With over 200 teams spanning three countries and two continents, Minor League Baseball is bigger and better than ever. Assuming ~25 players on each team, that’s over 5000 players playing the greatest game in the world at the professional level! These athletes work hard daily to achieve one goal: to become a Major Leaguer. While each player is worthy of recognition for their ongoing commitment to greatness, only a select few can be Prospects Of The Month!
With the weather officially heating up around the country, the ball is flying out of Minor League ballparks. It seems like every night we’re seeing multi-homer games across each level, and the ERA’s are slowly starting to creep up, as all of these hot bats victimize pitchers. Not everyone is on a heater, but those who are are the June Prospects of the Month!
C: Reiner Herrera, CLE
After coming stateside ahead of the 2025 season, Guardians’ prospect Reiner Herrera is making a return to the Complex League, only this time, as a 20-year-old in his fourth season as a pro. The early results are very encouraging, and Herrera is in the midst of a major breakout early in 2026. In June, Herrera slashed .396/.532/.875, tallying ten extra-base hits (6 HR) with 17 RBI, four steals, and more walks than strikeouts. He’s now got 11 homers in 35 games, doubling his previous career-high (5 in ’25) while also nabbing ten stolen bases, the most of his career. In his case, I’m not overly concerned about age-to-level, as even as a 20-year-old in the Complex, he’s certainly not the oldest player at the level. Herrera is a likely candidate for a promotion in the next few weeks, as he should move to Low-A.
1B: Carter Graham, CIN
Unlike Herrera, Graham is among the older players in High-A, having already turned 24, with his 25th birthday upcoming in September. Still, it’s hard to overlook what the former Stanford Cardinal did for the Dayton Dragons this month. Graham hit .354, belting 11 homers and adding six doubles in just 23 games. His 1.319 OPS was the highest single-month OPS of his career, and Graham now owns a 1.064 OPS for the season, easily the best he’s put together at any point. There’s nothing actionable with Graham on the dynasty front; it’s just really hard to ignore such a monster month.
2B: Juan Martinez, MIL
The Brewers’ system is chock-full of high-end prospects, headlined by consensus #1 overall prospect, Jesús Made. Down in the Complex, a new middle infielder is drawing plenty of attention: 19-year-old Venezuelan-born Juan Martinez. Following two seasons in the DSL, Martinez has come to the US and is putting on a show. In 19 June games, Martinez hit .400 with seven doubles and five homers, adding 8 steals on 11 attempts. Among qualified Complex League hitters, Martinez ranks inside the Top 10 in batting average, hits, doubles, strikeouts (17), steals, OPS, and wRC+. It’s hard to say how much long-term fantasy impact we will see out of Martinez, but the last Brewers’ prospect to experience this level of a breakout was…Jesús Made.
SS: Jefferson Rojas, CHC
Rojas was one of the best hitters in the Minors in April, but struggled a bit in May, hitting just .225 with a sub-.700 OPS. With May behind him, Rojas destroyed Double-A pitching in June. The Cubs’ top prospect slashed .340/.382/.600 with seven homers and 24 RBI in 24 games for Knoxville. His seven-homer month represents the most in any single month of his career and pushes his season-long total to 13, a new career best. Rojas is doing everything right, hitting for average and power, playing outstanding defense, and contributing on the bases. With 64 games played in Double-A, Rojas is a candidate to see a bump to Triple-A Iowa at some point in July.
Jefferson Rojas, last 30 days:
118 PA
.379 AVG
.426 OBP
.689 SLG
13 XBH
9 HR
9 SB
7.6% BB
12.7% K#Cubspic.twitter.com/5WsaF5fEjp— The Toolshed Podcast (@ToolshedPod) June 25, 2026
3B: Andrew Fischer, MIL
2025 first-rounder Andrew Fischer has had quite a pro debut, but he turned his performance up a notch in June. The former Tennessee Volunteer belted nine homers in his first 20 games, racking up a .333 batting average and a 1.341 OPS. The 22-year-old also received his second promotion of the season, getting the bump to Double-A Biloxi earlier this month. Perhaps the most important development is that Fischer is slowly cutting into his strikeout rate, which once sat over 40%. There’s no questioning the raw power Fischer possesses; rather, it’s a question of whether he will make enough contact to maximize his skills.
OF: Joshua Baez, STL
A slow start to 2026 had several people concerned about Baez, a 2025 breakout who had a lot of helium this spring. After all, Baez made significant gains with his contact rates last season, finally getting the bat to the ball enough to realize his power potential. That power potential has shown out in a big way. This month, the 24-year-old mashed ten homers and added six doubles, slugging .700 on the month. That’s now back-to-back ten-homer months for Baez, whose season HR total sits at 26 in just 69 games played. With the power has come some regression in contact, however. His overall contact rate is 67.2%, down nearly 10% year over year, while the K-rate has jumped from 20.6% in 2025 up to 30.5% this season. Baez is now overdue for a promotion to the Majors, which could come any day now, especially with how hot the bat has been. Baez should be considered a Top 50 fantasy prospect and is a priority add in redraft upon his promotion.
Joshua Baez has done it again! It's his 24th home run of the season:
EV: 111.1 MPH
LA: 19°
Distance: 376 ft. pic.twitter.com/ERb6NQVwbD— Kareem Haq (@KareemSSN) June 19, 2026
UTIL: Héctor Rodríguez, OF, CIN
Rodriguez has had no shortage of excitement this month, adding to his resume ahead of a potential call-up to the Majors. The 22-year-old outfielder hit .296 in June with eight homers and a pair of steals. The final line is very impressive, but the individual performances along the way were even better. On June 10th, Rodriguez hit for the cycle in a 20-5 win over Iowa. The next night, he had a second consecutive four-hit night, posting his first multi-homer game of the season. In a two-game span, Rodriguez went 8-for-12 with a double, a triple, three homers, 12 RBI, and 20 total bases, raising his batting average from .273 to .291 in 48 hours. We’ve seen Rodriguez go on heaters like this before, and once he gets hot, he stays hot. Don’t be surprised to see him in the Majors very soon.
SP: Kade Anderson, SEA
The winner of the Kade Anderson Pitcher of the Month award is….Kade Anderson! We’re going to keep this very short: Kade Anderson is a star. Pitching in his first pro season, Anderson made four starts in June, winning all of them with a 0.79 ERA. He allowed two earned runs this month, walked three hitters, and struck out 32, his third consecutive month with at least 30 Ks. For 2026, Anderson is 8-0 with a 1.22 ERA and a 37.2% K-BB rate. In addition to the razor-thin ERA and absurd K-BB rate, Anderson is getting whiffs over 38% of the time, with hitters chasing a third of the time, while pounding the zone to the tune of a 69.2% strike rate. Anderson will be in the Mariners’ rotation at some point in 2026 and should be your priority stash in all redraft leagues.
Kade Anderson had everything working tonight. Final line: 6IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 8K, 12 whiffs, 70 pitches, 50 strikes.
Anderson’s scoreless streak up to 27.2 innings.
Anderson in 12 starts:
1.02ERA, 61.2IP, 32H, 8BB, 90K. pic.twitter.com/09njE3mzX8— Mariners Minors (@MiLBMariners) June 20, 2026
