#17 Nathan Church
#18 Braden Davis
Church fairly dominated AA and AAA at age 24 (excellent OPS and BB/K tally) and offers value both in the field and on the bases. I understand downgrading him for his mediocre pre-2025 hitting performance, but it feels like folks may also be overreacting to his micro-sample of 50something dismal AB’s in the majors.
Davis’ strikeout-to-base hit ratio was 3rd in all of the minors in 2025 among the 691 starters with 70+ innings pitched. First and second were uber-prospects Jonah Tong and Trey Yesavage.