MLB.com prospect ratings

To no one's surprise, Crews and Skenes are #1 and #2, respectively.

Here is a tidbit from their respective scouting reports:

Crews:
Scouting grades: Hit: 70 | Power: 60 | Run: 60 | Arm: 55 | Field: 55 | Overall: 65

Crews generated some first-round buzz as a Florida high schooler in 2020 but ultimately withdrew from the Draft and has had a decorated career at Louisiana State. He led the Southeastern Conference with 163 total bases, set a school freshman record with 18 homers and earned National Freshman of the Year recognition in 2021. He encored by swatting 22 homers, sharing SEC Player of the Year honors and playing for the U.S. Collegiate National Team for a second straight summer before having his best season yet in 2023.

MLB Pipeline's top-rated prospect in the 2023 Draft, Crews is a plus-plus hitter with plus power and some evaluators are even more bullish on his bat. He hits the ball as hard and as consistently as any collegian, thanks to a quick right-handed stroke, the strength and leverage in his 6-foot frame and a selectively aggressive approach. After creating some mild swing-and-miss concerns last summer, he's controlling the strike zone and making contact better than ever, repeatedly hammering velocity and quality pitching.

A good athlete, Crews is showing more speed than in the past, with plus run times out of the batter's box despite taking a big swing and well-above-average quickness once he gets going. He can steal an occasional base and has improved in center field, showing the ability to track down balls hit over his head. Most scouts are sold that he'll stick in center at the big league level, and at worst, he'll be an asset in right with solid arm strength.

Skenes:
Scouting grades: Fastball: 80 | Slider: 70 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 55 | Overall: 65

Part of an outlandish Louisiana State recruiting class, Skenes spent his first two college seasons at Air Force and pitched two summers with the U.S. collegiate national team before coming to Baton Rouge. The only NCAA Division I player to reach double figures in wins and home runs in 2022, he might be the top two-way player in the 2023 class. But he's also the best college pitching prospect since Stephen Strasburg in 2009 and a potential No. 1 overall pick on the mound, so he hasn't picked up a bat this spring.

After working at 93-95 mph and touching 99 with his fastball as a sophomore, Skenes has averaged 98 mph and hit 102 at LSU, with the flat approach angle and carry on his heater making it almost impossible to hit. His slider has improved under the tutelage of Tigers pitching coach Wes Johnson, becoming an 85-89 mph beast with sharp break and absurd swing-and-miss and chase rates. His power changeup arrives at 88-93 mph with fade and is a solid offering when he lands it in the strike zone.

Physically imposing at 6-foot-6 and 235 pounds, Skenes is athletic with the body control to repeat a sound delivery and provide plenty of strikes. A classic No. 1 starter, he'd also factor into the top three rounds as a position player thanks to his huge right-handed power to all fields and projected solid defense at first base. He caught some at Air Force but is too big for the position.

If anyone is curious, the next Tiger on the list is Ty Floyd at #78:

Floyd:
Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Curveball: 50 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 45 | Overall: 45

Floyd showed top-three-rounds upside as a Georgia high schooler, but an inconsistent and shortened senior season left him undrafted in 2020 and headed to Louisiana State. Eligible again last year as a sophomore, he once again flashed talent but not regularly enough for a team to meet his asking price and went unpicked. He continues to intrigue scouts even if he has continued to be inconsistent as a full-time starter this spring.

Floyd's fastball sat at 91-94 mph and topped out at 97 last spring, ticked up a couple of notches during the fall and is enhanced by quality induced vertical break and high spin rates that produce difficult carry up in the zone. He unveiled a more reliable breaking ball in the fall with a low-80s slider with depth that's superior to his downer mid-70s curveball. He also owns a low-80s changeup with fade but doesn't use it very often.

More physical than athletic, Floyd has a quick arm and generates velocity with relative ease. He could be a No. 4 starter at the big league level if he can refine his secondary pitches and throw them for strikes more often. If he can't, then he profiles as a fastball-heavy reliever.