Mid-Season Fantasy Baseball Prospect Rankings- 2nd Base

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Today marks the third day of an 11 article special that is designed to help get you all caught up and informed on MLB prospects for your fantasy baseball leagues. My colleague Brennen Gorman and I are going to be releasing mid-season top prospect lists for every position and we will release our lists on the following schedule:

Top 30 Catchers
Top 30 1st Baseman
Top 30 2nd Baseman
Top 30 Shortstops
Top 30 3rd Baseman
Top 25 Outfielders
Top 50 Outfielders
Top 150 Overall Hitters
Top 150 Overall Pitchers
Adam’s Disagreements – July 23th
Brennen’s Disagreements – July 24th

We have included a rough prime projection for each player as well as an estimated ETA. We tried not to include players that have cemented roles in the majors at the time of this writing, so guys like Juan Soto and Mike Soroka will not be included. Note that we place an emphasis on upside, namely power and speed guys, while also prioritizing closeness to the majors when the value is close. Feel free to ask questions or drop a comment, we are always happy to discuss! Without further ado, onto the list!

Rank	Player	Organization	Level	Age	Projection	ETA
1.	Garrett Hampson	Colorado Rockies	AAA	23	.296/.355, 11 HRs, 29 SBs	Late 2018
2.	Keston Hiura	Milwaukee Brewers	AA	21	.286/.340, 19 HRs, 6 SBs	Mid 2019
3.	Nick Madrigal	Chicago White Sox		21	.293/.342, 12 HRs, 18 SBs	2020
4.	Nick Solak	Tampa Bay Rays	AA	23	.277/.342, 15 HRs, 12 SBs	Late 2019
5.	Franklin Barreto	Oakland Athletics	AAA	22	.266/.317, 18 HRs, 14 SBs	Mid 2018
6.	Jahmai Jones	Los Angeles Angels	A+	21	.269/.339, 17 HRs, 19 SBs	2020
7.	Luis Urias	San Diego Padres	AAA	20	.290/.342, 10 HRs, 9 SBs	Late 2018
8.	Brandon Lowe	Tampa Bay Rays	AAA	23	.271/.353, 18 HRs, 4 SB	Mid 2019
9.	Shed Long	Cincinnati Reds	AA	22	.262/.328, 17 HRs, 10 SBs	Late 2019
10.	Cavan Biggio	Toronto Blue Jays	AA	23	.253/.364, 21 HRs, 5 SBs	Late 2019
11.	Max Schrock	St. Louis Cardinals	AAA	23	.289/.332, 7 HRs, 7 SBs	Late 2018
12.	Gavin Lux	Los Angeles Dodgers	A+	20	.271/.343, 16 HRs, 8 SBs	2021
13.	Louis Rengifo	Los Angeles Angels	AA	21	.264/.331, 8 HRs, 18 SBs	2020
14.	Isan Diaz	Miami Marlins	AA	22	.238/.337, 22 HRs, 6 SBs	Late 2019
15.	Kevin Kramer	Pittsburgh Pirates	AAA	24	.268/.337, 16 HRs, 4 SBs	Mid 2019
16.	Dawel Lugo	Detroit Tigers	AAA	23	.272/.316, 13 HRs, 5 SBs	Late 2019
17.	Vidal Brujan	Tampa Bay Rays	A	20	.282/.347, 8 HRs, 18 SBs	2021
18.	Esteury Ruiz	San Diego Padres	A	19	.256/.316, 19 HRs, 12 SBs	2022
19.	Rylan Bannon	Baltimore Orioles	A+	22	.256/.342, 22 HRs, 3 SBs	2020
20.	Ramon Urias	St. Louis Cardinals	AA	24	.272/.334, 16 HRs, 4 SBs	Mid 2019
21.	Domingo Leyba	Arizona Diamondbacks	AA	22	.275/.338, 10 HRs, 4 SBs	Late 2019
22.	Esteban Quiroz	Boston Red Sox	AA	26	.275/.342, 12 HRs, 3 SBs	Late 2018
23.	Luis Garcia	Washington Nationals	A	18	.279/.316, 9 HRs, 14 SBs	2022
24.	Eguy Rosario	San Diego Padres	A+	18	.261/.312, 13 HRs, 7 SBs	Late 2022
25.	Ezequiel Duran	New York Yankees	ROK	18	.265/.306, 18 HRs, 5 SB	2022
26.	Yunior Severino	Minnesota Twins	ROK	18	.247/.296, 18 HRs, 1 SBs	Late 2023
27.	Kean Wong	Tampa Bay Rays	AAA	23	.253/.330, 7 HRs, 8 SBs	Late 2018
28.	Eddy Diaz	Colorado Rockies	ROK	18	.273/.335, 3 HRs, 23 SBs	2023
29.	Ronny Rojas	New York Yankees	ROK	16	.268/.340, 13 HRs, 6 SB	2023
30.	Enmanuel Valdez	Houston Astros	A-	19	.255/.335, 9 HRs, 13 SBs	2022

Adam’s thoughts:

• Garrett Hampson’s skillset is very fantasy friendly, combining plus contact skills (well above-average 5.9% swinging-strike rate for the season split between AA and AAA) with 70 grade speed and developing power. Add in the prospect of playing half of his future games at Coors Field and you have the look of a fantasy stud.
• Nick Madrigal is the top 2B prospect from the 2018 MLB draft, and he is the only one that appears on this list. He offers a pretty similar skillset to Garrett Hampson, with perhaps an even better hit tool (doesn’t benefit from Coors Field though) but less speed. He should be a quick mover with his advanced approach and contact skills at the plate and could be on a similar timeline as guys like Andrew Benintendi and Alex Bregman out of College.
• Nick Solak (who is in the picture above) is having a breakout year after being acquired as part of the 3-way deal between the Tampa Bay Rays, the Arizona Diamondbacks, and New York Yankees, and offers a well-rounded fantasy skill set. He currently ranks among the leaders in the Southern League in multiple hitting categories including wOBA and wRC+.
• Max Schrock has done nothing but hit for average throughout his minor league career, but a notable lack of power is starting to appear with just a .092 ISO for the season in the Pacific Coast League which is a big reason along with a lack of patience that he’s posted a below-average 86 wRC+ for the season.
• Vidal Brujan of the Tampa Bay Rays is showing a nice mix of contact skills plus patience and speed that should make him an intriguing potential leadoff hitter going forward. He currently has 30 SBs on the season in just 316 PAs. Luis Garcia of the Washington Nationals has a fairly similar profile but is less patient and has been less efficient on the bases to date.
• Ramon Urias is the older brother of the San Diego Padres prospect Luis Urias, and Ramon joined the flyball revolution last year in the Mexican League to great success and has found reasonable success in North America this year too.
• There’s a large group of interesting teenagers at the bottom of the top 30 list, Ezequiel Duran and Yunior Severino are perhaps the most interesting due to plus raw power that they may tap into more frequently as they develop.