The Dominican Summer League is a level filled with sleeper prospects and potential breakout candidates. While prospects in the DSL are seemingly far away from the big leagues, several players on this list have already come up in trade discussions, with some of them having already been traded. Xander Bogaerts, Carlos Martinez, Orlando Arcia, Manuel Margot, Jorge Alfaro, Antonio Senzatela, Ronald Torreyes, Jeimer Candelario, Francis Martes, Victor Robles, Estevan Florial, Jesus Sanchez, Franklin Perez, Andres Gimenez and Jorge Mateo, among others, all ranked as top prospects in the DSL after playing in the league as teenagers.
To qualify for this ranking of prospects who played in the DSL in 2017, a hitter must have had at least 60 plate appearances and a pitcher must have thrown at least 20 innings.…