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Jaison Chourio is our No. 19 Guardians prospect

With an overwhelming 42% of the vote, 17-year-old outfielder Jaison Chourio narrowly makes our top-20 prospect list at No. 19. Chourio was an international free-agent signing last January for $1. 2 million.

With an overwhelming 42% of the vote, 17-year-old outfielder Jaison Chourio narrowly makes our top-20 prospect list at No. 19. Chourio was an international free-agent signing last January for $1. 2 million. I won't pretend to know too much about him, having never seen him play with my own eyes, but he was the 20th overall IFA free agent according to MLB Pipeline last year. The brother of Baseball America's No. 3 overall prospect Jackson Chourio, Jaison hit the ground running in his first professional season, slashingwith a home run and 14 stolen bases. It was only 40 games in the lowest level of the minors, but his walk rate compared to his strikeout rate should raise some eyebrows. FanGraphs tagged him with a 40+ future value and named him Cleveland's No. 16 prospect. He's a young switch-hitter with the potential for power and obviously plenty of room to grow Boog Powell T-Shirt. 17yr old switch hitting OF prospect Jaison Chourio taking BP back home in Venezuela. Chourio put up a 140 wRC+ in 2022 making his pro-debut in the Dominican Summer League. Over 40 games he collected 40 walks to just 22 strikeouts. Prospective February 2, 2023Now, with all that said, we have reached the final vote of the 2023 top prospects list. If this is where you dip out after casting your final ballot, thank you for coming along for the ride and keeping the spirit of the top prospect countdown alive and well. It's always one of my favorite times of the offseason just because everyone gets to passionately discuss the deepest depths of the farm system. This is arguably one of the deepest farm systems Cleveland has ever had, and you can expect a couple "Best of the Rest" articles from Brian Hemminger in the near future. Dwight Gooden T-Shirt.

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