Tracking Where Every Top 100 Prospect Will Start The 2021 Minor League Season
After a year off due to the pandemic, minor league baseball returns on May 4. Spring training camps are breaking in Florida and Arizona, and rosters are being announced publicly.
Here, we’ll keep track of the Opening Day assignments for players on the most recent iteration of our Top 100 Prospects list.
We have removed the names of Top 100 Prospects who are already in the big leagues.
| Top 100 Ranking | Team | Player | Opening Day Assignment |
| 1 | TB | Wander Franco | Triple-A Durham |
| 2 | BAL | Adley Rutschman | Double-A Bowie |
| 3 | SEA | Julio Rodriguez | High-A Everett |
| 4 | SEA | Jarred Kelenic | Triple-A Tacoma |
| 5 | DET | Spencer Torkelson | High-A West Michigan |
| 8 | SD | MacKenzie Gore | Triple-A El Paso |
| 9 | SD | CJ Abrams | Double-A San Antonio |
| 10 | SF | Marco Luciano | Low-A San Jose |
| 11 | LAA | Jo Adell | Triple-A Salt Lake |
| 12 | PIT | Ke’Bryan Hayes | On MLB IL |
| 13 | KC | Bobby Witt Jr. | Double-A Northwest Arkansas |
| 15 | TOR | Austin Martin | Double-A New Hampshire |
| 16 | TOR | Nate Pearson | Triple-A Buffalo |
| 18 | BAL | Grayson Rodriguez | High-A Aberdeen |
| 22 | PHI | Spencer Howard | Triple-A Lehigh Valley |
| 25 | DET | Matt Manning | Triple-A Toledo |
| 26 | DET | Riley Greene | Double-A Erie |
| 27 | ATL | Drew Waters | Triple-A Gwinnett |
| 28 | NYY | Jasson Dominguez | Extended spring training |
| 29 | TOR | Jordan Groshans | Double-A New Hampshire |
| 30 | SEA | Logan Gilbert | Triple-A Tacoma |
| 31 | SD | Luis Campusano | Triple-A El Paso |
| 32 | KC | Asa Lacy | High-A Quad Cities |
| 33 | LAA | Brandon Marsh | Did not break camp |
| 34 | MIN | Trevor Larnach | Triple-A St. Paul |
| 35 | SF | Joey Bart | |
| 36 | ARI | Corbin Carroll | High-A Hillsboro |
| 37 | MIA | JJ Bleday | Double-A Pensacola |
| 38 | MIA | Max Meyer | Double-A Pensacola |
| 39 | CLE | Nolan Jones | Triple-A Columbus |
| 40 | STL | Matthew Liberatore | Triple-A Memphis |
| 41 | BOS | Triston Casas | Double-A Portland |
| 42 | NYM | Francisco Alvarez | Low-A St. Lucie |
| 43 | TEX | Josh Jung | On MiLB IL |
| 44 | PIT | Oneil Cruz | Double-A Altoona |
| 45 | MIN | Royce Lewis | Injured; out for season |
| 46 | PIT | Nick Gonzales | High-A Greensboro |
| 47 | CHC | Brailyn Marquez | Rehab |
| 48 | LAD | Keibert Ruiz | |
| 49 | STL | Nolan Gorman | Double-A Springfield |
| 50 | NYY | Deivi Garcia | Triple-A Scranton/W-B |
| 51 | TB | Vidal Brujan | Triple-A Durham |
| 52 | SEA | Emerson Hancock | High-A Everett |
| 53 | PIT | Quinn Priester | High-A Greensboro |
| 54 | BAL | D.L. Hall | Double-A Bowie |
| 56 | COL | Brendan Rodgers | On MLB IL |
| 57 | BAL | Heston Kjerstad | Rehab |
| 58 | NYY | Clarke Schmidt | Rehab |
| 59 | NYM | Ronny Mauricio | High-A Brooklyn |
| 61 | LAD | Josiah Gray | |
| 62 | TOR | Simeon Woods Richardson | Double-A New Hampshire |
| 64 | BOS | Jeter Downs | Triple-A Worcester |
| 65 | CHC | Brennen Davis | Rehab |
| 66 | SEA | Noelvi Marte | Low-A Modesto |
| 68 | ARI | Geraldo Perdomo | Double-A Amarillo |
| 69 | SD | Adrian Morejon | On MLB IL |
| 72 | CIN | Jose Garcia | Double-A Chattanooga |
| 73 | MIA | Edward Cabrera | Rehab |
| 74 | CLE | Tyler Freeman | Double-A Akron |
| 75 | SF | Heliot Ramos | Double-A Richmond |
| 77 | SD | Robert Hassell | Low-A Lake Elsinore |
| 78 | COL | Zac Veen | Low-A Fresno |
| 79 | LAD | Michael Busch | Double-A Tulsa |
| 80 | MIL | Brice Turang | Double-A Biloxi |
| 81 | MIL | Garrett Mitchell | High-A Wisconsin |
| 82 | OAK | Tyler Soderstrom | Low-A Stockton |
| 83 | ARI | Kristian Robinson | Did not break camp |
| 84 | ARI | Alek Thomas | Double-A Amarillo |
| 85 | KC | Jackson Kowar | Triple-A Omaha |
| 86 | TOR | Orelvis Martinez | Low-A Dunedin |
| 87 | CIN | Austin Hendrick | Low-A Daytona |
| 88 | NYM | Matt Allan | High-A Brooklyn |
| 89 | PHI | Mick Abel | Low-A Clearwater |
| 91 | WAS | Cade Cavalli | High-A Wilmington |
| 94 | SF | Luis Matos | Low-A San Jose |
| 95 | SEA | George Kirby | High-A Everett |
| 96 | STL | Ivan Herrera | Double-A Springfield |
| 97 | BOS | Jarren Duran | Triple-A Worcester |
| 98 | TOR | Alek Manoah | Triple-A Buffalo |
| 99 | BAL | Gunnar Henderson | Low-A Delmarva |
| 100 | CHC | Cristian Hernandez |
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