Awards season begins today with the announcement of the rookies
of the year. We're all expecting Corbin Carroll and
Gunnar Henderson to collect the hardware in each league.
Right? The announcement of this year's rookie winners makes
it a perfect time to think about the candidates for
2024. I'm Jonathan Mayo. And in this edition
of the MLB pipeline B report, I'll pick out
three who could be considered very early front runners for
top rookie honors a year from now. It's not
often a guy can play in a World Series,
let alone win a ring and then be in contention
for rookie of the year honors the following season.
Our number eight prospect has every shot to pull off
the feet last accomplished by the Rays, Randy Rose
Arena, although he didn't win the title. Evan
Carter posted an s over 1023 regular season games followed
by an impressive 917 ops during the Rangers run to
their first World Series win. Remember they'll be just
21 years old for the bulk of the 2024 season
like Kevin Carter, Jordan Lawler made his big league
debut at age 21 this past season and was on
the World Series roster though. He didn't have the
same kind of impact the Rangers outfielder did, but
our number 10 prospect should have plenty of opportunity to
be the D backs third baseman on opening day.
It really hit with the kind of advanced support that
should serve him well on the big stage and he
started tapping into his raw power in the minors this
past season. More consistently, the hot corner in
Arizona should be all his in 2024 back to the
American League for this one. And another guy with
a tremendous approach at the plate that we've seen work
at the big league level. Nolan was the number
11 overall pick in the most recent draft. He
obviously became the first player in the class of 2023
to hit the big leagues and he's walked more than
he struck out in his pro career to date.
Power hasn't shown up since he left college. It's
a small sample size and it's in there. First
base should be his for the taking next spring too
. These are far from the only three candidates,
of course, giants Kyle Harrison and the Pirates.
Paul schemes are pitchers worth watching while bats like the
Twins Brooks Lee and the Orioles Heston Ket could have
a shot. Keep an eye on MLB pipeline next
week when we unveil one rookie of the year candidate
for each team for now. I'm Jonathan Mayo and
this has been a rookie laden edition of the MLB
pipeline beat report.