{"id":671561,"date":"2026-05-15T01:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/671561\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T01:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:14:19","slug":"new-no-1-mlb-prospect-revealed-in-updated-top-100-list-after-konnor-griffin-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/671561\/","title":{"rendered":"New No. 1 MLB Prospect Revealed in Updated Top 100 List After Konnor Griffin Promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">There&#8217;s a new top MLB prospect after Konnor Griffin shed his prospect tag by reaching 130 major league at-bats this week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Jes\u00fas Made, a 19-year-old shortstop prospect in the Milwaukee Brewers organization, now sits at No. 1 on <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/top100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">MLB&#8217;s prospect rankings<\/a>. He&#8217;s followed by Athletics shortstop Leo De Vries, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Seth Hernandez, Washington Nationals shortstop Eli Willits and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Made, who signed with the Brewers as an international free agent in 2024, is currently playing at the Double-A level, where he has hit .257\/.340\/.400 with three home runs and 20 RBI. He was part of the Brewers&#8217; spring training roster this year but ultimately started the year in the minors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">De Vries is also at the Double-A level, while Hernandez is in High-A and Willits is playing Single-A. Yesavage, 22, made his MLB debut last year, playing three games for the Blue Jays, and he&#8217;s already made three starts this year, recording a 0.68 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP across 13.1 innings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a new top MLB prospect after Konnor Griffin shed his prospect tag by reaching 130 major league&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-671561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}