Spring Breakout begins on Thursday with two of the highlight event’s 16 games. Spring Breakout, headlined by the greatest and brightest prospects in the game, will have no shortage of household names, with 72 of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects and 575 of our organization’s Top 30 players on the rosters revealed last week.
But what about the talented players trying to establish a name for themselves but haven’t yet made the headlines? They’ll be there, too, and will have the same chance to shine as brightly as the others.
So let’s take a look at one prospect from each club’s Spring Breakout roster who might be under-the-radar right now but maybe not for much longer:
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AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST
Rays: Chandler Simpson, OF (No. 12)
The 2023 co-MiLB stolen base leader (94) got stronger this offseason. After going homerless across two levels last year, Simpson is poised to show off more power and that same top-of-the-scale speed, all the while remaining a menace on the basepaths at Spring Breakout.
Yankees: Ben Rice, C/1B (No. 13)
Last season was Rice’s breakout campaign. After a solid-but-not spectacular showing in 2022, the Dartmouth product slashed .324/.434/.615 and slugged 20 home runs with 68 RBIs. Even more impressive, he racked up those numbers in only 73 games after he missed May and June with an oblique injury. He is continuing to improve behind the plate, but he has enough power to play first base.
