Triston McKenzie is our No. 2 Cleveland prospect for 2021, moving up one spot from 2020. He had previously been ranked No. 1 in 2019 and was No. 2 in 2018.
McKenzie was widely considered one of the best right-handed pitching prospects in baseball up until 2018, when he had a season marred by injuries. Concerns about his health issues were exacerbated when he missed the entire 2019 season due to a myriad of injuries again.
But the former 2015 first-round competitive balance pick kept grinding, and he showed up in 2020 ready to take the leap to the bigs.