Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects to Stash (Redraft): Eric Cross' Rookie Rankings for Week 14

July 4, 2025

Eric Cross' top 25 fantasy baseball prospects to stash in redraft for Week 14 (2025). His updated MLB rookie rankings for prospect call-ups to make 2025 impacts.

We've now reached the end of June and have officially entered the second half of the major league season. We've already seen plenty of exciting prospect promotions through the first three months of the season, and we should get plenty more over the summer months.

There are still plenty of exciting prospects to stash right now, too, including one of the top hitting prospects in all of baseball and several high-upside arms.

These prospect rankings are for 2025 redraft value only. These are MLB prospects who could potentially make a fantasy baseball impact in 2025 redraft leagues. You can also see our top fantasy baseball dynasty prospects rankings for longer-term outlooks and our 2025 fantasy baseball rankings dashboard for all other league formats.

Top 25 Prospects to Stash in Redraft Leagues

My prospect write-ups are below the rankings. These rankings are for 2025 redraft value only, not dynasty. These are MLB prospects who could potentially make a fantasy baseball impact in 2025.

Promoted Last Week: Chase Burns (CIN), Chandler Simpson (TBR), Harry Ford (SEA)

Honorable Mentions (Hitters): Jett Williams (NYM), Kevin Alcantara (CHC), Owen Caissie (CHC),  Sterlin Thompson (COL), Yanquiel Fernandez (COL), Alex Freeland (LAD), Blaze Jordan (BOS), Deyvison De Los Santos (MIA), Jakob Marsee (MIA), Drew Gilbert (NYM)

Honorable Mentions (Pitchers): Thomas Harrington (PIT), Nolan McLean (NYM), Jonah Tong (NYM), Brandon Sproat (NYM), Carson Whisenhunt (SFG), Cam Schlittler (NYY), Cade Cavalli (WAS)

Fantasy Baseball Prospect Rankings Analysis

Samuel Basallo, C, Baltimore Orioles

At this point, I'm not sure what Baltimore is waiting for regarding Samuel Basallo. The game's top catching prospect continues to mash in Triple-A, cranking seven home runs in June with 16 in 54 games this season overall, along with a .264/.390/.579 slash line. The quality of contact metrics remains elite, with a 93.9 mph AVG EV, a 57.1% hard-hit rate, and a 19.5% barrel rate.

Basallo's 70% contact rate is sufficient, given his massive power.

Samuel Basallo (@Orioles) with an absolute blast for the @NorfolkTides:
444 ft
113.4 mph pic.twitter.com/JCJCMAKqiV

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) June 29, 2025

Baltimore is not contending this season and is currently rolling with a duo of Gary Sanchez and Chadwick Tromp at catcher while Adley Rutschman is on the IL with a strained oblique. One would have thought that Baltimore would have called up Basallo when Rutschman landed on the IL, but that obviously didn't happen.

However, I still can't imagine that Basallo won't be up by the end of July, especially if Baltimore sells off some major league pieces before the trade deadline.

Bubba Chandler, SP, Pittsburgh Pirates

For those of you who have been holding and patiently waiting for Bubba Chandler to be promoted to Pittsburgh, I'm not sure that's going to happen anytime soon. After posting a 1.42 ERA, 0.67 WHIP, and just a 7.7% walk rate in his first six starts of the season, Chandler has walked 15% of the batters he's faced over his last 10 starts with a 4.75 ERA and 1.78 WHIP.

Over his last four outings, Chandler has walked 11 in 10 2/3 innings for a 20% walk rate.

On top of that, Chandler's strikeout rate has plummeted to just 16.4% over his last five outings. I've heard people attribute this to the ABS system or his boredom in Triple-A. Well, he's dealt with the ABS system all season, and it wasn't an issue in his first six outings. While he might be bored in Triple-A, I'm not chalking up a drastic walk rate increase to "he's bored".

Something is off here with Chandler, and it's just further delaying his arrival in Pittsburgh.

Hunter Barco, SP, Pittsburgh Pirates

Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me to see Hunter Barco get the call before Chandler at this point. Barco has had a phenomenal season so far in 14 starts between Double-A and Triple-A, recording an impressive 2.04 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, and a 21.2% K-BB rate. The walk rate is a bit high at 10.8%, but that's manageable given Barco's ability to miss bats at a high clip.

He currently has a 32% strikeout rate and a 13.9% SwStr rate this season.

Hunter Barco had himself an afternoon. 🔥

5.2 no-hit innings
7 strikeouts pic.twitter.com/u79U7dm7FU

— Indianapolis Indians (@indyindians) June 29, 2025

Barco works with a four-pitch mix and features three above-average offerings in his mid-90s fastball, low to mid-80s slider, and a mid-80s splitter. He's shown the ability to miss bats with all three offerings, and has the upside of a No. 3 starter long-term. Nobody is pitching poorly enough to warrant a bump out of Pittsburgh's current rotation, but Barco could be the next man up when the need for a starter arises.

Spencer Jones, OF, New York Yankees

The New York Yankees finally promoted Spencer Jones to Triple-A last week, bringing him one step closer to contributing in the majors. The promotion was deserved as Jones has been raking over the last few weeks. In his last 16 games, Jones is slashing .403/.479/.823 with eight home runs, nine walks, and three steals.

This hot stretch has raised his season slash line to .277/.387/.606 in 222 plate appearances with 18 home runs and 11 steals.

On the surface, that all looks fine and dandy, but there are still two major red flags in Jones' contact and strikeout rates. While the strikeout rate has come down slightly of late, he's still striking out 34.2% of the time this season with a contact rate around 57%. If a slugger like Jones is in the 67-70% range, that can still work given their massive power.

However, a sub-60% contact rate will not suffice in the major leagues.

Given the power/speed upside, Jones is absolutely one to keep an eye on. Due to how streaky this profile tends to be, he'll probably have a hot stretch at some point after he's up. However, the red flags are too significant for me to ignore, so I won't be targeting Jones personally.

Colby Thomas, OF, Athletics

Colby Thomas continues to have an excellent season at the plate and is just biding his time in Triple-A until he gets that call to the majors. In 76 games overall, Thomas has 21 doubles, 17 home runs, and seven steals with a .297/.365/.542 slash line. Thomas has been especially hot over the last four weeks or so, slashing .327/.389/.570 with eight doubles, six home runs, and five steals in his previous 27 games.

Thomas has never been one to walk much, but he's dropped his strikeout rate to 22.8% over his last 27 games, and has a solid 41.6% hard-hit rate and a 10% barrel rate this season in Triple-A. Even if he's more of a .250 hitter, Thomas possesses 25/15 upside and has been an extra-base hit machine over the last two seasons.

There's no clear spot for him right now, but Thomas should be the next man up when an outfield spot opens up.

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