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Covering the Corner Top Prospects 2022

Best of the Rest: Pitching prospects

Cleveland has one of the deepest minor league systems in all of baseball, so plenty of talented pitchers got left off our community top-20

Tobias Myers is our No. 20 prospect. Thank you for voting!

The countdown comes to a close with the SP from Winter Haven

Xzavion Curry is our No. 19 prospect. Who should be No. 20?

You think one lengthy scoreless streak is good? How about two?

Angel Martinez is our No. 18 prospect. Who should be No. 19?

The future is bright for Angel Martinez

Peyton Battenfield is our No. 17 prospect. Who should be No. 18?

Another Guardians starting pitcher prospect developing a cutter

Bo Naylor is our No. 16 Guardians Prospect. Who should be No. 17?

One bad season at the plate and everyone thinks you’re dead

Petey Halpin is our No. 15 Guardians Prospect. Who should be No. 16?

An aggressive placement paid off for Halpin in 2021

Bryan Lavastida is our No. 14 Guardians Prospect. Who should be No. 15?

A bat-first catcher? In this economy?

Jose Tena is our No. 13 Guardians Prospect. Who should be No. 14?

A fall surge boosted Tena’s stock enough to be added to the 40-man roster

Cody Morris is our No. 12 Guardians Prospect. Who should be No. 13?

Guess who added a cutter to their pitch mix?

Steven Kwan is our No. 11 Guardians prospect. Who should be No. 12?

Steven Kwan isn’t the flashiest prospect of the bunch, but [phenomenal tease, everyone is shocked]

Jhonkensy Noel is our No. 10 Guardians prospect. Who should be No. 11?

A slugging corner infielder who also hits for high average, what’s not to like?

Richie Palacios is our No. 9 Guardians prospect. Who should be No. 10?

An advanced bat and a versatile glove make Palacios an intriguing watch in 2022

Gavin Williams is our No. 8 Guardians prospect. Who should be No. 9?

Williams has yet to make his pro debut, but that hasn’t stopped the hype train

Logan T. Allen is our No. 7 Guardians prospect. Who should be No. 8?

The "other" Logan Allen impressed in his first professional season

Nolan Jones is our No. 6 Guardians prospect. Who should be No. 7?

No longer No. 1, can Jones bounce back in 2022?

Gabriel Arias is our No. 5 Guardians prospect. Who should be No. 6?

Three of the top five prospects so far play shortstop

Daniel Espino is our No. 4 Guardians prospect. Who should be No. 5?

Espino set the world on fire in 2021 as one of the top strikeout artists in the minors

Tyler Freeman is our No. 3 Guardians prospect. Who should be No. 4?

Tyler Freeman’s elite hitting ability has us excited about his future

Brayan Rocchio is our No. 2 Guardians prospect. Who should be No. 3?

"The Professor" took High-A and Double-A pitchers to school in 2021

George Valera is our No. 1 Guardians prospect. Who should be No. 2?

The legend grows with every flipped bat

Covering the Corner top Cleveland Guardians for 2022 voting

It’s here and it’s perfect