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"Cleveland’s system is one of the deepest in the game. The organization remains a pitching development fac-
tory and continues to add impact talent in the draft and international market. The top 10 is stuffed with high-
confidence hitters and led by No. 1 overall draft pick Travis Bazzana and Venezuelan center fielder Jaison Chourio."

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Rating the top prospects at each position, BA assigns Cleveland these rankings:

Catcher, none among the top 10
First Base: Velazquez #6, Kayfus #9 [Manzardo has graduated from prospect status] That's a lot of depth and helps explain trade of Naylor
Second Base: Bazzana #2; Brito misses the top 10
Shortstop: Genao #12; Francisca not yet among the top 25
Third Base: none
Center Field: Chourio #5
LF/RF: DeLauter #4
RHP: None among the top 35; let's see how the 2024 draftees develop
LHP: Cantillo #11

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Alex Clemmey who went to the Nationals with tena and r.ramirez for Thomas is #15 LHP. Ramirez does not make the Nats top 30; Tena neither but he has probably graduated.

Ramirez factors on the Nationals depth chart but neither he nor Tena appears on the projected 2028 lineup and Clemmey is not listed in the 2028 rotation.

Tena's K/BB numbers will keep him off BA prospect highlights. He hit a nice 274 for the Nationals but the rest of his line was not great: 304 OBP/363 SLG. More significant from their perspective would be his 39K/7 BB in 164 Total at bats. In the minors the K/BB was about 3.5.