We're in the midst of a changing of the guard at the top of minor league prospect lists. Adley Rutschmann, Bobby Witt Jr. and Julio Rodriguez had ruled these lists for months, and when they graduated early in the year, they left a pretty open field. Two months ago, I handicapped what the top of an updated list would look like, with the caveat that it would change more as we eventually got to this official post-trade-deadline update.
Turns out that caveat was necessary. At that point, I had a group of eight under consideration for the top spot (Riley Greene has since graduated, and C.