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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 Flaherty, Aaron 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.
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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 |
