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Kevin Luo's top hitter fantasy baseball prospects to stash for Week 20 (2025). His MLB prospects to pick up and stash on your bench and N/A spots in redraft leagues.
August 15- mark it down on your calendars. That's the day when teams can call up prospects and not risk them losing prospect eligibility going into next season. This keeps them eligible to earn their teams a PPI draft pick if they win Rookie of the Year in 2026.
If their team has waited this long to call them up, there's a decent chance they're waiting until this day to call them up. That means we can expect a decent number of big call-ups in about a week and a half.
Let's look at a few top prospects to stash for Week 20 of the fantasy baseball season.
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Samuel Basallo, C/1B - Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles had four different catchers go on the IL and didn't call up Samuel Basallo. They traded away three major league starting position players and didn't call up Samuel Basallo. I guess they're entirely betting on Basallo winning Rookie of the Year next year to net them a PPI pick.
To be fair to the Orioles, that isn't a terrible bet if they don't mess with his playing time. There are some question marks about Basallo's future defensive home, but he has a special bat.
Basallo is a top-5 prospect for me in dynasty and my highest-ranked prospect that should make an impact this season. He has homered three nights in a row, bringing his season total at Triple-A to 23 at only 20 years old. He also has a 160 WRC+ with a solid approach at the plate.
Samuel Basallo goes deep for the third straight game at Triple-A 🚀
MLB's No. 9 prospect (@Orioles) has a 1.012 OPS at just 20 years old, and his 23 homers for the @NorfolkTides lead all @MiLB catchers this season: pic.twitter.com/s4FU6Mo10T
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) August 7, 2025
It's been understandably frustrating to roster Basallo in redraft for this long, but he has as much upside as anyone in the waiver wire and should be up in the next couple of weeks, finally. He is a starting-caliber catcher in all formats with potential league-winning power upside if you need that final push at the end of the season.
Dylan Beavers, OF, Baltimore Orioles
Basallo is not the only Orioles hitter in Triple-A who is on fire and banging on the door to the majors. Dylan Beavers should also be joining Basallo in the majors in the next couple of weeks.
There was some belief that the Orioles would call up Beavers right after trading away Ramon Laureano and Cedric Mullins at the deadline. However, they appear to want two bites at the Rookie of the Year PPI pick apple.
On the season, Beavers has 18 HRs and 22 SBs. He also has a 158 WRC+ and is walking nearly as much as he's striking out. Over the last month and a half, he's been one of the best hitters in the minors.
Dylan Beavers has been ON FIRE over the last six weeks...
Since 6/18: 146 PA, .325/.473/.702, 13 HR, 5 SB, 20.5% BB, 13.7% K
Nearly 1/3 (32.2%) of his PAs have resulted in a walk or home run during this timeframe.#Birdlandpic.twitter.com/s1I41MZlGu
— Eric Cross (@EricCrossMLB) August 6, 2025
Beavers is an exciting stash in all formats. His power and speed give him upside in category leagues, and his excellent plate approach gives him upside in points.
Kristian Campbell, 2B/SS/OF, Boston Red Sox
Similar to what the Cubs did with Matt Shaw, I felt that the Red Sox sent Kristian Campbell down to reset, and they'd call him up when he got hot and built his confidence back up. Well, Campbell is starting to get hot.
Kristian Campbell brings in the tying run AND extends his hitting streak to 15 games (the second longest hitting streak in WooSox history) 💪💪💪 pic.twitter.com/BgFSrTt9mZ
— Worcester Red Sox (@WooSox) August 7, 2025
His full-season numbers at Triple-A don't wow you as he has a 127 WRC+ with four HRs and is striking out 27.6 percent of the time. However, this recent hot streak should be enough to get Campbell back in Boston soon. With Marcelo Mayer (wrist) injured, he should have opportunities to play at either second or first base upon returning.
While Campbell's numbers during his first stint in the majors this season were disappointing, given his massive prospect pedigree, he showed the upside he could provide in his first month as he had a 149 WRC+ through April. He'll make fantasy managers very happy if he can come close to that production in the final month of the season.
Spencer Jones, OF, New York Yankees
So is Aaron Judge going to be able to play the outfield this season? With the potential MVP dealing with a flexor strain, will the Yankees risk playing him in the outfield, where he could further injure himself throwing? If Judge is forced to DH the rest of the season, the Yankees will likely be looking for more production in the outfield. This opens up a playing time window for Spencer Jones.
Jones has slowed down a hair from his insane homer barrage from a couple of weeks ago, but he's still having an unbelievable season in the minors. After hitting 16 HRs with 10 SBs and a 186 WRC+ in 49 games at Double-A, he got the bump to Triple-A and improved.
He has 13 HRs and 13 SBs with a 195 WRC+ in 28 games at Triple-A. He's also improved on his biggest flaw by drastically reducing his K-rate. He's only striking out 24.2 percent of the time in Triple-A after striking out 33.7 percent of the time at Double-A.
July was hot, but Spencer Jones was hotter. 🔥
The No. 4 #Yankees prospect was tabbed by @MLB as July's International League Player of the Month, batting a league-best .419 with a league-high 11 home runs.
Learn more about Jones' July performance: https://t.co/qba4WdNvRF pic.twitter.com/wwuK2iE1Ga
— SWB RailRiders (@swbrailriders) August 6, 2025
If Jones gets enough playing time, he might have the most power upside out of anyone in the minor leagues, especially playing half of his games in Yankee Stadium.
Bryce Eldridge, 1B, San Francisco Giants
So Rafael Devers hasn't looked overly comfortable at first base for the Giants. Maybe he's better off just being a DH after all. Bryce Eldridge is the clear first baseman of the future in San Francisco, but the future should be coming sooner for the big slugger.
After initially struggling a bit at Triple-A, Eldridge has heated up over the last few weeks. He has hit 11 HRs with a 112 WRC+ at Triple-A after hitting seven HRs with a 150 WRC+ in about as many games at Double-A.
"He has set the Pacific Coast League on fire!"@SFGiants No. 1 prospect Bryce Eldridge continues his demolition derby against Triple-A pitching with his 4th homer in the past 3 games for the @RiverCats: pic.twitter.com/Bm9tPOMRM5
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) August 6, 2025
Like Jones, the tall slugger will probably always have some issues with strikeouts. However, he's never had a season in the minors where he struck out over 29 percent of the time, despite always being young for the level. If he can keep the K's in check, his power upside makes him a very exciting stash.
Five Other Prospects to Consider Stashing
- Justin Crawford, OF, PHI
- Jordan Lawlar, SS/3B, ARI
- Carson Williams, SS, TB
- Sal Stewart, 3B/2B, CIN
- J.J. Wetherholt, SS, STL
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