Carreras is the highest-ranked of the three players on this edition of the PuRPs list who weren’t on the mid-season list (and the first position player revealed so far), having bounced back in a big way from a rough 2021 season all the way to a 40-man roster spot this off-season. The 23-year-old righty-hitting utility infielder was originally signed in 2017 as an 18-year-old with a $15,000 bonus, indicating he wasn’t highly thought of as a prospect back then.
Future Value: 40, Utility infielder
Contract Status: 2017 IFA (DR), 40 Man Roster, three options remaining
Nonetheless, Carreras soon made waves among the national prospect watcher community with his athleticism and backed it up with a strong stateside debut in 2019.