Now that we have ranked the top 100 MLB prospects heading into the 2025 season (along with a look at the potential breakout players in the Nos. 101-200 range ), let's look at how all 30 farm systems stack up -- and for the first time since 2021, someone other than the Baltimore Orioles is in the No. 1 spot.

Yesterday, I wrote about MLB Pipeline’s and The Athletic’s Top 100 Prospects lists. Today, I’ll share Kiley McDaniel's rankings for ESPN, which included six Chicago players. By now, you’re probably becoming quite familiar with the names and maybe even the faces.

Many of the top prospects on this list a year ago -- including Jackson Holliday, Jackson Chourio, Wyatt Langford and Paul Skenes -- have graduated to the majors, so it is a perfect time to get familiar with a new wave of future stars ready to make their mark on the sport.

Prospect maven Kiley McDaniel of ESPN released his prospect ranking Wednesday morning, and the following five Cubs prospects are on it: 23: Matt Shaw 50: Moises Ballesteros 64: Kevin Alcántara 86: Owen Caissie 97: Cade Horton Here’s the quick tag line for each of those five,