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.

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Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects: Rankings & Draft Targets (2025)

Full Top 150 Prospect Rankings:

• Prospects 1-25
• Prospects 26-50
• Prospects 51-75
• Prospects 76-100
• Prospects 101 – 125
• Prospects 126-150

Now that that’s cleared up, let’s dig into it – for a point of reference I will be referencing my overall re-draft rankings hand-in-hand with the player’s overall prospect ranking to give you a nice middle ground to read through between short-term and long-term value. I’ve also decided to include Roki Sasaki in this ranking purely for context, but I will give you a bonus 26th prospect to make up for it to those who do not prescribe to the theory of international guys counting as prospects.

CHEAT #1. Roki Sasaki (SP- Dodgers)

• 2024 Japan: 111 IP | 129 Ks, 32 BBs | 2.35 ERA, 1.04 WHIP
• Age: 23
• ETA: Opening Day 2025
• fScores: 118 fStuff, 107 fControl, 128 fERA
• Comp: Bryce Miller-esk with better stuff
• Prime Skills: Sasaki throws 100 MPH at the top of his velocity, but has been hovering closer to 97 MPH of late and pairs this fastball with the Japanese staple sick splitter and a very nice slider.
• Ranking Explanation: Sasaki is a top 35 starter for me entering 2025 and has top 10 pitcher upside for fantasy. I’m not going to make the same mistake as I did with Skenes, Sasaki is the easy number one player if you are including him, but I think this is a cheat and I’m going to give you 25 more guys who were actually prospects.
• Top 150 Rank: N/A (international pro)
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #32 SP
• NFBC ADP: 95.12

1. Jasson Dominguez (OF – Yankees)

• 2024 AA/AAA: .314/.376/.504 | 8.8 BB%, 20 K% | 20 XBH, 11 HR, 16 SB (58 games)
• 2024 MLB: .179/.313/.304 | 3 XBH, 2 HR, 5 SB (56 ABs)
• Age: 22
• ETA: Opening Day (debuted 2023)
• fScores: 97 fContact, 107 fDiscipline, 123 fPower, 191 fSpeed
• Comp: Switch hitting Mookie Betts-light
• Prime Skills: Dominguez has top-notch plate skills, while also demonstrating he can be a game-changer on the base paths. He smashes pitches high in the zone from both sides of the plate, but needs to work on lifting pitches low in the zone instead of bashing them into the ground (56.7 GB% in his career in MLB).
• Ranking Explanation: Dominguez posts above average EVs (107.5 90th percentile EV in AAA) and had a great 87.9% Z-contact% at AAA in 2024, so he smashes anything in the zone consistently. He had much better launch angles in the minors averaging in the 11-12 degree range which optimizes his power and provides a nice backdrop against the smaller sample size, bad major league ground ball rates. Dominguez will get full time run this season for the Yankees and will have ample opportunity to live up to his nickname, the Martian.
• Top 150 Rank: 1
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #33 OF
• NFBC ADP: 144

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Kumar Rocker (SP – Rangers)

• 2024 CPX/AA/AAA: 36 2/3 IP | 36 K-BB%, 22 SwStr%, 36.9 CSW% | 1.96 ERA, 0.79 WHIP
• 2024 MLB: 11 2/3 IP | 14.5 K-BB%, 13.3 SwStr%, 28 CSW% | 3.86 ERA, 1.54 WHIP
• Age: 25
• ETA: Opening Day (debuted in 2024)
• fScores: 114 fStuff, 104 fControl, 154 fERA
• Comp: Hunter Greene with a better slider (12/6) / worse fastball
• Prime Skills: Big boy with a dominant fastball / slider combo. He throws 97-99 with one of the best hard vertical sliders you will see. There’s a below average changeup in there too he has to throw in order to mix things up. I have Rocker ranked as a top 60 starter for 2025, which is aggressive and will depend on the workload, but the fScores love him and he was amazing in his small 2024 sample size.
• Ranking Explanation: The results in the minors were ridiculous, while there is some hesitancy in the stuff plus models (72 Stuff+ on the fastball and only 90 Stuff+) in his small major league sample size. I think this stabilizes some and there is a middle ground, but the minor league numbers in 2024 were insane and I’m betting he gets a good run with the Rangers in 2025. Currently I’m expecting him to break camp, especially after there are rumors Jon Gray could move to the pen to close after Kirby Yates signed with the Dodgers along with the news Cody Bradford could end up in relief to start the season.
• Top 150 Rank: 34
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #58 SP
• NFBC ADP: 307.69

6. Jackson Jobe (SP – Tigers)

• 2024 AA: 91 2/3 IP | 13.6 K-BB% 12.3 SwStr%, 30.5 CSW% | 2.36 ERA, 1.12 WHIP
• 2024 MLB: 4 IP | 6.3 K-BB%, 4.2 SwStr%, 25 CSW% | 0.00 ERA, 0.50 WHIP
• Age: 22
• ETA: Opening Day (debuted in 2024)
• fScores: 100 fStuff, 99 fControl, 110 fERA
• Comp: George Kirby
• Prime Skills: Excellent command of his pitches for a guy his age and has a ton of spin on his pitches. The fastball is riding as an above average pitch, but it allows him to use his elite slider to get Ks. The walk rate is higher this year, but I think it’s an aberration and wouldn’t be too concerned – there seems to be a bit of a pitch mix issue in why his killer stuff has not played as well as it should.
• Ranking Explanation: A large part of Jobe’s appeal when he was moving up my rankings was his excellent command and the plus four pitch mix, but he was not generating strikeouts at the level he should have and had some walk issues at the higher levels of the minors. He is more of a lock to break camp than Campbell at #2, but I’ll always go with the hitter and there’s a possibility Jobe needs more development to sharpen his pitch-mix. I expect the stuff to play better in 2025 and will ignore the lower fScores, and of course we love the new curve as well, but the big thing will be if the command bounces back after a down 2024.
• Top 150 Rank: 11
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #94 SP
• NFBC ADP: 284.6

7. Quinn Mathews (SP – Cardinals)

• 2024 A/A+/AA/AAA: 143 1/3 IP | 26.8 K-BB%, 16.1 SwStr%, 32.9 CSW% | 2.76 ERA, 0.98 WHIP
• Age: 24
• ETA: Early 2025
• fScores: 107 fStuff, 97 fControl, 133 fERA
• Comp: Cole Ragans light
• Prime Skills: Mathews is a big college lefty with a ridiculous fastball / slider combo with a big fastball sitting between 95-97 MPH with some elite rise to it and the slider is a swing and miss machine paired with that fastball. He has elite command of these pitches and has shown himself in college to be a workhorse. He also has a curve and a 60/65 grade change up he didn’t even need when I saw him in A ball.
• Ranking Explanation: Mathews had a bit of a decline in velocity in AAA from when I saw him live earlier in the season, but this is likely just some natural wear from the workload increase, not to mention trying to pitch around the weird AAA oddities like ABS. Mathews actually scored higher in my fScores than Jobe as he was getting better results, but some of that has to do with his maturity as a pitcher and mixing pitches well. He should spend a large part of 2025 in the big league rotation for the Cardinals, but I doubt he breaks camp sans some trades or injuries prior to the season starting. It seems the Cardinals love him, but the Cardinals are also acting super cheap right now and are more likely to try to get another year of him than pump him toward a RoY birth – though it’s entirely possible he still ends up with more innings than Jobe as he’s likely to stick through the end once he is promoted.
• Top 150 Rank: 23
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #67 SP
• NFBC ADP: 525.71

8. Chase DeLauter (OF – Guardians)

• 2024 AA/AAA: .261/.341/.500 | 11.6 BB%, 13.4 K% | 18 XBH, 8 HR, 1 SB (39 games)
• Age: 23
• ETA: Early 2025
• fScores: 98 fContact, 116 fDiscipline, 94 fPower, 90 fSpeed
• Comp: Josh Lowe and lefty Matt Holliday mash
• Prime Skills: He’s shown a really strong hit tool and has some unrealized power in his small sample size at the minor league level. The pull power from his college days is tantalizing. Coming off injury, we just need to see some health from this doubles machine, but he’s only played 96 games the last two seasons… though with 32 doubles in those 96 games.
• Ranking Explanation: DeLauter just can’t stay healthy and that’s tanked his prospect profile a bit for me. I’m back on him again now with a new year, but I’m extremely hesitant the health holds up. All he has to do is beat Will Brennan to break camp and I’m more positive about this happening after speaking to some other people in the industry, hence the bump up in these rankings from January
• Top 150 Rank: 31
• Re-Draft Rank: #93 OF
• NFBC ADP: 499.93

9. Nick Kurtz (1B – Athletics)

• 2024 College: .306/.531/.763 | 34 XBH, 22 HR, 4 SB
• 2024 A/AA: .368/.520/.763 | 24 BB%, 20 K% | 7 XBH, 4 HR, 1 SB
• Age: 22
• ETA: Early 2025
• fScores: 106 fContact, 129 fDiscipline, 115 fPower, 86 fSpeed
• Comp: Joey Votto-esk profile
• Prime Skills: Big time plate skills with above average power and a very solid hit tool. Think Kyle Manzardo with more power and a higher ceiling on the hit tool. He was a beast in his limited debut and returned in the Arizona Fall League from a hamstring injury.
• Ranking Explanation: Kurtz is getting an Athletics bump for me surprisingly, because if you haven’t noticed they have been right on the dot with developing the players they drafted over the last few years. I trust the hit tool and plate skills, obviously the fScores love him and I think he will be a beast in points leagues for a long time forward. The Athletics seem to be a serious team this year, which means Nick Kurtz could be up sooner than expected, especially if Tyler Soderstrom has more strikeout issues. I would be surprised if he breaks camp, but I think he will be up post super 2 based on how aggressive the team seems to have become and based on his Wyatt Langford-like performance post-draft in 2024.
• Top 150 Rank: 16
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #40 1B
• NFBC ADP: 619.41

10. Jordan Lawlar (SS – Diamondbacks)

• 2024 AA/AAA: .318/.417/.485 | 9 XBH, 2 HR, 6 SB (23 games)
• Age: 22
• ETA: Opening Day (debuted in 2024)
• fScores: 100 fContact, 104 fDiscipline, 93 fPower, 168 fSpeed
• Comp: Trea Turner light w/ some Jeter in there
• Prime Skills: Lawlar has a nice power swing, but it may affect his contact ability in the majors – he has all fields power and ridiculous speed, he’s a very aggressive base runner and puts himself in good positions to make things happen on top of having way above average plate discipline for his age..
• Ranking Explanation: The power, speed and enough of a hit tool are here to build up a very intriguing player for fantasy purposes and potential top end player, however he was hurt for the majority of 2024 which puts a slight damper on expectations for a guy I previously had ranked as a top 10 prospect. I thought he was going to have a good shot to start until the Diamondbacks signed Perdomo to a decent deal, showing they really want him at SS so Lawlar is going to have to find a different way to make this team now.
• Top 150 Rank: 20
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #15 SS
• NFBC ADP: 418.66

11. Emmanuel Rodriguez (OF – Twins)

• 2024 CPX/A/AA/AAA: .280/.459/.567 | 24.4 BB%, 29.7 K% | 25 XBH, 9 HR, 9 SB (47 games)
• Age: 22
  ETA: Early 2025 (May/June?)
• fScores: 93 fContact, 181 fDiscipline, 120 fPower, 95 fSpeed
• Comp: Rafael Devers meets Edouard Julien
• Prime Skills: Great eye and insane power (114.6 max EV) with a tad of speed mixed in despite being a bigger boy, quick hands though. Like many of these guys, Rodriguez has to work on his hit tool a bit and cut down on the strikeouts. The power and speed potential are ridiculous and Rodriguez for points leagues should be ranked even higher.
• Ranking Explanation: He’s dealt with injuries the last couple of years, but has been ridiculous on a per plate appearance basis. The only issue with his game is he strikes out way too much by being too patient, because a 9.4% SwStr% portends to a way better K rate than 29.7%. Em Rod only has a 33.3% swing rate, the dude needs to get more aggressive. He’s not going to break camp even though he’s major league ready if healthy, but Em Rod is only a Buxton injury or Wallner strikeout black hole away from a call up. Wallner and Larnach are also platoon risks and even with Bader there to be on the weak side of the platoon I am leaning more and more toward Rodriguez getting a call up around when James Wood did in 2024.
• Top 150 Ranking: 5
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #43 OF
• NFBC ADP: 622.17

12. Rhett Lowder (SP – Reds)

• 2024 A+/AA/AAA: 108 2/3 IP | 19.9 K-BB%, 12.3 SwStr%, 29.4 CSW% | 3.64 ERA, 1.15 WHIP
• 2024 MLB: 30 2/3 IP | 6.3 K-BB%, 8.6 SwStr%, 23.9 CSW% | 1.17 ERA, 1.27 WHIP
• Age: 23
• ETA: Opening Day (debuted in 2024)
• fScores: 95 fStuff, 103 fControl, 141 fERA
• Comp: Logan Webb
• Prime Skills: He has three above average pitches and is known for his pinpoint control. His changeup and 2-seamer are both nasty. He’s a smart pitcher and knows how to mix well, but the question is how much GASP will hurt him. He should be striking out more guys than he has based on his swinging strike and CSW ratings and it should carry forward into more Ks.
• Ranking Explanation: Lowder had some good luck to help boost his MLB numbers against a terrible 5.16 SIERA, but keep in mind it is a smaller sample size. I have him ranked as the #85 starter for the season as I expect all of these luck factors to neutralize somewhat over a larger sample size. His stuff excels at run prevention and he’s in one of the worst home ballparks to counter this, so this will be an interesting year to see how these things come to a head without a major jump forward in stuff. Yes, he has a much better shot to make the opening day rotation than Quinn Mathews – but that’s just how much better I think Mathews’ stuff will play.
• Top 150 Rank: 48
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #85 SP
• NFBC ADP: 536.33

13. Christian Moore (2B – Angels)

• 2024 College: .375/.451/.797 | 55 XBH, 34 HR, 5 SB
• 2024 A/AA: .347/.400/.584 | 8.2 BB%, 26.4 K% | 12 XBH, 6 HR, 2 SB (25 games)
• Age: 22
• ETA: June 2025
• fScores: 97 fContact, 74 fDiscipline, 102 fPower, 100 fSpeed
• Comp: Connor Norby profile with shades of Alex Bregman (without the plate skills)
• Prime Skills: Moore is a big second baseman with a sweet righty swing through the zone with some easy power for a middle infielder. Killer middle infield power with a great field of hit and very good place skills.
• Ranking Explanation: Moore absolutely killed it in the minors in 2024 post-draft, picking up right where he left off in college. The dude is a winner, a gamer and has a lovely swing. There is a lot of wind behind his sales right now and the Angels promote quickly, but there might be strikeout issues once he gets to the majors. There are some rumors out of Angels camp that he has a shot to break camp Opening Day, but there are some major strikeout concerns here going forward, especially if he does make the jump straight to the Opening Day roster – so there’s some give and take between development and the increased PAs for 2025.
• Top 150 Ranking: 39
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #62 2B
• NFBC ADP: 605.41

14. Agustin Ramirez (C/1B – Marlins)

• 2024 AA/AAA: .267/.358/.487 | 11.1 BB%, 18.6 K% | 53 XBH, 25 HR, 22 SB
• Age: 22
• ETA: Early 2025
• fScores: 91 fContact, 103 fDiscipline, 93 fPower, 130 fSpeed
• Comp: Gary Sanchez with speed
• Prime Skills: Big time power swing with some sneaky speed, but a questionable hit tool. He’s posted EVs up to 111 in Miami with increased average velos in the low 90s. He hit a bump in AAA with the Yankees, but figured it out in his last 20 AAA games with a .286/.383/.486 slash with 3 bombs and 2 steals.
• Ranking Explanation: Ramirez was traded to the Marlins in the Jazz trade, so this one is going to be fun to follow on both sides. The power stroke looks real with quick hands, but the question is if he can shorten it against major league pitching. The Marlins are not great and I would guestimate Ramirez to spend most of the season with the big league club and could alternate between catcher and 1B to get the most out of his bat playing 22 games at catcher and 17 at DH for the Marlins in AAA. He’s good enough to break camp, but Mike Kurland and I spoke and as a Marlins fan he was estimating they hold him back for service time – so this puts a slight damper on his ranking from last month.
• Top 150 Rank: 37
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #15 C
• NFBC ADP: 543.03

15. Andrew Painter (SP – Phillies)

• 2022 A/A+/AA: 103 2/3 IP | 32.4 K-BB%, 16.2 SwStr%, 32.3 CSW% | 1.56 ERA, 0.89 WHIP
• Age: 21
• ETA: June 2025
• fScores: 107 fStuff, 111 fControl, 144 fERA
• Comp: A bigger Jacob deGrom, or a Tyler Glasnow with more control
• Prime Skills: Painter regularly touches 99 MPH on his fastball and throws it up in the zone with some ridiculous ride, then loves to use his curve up in the zone to finish guys off when they are dead red fastball. He has pin-point control for a pitcher his age, which plays his stuff up even more. He has an excellent pitch mix and knows how to throw his changeup and breaking stuff off his money fastball.
• Ranking Explanation: Painter pitched in the Arizona Fall League and is back in action. Don’t expect many innings in the minors as the Phillies have already announced they will be reserving his innings for a mid-season call up and for the playoff push. We have a future #2 or ace in Painter on the way and if we get around half a season of a top 40 starter on a per inning basis, it’s worth buying him at this point.
• Top 150 Rank: 4
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #98 SP
• NFBC ADP: 419.53

16. Jacob Wilson (SS – Athletics)

• 2024 AA/AAA: .433/.473/.668 | 6.2 BB%, 6.6 K% | 35 XBH, 7 HR, 2 SB (53 games)
• 2024 MLB: .250/.314/.315 | 7.8 BB%, 9.7 K% | 4 XBH, 0 HR, 0 SB (28 games)
• Age: 23
• ETA: Opening Day (Debuted in 2024)
• fScores: 106 fContact, 114 fDiscipline, 60 fPower, 77 fSpeed
• Comp: More athletic Luis Arraez
• Prime Skills: Wilson was a first rounder last year and has gotten the bump to AAA after decimating AA pitchers. He’s been a doubles machine, it almost looks like he’s been at batting practice since the draft because he’s been generating so many hits. I thought the pick was a reach when the Athletics drafted him, but he’s moving quickly and is hitting at every level.
• Ranking Explanation: Wilson has the best hit tool of any prospect with an insane 97.4% contact rate and 98.9% Z-contact rate. He won’t produce much from a power or speed standpoint, so that hurts his overall fantasy value (he’s a better real life player), but he will break camp and should hit for a nice batting average, get some runs and we will see maybe a 10/10 type chip in on the power and speed.
• Top 150 Rank: 69
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #46 SS
• NFBC ADP: 441.95

17. Jacob Misiorowski (SP/RP – Brewers)

• 2024 AA: 97 1/3 IP | 16.1 K-BB%, 14.1 SwStr%, 30.7 CSW% | 3.33 ERA, 1.20 WHIP
• Age: 23
• Comp: Young Tyler Glasnow with worse control
• ETA: Early 2025
• fScores: 108 fStuff, 88 fControl, 135 fERA (as a starter)
• Prime Skills: Killer fastball, he throws it 101 and it’s at an odd arm angle, so it’s difficult to pick up with an elite slider in his pocket as well. He’s had some control issues, especially as a
• +/-.,mstarter, but once he shifted to the pen in AAA – he became a beast.
• Ranking Explanation: The control issues limit the upside a bit compared to the upside of his stuff, but he has a range of outcomes that goes from ace to top setup guy. I trust he will find success in one role or another. Remember Glasnow had the same concerns with Pittsburgh due to his size and has had control and durability issues at different times throughout his career Misiorowski had gone on a nice stretch with limited walks and I thought he had a breakthrough, but he has reverted back to bad control in his last few starts before he converted back to the pen where after August 7th he had a 1.62 ERA and 0.72 WHIP 22 Ks and 7 BBs in his last 16 2/3 innings. There’s a chance he breaks camps and is the closer out of the gate. Try to remember how valuable Mason Miller was when he first broke through in the pen – this could be the upside if the Brewers just let him cook in the pen.
• Top 150 Rank: 55
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #77 SP / #37 RP
• NFBC ADP: 630.73

18. Sean Burke (SP – White Sox)

• 2024 AA: 71 2/3 IP | 19.9 K-BB%, 16 SwStr%, 30.8 CSW% | 4.77 ERA, 1.34 WHIP
• 2024 MLB: 19 IP | 19.7 K-BB%, 12.9 SwStr%, 26.2 CSW% | 1.42 ERA, 1.00 WHIP
• Age: 25
• Comp: Jack Flaherty with worse control
• ETA: Opening Day (debuted 2024)
• fScores: 107 fStuff, 91 fControl, 113 fERA
• Prime Skills: Burke is a big dude with a mid-90s fastball with a 111 Stuff+ in his sample size last year along with a good slider, below average cutter and a nice change up that he doesn’t use enough.
• Ranking Explanation: Burke is a bit of a risk because his command was quite terrible until his small sample size in the majors in 2024 where he was more league average, which is why I never had him in my top 150 prospects to begin with. This is also why I probably forgot to rank him in my latest top 150 even though he qualifies still – he probably would have been ranked in the 120-150 range had I not forgotten him. While he has better control than Misiorowski, it’s still pretty bad and he doesn’t have the stuff upside so Misiorowski gets the edge as I think he could jump in as a top 10 closer in baseball as soon as he comes up to the majors.
• Top 150 Rank: N/A
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #121 SP
• NFBC ADP: 507.69

19. Colby Thomas (OF – Athletics)

• 2024 AA/AAA: .277/.342/.563 | 7 BB%, 24.7 K% | 80 XBH, 31 HR, 54 SB
• Age: 24
• ETA: Early 2025
• fScores: 95 fContact, 58 fDiscipline, 124 fPower, 106 fSpeed
• Comp: Taylor Ward and Adolis Garcia mash
• Prime Skills: Thomas has all fields power and does a great job of shooting the ball through the gaps and has an over 27% line drive rate this year. He has an open stance with hands up, loaded pre-pitch. He’s an extra base hit machine and may run into some strikeout issues with a below average hit tool (only 78.4% in zone contact), but he’s aggressive in the zone (near 80% zone swing rate) and runs an optimal batted ball profile with a killer sweet spot percentage.
• Ranking Explanation: Thomas had a strong season last year, but needed to cut down on the K rate to maximize his skills – he’s done that and he’s lifting the ball a lot more this year and looks like a potential stud. He’s also showing off the pull power this year after putting up a near 25/25 season in 2023. I love the way this dude cranks extra base hits and the Athletics have aggressively moved him to AAA. He’s a risk to flame out at some point, but could be one of these high-damage dudes like Adolis Garcia earlier in his career. He has a chance to break camp as the only guy blocking him right now on the roster is Seth Brown and maybe Denzel Clarke.
• Top 150 Rank: 57
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #103 OF
• NFBC ADP: 577.50

20. Edgar Quero (C – White Sox)

• 2024 AA/AAA: .280/.366/.463 | 9.7 BB%, 17.4 K% | 32 XBH, 16 HR, 1 SB (98 games)
• Age: 21
• ETA: Early 2025
• fScores: 96 fContact, 113 fDiscipline, 76 fPower, 67 fSpeed
• Comp: Yasmani Grandal w/ less power and a better hit tool
• Prime Skills: Quero has fantastic plate discipline with more walks than Ks as a young 21-year-old at AA. He has 20-ish homer power in the bat and can steal a few bags as a rare switch hitting catcher.
• Ranking Explanation: Quero has been absolutely destroying AAA as a 21-year-old. It’s impressive to see the power come into its own as I’ve been very high on Quero for a few years now. Him falling in these rankings is no negative reflection on Quero, but more an adjustment in moving catchers down my rankings as they won’t have the same number of PAs as other position players. Additionally, we have more statcast data on him and the EV numbers from Quero are lackluster (87.3 average EV & 106.7 max EV). He’s young, so I expect the power to improve to a possible 15-20 homer power over a season. There’s a good shot Quero becomes the starting catcher out of camp, or early in the season and ABs are and the ability to handle the staff with a solid hit tool is valuable for a second or backup catcher in deeper leagues.
• Top 150 Ranking: 88
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #36 C
• NFBC ADP: 562.73

21. Travis Bazzana (2B – Guardians)

• 2024 College: .407/.568/.911 | 48 XBH, 28 HR, 16 SB
• 2024 A+: .238/.369/.396 | 13.9 BB%, 25.4 K% | 10 XBH, 3 HR, 5 SB (27 games)
• Age: 22
• ETA: Mid 2025 (June / July)
• fScores: 93 fContact, 122 fDiscipline, 93 fPower, 155 fSpeed
• Comp: Daniel Murphy with more athleticism and quickness
• Prime Skills: Bazzana has the killer Oregon State hit tool and has professional experience already with wood bats, playing in Australia as a pro while he was a teenager. He has power and speed, but to what degree will both show up as a pro is the big question to me, as the game power just appeared in 2024 and is relatively a newer tool. He has a lot of movement pre-pitch at the plate
• Ranking Explanation: Bazzana should get the call at some point this season, my thoughts are he comes up around mid-season when the Guardians feel safe he can’t win the Rookie of the Year and they don’t lose a year of eligibility. Half a season of Bazzana could supply you with a .260-.270 batting average, 8-10 homers and 10-14 steals from a weak position, which is more valuable than the following players on the list.
• Top 150 Rank: 12
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #49 2B
• NFBC ADP: 698.77

22. Bubba Chandler (SP – Pirates)

• 2024 AA/AAA: 119 2/3 IP | 22.3 K-BB%, 13.6 SwStr%, 29.5 CSW% | 3.08 ERA, 1.02 WHIP
• Age: 22
• ETA: Early/Mid 2025
• fScores: 106 fStuff, 95 fControl, 109 fERA
• Comp: Luis Gil with a Zach Wheeler slider
• Prime Skills: Big fastball and slider guy, known as a dual sport athlete who is not finally focusing on baseball rather than football. A lot of upside here as he has never been focused only on baseball until a couple years ago; he had committed to Clemson to play QB. He throws 97-99 MPH with a 12/6 killer vertical slider and a sick changeup with nice fade that tunnels well and against his other two pitches.
• Ranking Explanation: Chandler started coming into his own starting around June where he has an improved 26.1 K-BB% since June 1st and a 2.27 ERA and 0.92 WHIP, which has really bumped him way up my rankings while before he was just on my radar as a stuff guy without performance. Chandler isn’t the automatic next up with the Pirates that many people are assuming. In fact, I would bet that Thomas Harrington is up before Chandler – so this pushes him down a bit as I expect maybe half a season in the majors for him, possibly even less, all depending on the health of the rest of the rotation.
• Top 150 Rank: 27
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #95 SP
• NFBC ADP: 329.60

23. Luisangel Acuna (2B/OF – Mets)

• 2024 AAA: .258/.299/.355 | 5.5 BB%, 16.4 K% | 23 XBH, 7 HR, 40 SB
• 2024 MLB: .308/.325/.641 | 2.5 BB%, 15 K% | 6 XBH, 3 HR, 0 SB
• Age: 23
• ETA: Opening Day (debuted)
• fScores): 97 fContact, 73 fDiscipline, 98 fPower, 142 fSpeed
• Comp: Andres Gimenez with a Ronald Acuna batting stance
• Prime Skills: Acuna has decent plate skills and speed for days. The power is about average and he could tap out at a 12-15 homer guy with 35-40 steals.
• Ranking Explanation: Acuna is currently projected to be the super utility bench guy on the team in the infield and outfield, but I think he starts four times a week and can put up Andres Gimenez-esk numbers per game with multi-position eligibility. I’ve come around on the playing time this season on some of the players ranked above and would rather have some of the guys like Bazzana starting every day over half a season than 65-70% of Acuna starting from Opening Day onward.
• Top 150 Rank: 74 (post write-up…. Literally forgot he was still prospect eligible)
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #40 2B
• NFBC ADP: 698.77

24. Michael McGreevy (SP – Cardinals)

• 2024 A+/AA/AAA: 150 IP | 14.7 K-BB%, 10 SwStr%, 25.1 CSW% | 4.02 ERA, 1.31 WHIP
• 2024 MLB: 23 IP | 18.6 K-BB%, 10 SwStr%, 29.3 CSW% | 1.96 ERA, 0.78 WHIP
• Age: 24
• ETA: Opening Day (debuted in 2024)
• fScores: 87 fStuff, 120 fControl, 130 fERA
• Comp: Jameson Taillon light
• Prime Skills: McGreevy runs a kitchen sink approach with only one good pitch, the slider, but does have excellent command and a pretty good cutter that he should consider throwing more than the sinker and four seamer.
• Ranking Explanation: McGreevy is a former first round pick who has shown he can pitch deep into games. He has great command and has a good shot out of camp to make the big league rotation for the Cardinals after a nice little showing at the end of the 2024 season. He might not be the most exciting player, because he’s not likely to strike many guys out, but if he can pitch to a Taillon or Kyle Hendricks like line, there is some nice under the radar value here.
• Top 150 Rank: N/A
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #125 SP
• NFBC ADP: 571

25. Logan Henderson (SP – Brewers)

• 2024 CPX/A+/AA/AAA: 81 1/3 IP | 28.1 K-BB%, 15 SwStr%, 31.6 CSW% | 3.32 ERA, 0.91 WHIP
• Age: 23
• ETA: Mid 2025
• fScores: 105 fStuff, 106 fControl, 110 fERA
• Comp: Spencer Strider-light (dude has some quads) and really ramps up
• Prime Skills: Henderson is of slight build (5′ 11″) and has jumped up a couple levels already this season after destroying at low A most of last season. He has excellent command and a nice fastball / changeup combo. The fastball runs 94-96 MPH and the change up is one of the better change ups in the minors.
• Ranking Explanation: Henderson zoomed up my rankings, just like he has zoomed up from A ball last year all the way into AAA. He has excellent command and also some big time strikeout stuff, especially on the fastball / changeup combo. I love the stuff, but we have seen a lot of struggles from the fastball / changeup / command guys lately (ie: Mazur, Thorpe, etc.) and while I think Henderson might have a better fastball than those guys, it’s worth playing him a little safe based on the smaller frame and the lack of a killer breaking pitch. Henderson could break camp if Ashby falters and the Brewers opt not to sign another veteran arm for the back of the rotation, but it’s more likely he’s not up until the middle of the season. He has both the stuff and command to be an instant impact once he makes it up.
• Top 150 Ranking: 87
• fScore Re-Draft Rank: #127 SP
• NFBC ADP: 715.55

Next Up:

26. 3B Coby Mayo
27. OF Roman Anthony
28. 2B/3B/OF Caleb Durbin
29. 1B/2B Tyler Black
30. SP Chase Dollander
31. 3B Shay Whitcomb
32. SP Caden Dana
33. SP Brandon Sproat
34. C/OF Dalton Rushing
35. SS Brice Matthews
36. SS Carson Williams
37. SP Joey Cantillo
38. SP Jack Leiter
39. 1B Bryce Eldridge
40. 2B/OF James Triantos
41. 1B Tyler Locklear
42. 2B/SS/3B Thomas Saggese
43. C Drake Baldwin
44. RP Craig Yoho
45. OF Tirso Ornelas
46. 2B/SS Ha-Seong Kim
47. 2B/3B Jace Jung
48. OF Chandler Simpson
49. OF Alejandro Osuna
50. SP Carson Whisenhunt

Deep:

51. SP Ian Seymour
52. SP Tink Hence
53. OF Spencer Jones
54. 2B/OF Jett Williams (Mets)
55. 2B Luke Keaschall (Twins)
56. 2B Adael Amador (Rockies)
57. SP A.J. Smith-Shawver (Braves)
58. SP Ty Madden (Tigers)
59. SP K.C. Hunt (Brewers)
60. SP Parker Messick (Guardians)
61. SP Samuel Aldegheri (Angels)
62. C Kyle Teel (White Sox)
63. SS Colson Montgomery (White Sox)
64. SP Robby Snelling (Marlins)
65. 65. SP/RP Emiliano Teodo (Rangers)
66. 1B/3B Zach Dezenzo (Astros)
67. OF Jacob Melton (Astros)
68. SP Chase Burns (Reds)
69. SP Adam Mazur (Marlins)
70. SP/RP Cooper Hjerpe (Cardinals)
71. SP Drue Hackenberg (Braves)
72. SP Gunnar Hoglund (Athletics)
73. SP Blade Tidwell (Mets)
74. SP Sean Sullivan (Rockies)
75. SP/RP Jairo Iriarte (White Sox)

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