates during our May market corrections. Pitchers rarely snag the top spot, only four have since 2004, including Shohei O'Connie.

1:04So Hernandez faces long odds despite his buzz from. Number 24 Keep an eye on Red Sox shortstop Franklin Areas, who's scorching at 0.4444 with six homers and 13 games at age 20. My personal top 10 right now kicks off with Maid, DeVries, Max Clark, Cole Emerson, then Hernandez at five, followed by Trey Yesavage, Eli Willitz. Travis Bazzana, Sebastian Walcott, and Josu DePolo. On the draft front, Jackson floors the clear top arm from Santa Barbara, with Ethan Rojas climbing higher than Carson Bolamon among lefties. Rojas could go as high as number six. We'll finalize that top 150 soon with Scout input, so stay tuned as these young guns keep rising. That's the story for today, MLB News Today, driven by AI.