Kiley McDaniel's 2023 midseason top 50 MLB prospects - ESPN

We're now at the standard check-in time for an update on my pro prospect rankings. Since my last edition in late May, the Nos. 1, 2, 7 and 8 prospects have graduated. It's been a busy summer in terms of movement: The trade deadline saw several top prospects change teams, the best draft class in at least a decade has been added, and a handful of prospects charged up the board.

As always, these players are ranked in consultation with MLB scouts and executives mixed with my opinion for a balance of their upside, certainty and distance to the big leagues, as a proxy for universal trade value. More on this process and eligibility is here.

Age: 19 Level: Double-A

Holliday was fourth in late May, in a coin flip with Marcelo Mayer, tucked behind two prospects who have since graduated: Elly De La Cruz and Eury Perez. Holliday was red-hot and seemed like he was going to have a bulk of performance to pass Mayer within a few weeks. That's basically what happened, in addition to industry opinion on Mayer cooling a bit.

Holliday was in the three-man tier at the top of the 2022 draft with Termarr Johnson (holding steady at 26th on this list) and Druw Jones (ranked in the others of note), providing a stark reminder that this isn't a science. The roller coaster of picking prep players can swing widely in one year. Everyone had Holliday as a solid athlete who could be a big league shortstop with real offensive potential, above average in both hit and power.

He now might be a plus hitter with plus power — as a lefty-hitting shortstop — and is torching Double-A as a 19-year-old. This season is at least a 90th-percentile outcome from draft day expectations, even if the tool grades today aren't wildly different than they were then. With