2025 MLB Farm System Statcast Hitting Rankings

As mentioned in our 2025 Hit+ leaderboard, Baseball America has measured performance throughout the 2025 season based on underlying metrics via Hawk-Eye data gathered across the minor leagues. The RoboScout model incorporates some of this data to assess the minor league performance of hitters and pitchers and evaluate their future major league performance.

Today, we’ll be ranking how each organizationâ€s collection of minor league hitters performed via these metrics in 2025. You can find our corresponding pitcher rankings here.

Using the same methodology to capture a hitterâ€s true underlying performance, we used weighted on-base average (wOBA) as our baseline and created a Hit+ score that weights each key metric by how strongly it correlates with future wOBA. Like wRC+, Hit+ is centered at 100, so scores above that mark indicate better-than-average underlying performance or vice versa.

One important note: Due to data availability, each hitterâ€s performance was compared to the overall minor league average rather than level-specific averages. As a result, a Double-A and Low-A hitter with the same contact rate against breaking balls, for example, are evaluated equally in that category.

Please note Hit+ scores do not reflect a playerâ€s defensive or running ability.

For the organization scores, the metric (Hit+, Contact rate, barrel rate, etc.) of each player in the organization was “weighted†by the number of plate appearances they had. So, if one hitter had a Hit+ of 200 but with only 10 plate appearances, his influence on the organizationâ€s aggregate Hit+ would be 10% of someone who had 100 plate appearances.

Below are the weighted scores (where 100.0 is average) and rankings for each organization. Note that “Swing Dec†is represented by Swing%-minus-Chase%.

Statcast Scores For All 30 Organizations

orghit+swingdeccont%zcon%90evbrl%xwobaconLos Angeles Dodgers103.3100.9100.999.7100.8101.8102.4Detroit Tigers102.2102.399.399.4102.1103.1101.4San Francisco Giants102.2100.4101.6101.4101.0101.1101.8Houston Astros101.899.298.398.9102.5101.7101.1Minnesota Twins101.898.9101.0100.9100.6101.5101.5New York Yankees101.4102.197.997.6101.6102.6101.7Toronto Blue Jays101.1100.7100.8100.6100.1100.999.0Seattle Mariners100.7101.399.299.6101.0100.7101.6Arizona Diamondbacks100.698.5101.6101.598.498.8102.5Chicago White Sox100.4102.299.299.3100.3100.5101.4New York Mets100.399.2100.4100.7101.7100.798.8Pittsburgh Pirates100.399.698.899.2101.5101.099.6Chicago Cubs100.1100.5100.0100.2100.499.999.5St. Louis Cardinals99.998.3101.7101.4100.099.799.0Cincinnati Reds99.899.199.199.3101.0100.4100.7Athletics99.799.6102.3101.997.898.399.8Los Angeles Angels99.7101.097.697.799.5100.6102.5Milwaukee Brewers99.7101.4100.299.899.498.799.1Philadelphia Phillies99.799.9100.099.9100.4100.399.0Baltimore Orioles99.6101.199.098.1100.1100.698.8Miami Marlins99.599.9100.3100.3100.299.698.4San Diego Padres99.3100.0100.3100.397.899.1100.0Boston Red Sox99.298.298.999.5100.699.699.1Cleveland Guardians99.2101.0102.0101.697.698.598.3Colorado Rockies98.696.5100.2101.298.898.2101.5Texas Rangers98.697.5102.1102.297.398.298.7Tampa Bay Rays98.299.5100.6100.598.797.898.4Washington Nationals98.1100.897.697.6102.199.598.9Kansas City Royals97.898.799.199.898.698.598.8Atlanta Braves97.6101.9100.7100.597.997.697.4

Statcast Rankings For All 30 Organizations

orghit+swingdeccont%zcon%90evbrl%xwobaconLos Angeles Dodgers1st10th8th19th10th3rd3rdDetroit Tigers2nd1st19th22nd3rd1st9thSan Francisco Giants2nd14th6th6th8th6th4thHouston Astros4th22nd27th26th1st4th11thMinnesota Twins4th24th7th8th12th5th8thNew York Yankees6th3rd28th30th5th2nd5thToronto Blue Jays7th12th9th10th17th8th19thSeattle Mariners8th6th21st20th9th10th6thArizona Diamondbacks9th26th5th4th25th22nd1stChicago White Sox10th2nd20th24th15th13th10thNew York Mets11th21st12th9th4th9th23rdPittsburgh Pirates11th19th26th25th6th7th15thChicago Cubs13th13th17th15th13th16th16thSt. Louis Cardinals14th27th4th5th19th17th20thCincinnati Reds15th23rd22nd23rd7th14th12thAthletics16th18th1st2nd28th26th14thLos Angeles Angels16th8th29th28th20th12th2ndMilwaukee Brewers16th5th15th18th21st23rd18thPhiladelphia Phillies16th17th18th16th14th15th21stBaltimore Orioles20th7th24th27th18th11th25thMiami Marlins21st16th13th14th16th19th27thSan Diego Padres22nd15th14th13th27th21st13thBoston Red Sox23rd28th25th21st11th18th17thCleveland Guardians23rd9th3rd3rd29th24th29thColorado Rockies25th30th16th7th22nd27th7thTexas Rangers25th29th2nd1st30th28th26thTampa Bay Rays27th20th11th11th23rd29th28thWashington Nationals28th11th30th29th2nd20th22ndKansas City Royals29th25th23rd17th24th25th24thAtlanta Braves30th4th10th12th26th30th30th

Top Seven Organizations (Hit+)

Dodgers

The Dodgers are pretty much universally acclaimed as player development behemoths and, unsurprisingly, rank at the top of the list. Some of their hitters of note include Mike Sirota (Hit+ of 122), Charles Davalan (116), Josue De Paula (114), Emil Morales (114), Eduardo Quintero (113), Zyhir Hope(112) and Ching-Hsien Ko (112).

Interestingly, the Dodgers rank in the top 10 of every facet of Hit+ except for in-zone contact rate.

Tigers

The Tigers have Baseball America’s No. 2 prospect, Kevin McGonigle (118), plus other Top 100 Prospects like Max Clark (114), Josue Briceño (112) and Bryce Rainer (112), so it isn’t surprising that the Tigers rank highly in this metric. The Tigers flirted with best record in the American League for much of the season and made it Game 5 of the ALDS. Their future at the plate looks bright, too.

The Tigers really excel in swing decisions—where they rank No. 1—and in their ability to damage upon contact based on their exit velocity, barrel rate, and xwOBAcon.

Giants

To be honest, I was a bit surprised that the Giants graded so highly. But they ranked in the top 10 for contact rates and on damage-on-contact.

Voracious Baseball America readers are aware that Parks Harber (121) has excellent Statcast data (here and here). Other hitters with compelling data are Bryce Eldridge (121), Josuar Gonzalez(110), Bo Davidson (110), Drew Gilbert (112) and Dakota Jordan (111).

Astros

In RoboScout articles, I often talk about how the Astros have a hitter type preference that highly emphasizes ‘quality of contact.†That shows up in the data again here, as Houston hitters rank first in 90th percentile exit velocity. That comes at the expense of swing decisions and contact rate, however. Still, as quality of contact supersedes the other facets, and Houston ranks highly overall, though there may be a high accompanying strikeout rate.

From a Statcast point of view, the Astros have a number of hitters grading out well in Hit+ who weâ€ve identified over the last couple months. Ethan Frey (120), Zach Cole (117), Will Bush (117), Anthony Huezo (114) and Lucas Spence (113) have all been written about or podcasted about as hitters with surprisingly good Statcast data. With their contributions—and from others like Drew Brutcher (109) or 17-year-old DSL hitter Sami Manzueta (109)—the Astros grade as the organization with the fifth highest Hit+.

Twins

RoboScout has vouched for Luke Keaschall and Emmanuel Rodriguez (112) in the past, and 2025 is no exception. Some other noteworthy hitters include Kalaâ€I Rosario (115), Walker Jenkins (113), Hendry Mendez (112), who was talked about here, Gabriel Gonzalez (108) and Kaelen Culpepper (106).

Yankees

With his outrageous power, Spencer Jones still has a Hit+ of 117 even with extreme swing-and-miss. Dax Kilby (120), Richard Matic (113), Dillon Lewis (110), Brian Sanchez (109) and George Lombard Jr. (108) also contributed to New York ranking near the top of the league.

The Yankees rank in the top five for swing decisions and exit velocity, but are near the bottom of the league for contact rate. Their in-zone contact rate ranks dead last.

Blue Jays

Toronto has the No. 1 seed in the American League and some reinforcements percolating in the minors, as the Blue Jays rank seventh in Hit+. RJ Schreck (117) and Yohendrick Pinango (116) had high Hit+ data in 2024 and they sustained it into 2025. Other noteworthy and possibly underrated hitters include Sean Keys (114), Sam Shaw (110), Juan Sanchez (107) and Victor Arias (106).

Bottom Five Organizations (Hit+)

Braves

The Braves had a year to forget, and their minor league hitting corps didn’t have the aggregate strength from a Hit+ point of view, either. Some hitters of note, though, are David McCabe (114), Cody Miller (107) and DSL youngster Diego Tornes (105).

Atlanta ranks in the top five for swing decisions and top 10 in contact rate. The Braves system doesn’t have much thump, though, ranking at the bottom in barrel rate and expected damage on contact.

Royals

Despite perennial RoboDarling Carter Jensenâ€s 119 Hit+ and Jac Caglianoneâ€s 114, the organization as a whole is lagging behind other systems. They do have some solid contributions from Blake Mitchell (107), Gavin Cross (105), Warren Calcano (104) and Ramon Ramirez (105).

The Royals sit in the bottom quartile of the league in swing decisions, contact rate and 90th percentile exit velocity.

Nationals

Daylen Lile (113), Andres Chaparro (115), Brady House (111), Jose Tena (111) and Robert Hassell III (105) all earned meaningful plate appearances in the major leagues this year. Unfortunately, behind them, itâ€s a bit thin. Still, Washington has players like Yohandy Morales (106), Nauris De La Cruz (105), Ethan Petry (106), Luke Dickerson (104) and Eli Willits (104) all showing above-average skills.

Interestingly, the Nationals rank second in 90th percentile exit velocity but are in the bottom third in barrel rate and expected wOBAcon. So. while Washington is hitting it hard, it’s doing it straight into the dirt. The Nationals rank dead last in both in-zone contact and contact rate, which might be an artifact of a philosophy or the unintended consequences of their player development.

Rays

I was a bit surprised to see the Rays in the lower tier. Although they do have some individual standouts like Theo Gillen (112), Nathan Flewelling (109), Xavier Isaac (109) and Brailer Guerrero (106), they also had somewhat disappointing seasons from Tre†Morgan(100), Maykel Coret (98) and Adrian Santana (97).

Rangers

The Rangers are near the bottom in swing decisions and also in their ability to do damage on contact. They are a team of extremes—they are at the top for contact rate—implying this might be a drafting and scouting philosophy.

Some of their better standouts are Abimelec Ortiz (114), Devin Fitz-Gerald (112), Dylan Dreiling (112), Elorky Rodriguez (110), Cody Freeman (109, Keith Jones II (107) and Sebastian Walcott (106).

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