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It was an interesting year in the Minor Leagues with the Dbacks clearly boasting one of the most-stocked systems in all of baseball. We got to see a number of our top prospects in action this year at the Major League Level with the spigot seeming to be on full blast from that stocked pipeline. Several of those players remain on this list since they'll still retain their rookie status heading into next year. In fact the only prospect who lost their status was Patrick Corbin, though Ryan Wheeler is going to be very close before the season ends. For now he remains on the list.
In my amateur estimation there are no fewer than 20 future Major Leaguers on this list, or at least that I think have a strong capacity to get there. The only changes from the top of the list are that I moved Adam Eaton up a few spots because he's looking like a solid fixture in the outfield for next year, or at worst a good rotation guy. So he goes ahead of Davidson, Holmberg and Owings. I'm sure there will be some debate about that decision considering it has to be said that the jury is still somewhat out on Eaton. So with no further adieu here's my end-of-year list of the Top 60 Prospects in the Diamondbacks' organization.
| 1 | Trevor Bauer | RHP | Reno | Same | Still the highest ceiling |
| 2 | Tyler Skaggs | LHP | Arizona | Same | Did fine in 1st stint |
| 3 | Archie Bradley | RHP | South Bend | Same | Finished season strong |
| 4 | Adam Eaton | OF | Arizona | +3 | Looking the part so far |
| 5 | Matt Davidson | 3B | Mobile | -1 | So-so 2nd half |
| 6 | David Holmberg | LHP | Mobile | -1 | Solid AA campaign |
| 7 | Chris Owings | SS | Mobile | -1 | SS of the future? |
| 8 | Ryan Wheeler | 3B | Arizona | Same | Decent corner backup |
| 9 | A.J. Pollock | OF | Reno | -2 | Passed by Eaton |
| 10 | Stryker Trahan | C | AZL | Same | Plenty good 1st season |
| 11 | Michael Perez | C | Missoula | -2 | Strahan rival for top catcher |
| 12 | Andrew Chafin | LHP | Visalia | Same | Battled through struggles |
| 13 | Anthony Meo | RHP | Visalia | Same | Very solid 1st season |
| 14 | Chase Anderson | RHP | Mobile | +2 | Ready for AAA |
| 15 | Alfredo Marte | OF | Mobile | Same | Breakout season |
| 16 | Jose Munoz | SS | AZL | +1 | Finished year strong |
| 17 | Keon Broxton | OF | Visalia | +4 | Ready to make his move? |
| 18 | Jonathan Griffin | 1B | Mobile | +19 | Just keeps hitting |
| 19 | Alex Glenn | OF | Missoula | +22 | Looking like a fast riser |
| 20 | Jake Elmore | 2B | Arizona | -2 | Borderline utility guy |
| 21 | Evan Marshall | RHP | Mobile | Same | Up and down, stalling? |
| 22 | Matt Gorgen | RHP | Reno | -3 | Held up well in AAA |
| 23 | Jake Barrett | RHP | South Bend | -3 | Hit the wall in 2nd half |
| 24 | Charles Brewer | RHP | Reno | -2 | Too inconsistent? |
| 25 | Gerson Montilla | 2B | Visalia | -2 | Handled promotion well |
| 26 | Cody Wheeler | LHP | Yakima | -1 | Nice comeback season from TJ |
| 27 | Evan Marzilli | OF | Missoula | Same | Great 1st season, fast riser? |
| 28 | Andrew Velasquez | SS/2B | Missoula | Same | Intriguing little player |
| 29 | Michael Bolsinger | RHP | Mobile | -2 | Solid AA season |
| 30 | Michael Freeman | SS | Visalia | Same | Just keeps playing well |
| 31 | Ronnie Freeman | C | Yakima | -2 | Solid 1st season |
| 32 | Ender Inciarte | OF | Visalia | -1 | Speedy leadoff guy |
| 33 | Ben Eckels | RHP | AZL | +10 | Showed some real talent |
| 34 | Jake Lamb | 3B | Missoula | +20 | Found his power stroke |
| 35 | Wagner Mateo | OF | Visalia | -11 | Can he progress from here? |
| 36 | David Nick | 2B | Mobile | Same | Limited upside |
| 37 | Chuck Taylor | OF | AZL | -5 | Needs to show a little more |
| 38 | Derek Eitel | RHP | Mobile | -4 | Held up in AA, limited? |
| 39 | Erick Leal | RHP | DSL | -4 | Next stop USA |
| 40 | Alexander Carreras | LHP | Yakima | -1 | Handled Yakima after rough SB |
| 41 | Daniel Watts | LHP | Yakima | +11 | Yakima ace |
| 42 | Andrew Barbosa | LHP | South Bend | Same | We'll see if he can keep going |
| 43 | Pedro Ruiz | 2B/SS | Missoula | -1 | Good 1st season in US |
| 44 | Blake Perry | RHP | South Bend | -8 | Time to take next step |
| 45 | Jose Martinez | RHP | Yakima | +4 | Late season promotion to US |
| 46 | Kevin Medrano | 2B | Yakima | Same | Just keeps hitting |
| 47 | Breland Almadova | OF | Missoula | +10 | Nice start to career |
| 48 | Tyler Bortnick | INF | Reno | -34 | New arrival didn't show much |
| 49 | Brian Billigen | OF | South Bend | +1 | Hitting well at AZL |
| 50 | Raul Garcia | SS | DSL | New | Showed some power for SS |
| 51 | Taylor Siemens | LHP | Visalia | Same | Nice step forward |
| 52 | Daniel Poma | OF | Yakima | -5 | So-so to date |
| 53 | Yazy Arbelo | 1B | Visalia | -8 | Pure raw power, anything else? |
| 54 | Tyler Green | RHP | South Bend | -24 | Tailed off in 2nd half |
| 55 | Seth Simmons | RHP | South Bend | Same | Decent reliever |
| 56 | Kyle Winkler | RHP | Visalia | +3 | Injury comeback season |
| 57 | R.J. Hively | RHP | Yakima | +3 | Did the job as Yakima closer |
| 58 | Keith Hessler | LHP | South Bend | New | Broke out after move to rotation |
| 59 | Garrett Webber | INF | Visalia | New | Showed some power this year |
| 60 | Socrates Brito | OF | Missoula | New | Love the name |
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