Prospects for Redraft Leagues

Prospects for Redraft and Draft-and-Hold Leagues

Single-Season (Redraft) and Draft-and-Hold drafts are underway and prospects always play a part in them. I’ve put together a list of baseball’s minor league players who should appear in the major leagues this season. Some of these players will have a greater impact than others either because of their talent level or for opportunity reasons. Good luck in all of your drafts this season and let me know if I missed any players in the comments section.

International Signings – These are players who have experience playing overseas and have signed as a free agent to play in the Major Leagues. Oftentimes, the outcomes of these players can range from superstar to DFA candidate. These players usually play right away and some can contribute to your fantasy team almost immediately.
Hyeseong Kim, SS, LAD
Shinnosuke Ogasawara, LHP, WAS
Roki Sasaki, SP, LAD
Tomoyuki Sugano, SP, BAL
Kai-Wei Teng, RHP, SFG

Injured Returnees – These are players who are coming back from injuries and, in some cases, have missed considerable time but are still prospects and may have been forgotten in your league.
Jasson Dominguez, OF, NYY
Jordan Lawlar, SS, ARI
Ronny Mauricio, SS, NYM
Endy Rodriguez, C/OF,  PIT
Drew Thorpe, RHP, CWS
Ricky Tiedemann, LHP, TOR

Recent Draft Picks – These are players who were picked in the 2024 MLB Draft and are on the fast track to their major league debut.  Keep in mind that most, if not all, of these players may not debut until later this season, if they even get the call to the majors. Their impact may be minimal due to their youth but surprises could happen.
Travis Bazzana, 2B, CLE
Chase Burns, RHP, CIN
Nick Kurtz, 1B, A’s
Christian Moore, 2B, LAA
JJ Wetherholt, SS, STL

Highly Ranked Prospects – These are the prospects who were in our Tier 1 and 2 rankings in January’s Team Top 50 Lists and should make an impact immediately if called up.
Tier 1
Roman Anthony, OF, BOS
Kristian Campbell, OF, BOS
Bubba Chandler, RHP, PIT
Dylan Crews, OF, WAS
Chase Dollander, RHP, COL
Bryce Eldridge, 1B, SFG
Walker Jenkins, OF, MIN
Jackson Jobe, RHP, DET
Rhett Lowder, RHP, CIN
Marcelo Mayer, SS, BOS
Coby Mayo, 3B, BAL
Aidan Miller, SS, PHI
Andrew Painter, RHP, PHI
Kumar Rocker, RHP, TEX
Noah Schultz, LHP, CWS
Matt Shaw, 3B, CHC
Carson Williams, SS, TB
Jacob Wilson, SS, OAK

Tier 2
Luisangel Acuna SS, NYM
Drake Baldwin, C, ATL
Moises Ballesteros, C, CHC
Tyler Black, 2B, MIL
Owen Caissie, OF, CHC
Justin Crawford, OF, PHI
Caden Dana, RHP, LAA
Chase DeLauter, OF, CLE
Drew Gilbert, OF, NYM
Tink Hence, RHP, STL
Cade Horton, SP, CHC
Brady House, 3B, WAS
Xavier Isaac, 1B, TB
Jace Jung, 2B, DET
Luke Keaschall, 2B, MIN
Orelvis Martinez, SS, TOR
Quinn Mathews, LHP, STL
Jacob Misiorowski, RHP, MIL
Colson Montgomery, SS, CWS
Jeferson Quero, C, MIL
Emmanuel Rodriguez, OF, MIN
Dalton Rushing, C, LAD
AJ Smith-Shawver, LHP, ATL
Robby Snelling, LHP. MIA
Brandon Sproat, RHP, NYM
Kyle Teel, C, CWS
Hurston Waldrep, RHP, ATL
Jett Williams, OF, NYM
Nick Yorke, 2B, PIT
Cole Young, SS, SEA

Others of note

Catchers
Diego Cartaya, C, MIN
Jordan Dissin, C, PHI
Rafael Marchan, C, PHI
Drew Romo, C, COL

Infielders
Nacho Alvarez Jr., SS, ATL
Adael Amador, SS, COL
Gavin Conticello, 3B/1B, ARI
Deyvison De Los Santos, 3B, MIA
Justin Foscue, 2B, TEX
Alex Freeland, SS, LAD
Otto Kemp, 2B/SS, PHI
Tyler Locklear, 3B, SEA
Marco Luciano, SS, SFG
Kyle Manzardo, 1B, CLE
Ivan Melendez, 1B, ARI
Agustin Ramirez, C/1B, MIA
Ryan Ritter, 2B, COL
Thomas Saggese, 2B, STL
Romeo Sanabria, 1B, SD
Javier Sanoja, SS, MIA
Trey Sweeney, SS, DET
James Triantos, 3B/OF, CHC
Cayden Wallace, 3B, WAS
Brock Wilken, 3B, MIL

Outfielders
Kevin Alcantara, OF, CHC
Hunter Bishop, OF, SFG
Ryan Clifford, OF, NYM
Jeremy De La Rosa, OF, WAS
Yanquiel Fernandez, OF, COL
Robert Hassell III, OF, WAS
Heston Kjerstad, OF, BAL
Jakob Marsee, OF, MIA
Victor Mesa Jr, OF, MIA
Tirso Ornelas, OF, SD
Everson Pereira, OF, NYY
Andrew Pinckney, OF, WAS
Andrew Pintar, OF, MIA
Sterlin Thompson, OF, COL
Zac Veen, OF, COL

Pitchers
Mick Abel, RHP, PHI
Sam Aldegheri, LHP, LAA
Braxton Ashcraft, RHP, PIT
Ben Brown, RHP, CHC
Joey Cantillo,LHP, CLE
Cade Cavalli, RHP, WAS
Moises Chace, RHP, PHI
Coleman Crow,RHP, MIL
Richard Fitts, RHP, BOS
Drue Hackenberg, RHP, ATL
Thomas Harrington, RHP, PIT
Seth Johnson, RHP, PHI
Jack Leiter, RHP, TEX
Ty Madden, RHP, DET
Zebby Matthews, RHP, MIN
Adam Mazur, RHP, MIA
Griff McGarry, RHP, PHI
Nolan McLean, RHP, NYM
Michael Mercado, RHP, PHI
Chase Petty, RHP, CIN
Tekoah Roby, RHP, STL
Anthony Solometo, LHP, PIT
Tyler Stuart, RHP, WAS
Jarlin Susana, RHP, WAS
Mike Vasil, RHP, TB
Allan Winans, RHP, ATL
Thomas White, LHP, MIA