Top 200 Prospect Rankings for Dynasty Leagues

Ken Balderston · July 13, 2021

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Welcome, and thank you for reading! Now that the MLB FYPD is complete, and we finally have a few months of minor league data, isn’t it time to publish an updated prospect ranking? Let’s face it, playing in a dynasty league means a slight obsession with baseball prospects, picking our favorites, and dreaming what they’ll become. Of course, we all see something different when we project what a prospect can or will be able to do down the road, so feel free to agree or disagree with this list. If there’s someone you feel I missed note in the comments below or hit me up on Twitter @KenInToronto and I’ll try to explain why I left them off.

Rank	Prospect	Team	Pos
1	Wander Franco	TB	SS
2	Jarred Kelenic	SEA	OF
3	Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF
4	Bobby Witt	KC	SS
5	CJ Abrams	SD	SS
6	Spencer Torkelson	DET	3B
7	Marco Luciano	SF	SS
8	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C
9	Noelvi Marte	SEA	SS
10	Riley Greene	DET	OF
11	Vidal Brujan	TB	2B
12	Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF
13	Triston Casas	BOS	1B
14	Jasson Dominguez	NYY	OF
15	Alek Manoah	TOR	P
16	Austin Martin	TOR	OF
17	Max Meyer	MIA	P
18	Heliot Ramos	SF	OF
19	Garrett Mitchell	MIL	OF
20	Brennen Davis	CHC	OF
21	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	P
22	Robert Hassell	SD	OF
23	Jeter Downs	BOS	2B
24	Josh Lowe	TB	OF
25	Zac Veen	COL	OF
26	Jarren Duran	BOS	OF
27	Michael Harris	ATL	OF
28	Nick Gonzales	PIT	2B
29	Luis Matos	SF	OF
30	Hedbert Perez	MIL	OF
31	Josh Jung	TEX	3B
32	Joey Bart	SF	C
33	Jackson Kowar	KC	P
34	Jordan Groshans	TOR	3B
35	George Kirby	SEA	P
36	Jordan Lawler	ARI	SS
37	Drew Waters	ATL	OF
38	Henry Davis	PIT	C
39	Royce Lewis	MIN	SS
40	Francisco Alvarez	NYM	C
41	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS
42	Jack Leiter	TEX	P
43	Nolan Gorman	STL	3B
44	Tyler Soderstrom	OAK	C
45	Marcelo Meyer	BOS	SS
46	Simeon Woods Richardson	TOR	P
47	Cade Cavalli	WAS	P
48	Tyler Freeman	CLE	2B
49	Wilman Diaz	LAD	SS
50	Nick Pratto	KC	1B
51	Brady House	WAS	SS
52	Alek Thomas	ARI	OF
53	Nick Lodolo	CIN	P
54	Shane Baz	TB	P
55	Reid Detmers	LAA	P
56	MacKenzie Gore	SD	P
57	JJ Bleday	MIA	OF
58	Nate Pearson	TOR	P
59	Emerson Hancock	SEA	P
60	Austin Wells	NYY	C
61	Roansy Contreras	PIT	P
62	Jesus Sanchez	MIA	OF
63	Michael Busch	LAD	2B
64	DL Hall	BAL	P
65	Pete Crow-Armstrong	NYM	OF
66	Hunter Bishop	SF	OF
67	Asa Lacy	KC	P
68	George Valera	CLE	OF
69	Cristian Hernandez	CHC	SS
70	Sixto Sanchez	MIA	P
71	Kumar Rocker	NYM	P
72	Jordyn Adams	LAA	OF
73	Orelvis Martinez	TOR	3B
74	Kristian Robinson	ARI	OF
75	Matt Manning	DET	P
76	Heriberto Hernandez	TB	OF
77	Daniel Espino	CLE	P
78	Luisangel Acuna	TEX	2B
79	Kahlil Watson	MIA	SS
80	Chris Rodriguez	LAA	P
81	Sal Frelick	MIL	OF
82	Oswald Peraza	NYY	SS
83	Carlos Colmenarez	TB	SS
84	Josiah Gray	LAD	P
85	Slade Cecconi	ARI	P
86	Colton Cowser	BAL	OF
87	Travis Swaggerty	PIT	OF
88	Jackson Jobe	DET	P
89	Tanner Burns	CLE	P
90	Erick Pena	KC	OF
91	Greg Jones	TB	SS
92	Jordan Walker	STL	3B
93	Heston Kjerstad	BAL	OF
94	Quinn Priester	PIT	P
95	Ty Madden	DET	P
96	Gabriel Moreno	TOR	C
97	Mick Abel	PHI	P
98	Luis Campusano	SD	C
99	Matt McLain	CIN	SS
100	Austin Hendrick	CIN	OF
101	Brandon Marsh	LAA	OF
102	Pedro Leon	HOU	SS
103	Hunter Greene	CIN	P
104	Ronny Mauricio	NYM	SS
105	Nolan Jones	CLE	OF
106	Bobby Miller	LAD	P
107	Oneil Cruz	PIT	OF
108	Gunnar Hoglund	TOR	P
109	MJ Melendez	KC	C
110	Harry Ford	SEA	C
111	Daniel Lynch	KC	P
112	Jose Barrero	CIN	SS
113	Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS
114	Benny Mongomery	COL	OF
115	Ed Howard	CHC	SS
116	Cole Wilcox	TB	P
117	Will Wilson	SF	2B
118	Matt Allan	NYM	P
119	Reginald Preciado	CHC	SS
120	Chase Petty	MIN	P
121	Rece Hinds	CIN	3B
122	Joshua Baez	STL	OF
123	Kyle Harrison	SF	P
124	Taylor Trammell	SEA	OF
125	Blake Walston	ARI	P
126	Jordan Wicks	CHC	P
127	Brett Baty	NYM	3B
128	Brandon Williamson	SEA	P
129	Bubba Chandler	PIT	P
130	Andy Pages	LAD	OF
131	Jhonkensy Noel	CLE	3B
132	Isaiah Greene	CLE	OF
133	J.T. Ginn	NYM	P
134	Sam Bachman	LAA	P
135	Liover Peguero	PIT	SS
136	Jake Eder	MIA	P
137	Gilberto Jimenez	BOS	OF
138	Brayan Rocchio	CLE	2B
139	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	P
140	Kyren Paris	LAA	SS
141	Cristian Pache	ATL	OF
142	Edward Cabrera	MIA	P
143	Will Bednar	SFG	P
144	Masyn Winn	STL	SS
145	Ryan Cusick	ATL	P
146	Pedro Pineda	OAK	OF
147	Joe Mack	MIA	C
148	Carson Tucker	CLE	SS
149	Mark Vientos	NYM	3B
150	Gavin Williams	CLE	P
151	Jay Allen	CIN	OF
152	Daulton Jefferies	OAK	P
153	Forrest Whitley	HOU	P
154	Will Taylor	--	OF
155	Bryson Stott	PHI	SS
156	Jordan Westburg	BAL	SS
157	David Calabrese	LAA	OF
158	Alec Burleson	STL	1B
159	Diego Cartaya	LAD	C
160	Wes Kath	CHW	3B
161	Dillon Dingler	DET	C
162	Jordan Balazovic	MIN	P
163	Nick Yorke	BOS	2B
164	Bryce Jarvis	ARI	P
165	Lonnie White	PIT	OF
166	Zach DeLoach	SEA	OF
167	Tommy Mace	CLE	P
168	Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS
169	Cole Sands	MIN	P
170	Peyton Stovall	--	SS
171	Canaan Smith-Njigba	PIT	OF
172	Manuel Beltre	TOR	SS
173	Blaze Jordan	BOS	3B
174	Kaden Polcovich	SEA	2B
175	Luis Medina	NYY	P
176	Brenton Doyle	COL	OF
177	Joe Ryan	TB	P
178	Tanner Houck	BOS	P
179	Jud Fabian	BOS	OF
180	Ezequiel Duran	NYY	2B
181	Jared Shuster	ATL	P
182	Trevor Hauver	NYY	2B
183	Cole Henry	WAS	P
184	Taj Bradley	TB	P
185	Cole Winn	TEX	P
186	Adrian Del Castillo	ARI	C
187	Evan Carter	TEX	OF
188	Hudson Head	PIT	OF
189	Daylen Lile	WAS	OF
190	Kyle Isbel	KC	OF
191	Tony Santillan	CIN	P
192	Maikol Hernandez	BAL	SS
193	Matthew Liberatore	STL	P
194	Brent Honeywell	TB	P
195	Benyamin Bailey	CWS	OF
196	Xavier Edwards	TB	2B
197	Peyton Burdick	MIA	OF
198	Cal Raleigh	SEA	C
199	Ryan Pepiot	LAD	P
200	Maikol Escotto	PIT	2B

Some additional context, these rankings are for vanilla 5×5 leagues, so batting average and wins. Also, they’re ranked for 2 catcher leagues, so if you’re in a one catcher league bump all the catchers outside the top 100 down a few dozen spots.

Bonus: in case anyone from the MLB First-Year Player Draft does not sign, here are 5 bonus names that would have been #201-#205

Daniel Cabrera, OF, DET

Josh Winder, SP, MIN

Shea Langeliers, C, ATL

Michael Toglia, 1B, COL

Alexander Canario, OF, SFG

The Author

Ken Balderston

20+ years of fantasy baseball experience & currently only playing in dynasty leagues. Christian, proud father of 3, husband to the strongest woman in the world, accountant, golfer, cook.

4 Comments

CBies

July 14, 2021 at 12:24 pm

Where is Jose Miranda, 3B Twins? Did he factor into this list? His stats are off the charts this season and is more than holding his own at AAA. Love your lists. Keep them coming!

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- Jordan Rosenblum
  
  July 14, 2021 at 2:17 pm
  
  Shelly’s a big fan, he was her top podspect on the top 500 pod that came out today (we each pick a guy we like that didn’t make the top 100 prospects). I like the numbers too (above average BB%-K% and slightly above average power at peak) and think he could have fit in in the blob that comprises the backend of the list, but we rank for 15 teamers and he will really need to hit to have major appeal at that depth. But anyway I think the differences between the backend 150 or so and guys like Miranda that didn’t make the list are quite small
  
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Stu Jackson

July 15, 2021 at 11:09 am

Huge difference on the Top 500 between JB (300) & FA (121) but here JB (32) FA (40)

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Ken Balderston

July 16, 2021 at 9:31 pm

I’ve always liked Bart, and given what he’s done at AAA helps me forget what he didn’t do in the bigs last year. We’ll get at least a quick look at him again before Posey comes back. I really like Alvarez too, huge upside bat. Guys like that I’m always a bit skeptical they stick behind the plate, but at least at the moment sounds like that’s the plan.

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Was that a Monkees reference with (Peter) Tork (I'm A) Believer? Vinnie P (6) ranked higher than the highly regarded pair of S Tork (9) & TC (10)?

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on THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2023 TOP 50 DYNASTY LEAGUE FIRST BASEMEN, #1-10

I'd have Vaughn 8th at 1B. I was slightly lower on him than the staff consensus in the OF (me 29, overall 23), so it might have been a close…

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Operating under the assumption that Andrew Vaughn loses OF eligibility this season. Where would you slot him in this list?

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on THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2023 TOP 50 SS PROSPECTS, #16-30

Nice catch Babbo! The rankers for the prospect list and the dynasty list have some overlap of Gurus, but are different in size and names. Also good to point out…

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Interesting that Carson Williams is #25 here to Mauricio's #28, while Ronny was #48 on the overall list and Williams didn't make the cut.

Top 200 Prospect Rankings for Dynasty Leagues