Every April, at every level, players emerge unexpectedly and get the baseball world talking. This year at the major league level it’s been players like Didi Gregorius of the Yankees, Mitch Haniger of the Mariners and Jed Lowrie of the Athletics. On the pitching side it’s been pitchers like Patrick Corbin of the Diamondbacks, Jarlin García of the Marlins and Mike Clevinger of the Indians. It’s far too soon to know whether these players can maintain their level of success for an entire season, but they’ve all made adjustments or improved to the point we can’t stop talking about them.



The same thing is happening in the minor leagues. So as scouts and player development personnel started raving to me about players who were having game-changing Aprils, I decided to go directly to each players’ major league GM to get confirmation and direct opinions on the prospects who are turning heads.



This is not a prospect ranking,...