Top 100: MLB Prospect Rankings for Fantasy Baseball

by RotoBaller 1/17/18 2:14 PM Follow RotoBaller

Prospects. For any fantasy baseball enthusiast, it's all about knowing about the prospects, rookies and call-ups. More than any other sport, baseball offers a fresh influx of rookie talent every year, both before and during the MLB season. And adding the right guy at the right time can be a league winner (see Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger).

For fantasy baseball owners, it's key to know who the top prospects are heading into your drafts - and who are the next ones waiting in line throughout the year. Rookies can get called up at any time and make huge impacts for MLB teams and fantasy baseball owners alike. It's exciting for everyone involved.

So without further ado, below are our preliminary top 2018 MLB prospect rankings for fantasy baseball. As of January, this is our ranking of rookies that we feel will make fantasy baseball impacts in 2018. Over the next few days and weeks, we will be publishing analysis columns for many of these names so stay tuned. You can also read about dynasty prospects in our 2018 fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. You will also find preliminary staff rankings for mixed leagues, points leagues, dynasty leagues, dynasty prospects and more.

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Top MLB Prospects for Fantasy Baseball

Ranking	Player	Team	Pos
1	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	SP/OF
2	Ronald Acuna	ATL	OF
3	Lewis Brinson	MIL	OF
4	Gleyber Torres	NYY	3B/SS
5	Victor Robles	WAS	OF
6	Austin Meadows	PIT	OF
7	Austin Hays	BAL	OF
8	JP Crawford	PHI	SS
9	Franklin Barreto	OAK	2B/SS
10	Brent Honeywell	TB	SP
11	Luiz Gohara	ATL	SP
12	Willie Calhoun	TEX	2B/OF
13	Walker Buehler	LAD	SP
14	Scott Kingery	PHI	2B
15	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	SP
16	Alex Reyes	STL	SP
17	Ryan McMahon	COL	1B/2B/3B
18	Magneuris Sierra	MIA	OF
19	Jesse Winker	CIN	OF
20	Brendan Rodgers	COL	SS
21	Jack Flaherty	STL	SP
22	Tyler Mahle	CIN	SP
23	Mitch Keller	PIT	SP
24	Brian Anderson	MIA	3B
25	Chance Adams	NYY	SP
26	Alex Verdugo	LAD	OF
27	Justus Sheffield	NYY	SP
28	Chance Sisco	BAL	C
29	Francisco Mejia	CLE	C/3B
30	Eloy Jimenez	CWS	OF
31	Dustin Fowler	OAK	OF
32	Colin Moran	PIT	3B
33	Miguel Andujar	NYY	3B
34	Christin Stewart	DET	OF
35	Nick Senzel	CIN	3B
36	Nick Kingham	PIT	SP
37	Dillon Peters	MIA	SP
38	Tyler Beede	SF	SP
39	Corbin Burnes	MIL	SP
40	Harrison Bader	STL	OF
41	Jorge Alfaro	PHI	C
42	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	SP
43	Austin Riley	ATL	3B
44	Tyler O’Neill	STL	OF
45	Christian Arroyo	TB	3B/SS
46	Willy Adames	TB	SS
47	Carson Kelly	STL	C
48	Kyle Tucker	HOU	OF
49	Max Fried	ATL	SP
50	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	SS/3B/OF
51	Mike Soroka	ATL	SP
52	Kolby Allard	ATL	SP
53	Michael Kopech	CWS	SP
54	Greg Allen	CLE	OF
55	Isan Diaz	MIL	2B
56	Austin Slater	SF	OF
57	Cal Quantrill	SD	SP
58	Brett Phillips	MIL	OF
59	Michel Baez	SD	SP
60	Carson Fulmer	CWS	SP
61	Monte Harrison	MIL	OF
62	AJ Puk	OAK	SP
63	Nick Gordon	MIN	SS
64	Jose De Leon	TB	SP
65	Anthony Alford	TOR	OF
66	David Paulino	HOU	SP
67	Yohander Mendez	TEX	SP
68	Jake Bauers	TB	1B/OF
69	Luis Urias	SD	2B/SS
70	Beau Burrows	DET	SP
71	Ronald Guzman	TEX	1B
72	Cedric Mullins	BAL	OF
73	Anthony Banda	ARI	SP
74	Yadier Alvarez	LAD	SP
75	Peter Alonso	NYM	1B
76	Luis Ortiz	MIL	SP
77	Andrew Suarez	SF	SP
78	Charlie Tilson	CWS	OF
79	Hunter Dozier	KC	3B/OF
80	Dane Dunning	CWS	SP
81	Franklyn Kilome	PHI	SP
82	Michael Chavis	BOS	3B
83	Sam Travis	BOS	1B
84	Erick Fedde	WAS	SP
85	Alec Hansen	CWS	SP
86	Lourdes Gurriel	TOR	2B/SS
87	Spencer Adams	CWS	SP
88	Tom Eshelman	PHI	SP
89	Clay Holmes	PIT	SP
90	Chris Shaw	SF	1B/OF
91	Jon Duplantier	ARI	SP
92	Dan Vogelbach	SEA	1B
93	Kevin Newman	PIT	SS
94	Yusniel Diaz	LAD	OF
95	Franklin Perez	DET	SP
96	Grant Holmes	OAK	SP
97	Jorge Mateo	OAK	SS/OF
98	Forrest Whitley	HOU	SP
99	Victor Caratini	CHC	C
100	Shed Long	CIN	2B
101	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF/1B
102	Michael Gerber	DET	OF
103	Bobby Bradley	CLE	1B
104	Evan White	SEA	1B
105	Nick Solak	NYY	2B
106	Max Schrock	STL	2B
107	Zack Collins	CWS	C
108	Sean Murphy	OAK	C
109	Danny Jansen	TOR	C
110	Chris Okey	CIN	C
111	Jacob Nottingham	MIL	C