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 are all names leagues should know. 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, Gage Jump and Kevin McGonigle have all had varying amounts of success in their rookie seasons. 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 regular 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.

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)

The top prospect in baseball, a 19-year-old, is faring through his first 400 plate appearances in AA. Jesus Made is hitting .276/.351/.438 with 10 home runs and 29 stolen bases. Perhaps more exciting is the 10.3% walk rate and the 14.5% strikeout rate so far.

Leo De Vries (SS – ATH)

The number two prospect, who is also 19 years old in AA, is actually performing better than Jesus Made this season. In 379 plate appearances, Leo De Vries is hitting .287/.379/.441 with 12 homers, 33 steals and a 12% walk rate. De Vries has seen his name pop up in trade rumors again, but the Athletics would have to be blown away to pull the trigger, and they have no incentive for that with their season gone awry.

Eli Willits (SS – WSH)

Eli Willits was killing A-Ball with a .300/.418/.500 slash line through 232 plate appearances, so he was called up to High-A more than a month ago. It hasn’t gone as well there, as Willits is slashing just .226/.419/.426, but it’s good to see he does still have the excellent eye at both levels. He also has a combined 42 steals at both levels.

Max Clark (OF – DET)

The Tigers’ top prospect is on his way up. After 418 plate appearances in AAA, and with the trade deadline approaching, Max Clark is getting a call to the Major Leagues after slashing .276/.368/.434 with 11 home runs and 21 steals. The 21-year-old should slot into center field right away, after the Tigers have been trying to piece that position together with Ben Malgeri, Matt Vierling and Javier Baez.

Josue De Paula (OF – LAD)

Josue De Paula has risen to the No. 4-ranked hitting prospect after a dominant run in AA this season. He is hitting .309/.405/.523 with 16 home runs and 27 stolen bases as a 21-year-old. I would expect De Paula to take the place of someone like Teoscar Hernandez at the end of next season, which is when Hernandez’s contract ends.

Franklin Arias (SS – BOS)

At just 20 years old, Franklin Arias just got the promotion to AAA that many were calling for this season. He slashed .318/.407/.587 in AA with 29 home runs and 52 RBI. It’s been a slow start for him in 19 plate appearances in AAA (.118/.158/.294), but he is on a trajectory to being with the Red Sox sometime in 2027.

Walker Jenkins (OF – MIN)

Despite suffering through several injuries this season, Walker Jenkins continues to play well at AA in his age-21 season. Overall this season, he is hitting .294/.398/.482 at three levels, and he has hit .268/.366/.437 in July with a pair of home runs and four steals.

Caleb Bonemer (SS – CWS)

Caleb Bonemer is playing even better at AA than he was at A+ to start the season. Bonemer is slashing .283/.391/.540 with eight home runs in 133 plate appearances in AA when he hit .238/.381/.556 with 18 home runs in 278 plate appearances at A+. Just 20 years old, he has a tough path ahead with Colson Montgomery and Chase Meidroth holding down middle infield spots with the White Sox.

Theo Gillen (OF – TB)

Theo Gillen is flying up the prospect ranks after slashing .342/.449/.589 in 265 plate appearances at the A+ level. Now he is destroying AA as well, hitting .292/.387/.563 in 111 plate appearances with a combined 18 home runs, 71 RBI and 36 steals at both levels. Gillen is also just 20 years old.

Mike Sirota (OF – LAD)

Mike Sirota is absolutely smashing in AA, and there is no reason for him to be at that level anymore after he has already moved up from A+ early in the year. At 23 years old, Sirota needs to be getting looks in AAA, especially since he is slashing .325/.472/.529 in 246 plate appearances at his current stop. There is nowhere on the MLB club for him right now, but he should be moved up to AAA soon.

Kade Anderson (SP – SEA)

What more can we really say about baseball’s top pitching prospect anymore? As a 22-year-old-rookie in AA, Anderson has a 1.27 ERA, a 0.64 WHIP and 115 strikeouts in 77.2 innings. If the Mariners trade Emerson Hancock or other pitchers at the deadline, there is a great chance Anderson gets a Major League call.

Seth Hernandez (SP – PIT)

After a dominant six-start stretch in A-Ball, Seth Hernandez was promoted to A+ and has been good-not-great, especially compared to his first six starts. In A+, Hernandez has a 3.33 ERA, 1.26 WHIP and 68 strikeouts in 46 innings (12 games). Hernandez is still just 20 years old, so there is plenty of time for growth.

Thomas White (SP – MIA)

Thomas White has not pitched since May 14th due to a shoulder injury that will likely keep him out the rest of the season. In five AAA games (18.2 innings), White had a 4.34 ERA and 1.45 WHIP. He will look to start at AAA again next year as a 22-year-old and find his dominant stuff.

Ryan Sloan (SP – SEA)

The other stud pitching prospect for the Seattle Mariners has been in AA all year and has pitched well lately. Overall, Ryan Sloan has a 3.73 ERA and 1.14 WHIP. He has had no problems with swings and misses all season, with 83 strikeouts in 67 innings. Unlike Anderson, Sloan is just 20 years old and has a longer path to the Majors.

Liam Doyle (SP – STL)

Liam Doyle, the Cardinals’ prized pitching prospect who was the fifth overall pick in 2025, has not done well starting his Major League career in AA this season. He has a 4.91 ERA and a 1.56 WHIP, largely because he has 41 walks and 62 hits in 66 innings.