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Top 100 FYPD Prospects for Fantasy Baseball First-Year Player Drafts (February 2024)

Yoshinobu Yamamoto - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Prospects

Benjamin's top 100 fantasy baseball prospect rankings for 2024 first-year player drafts (FYPD). MLB prospect rankings for fantasy baseball dynasty leagues.

The final update of the First-Year Player Draft rankings is just in time for peak FYPD draft season. This update adds in a half-dozen signees from the January 15 international class along with updating the teams for a few former Japanese players who signed this offseason with an MLB club and a player who was traded this offseason.

With most FYPD drafts taking place over the next month, this can be a useful tool for all those who are headed into their offseason draft.

That should give everyone a complete list as fantasy baseball FYPD drafts hit their peak in February/March heading into the 2024 fantasy baseball season!

Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources:

 

MLB Prospect Rankings for First-Year Player Drafts

Proximity will rank highly in these rankings as a player that can return value immediately in a FYPD is always a benefit. Of course, this year's class offers both elite talent and proximity! Make sure to check out all of RotoBaller's fantasy baseball dynasty articles and fantasy baseball prospects coverage!

Rank Player Position Team Age ETA
1 Wyatt Langford OF TEX 22 2024
2 Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP LAD 25 2024
3 Dylan Crews OF WAS 22 2024
4 Walker Jenkins OF MIN 19 2026
5 Paul Skenes SP PIT 21 2024
6 Matt Shaw SS CHC 22 2024
7 Shota Imanaga SP CHC 30 2024
8 Max Clark OF DET 19 2026
9 Jung Hoo Lee OF SF 25 2024
10 Tommy Troy SS ARI 22 2025
11 Brock WIlken 3B MIL 21 2024
12 Colt Emerson SS SEA 18 2026
13 Hurston Waldrep SP ATL 22 2025
14 Nolan Schanuel 1B LAA 22 2023
15 Brayden Taylor 3B TB 21 2025
16 Rhett Lowder SP CIN 22 2025
17 Aidan Miller SS PHI 19 2026
18 Enrique Bradfield Jr. OF BAL 22 2025
19 Bryce Eldridge OF SF 19 2026
20 Kyle Teel C BOS 22 2025
21 Chase Davis OF STL 22 2025
22 Yohandy Morales 3B WAS 22 2025
23 Arjun Nimmala SS TOR 18 2026
24 Walker Martin SS SF 20 2026
25 Noble Meyer SP MIA 19 2026
26 Tai Peete 3B SEA 18 2026
27 Kevin McGonigle SS DET 19 2026
28 Jacob Wilson SS OAK 22 2025
29 Thomas White SP MIA 19 2026
30 Chase Dollander SP COL 22 2025
31 George Lombard Jr. SS NYY 18 2027
32 Leodalis De Vries SS SD 17 2027
33 Mac Horvath 2B BAL 22 2026
34 Jacob Gonzalez SS CHW 21 2025
35 Colin Houck SS NYM 19 2026
36 Jake Gelof 3B LAD 22 2025
37 Sammy Stafura SS CIN 19 2026
38 Yariel Rodriguez SP TOR 27 2024
39 Brice Matthews SS HOU 22 2026
40 Dillon Head OF SD 19 2026
41 Yuki Matsui RP SD 28 2024
42 Jose Perdomo SS ATL 17 2027
43 Ralphy Velazquez C CLE 18 2027
44 Gino Groover 3B ARI 21 2025
45 Ty Floyd SP CIN 22 2025
46 Jonny Farmelo OF SEA 19 2027
47 Charlee Soto SP MIN 18 2027
48 Adrian Santana SS TB 18 2027
49 Cole Carrigg OF COL 21 2025
50 Nazzan Zanetello SS BOS 18 2027
51 Adolfo Sanchez OF CIN 17 2027
52 Kendall George OF LAD 19 2027
53 Brandon Winokur SS MIN 19 2027
54 Josh Knoth SP MIL 18 2027
55 Jack Hurley OF ARI 22 2025
56 Hyun-Seok Jang SP LAD 20 2026
57 Alex Clemmey SP CLE 18 2027
58 Blake Wolters SP KC 19 2027
59 Myles Naylor SS OAK 18 2027
60 Blake Mitchell C KC 19 2027
61 Paulino Santana OF TEX 17 2027
62 Colton Ledbetter OF TB 22 2025
63 Cooper Pratt SS MIL 19 2026
64 Maui Ahuna SS SF 22 2025
65 George Wolkow OF CHW 18 2027
66 Steven Echavarria SP OAK 18 2027
67 Zyhir Hope OF LAD 19 2027
68 Kevin Sim 3B ARI 22 2026
69 Fernando Cruz SS CHC 17 2027
70 Aidan Smith OF SEA 19 2027
71 Carson Roccaforte OF KC 22 2026
72 Kemp Alderman OF MIA 21 2026
73 Jace Bohrofen OF TOR 22 2025
74 Jackson Baumeister SP BAL 21 2025
75 Alex Mooney SS CLE 21 2026
76 Grant Taylor SP CHW 21 2026
77 Ben Williamson 3B SEA 23 2025
78 Brandon Sproat SP NYM 23 2025
79 Zach Levenson OF STL 22 2025
80 Kiefer Lord SP BAL 21 2026
81 Ryan Lasko OF OAK 21 2026
82 Matthew Etzel OF BAL 21 2026
83 Teddy McGraw SP SEA 22 2025
84 Luke Keaschall 2B MIN 21 2025
85 Quinn Mathews SP STL 23 2025
86 Max Anderson 2B DET 22 2025
87 Jaxon Wiggins SP CHC 22 2026
88 Mitch Jebb SS PIT 21 2026
89 Antonio Anderson 3B BOS 18 2027
90 Luis Cova OF MIA 17 2027
91 Eric Bitonti 3B MIL 18 2027
92 Nehomar Ochoa Jr. OF HOU 18 2027
93 Cade Kuehler SP ATL 21 2025
94 Juaron Watts-Brown SP TOR 22 2026
95 Zander Mueth SP PIT 18 2027
96 Homer Bush Jr. OF SD 22 2026
97 Andrew Pinckney OF WAS 23 2025
98 Sabin Ceballos 3B ATL 21 2026
99 Joe Whitman SP SF 22 2026
100 Hiro Wyatt SP KC 19 2027

 

Breaking Down the FYPD Rankings

Since Shota Imanaga signed with the Chicago Cubs, he's received high marks from his teammates and moved up this list:

Of the six players who signed on January 15 among the international teen prospects, the Padres' Leodalis De Vries is the highest-ranked player at 32. The other top-50 international signee, the Braves' Jose Perdomo, probably has the highest floor among those players, as much of a floor as any teenage international signee can truly have.



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