The 2024 MLB season saw one of the most anticipated prospect debuts in recent memory when Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander and No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft Paul Skenes burst onto the scene in April and steamrolled big league hitters en route to NL Rookie of the Year honors.
It was reminiscent of Stephen Strasburg arriving on the scene to major fan fare for the Washington Nationals more than a decade earlier in 2010, and over the years every team has had at least one highly-touted prospect who generated a similar level of hype.
Ahead we have highlighted the most hyped prospect in the history of each MLB franchise, focusing on the late 1980s as the start of MLB prospecting as we know it today and running through Skenes' arrival in 2024.