Every weekend, I will be posting about the minor leaguers you should be stashing on your team. This list will be arranged by impact for this year only. Players that will be called up sooner will be ahead of players with more talent who might only be called up late in the year. Prospects are a great way to stay ahead of everyone else rather you are in a dynasty league or a 10-team league. With the minor league season going we can start seeing some movement with this list. I have the same 10 guys but with more and more games to evaluate, new players will jump onto the list, while others could fall off entirely.
This week we saw Joe Jimenez get called back up. I believe he is here to stay. Id watch him over the next two weeks. If he pitches well, you might want to add him. He could be the Tigers closer before the end of June.
Anyway, let us get down to business.
Note: Players like Julio Urias are not on this list as they most likely not available in your league. Also Jose Berrios isn't on the list either as he is no longer a prospect and therefore cant be listed.
1) Josh Hader (Milwaukee Brewers, AAA) ETA: May
Since the last weeks rankings Josh Hader had two starts, pitching twelve innings, striking out nine, walking seven and allowing four Earned. He has been good not great. He is effectively wild and while he walks many batters, he does not get derailed. Even last year when he was walking nearly four batters per nine, he was not shelled often. Only in four of his twenty-five starts, he allowed four or more Earned Runs. If he can reign in the command, he could be a top 20 SP in his prime.
8 team AL Only 5×5 standard Roto:
Give:
Benintendi
Bundy
Stroman
Get:
Nelson Cruz
Manaea
Current roster:
C – Russell Martin
1b – Moreland
2b – Altuve
SS – Lindor
3b – Machado
If – Healy
Of – Betts
Of – Benintendi
Of – Haniger
Of – Kepler
Until – Gallo
DL – JD Martinez
DL – Wilson Ramos
Bn – Motter
Sp – McCullers
Sp – Stroman
Sp – Liriano
Sp – Devenski
Rp – Chapman
Rp – Bedrosian
Rp – Nate Jones
P – Justin Wilson
P – Keone Kela
Bn – Bundy
Bn – Daniel Norris
Bn – Shoemaker
Bn – Eduardo Rodriguez
Love Benintendi, but fear he may be a better real life player than fantasy, at least for now. Like what Bundys done so far, but like Manaea as well. Not as high on Stroman. What’s really holding me back is that I can keep Benintendi through 2018.
Pull the trigger or hold?
Id try Benintendiand either bundy or stroman for cruz. The 3 for 2 is fair but id rather make sure id win.
Baseball America has Pivetta and Lamet in their top 20 prospects of the week, A J Huk was No.1 but he is at High A
I hadnt seen that, so it makes me super happy to have them backing me.
Nic, I saw the disclaimer that Berrios is not on the list as he no longer qualifies as a rookie. That being said, where would he rank? He is tearing up the minors again… Thanks!
Top 2 for sure.
#2 or #3
Martes over De Leon ?
I have De Leon stashed in my dynasty, also Chad Kuhl. Is Martes better than both of those?
Personally I would rather have Martes than Kuhl