A massive part of fantasy baseball dynasty leagues always has been and always will be prospects. No matter if you’re a diehard to the format or relatively new, everyone loves prospects and wants to establish a rock-solid core on their dynasty team. Having a top-notch farm system can help you replenish when you’re Major Leaguers start to decline and can keep you competitive year after year. And that’s the goal, right? We play dynasty fantasy baseball to have fun and to win. If you play to lose, then I’m not sure why you’re playing, to be honest. So, with all that said, it’s time to unleash an updated top-250 fantasy baseball prospects list on the world. Hopefully, this list helps you build a dominant farm now and into the future.

Why Make Changes With No Games Played?

First and foremost, I had to get all the recent draftees into these rankings. And honestly, if I didn’t make improvements to my rankings, I’d be doing a giant disservice to both you the reader, and to myself as well. I’m always trying to improve my rankings 24/7/365. Okay, maybe not at 4 am on a Tuesday, but you catch my drift. In fact, the extra time off allowed me to get more film study and evaluation in than usual which is always a positive.

You’ll notice a few larger than normal changes to certain players rankings below. A pitcher like Brusdar Graterol dropped quite a bit as I’m now projecting him as a reliever longterm, albeit, without closing the door on him as a starter. Also, prospects with minimal power have slid down my rankings a bit.

What Factors Into These Rankings?

Proximity: For this list, proximity factors in somewhat, but this is mostly geared toward overall potential. Upside: Ceiling and floor are weighed at around a 2/3 to 1/3 split. System: The more I’ve learned, the more it has become very apparent that the system these prospects are in matters. If a franchise doesn’t have a great track record developing certain types of prospects or vice versa, that factors in to a degree. Key Tools (Hitters): We all love the flashy prospects that have the potential to put up gaudy numbers, but that can’t be all we look for. For hitters, I’ve really started factoring in a prospect’s hit tool more heavily. Below-average contact skills or plate approach can really limit a player’s power/speed upside. Key Tools (Pitchers): In my time doing this, command has become more and more important in my eyes. That’s why you’ll see certain pitchers a little lower than you might think. Take Luis Medina of the Yankees. He’s the perfect example of a pitcher with a dynamic arsenal that can’t locate any of his pitches. I’ll take a pitcher that throws 91-92 with plus command over 96-97 with spotty command any day of the week.

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Top-250 Fantasy Baseball Prospects – Updated 7/13/2020

Qualifications: 130 MLB AB or less, 50 MLB IP or less, 45 days or less on the active roster (September excluded)

Rank Player Position MLB Team Age 1 Wander Franco SS TB 19.4 2 Luis Robert OF CHW 23 3 Jarred Kelenic OF SEA 21.1 4 Jo Adell OF LAA 21.3 5 Julio Rodriguez OF SEA 19.6 6 Gavin Lux 2B LAD 22.7 7 Marco Luciano SS SF 18.9 8 MacKenzie Gore LHP SD 21.4 9 CJ Abrams SS SD 19.8 10 Kristian Robinson OF ARI 19.6 11 Bobby Witt Jr. SS KC 20.1 12 Spencer Torkelson 1B/3B DET 20.9 13 Dylan Carlson OF STL 21.8 14 Jasson Dominguez OF NYY 17.5 15 Andrew Vaughn 1B CHW 22.3 16 Royce Lewis SS MIN 21.2 17 Jesus Luzardo LHP OAK 22.8 18 Matt Manning RHP DET 22.5 19 Adley Rutschman C BAL 22.5 20 Nate Pearson RHP TOR 24 21 Noelvi Marte SS SEA 18.8 22 Forrest Whitley RHP HOU 22.9 23 Zac Veen OF COL 18.6 24 Vidal Brujan 2B TB 22.5 25 Alex Kirilloff OF MIN 22.7 26 Austin Martin 3B/SS/OF TOR 21.4 27 Alek Thomas OF ARI 20.3 28 Casey Mize RHP DET 23.3 29 Drew Waters OF ATL 21.6 30 Trevor Larnach OF MIN 23.4 31 Alec Bohm 3B PHI 24 32 Corbin Carroll OF ARI 20 33 Jordan Groshans SS TOR 20.7 34 Carter Kieboom 3B WAS 22.9 35 Garrett Mitchell OF MIL 21.9 36 Luis Patino RHP SD 20.8 37 Nick Gonzales 2B/SS PIT 21.2 38 Joey Bart C SF 23.6 39 Emerson Hancock RHP SEA 21.2 40 Spencer Howard RHP PHI 24 41 Riley Greene OF DET 19.8 42 Brennen Davis OF CHC 20.8 43 Asa Lacy LHP KC 21.2 44 Michael Kopech RHP CHW 24.3 45 Jazz Chisholm SS MIA 22.5 46 Austin Hendrick OF CIN 19.1 47 Sixto Sanchez RHP MIA 22 48 Triston Casas 1B BOS 20.6 49 Max Meyer RHP MIA 21.4 50 Nolan Gorman 3B STL 20.2 51 Jeter Downs 2B/SS BOS 22 52 Tarik Skubal LHP DET 23.7 53 George Valera OF CLE 19.7 54 Brandon Marsh OF LAA 22.6 55 Taylor Trammell OF SD 22.9 56 Matthew Liberatore LHP STL 20.7 57 Brendan Rodgers 2B/SS COL 24 58 Grayson Rodriguez RHP BAL 20.7 59 Xavier Edwards 2B TB 21 60 Pete Crow-Armstrong OF NYM 18.4 61 Erick Pena OF KC 17.5 62 Cristian Pache OF ATL 21.7 63 Logan Gilbert RHP SEA 23.3 64 Dustin May RHP LAD 22.9 65 Oneil Cruz SS PIT 21.8 66 Robert Puason SS OAK 17.9 67 Daulton Varsho C ARI 24.1 68 Orelvis Martinez SS TOR 18.7 69 A.J. Puk LHP OAK 25.3 70 Nolan Jones 3B CLE 22.2 71 Ronny Mauricio SS NYM 19.3 72 Robert Hassell III OF SD 18.9 73 Hunter Bishop OF SF 22.1 74 Brailyn Marquez LHP CHC 21.5 75 Heliot Ramos OF SF 20.9 76 Ian Anderson RHP ATL 22.3 77 Mick Abel RHP PHI 19 78 Shane Baz RHP TB 21.1 79 Evan White 1B SEA 24.3 80 JJ Bleday OF MIA 22.7 81 Heston Kjerstad OF BAL 21.5 82 Brendan McKay LHP TB 24.6 83 Sam Hilliard OF COL 26.5 84 Nick Madrigal 2B CHW 23.4 85 Jesus Sanchez OF MIA 22.7 86 Seth Beer OF ARI 23.9 87 Nico Hoerner 2B/SS CHC 23.2 88 Kody Hoese 3B LAD 23.1 89 Josh Jung 3B TEX 22.5 90 Brayan Rocchio SS CLE 19.6 91 Ed Howard SS CHC 18.5 92 Greg Jones SS TB 22.3 93 DL Hall LHP BAL 21.9 94 Isaiah Greene OF NYM 18.9 95 Nick Solak 2/3/OF TEX 25.6 96 Ryan Mountcastle 1B BAL 23.5 97 Bobby Dalbec 3B BOS 25.1 98 Sherten Apostel 3B TEX 21.4 99 Aaron Sabato 1B MIN 21.2 100 Kyle Wright RHP ATL 24.8 101 Misael Urbina OF MIN 18.3 102 Bayron Lora OF TEX 17.8 103 Clarke Schmidt RHP NYY 24.5 104 Daniel Lynch LHP KC 23.7 105 Luisangel Acuna SS TEX 18.4 106 Nick Bitsko RHP TB 18.1 107 Jonathan India 3B CIN 23.6 108 Maximo Acosta SS TEX 17.8 109 Michael Toglia 1B COL 22 110 Edward Cabrera RHP MIA 22.3 111 Jake Fraley OF SEA 25.2 112 Austin Wells C/OF NYY 21.1 113 Nick Lodolo LHP CIN 22.5 114 Garrett Crochet LHP CHW 21.1 115 Hudson Head OF SD 19.3 116 Alexander Canario OF SF 20.2 117 Tyler Freeman SS CLE 21.2 118 Luis Campusano C SD 21.8 119 Jose Garcia SS CIN 22.3 120 Aaron Bracho 2B CLE 19.3 121 Jared Oliva OF PIT 24.7 122 Francisco Alvarez C NYM 18.7 123 Jared Kelley RHP CHW 18.7 124 Monte Harrison OF MIA 25 125 Mitch Keller RHP PIT 24.3 126 Luis Matos OF SF 18.6 127 Josiah Gray RHP LAD 22.6 128 Gilberto Jimenez OF BOS 20.1 129 Brett Baty 3B NYM 20.7 130 Geraldo Perdomo SS ARI 20.8 131 Ethan Hankins RHP CLE 20.2 132 Daniel Espino RHP CLE 19.6 133 Jordan Walker 3B STL 18.2 134 Reid Detmers LHP LAA 21.1 135 Jordan Balazovic RHP MIN 21.9 136 Isaac Paredes 3B/SS DET 21.5 137 George Kirby RHP SEA 22.5 138 Jordyn Adams OF LAA 20.8 139 Khalil Lee OF KC 22.1 140 Simeon Woods-Richardson RHP TOR 19.9 141 Daniel Cabrera OF DET 21.8 142 Josh Lowe OF TB 22.5 143 Shane McClanahan LHP TB 23.3 144 Jackson Rutledge RHP WAS 21.3 145 Cole Winn RHP TEX 20.7 146 Hunter Greene RHP CIN 21 147 Zach DeLoach OF SEA 21.9 148 Luis Rodriguez OF LAD 17.8 149 Cade Cavalli RHP WAS 22 150 Liover Peguero SS PIT 19.6 151 Alek Manoah RHP TOR 22.6 152 Luis Garcia 2B/SS WAS 20.2 153 Cole Wilcox RHP SD 21.1 154 Jeferson Espinal OF ARI 18.2 155 Alexfri Planez OF CLE 19 156 Austin Hays OF BAL 25.1 157 Blake Walston LHP ARI 19.1 158 Adrian Morejon LHP SD 21.4 159 Jordan Westburg SS BAL 21.5 160 Estevan Florial OF NYY 22.7 161 Kameron Misner OF MIA 22.6 162 Brady Singer RHP KC 24 163 Kevin Cron 1B ARI 27.5 164 Michael Busch 2B LAD 22.7 165 Peyton Burdick OF MIA 23.4 166 Luis Gil RHP NYY 22.2 167 Brent Honeywell RHP TB 25.3 168 Gabriel Arias SS SD 20.4 169 Bryce Jarvis RHP ARI 22.6 170 Bryson Stott SS PHI 22.8 171 Deivi Garcia RHP NYY 21.2 172 Kris Bubic LHP KC 23 173 Jorge Mateo 2B/SS OAK 25.1 174 Miguel Hiraldo MI TOR 19.9 175 Andy Pages OF LAD 19.7 176 Kyle Lewis OF SEA 25.1 177 Brice Turang SS MIL 20.7 178 Justin Foscue 2B TEX 21.4 179 Travis Swaggerty OF PIT 23 180 Reginald Preciado SS SD 17.2 181 Dillon Dingler C DET 21.9 182 Hedbert Perez OF MIL 17.3 183 Abraham Toro 3B/SS HOU 23.6 184 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B PIT 23.5 185 Alex De Jesus SS LAD 18.4 186 Brennan Malone RHP PIT 19.9 187 Tyler Soderstrom C OAK 18.7 188 Edward Olivares OF SD 24.4 189 Kevin Alcantara OF NYY 18.1 190 Gabriel Rodriguez 3B/SS CLE 21.3 191 Jackson Kowar RHP KC 23.8 192 JB Bukauskas RHP ARI 23.8 193 Brusdar Graterol RHP LAD 21.9 194 Keoni Cavaco SS MIN 19.2 195 Jairo Pomares OF SF 20 196 Matt Wallner OF MIN 22.6 197 Quinn Priester RHP PIT 19.9 198 Sean Murphy C OAK 25.8 199 Jhon Torres OF STL 20.4 200 Luis Frias RHP ARI 22.2 201 Jared Jones RHP PIT 19 202 Jhonkensy Noel 1B/3B CLE 19.1 203 Dax Fulton LHP MIA 18.8 204 Adam Kloffenstein RHP TOR 19.9 205 JT Ginn RHP NYM 21.1 206 Jordan Nwogu OF CHC 21.4 207 Braxton Garrett LHP MIA 23 208 Matthew Allan RHP NYM 19.3 209 Jake Vogel OF LAD 18.8 210 Jeremiah Jackson SS LAA 20.4 211 Gage Workman 3B DET 20.8 212 Triston McKenzie RHP CLE 23 213 Arol Vera SS LAA 17.9 214 Luis Medina RHP NYY 21.3 215 Diego Cartaya C LAD 18.9 216 Jarren Duran OF BOS 23.9 217 Owen Caissie OF SD 18.1 218 Leody Taveras OF TEX 21.9 219 Braden Shewmake SS ATL 22.7 220 Freudis Nova INF HOU 20.6 221 Randy Arozarena OF TB 25.4 222 Heriberto Hernandez C/1/OF TEX 20.6 223 Hudson Haskin OF BAL 21.6 224 Jhoan Duran RHP MIN 22.6 225 Bubba Thompson OF TEX 22.2 226 Mark Vientos 3B NYM 20.6 227 Petey Halpin OF CLE 18.2 228 Alexander Vargas SS NYY 18.8 229 Brenton Doyle OF COL 22.2 230 Lewin Diaz 1B MIA 23.7 231 Kyle Muller LHP ATL 22.8 232 Mason Denaburg RHP WAS 21 233 Justin Dunn RHP SEA 24.9 234 Tucupita Marcano 2B SD 20.9 235 Cole Roederer OF CHC 20.9 236 Freddy Zamora SS MIL 21.7 237 Bryce Ball 1B ATL 22.1 238 Ismael Mena OF SD 17.7 239 Casey Martin SS PHI 21.3 240 Maikol Escotto 2B NYY 18.2 241 Masyn Winn SS/RHP STL 18.4 242 Alexander Ramirez OF LAA 17.9 243 Slade Cecconi RHP ARI 21.1 244 Angel Martinez INF CLE 18.5 245 C.J. Van Eyk RHP TOR 21.8 246 Ryan Weathers LHP SD 20.6 247 Bobby Miller RHP LAD 21.3 248 Miguel Vargas 1B/3B LAD 20.7 249 Andres Gimenez MI NYM 21.9 250 Hans Crouse RHP TEX 21.9

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