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Chris Clegg's top 2B prospect sleepers for 2025 fantasy baseball drafts. His top second base MLB prospects to target as fantasy baseball draft sleepers.
It is time to begin prep for the 2025 fantasy baseball season. We here at RotoBaller are here to help as always, and today we're looking at top 2B prospects and call-ups that can make fantasy impacts this year! Fantasy baseball prospects can play a significant role in helping your redraft teams win. They are a risky demographic, but you will reap major rewards if they pan out.
While the second base position is relatively shallow on the MLB side, several prospects could provide significant returns. However, if you play in a deeper redraft format like a 50-round draft and hold league, this position is full of prospects who could spend the second half of the season with their respective teams.
Let's discuss the top second base prospects you need to know for 2025 fantasy baseball.
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Kristian Campbell, MI/OF, Boston Red Sox
Age 22, 6-foot-3/191 pounds, Triple-A
Campbell had an extraordinary year, and there is a clear reason multiple big outlets named him Minor League Player of the Year.
Ascending from High-A to Triple-A by the season's end, Campbell slashed .330/.439/.558 in 517 plate appearances. Campbell blasted 20 home runs and had 32 doubles and three triples to have an impressive 55 extra-base hits. Early in the year, Campbell traded his strong contact skills for power.
In the first two months of the season, Campbell had a contact rate below 73 percent, which was a massive outlier from what he had been throughout his playing career. Month by month, Campbell found a way to blend his strong contact skills with impressive power gains.
From June forward, his overall contact rate was north of 82 percent, with an in-zone mark near 90 percent. He finished the season with a 78 percent overall mark and an 83 percent in-zone contact rate. The plate discipline was evident as well by a 21 percent chase rate.
The power gains were also real this year, as Campbell posted a 90th-percentile exit velocity of around 106 mph. He hit HRs as far as 450 feet with exit velocities north of 113 mph. He learned to elevate the ball more this year, thanks to an offseason swing change, and the home runs showed up as Campbell hit 20 in 2024.
Built like an NFL wide receiver, Campbell is an incredible athlete and leader on and off the field. He is the clubhouse presence that teams want, and given his performance in 2024, he checks nearly every box.
His versatility on the field should allow him to find a spot in the Red Sox lineup as soon as Opening Day 2025, where he should impact the game with power and speed.
Christian Moore, 2B, Los Angeles Angels
Age 22, 6-foot-1/210 pounds, Double-A
Moore has hit pretty much his entire collegiate career at Tennessee, hitting over .300 and having an OBP north of .440 in all three seasons. The power gradually developed, but this year, he took off. Moore mashed 34 home runs and had 55 extra-base hits in 72 games.
Hitting the ball as hard as anyone in the class, Moore posted a 96 mph average exit velocity and a 112 mph 90th percentile. Handling all pitch types well was another important marker for Moore, who had an OPS north of 1.000 against high velocity, spin, and offspeed pitches.
The contact improvements were also notable. Having a pretty scary 65 percent overall contact rate and 75 percent in-zone in 2023 left questions about how his profile would work. This year, Moore saw his overall contact rate jump to 77 percent and the in-zone to 83. The question is, is it sustainable?
Solid chase rates of around 23 percent each of the last two years show good pitch recognition and why he runs high OBPs. Moore lifts the ball with ease but does not pull it often. It did not matter this year, as he hit 34 HR. But it is something to watch.
Moore jumped into pro ball and performed, dominating in Single-A and Double-A. He seemed destined to make his MLB debut in 2024 if not for a meniscus injury. He did return and look fine in the final game of the 2024 season. Don’t be surprised when you see Moore suiting up for the Angels early in 2025.
Nick Yorke, 2B/OF, Pittsburgh Pirates
Age 22, 6-foot/200 pounds, MLB
Yorke was traded from Boston to Pittsburgh at the trade deadline and was on base in 33 of his 40 games in the Pirates org, earning a promotion to the majors on September 16.
Finally, having a healthy 2024 season, Yorke posted a .303/.385/.449 slash line in the minors with 12 home runs and 33 doubles. Yorke also stole 21 bases while posting impressive contact rates.
Yorke has made significant strides in the power department, posting an average exit velocity north of 91 mph and a 90th percentile above 105 mph. Both of these marks show above-average power.
Yorke pairs it with respectable contact rates, which have also been strong, with an overall mark north of 79 percent and 86 percent in-zone. Yorke knows the zone well and shows strong pitch recognition. He is not chasing often and has strong swing rates on pitches he can drive.
Yorke does not show major swing-and-miss issues against breaking balls either, with a contact rate of 74 percent, a pretty good mark for breaking balls. Given his time in the majors, Yorke looks like the front-runner to be the Pirates' starting second baseman heading into 2025.
Juan Brito, MI, Cleveland Guardians
Age 23, 6-foot/202 pounds, Triple-A
It has been an interesting career arc for Brito, who was just a name in the Rockies org, even after being traded to Cleveland. Brito exploded onto the scene in his first entire season, moving from High-A to Triple-A by year’s end. After a relatively slow start to the season in 2024, it seemed like people just saw him as an afterthought again.
Meanwhile, the season-long slash finished at just .256/.365/.443, and Brito ended the year with an OPS north of .800 for the second straight year. The power continued to develop as Brito hit 21 home runs and had 40 doubles across 144 Triple-A games.
Through his first 33 games of 2024, Brito was slashing just .174/.342/.287. After that date, his swing rate jumped five percentage points, which may not seem like much, but it has made all the difference.
He walked 12 percent of the time and struck out just 15 percent of the time over those 88 games with a slash of .278/.371/.484 with 18 home runs, 36 doubles, and 12 stolen bases.
The contact rates have been good all year, with a 78 percent overall mark and 85 percent in-zone. The exit velocity data is not off the charts, but it is pretty close to average, with an 88 mph average exit velocity and a 102 mph 90th percentile. The power plays up beyond the exit velocities due to a healthy fly-ball rate and a 47 percent pull rate.
Chase Meidroth, INF, Chicago White Sox
Age 23, 5-foot-10/170 pounds, Triple-A
If you evaluate players strictly based on their appearance, Meidroth does not have the physicality you might want to see. He appears shorter than his listed height/weight. But Meidroth does not let that affect him on the field, as he plays well above his body.
The former fourth-rounder out of San Diego has done nothing but hit his entire career. One of the more passive hitters in baseball, he swung at just 30 percent of pitches seen while chasing at a 17 percent clip. The contact skills are the name of the game, as Meidroth posted an 88 percent overall contact rate, which jumped to 93 percent on pitches in the zone.
While the contact skills are firmly plus, the power is closer to a 30 grade. Meidroth checked in with a 101 mph 90th percentile exit velocity. The average exit velocity did take a step forward in 2024, up to 88.5 mph from 87 in 2023. His swing path is more conducive to ground balls and line drives, as Meidroth had just a 25 percent fly-ball rate in 2024.
The approach is one to all fields, hitting more balls the opposite way than to the pull side. The profile is pretty limited from a fantasy perspective. Meidroth is a below-average runner who will likely not steal many bases, and the batted ball profile/projection does not suggest more than a 10-home-run bat. The hit tool is stellar, and the OBP skills will allow Meidroth to play well in a fantasy points format, but he likely profiles more as a utility bat.
The good news is now that he is in Chicago, he should have a better chance of getting significant playing time in 2025.
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