Re-Drafting the 2010 Fantasy Baseball First Year Player Draft - Mike Trout, Nolan Arenado, Paul Goldschmidt, Jose Ramirez and more

Welcome to a new series here at Rotoballer from Benjamin Chase. This series will explore previous First-Year Player Drafts and potentially redraft those FYPDs, with the information received since. Perhaps this will change your opinion of future FYPD drafts, or it might just have you leaving dynasty baseball due to the unpredictability – but either […]

Dominic Keegan - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Dominic Keegan, C, Tampa Bay Rays ANALYSIS: The Rays drafted Keegan in the fourth round last summer out of Vanderbilt. Keegan’s draft season was his first chance to really showcase behind the plate as injuries had prevented him from doing much catching early in his collegiate career. Keegan’s bat was never in question, showing […]

Cole Wilcox - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Cole Wilcox, SP, Tampa Bay Rays ANALYSIS: Considered an incredibly elite prospect out of high school, Wilcox was in a strong prep arm class in 2018 and ended up at the University of Georgia, where he didn't get a lot of time on the mound between injuries and COVID before being selected in the […]

Frank Mozzicato - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Frank Mozzicato, SP, Kansas City Royals ANALYSIS: Many were surprised when the Royals called Mozzicato's name with the seventh overall selection in the 2021 draft. Mozzicato drew attention with four straight no-hitters in his senior year of high school, but few had him projected as a top-10 pick. The left-hander is repeating Single-A this […]

Evan Carter - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Evan Carter, OF, Texas Rangers ANALYSIS: A number of heads turned when the Rangers announced Carter as their second-round selection in the 2020 draft. In the COVID season, few had seen Carter play, and he was not highly ranked coming into the draft. Carter has been elite ever since, with a .290/.417/.478 minor league […]

Sterlin Thompson - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Sterlin Thompson, 3B, Colorado Rockies ANALYSIS: The 31st overall selection in last summer’s draft out of the University of Florida, Thompson has been known for his strong bat since his high school days, allowing him to be highly regarded despite defensive shortcomings. Thompson is a below-average runner, and his defensive instincts at the hot […]

Kumar Rocker - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Kumar Rocker, SP, Texas Rangers ANALYSIS: The Rangers owned the third overall pick in last summer's draft, but they had limited bonus pool funds, so while Kumar Rocker was a surprise pick to many when he signed for more than $2 million below slot, the pick made a lot more sense for the big […]

Do These Prospects Matter for Fantasy Baseball? Sterlin Thompson, Tanner Bibee, Kumar Rocker, Evan Carter and more

With the NFL draft happening this week, we are adding a bit of a draft pick theme to this week's six packs. There are three players that were top-10 overall selections, including one prior top-overall pick in this week's player profiles. We will take a look at season-long leaders in a couple of statistical categories […]

Justin Martinez - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Justin Martinez, SP, Arizona Diamondbacks ANALYSIS: When looking at a pitcher that has a 21.60 ERA, dynasty league owners typically check right out. However, the 21-year-old Martinez has really flashed outstanding raw stuff – it’s just a matter of getting it in the zone consistently. Originally signed in 2018 by the Diamondbacks out of […]

Emmet Sheehan - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Emmet Sheehan, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers ANALYSIS: Sheehan was perhaps the biggest eye-opener of the AFL. Originally drafted by the Dodgers in the sixth round of the 2021 draft out of Boston College, Sheehan never recorded eye-popping numbers in college, which made his emergence in 2021 (2.91 ERA across High-A and Double-A with 106 […]

Ben Kudrna - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Ben Kudrna, SP, Kansas City Royals ANALYSIS: A trendy pick for a breakout prospect this year, Kudrna was drafted in the second round of the 2021 draft by the Royals out of high school. After flashing impressive raw stuff in 2022 that didn’t quite show up in the results, many figured on him to […]

Tobias Myers - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Tobias Myers, SP, Milwaukee Brewers ANALYSIS: A guy who has been around the block plenty, Myers is now with his sixth MLB organization since the Orioles originally drafted the righty in 2016 out of high school in the sixth round. Myers is just 24, but needing to remain on the 40-man roster led to […]

Justin Lange - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Justin Lange, SP, New York Yankees ANALYSIS: Lange was a fireballing pitcher taken in the 2020 draft by the Padres before being traded to the Yankees last spring. Like most pitchers who hit peak velocity while in high school, his control was severely lacking, leading to many Yankees' top 30 lists excluding the 21-year-old. […]

Cole Young - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Cole Young, SS, Seattle Mariners ANALYSIS: A scout’s darling ahead of the 2022 draft, Young fell to the 21st overall selection despite many feeling he had some of the most impressive tools of any prep hitter available. He then slashed .367/.523/.517 over 17 games in his pro debut, setting the stage for this year. […]

Andy Pages - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Andy Pages, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers ANALYSIS: In a system as deep as the Dodgers’ is, the Cuban-born Pages can seem to fall off when he has a tough time adapting to the high minors, as Pages did in 2022 after crushing 31 home runs in High-A the previous year. The power was still […]

Chase Meidroth - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Chase Meidroth, 2B, Boston Red Sox ANALYSIS: A fourth-round pick last summer by the Red Sox out of the University of San Diego, Meidroth did nothing but hit in his pro debut, with a .316/.438/.540 slash line over 22 games. He’s continued that work to open 2023. The 21-year-old opened the season with High-A […]

Jordyn Adams - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Jordyn Adams, OF, Los Angeles Angels ANALYSIS: Adams has been one of the more impressive players to watch on the field since the Angels selected him 17th overall in the 2018 draft out of high school. The raw athleticism is absolutely tantalizing, but he’s yet to hit above .250 at a full-season stop or […]

Peyton Burdick - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Peyton Burdick, OF, Miami Marlins ANALYSIS: The Marlins selected Burdick in the third round in 2019 out of Wright State, and immediately his power made an impact, as he slugged 11 home runs in just 69 games in his pro debut that season. Burdick has struggled to have the same success with contact since, […]

Masyn Winn - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Masyn Winn, SS, St. Louis Cardinals ANALYSIS: Winn could have been a legit pitcher or hitter coming out of high school in 2020, but the Cardinals selected him in the second round and set out to develop his hitting. Winn’s arm is one of the strongest in the game, and his fielding has taken […]

Do These Prospects Matter for Fantasy Baseball? Peyton Burdick, Mason Miller, Jordyn Adams, Masyn Winn and more

Reviewing the publicly-available Statcast data for Triple-A and the Florida State League in Single-A, there are plenty of hitters and pitchers that stand out this week across minor league baseball. However, do those big numbers translate to a fantasy-viable player? After the first full week of lower-level minor league play and the second full week […]

Do These Prospects Matter for Fantasy Baseball? Jo Adell, Matthew Liberatore, Brandon Pfaadt and more

Welcome to the 2023 Minor League Baseball season, and to a new weekly prospects series here at RotoBaller. Each week, I will review top performers from fantasy baseball prospects across the minor leagues from the previous week. I'll highlight a six-pack of hitters and pitchers -- discussing if a player’s performance is “real,” if more […]

Brandon Pfaadt - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Brandon Pfaadt, SP, Arizona Diamondbacks ANALYSIS: The Diamondbacks drafted Pfaadt in the fifth (and final) round of the 2020 draft out of Bellarmine University (total student enrollment of just under 3,000). From the moment he got on the mound, he’s shown he was more than a small-school talent, however, showing four pitches that at […]

Gavin Williams - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Gavin Williams, SP, Cleveland Guardians ANALYSIS: If Williams had not had notable injury issues throughout college, he would have been in the running for a top-10 selection in the 2021 draft, but his work was impressive enough that he was still taken 23rd overall. That could quickly prove to be a significant bargain for […]

Ty Madden - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Ty Madden, SP, Detroit Tigers ANALYSIS: If Madden wouldn’t have been injured in his draft season, he would have potentially gone in the top 10 selections of the 2021 draft, rather than with the 32nd overall pick to the Tigers. He returned to the mound last season and picked up the pace slowly but […]

Andrew Abbott - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Andrew Abbott, SP, Cincinnati Reds ANALYSIS: A 2021 second-round pick out of the University of Virginia, lefty Andrew Abbott worked his way to Double-A last season for the Reds, but with multiple trades that brought in high-profile prospects, his excellent performance (159 K in 118 IP) was overlooked to a large degree. He opened […]

Chase Silseth - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Chase Silseth, SP, Los Angeles Angels ANALYSIS: Silseth enjoyed a meteoric rise through the Angels’ system in 2022, going from an 11th-round selection out of the University of Arizona in 2021 to making seven starts with the big league club a year later. The 6-foot righty uses a five-pitch mix but heavily leans on […]

Matthew Liberatore - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Matthew Liberatore, SP, St. Louis Cardinals ANALYSIS: An elite prospect coming out of high school, Liberatore was selected by the Rays with the 16th overall pick in 2018. The Rays traded him to the Cardinals as part of the deal that sent Randy Arozarena to Tampa Bay, so Cardinals fans have been wanting big returns from […]

Maikel Garcia - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Maikel Garcia, SS, Kansas City Royals ANALYSIS: After impressing in a nine-game MLB audition last season, Garcia competed for a role until the very end of spring. Rather than have him ride the bench, the Royals preferred Garcia get regular time in Triple-A, and he’s been producing. He has shown impressive patience at the […]

Jo Adell - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Jo Adell, OF, Los Angeles Angels ANALYSIS: Adell was awarded the Minor League Player of the Week in the first full week of minor league play, and it was well-earned as he homered in six straight games. Adell currently leads the minors with seven home runs on the season in nine games. The issue […]

Vaughn Grissom - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Vaughn Grissom, SS, Atlanta Braves ANALYSIS: Many fantasy owners backed off Grissom when he lost out on the Braves shortstop job out of spring training. However, he has taken the work in Triple-A in stride and is going to force his way onto the big league roster quickly with his offensive production across the […]