Here are all of the top prospects on Opening Day rosters

It's Opening Day! While it's exciting to see superstars like Juan Soto and Jacob deGrom back on Major League fields -- in games that count in the standings -- it's just as thrilling to see baseball's future on full display.

Led by four of MLB Pipeline's top five prospects -- Gunnar Henderson, Corbin Carroll, Jordan Walker and Anthony Volpe -- and nine more on the Top 100, there will be 42 players ranked within their organization's Top 30 standing on the foul lines to be introduced on Opening Day. That's down from 53 last season, but there's no shortage of prospect power leading us into 2023.

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The group includes 12 players whose first appearance will mark their MLB debut. Those prospects are marked with an asterisk (*) below.

Here's our look at all prospects on team Top 30 lists who made Opening Day rosters:

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST

BLUE JAYS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
No Top 30 prospects on the Opening Day roster.

ORIOLES (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
Gunnar Henderson (No. 1, MLB No. 1)

After a strong 34-game stint in Baltimore at the end of last season, Henderson slots right into the middle of the Orioles' lineup this year. His five-tool skillset should make him a fixture for years to come.

RAYS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
No Top 30 prospects on the Opening Day roster.

RED SOX (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
Triston Casas, 1B (No. 2, MLB No. 23); Zack Kelly, RHP (No. 23)

Casas, a highly touted former first-round Draft pick, hit five home runs after making his debut last September. Kelly joined the organization as a Minor League free agent prior to the 2021 season and made 13 strong appearances out of Boston's bullpen last season.

YANKEES (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
*Anthony Volpe, SS (No. 1, MLB No. 5); *Jhony Brito, RHP (No. 27)

Volpe assumes the starting shortstop role in the Bronx after outplaying his competition in Spring Training. He becomes the youngest player to be written into a Yankees' Opening Day lineup since ... Derek Jeter.

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Brito, a member of the organization since 2016, cracks the team's opening rotation after a slew of injuries to the expected starting staff.

AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL

GUARDIANS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
Gabriel Arias, INF (No. 9); Will Brennan, OF (No. 11); Xzavion Curry, RHP (No. 23); Hunter Gaddis, RHP (No. 28)

Cleveland made heavy use of its Major League-ready prospects in 2022, so all five of these players are returning to the big leagues despite still being prospect eligible. Brennan had the best debut of the bunch, hitting .357 (15-for-42) in 11 games.

ROYALS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
No Top 30 prospects on the Opening Day roster.

TIGERS (Roster | Top 30 prospects)
Joey Wentz, LHP (No. 8); Ryan Kreidler, INF (No. 11); *Mason Englert, RHP (No. 27)

Wentz, who was solid in his first seven starts last season before a dominant stint in the Arizona Fall League, cracks Detroit's rotation from the jump. Englert is looking to stick in the bullpen after he was selected from the Rangers in last winter's Rule 5 Draft.

TWINS (Roster | Top 30 prospects)
No Top 30 prospects on the Opening Day roster.

WHITE SOX (Roster | Top 30 prospects)
*Oscar Colás, OF (No. 2, MLB No. 85); Gregory Santos, RHP (No. 21)

Colás is technically a rookie but he played three seasons as a professional in Cuba and another in Japan before making his U.S. debut in Chicago's system in 2022. He hit 23 home runs between three Minor League levels and smacked three more in the Cactus League to win an Opening Day roster spot.

Santos made five total appearances with the Giants over the last two seasons and was acquired in a minor deal in December.

AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST

ANGELS (Roster | Top 30 prospects)
Logan O'Hoppe, C (No. 1, MLB No. 53)

O'Hoppe, a former 23rd-round pick, was acquired from the Phillies at last year's Deadline and, after posting a 1.147 OPS at the Angels' Double-A affiliate, made his way to Anaheim for a five-game cameo at the end of the season. He should have the keys to start nearly every day for the Angels, though he may split time with Max Stassi when the veteran returns from the injured list.

ASTROS (Roster | Top 30 prospects)
Hunter Brown, RHP (No. 1, MLB No. 43); Yainer Diaz, C/1B (No. 2); *Corey Julks, OF/3B (No. 30)

Brown contributed three scoreless outings in the postseason as the franchise won its second World Series championship. Diaz mashed 25 home runs and hit over .300 at Triple-A Sugar Land before spending last September in the Majors. Julks, drafted in the eighth round in 2017, makes his first big league roster at 27.

A'S (Roster | Top 30 prospects)
Ken Waldichuk, LHP (No. 2, MLB No. 76); Kyle Muller, LHP (No. 5); Esteury Ruiz, OF (No. 6)

Prospects represent 40 percent of Oakland's initial starting rotation. Both were acquired since last year's Deadline with Waldichuk coming over from the Yankees and Muller -- as well as Ruiz -- part of December's three-team trade with the Braves and Brewers.

MARINERS (Roster | Top 30 prospects)
No Top 30 prospects on the Opening Day roster.

RANGERS (Roster | Top 30 prospects)
Josh Jung, 3B (No. 1, MLB No. 34)

Jung's highly anticipated 2022 season was delayed until late July after shoulder surgery. He returned and hit six homers in his first 12 games at Triple-A Round Rock then went yard in his Major League debut on Sept. 9. The 25-year-old should bat in the heart of the Texas order.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST

BRAVES (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
*Jared Shuster, LHP (No. 1)

Shuster will soon be joined by Dylan Dodd (No. 10), who wasn't included on the Opening Day roster but will be called up for his first turn in the rotation. Atlanta's top left-handed pitching prospects won jobs in the Opening Day rotation with standout springs. Shuster (1.45 ERA) was a first-round pick in 2020, but Dodd (2.00 ERA) carries similar promise after striking out 153 batters across three levels in 2022.

MARLINS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
No Top 30 prospects on the Opening Day roster.

METS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
No Top 30 prospects on the Opening Day roster.

NATIONALS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
*Thaddeus Ward, RHP (No. 12)

Ward was a surprise omission from Boston's 40-man roster at the filing deadline last November and Washington pounced by taking him with the first pick of the Rule 5 Draft. The lefty rewarded the Nats with a strong spring and earned a spot on the Opening Day roster.

PHILLIES (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
No Top 30 prospects on the Opening Day roster.

NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL

BREWERS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
Garrett Mitchell, OF (No. 4); *Brice Turang, SS/2B/OF (No. 5); *Gus Varland, RHP (No. 27)

Mitchell and Turang represent the fruits of the Milwaukee amateur scouting department's labor as first-round picks in 2020 and 2018, respectively. Varland pitched to an unsightly ERA at Double-A in the Dodgers' system in 2021 and 2022 but the Brewers took him in the Rule 5 Draft in hopes of unlocking his potential in the bullpen.

CARDINALS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
*Jordan Walker, OF/3B (No. 1, MLB No. 4); Alec Burleson (No. 5; MLB No. 91)

Walker's debut is as must-watch as they come. Despite not having any Triple-A experience, the 20-year-old gave St. Louis no choice with his Spring Training performance.

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Burleson is no slouch himself, having hit .331 with 20 home runs for Triple-A Memphis last season before getting into 16 Major League games at the end of the year.

CUBS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
Hayden Wesneski, RHP (No. 5)

Wesneski came to Chicago from the Yankees system last summer, making his big league debut soon after. His performance in six outings (four starts) last year and five more this spring -- a combined 2.16 ERA -- earned him a rotation spot with the Cubs.

PIRATES (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
Ji Hwan Bae, 2B/OF (No. 13); Canaan Smith-Njigba, OF (No. 28)

Both Bae and Smith-Njigba received a taste of the Majors last year (13 games combined) but crack the Opening Day roster for the first time.

REDS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
Spencer Steer, 3B (No. 5)

Steer eclipsed 20 homers in the Minors for the second straight season in 2022, though this time he split his dingers between the Twins and Reds systems after being acquired in the Tyler Mahle deal. Steer homered twice after being called up in September and should hold the everyday third baseman job in Cincinnati this year.

NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST

D-BACKS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
Corbin Carroll, OF (No. 1, MLB No. 2); Ryne Nelson, RHP (No. 6); Drey Jameson, RHP (No. 7); *Carlos Vargas, RHP (No. 24)

Carroll is the headliner, carrying sky-high expectations as one of the game's elite prospects. Don't overlook Nelson -- who will open in the rotation -- and Jameson, though. Both had high ERAs in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League last season but impressed with sub-2.00 marks in their brief Major League runs in September.

DODGERS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
Miguel Vargas, UTL (No. 3, MLB No. 37); James Outman, OF (No. 9), Michael Grove, RHP (No. 24)

Vargas will shoulder a significant role from the jump as the starting second baseman. He hit .170 in his 18-game MLB cameo last year but was impressive at Triple-A Oklahoma City, slashing .304/.404/.511. Outman's 2022 season came out of nowhere -- he topped 20 homers in the Minors for the first time and finished with 31, adding another in one of the four games he played in the Majors. Although Grove initially lost the battle for the a rotation spot to sixth-ranked Ryan Pepiot, the righty struck out 17 over 16 2/3 innings this spring and made the roster when Pepiot suffered an ankle injury.

GIANTS (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
*Brett Wisely, INF/OF (No. 24)

Wisely was Rule 5-eligible as a Rays prospect but was traded to the Giants, who had ample room on their 40-man roster. Wisely played five positions during Spring Training -- second, third, short, left and center -- and should serve in that super-utility role this season.

PADRES (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
No Top 30 prospects on the Opening Day roster.

ROCKIES (Roster | Top 30 Prospects)
Ezequiel Tovar, SS (No. 1, MLB No. 25)

Tovar takes the reins as Colorado's everyday shortstop at just 21 years old. He hit .319 in the upper Minors before getting into nine games in the Majors -- including one in which he homered off Clayton Kershaw -- at the end of the year.