Format = Place Participant | Age on 4/1/2025 | Highest Stage Performed | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. SS Jordan Lawlar | 21 | MLB | 2023
The sixth total decide within the 2021 draft, Lawlar was on schedule to take over the shortstop spot in some unspecified time in the future in 2024 however misplaced an enormous chunk of the season to a thumb surgical procedure. He performed properly when he performed within the minors, slashing .318/.417/.482 in 23 video games, and I feel he’ll be a very good worth for individuals who purchase early within the redraft season. In 2023, he hit 20 house runs and stole 36 bases in 105 video games throughout two ranges.
2. C Adrian Del Castillo | 25 | MLB | 2024
A robust lefty bat at 5’11” 208, ADC hit 30 house runs in 130 video games throughout the highest two ranges this season. Even slashed .313/.368/.525 with 4 of these house runs throughout his 25-game MLB stint. He performed catcher in 24 of these video games, and positive, he struck out 32.2 % of the time within the majors, however he’s usually managed the zone and minimized strikeouts all through his baseball life. I believe he’ll have the ability to regulate 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 % 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 via that league and open subsequent season in Triple-A.”
Effectively, in 13 Double-A video games, Groover slashed .340/.400/.600 with three house runs, 9 strikeouts and one stolen base. His affected person method and quick arms 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 total decide within the 2022 draft, Jones suffered a shoulder damage earlier than his first skilled at bat, the primary omen for a profession haunted by accidents till 2024. This 12 months, Jones performed 109 video games at Low-A and slashed .275/.409/.405 with six house runs and 21 stolen bases. That’s good however not the stuff that dynasty goals are fabricated from. From a mechanical perspective, I don’t like his swing. His entrance foot steps towards the plate and cuts off his rotational explosion. Might 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 total decide within the 2024 draft, Waldschmidt represents the windfall revenue from Corbin Carroll’s Rookie of the 12 months award. In his junior season with Kentucky, he slashed .333/.469/.610 with 14 house 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 appropriate facet, Waldschmidt options plus contact expertise, pace and energy, a useful trio of traits within the fantasy sport.
6. 3B Demetrio Crisantes | 20 | A | 2027
At 6’0” 178 lbs from the appropriate facet, Crisantes takes a contact-first method that may restrict his energy potential a bit however makes him an especially robust out in the meanwhile. I considered Placido Polanco whereas researching his blurb, however Cristantes is three inches taller and has extra pace and energy upside in his body. He slashed .341/.429/.492 with seven house runs and 30 steals in 92 video games throughout two ranges this 12 months and might 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’ll be able to see the group making an attempt to copy that blueprint in drafting Caldwell twenty ninth total in 2024. A plus defender in middle, he’ll haven’t any downside kicking over to a nook if needed. Within the field, he’s bought 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 growing plus energy from the appropriate facet together with carrying software, which is the most effective software 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 probably 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 total pick of Stanford in 2023, Troy was anticipated to hit just a little higher than he did this 12 months, even when he was battling damage alongside the best way. A slash line of .234/.319/.363 in 72 video games goes to be underwhelming irrespective of the context, however for a high-profile school hitter in Excessive-A, it’s fairly scary. Good likelihood he bounces again this 12 months.
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 impression this redraft season, and one may even argue he ought to be larger 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 must throw the curve greater than 14.3 % of the time like he did in these 28.1 innings, however that’s precisely the type of factor that’s pretty straightforward to regulate over an low season.
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