2025 Baseball America Minor League All-Stars

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Pirates SS Konnor Griffin and Tigers OF Max Clark (Photo by Mike Janes/Four Seam Images)

Baseball America celebrates the top performances by prospects at every position by selecting Minor League All-Star teams at the conclusion of each season.

You can find individual breakdowns of each first-team selection below followed by the full first and second teams with accompanying minor league stats for the 2025 season.

Players are listed at the highest minor league level they reached this season.

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C Samuel Basallo, Orioles
Triple-A Norfolk

Basallo dealt with an elbow injury in spring training and was later hobbled with a hamstring issue. The Orioles called him up on Aug. 15. In between, Basallo might have been the most impressive young power hitter in the minor leagues. As the youngest everyday player at Triple-A, he belted 23 home runs in 76 games while batting .270/.377/.589. Basallo’s .319 isolated slugging percentage was the best for a full-season hitter in his age-20 season or younger, while his 12.9% barrel rate per plate appearance was the highest at Triple-A among batters of any age.

1B Josue Briceño, Tigers
Double-A Erie

The Tigers promoted Briceño, Max Clark and Kevin McGonigle in tandem from High-A West Michigan to Double-A Erie at midseason. The trio helped the Whitecaps post a .702 winning percentage in the first half, then helped power the SeaWolves to the Eastern League finals. Briceño bashed 20 home runs in 100 games—46 of them at catcher, 32 at first base and 22 more at DH—while batting .266/.383/.500 as a 20-year-old. While he faces questions about his viability behind the plate, Briceño’s power is real.  

2B JJ Wetherholt, Cardinals
Triple-A Memphis

The seventh overall pick in the 2024 draft, Wetherholt played primarily shortstop this season but mixed in 20 games at second base and 12 more at third base. While his future position is not yet determined, the quality of his bat is a settled matter. The 23-year-old Wetherholt spent his season at Double-A Springfield and Triple-A Memphis and batted .306/.421/.510 with 17 home runs in 109 games. His OBP ranked fifth in the minors, while his 23 stolen bases were a welcome sight after a hamstring injury compromised his junior year at West Virginia.  

3B Sal Stewart, Reds
Triple-A Louisville 

Stewart hit 17 of his 20 minor league home runs in his final 62 games prior to his Sept. 1 callup to Cincinnati. Before the barrage, the 21-year-old was hitting for average and getting on base for Double-A Chattanooga, but he was putting too many pitcher’s pitches in play. Once Stewart narrowed his zone to seek damage, his production took off. He finished with a .309/.383/.524 batting line in the minors with career highs of 34 doubles and 20 homers.

SS Konnor Griffin, Pirates 
Double-A Altoona

One would be hard pressed to find a more complete minor league season than the one Griffin produced in his pro debut. His combination of performance, potential and carrying tools were the pillars of his Minor League Player of the Year case. The 19-year-old Griffin mastered two levels of Class A and climbed to Double-A on Aug. 19 to participate in Altoona’s run to the Eastern League playoffs. Along the way, he hit .333/.415/.527 with 21 home runs and 65 stolen bases to finish fourth in the minor league batting race and eighth in steals. Only one player scored more runs than his 117, while he ranked top 10 in the minors with 161 hits, 94 RBIs and a .942 OPS.

OF Dylan Beavers, Orioles
Triple-A Norfolk

The Orioles chose Jackson Holliday with the first pick of the 2022 draft and then chose Beavers with the first pick of the competitive balance round that year. Both played for Baltimore this season, Beavers after a dominating run through the International League in which he finished fourth with a .935 OPS. The 24-year-old batted .304/.420/.515 with 18 home runs and 23 stolen bases in 94 games for Norfolk, standing out for his ability to swing at—and make contact with—strikes and seldom chase out of the zone. Beavers’ swing decisions stood up to big league scrutiny in his initial run through MLB.

OF Max Clark, Tigers
Double-A Erie 

Clark did a little bit of everything well this season as he climbed to Double-A as a 20-year-old and put himself in play for the Tigers’ big league roster next season. At High-A West Michigan and Double-A Erie, Clark batted .271/.403/.432 with 14 home runs and 19 stolen bases. He played center field every day. He drew 94 walks—the fifth-highest total in the minors—against 90 strikeouts. Clark’s all-around ability could make him baseball’s next five-tool center field star.

OF Eduardo Quintero, Dodgers
High-A Great Lakes

The 19-year-old Quintero turned in one of the finest seasons by a teenager in full-season ball. Spending most of the season with Low-A Rancho Cucamonga, he combined power and speed like no teen this side of Konnor Griffin. Counting his 32 games at High-A, Quintero batted .293/.415/.508 with 19 home runs and 47 stolen bases. He ranked 10th in the minor leagues in on-base percentage and ninth with 101 runs scored. The Dodgers promoted Quintero out of the California League on July 23, but he held on to lead the circuit with a .959 OPS. 

DH Kevin McGonigle, Tigers 
Double-A Erie

McGonigle teased at his potential in 2024, when he put up an .853 OPS in 74 games but hit just five home runs in a season spent primarily at Low-A. The 20-year-old shortstop left no doubt about his overall hitting potential this season. McGonigle plowed through High-A on his way to Double-A while hitting .305/.408/.583 with 19 homers in 88 games. His slugging percentage was third-highest in the minor leagues. He drew 59 walks against 46 strikeouts. McGonigle and his picturesque lefthanded swing appear ready to assume a spot on the Detroit infield at some point next season.

SP Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz, Yankees
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

The Yankees helped Rodriguez-Cruz amplify his sweeper and added a sinker to his six-pitch mix. The 22-year-old righthander did the rest by staying healthy, completing 150 innings and turning in one of the best pitching seasons in the minor leagues. Rodriguez-Cruz marched from High-A through Double-A and on to Triple-A for one start, compiling 176 strikeouts to rank second in the minors. His 2.58 ranked eighth. Rodriguez-Cruz succeeds by locating his low-spin pitches down in the zone to generate whiffs and a high rate groundball contact. 

SP Payton Tolle, Red Sox
Triple-A Worcester

Tolle represents a giant win for Red Sox scouting and player development—literally. The 6-foot-6, 250-pound lefthander played both ways in college before focusing on pitching as a Texas Christian junior in 2024. Boston liked what it saw and drafted Tolle in the second round; little more than a year later he reached the big leagues. He fires mid-90s fastballs from a low release height and with elite extension, reducing opposing batters’ reaction time. Tolle’s elite minor league strikeout rate (36.5%) and swinging-strike rate (17.9%) suggest the strategy worked to perfection.

SP Jonah Tong, Mets
Triple-A Syracuse

Baseball America has tracked overall minor league category leaders since 1993. Not until this season had one pitcher led the entire minors in ERA, strikeouts and opponent average. Tong is the first to pull off the triple play with his 1.43 ERA, 179 strikeouts and .148 opponent average that he compiled in 20 starts for Double-A Binghamton plus two more at Triple-A before the Mets called him up on Aug. 29. Tong owes his breakthrough to enhanced fastball velocity and a new Vulcan-grip changeup that completes his north-south pitching profile. The 22-year-old righthander now pitches in the mid 90s with elite extension and ride from a unique over-the-top arm slot.    

SP Robby Snelling, Marlins 
Triple-A Jacksonville

Snelling carried a 6.01 ERA through 16 starts in the Padres’ system in 2024 before a deadline trade to the Marlins helped him get back on track. Adding power to his fastball and curveball, while adding a slider and improving the separation on his changeup, brought out the best in the 21-year-old Snelling. He turned in one of the finest efforts by a minor league lefthander this season. Snelling’s 166 strikeouts ranked fourth in the minors, while his 2.51 ERA placed fifth and his groundball rate of 50.8% was well above-average.

SP Trey Yesavage, Blue Jays
Triple-A Buffalo

The Blue Jays might have gotten the steal of the 2024 first round when East Carolina ace Yesavage fell to them at pick No. 20. To underscore that point, the 22-year-old righthander mastered four levels of the minor leagues this season and made his MLB debut on Sept. 15. Yesavage’s high overhand slot helps his fastball, slider and deadly splitter all play up, as testified to by his 160 strikeouts that ranked seventh in the minors. He pitched to a 3.12 ERA over 98 innings, while his 41.1% strikeout rate and 19.7% swinging-strike rate were both No. 1 among pitchers with at least 90 innings.  

RP Hayden Harris, Braves
Triple-A Gwinnett

The Braves signed Harris as a fifth-year undrafted free agent out of Georgia Southern in 2022. While he hasn’t started a game in pro ball, the 26-year-old lefthander has been plenty effective in a relief role. Harris peaked this season in which he allowed three earned runs in 52 innings at Double-A and Triple-A to earn a spot in the Futures Game and a September callup. Among minor league relievers with at least 50 innings and 30 appearances this season, Harris had the lowest ERA (0.52) and WHIP (0.75), while only one had a higher strikeout rate than his 40.3%.

FIRST-TEAM ALL-STARS

Player ages as of June 30. Source for wRC+ and FIP is FanGraphs.com

SECOND-TEAM ALL-STARS

Player ages as of June 30. Source for wRC+ and FIP is FanGraphs.com