FantasyPros Staff | Fri, Feb 28th 2025, 3:21am EST

Fantasy Baseball Prospects: Kristian Campbell, Dylan Crews, Matt Shaw

My overall prospect rankings are already out on FantasyPros, but if you want to know who I think will provide the most positive impact for your fantasy teams for re-draft, this is the article for you! The fScores do a pretty solid job at navigating expected playing time for rookies, as I adjust with averages of my expectations against the player’s past durability, the player’s expected level to start the season and average playing time as projected by Steamer – so the fScores will be our primary guide to 2025 effectiveness.

These prospect rankings are based on FANTASY value, not on real life value. Considering such, hitters generally weigh a bit heavier for me due to the injury risk and higher volatility of prospect pitchers. Proximity to the majors is also prominent in the equation, though these rankings are taking a longer-term / dynasty look on these guys (think of it more as a 5 year plan).

If you are curious about the fScore ratings you can check out my fScore rankings and information on the fScores by following THIS LINK. My Top 150 Prospect Rankings are in the works, but will be out by the end of January.

NOTE: Rookie status is determined by 130 ABs, or 50 IPs at the Major League level.

Fantasy Baseball Prospects

Full Top 150 Prospect Rankings:

Kristian Campbell (2B/OF – Red Sox)

2024 A+/AA/AAA: .330/.439/.558 | 14.3 BB% / 19.9 K% | 55 XBH, 20 HR, 24 SB
Age: 23
ETA: Opening Day
fScores: 103 fContact, 126 fDiscipline, 103 fPower, 138 fSpeed
Comp: Bigger Gleyber Torres with more speed and better plate skills
Prime Skills: Big righty picked in the fourth round out of Georgia Tech in 2024 with a killer hit tool (90.8% Z-Contact% at AAA) to pair with a 20/20-like profile. He has a big frame with a pretty sweet swing and has shown more power than the scouting grades have given him, especially from the pull side and has not really shown off his 60 grade speed on the base paths yet, but there are more bags under him if the situation allows.
Ranking Explanation: Campbell is a guy I thought I was going to be stealthy on, but he just kept hitting and made himself impossible to ignore to the rest of the fantasy baseball prospect scouting crowd. I had been targeting him more as a top 10-15 type guy until I ran his fScores – he has a good shot at breaking camp Opening Day in a lineup short of righty bats and could be an immediate success based on the superior plate skills and hit tool he has demonstrated, he’s a high floor 20/20 type guy who can hit .270 or better out of the gate. The biggest hurdle right now is how the Red Sox will proceed with the Alex Bregman / Rafael Devers situation.
Top 150 Rank: 3
fScore Re-Draft Rank: #9 2B, #35 OF
NFBC ADP: 324.96

Dylan Crews (OF – Nationals)

2024 AA/AAA: .270/.339/.451 | 8 BB%, 25.8 K% | 40 XBH, 13 HR, 25 SB
2024 MLB: .218/.288/.353 | 8.3 BB%, 19.7 K% | 9 XBH, 3 HR, 12 SB
Age: 23
ETA: Opening Day (debuted 2024)
fScores: 92 fContact, 88 fDiscipline, 87 fPower, 171 fSpeed
Comp: Nick Castellanos with Speed
Prime Skills: He has great all fields power, he’s a good defender and he has a great eye at the plate. The speed is slightly above average (he has improved this aspect of his game since last season) and he’s more of an all around XBH / damage guy than a home run threat.
Ranking Explanation: The higher end EVs aren’t as strong as I was expecting from him coming out of college (though he does have nice average EVs (89 MLB, 90.2 AAA) and at AAA he’s running only average plate skills, but there is much more power in this bat and I expect the contact rates to improve as he gets more playing time at the major league level. The speed may be the calling card for the 2025 season though.
Top 150 Ranking: 6
fScore Re-Draft Rank: #42 OF
NFBC ADP: 134.62

Matt Shaw (2B/3B – Cubs)

2024 AA/AAA: .284/.379/.488 | 11.9 BB%, 18.2 K% | 44 XBH, 21 HR, 31 SB
Age: 23
ETA: Opening Day
fScores: 95 fContact, 86 fDiscipline, 96 fPower, 168 fSpeed
Comp: Jonathan India with more speed
Prime Skills: Shaw has a solid plate approach that should develop as he gets time in the bigs with above average power and speed. For 2025 fantasy, think of Colt Keith production plus 25 steals or so. He could be one of the better second basemen in the majors sooner, rather than later (if he gets to play there rather than at 3B) and has the power and speed combo to put up some 20/20 type seasons. Shaw works to some good launch angles (14.4 average LA) that should help the bat play up.
Ranking Explanation: Shaw is currently expected to break camp as the Cubs starting 3B after they moved Paredes and Cam Smith then missed on Bregman. With a full season I would expect a .240-ish batting average with 15-18 bombs and 25-ish steals, which is very useful in most fantasy formats. I bumped him ahead of Jobe after Bregman signed with the Red Sox basically locking Shaw in for the 3B position, even after the Cubs signed Justin Turner.
Top 150 Rank: 14
fScore Re-Draft Rank: #15 3B
NFBC ADP: 282.78

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