Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects to Stash (Redraft): Eric Cross' Rookie Rankings for Week 12

June 20, 2025

Eric Cross' top 25 fantasy baseball prospects to stash in redraft for Week 12 (2025). His updated MLB rookie rankings for prospect call-ups to make 2025 impacts.

Well, we finally received the promotion of Roman Anthony last week after clamoring for it all season. The universal top overall prospect is now in Boston, and I hope to never have to include him again in these prospect stash rankings.

But Anthony wasn't the only notable promotion over the last week, as we also got Jacob Misiorowski, Christian Moore, and Brady House, the latter of which was reported on Sunday night.

These prospect rankings are for 2025 redraft value only. These are MLB prospects who could potentially make a fantasy baseball impact in 2025 redraft leagues. You can also see our top fantasy baseball dynasty prospects rankings for longer-term outlooks and our 2025 fantasy baseball rankings dashboard for all other league formats.

Top 25 Prospects to Stash in Redraft Leagues

My prospect write-ups are below the rankings. These rankings are for 2025 redraft value only, not dynasty. These are MLB prospects who could potentially make a fantasy baseball impact in 2025.

Promoted Last Week: Roman Anthony (BOS), Brady House (WAS), Jacob Misiorowski (MIL), Christian Moore (LAA)

Honorable Mentions (Hitters): Bryce Eldridge (SFG), Jett Williams (NYM), Kevin Alcantara (CHC), Owen Caissie (CHC), Harry Ford (SEA), Jhostynxon Garcia (BOS), Brice Matthews (HOU), Sterlin Thompson (COL), Yanquiel Fernandez (COL).

Honorable Mentions (Pitchers): Thomas Harrington (PIT), Nolan McLean (NYM), Jonah Tong (NYM), Brandon Sproat (NYM), Carson Whisenhunt (SFG), Luis Morales (ATH)

Fantasy Baseball Prospect Rankings Analysis

Samuel Basallo, Baltimore Orioles

With Anthony now in the Majors, the top hitting prospect to stash for this season is Samuel Basallo. In 43 Triple-A games this season, Basallo has smashed 14 home runs with a .264/.371/.588 slash line. His quality of contact metrics have also been elite this season, with a 93.7 mph AVG EV, 56.4% hard-hit rate, and a 21.8% barrel rate. Quality of contact metrics like that can help mask a 68% contact rate to some degree.

Samuel Basallo slugs his 11th homer of the year, with 6 of his past 7 @NorfolkTides hits going for extra bases 🔥

The @Orioles' top-ranked prospect is the youngest player at Triple-A and sports a .926 OPS in 36 games. pic.twitter.com/Bdy3pLGAgu

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) June 3, 2025

Basallo has been especially potent at the plate in the month of June, slashing .361/.439/.778 with five home runs in nine games. There's a fairly clear path to playing time for Basallo as well, which is surprising given how Baltimore has handled other prospects recently. Basallo could slot in primarily at first base with Ryan O'Hearn sliding to right field and Ramon Laureano to the bench. Basallo could also play some DH and back up Adley Rutschman once or twice a week.

Brady House, Washington Nationals

In the midst of the Rafael Devers trade drama and social media frenzy Sunday evening, the Washington Nationals promoted Brady House from Triple-A. House will take over at the hot corner for the Nationals, taking over for the light-hitting Jose Tena, who was slashing .248/.325/.365 with a 96 wRC+.

In Triple-A, House was really finding a groove of late. Over his last 19 games, House was slashing .383/.419/.642 with six doubles and five home runs, pushing his season line to .304/.353/.519 in 65 games with 15 doubles and 13 home runs. House is a bit on the aggressive side with below-average walk, zone contact, and overall contact rates, but there's above-average power in his profile with a 90.2 mph AVG EV, 45.7% hard-hit rate, and a 10.2% barrel rate.

I'm questioning how much AVG House hits for initially, but the power should be there, and he should get plenty of runs for the Nationals this summer.

C.J. Kayfus, Cleveland Guardians

C.J. Kayfus has been having a sneaky-good season so far in the minors, which has him knocking on the door to Cleveland. In 57 games between Double-A and Triple-A, Kayfus has slashed .333/.417/.587 with 14 doubles, eight triples, eight home runs, and three steals. He's been especially hot at the plate over the last month with 17 extra-base hits and a .340/.408/.623 slash line over his last 28 games.

Top 100 prospect C.J. Kayfus (@CleGuardians) takes 3-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer WAY out at Triple-A 😳

425 ft | 105.9 mph

Watch the rest of the action between the @CLBClippers and @BuffaloBisons FREE: https://t.co/lX9hi2VM6p pic.twitter.com/hJRRs2h8dz

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) June 13, 2025

The profile of Kayfus doesn't stand out or dazzle you, but he has a 50% hard-hit rate and 10.8% barrel rate in Triple-A, along with an 83% zone contact rate. For the season, Kayfus has walked 11.3% of the time while keeping his strikeout rate in check at 23.9%. With Kyle Manzardo struggling out of the DH spot, currently slashing .208/.289/.425, it wouldn't surprise me to see Cleveland make the switch to Kayfus over the next month or so.

Noah Schultz, Chicago White Sox

A week after Chase Burns got the bump to Triple-A, Noah Schultz is joining him at the level this week. In 12 starts for Double-A Birmingham, Shultz posted a solid 3.34 ERA across 56.2 innings. However, that came with a 1.59 WHIP, 23.2% strikeout rate, and a bloated 14.4% walk rate. If you've ever followed my work, you know that I start getting notably concerned when that walk rate rises above 12%.

The combination of a higher walk rate and depleted strikeout rate is definitely a concern right now for an arm who has been considered the top left-handed pitching prospect in the game for over a year. Schultz actually has nearly an identical SwStr rate as last season, but he's throwing fewer strikes and giving up nearly a hit per inning after allowing just 63 hits in 88.1 innings last season.

I'm fairly certain that Schultz debuts this season, and the long-term upside is still considerably high. But I'm also not rushing out to stash him right now as I anticipate struggles once he's up with the White Sox later this summer.

Jack Perkins, Athletics

The Athletics' pitching staff has been downright atrocious this season, with a 5.48 ERA overall and a 5.81 ERA over the last 30 days. With them falling out of the American League postseason picture over the last few weeks, it wouldn't be surprising to see them start to bring up some of their top prospects, specifically Jack Perkins, who has been pitching very well in Triple-A so far this season.

In eight starts in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League, Perkins has recorded a 3.23 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 9.6% walk rate, and a 38.9% strikeout rate. Perkins has been able to dominate with his mid-90s sinker and mid-80s slider while mixing in the occasional 4-seamer, cutter, and changeup. He's coming off a 12-strikeout performance last Thursday in which he had 21 whiffs, 20 of which combined on his slider or sinker.

Another name I wouldn't be surprised to see soon is Luis Morales, who has now made five starts in Triple-A.

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