Fantasy Baseball Prospect Rankings: 126-150 (Updated)

These prospect rankings are based on fantasy value, not 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 prospect fantasy baseball rankings are focused on long-term/dynasty outlooks. Think of these rankings as more of a five-year plan.

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I’ve also included updated fScores for any players I expect to debut in 2025 (some are updated from May, while others still feature preseason fScores), which highlights what my fScore projections believe the player is capable of at the pro level for immediate impact.

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2025 Top 150 Fantasy Baseball Prospect Rankings: 126-150 (Updated)

Please note these rankings are the result of months of work from previous rankings, to ongoing film and in-person scouting along with team rankings, positional rankings and a final stack-up that you are now reading and thus since this is a massive write up the statistical inputs will have varying dates and are not based upon one static date.

NOTES:

• Rookie status is determined by 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched at the Major League level.
• I prematurely removed the following players due to them being close to graduation, their age or injury concerns, bumping them from prospect status by the next time we see them: Chase Dollander (SP – COL), Christian Scott (SP – NYM), Drew Thorpe (SP – CWS), Robert Gasser (SP – MIL), Edgar Quero (C – CWS)

Previous Fantasy Baseball Prospect Rankings

• Rankings, Comps & Predictions (126-150)
• Rankings, Comps & Predictions (101-125)
• Rankings, Comps & Predictions (76-100)
• Rankings, Comps & Predictions (51-75)
• Rankings, Comps & Predictions (26-50)
• Rankings, Comps & Predictions (1-25)

126. Tekoah Roby (SP – STL)

• 2024 AA: 33 1/3 IP | 13.6 K-BB%, 13.7 SwStr%, 28.2 CSW% | 6.75 ERA, 1.75 WHIP
• 2025 AA (as of 5/31/25): 40 1/3 IP | 24.7 K-BB%, 15.2 SwStr%, 31.5 CSW% | 2.68 ERA, 0.99 WHIP
• Age: 23
• ETA: Late 2025
• fScores: 109 fStuff, 103 fControl, 108 fERA
• Comp: Shane Baz
• Prime Skills: Tekoah Roby has four plus-pitches with above-average command. He likes to play his 95-97 mile-per-hour (MPH) heater up in the zone (with up to 21-inch induced vertical break), and then he goes low with the nasty 70 grade curve, his best pitch when he’s on. Roby also mixes in a very good, new and improved kick change-up and a solid slider. He’s been on a tear of late with 29 strikeouts and only two walks in his last four outings. His max pitch count seems to be up toward 80, as he has been building up from injuries this season.
• Ranking Explanation: Shoulder injuries have weighed down Roby’s potential and likely allowed him to get traded at the deadline, but he’s back and healthy now. Roby is coming off his best start of the season after a strong spring where I saw him 2-3 times out of the pen. I mentioned in spring that he finally looked healthy, showing off the mid-90s fastball, a 70 grade curve that drops off the table and an improved hard slider with vertical break that kind of plays as a bridge pitch between the fastball and curve. He had some command issues in late April, but seems to have corrected them. He is a top-100 prospect when healthy.
• Previous Rank: 169

127. Kyle DeBarge (2B, SS – MIN)

• 2024 A: .235/.322/.343 | 10.4 BB% / 24.3 K%| 6 XBH, 1 HR, 15 SB
• 2025 A+ (as of 5/31/25): .271/.394/.446 | 16.7 BB%, 19.7 K% | 16 XBH, 5 HR, 28 SB
• Age: 21
• ETA: 2027
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Jett Williams and Matt McLain mash-up
• Prime Skills: Kyle DeBarge was a comp first-round pick who has an advanced plate approach with plus-plus speed and non-zero power. It’s funny to me that I compared a prospect to another prospect, but he has the same profile as Jett Williams. Williams is younger than DeBarge. The Twins prospect has a solid hit tool thanks to some very quick hands, posting a 78.3% contact rate to date.
• Ranking Explanation: DeBarge is small at 5-foot-9, so the power is a bit limited, with maybe 15 homer power if he leans into it with his 62.5% pull rate this year. He should be a quick mover as a college prospect, but with Luke Keaschall at second base long-term, the question may become between DeBarge and Kaelen Culpepper, who will end up as the long-term shortstop in the organization. Tyson Lewis may not be as polished, but he has a couple of years to work on that and already has an edge in the power department.
• Previous Rank: N/A

128. Yoeilin Cespedes (SS – BOS)

• 2024 CPX: .319/.400/.615 | 11.4 BB%, 18.1 K% | 16 XBH, 5 HR, 3 SB
• 2025 A (as of 5/31/25): .242/.293/.396 | 7.3 BB%, 21.3 K% | 15 XBH, 3 HR, 3 SB
• Age: 19
• ETA: 2027
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Jose Altuve’s build and mechanics as a shortstop, but with a much worse hit tool
• Prime Skills: Yoeilin Cespedes is a tiny shortstop, but he has some nice power for his size. The swing is mechanically sound and a thing of beauty that should lead to a high-end hit tool. He hits the ball in the air with only a 31.9% ground ball rate, but he has run into some contact (71% contact rate) and strikeout issues (15.5 SwStr%) at A Ball.
• Ranking Explanation: Cespedes broke his hamate bone at the end of last season, so there may be questions on how that could be affecting him this year still, but he has a lot of potential, and the free swinger is showing some good gap power this season. Cespedes is a good example of why draft rankings need to let a guy get to A Ball before bumping them too high because we get a significant boost in data and in video (or in my instance, I can watch them in person in Florida) once they hit Low-A.
• Previous Rank: 95

129. Connor Prielipp (SP – MIN)

• 2024 CPX/A/A+: 23 1/3 IP | 37.4 K-BB%, 24.2 SwStr%, 38.2 CSW% | 2.70 ERA, 0.90 WHIP
• 2025 AA (as of 5/31/25): 23 IP | 27.4 K-BB%, 15.1 SwStr%, 30.1 CSW% | 4.30 ERA, 1.17 WHIP
• Age: 24
• ETA: Early 2026
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Shades of Johan Santana
• Prime Skills: Connor Prielipp is a big lefty with deception in the delivery at a 3/4 arm slot. He was a second-rounder in 2022, even coming off an injury, and might have been the top pick if he hadn’t been hurt. He hovers around 94-96 MPH on the fastball and has an incredibly sick slider with an average-ish change-up.
• Ranking Explanation: Prielipp had Tommy John surgery back in 2021 while in college and then had to get InternalBrace surgery in 2023 (possibly a failed Tommy John), so there is some massive injury risk here, but he’s a high-level arm and is worth buying when healthy. He’s still working on building up this season, throwing 50 or so pitches per start of late. Oddly, he has had a reverse split issue this season with lefties hitting to a .995 OPS off him.
• Previous Rank: 136

130. Andrew Salas (2B, SS, OF – MIA)

• 2025 A (as of 5/31/25): .245/.387/.396 | 18.3 BB%, 22.6 K% | 5 XBH, 0 HR, 16 SB
• Age: 17
• ETA: 2028
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Middle infielder version Jasson Dominguez with less power
• Prime Skills: Andrew Salas is a big, athletic switch-hitter with good bloodlines and an amazing plate approach for his age. He has a plus-plus eye and a plus-plus hit tool for a guy who just turned 17 years old, not to mention he has some nice wheels and good base running instincts. The exit velocities at first glance are glaringly bad (81.2 average exit velocity, 95.9 90th percentile exit velocity and 101.4 max exit velocity), but when you realize how young he is, he has a lot of time to build some good muscle. Most kids his age are sitting in high school classes.
• Ranking Explanation: I’ve seen a lot of Salas in person, and he’s incredibly impressive. He has the build of a future All-Star shortstop. His plate approach, swing and contactability at his age are just ridiculous. I’ll give Cespedes the edge for now since he has been able to get to his power, but Salas has one of the better plate approaches in all of the Minors as a barely 17-year-old.
• Previous Rank: N/A

131. Hunter Barco (SP – PIT)

• 2024 A+/AA: 66 IP | 22.9 K-BB%, 14.1 SwStr%, 30.1 CSW% | 3.27 ERA, 1.06 WHIP
• 2025 AA/AAA (as of 5/31/25): 33 1/3 IP | 23.7 K-BB%, 15.8 SwStr%, 32.5 CSW% | 0.81 ERA, 0.93 WHIP
• Age: 23
• ETA: Mid 2025
• fScores: 105 fStuff, 96 fControl, 104 fERA
• Comp: Chris Sale-lite and Brandon Williamson mash-up
• Prime Skills: Hunter Barco is a big lefty with an almost side arm delivery with a 93-94 MPH sinker as his primary fastball while lightly mixing in a cutter as a secondary fastball and playing up a killer 82-85 MPH splitter (28.6 SwStr%) that he commands with great effectiveness (57.1 strikeout rate) with an average to below average 81-83 MPH slider as the third pitch that is better at generating ground balls than whiffs (12.6 SwStr%).
• Ranking Explanation: Barco missed all of 2022 and a big part of 2023, recovering from Tommy John surgery after being one of the higher-rated pitching prospects in the 2022 draft, which delayed his pro debut. However, he destroyed in his small sample size in 2023. He was looking good in 2024 until he missed the last two months of the season with a broken leg. When healthy, he’s been one of the better pitching prospects in baseball the last couple of years. He’s a hidden gem behind Bubba Chandler in the pecking order.
• Previous Rank: 127

132. Alejandro Osuna (OF – TEX)

• 2024 A+/AA: .292/.362/.507 | 7.8 BB%, 23.6 K% | 47 XBH, 18 HR, 17 SB
• 2025 AAA: .279/.386/.416 | 11.4 BB%, 15.8 K% | 15 XBH, 2 HR, 9 SB
• 2025 MLB (as of 5/31/25): .333/.529/.333 | 23.6 BB%, 17.6 K% | 0 XBH, 0 HR, 0 SB
• Age: 22
• ETA: Mid 2025
• fScores: 106 fContact, 104 fDiscipline, 89 fPower, 128 fSpeed
• Comp: Short Joc Pederson mechanics meets Andrew Benintendi with more speed
• Prime Skills: Alejandro Osuna is a high-floor guy who projects as a pretty solid big leaguer once he gets the call if he gets run. He has good bat control in the zone with a ridiculous 89.4% contact rate and 93% Z-Contact% with only a 22.5% chase rate after only posing 77-80% contact rates in previous seasons. The increased contact and plate skills, though, have led to less power as his average exit velocity in AAA on the season has only been 81.7, and the max exit velocity is only 107.4, despite a solid 90th percentile exit velocity of 105.4.
• Ranking Explanation: Osuna finished the season strong, including having a nice Arizona Fall League showing, hitting .306/.438/.449 with a couple of bombs and a couple of steals. He’s going to be a very good big leaguer and might reach some 15/25 seasons with a good batting average and plate approach. He will be better in points leagues, but I ended up dropping him in the rankings, as I think he will be more of a very solid 15-team league fantasy asset, but won’t have the juice you want in 12-team or smaller leagues.
• Previous Rank: 103

133. Harry Ford (C – SEA)

• 2024 AA: .249/.377/.367 | 14.1 BB%, 22 K% | 35 XBH, 7 HR, 35 SB
• 2025 AAA (as of 5/31/25): .325/.437/.484 | 16.3 BB%, 17.4 K% | 13 XBH, 6 HR, 3 SB
• Age: 22
• ETA: Late 2025
• fScores: 98 fContact, 129 fDiscipline, 77 fPower, 133 fSpeed
• Comp: J.T. Realmuto-lite (less power, better discipline)
• Prime Skills: Harry Ford has great plate skills, and he’s a great athlete, but we saw the power taper off after the first month in AA. He’s done a great job improving the hit tool this season as his contact rate has risen 5% to an above-average 79.3% with an 83.9 Z-Contact%. The plate skills are also improved against the contact rate, as Ford is finally breaking out or bouncing back from a lackluster 2024. He has a 26.4% line drive rate and 89.7 average exit velocity and 109.3 average exit velocity on the season, but the steals have tapered off a bit.
• Ranking Explanation: Ford is a good athlete, so there’s a chance he moves off to the outfield, where he played a little in 2024. This year, he has only played at catcher and designated hitter, and though he might move off a bit, he should keep the catcher designation as the backup to Cal Raleigh, even if it’s not his primary position in the bigs. He gets the edge over Jimmy Crooks as he has better plate skills and is a better athlete, even if Crooks has more power and might be a better defender.
• Previous Rank: 80

134. Enrique Bradfield Jr. (OF – BAL)

• 2024 A+/AA: .272/.358/.371 | 10.7 BB%, 15.4 K% | 27 XBH, 4 HR, 74 SB
• 2025 A+/AA (as of 5/31/25): .260/.365/.356 | 12.6 BB%, 20.7 K% | 6 XBH, 0 HR, 8 SB (23 games)
• Age: 23
• ETA: Mid 2026
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Juan Pierre and Victor Scott mash-up
• Prime Skills: Enrique Bradfield Jr. is a speed guy who can hit around a bit with excellent defense. He has a solid hit tool (74.2 contact%) that, if he can develop it further, will make him a game changer and old school leadoff guy, rather than a defensive first speed guy at the back of a lineup. He also has very good plate skills and doesn’t swing and miss much.
• Ranking Explanation: A lot of Bradfield’s value will depend on team context and what the Orioles do with all of these young hitters, and if he will get to enough power to be fantasy viable as a dual power/speed threat instead of just a rabbit. I’m not the biggest fan of the profile, but there’s fantasy value in someone who can steal 40+ bags, and he will play due to the great defense. He missed some time earlier this year with a hamstring injury, which is why he’s only played in 23 games thus far.
• Previous Rank: 192

135. Ben Hess (SP – NYY)

• 2024 College: 68 1/3 IP | 23.3 K-BB% | 5.80 ERA, 1.39 WHIP
• 2025 A+ (as of 5/31/25): 40 IP | 20.1 K-BB%, 13. SwStr%, 31.3 CSW% | 4.05 ERA, 1.28 WHIP
• Age: 22
• ETA: Late 2026
• fScores: N/Aa
• Comp: Lance Lynn with more heat
• Prime Skills: Ben Hess is a big 6-foot-5, 255-pound starter the Yankees picked in the first round from Alabama who hits up to 99 MPH on the heater and has a traditional well well-rounded curve, slider, and change-up arsenal. He throws from a low release point despite the size. The curve is his best breaker as a traditional 12/6 with a lot of arc.
• Ranking Explanation: Hess has had some command issues the last few starts, which we saw in college, but the dude is a horse throwing 90+ pitches each time out in an era where there are fewer and fewer of those types of pitchers. I’m taking Hess over Caden Dana, even though I think both will have similar stat lines. Dana will rely entirely on the slider for success, almost like an old-school Noah Syndergaard, while Hess has a good foundational fastball to set everything else up.
• Previous Rank: N/A

136. Jimmy Crooks (C – STL)

• 2024 AA: .321/.410/.498 | 11.6 BB%, 21 K% | 32 XBH, 11 HR, 4 SB (90 games)
• 2025 AAA (as of 5/31/25): .267/.322/.430 | 7.2 BB%, 26.1 K% | 14 XBH, 6 HR 0 SB
• Age: 23
• ETA: Early 2026
• fScores: 104 fContact, 95 fDiscipline, 93 fPower, 80 fSpeed
• Comp: Shorter Brian McCann-lite
• Prime Skills: Jimmy Crooks is a heavy-set lefty catcher with a more open Brian McCann-type stance and does not wear batting gloves. He’s a line drive artist with a 31.8% line drive rate in 2024 and a 30.3% line drive rate in 2025, who is posting a 71% contact rate at AAA with some nice exit velocities for a catcher (90 MPH average exit velocity, 105.7 90th percentile and 110.9 max exit velocity).
• Ranking Explanation: The Cardinals have become masters at catcher development, or have been for a while now. Besides being a good hitter with plus power, Crooks is also a stellar defensive catcher, which will get him regular reps as a catcher while Ivan Herrera likely moves off to first base in the future.
• Previous Rank: 144

137. Owen Murphy (SP – ATL)

• 2024 A+: 41 IP | 31 K-BB%, 13.7 SwStr%, 31.9 CSW% | 1.54 ERA, 0.73 WHIP
• Age: 21
• ETA: Late 2026
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Bryce Miller
• Prime Skills: Owen Murphy is a former first-rounder who has a ridiculous fastball (up to 22-inch inverted vertical break on it). The fastball runs in the mid-90s and has some nice ride to it. He’s good and pounding it into the top of the zone. He also has upside of 60 grades on his slider and curve. He throws a curve against a 12/6 slider. It would be a killer if he could add a sweeper to the arsenal or something with more horizontal movement.
• Ranking Explanation: I love Murphy, and he would probably be closer to a top-75 prospect if he didn’t get Tommy John surgery last May. He should be starting some mound work in the next month or two, but it’s a good thing he’s a younger prospect. He will still only be 22 or so once he’s back in action.
• Previous Rank: 137

138. Brandon Sproat (SP – NYM)

• 2024 AA/AAA: 116 1/3 IP | 19.2 K-BB%, 14.5 SwStr%, 29.7 CSW% | 3.40 ERA, 1.11 WHIP
• 2025 AAA (as of 5/31/25): 46 1/3 IP | 5.9 K-BB%, 9.8 SwStr%, 26.5 CSW% | 6.02 ERA, 1.47 WHIP
• Age: 24
• ETA: Late 2025
• fScores: 96 fStuff, 94 fControl, 103 fERA
• Comp: Pablo Lopez
• Prime Skills: Brandon Sproat is an athletic righty who has a quick action in his delivery and hits 97-99 MPH on his fastball regularly, which is his best pitch (10% SwStr%) paired against an effective sinker (69.6 ground ball rate), a below average sweeper (10.9 SwStr%) and an 86-88 MPH slider with some nice run against righties (12 SwStr%), but is ineffectual against lefties. He pounds the fastball in the zone against lefties, while running a slider and a cutter against righties.
• Ranking Explanation: Sproat runs a pretty fastball-heavy pitch rotation and then uses his other pitches more to just mix it up. He had a rough run at AAA, like many of the guys who don’t skip it entirely, possibly due to the automated ball-strike system (ABS) and other weird elements added into the game at the level, and possibly because he was at the end of his season. Sproat has some split issues with an OK 14% K-BB rate against righties, but a terrible .899 OPS against and 0.9% K-BB rate versus lefties.
• Previous Rank: 54

139. Kellon Lindsey (SS – LAD)

• 2024 CPX: N/A
• 2025 A (as of 5/31/25): .280/.394/.390 | 15.5 BB%, 31.7 K% | 9 XBH, 2 HR, 10 SB
• Age: 19
• ETA: 2028
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Super-light mold of Masyn Winn and Trea Turner mash-up
• Prime Skills: Kellon Lindsey is a tall, lean shortstop who was known as the fastest guy in the high school class with speed and electricity. He’s a super athletic guy as well, starting at quarterback in high school for four seasons with some pretty nifty stats. He is known for having a good glove as well. He’s destroying lefties right now, but has some work to do on the hit tool with a 66.2% Contact% and 12.2 SwStr%. He’s only swinging 36.7% of the time and could benefit by being more aggressive in the zone and using his speed.
• Ranking Explanation: It’s easy to see the upside with Lindsey due to his speed, and he’s the type that can turn outfield singles into doubles with ease. He’s a long way off, but has the skillset that, with an average hit tool and barrel rate, could be a fantasy darling.
• Top 150 Rank: 200

140. Jacob Reimer (3B – NYM)

• 2024 CPX/A/A+: .218/.358/.282 | 15.8 BB%, 14.7 K% | 5 XBH, 0 HR, 0 SB
• 2025 A+ (as of 5/31/25): .326/.421/.593 | 11.9 BB%, 19.3 K% | 27 XBH, 8 HR, 9 SB
• Age: 21
• ETA: 2027
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Justin Turner and Connor Norby mash-up
• Prime Skills: Jacob Reimer is a 6-foot-0, 205-pound third baseman who has always had a good eye through the Minors, almost like Mark Canha, but he has shown a solid 80.2% contact rate this year for a plus hit tool. While we don’t have exit velocity numbers for him, a 28.2% line drive rate combined with a 49.3% pull rate has turned him into a weapon.
• Ranking Explanation: Reimer missed most of 2024 with a hamstring injury, and I had no idea who he was until this year, despite him having some prospect pedigree as a former fourth-rounder. Reimer is the Colby Thomas of 2025, breaking out of nowhere and taking the Minors by storm with an extra-base hits barrage.
• Top 150 Rank: N/A

141. George Klassen (SP – LAA)

• 2024 A/A+/AA: 93 IP | 23.2 K-BB%, 15.3 SwStr%, 33.8 CSW% | 3.10 ERA, 1.18 WHIP
• 2025 AA: 29 IP | 22.5 K-BB%, 14.6 SwStr%, 29.8 CSW% | 4.97 ERA, 1.34 WHIP
• Age: 23
• ETA: Late 2025 (cup of coffee)
• fScores: 102 fStuff, 92 fControl, 104 fERA
• Comp: Luis Gil
• Prime Skills: George Klassen is a major pop-up prospect as a 2023 sixth-rounder who has increased velocity with a 98-99 MPH rising fastball, a 91 MPH sweeper and a 87 MPH vertical hard slider. He was impressive to see live last year, but had obvious command issues. This year, Klassen seems to have improved his command tremendously, dropping the walk rate from 12% to 5.4% before being placed on the concussion injured list (IL) after getting hit in the head with a comebacker.
• Ranking Explanation: The stuff is ridiculously good, and in the worst-case scenario, he could be a killer high-leverage reliever, because that fastball will always play. The ERA this year has been inflated by a .363 batting average on balls in play (BABIP), and it will be important to see if the command gains carry forward post-injury once he returns.
• Previous Rank: 121

142. Bryce Cunningham (SP – NYY)

• 2024 College: 84 2/3 IP | 17.2 K-BB% | 4.36 ERA, 1.22 WHIP
• 2025 A+ (as of 5/31/25): 42 IP | 20.6 K-BB%, 14.5 SwStr%, 34.2 CSW% | 2.14 ERA, 1.00 WHIP
• Age: 22
• ETA: Mid 2026
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Lucas Giolito and Luis Castillo mash-up
• Prime Skills: Bryce Cunningham is a big dude at 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds. He has a mid-90s fastball that tops out at 97 with ride high in the zone, a plus change-up with a good amount of arm-side run and a brand new 12-6 curveball which, for whatever reason, is labeled as a gyro slider. He also has plus command of the zone and is already built to throw 90+ pitches each time out.
• Ranking Explanation: Cunningham has the pedigree and build to move through the Minors fast, pending health, especially since he’s already built up. The fastball and change-up were proven by Logan Henderson to work at the next level, but if he can continue to develop the slider into something like Luis Castillo’s slider, we have an upper-tier rotation guy. Klassen gets the edge just because his stuff is insane, but Cunningham is the safer bet.
• Previous Rank: N/A

143. Winston Santos (SP – TEX)

• 2024 A+/AA: 110 1/3 IP | 22.7 K-BB%, 14.9 SwStr%, 30.3 CSW% | 3.67 ERA, 1.14 WHIP
• 2025 AA (as of 5/31/25): 5 2/3 IP | 39.1 K-BB%, 18.2 SwStr%, 39.4 CSW% | 3.18 ERA, 1.06 WHIP
• Age: 23
• ETA: Mid 2026
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Freddy Peralta-lite
• Prime Skills: Winston Santos has a rising fastball/slider/change-up combo and has a smaller frame ala Tink Hence. He kind of reminds me of Bryce Miller and will likely need to develop another pitch to keep finding this success at higher levels. The fastball is good, though, at 94-96 MPH with a killer rise to it, and the slider tunnels with it nicely.
• Ranking Explanation: Santos is good enough that he probably didn’t even need to repeat AA, but he hurt his back early in the season and is not back yet. I’m a fan, but the slight build, the injury and the fact he has not worked up to Cunningham level pitch counts yet give me some durability concerns and pushes him down the ranks a tad.
• Previous Rank: 132

144. David Davalillo (SP – TEX)

• 2024 A/A+: 110 1/3 IP | 18.2 K-BB%, 13.6 SwStr%, 30.1 CSW% | 1.88 ERA, 1.10 WHIP
• 2025 A+ (as of 5/31/25): 44 1/3 IP | 31 K-BB%, 14.6 SwStr%, 32.8 CSW% | 1.02 ERA, 0.72 WHIP
• Age: 22
• ETA: 2027
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Brayan Bello and Reese Olson mash-up
• Prime Skills: David Davalillo led the minors in ERA last season and is pacing to be a competitor again this season. He’s a shorter righty of slight build (6-foot-1) that sits 93-95 on the fastball, but has some killer breaking pitches between a sharp vertical slider, a beast of a change-up, and a monster curve. He generates a ton of ground balls along with the strikeouts. He’s a master of getting ground balls with a 58.1% ground ball rate.
• Ranking Explanation: Davalillo is smoking batters at the lower levels with his movement, but without the killer fastball or dominant foundational pitch, I do have some concerns about how his stuff might play or how his strikeouts might downtick against higher levels of competition. However, he does have a nice kitchen sink approach and has already proven to be a pitcher, not a thrower.
• Previous Rank: N/A

145. Jhonny Level (SP – SF)

• 2024 DSL: .275/.393/.517 | 14 BB%, 16.7 K% | 22 XBH, 10 HR, 18 SB
• 2025 CPX (as of 5/31/25): .253/.359/.480 | 13 BB%, 15.2 K% | 10 XBH, 3 HR, 7 SB (21 games)
• Age: 18
• ETA: 2028
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Asdrubal Cabrera and Francisco Lindor-lite mash-up
• Prime Skills: Jhonny Level is a switch-hitting fire hydrant shortstop at 5-foot-10 with a plus plate approach and a good hit tool on both sides of the plate with a lot of pre-swing hand movement ala many late 90s/early 2000s hitters. The power is mostly coming from the left side of the plate, but it’s plus from that side, and he has some wheels to boot.
• Ranking Explanation: Level has plus tools across the board and is getting into some very nice power for a kid who is barely 18 years old with a 100.7 90th percentile exit velocity in the Dominican Summer League as a 17-year-old. He’s oddly run some lower BABIPs in the DSL and the Florida Complex League (CPX), which the opposite is usually the case. Part of that is he has had some low line drive rates at both levels, so it will be interesting to see his barrel numbers once that data is available.
• Previous Rank: N/A

146. Carter Jensen (C – KC)

• 2024 A+/AA: .259/.359/.450 | 13.2 BB%, 23.4 K% | 46 XBH, 18 HR, 17 SB
• 2025 AA (as of 5/31/25): .271/.344/.387 | 9.8 BB%, 22.8 K% | 12 XBH, 4 HR, 5 SB
• Age: 21
• ETA: Mid 2026
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Bo Naylor with a bit of a Will Smith batted ball profile
• Prime Skills: Carter Jensen is a beast of an athlete for a catcher. The Royals are the masters at developing stud catchers, it would seem, alongside the Cardinals. He has some solid pull power while also showing the ability to hit the ball the other way, which should keep him from getting shifted to death. He’s a line drive hitter rather than a fly ball hitter, so he should run some higher BABIPs (27% line drive rate in 2025), and he has a 78.3 contact%. He has plus plate skills with only a 9.1 SwStr% and is great on the basepaths.
• Ranking Explanation: I don’t think Jensen is going to be a superstar, but he does have 55 tools pretty much across the board, making him a very solid player that could move off catcher at some point, though in the Minors, all he’s doing is playing catcher and designated hitter. Reimer gets the edge due to the power profile, but Jensen has more electricity than C.J. Kayfus, and I trust the underlying metrics more.
• Previous Rank: 77

147. C.J. Kayfus (1B – CLE)

• 2024 A/A+/AA: .291/.393/.511 | 12.3 BB%, 24.3 K% | 49 XBH, 17 HR, 5 SB
• 2025 AA/AAA (as of 5/31/25): .339/.430/.558 | 12.4 BB% / 22.8 K% | 20 XBH, 5 HR, 3 SB
• Age: 22
• ETA: Mid 2025
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Spencer Steer-esque
• Prime Skills: C.J. Kayfus is short for a first baseman and will probably end up in left field or at designated hitter, and he has continued the ability to hit above all his underlying metrics. Rocking a 29.4 line drive rate allows him to run higher BABIPs despite only having average exit velocities and below-average contact rates (69.4% contact and 81.3% Z-contact). He had a 159 wRC+ last year and a 174 wRC+ this year, so there’s something to what he’s doing, it’s just not measurable, and who knows how consistently he can overperform once he gets to theMajors.
• Ranking Explanation: I’m giving him some props here, because I don’t believe in the 7.4% barrel rate and 88.6 average exit velocity/103.8 90th percentile exit velocity continuing to lead to these kinds of line drive rates, but he has an average launch angle of 14 degrees which is ideal and just seems to be a basepath master. I’ll give him his props, though, by ranking him ahead of Xavier Isaac with his platoon issues.
• Previous Rank: N/A

148. Caden Dana (SP – LAA)

• 2024 AA: 135 2/3 IP | 20.1 K-BB%, 12.6 SwStr%, 27.7 CSW% | 2.52 ERA, 0.94 WHIP
• 2024 MLB: 10 1/3 IP | 1.9 K-BB%, 11.2 SwStr%, 26.2 CSW% | 9.58 ERA, 2.03 WHIP
• 2025 AAA (as of 5/31/23): 43 IP | 11.3 K-BB%, 9.5 SwStr%, 24.7 CSW% | 5.86 ERA, 1.58 WHIP
• 2025 MLB (as of 5/31/23): 6 IP | 3.4 K-BB%, 10.8 SwStr%, 27.5 CSW% | 7.50 ERA, 2.00 WHIP
• Age: 21
• ETA: Debuted
• fScores: 94 fStuff, 101 fControl, 117 fERA
• Comp: Young Noah Syndergaard
• Prime Skills: Caden Dana looks like old school Noah Syndergaard on the mound with his Viking hair, a bad 94-95 MPH fastball (6.3 SwStr%) and 84-85 MPH power slider (19.3 SwStr%). The curve is far below average (8% SwStr%), but he developed a change-up this year that has been pretty effective (19.8 SwStr%).
• Ranking Explanation: The Angels are always a team to promote players quickly, but Dana might not be ready yet. His fastball has been his downfall at the upper levels. Despite the velocity, he’s only throwing it for strikes 44% of the time, and it doesn’t have good shape. He needs to develop a sinker for his primary fastball and a sweeper to throw against the slider. Tag team those pitches with his slider and then we will be talking.
• Previous Rank: 72

149. Xavier Isaac (1B – TB)

• 2024 A+/AA: .264/.370/.480 | 13.3 BB%, 33.3 K% | 41 XBH, 18 HR, 15 SB
• 2025 AA: .222/.398/.542 | 20.4 BB%, 30.1 K% | 10 XBH, 6 HR, 1 SB
• Age: 21
• Comp: Vinnie Pasquantino with speed
• ETA: Late 2026
• fScores (pre-season): 93 fContact, 98 fDiscipline, 93 fPower, 103 fSpeed
• Prime Skills: Xavier Isaac has a sweet lefty swing and wide open stance with all fields power. Some of his best highlights are him lining high heat out of the park. How he still gets under those and hits them hard enough to get out is a pretty sight to see. A ridiculous number of his homers are no-doubters. He is big-bodied and also maintains his athleticism, but has some strikeout issues and can’t hit lefties at all — literally. He is 0-for-31 against them this season with a 48.4 strikeout rate.
• Ranking Explanation: Isaac had some atrocious strikeout issues once he was promoted to AA and has not progressed in solving them. The strikeouts are not terrible against righties (21% strikeout rate). I think Isaac is just going to be a strong-side platoon guy moving forward, especially with team context since the Rays are the platoon kings, which limits his upside quite a bit.
• Previous Rank: 78

150. Kohl Drake (SP – TEX)

• 2024 A/A+/AA: 106 IP | 28 K-BB%, 15.2 SwStr%, 30.3 CSW% | 2.29 ERA, 1.00 WHIP
• 2025 AA (as of 5/31/25): 33 1/3 IP | 25.9 K-BB%, 14.8 SwStr%, 34.2 CSW% | 2.97 ERA, 1.02 WHIP
• Age: 24
• ETA: Late 2026
• fScores: N/A
• Comp: Blake Snell-lite with only one breaker
• Prime Skills: Kohl Drake is a big lefty at 6-foot-5, 220 pounds who throws from a 3/4 arm slot a 93-96 MPH fastball with some glove side run, a curve that looks way more like a slurve or slider, but it has some big time 45 degree sweeping movement to it like the Blake Snell slider and a solid change-up. Drake’s stuff plays up due to plus command and a strong ability to mix his pitches instead of just throwing.
• Ranking Explanation: Drake is about to turn 25. I’ve been talking about him for two years now, but the Rangers have been moving him up levels slowly despite his age and success. He’s only been pitching 70-80 pitches every start and was removed from his last start on May 28th after only 30 pitches, so hopefully there has not been an injury.
• Previous Rank: 163

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