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No. 1 is an easy choice. But there’s been substantial movement beyond the top spot in the third edition of MLB Pipeline’s 2023 Rookie Power Rankings — there are four new players ranked this month.

Each month, the Pipeline staff votes on who they believe to be the likeliest Rookie of the Year winners at the end of the season.

That last part is critical, by the way: “at the end of the season.” This is not a vote on who would win if the awards were handed out today. Performance to date is considered heavily, of course, but it’s balanced with expectations for the rest of the year. As the year goes on, current-season stats will weigh more heavily, and those projections will wash out of the rankings.

What were you doing when you were 16 years old? All Padres prospect Ethan Salas did was go 2-for-3 and score the go-ahead run in his first game at Single-A.

Anthony Rizzo is having something like a career year, with a batting average 80 points above his norm. It’s all thanks to the new shift rules, right? Not so fast …

Brandon Nimmo robbed Nick Castellanos of a potential home run, then Castellanos took a hit away from Nimmo later in the game. Both feats made last night’s top plays.

MLB Pipeline’s No. 4 prospect has been on a tear in the month of May. His latest feat? A 432-foot walk-off home run.

Bryce Harper and the Phillies are in Queens to battle Pete Alonso and the Mets on the Casamigos Tequila MLB Network Showcase at 7 p.m. ET.

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