Format = Place Participant | Age on 4/1/2025 | Highest Stage Performed | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. 1B Jac Caglianone | 22 | A+ | 2026
Introduced as a two-way participant on draft night time, Caglianone was deployed first within the professionals as a full-time hitter after slashing .419/.544/.875 with 35 residence runs in 66 video games for Florida. The well-developed, left-handed school bat made a pleasant match at sixth general for a Royals group on the rise. With Vinnie P on the gradual nook, Caglianone might maybe faux left area till he figured it out if needed. The arm would even play in proper as soon as he’s accustomed to the angles, however at 6’5” 250 lbs, he could not have the mobility to be taught on the fly on the market. He didn’t blow the doorways off the leagues he’s performed as a professional however did pop 5 homers in 21 video games within the Arizona Fall League.
2. SS Austin Charles | 21 | A | 2027
In 44 video games from July 11 by way of season’s finish, Charles slashed .316/.404/.477 with 4 residence runs and 11 stolen bases. He’s an ideal instance of why I like the sport logs as a result of despite the fact that I bear in mind he got here on at season’s finish, it’s good to see it in black and white like this after the mud settles. Charles is a plus athlete with simple pace and energy at 6’5” 215 lbs, so when he begins to place it collectively, even over a small pattern dimension, it is smart to sit down up in your chair just a little. His full season line was good for a 121 wRC+ anyway, however .257/.353/.386 simply doesn’t have the identical wow issue to it, and it doesn’t inform the story of a participant enhancing all year long and incomes his subsequent problem.
3. C Blake Mitchell | 20 | A+ | 2027
The eighth general choose within the 2023 draft, Mitchell is a left-handed energy hitter at 6’1” 202 lbs who frames and receives with a gradual calm behind the dish. Within the field, he brings an all-or-nothing method of endurance and energy, which netted him 18 residence runs and a 30.5 p.c strikeout fee in opposition to a 17 p.c stroll fee in 106 Low-A video games. He additionally stole 25 bases and earned a 141 wRC+. Nonetheless, I don’t love the method from a developmental perspective. I wish to see guys take dangers with their contact abilities, be taught and develop their zone by attempting new issues, stunning themselves with a optimistic end result on a pitch just a little off the plate. Watching numerous pitches has compounding advantages as effectively, I admit, however I’d wish to see a man actually be taught the superb factors of his swing by way of an accumulation of stay reps. TLDR (though I suppose why are you continue to right here R-ing if the paragraph is TL): I feel swinging quite a bit is best than swinging little or no for very younger hitters, however I can admit there are a number of paths to the appropriate steadiness of selective aggression and get in touch with abilities.
4. C Carter Jensen | 21 | AA | 2026
You might copy and paste most of Mitchell’s blurb right here, as Jensen is a left-handed hitting catcher who’s good on protection and employs a particularly affected person method within the batter’s field. He walked 15.2 p.c of the time in 84 Low-A video games however swung just a little extra in Double-A, the place he walked at an 8.8 p.c clip in 41 video games. He hit 18 homers and stole 17 baggage in these 125 video games throughout two ranges, slashing .259/.359/.450 alongside the best way. Might flip he and Mitchell if proximity is your recreation, though each gamers are racing towards a crimson gentle so long as Salvador Perez wears the gear.
5. SS Yandel Ricardo | 18 | DSL | 2029
Ricardo’s a switch-hitter at 6’1” 180 lbs who signed for $2.4 million however struggled to get it going by way of 45 video games within the Dominican Summer season League, slashing .213/.330/.366 with two residence runs and 14 stolen bases. We are able to forgive a hiccup or two from a switch-hitting shortstop with pedigree and plate abilities, and Ricardo struck out simply 17.3 p.c of the time in opposition to a 12.8 p.c stroll fee.
6. 2B OF Javier Vaz | 23 | AA | 2025
A barely Altuvian left-handed hitter at 5’6” 151 lbs, Vaz makes a ton of contact. He walked extra (14%) than he struck out (11.5%) in 115 Double-A video games whereas hitting eight residence runs and stealing 16 bases in 19 makes an attempt, good for a 118 wRC+. If there’s even a tiny uptick in energy, Vaz might be a Kwan-esque on daily basis possibility for Kansas Metropolis and fantasy mainstay for us.
7. OF Gavin Cross | 22 | AA | 2025
The ninth general choose in 2022, Cross bounced again from a slumpy 2023 to put up a 115 wRC+ in 101 Double-A video games in 2024. Would’ve been good to see him in Triple-A, however the 6’1” 220 lb lefty ought to open the 2025 season there with an opportunity for a mid-season debut in Kansas Metropolis.
8. C Ramon Ramirez | 19 | CPX | 2029
Ramirez was dominant in his debut DSL season, strolling (14%) greater than he struck out (12%) in 41 video games (150 PA) and slashing .344/.440/.615 with eight residence runs and 6 stolen bases. He got here again to earth a bit on the advanced this season however nonetheless slashed .265/.379/.459 with seven residence runs in 49 video games. A six-foot righty at 180 lbs, he’s obtained just a little room on the body so as to add power and would possibly make himself a pretty commerce chip with a sizzling begin.
9. OF Tyler Gentry | 26 | MLB | 2024
Gentry’s prospect inventory is low in dynasty leagues, however I’m within the streaky 6’0” 210 lb right-handed hitter and suppose he might do exactly sufficient to be serviceable for our functions if given the prospect on the proper second. He’s been a league-average hitter in Triple-A every of the previous two seasons with 32 homers and 22 steals in these 260 video games.
10. OF Asbel Gonzalez | 19 | AA | 2027
Regardless of the title, it is a skinny speedy centerfielder with a boatload of upside. His energy is theoretical at this level, however the plate abilities and steals are in place already. In 41 video games on the advanced, Gonzalez slashed .285/.398/.384 with zero residence runs and 22 steals. The group appreciated his work sufficient to name him as much as Double-A once they wanted a defensive middle fielder, which fits in my e book as a fairly large win for his profession arc.
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