Editors Note: Check out Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4, and our top ten list!

A day after putting in some work on a bunch of guys who will probably never be anything more exciting than a good eighth-inning setup, man, we are back to dreaming big. All five players in this fifth tier have incredible athletic ability and crazy amounts of potential, but to date, none has shown it across a full minor league season. There is so much variance here that I had to expand the description of our third tier (church ceiling, tomb floor, in case you forgot) to something grander in both directions. Who among this group will soar with the choral notes in the dome of St. Paul's? And who will not make it out of Horatio Nelson's crypt?

Tier 5: Cathedral Ceiling, Crypt Floor

#19 Cristhian Vaquero

Pos: OF | 2025 Age: 20 | B/T: B/R | 2024 Level: A | 

MLB Comp: Michael Siani

Acquired: signed as an amateur international free agent, 1/15/2022

AVG/OBP/SLG: .190/.291/.303 | HR: 5 | SB/ATT: 29/35 | wRC+: 82

I would pretty easily accept arguments to drop Vaquero as many as ten spots on this list, although his profile doesn’t fit in the fourth tier but more in the third; “El Fenómeno” has not been very phenomenal in his career to date - certainly not at the plate, where the power tool has yet to show up (8 home runs in 876 professional PA). What is even more concerning is that in his first extended exposure to full-season ball, Vaquero’s walk rate fell by forty percent, and his BABIP was quite low (.295) for someone with his elite speed that should be legging out more infield hits than the average bear. He might be a candidate to give up switch-hitting at some point; his platoon splits are narrow, but he only took up switch-hitting after fleeing Cuba for the Dominican Republic as a teenager. Having one less skill to focus on might benefit him. He is a capable center fielder but spent more time in the right field last year because Elijah Green is even better. Vaquero will probably repeat low-A to start the year, and hopefully, this time around, it will go better for him.

#18 Victor Hurtado

Pos: OF | 2025 Age: 18 | B/T: L/L | 2024 Level: R-DSL | 

MLB Comp: Teoscar Hernández in a 99th percentile outcome

Acquired: signed as an amateur international free agent, 1/15/2024

AVG/OBP/SLG: .218/.310/.331 | HR: 3 | SB/ATT: 3/4 | wRC+: 76

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