The latest (and possibly last?) entry in this preseason’s Top 100 Prospect lists has been released, and the Dodgers fare even better in this one than the rest. Keith Law of The Athletic put together his list with eight Los Angeles prospects in his top 100, including one in the top 10.
Twenty-one-year-old catching prospect Diego Cartaya was number 13 on Law’s list last year, and he jumps up to number six this year. Law is pretty impressed with Cartaya’s tools and his progress through the minors so far.
Cartaya hammers fastballs and offspeed, posting high exit velocities and often out-muscling pitchers with his pure strength, while already showing a good feel for the strike zone even before he turned 21 in September.