ZiPS 2023 Top 100 Prospects

The FanGraphs Newsletter, February 24, 2023 [READ IN BROWSER]( February 24, 2023 Hi there! Today Dan Szymborski will talk about ZiPS 2023 Top 100 prospects. Naturally, there is a lot of agreement between ZiPS and other lists when it comes to top prospects. Elite prospects tend to please both the scouts and the silicon, and 68 of this year’s ZiPS Top 100 overlap with the [official FanGraphs Top 100](. The ZiPS list should be used in addition to other lists, not in a mutually exclusive fashion. Dan adjusted the methodology of the rankings slightly, going with the interquartile mean for career WAR rather than the 50th percentile projection. That’s because, with the benefit of hindsight, it consistently slightly outperforms the 50th percentile rankings (though none of the actual rankings will be retconned for the ZiPS Cinematic Universe). ZiPS will still have a tendency to like high-floor, low-ceiling players more than scouts do. This is understandable given the nature of projections; scouts are optimistic by nature, traveling to Hagerstown or Kannapolis to see something special, not just to find a useful fourth outfielder or innings-eating fourth starter. So, let’s get to the Top 100 (with a preview below). The position listed reflects where the player has played the most recently; ZiPS is making no attempt to gauge where a team will choose to deploy a player, so take that into consideration: [ZiPS 2023 Top 100 Prospects, by D]( Szymborski [It's the Same Old Noah Song, but a Different Team Since He's Been Gone]( The Phillies have about five weeks to figure out whether the ex-Naval Academy product and former top prospect is worth keeping, and if he is, how to make him fit. | by Michael Baumann [Let's Identify Some Hitter Sleeper Candidates]( Not everyone can be on the Top 100, but these six hitters stand a good chance of success anyway. | by Ben Clemens [Picks to Click: Who We Expect to Make the 2024 Top 100]( Gaze into the crystal ball, and see if you can catch a glimpse of next year's Top 100. | by Eric Longenhagen and Tess Taruskin [Another Look at the Coors Conundrum]( I don't purport to be solving the problem, but I can offer you another perspective. | by Alex Eisert [The State of League Parity]( What can 2023 projections tell us about the progress of MLB's war on competitive imbalance? | by Chris Gilligan [Get Bent, Tax Rules]( The interesting thing about Yu Darvish's contract is not who’s getting paid, who’s doing the paying, or how much money is set to change hands. It’s when. | by Michael Baumann 🎧 [FANGRAPHS AUDIO: Perennial Prospect Week Podcast 2023]( [DOWNLOAD THE FANGRAPHS APP]( [FanGraphs & Effectively Wild Merch Is Now Available at BreakingT!]( [ORDER HERE]( [How Houston Astros are gearing up to defend World Series title]( by Jesse Rogers, ESPN [Jason Heyward, Freddie Freeman and the bond that could spark the Dodgers]( by Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic ($) [Jocko Maxwell, the forgotten sports broadcasting great]( by Michael Clair, MLB [Tim McCarver, Catcher in the Hall of Fame as a Broadcaster, Dies at 81]( by Bruce Weber, New York Times [@fangraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [RSS]( [FORWARD]( [SUBSCRIBE]( Copyright © 2023 FanGraphs Inc, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the FanGraphs Newsletter. Our mailing address is: FanGraphs Inc 1200 N Hartford St. Apt 312Arlington, Va 22201 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](