Minor League Thread Part Deux

Keith Law released his top 100 prospects for 2026. Braves had only 1 representative. Really surprised that Fuentes didn't make the cut.


35. Cam Caminiti - Atlanta’s 2024 first-round pick is now their best prospect, as Caminiti, the cousin of the late NL MVP Ken Caminiti, continued to show premium stuff in his pro debut while throwing strikes and limiting hard contact in Low A. Caminiti sits 92-95 already from a low three-quarters slot with a plus changeup that hitters whiffed on half the time they swung at it. His breaking ball is now more of a sweeper, missing some bats in the zone but not generating a lot of chase; it grades out as a 55 or 60 on paper, and I've had scouts come in anywhere from average to plus, but right now it plays more as average with hitters. The low slot helps the sweeper play up against lefties, and he comes slightly across his body due to where he lands on the mound, which helps everything look better against lefties. On the season, he allowed just a .184/.283/.207 line to left-handed batters, with just two doubles and no other extra-base hits, while righties hit .251/.328/.371. He’s an excellent athlete who was a two-way player in high school, and getting him a little more online to the plate would improve his results against righties while also letting that athleticism show more in the delivery and the command. He’s also passed the biggest test for high school pitchers, surviving the first year in pro ball without injury, and if that continues he’ll be one of the top lefties in the minors by next spring.
 
To be an annoying stat pedant, it’s ~110 OPS+, which is comfortably above average. So there.

That’s a pretty drastic split (~47 OPS+ against LHB, just lights out), especially for a lefty who has already has a great change, which should be a strong weapon against RHB. Not burying the kid or saying he sucks, but it certainly surprised me given the overall success he had this year and is something to track. For all I know they told him to throw mostly sweepers to righties just for practice. Its Low-A.

My moderately sized eyebrow remains raised. Hoping to raise the other one when he improves against righties next season and becomes a true phenom.
 
Kiley McDaniel's top 100 is out today. Braves have three prospects on the list -- Caminiti at 53, then Fuentes and Ritchie back to back at 88 and 89. Caminiti certainly sounds like a Max Fried type -- excellent athlete, excellent-but-not-elite stuff. He'll need really solid command and control to reach Fried's level.

Also, Kiley sure does love Konnor Griffin.
 
This section from Kiley's Caminiti write up jumped out to me the most:

"I thought Caminiti should add an upper-80s cutter to round out his repertoire and asked someone who would know, and it turns out we'll be seeing that in 2026; the early data looks positive. If he doesn't take a big step forward, Caminiti will still be a solid back-end starter, but there's front-line potential if everything clicks."
 
Ritchie and Caminiti are also now PPI eligible. Obviously close to zero percent chance that matters for Caminiti, but if we don't add a starter and Ritchie has a good spring, who knows.
 
CJ9 said:
Ritchie and Caminiti are also now PPI eligible. Obviously close to zero percent chance that matters for Caminiti, but if we don't add a starter and Ritchie has a good spring, who knows.
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The picks must flow.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
I think he is only on 1 top 100 list right now. So he can't be good because some biased beat writers who never watch a minor league game says he is not a top 100 prospect.
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Matt trying to get me started...lol. Read most of these wrote ups and the experts hedge their bets just in case a'can't miss ' prospect flames out. It happens. I think some are jaded by Fuentes' mlb debut. Won't matter in the long run.
 
Yeah his debut threw them off but that doesn't mean he's gonna flame out. If he wouldn't have been called up then he's probably on most lists.
 
Deester11 said:
Matt trying to get me started...lol. Read most of these wrote ups and the experts hedge their bets just in case a'can't miss ' prospect flames out. It happens. I think some are jaded by Fuentes' mlb debut. Won't matter in the long run.
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I wasn't picking on Dider.. just my rant about how the PPI is attached to biased voter blocks that probably don't even get to watch many minor league games and just base their opinions on minor league data that is readily available to everyone. I hate this rule with a passion.. even when it benefits the Braves.
 
klaw had the Braves at 27 in farm system rankings l


No surprise here — Atlanta is so aggressive in promoting prospects that they often see players lose eligibility before they’re ready for full-time jobs, and they haven’t drafted all that well in recent years, contributing to the thinning of the system pretty much top to bottom. Scouts who saw their High-A club said it was one of the worst teams they saw all year.
 
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