Ryan Kirksey | Thu, Jun 25th 2026, 7:06am EDT

Fantasy Baseball Prospect Report: Rankings, Updates & Stashes

The 2026 fantasy baseball season has seen plenty of significant movement with some of Major League Baseball’s top prospects. Injuries, poor performance and team context have led to significant movement in minor league systems. Some of baseball’s biggest prospects have been called up, and several others seem to be on the cusp of making a debut this summer. Those will all be names leagues should know about. Who are the others? That’s what this fantasy baseball prospect report is for.

Top prospects like Travis Bazzana, Colt Emerson, Chase DeLauter, JJ Wetherholt, Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle now have full-time roles. Many more will graduate from prospect status by summer and fall. However, there are still a plethora of big names that were sent back to the minor leagues to get more seasoning before making their MLB debuts.

Fantasy Baseball Prospect Report

This weekly piece will look at some of the best prospects from a fantasy baseball perspective and track their production. Below is a report of the top 15 Major League Baseball prospects (hitters and pitchers) who have yet to make it to the Majors or have very recently debuted.

As players on this list move up and graduate from prospect status, more names will fill in as we track the top prospects for dynasty and keeper fantasy baseball leagues. This list will focus on the top pitchers and hitters based on MLB’s Top 100 Prospects List, noting others outside that list when appropriate.

Jesus Made (SS – MIL)

Jesus Made continues to do very well in AA this season, slashing .287/.360/.449, and he is starting to blow people away with his production.

Made has seven home runs, but his real fantasy value comes from his 21 steals and 47 runs. Made’s speed is exceptional, and might help him reach the Majors next season. He recently came back from an injury scare and batted in five runs.

Leo De Vries (SS – ATH)

Another 19-year-old in AA, Leo De Vries, is also having a strong season. He is hitting .278/.370/.424 with nine home runs and 22 steals of his own.

De Vries is not the run producer that Jesus Made is, but he is starting to develop some raw power, and he already has elite on-base ability at his age. He has four home runs in the last two weeks.

Eli Willits (SS – WSH)

Down in A-ball and A+ is 18-year-old Eli Willits, and he is absolutely killing it this season. Willits is slashing .293/.418/.534 with 11 home runs, 34 steals and a 16.5% walk rate.

Willits should be up in AA soon, as he is smashing A+ since his debut a few weeks ago. He is flying up the prospect rankings right now.

Max Clark (OF – DET)

Of the top 10 hitting prospects, Max Clark might be the closest to a Major League promotion, if only he can get some extra-base hits going.

In AAA, Clark is slashing .261/.346/.396. He doesn’t have much power this season (two home runs), but he has stolen 14 bases and strikes out only 15% of the time.

Josue De Paula (OF – LAD)

Josue De Paula is likely on the verge of moving up to AAA after his recent hot stretch in AA. He is now slashing .316/.415/.549 with 13 home runs, an insane 60 RBI and 19 stolen bases.

There is a very good chance De Paula is up with the Dodgers for a short September run. He looks like the best hitter in the upper minors right now after his recent hot streak.

Franklin Arias (SS – BOS)

Franklin Arias is flying up the Top 100 Prospects List and is absolutely destroying pitching in AA this season. He is slashing .321/.399/.579 with 14 home runs and 37 RBI.

Even with Trevor Story injured, the Red Sox are being patient with the 20-year-old Arias and won’t rush him up to the Majors right now.

Walker Jenkins (OF – MIN)

Many thought Walker Jenkins would be up with Minnesota by now, especially with their season not going as planned, but Jenkins has just recently started to perform well at AAA, and has just 116 plate appearances there. He’s also still recovering from an injury, which has slowed his progress.

Jenkins’ overall on-base percentage (OBP) is terrific (.424), and he is hitting .303 with a .495 slugging rate.

Caleb Bonemer (SS – CWS)

Caleb Bonemer is another rising prospect because of some truly awesome power in High-A ball. His strong play recently earned him a promotion to AA, where he is hitting .250 with a .400 OBP.

Bonemer has 18 home runs in 308 plate appearances, although it comes with a 29% strikeout rate.

Ethan Holliday (SS – COL)

Another player showing decent power is Ethan Holliday, who had nine home runs in 122 at-bats as a 19-year-old. His .557 slugging rate was among the highest in A-ball this season, but he now has to sit out the remainder of the season with a stress fracture in his left foot.

Holliday will start over again in A-ball next year as he looks to make up for lost time.

Luis Pena (SS – MIL)

Even though he is tearing up the minor leagues this season, Luis Pena has a Jesus Made problem on his hands. They both play the same position and are the same age, but Made is the bigger prospect, with more hype.

We can’t ignore Pena’s numbers across two levels this season, though. He is slashing .325/.443/.442 with 14 stolen bases. He has been out with an injury recently, but is expected to return on Thursday.

Seth Hernandez (SP – PIT)

After a 0.96 ERA and 0.71 WHIP in regular A-ball across six starts, Seth Hernandez was moved up a level. In seven starts at A+, he has a 3.07 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 29 innings.

The 19-year-old hurler is several years from the Majors, but looks legit so far, especially in the strikeout department. Just imagine him and Paul Skenes together…

Kade Anderson (SP – SEA)

Last year’s top draft pick, Kade Anderson, is tearing up AA and is likely looking at a promotion at some point around mid-season.

Anderson has a stellar 1.02 ERA and 0.65 WHIP in 61.2 innings, including 90 strikeouts against eight walks. He looks like a future ace and is just 21 years old.

Thomas White (SP – MIA)

Thomas White is also 21 years old, and the Marlins decided he was ready to go directly from A-ball to AAA after recovering from an injury.

White’s start in AAA didn’t go quite as planned, with him recording a 4.34 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP across 18 innings. He has suffered a left shoulder capsular sprain that carries a 12-16 week recovery timeframe. We might see him late in the season, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s at a lower level.

Ryan Sloan (SP – SEA)

Speaking of struggling, Ryan Sloan did not have a good start in AA, but things have started to improve. At one point, he possessed a 5.09 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP across 40.2 innings. Now that’s down to 4.35 and 1.26.

Sloan is striking out more than a batter per inning and has only issued 12 walks, but he has allowed 65 baserunners in 51 innings, leading to some big innings against him and an inflated ERA.

Liam Doyle (SP – STL)

Continuing the struggling trend, stud Cardinals prospect Liam Doyle has a 6.08 ERA and 1.61 WHIP in AA this season, mostly due to an unreasonably high 27 walks in 47 innings.

Doyle is still just 22 years old, but he has some work to do on his command moving forward if he wants to reach AAA.

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