Arguably the most distinguished outlet when it comes to baseball talent evaluation, Baseball America released its Marlins Top 10 prospects list on Wednesday. Not all that many surprises from Associate Editor Kegan Lowe—our regular readers will recognize many of these names for their combination of tools and performance.
Further highlighting how much this farm system has improved in a short time, 9 of the 10 featured players were acquired under new Marlins ownership.
Scouting reports below come from BA with some related Fish Stripes coverage mixed in.
SCOUTING REPORT: A premium athlete, Mesa is already considered a plus defender in center field, with some scouts grading both his arm and his speed as 70 tools.