{"id":5031,"date":"2023-01-06T13:45:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T13:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/2023-arizona-diamondbacks-top-mlb-contenders\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T13:45:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T13:45:53","slug":"2023-arizona-diamondbacks-top-mlb-contenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/2023-arizona-diamondbacks-top-mlb-contenders\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Arizona Diamondbacks Top MLB Contenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The D-backs have one of the strongest farm systems in baseball, led by outfielder Corbyn Carroll and shortstop Jordan Lawler, with the No. 2 pick in outfielder Drew Jones and catcher Gabriel in the 2022 Draft. Trading with Moreno makes up for it.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we are announcing the 10 best prospects for D-backs systems as we enter 2023.<\/p>\n<p>We will be hosting a D-backs chat at noon ET. You can submit your questions in advance here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-spot\"\/>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how we predict the 2026 lineup, with 2026 ages in parentheses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2026 lineup planned<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>catcher:<\/strong> Gabriel Moreno (26)  <br \/><strong>First base:<\/strong> Davison de Los Santos (23)<br \/><strong>Second base:<\/strong> Keter Marte (32)<br \/><strong>Third base:<\/strong> A.J. Bukovich (24)<br \/><strong>shortstop:<\/strong> Jordan Lawler (23)<br \/><strong>left:<\/strong> Corbyn Carroll (25)<br \/><strong>Center field:<\/strong> Drew Jones (22)<br \/><strong>Right Fielder:<\/strong> Jake McCarthy (28)<br \/><strong>Designated hitter:<\/strong> Carson Kelly (31)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1st starter:<\/strong> Zach Garren (30)<br \/><strong>No. 2 Starter:<\/strong> Brandon Furt (27)<br \/><strong>No. 3 Starter:<\/strong> Line Nelson (28)<br \/><strong>No. 4 Starter:<\/strong> Dray Jameson (28)<br \/><strong>No. 5 Starter:<\/strong> Blake Walston (25)<br \/><strong>Closer:<\/strong> Landon Sims (25)<\/p>\n<p>Listed below are prospects using the best tools within their organization. Click here to go straight to Arizona&#8217;s Top 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>best tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best hitters batting average:<\/strong> Corbyn Carroll<br \/><strong>Best Power Hitter:<\/strong> Davison de los Santos<br \/><strong>Best Strike Zone Discipline:<\/strong> Corbyn Carroll<br \/><strong>Fastest Baserunner:<\/strong> Corbyn Carroll<br \/><strong>Best Athlete:<\/strong> Dray Jameson<br \/><strong>Best Fastball:<\/strong> line nelson<br \/><strong>Best Curveball:<\/strong> Connor Grams<br \/><strong>best slider:<\/strong> Dray Jameson<br \/><strong>Best changeup:<\/strong> Blake Walston<br \/><strong>Best control:<\/strong> Brandon Fart<br \/><strong>Best Defensive Catcher:<\/strong> Alberto Barriga<br \/><strong>Best Defensive Infielder:<\/strong> Blaze Alexander<br \/><strong>Best Infielder:<\/strong> Blaze Alexander<br \/><strong>Best Defensive Outfielder:<\/strong> Jorge Barossa<br \/><strong>Best Outfielder: <\/strong>Alvin Guzman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiVGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJhc2ViYWxsYW1lcmljYS5jb20vc3Rvcmllcy8yMDIzLWFyaXpvbmEtZGlhbW9uZGJhY2tzLXRvcC1tbGItcHJvc3BlY3RzL9IBAA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The D-backs have one of the strongest farm systems in baseball, led by outfielder Corbyn Carroll and shortstop Jordan Lawler, with the No. 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/corbin-carroll-photo-by-kevork-djansezian_getty-images-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}