Format = Place Participant | Age on 4/1/2025 | Highest Stage Performed | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. SS Jordan Lawlar | 21 | MLB | 2023
The sixth general decide within the 2021 draft, Lawlar was on schedule to take over the shortstop spot sooner or later in 2024 however misplaced an enormous chunk of the season to a thumb surgical procedure. He performed effectively when he performed within the minors, slashing .318/.417/.482 in 23 video games, and I feel he’ll be a great worth for individuals who purchase early within the redraft season. In 2023, he hit 20 residence runs and stole 36 bases in 105 video games throughout two ranges.
2. C Adrian Del Castillo | 25 | MLB | 2024
A strong lefty bat at 5’11” 208, ADC hit 30 residence runs in 130 video games throughout the highest two ranges this season. Even slashed .313/.368/.525 with 4 of these residence runs throughout his 25-game MLB stint. He performed catcher in 24 of these video games, and certain, he struck out 32.2 p.c of the time within the majors, however he’s sometimes managed the zone and minimized strikeouts all through his baseball life. I believe he’ll have the ability to alter together with the pitchers.
3. 3B Gino Groover | 22 | AA | 2025
Right here’s what I wrote September in Prospect Information: Groover’s In The Coronary heart or Valera Morghulis:
“A second spherical decide in 2023, Groover struck out simply 13.7 p.c of the time in his 40 Excessive-A video games and went 4-for-5 in his Double-A debut. He would possibly cruise proper by that league and open subsequent season in Triple-A.”
Nicely, in 13 Double-A video games, Groover slashed .340/.400/.600 with three residence runs, 9 strikeouts and one stolen base. His affected person method and quick palms on the plate pair with plus energy and provides the 6’1” 212 lb Groover an opportunity to be a middle-order bat.
4. OF Druw Jones | 21 | A | 2027
The second general decide within the 2022 draft, Jones suffered a shoulder harm earlier than his first skilled at bat, the primary omen for a profession haunted by accidents till 2024. This yr, Jones performed 109 video games at Low-A and slashed .275/.409/.405 with six residence runs and 21 stolen bases. That’s good however not the stuff that dynasty desires are product of. From a mechanical perspective, I don’t like his swing. His entrance foot steps towards the plate and cuts off his rotational explosion. May definitely be adjusted, however he’ll want a bunch of wholesome reps to make that occur.
5. OF Ryan Waldschmidt | 22 | A | 2026
The thirty first general decide within the 2024 draft, Waldschmidt represents the windfall revenue from Corbin Carroll’s Rookie of the Yr award. In his junior season with Kentucky, he slashed .333/.469/.610 with 14 residence runs and 25 steals in 59 video games as he recovered from an ACL tear he suffered late in 2023. At 6’2” 205 lbs from the precise facet, Waldschmidt options plus contact expertise, velocity and energy, a invaluable trio of traits within the fantasy sport.
6. 3B Demetrio Crisantes | 20 | A | 2027
At 6’0” 178 lbs from the precise facet, Crisantes takes a contact-first method that may restrict his energy potential a bit however makes him an especially robust out in the intervening time. I considered Placido Polanco whereas researching his blurb, however Cristantes is three inches taller and has extra velocity and power upside in his body. He slashed .341/.429/.492 with seven residence runs and 30 steals in 92 video games throughout two ranges this yr and can be flying up lists across the prospecting world this winter.
7. OF Slade Caldwell | 18 | NA | 2029
A spark plug lefty at 5’9” 182 lbs, Caldwell may not have the dynamite-stick athleticism of Corbin Carroll, however you may see the group attempting to copy that blueprint in drafting Caldwell twenty ninth general in 2024. A plus defender in heart, he’ll don’t have any downside kicking over to a nook if obligatory. Within the field, he’s obtained plus plate expertise and a fast swing that helps him maximize the benefit of getting a smaller strike zone.
8. 3B Yassel Soler | 19 | A | 2028
At 5’11” 185 lbs, Soler is creating plus energy from the precise facet together with carrying device, which is the perfect device to have: the flexibility to hit. Soler finds the barrel with ease and slashed .303/.351/.472 with six homers and 6 steals in 53 video games on the complicated, incomes himself a late-season cameo in Low-A, the place he’ll possible open 2025. If he hits early there (and I feel he’ll), he’ll be an especially younger man for his stage in Excessive-A.
9. SS Tommy Troy | 22 | A+ | 2027
The twelfth general select of Stanford in 2023, Troy was anticipated to hit just a little higher than he did this yr, even when he was battling harm alongside the best way. A slash line of .234/.319/.363 in 72 video games goes to be underwhelming regardless of the context, however for a high-profile faculty hitter in Excessive-A, it’s fairly scary. Good likelihood he bounces again this yr.
10. RHP Yilber Diaz | 24 | MLB | 2024
Good circumstances to be made for Cristofer Torin and Jansel Luis right here, however Diaz is the one one with an opportunity to influence this redraft season, and one may even argue he needs to be greater than this after he posted a 3.81 ERA in 28.1 MLB innings. Thus far within the majors, he’s been largely fastball slider with just a little little bit of curve, and the early outcomes counsel he’ll should throw the curve greater than 14.3 p.c of the time like he did in these 28.1 innings, however that’s precisely the type of factor that’s pretty simple to regulate over an low season.
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