MLB draft 2023: Final top 300 prospect rankings - ESPN

It's MLB draft week and that means it is time to expand my ranking of the top prospects in this year's draft class to 300 players.

While my upcoming mock draft later this week will attempt to predict which teams will draft specific players, this, for my money, is the much more important aspect: how good I think the players actually are.

Behind the scenes, I've updated my overall minor league top 100 rankings (here's my recent top 50) to make adjustments and to remove the graduated players, so I can tell you where the top players in the draft would slot on that list the moment they sign. I've also included FV grades so you can see where those players would slot in your team's overall prospects rankings (AL and NL). I've also included tool grades for all of the players above a 40 FV, which is the cutoff I use for pretty common prospects (i.e., 40 FV or lower), while any player ranked above that has universal trade value and a real chance to be a good big leaguer.

This year's class is highlighted by a tier of three SEC prospects who have separated from the pack. Which one is No. 1? It's time to find out.

Mock draft: 2.0 | Draft guide for all 30 teams

1. Wyatt Langford (21.7), LF, Florida

Hit: 35/60, Power: 50/65, Speed: 65/60, Field: 45/50, Throw: 50/50

I'm a flip-flopper. I had Langford first in these rankings to start the year, then he got hurt and Dylan Crews made the swing adjustments I was looking for, Paul Skenes caught fire and Langford slid down to third in early May. I maintained that Langford and Crews were a coin flip to start the year and that all three were close in May. It's somehow even closer now. Here's where these three will rank on my minor league prospects list once they sign:

Langford: 9th

Crews: 10th