Right here’s a hyperlink to the High 25 Prospects September Replace For Dynasty Fantasy Baseball.
Crew Place Participant | Age on 4/1/2025 | Highest Stage Performed | ETA
26. Guardians OF Chase DeLauter | 23 | AAA | 2025
A left-handed hitter at 6’4” 235 lbs, DeLauter has struggled to remain wholesome as an expert however retains uncommon, middle-order upside that calls for dynasty consideration. He performed simply 39 video games in 2024, so the numbers don’t appear tremendous related. 22 strikeouts and 19 walks is cool when it comes with eight residence runs, in fact, nevertheless it’d be even cooler to see the five-tool expertise keep on the sphere for a full season. May create fairly a shopping for alternative wherever somebody is feeling impatient.
27. Mets SS Jett Williams | 21 | AAA | 2025
A wrist harm that required surgical procedure price the 5’7” 175 lb Williams most of this season, however he returned in time for six video games in Triple-A and posted a .533 on base proportion. Prospect improvement is just not linear, and Williams has misplaced some key improvement time, however he’s within the Corbin Carroll bucket as a high tier athlete with elite fingers who can cheat the norms. He’s performed simply 36 video games within the higher minors however may appear like a gap day roster choice subsequent season, and even when he’s despatched down for seasoning (the likeliest end result), he may pressure his approach into the lineup by Could.
28. Mariners OF Lazaro Montes | 20 | A+ | 2026
At 6’4” 256 lbs with a picturesque swing from the left aspect, Montes invitations visible comps to Yordan Alvarez and embraces them, incorporating common video research and modeling his personal recreation after the Houston slugger’s. In 116 video games throughout two ranges, he slashed .288/.397/.484 with 21 residence runs, 5 stolen bases and 105 RBIs. I don’t point out RBIs a lot round right here, however that’s virtually a ribbie per recreation, which you don’t see so much lately within the minors, particularly amongst guys who take their walks (14.4 % for Montes in 2024). He’s nonetheless ranked after Cole Younger and Colt Emerson by a whole lot of retailers regardless of each of these guys having down seasons in 2024. That’s comprehensible given they had been younger for his or her ranges, and Younger needed to hit in powerful park at Double-A Arkansas, but when Montes produces energy at 20 years previous in that setting, he ought to earn the prospect shine elsewhere that he’s been getting right here.
29. Rays SS Carson Williams | 21 | AAA | 2025
That includes double-plus protection and simple energy from the proper aspect, Williams ought to be the on a regular basis six in Tampa earlier than too lengthy. He posted practically equivalent strains via 115 video games every of the final two seasons, slashing .257/.356/.497 in 2023 and .256/.352/.469 in 2024. His 142 wRC+ with 20 residence runs and 33 steals in Double-A put him on a path to the majors impeded principally by the group’s machinations. Positive, he strikes out a bit a lot and may gain advantage from a brief stretch in Triple-A to get heated up, however he may have the ability to change the playbook with a spicy spring.
30. Angels 2B Christian Moore | 22 | AA | 2025
Gray wrote about Moore the opposite day. Right here’s a hyperlink to his 2025 Fantasy Outlook.
After main Tennessee to a nationwide title, Moore slashed .322/.378/.533 with 5 residence runs and two stolen bases in 23 Double-A video games. We would’ve seen him within the majors if not for harm, and he may open the season within the majors.
31. Cardinals SS JJ Wetherholt | 21 | A | 2026
The seventh total pick of West Virginia, Wetherholt was within the operating to be the primary decide however misplaced time to a hamstring harm and will have slipped a bit because of the relative weak spot of the Large 12 Convention. A left-handed hitter at 5’10” 190 lbs, he options double-plus contact abilities together with plus energy and velocity. The Cubs fan in me was dissatisfied to see Wetherholt land in St. Louis as a result of I believe he was a steal on the seven spot. Positive, the convention creates a query or two, however Wetherholt has been good in different settings: Crew USA, the Cape Cod League and professional ball now after slashing .295/.405/.400 in 29 Low-A video games.
32. Astros 3B Cam Smith | 22 | AA | 2025
The 14th total decide by the Cubs on this summer time’s draft, Smith hammered via the A-levels in simply 27 video games, blasting six residence runs in 15 Low-A video games and slashing .333/.421/.500 in 12 Excessive-A video games earlier than rounding out the season with 5 video games with Double-A Tennessee. Houston noticed sufficient to focus on the 6’3” 224 lb righty within the Kyle Tucker commerce. Smith provides the membership a ready-soon third-base prospect within the wake of Alex Bregman’s departure, although with Isaac Paredes additionally on the town, Smith might should strive some outfield.
33. Pink Sox SS Marcelo Mayer | 22 | AA | 2025
Mayer bounced again from an injury-plagued 2023 and slashed .307/.370/.480 with eight residence runs and 13 steals in 77 Double-A video games earlier than a lumbar pressure ended his season in July. The 4th total decide in 2021, he’s a easy left-handed hitter at 6’3” 188 lbs. The form of man scouts solely have to look at for a second or two earlier than deciding they like him. Well being has been fleeting, however maybe that calms down a bit when he will get into a significant league rhythm with an enormous league coaching employees.
34. Reds RHP Chase Burns | 22 | NCAA | 2025
Burns set a brand new single-season NCAA document with 191 strikeouts in 100 innings for Wake Forest. That’s the form of math I can get behind. Looks like he’s hanging out about two guys per innings, which looks like a superb plan. His slider simply isn’t one thing faculty hitters are used to seeing. Isn’t one thing any hitter is used to seeing, actually. Performs like an 80 when he’s commanding it, which he often is. Often instructions his 100 mph fastball nicely, too, and whereas he’s bought a bit Kirby in him within the sense that folks hit his fastball greater than makes apparent sense, he’s not doomed to that destiny, given his unbelievable athleticism and clear development arc throughout time.
35. White Sox LHP Hagen Smith | 21 | A+ | 2025
Smith toed the steel-sharpens-steel path of pitching so much as a freshman within the SEC (15 begins in 2022) and bought higher all through his profession, culminating in a implausible junior season (2.04 ERA, 0.893 WHIP with 164 strikeouts in 84 innings). The Sox despatched him to Excessive-A for 3 video games at season’s finish, and his dynamic three-pitch (fastball, slider, splitter) was predictably efficient. He may most likely pitch within the majors in 2025.
36. Mariners SS Felnin Celesten | 19 | CPX | 2028
A poorly timed hamstring pressure stopped Celesten from making his skilled debut in 2023 after signing for $4.7 million. The membership jumped the 6’1” 175 lb swap hitter over the DSL in 2024 and despatched him straight to the advanced, the place Celesten responded by slashing .352/.431/.568 with three residence runs and 5 stolen bases in 32 video games earlier than harm tripped him up once more: a hamate problem that required surgical procedure in August. Hand accidents are scary for hitters, but when Celesten is wholesome in 2025, he may race via the decrease minors looking for a stage that may problem him.
37. Dodgers OF Zyhir Hope | 20 | A | 2027
Hope was 2.1 years youthful than the common age within the Low-A California League however slashed ..287/.415/.490 in 54 video games anyway, tacking on 9 residence runs and 9 stolen bases. He misplaced a piece of the season to a shoulder problem, however he’s again at it within the Arizona Fall League, slashing .260/.345/.453 with three residence runs in 19 video games there. An incredible power-speed athlete at 5’10” 193 lbs, Hope has as a lot upside as anyone within the system if the hit instrument and plate abilities beneficial properties he confirmed this season proceed to materialize.
38. Phillies SS Aidan Miller | 20 | AA | 2026
The twenty seventh decide total in 2023, Miller slashed .414/.528/.483 in ten video games on the advanced after which stole 4 bases with a .341 on base proportion in ten video games at Low-A.In 2024, the 6’1” 205 pound Miller performed 102 video games throughout three ranges and slashed .261/.366/.446 with 11 residence runs and 23 steals. He was 2.1 years youthful than his competitors in Excessive-A, so his numbers ought to be graded on a forgiving age-to-level curve. That stated, I really feel a lot decrease on Miller than the phase of prospect world pushing him approach up the lists.
39. Reds RHP Rhett Lowder | 23 | MLB | 2024
Lowder was wonderful as a collegian and continued that excellence within the professionals, climbing the degrees to the majors in a single season and beginning his MLB profession with a 1.17 ERA via 30.2 innings, throughout which he didn’t permit a single residence run. Positive, there’s a purple flag or two, just like the strikeout and stroll charges, 17.2 % and 10.9 %, respectively, nevertheless it’s positively nitpicking to quibble with the outcomes from a man wielding strong command of 4 plus pitches (slider 27.3%, 4-seam 27.3%, sinker 25.9, changeup 19.5) he deploys in virtually equal measure.
40. Cubs C Moises Ballesteros | 21 | AAA | 2025
A left-handed hitter listed at 5’7” 215 lbs, Ballesteros finds the barrel all through the zone with obvious ease and laces line drives the opposite approach like he was born to do it. His bat has outpaced his defensive improvement, so at the same time as he slashed .289/.354/.471 with 19 residence runs and the plus plate abilities he’s all the time proven towards a lot older opponents, Ballesteros might need to make a leap behind the plate or wait whereas the Cubs play a lot lesser hitters at his place.
41. Rays 1B Xavier Isaac | 21 | AA | 2026
A giant lefty bat at 6’3” 240 lbs, Isaac is extra athletic within the field than most guys his dimension. In 102 video games throughout two ranges in 2024, he slashed .264/.370/.480 with 18 residence runs and 15 stolen bases but in addition struck out 145 occasions. Eep. Lil scary, positive, however let’s attempt to bear in mind he’s younger. I all the time resist the murmur {that a} lefty can’t hit lefties when he hasn’t even seen that many all through his baseball life. There simply aren’t many nice lefties on the way in which up, so I’m not shocked that Isaac hasn’t smashed good left handed pitchers in his younger skilled profession.
42. Tigers SS Kevin McGonigle | 20 | A+ | 2026
The thirty seventh total decide within the 2023 draft, McGonigle has nice fingers on each side of the ball together with plus velocity and the flexibility to show right into a cat. A left-handed hitter with a fast swing, he has slashed .310/.412/.443 with six residence runs and 30 stolen bases in his 95 video games as an expert. He performed simply 14 video games in Excessive-A at season’s finish and can seemingly open 2025 there in West Michigan.
43. Dodgers C OF Dalton Dashing | 24 | AAA | 2025
A left-handed hitter at 6’1” 220 lbs, Dashing hit 26 residence runs in 114 video games throughout Double and Triple-A final season, slashing .271/.385/.512 on the energy of his trademark persistence on the plate.
44. White Sox OF Braden Montgomery | 21 | NCAA | 2027
A dynamic 6’2” switch-hitter out of Texas A&M, Montgomery has an opportunity to play middle area at 220 lbs, and his defensive flooring remains to be a strong nook outfielder. He hit 27 homers and slashed .322/.454/.733 towards (principally) SEC pitching staffs in his junior season however hasn’t performed in a professional recreation since being the twelfth total choice, which may create a bit shopping for alternative for anybody so inclined this low season.
45. Cubs OF Kevin Alcantara | 22 | MLB | 2024
Alcantara went 0 for his first 29 plate appearances after which slashed .296/.369/.456 with 14 homers and 14 steals in 104 video games throughout two ranges after that, incomes the 6’6” 188 pounder a three-game shot of espresso at season’s finish. He’s been younger for his stage each step of the way in which and ought to be a part of the Opening Day outfield image however may wind up got rid of the roster bubble.
46. Dodgers OF Josue De Paula | 19 | A+ | 2027
The plate abilities are unbelievable, serving to De Paula publish constructive outcomes towards older gamers each step of the way in which, with wRC+ scores of 161, 118, 125, and 136 throughout his 4 stops. In Excessive-A, he was 3.2 years youthful than the league common, however the 6’3” 190 lb lefty walked greater than he struck out (50 over 38) and posted a .422 on base proportion. He additionally slugged simply .356 with ten additional base hits in 52 video games. Robust to be a significant league outfielder with 30 additional base hits throughout a full season, however that’s most likely not De Paula’s destiny. He ought to discover ways to assault and elevate throughout time.
47. Blue Jays 3B Orelvis Martinez | 23 | MLB | 2024
Energy is just not an issue for a 5’11” 200 pound Martinez, whose occasional swing-and-miss points should be considered within the context of taking part in principally towards older gamers. He was taking part in nicely in 2024 and compelled his approach into Toronto’s lineup at second base simply earlier than getting suspended 80 video games for PEDs. He had hit 17 residence runs with a 23.8 % strikeout charge in 74 Triple-A video games, however projecting his future is a trickier job now beneath the PED cloud. I are inclined to keep away from these guys altogether, a method I’ve by no means regretted.
48. Rangers 1B Abimelec Ortiz | 23 | AA | 2025
Ortiz bounced again from a gradual begin to end with a 114 wRC+ and 18 residence runs in 115 Double-A video games. He struck out 21.8 % of the time, an intriguing quantity on condition that it was 5.2 % decrease than his 2023 charge. Looks like a barely new strategy took a short time to take maintain.
In his first 67 video games, Ortiz slashed .183/.259/.306 with 5 residence runs and a 22.4 % strikeout charge.
Over his ultimate 48 video games, he slashed .321/.413/.592 with 13 residence runs and a 21.1 % Ok-rate.
At 5’10” 230 lbs from the left aspect, Ortiz is extra athletic and unfastened than he may have a look at a look, and I’ve lengthy thought he’s underrated in dynasty circles partly as a result of a whole lot of public lists put a heavy emphasis on protection.
49. Cardinals RHP Tink Therefore | 22 | AA | 2025
Therefore recorded 109 strikeouts together with a 2.71 ERA and 1.07 WHIP in 79.2 Double-A innings. Outcomes aren’t all the time an important factor, nevertheless it was good to see him succeed after struggling via a 1.51 WHIP and 5.47 ERA in 54.1 innings on the stage final season. On the mound, Therefore employs wonderful stability in a 6’1” 195 lb body that enables him to maximise the deception on his double-plus changeup. He additionally throws a plus fastball and strong slider. Ought to open the season in Triple-A with an opportunity for an early promotion. May even break camp with the group in a perfect-storm state of affairs.
50. SS Franklin Arias | 19 | A | 2028
Arias signed for $525,000 because the second highest paid participant in Boston’s 2023 worldwide class, arising on two years later, that appears like cash nicely invested. A right-handed hitter at 5’11” 170 lbs, Arias slashed .309/.409/.487 with 9 residence runs and 35 stolen bases in 87 video games throughout two ranges. He slugged simply .378 in his 36 Low-A video games, however he was taking part in towards guys who had been 2.5 years his senior on common. I believe he’ll be significantly better than that if he returns to Low-A Salem to open the 2025 season.
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