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Tanner Banks is a fantasy baseball RP prospect sleeper and minor leaguer to know. Read our MLB prospects outlooks for fantasy baseball rookies and call-ups.
PROSPECT: Tanner Banks, RP, Chicago White Sox
ANALYSIS: An 18th-round pick out of Utah in 2014 by the White Sox, the lefty Banks made progress as a starter through the White Sox system, step by step. However, in 2019, Chicago saw the writing on the wall and moved the crafty lefty to a swingman role.
After the pandemic season, Banks has now pitched the last three years with Triple-A Charlotte, where the 31-year-old is 3.7 years older than the average International League player this season. Banks has worked as a multi-inning reliever, and improved control has allowed him to post strong numbers in 2023.
Overall, he's tossed 23 innings in 13 games, with a 3.13 ERA and 1.30 WHIP, but an impressive 30/3 K/BB rate. The performance earned Banks four MLB appearances earlier in the season with Chicago, and he's just been promoted back again.
VERDICT: No reason to jump on Banks as he's likely going to be a low-velocity reliever type, but he did post a 3.06 ERA and 1.13 WHIP over 53 major league innings in 2022, so don't refuse to believe if he shows success again this year.
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