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The Stash List Week 6: Top 10 Pitching Prospects to Stash in 2025

top 10 pitching prospects to stash in redraft league

John Villavicencio
Dynasty 5/3/2025

The Pitcher Edition of the Stash List highlights the 10 best pitching prospects likely to make an impact during the 2025 season.

Prospects are often thought of as only holding value in dynasty formats. However, knowing which prospects hold value for the current season can help set you apart in redraft leagues. Several have a 2025 ETA, and getting ahead of the curve on rostering these prospects is a key part of roster management. Last year, we saw more pitching prospects make their debut than ever before, and there is no reason we should expect to see anything change in 2025. Keep reading to find out the top ten pitchers you should stash in your redraft leagues.

 

Ground Rules

  • The Stash List is for your redraft leagues and does not consider impact beyond 2025.
  • Only current minor league players who are expected to make an impact this season are included.
  • Upside, proximity, health, and opportunity are all weighed for each player.
  • The focus is on 12-team leagues with standard categories.
  • Rankings and roster percentages will be updated weekly.
  • Stats will be updated weekly for all players through Thursday’s games.

 

The Stash List

 

Graduates/Call-Ups

The following prospects got the call to the major leagues within the last week:

Noah Cameron KCR was the star of the day with 6.1 innings in his one-hit shutout win. His WHIP turned out well, but it hides five walks from a 58% strike rate. It’s nice to see pitchers thrive without high velocity, as his slider had four whiffs and his 89 mph cutter got three whiffs. He also benefited from an aggressive Rays lineup that made an out or put the ball in play on one of the first three pitches for 16 out of the 25 batters faced. If Cameron is sent down, it likely won’t be for too long.

Chase Petty CIN – I was most excited about Petty making his debut, but he was pounded for nine earned runs, including two home runs on breaking pitches in the middle of the zone. It was a one-game audition that hopefully brought learning opportunities, such as how to make a greater impact with the 11 whiffs. He finished his debut after 2.1 innings with nine earned runs allowed on seven hits, two walks, and three strikeouts.

AJ Blubaugh HOU was betrayed by poor timing and a lack of control, as he also gave up two home runs, one being a grand slam. Blubaugh got 16 whiffs, but also gave up nine hard hits. Blubaugh will be sent down, but he should be back given the small signs of positivity in his outing. The final line included four innings, five hits, seven runs with only two earned, one walk, and six strikeouts.

Mike Burrows was recalled and optioned within three days without throwing a single pitch..

Turns out the Boston Red Sox have no problem hitting sub-90 mph fastballs, as seen in the debut of Doug Nikhazy. He was optioned back to Triple-A after allowing six earned runs on five hits and five walks over three innings.

Brandon Young took a small step forward in his second start (4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 6 K) before being optioned back down to Triple-A.

Stephen Kolek is putting up serviceable numbers (24 IP | 6.48 ERA |18 K% | 3.6 BB%) in Triple-A and is being listed as a tentative starter for San Diego over the weekend. I would be more excited for fellow 40-man rostermate, Henry Baez, to get the call. Baez is in Double-A, posting great numbers ( 22.2 IP| 3.18 ERA | 30 K%| 4.4 BB% ).

Logan Evans gave Seattle the stable outing they needed from a starter with his six-pitch mix. He allowed two runs on three walks, three hits, including one home run. He also struck out three batters with four whiffs. Evans likely gets a start on Sunday and could be a longer-term play with Kirby out.

Blade Tidwell NYM is likely making his debut on Sunday in St. Louis. 20 inches of IVB on a 96 mph fastball and 20 inches HB on the sweeper. This dude is legit!

Gunnar Hoglund ATH will debut Friday. Check out the film from his latest Triple-A start to assess if there is any growth in the Major Leagues.

Since many pitchers below will be on the stash list for the foreseeable future, let’s dig deeper into a different part of their profile each week. This week, we will include game film for you to review alongside release height and extension from year to year, when available.

 

Top 10 Pitching Prospects to Stash

 

1. Bubba Chandler, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates

2025 AAA Stat line: 25.1 IP | 1.42 ERA | 39.6 K% | 7.7 BB%

2024 MiLB Stat line: 119.2 IP | 3.08 ERA | 30.9 K% | 8.6 BB%

 

As we head into May, this is the last week Roy Bubba Chandler can be considered an easy stash as he stacks up solid outings, bringing more attention to his ascendance. Putting aside any service time implications, Chandler is not quite up to a big league pitch count quite yet. In 2024, he didn’t throw over 80 pitches until mid-June. This season, he is likely marching towards that marker by mid-May. The Pirates will definitely factor the health of their rotation and their team performance into the exact timing of his call-up. In his favor for an earlier debut, his principal competition for a roster spot, Braxton Ashcraft or Thomas Harrington, has an ERA above 5.00. Brief degression to shout out Hunter Barco, Double-A starter, who is crushing it in 2025 with a 45 K% and 4 BB% over 14.1 innings.

Chandler offered two memorable sequences in his April 25th start. My first favorite moment for Chandler was not on one of his pitches. The play came off a weakly hit ball to the first baseman when he sprinted to the bag to beat the runner and complete the putout. In addition, he had a 1-2-3 inning following the Indians putting up a crooked number on the scoreboard with ten hitters coming to the plate in the second inning. Displaying competitiveness and athleticism are additional indicators that will serve him well in the Major Leagues. For this start, Chandler finished five innings without giving a run on one hit, zero walks, and four strikeouts. He has limited hard hits, and if there is ever any contact, it is almost always on the ground.

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Chandler is throwing a more balanced set of pitches in the early part of this season. The main trend is that the velocity is up on his pitches and that he is sustaining that velocity deeper into each game. He also appears to be releasing the ball a touch higher, which could be an indicator of a small tweak in mechanics. No matter what changes he has consciously made, the opponent is not catching up. Righties and lefties are hitting a paltry .375 OPS and .413 OPS against him, respectively. Suppressing fly balls has also been a strength, as seen in his 55% ground ball rate. Strikeouts and weak contact are snowballing the momentum for his call-up as more eyes see his latest performance.

In his May 1st start, Chandler was Cy Young material for the first 11 hitters he sat down to highlight the high level of dominance he can exert on the opposition. Although he was using his typical pitch mix of the four-seamer, slider, and changeup, there was an extra degree of crispness with his delivery. Chandler had a 72% strike rate throughout those first 11 batters and only reached ball three for two of the 17 batters he faced in the game. Further illustrating his command, he generated 16 whiffs and nine strikeouts. The only cracks in his armor started in the fourth inning when he allowed a string of four consecutive hitters to reach base via two doubles, a single, and a walk. He fought back to finish the fifth inning with a strikeout on a 100 mph fastball at the top of the zone. Chandler finished with a 66% strike rate on 71 pitches, three hits, one earned run, one walk, and those nine juicy strikeouts.

 

2.  Zebby Matthews, RHP, Minnesota Twins

2025 AAA Stat line: 18.2 IP | 1.45 ERA | 32.4 K% | 4.1 BB% 

2024 MiLB Stat line: 97.0 IP | 2.60 ERA | 30.5 K% | 1.9 BB%

 

Daniel Zebulon Matthews was not at his finest in his latest start on April 27 against Columbus. He walked a career-high four batters in the game, three in the third inning alone. At first watch, it appeared his velocity was down, but the Statcast data shows that he was at his usual 96 mph. Although he did get squeezed on a few edge strikes, he was far from efficient with a 57% strike rate. Typically, he hovers around 75%, so something was off for Matthews in this game.

As mentioned in previous stash list articles, Matthews is extremely consistent. Consistent mechanics, consistent control. For 2025, he has increased his velocity up a tick on most of his pitches, and he has decreased his use of the change and curveball. He has also maintained a similar batted ball profile, with the opposition putting balls in the air 35% of the time and on the ground at a 44% rate. Matthews is not getting burned by the lack of strikeout stuff, as seen by the lackluster .500 OPS of batters against him. He gets a chance to redeem himself on May 3 on the road against the Columbus Clippers.

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3. Jacob Misiorowski, RHP, Milwaukee Brewers

2025 AAA Stat line: 29.2 IP | 1.82 ERA | 33.6 K% | 11.5 BB%

2024 MiLB Stat line: 113.0 IP | 3.03 ERA | 34.2 K% | 10.0 BB%

 

Jacob Misiorowski is doing his best to get the call-up tomorrow to the Major Leagues. This season, he has vastly improved his 2024 sub-60% strike rate, locking in the command like he did on April 27th when he had a 72% strike rate on 67 pitches. Volume is all the way up for the Nashville Sounds righty, hitting 98 mph on his fastball into the fifth and topping out 100 mph on the night. He generated 13 whiffs and nine strikeouts over five innings. In addition to having the strikeout machine rolling, Misiorowski displayed toughness after overcoming adversity in the third inning when he faced runners on the corners with no outs. Unsurprisingly, he struck out the next three batters with his devastating slider and fastball.

On the surface, Misiorowski is throwing the same pitches as he did in 2024, just more frequently in the zone. He is coming in at a tick down on his fastball, yet still maintaining a 33% whiff rate on the pitch. Also down are his release heights, which may be an intentional effort to increase their vertical break. The lower height could also originate from a longer extension, as his landing foot falls further down on the mound. Regardless, the 6’7″ hurler is pairing his elite stuff with consistent mechanics to deliver a spectacular 2025 season.

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4.  Joe Boyle, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays

2025 AAA Stat line: 20.0 IP | 2.25 ERA | 29.9 K% | 13.0 BB%

2025 MLB Stat line: 5.0 IP | 0.00 ERA | 38.9 K% | 11.1 BB%

 

With an expanded understanding of the stash list, Joe Boyle makes his debut in the top ten as a solid proximity stash. Boyle is a 6’8″ right-handed pitcher who is infamous for control issues, as seen by his double-digit walk rates and the number of wild pitches in his career. The fantasy community became enthralled by the promise of joining the Rays’ pitching development team after an offseason trade from the Athletics. The sample size is still too small to assess any sustainable growth, but it has been mentioned numerous times by Eno Sarris that Rays pitchers are often instructed to utilize one target for all of their pitches. Although this cue could simplify his mechanics and focus, it is not always easy to apply in practice. The pitch chart for Boyle’s last Major League appearance shows that all seven of his splitters landed up and out of the zone, the opposite corner of where a splitter typically lands. For his Minor League appearances, he has less than a 60% strike rate, which leads to a higher number of non-competitive pitches and an early exit from the game.

Boyle has plenty of strikeout upside despite the control problems. He primarily uses a 99 mph fastball and slider, while occasionally mixing in the splitter. The fastball velocity has been up more consistently as he builds to a starter workload, and it is currently achieving a 44% whiff rate. He has a low release point of six feet for his height, which helps play up the 16 inches of induced vertical break. His other featured pitch, the slider, achieves a 36% whiff rate with its sharper action of no more than three inches of glove-side break on average. The splitter is not as consistent this season with its 19 inches of arm-side break, which is achieving a 27% whiff rate thus far. With his big-time power stuff, fantasy managers with Boyle on their roster are hoping he can lock in the control to produce quality starts and maintain his streak of double-digit whiffs.

In his latest start, Boyle did earn a quality start with so-so results. He gave up back-to-back home runs on 98 mph fastballs in the middle of the zone, but also produced 15 of his total 18 whiffs on the pitch. In this game, Boyle was essentially down to two pitches as he did not have the feel for the splitter, with zero whiffs and zero of them landing in the zone. Despite the loud contact and five hard-hit balls, he was able to battle back for his highest pitch count (87) on the season to complete six innings with four hits, two walks, two earned runs, and six strikeouts.

 

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5. Andrew Painter, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies

2025 A+, AAA Stat line: 11.1 IP | 3.97 ERA | 26.7 K% | 2.2 BB%

2024 MiLB Stat line: 15.2 IP | 2.30 ERA | 30.5 K% | 6.7 BB%

 

Andrew Painter is inching ever so closely to a mid-summer debut. As he continues to return from a July 2023 Tommy John surgery, we measure progress in pitches thrown rather than just focusing on the results. The May 1st game represents the first time he has pitched into the fourth inning this season. The Phillies are nudging up the frequency of his games, now less than one week apart, and pitch count, now over 40 pitches per appearance.

In a matchup of aces against Trey Yesevage, Painter was the lesser of the two pitchers. Yesavage put everyone on his game after he struck out nine hitters over six dominant innings with 14 whiffs, mainly with a 95 mph fastball and changeup. On the other side, Painter left a few fastballs over the middle of the plate that were planted into the stands for home runs.

Painter is pounding the zone, now completing three games in a row with over a 71% strike rate. One notable feature early on this season is his reliance on the fastball, which he uses over 60% of the time. I would imagine that the four-seamer is an easier pitch to throw and of lesser concern for stressing the throwing arm. In this most recent game, he abandoned the changeup and shunned the slider, throwing it only four times. These pitches have a higher stress level on the arm and grip, therefore, representing a strategy of last resort so early on in his rehab. If Painter gets the call-up to the Major Leagues, I would foresee that a requirement would be for him to have access to all of the pitches in his arsenal. For now, we can monitor his progress in the Minor Leagues next Thursday, where he is likely to start with Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs.

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6. Logan Henderson, RHP, Milwaukee Brewers

2025 AA Stat line: 20.0 IP | 2.70 ERA | 36.7 K% | 13.9 BB%

2025 MLB Stat line: 6.0 IP | 1.50 ERA | 42.8 K% | 4.8 BB%

 

The stock is way up for Logan Henderson after a spectacular Major League debut against the Athletics on April 20. The changeup averaged 18 inches of arm-side break and led the way with seven whiffs out of the 13 total on the day. Surprisingly, the 93 mph four-seamer also performed well with six whiffs. Perhaps, the pitch does well due to its low release height, giving it a boost to its typical 17 inches of induced vertical break. His final line of one earned run over six innings on three hits and one walk was punctuated by nine strikeouts.

Six days later, he brought the whiffs out again with 19 on the day against the Durham Bulls. The fastball and changeup combination was humming all over again, limiting the opposition to four hard hits, including one home run. Both of the last two home runs he has allowed came off the 92 mph four-seamer. The pitch is typically much stronger, given its .237 xWOBA over 161 pitches in the Minor Leagues this season.

In addition to the increased whiff rate, Henderson has seen changes to his batted ball profile. In his 20 Minor League innings, he has increased his ground ball rate 6 percentage points to 31% while simultaneously dropping his fly ball rate 11 points to 41%. He will get another audition to join the Brewers rotation on May 2 on the road against the Gwinnett Stripers.

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7. Noah Schultz, LHP, Chicago White Sox

2025 AA Stat line: 23.2 IP | 3.42 ERA | 22.6 K% | 12.3 BB%

2024 MiLB Stat line: 88.1 IP | 2.24 ERA | 32.1 K% | 6.7 BB%

 

This is the time to pick up and stash Noah Schultz as he is being unleashed on Double-A hitters with sustained success. For the first time in his professional career, Schultz completed six innings and threw over 90 pitches. This is a small, yet positive indication that the Chicago White Sox are building his innings to call him up this season. To his credit, Schultz is performing well with the higher pitch counts from start to start. At the end of his day, Schultz was fired up as he came off the mound to finish his six innings with a strikeout on a 98 mph fastball. His performance is matching the hype, but we do need to adjust our expectations.

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos utilized an attack plan of swinging at pitches in the zone early in the count. Schultz has typically been a ground ball pitcher this season, but he gave up twice as many fly balls as ground balls in this game. With his strength of populating the lower third of the zone with strikes, Schultz was very accurate on the day with a 72% strike rate. This accuracy led to 13 whiffs, six strikeouts, only two walks, and his first win of 2025.

Schultz has a cross-body, low arm angle delivery that naturally leads his pitches to finish on his glove side. It would be interesting to see Statcast data to assess how much horizontal movement he generates to his arm-side to counteract any hitters sitting on that part of the zone. Currently, hitters have a .300 average against him, with more damage being done by righties (.349 AVG) than lefties (.167 AVG). Nevertheless, Schultz has allowed only three doubles and 24 singles on the season to quell any concerns that he is giving up hard contact.

*Sadly, there is no publicly available Statcast data in Double-A. :(

 

8. Ian Seymour, LHP, Tampa Bay Rays

2025 AAA Stat line: 31.1 IP | 2.01 ERA | 29.9 K% | 6.3 BB% 

2024 MiLB Stat line: 113.0 IP | 3.03 ERA | 34.2 K% | 10.0 BB%

 

The wily “veteran” Ian Seymour is showing different sides to his game by succeeding in different ways. After completing his sixth start, the strikeout rate is beginning to level off, but is still solid at 30%. Yet, his latest start generated only six whiffs and three strikeouts, with many more balls in play going for outs. The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp hit ten fly balls to eight ground balls against Seymour in the game, which didn’t include any zero extra base hits. Having said that, Seymour earned his third win by limiting the hard contact and spreading out the hits over six innings of shutout ball.

Seymour continues to move the ball all around the strike zone. The curveball is breaking off at 15 inches to his glove side, while the changeup is countering to his arm side with 17 inches of break. He mirrored his typical pitch usage in this game, but the mediocre fastball and solid changeup only managed two whiffs each. In Major League action, we are witnessing prospect pitchers with a lower fastball velocity experience success a la Logan Henderson and Noah Cameron. Seymour is staying within himself, displaying a consistency from year to year with velocity, extension, and release height all being carbon copies.

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9. Cade Horton, LHP, Chicago Cubs

2025 AAA Stat line: 23.0 IP | 1.17 ERA | 32.6 K% | 14.0 BB%

2024 MiLB Stat line: 34.1 IP | 4.46 ERA | 28.0 K% | 9.1 BB%

 

Cade Horton is a 2022 first-round draft pick out of Oklahoma, building back after a shoulder injury concern in 2024. Before the time off, Horton was considered the Cubs’ top pitching prospect with an expected debut in 2024.  He blends in two fastballs along with a slider, curve, and changeup. His velocity is back up to 96 mph with 15 inches of induced vertical break, sometimes reaching an elite level of 21 inches. He also has good balance in horizontal movement, as the slider gets just over 12 inches of glove-side break while the changeup goes the other way on average, 14.5 inches. The only box left for Horton to check is to maintain health as his pitch count escalates from start to start.

On April 29th, Horton defied his historical spotty control to complete six innings for the first time in his professional career. He managed nine whiffs and five strikeouts to balance out the one walk and three hits, including one solo home run. Excitingly, Horton touched 97 mph on the radar gun while the slider had four whiffs on its own and generated up to 19 inches of glove-side break, at times. The lone earned run allowed came on a homer to Joey Loperfido, who hit a 96 mph fastball over the opposite field wall. In the face of this early hole, Horton demonstrated resiliency by allowing only three baserunners and three more hard hits the rest of his outing. Another indicator of his current strong health is that he came back out after a lengthy Iowa Cubs 5th inning when they sent ten hitters to the plate. He sat down the Buffalo Bisons with a 1-2-3 inning to cap off his night.

For 2025, Statcast shows that Horton has added a new pitch and changed up the frequency of his pitches. The sinker is new to his arsenal and appears to have a similar release point and extension as his four-seamer but with more movement. He is throwing the changeup less often this year, but it is coming in closer to the plate with a little more spin on it. His velocity is up on the whole, and the results have been great.

The Central division-leading Cubs are the highest octane offense in the Major Leagues with a fantastic run differential. This season’s team is poised to not only get into the playoffs but also go far. Having an asset like Horton ready to debut is a huge value for a team that lost one of their aces, Justin Steele, for the year, and has questionable depth after a setback to Javier Assad’s return. Horton is hovering around career highs in pitch counts, so inevitably, fans will begin to wonder why he should waste those throws in the Minor Leagues. Horton is a solid stash with the sustained high velocity and great blend of movement on his pitches.

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9.  Caden Dana, RHP, Los Angeles Angels

2025 AAA Stat line: 25.2 IP | 2.45 ERA | 28.7 K% | 9.3 BB%

2024 MiLB Stat line: 135.2 IP | 2.52 ERA | 27.4 K% | 7.3 BB%

 

Poise best describes what Caden Dana is displaying in Triple-A games this season for the Salt Lake Bees. He presents a calm presence on the mound and has been building up to a 100-pitch count in the early part of the season. The final line looks a tad bit worse than what could otherwise be considered a quality start. He actually faced two hitters in the seventh inning, but failed to record an out, and the reliever allowed those two runners to score. Dana finished six innings, allowing two earned runs on four hits and three walks with five strikeouts.

Dana is still allowing too many fly balls for my taste, yet the historical data shows that he is within his normal batted ball profile of 40-45% fly ball rate and 35-40% ground ball rate. His pitch mix leans heavily on the fastball that gets a boost in perceived velocity from his longer extension. In this past game, the pitch didn’t have the same bite with a tick down in velocity and a few inches less of induced vertical break. The late-breaking sharp slider did most of the damage with five whiffs in the game.

The hope will be that Dana can refine the third pitch and use it to build in different movements and landing spots in the zone. It is also a wonder why he doesn’t throw the changeup more frequently, given its suitable 11 inches of arm-side break and 63% whiff rate. Left-handed hitters are currently seeing Dana well, with their .825 OPS compared to right-handed hitters having a .525 OPS against him.

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On The Bubble

Here are the next several pitchers that were in consideration for inclusion on this week’s list:

Shane Drohan BOS, Chase Burns CIN, Rhett Lowder CIN, Sean Linan LAD (Dynasty add), Luinder Avila KCR, Liomar Martinez MIA (Dynasty add), Carlos Rodriguez MIL, Brandon Sproat NYM, Jonah Tong NYM, Jack Wenninger NYM (Dynasty add), Cam Schlittler NYY (Dynasty add), Griffin Herring NYY (Dynasty add 26 whiffs on 5.1), Robby Snelling MIA, Seth Johnson PHI, Quinn Mathews STL (Began throwing program) & Trey Yesavage (Dynasty add likely to get promoted from A+ soon).

 

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