Leo De Vries, SS, Athletics: A's top prospect Leo De Vries has looked the part of a future star this spring. The No. 11 prospect in baseball, De Vries went 1-for-3 with a double on Tuesday and now has 11 hits through 31 at-bats this spring. In addition to advanced bat-to-ball ability and barrel control, De Vries is beginning to show blossoming in game power. There’s a chance De Vries reaches the big leagues at some point in 2026, as he’s more than held his own in his first major league camp with the A's after they acquired him last summer in the Mason Miller blockbuster with the Padres.

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Lazaro Montes, OF, Mariners: Montes is one of baseball's more polarizing prospects. There are believers in his 40-homer upside, but others think he swings and misses too frequently. On Tuesday, Montes showed a little of both, going 2-for-4 with a double and striking out twice. Montes had previously struggled this spring and was just 2-for-21 entering the day before doubling his hit total with two hard-hit balls. Montes still needs more time to develop, but the upside is a middle-of-the-order slugger with game-changing power. The question remains: will he hit enough?

Spencer Jones, OF, Yankees: The Yankees optioned Jones on Monday. However, he still started for the team in center field on Tuesday and continued his strong spring, blasting his fourth Grapefruit League home run. Jones’ home run came in the second inning on a belt-high slider Jonathan Bowlan hung in the zone. Jones hit it 416 feet to center field with a 107 mph exit velocity. Jones should debut at some point in 2026 with the Yankees.

Charlie Condon, OF/1B, Rockies: The Rockies’ No. 2 prospect has enjoyed his time in big league camp this spring. After going 1-for-3 with a double on Tuesday, Condon is 10-for-25 on the spring with three home runs and 20 total bases. Condon received the start in left field and could continue to see more time in the outfield in 2026.

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Eric Nachtsheim, RHP, McNeese: Jacob Rudner recently wrote about McNeese State righthander Eric Nachtsheim, and the senior then went out and struck out 16 this weekend. Nachtsheim mixes four pitches in a four-seam fastball, slider, cutter and changeup. He averages nearly seven feet of extension on his fastball, generating 20-plus inches of induced vertical break on average. This creates good fastball angles, which drove the majority of his whiffs this weekend. His primary secondary is a low-to-mid-80s cut slider, but he also mixes a more traditional cutter and an infrequently-used changeup. Nachtsheim was one of a handful of college baseball data standouts in Week 4, and a great example of an off-the-radar pitcher pitching his way onto draft boards this spring.

Quick Hits

Prospect news and notes from around baseball…

• Leo De Vries isn’t the only A’s minor leaguer enjoying a hot spring. Tommy White went 2-for-2 yesterday and has 10 hits along with three homers through his first 20 at-bats.

• Jonah Tong will not crack the Mets’ Opening Day roster. They optioned him to Triple-A on Tuesday. He ranks 44th on our Top 100.

• After dealing with elbow soreness earlier this spring, oft-injured Blue Jays LHP Ricky Tiedemann was back on a mound yesterday.

• Prior to the WBC, we wrote that Hiroto Takahashi was Japan’s top player yet to arrive in the majors. He led all WBC pitchers on Tuesday with 13 swings and misses, overpowering Czechia’s lineup with a 95 mph fastball, 90 mph splitter and 87 mph cutter, while also mixing in a few low-80s curveballs. He struck out five over 4.2 scoreless innings.

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