Padres' farm system drops to No. 24 in big leagues; pair of prospects make top-100 list

The Athletic's Keith Law says trades have decimated minor-league talent; 'the well eventually had to run dry, right?'

Newcomer Ethan Salas, signed last month to the richest deal giving out in the 2023 international window, also did not crack Law’s list.

Instead, Law slotted shortstop Jackson Merrill as his No. 20 overall prospect and was the first to give outfielder Samuel Zavala a top-100 spot, designating the 18-year-old as his No. 94 prospect. Signed for $1.2 million in January 2021, Zavala hit .254/.355/.508 with seven homers in 33 games at low Single-A Lake Elsinore before a hamate bone fracture ended his 2022 season.

Law wrote that Zavala has “absurd bat speed, rifling the bat through the zone with big hip rotation for hard contact and power, while he’s already shown unusual plate discipline for his age, especially when it comes to laying off pitches out of the zone. As a defender, he shows good instincts and routes, playing center so far more than right, but the odds are he’ll move to the corner in the long term.

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