Arizona Diamondbacks Midseason Top 40 Prospects List

A new No. 1 prospect headlines the Arizona Diamondbacks on SI's midseason Top 40 Diamondbacks prospects list.

Slade Caldwell talks with the media | Jack Sommers

With the first two months of the 2025 season in the books, we are updating the Top 40 prospects list here at Arizona Diamondbacks on SI. In the midseason update, we took into account how the Diamondbacks' top minor league prospects have performed early in the season.

To qualify for our prospect list, the player must be 25 years old or younger on Opening Day and haven't passed the service time or play threshold for their rookie seasons in the major leagues. Each prospect is ranked based on how strong a career we project them to have in Arizona.

1. OF Slade Caldwell
2. INF Jordan Lawlar
3. INF LuJames Groover
4. OF Ryan Waldschmidt
5. RHP Cristian Mena
6. INF Demetrio Crisantes
7. RHP Dylan Ray
8. INF Tommy Troy
9. RHP Yilber Díaz
10. RHP Daniel Eagen
11. C/DH Adrian Del Castillo
12. LHP Spencer Giesting
13. LHP Yu-Min Lin
14. INF Jansel Luis
15. INF JD Dix
16. INF Cristofer Torin
17. RHP Hayden Durke
18. RHP Yordin Chalas
19. RHP Kyle Amendt
20. OF Kristian Robinson
21. OF Druw Jones
22. INF Yassel Soler
23. OF Gavin Conticello
24. LHP Caden Grice
25. OF Adriel Radney
26. RHP Connor Foley
27. INF Enyervert Perez
28. OF Elian De La Cruz
29. OF Jorge Barrosa
30. LHP Blake Walston
31. INF Tytus Cissell
32. INF Jose Fernandez
33. C Ivan Lucanio
34. C Alberto Barriga
35. C Christian Cerda
36. OF A.J. Vukovich
37. LHP Nate Savino
38. LHP Philip Abner
39. RHP Christian Montes De Oca
40. RHP Ricardo Yan

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Slade Caldwell has leapfrogged Jordan Lawlar as the top prospect on the list. Lawlar was the top prospect on the preseason list, but that was before the team committed to Geraldo Perdomo as their starting shortstop and another rough stint in the major leagues.

With fellow prospect LuJames Groover being developed as a full-time third baseman, Lawlar's best options to get into the lineup on an everyday basis are second base and center field. That increases the bar for him offensively to stick. The final hurdle is improving his approach against breaking balls, especially against right-handed pitchers.

Caldwell, on the other hand, has looked excellent for an 18-year-old prospect in his first season of pro ball. He's near the top of the California League leaderboard in batting average, on-base percentage, and OPS.

He shows the ability to draw walks, although his approach can get passive at times, as he takes a lot of called strikes. With a line drive approach and plus-plus speed, he projects as the D-backs' future center fielder.

Notable New Additions

Right-handed reliever Hayden Durke tops the list of new additions to the prospect lists. Durke has shown the most improvement of any pitcher in the Diamondbacks' system, flashing the ability to command two "plus" breaking pitches and a 98 MPH four-seamer.

He's already been promoted to Double-A Amarillo after dominating the Northwest League. Durke projects as a back-of-the-bullpen arm, hence the high ranking at No. 17 despite not ranking on the preseason list.

Elian De La Cruz, the organization's highest-ranked international signing in 2025, debuts at the No. 28 spot. De La Cruz has the ideal build for a power-hitting outfielder from the right side of the plate, drawing Marcell Ozuna comps. He's been assigned to the DSL Black squad.

Infielder Enyervert Perez is a prospect that farm director Chris Slivka tipped us off to as a potential sleeper. A corner infielder by trade, Slivka noted that Perez is near the top of the Arizona Complex League in hard-hit rates (exit velocities greater than 95.0 MPH) and raw exit velocity relative to his age group.

At the time of this writing, he's hitting .274 with a .827 OPS, 15.6% walk rate, and a 19.5% strikeout rate. Perez starts at the No. 27 spot on the list.

Nate Savino has battled injuries the last three years, but a permanent move to the bullpen has revived his career. He's posting a solid 27% strikeout rate and an 11% walk rate between Visalia and Hillsboro over 30.2 innings.

With a dearth of left-handed relief options, he could quickly ascend up the system and finish the season in Double-A. Savino sits at the No. 37 spot but could rise even higher once we have a clearer picture of his fastball velocity.

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