Diego Cartaya is the top prospect in the Dodgers’ farm system, a system Keith Law of The Athletic recently said is the best in baseball. The 6-foot-3, 21-year-old catcher from Venezuela has pounded the ball at every level of the minors he’s played at, from Rookie ball through High-A. He’ll likely start the 2023 season in Double-A and could graduate the last two levels this year.
Of course, the Dodgers already have a catcher, and Will Smith was just named the second-best catcher in baseball on MLB Network’s “Top 10 Right Now” series, creating a potential logjam at the position in the not-too-distant future.