Rookie-level prospects
The complex and Dominican Summer leagues: a player's first professional assignment, the youngest bodies, and the widest range of outcomes in the minors.
What Rookie is
Rookie ball is the entry level of the minor leagues — the complex leagues attached to a club's spring-training site (the Arizona and Florida Complex Leagues) and the Dominican Summer League. It is where most international signings and later-round draftees start, and the seasons are short.
What it means for a card
This is the level where a name usually appears on cardboard for the first time, so it is where a first-Bowman card is cheapest — and where the least is known. A strong complex-league line is a real signal about a hitter's tools, but it is measured against the youngest, most uneven competition in professional baseball, and a large share of these players never reach a full-season club at all. Treat a price here as paying for a range of outcomes, not for a projection.
We track 2,890 players at Rookie. 727 have enough behind them — a real stat line or market evidence — for a page of their own. The rest are followed and will appear here as data lands.
Top of the level
Best-rated first, by the same prospect score the board uses.
- Angeibel GomezCF · 90
- Diego FrontadoSS · 88
- Leanders MatosSS · 88
- Francisco RenteriaCF · 88
- Joskairo RamirezCF · 87
- Samil SerranoCF · 86
- Joniel HernandezSS · 85
- Enrique OropezaCF · 85
- Víctor GonzalezSS · 84
- Svert ReinosoSS · 84
- Santiago SolarteSS · 83
- Cesar MateoSS · 83
- Fran-Jean HasethCF · 83
- Juan Torres2B · 82
- Eider GutierrezCF · 82
- Albert FermínSS · 82
- Jarvis GomezCF · 82
- Ronald CardozoC · 81
- Jaider SuárezSS · 81
- Isaac VelasquezSS · 81
- Manuel BolivarC · 81
- Jeremy SurielCF · 81
- Rafeliz LaraSS · 81
- Johan MachadoSS · 81
- Yhon GuerreroCF · 80
- Darling MonteroSS · 80
- Angel NuñezCF · 80
- Ricki MoneysSS · 80
- Eduardo TusenSS · 80
- Hiverson LópezC · 80
- Osiris RamirezSS · 80
- David CarreraCF · 79
- Stiven MarinezSS · 79
- Jhosep VillarroelC · 79
- Nishentel Meyers2B · 79
- Raunny FigueredoCF · 78
- Sebastian RomeroCF · 78
- Gabriel RosarioCF · 78
- Jendy MartinezSS · 78
- Helvin MendozaCF · 78
A cross-section of the rest
Sampled at even intervals down the rest of the level, so this shows the middle and the tail rather than only the peak — and so every player we track has a way in from here.
- Luis JaquezSS · 78
- Luis DiasC · 75
- Marconi GermanSS · 71
- Josue RodriguezSS · 69
- Juan De JesusCF · 68
- Steven HerreraSS · 65
- Leonard RijoSS · 64
- Kenny FenelonCF · 62
- Gilbert RamirezC · 61
- Andres AriasCF · 60
- Enry TorresC · 59
- Anthony Santa Cruz de OviedoCF · 58
- Edwin DarvilleSS · 57
- Ryan RudasCF · 56
- Misael RodriguezCF · 54
- Brainerh PalaciosC · 53
- Yeison OviedoSS · 52
- Emmanuel Cedeno2B · 51
- Steven MaderoC · 50
- Johan RodriguezC · 49
- Raily LirianoCF · 48
- Jhon GilC · 47
- Eybert SanchezSS · 46
- Kadil RubioCF · 45
- Joshua FerminCF · 44
- Adrian BelloC · 42
- Greylin De La PazSS · 41
- Maikol OrozcoSS · 39
- Roybert Herrera3B · 37
- Francisco VilorioCF · 35