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Fantasy Baseball Prospects Stash List: Ready to Make a Splash for Redraft Leagues (Week 3)

Nick Kurtz - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Prospects

Chris's fantasy baseball prospects to stash list for Week 3 of 2025. HIs top MLB prospects and rookie sleepers to make fantasy impacts this year when called up.

Welcome, friends, to the 2025 MLB season, and my weekly article about fantasy baseball prospects to stash heading into Week 3. This week's article discusses prospects like Bubba ChandlerNoah CameronLogan HendersonNick Kurtz, and more who are ready to make a splash in redraft leagues this year.

Winning in a fantasy baseball redraft league requires a nice blend of high-floor players and upside shots. While prospects do present more risk in a one-year setting like a redraft league, if they hit, they pay big dividends. The reward could be huge if these players get adequate playing time and perform.

Throughout the season, there will be plenty of prospects who will get promoted and make an impact on their respective MLB teams and fantasy teams. Getting ahead of the curve on these players can pay huge dividends when it comes to FAAB bids. You can save money and have your league mates question how you are already in on that player so far in advance. Here are this week's fantasy baseball prospects to stash. These players can make a splash in redraft leagues for the rest of the 2025 season and will debut in the big leagues soon.

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Bubba Chandler, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates

We are inching closer and closer to a Chandler call-up as he continues to build up innings. In his most recent start, he threw 61 pitches and was dominant. Chandler allowed just one hit across four scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and two walks. Chandler landed 76 percent of his pitches for strikes and generated 12 whiffs on 39 swings.

He added 15 more called strikes for a 44 percent CSW.

From an arsenal standpoint, Chandler was highly impressive, featuring a fastball that averaged 98.6 mph and touched 100 mph with 19 inches of IVB and ten or more inches of run. He touched 22 inches of IVB twice, and considering the 5-foot-8 release height, Chandler’s fastball is a 70-grade offering.

He pairs it with a changeup that tunnels well off the fastball and has excellent fading action, sitting in the upper 80s. It averages 17 inches of arm-side fade with a late tumbling action. The slider could end up being a 70-grade pitch if he harnesses the command of it, as it sits anywhere from 87-90 with a strong gyro shape.

Few pitchers have three pitches as strong as Chandler’s arsenal.

In 2024, Chandler tossed a dominant 119 2/3 innings with a 3.08 ERA, backed by a 3.10 FIP. Chandler struck out over 30 percent of the batters he faced and walked just 8.6 percent. Chandler's most notable improvement over the last year has been with his command and strike-throwing ability.

Landing 65 percent of his pitches for strikes, Chandler misses plenty of bats and also showed the ability to land pitches for called strikes as the season wore on.

Chandler is poised to make a pretty strong 1-2 at the top of the Pittsburgh rotation with Paul Skenes.

 

Noah Cameron, LHP, Kansas City Royals

After starting off his first Triple-A season last week shaky with several walks, Cameron bounced back in a big way on Tuesday, tossing six scoreless innings with two hits, one walk, and five strikeouts. Through 11 innings in Triple-A, Cameron now has just one earned run allowed with 11 strikeouts and a sub-one whiff.

We are now looking at a three-year improvement in fastball velocity. In 2023, Cameron sat at 91 mph; last season, he averaged 92.3 mph, and this year, he is sitting close to 94 mph, which is very notable. Cameron is also pounding the strike zone, running a strike rate around 65 percent.

The changeup and curve have both been nice bat-missing pitches this year. The changeup sits around 82 mph with nice depth and fade. It has an elite 31 percent swinging-strike rate on it this season as the pitch has north of 12 inches of arm-side run.

The curve gets a pretty nice drop in the 79-83 mph range with a little bit of horizontal movement. Outside of the changeup, Cameron does lack a pitch with much east-west movement, but the cutter he is featuring more is a nice bridge pitch.

Cameron should be pitching in Kansas City at some point soon, even though the rotation seems locked in. The fit would be Michael Lorenzen sliding into a long relief role.

 

Logan Henderson, RHP, Milwaukee Brewers

Given the Brewers’ rotation situation, people have been clamoring for Henderson to get a shot in Milwaukee. Instead, the team traded for Quinn Priester and has a starting rotation of Tyler Alexander and Chad Patrick to pair with Priester behind Freddy Peralta. With eight Milwaukee arms on the shelf, it might be time for Henderson to get a shot.

After being blown up for five earned runs in four innings in his first start and uncharacteristically walking five batters in his second start, Henderson dominated in his most recent start. He struck out eight batters for the third straight start and did not allow a hit in five innings of work.

The walks are still high, but Henderson landed 62 percent of his pitches for strikes, which is a good indication that he is still himself. He had a 69 percent strike rate in 2024.

Henderson leads with his fastball that averages 92.5 mph and tops at 94 while averaging 17 inches of IVB from a 5-foot-3 release height. The flat VAA of -4.1 helps miss bats at the top of the zone. Despite sitting south of 93 mph, it plays well.

The changeup is his bread and butter, though. It averages a devastating 18 inches of arm-side movement with good carry and about 11 mph of separation from the fastball. Henderson occasionally mixes in a cutter that sits between 87 and 88 mph with short horizontal movement and good carry. He occasionally throws 83 mph sliders that are like death balls because of the zero IVB and zero horizontal movement.

I would not be surprised if Henderson got the call soon. The rotation needs an injection, and Henderson could be what the Brewers need.

 

Nick Kurtz, 1B, Athletics

It is only a matter of time at this point. Kurtz keeps hitting and is up to six home runs with an impressive .386/.426/.909 slash line in 48 trips to the plate in Triple-A. Could we see him in Sacramento soon?

Kurtz is no stranger to high-level performance. In all three seasons at Wake Forest, Kurtz put up numbers. He finished his college career with 61 home runs in 164 games, including 22 this season in 54 games. Having a strong eye at the plate, Kurtz finished his Wake career with a .510 OBP and 189 walks to just 130 strikeouts over 784 plate appearances.

The lefty currently has a 90th percentile exit velocity of 108.5 mph with an average exit velocity of 98.8 mph. Yes, you read that correctly. Kurtz can mash, but he also makes a ton of contact, running an 86 percent in-zone contact rate. His approach is sound, checking every box you want to see from a hitter.

Tyler Soderstrom is off to a hot start while playing first base for the Athletics, having six home runs with a .354/.426/.771 slash. Where will Kurtz fit? Naturally, Brent Rooker can play left field. He played outfield for ten years from college, even into the majors.

Soderstrom and Kurtz could split time between first and DH. Oh, and Kurtz has even played a little outfield himself. Good bats find their way into the lineup.



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