Arizona Fall League Top 25 Prospects

Arizona Fall League Top 25 Prospects

Role 80 (5+WAR) – Risk – Moderate

1) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1B) Toronto Blue Jays – Heap of effusive praise commence. Eighty grades should not be thrown around lightly. I am not even sure that there should be an 80 given to a prospect every season. Only .3% or 3/1000 data points in a normal distribution fall beyond three standards deviations of the mean. An 80 on the scouting scale describes a position player who is a franchise cornerstone or potential hall of famer. This is perhaps a blasphemous expectation, but that is what I think Vlad will be. Please understand how absurd it is to give him moderate risk to reach this projection. Vlad was the best player in the fall league at age 19 and frankly looked uninterested at times. I don’t think we were watching vintage Guerrero. His bat speed and bat control were surpassed only by his advanced feel for the zone. While I view him as a 1B long-term, but that does not dampen my enthusiasm for him at all.

Colorado Rockies Top 30 Prospects

Colorado Rockies Top 30 Prospects
  1. Brendan Rodgers, SS

  2. Garrett Hampson, 2B/SS

  3. Tyler Nevin, 1B/3B

  4. Colton Welker, 3B

  5. Peter Lambert, RHP

St. Louis Cardinals Top 30 Prospects

St. Louis Cardinals Top 30 Prospects
  1. Alex Reyes, RHP

  2. Nolan Gorman, 3B

  3. Anrew Knizner, C

  4. Dylan Carlson, CF

  5. Elehuris Montero, 3B

Houston Astros Top 30 Prospects

Houston Astros Top 30 Prospects
  1. Forrest Whitley, RHP

  2. Kyle Tucker, OF

  3. Yordan Alvarez, 1B/OF

  4. Josh James, RHP

  5. Corbin Martin, RHP

Kansas City Royals Top 30 Prospects

Kansas City Royals Top 30 Prospects

1. Brady Singer, RHP

2. Kahlil Lee, OF

3. MJ Melendez, C

4. Jackson Kowar, RHP

5. Nick Pratto, 1B

Minnesota Twins Top 30 Prospects

Minnesota Twins Top 30 Prospects

1. Royce Lewis, SS

2. Alex Kirilloff, OF

3. Trevor Larnach, OF

4. Brusdar Graterol, RHP

5. Brent Rooker, 3B

Tampa Bay Rays Top 30 Prospects

Tampa Bay Rays Top 30 Prospects
  1. Wander Franco, SS

  2. Brent Honeywell, RHP

  3. Brendan McKay, 1B/LHP

  4. Jesus Sanchez, OF

  5. Brandon Lowe, 2B/OF

Washington Nationals Top 30 Prospects

Washington Nationals Top 30 Prospects
  1. Victor Robles, OF

  2. Carter Kieboom, SS

  3. Luis Garcia, 2B/SS

  4. Mason Denaburg, RHP

  5. Yasel Antuna, SS

2018 First-Year Player Draft Top 100 for Dynasty Leagues

2018 First-Year Player Draft Top 100 for Dynasty Leagues

Any good enthusiast no matter the hobby, genre, or game loves some fresh meat. Something new and exciting to sink your teeth into. For baseball nuts and prospect hounds like myself there’s nearly nothing better than the stretch of time between mid-June and July 2. This is of course the period between the MLB amateur draft and the July 2nd International signing period. All these new players to research, follow, and digest following short-season leagues and rookie ball wrapping up in early September. This is the time where the greatest amount of planning is put into researching and ranking the most recent wave of talent. If you play in deep dynasty leagues like the team here does, then you know typically the “First-Year Player Draft” is the beginning of your offseason, and in many strict dynasty setups, the only way you add players from season to season. So, we here at Prospects Live entrusted our two fantasy analysts to compile a top 100 list comprised of nothing but 2018 draftees, and International signings. Those fantasy analysts were of course myself, Ralph Lifshitz, and our resident manager, Matt Thompson.

Cleveland Indians Top 30 Prospects

Cleveland Indians Top 30 Prospects
  1. Nolan Jones, 3B

  2. Triston McKenzie, RHP

  3. George Valera, OF

  4. Ethan Hankins, RHP

  5. Luis Oviedo, RHP

Pittsburgh Pirates Top 30 Prospects

Pittsburgh Pirates Top 30 Prospects

1 - Mitch Keller, RHP

2 - Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B

3 - Travis Swaggerty, OF

4 - Oneil Cruz, SS

5 - Cole Tucker, SS

Oakland Athletics Top 30 Prospects

Oakland Athletics Top 30 Prospects

1.  Jesus Luzardo, LHP

2. A.J. Puk, LHP

3. Sean Murphy, C

4. Kyler Murray, OF

5. Austin Beck, OF

Toronto Blue Jays Top 30 Prospects

Toronto Blue Jays Top 30 Prospects
  1. Vlad Guerrero, Jr., 3B

  2. Bo Bichette, SS

  3. Danny Jansen, C

  4. Nate Pearson, RHP

  5. Eric Pardinho, RHP

Boston Red Sox Top 30 Prospects

Boston Red Sox Top 30 Prospects

1 - Michael Chavis, 1B/3B

2 - Triston Casas, 1B

3 - Bobby Dalbec, 3B

4 - Jay Groome, LHP

5 - Antoni Flores, SS

New York Yankees Top 30 Prospects

New York Yankees Top 30 Prospects
  1. Justus Sheffield, LHP

  2. Estevan Florial, CF

  3. Deivi Garcia, RHP

  4. Jonathan Loaisiga, RHP

  5. Michael King, RHP

Baltimore Orioles Top 30 Prospects

Baltimore Orioles Top 30 Prospects
  1. Yusniel Diaz, OF

  2. Ryan Mountcastle, 3B

  3. D.L. Hall, LHP

  4. Austin Hayes, OF

  5. Garyson Rodriguez, RHP

Arizona Fall League Top 75 Hitters

Arizona Fall League Top 75 Hitters
  1. Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., 3B

  2. Taylor Trammell, OF

  3. Cristian Pache, CF

  4. Keston Hiura, 2B

  5. Andres Gimenez, SS

Arizona Diamondbacks Top 30 Prospects

Arizona Diamondbacks Top 30 Prospects
  1. Jon Duplantier, RHP

  2. Kristian Robinson, OF

  3. Jazz Chisholm, SS

  4. Daulton Varsho, C

  5. Alek Thomas, OF

Atlanta Braves Top 30 Prospects

Atlanta Braves Top 30 Prospects
  1. Touki Toussaint, RHP

  2. Cristian Pache, CF

  3. Austin Riley, 3B

  4. Mike Soroka, RHP

  5. Ian Anderson, RHP