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Top 130 Prospect Rankings for 2019 Fantasy Baseball Redraft Leagues

RotoBaller's 2019 top 130 rankings of MLB prospects for fantasy baseball. As of February, this is our ranking of rookies and call-ups to make fantasy impacts.

Prospects. For fantasy baseball enthusiasts, we are always looking to know about the next wave of prospects, rookies and call-ups. More than most other sports, baseball gives us a fresh influx of rookie talent every single year. Impact prospects are called-up both before and during the MLB season. Knowing about the right prospect, and drafting/adding him at the right time, can be a difference maker and league winner (see Juan Soto, Jack FlahertyAaron Judge and Cody Bellinger).

During the MLB preseason, it's key for fantasy baseball owners to understand who the top prospects are heading into their drafts - and to also know which minor leaguers are next in line for a call-up throughout the year. MLB rookies can get called up at any time really, and make huge impacts for MLB teams and fantasy baseball owners alike. It's an exciting time for everyone involved.

As always, we here at RotoBaller HQ are helping you prepare to dominate. Today we're bringing you our top prospects -- straight from the minds of Ellis Canady, Jon Denzler and Michael Grennell. So without further ado, below you will find our preliminary rankings of the top 2019 fantasy baseball prospects. As of February, this is our ranking of rookies that we feel will make fantasy baseball impacts in 2019.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources:

 

Top 2019 Fantasy Baseball Prospects - Redraft Leagues

Over the next few days and weeks, we will continue to publish more fantasy baseball prospect analysis columns so stay tuned. You can also read about dynasty prospect rankings in our 2019 fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. There you will also find early staff rankings for mixed leagues, points leagues, dynasty leagues, dynasty prospects and more. Bookmark it!

* Any players marked with an asterisk are technically no longer rookie eligible, but we chose to rank them here regardless since they are so close to rookie eligibility and we still consider them prospects for fantasy baseball purposes. Most of these players exceeded rookie eligibility due to the "Days on Roster" limit, not the AB/IP limits for rookies.

Rank Player Pos Team Michael Jon Ellis
1 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 3B TOR 1 1 1
2 Victor Robles OF WAS 2 4 2
3 Eloy Jimenez OF CHW 3 3 3
4 Fernando Tatis Jr. SS SD 4 2 4
5 Nick Senzel 2B/3B/OF CIN 5 7 6
6 Jesus Luzardo SP OAK 18 8 9
7 Peter Alonso 1B NYM 10 20 10
8 Austin Riley 3B ATL 7 14 20
9 Dylan Cease SP CHW 8 15 24
10 Bo Bichette SS TOR 20 16 12
11 Forrest Whitley SP HOU 37 5 8
12 Kyle Tucker OF HOU 34 10 7
13 Luis Urias 2B SD 21 19 11
14 Garrett Hampson 2B COL 14 11 28
15 Brendan Rodgers SS COL 15 22 18
16 Touki Toussaint SP ATL 6 24 25
17 Mike Soroka SP ATL 26 17 16
18 Kyle Wright SP ATL 25 9 26
19 Yordan Alvarez OF HOU 35 12 13
20 Francisco Mejia C SD 9 37 17
21 Carter Kieboom SS WAS 31 13 21
22 Alexander Reyes SP/RP STL 24 30 15
23 Alex Verdugo OF LAD 16 23 34
24 Mitch Keller SP PIT 23 39 14
25 Keston Hiura 2B MIL 44 28 5
26 Brent Honeywell SP TB 39 21 22
27 Triston McKenzie SP CLE 28 31 23
28 Willie Calhoun* OF TEX 11 41 33
29 Christin Stewart OF DET 17 40 37
30 Jo Adell OF LAA #N/A 32 #N/A
31 Danny Jansen C TOR 13 68 19
32 Jon Duplantier SP ARI #N/A #N/A 36
33 Chris Paddack SP SD 71 6 32
34 Justus Sheffield SP SEA 54 29 27
35 Josh James SP HOU 57 27 31
36 A.J. Puk SP OAK #N/A 25 53
37 Sean Reid-Foley SP TOR 27 38 56
38 Jonathan Loaisiga SP NYY 47 44 30
39 Monte Harrison OF MIA 29 46 51
40 Corbin Martin SP HOU #N/A #N/A 43
41 Kevin Newman SS PIT 22 53 62
42 Yusniel Diaz OF BAL 51 45 42
43 Bryse Wilson SP ATL #N/A #N/A 46
44 Luiz Gohara SP ATL 59 36 44
45 Ryan Mountcastle SS BAL 68 35 49
46 Andrew Knizner C STL 30 18 109
47 Nathaniel Lowe 1B TB #N/A 62 45
48 Luis Rengifo 2B LAA #N/A 43 64
49 Griffin Canning SP LAA 65 42 54
50 Logan Allen SP SD 61 47 55
51 Nick Neidert SP SEA 56 54 #N/A
52 Sandy Alcantara* SP MIA 55 76 38
53 Tony Gonsolin SP LAD 36 85 48
54 Jesus Sanchez OF TB #N/A 57 #N/A
55 Daz Cameron OF DET 70 50 52
56 Rowdy Tellez 1B TOR 33 100 40
57 Dan Vogelbach* 1B SEA 45 92 39
58 Kevin Kramer 2B PIT 48 70 #N/A
59 Brandon Lowe 2B TB 32 105 41
60 Christian Walker* 1B ARI 49 80 50
61 Dakota Hudson RP STL 69 66 47
62 Billy McKinney* OF TOR 62 #N/A #N/A
63 Anthony Alford OF TOR #N/A #N/A 63
64 Cionel Perez SP HOU 66 52 72
65 Justin Dunn SP SEA #N/A 64 #N/A
66 Yu Chang SS CLE 80 48 #N/A
67 Austin Hays OF BAL 84 77 35
68 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B PIT 99 34 66
69 Casey Mize SP DET #N/A 67 #N/A
70 Oscar Mercado OF CLE 81 56 65
71 Richie Martin SS OAK 73 71 60
72 Taylor Trammell OF CIN 42 96 #N/A
73 Dawel Lugo 3B DET 41 97 #N/A
74 Spencer Turnbull SP DET 52 86 #N/A
75 Sean Murphy C OAK 58 79 74
76 Josh Naylor 1B SD 46 82 83
77 Michael Chavis 3B BOS #N/A 65 77
78 Albert Abreu SP NYY #N/A 63 80
79 Kolby Allard SP ATL 86 59 70
80 Lucas Erceg 3B MIL #N/A 60 87
81 Nick Madrigal 2B CHW #N/A 74 #N/A
82 Alex Faedo SP DET #N/A 51 98
83 Zack Burdi RP CHW #N/A #N/A 75
84 Zack Collins C CHW 89 78 58
85 Anthony Banda SP TB 75 75 76
86 Austin Dean OF MIA 40 112 #N/A
87 Stephen Gonsalves SP MIN 64 73 92
88 Bobby Bradley 1B CLE 78 81 73
89 Lewis Thorpe SP MIN #N/A #N/A 79
90 Jorge Mateo 2B/SS/OF OAK 60 95 84
91 Cavan Biggio 2B TOR #N/A 55 105
92 Alex Kirilloff OF MIN 100 61 #N/A
93 JoJo Romero SP PHI #N/A #N/A 82
94 Brent Rooker 1B MIN 97 88 67
95 Daniel Johnson OF CLE #N/A 84 #N/A
96 Ian Anderson SP ATL 91 #N/A 78
97 Andres Gimenez SS NYM #N/A #N/A 86
98 Adam Haseley OF PHI #N/A 106 68
99 Yency Almonte* SP COL 87 #N/A #N/A
100 Dillon Tate SP BAL #N/A #N/A 88
101 Keibert Ruiz C LAD 94 69 104
102 Adbert Alzolay SP CHC #N/A #N/A 89
103 Nick Pratto 1B KC #N/A 89 #N/A
104 Matt Thaiss 1B LAA 98 99 71
105 Adolis Garcia OF STL 88 91 #N/A
106 Peter Lambert SP COL #N/A 90 90
107 Ranger Suarez SP PHI #N/A #N/A 91
108 William Smith C LAD 82 107 85
109 Drew Jackson SS BAL 63 109 103
110 Nico Hoerner 2B CHC #N/A 94 #N/A
111 Mauricio Dubon SS MIL 90 87 107
112 Nick Gordon SS MIN 93 #N/A 97
113 Cristian Pache OF ATL #N/A #N/A 95
114 Wil Crowe SP WAS #N/A #N/A 96
115 Corey Ray OF MIL 96 102 94
116 Isan Diaz 2B MIA 92 93 108
117 Gavin Lux SS LAD #N/A 98 #N/A
118 Beau Burrows SP DET #N/A #N/A 99
119 Shed Long 2B SEA 95 103 #N/A
120 Jose Suarez SP LAA #N/A #N/A 100
121 Kyle Lewis OF SEA #N/A #N/A 101
122 Jose Siri OF CIN #N/A #N/A 101
123 Buddy Reed OF SD #N/A #N/A 102
124 Chris Shaw 1B SF #N/A 104 #N/A
125 Nolan Jones 3B CLE #N/A 107 #N/A
126 Luis Robert OF CHW #N/A 108 #N/A
127 Cal Quantrill SP SD #N/A 110 #N/A
128 Victor Victor Mesa OF MIA #N/A 113 #N/A

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