🔝 Pop Up Prospects - May 2022

 I re-ran the model with statistics through 5/3/2022. 

Before we get to the list, let's review the goals and objectives of these rankings:

• The rankings presented below are entirely based on performance. 
• The rankings are adjusted for age-to-level, proximity to the big leagues, and division factors. 
• The goal is not to identify the best prospects, but the best prospect performances so far - we're looking for the Kwans and Pasquantinos, not the Witt Jr's and JRods.
• This list is another tool in your toolbox. Use this list along with prospect rankings and scouting grades.

The optimal use for this model is in-season, recognizing players with stellar performances and aggregated statistics before the mid-year and end-of-year prospect list are released. 

Let's review the TOOLs grading system that I'm using. 

Pitching categories: 

• CTL - ability to strike out batters
• CMD - ability to avoid walking batters, getting batters to chase or swing and miss
• CON - the ability to induce weak contact, get ground balls, reduce line drives

Batting categories:

• BAT - ability to make contact, avoid striking out, and get on base.
• PWR - ability to hit home run, extra base hits, and line drive 
• RUN - measure of stolen bases, stolen base success

Both pitching and batting categories are aggregated in to a weighted TOT score. The TOT score for pitchers emphasizes CTL and CMD while the TOT score for batters has heavier weights on BAT and PWR than RUN. 

BATS:

	Name	Team	Level	Age	PlayerId	BAT	PWR	RUN	TOT
1	Ezequiel Tovar	COL	AA	20	sa3008239	58	59	64	58.8
2	Jacob Amaya	LAD	AA	23	sa3005081	59	57	49	57.2
3	Felix Valerio	MIL	AA	21	sa3005613	60	55	54	57.3
4	James Wood	SDP	A	19	sa3016870	58	55	47	55.7
5	Adael Amador	COL	A	19	sa3014682	57	56	44	55.4
6	Charlie Welch	SEA	A+	22	sa3016858	55	55	26	52.2
7	Vinnie Pasquantino	KCR	AAA	24	sa1115762	57	53	51	54.6
8	Corbin Carroll	ARI	AA	21	sa3010593	58	50	63	55.4
9	Robert Hassell III	SDP	A+	20	sa3014701	57	52	54	54.5
10	Coby Mayo	BAL	A+	20	sa3014479	50	59	54	54.0
11	Esteury Ruiz	SDP	AA	23	sa917030	58	49	59	54.4
12	Edwin Arroyo	SEA	A	18	sa3017626	54	53	57	54.1
13	John Rhodes	BAL	A+	21	sa3017162	55	52	54	53.7
14	Masyn Winn	STL	A+	20	sa3014506	58	48	60	54.1
15	Tanner Morris	TOR	AA	24	sa3009873	56	49	41	52.0
16	Zach Humphreys	LAA	AA	24	sa3016853	54	52	48	52.7
17	Joe Naranjo	CLE	A+	21	sa3010025	52	55	29	50.7
18	Emmanuel Rodriguez	MIN	A	19	sa3014693	49	58	44	52.2
19	Michael Harris II	ATL	AA	21	sa3010684	53	53	62	53.8
20	Bryan Ramos	CHW	A+	20	sa3010024	51	55	25	50.0
21	Curtis Mead	TBR	AA	21	sa3008392	55	50	29	50.5
22	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	A	20	sa3014458	56	48	55	52.9
23	Wenceel Perez	DET	A+	22	sa3003326	53	52	50	52.3
24	Evan Carter	TEX	A+	19	sa3014490	62	41	54	52.8
25	Luis Garcia	WSN	AAA	22	20391	53	52	33	50.6

ARMS:

	Name	Team	Level	Age	PlayerId	CTL	CMD	CON	TOT
1	Eury Perez	MIA	AA	19	sa3014807	80	58	43	61.3
2	Kyle Harrison	SFG	A+	20	sa3014513	72	49	52	57.8
3	Max Meyer	MIA	AAA	23	sa3014430	64	50	58	57.6
4	Brayan Bello	BOS	AA	23	sa3005436	66	47	58	56.9
5	Daniel Espino	CLE	AA	21	sa3011495	74	54	37	56.0
6	Chase Silseth	LAA	AA	22	sa3017871	65	50	52	56.0
7	Taj Bradley	TBR	AA	21	sa3007839	57	49	60	55.2
8	Ken Waldichuk	NYY	AA	24	sa1115814	63	44	59	55.2
9	Jean Pinto	BAL	A+	21	sa3011803	59	47	55	53.6
10	Andrew Painter	PHI	A	19	sa3017880	71	49	39	53.5
11	Brandon Walter	BOS	AA	25	sa3010826	58	47	56	53.4
12	Cam Sanders	CHC	AA	25	sa3008067	60	42	59	53.3
13	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	AAA	22	sa3008130	71	49	37	53.1
14	Reese Olson	DET	AA	22	sa3008513	63	49	45	52.8
15	Max Castillo	TOR	AA	23	sa917181	60	39	60	52.7
16	Mike Burrows	PIT	AA	22	sa3008517	61	48	48	52.7
17	Jared Shuster	ATL	AA	23	sa3014483	56	48	54	52.5
18	George Kirby	SEA	AA	24	sa3011526	57	45	55	52.5
19	Ricky Tiedemann	TOR	A	19	sa3018096	67	45	44	52.5
20	Blake Walston	ARI	A+	21	sa3011814	65	43	48	52.3
21	Brett Kerry	LAA	AA	23	sa3017390	67	47	41	52.3
22	Gordon Graceffo	STL	A+	22	sa3016849	62	49	45	52.3
23	Kyle Muller	ATL	AAA	24	20167	64	42	50	52.1
24	Andrew Abbott	CIN	A+	23	sa3017529	62	44	48	51.9
25	Kyle Bradish	BAL	AAA	25	24586	58	39	60	51.9