These 5 clubs loaded up on prospects at the Deadline

The dust has barely settled following the frenzy of activity during the 2025 Trade Deadline after prospects had just barely gotten settled on new Top 30 lists.

But you know us at MLB Pipeline ... we just love to rank things! A total of 97 prospects headed to new organizations, with 59 of them immediately landing on their new systems' Top 30 lists. So we wanted to take a look at which buying teams -- in terms of prospects, that is -- brought in the best hauls.

“Best,” of course, is a very subjective term. Rather than just line up the five teams highlighted below by most prospects or Top 30 guys acquired, a weighted scale was used to consider the impact of the prospects brought aboard. Sometimes, quality is better than quantity.

1. A’s: 5 prospects (5 on Top 30)
In terms of volume, the A’s are actually at the bottom of this list. But they almost clinched the top spot by getting No. 3 overall prospect Leo De Vries alone. The teenaged shortstop is the highest-ranked prospect to ever get traded at the Deadline and has the chance to be a true superstar. But the A’s also got two more new members of their top 10 in that trade for Mason Miller and JP Sears, adding Braden Nett (No. 5) and Henry Baez (No. 9). Eduarniel Núñez gave them a fourth player from the trade with the Padres, coming in at No. 17, then they added Kenya Huggins (No. 27) right under the wire when they sent Miguel Andujar to the Reds.

2. Twins: 10 prospects (6 on Top 30)
An argument could be made to put the Twins in the top spot because they landed two Top 100 prospects in Eduardo Tait (No. 56) and Mick Abel (No. 91) when they sent Jhoan Duran to the Phillies. Tait slid in at No. 4 and Abel at No. 6 on the Twins' list, but they also landed another prospect for their top 10 when they acquired lefty Kendry Rojas from the Blue Jays in the Louis Varland/Ty France deal. He slots in at No. 7. Right-hander Ryan Gallagher (from the Cubs in the Willi Castro deal) and outfielder Hendry Mendez (also from the Phillies, but for Harrison Bader), give them two more intriguing top 20 prospects.

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3. D-backs: 9 prospects (8 on Top 30)
No team landed more new talent on its list than Arizona. The cream of the crop was first baseman Tyler Locklear, who entered his new list at No. 6. Right-handers Hunter Cranton (now at No. 20) and Juan Burgos (No. 22) also came with Locklear in the Eugenio Suárez deal. Fans of D-backs prospects will have to send holiday cards to Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto because the earlier Josh Naylor deal with Seattle also gave them Ashton Izzi (No. 12) and Brandyn Garcia (No. 17).

4. Orioles: 15 prospects (6 on Top 30)
The Orioles' system had thinned out over the past couple of years with a lot of graduations to the big leagues and some trades last year when they were playoff-bound. That was addressed with an MLB-leading 15 new names acquired. The organization needed arms and the haul was led by two really exciting ones: 6-foot-8 lefty Boston Bateman, who came from the Padres in the Ryan O’Hearn/Ramon Laureano deal, who slots in at No. 6 with his new team and No. 9 Juaron Watts-Brown, a right-hander who sent from the Blue Jays for Seranthony Domínguez.

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5. Nationals: 10 prospects (6 on Top 30)
The Nats, along with the Nationals and Twins, trailed just the D-backs with six new members on their list -- but right-hander Sean Paul Liñan was the only one who landed in the top 10 (right at No. 10), coming over from the Dodgers in return for Alex Call. To be fair, their new Nos. 11-13 came by the Deadline with Christian Franklin (No. 11) and Ronny Cruz (No. 13) dealt from the Cubs for Michael Soroka and Eriq Swan (No. 12) joining Liñan from the Dodgers.