Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects to Stash (Redraft): Eric Cross' Rookie Rankings for Week 4

As we head into the last week of April, the Prospect Promotion Incentive deadline has passed, and the next notable date is the Super-2 threshold, which is expected to be on May 9. That's not to say we won't see prospect promotions happen between now and then, but it might be a couple of weeks […]

Hot MLB Prospects to Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Week 4 (2025)

Welcome back, RotoBallers! The 2025 Minor League Baseball season is in full swing. During last week's action, there were plenty of big plays and impressive prospect performances throughout Minor League Baseball. Monitoring the top fantasy baseball prospects who have turned heads thus far is imperative. The players listed here are coming off dominant weeks and […]

Top-5 MLB Pitching Prospects To Stash For Fantasy Baseball Redraft Leagues - Week 4 (2025)

Welcome back to our top starting pitcher fantasy baseball prospects to stash for Week 4 of the 2025 MLB season. This past week, we saw a familiar name to readers of this column, Logan Henderson, get the call to the big leagues. In addition, top stash option Quinn Mathews (shoulder) hit the injured list and […]

3 Impact Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash - Nick Kurtz, Chandler Simpson, Roman Anthony

Stashing top prospects is really an underrated part of fantasy baseball. Although many fantasy managers choose to just stick with their guys, stashing the right prospects could be a league-winning move for your fantasy team. Just look at everyone who stashed Paul Skenes, James Wood, and Rhett Lowder last season. As a result, all fantasy managers should be stashing […]

Top Early-Season Pitching Standouts - Analyzing Hot Starts for Fantasy Baseball

The early part of the Major League season is always one of the most exciting and chaotic times of the season. We receive a plethora of new data and metrics to sort through, along with breakouts galore, which has been the case so far this season. Which pitchers added new pitches? Who is throwing harder? […]

Matt Shaw Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

As a collegian, third baseman Matt Shaw of the Chicago Cubs impressed the FaBIO batter evaluation model more during wood-bat summer league play than he did in his three NCAA seasons. How do the professional plate profiles compare to the amateur precedents? What percentage of his minor league circuit peers would you guess that he beat […]

Chandler Simpson Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

Rays recently selected the minor league contract of wiry sprinter-outfielder Chandler Simpson, who immediately becomes an MLB must-watch offensive runner when he is the batter or on base while a teammate fills the box. While media types often reference the triple-plus scout scale speed grades, my model, featured in this article, objectively quantifies Simpson's 2024 […]

Luke Keaschall Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

With his selection to the major league roster of the Minnesota Twins, Luke Keaschall becomes who I believe to be the sixth 2025 MLB rookie position player from the 2023 MLB Draft class (another two position players from the class lost rookie status during 2024). A longer run of broadly strong plate fundamentals dates back […]

Fantasy Baseball Prospect Risers - Rookies to Stash and Top Performers for Week 4 (2025)

With Week 3 of the baseball season in the rearview mirror, it is time to look ahead to Week 4. We have already seen several top prospects, such as Edgar Quero of the White Sox, Zac Veen, and Chase Dollander of the Colorado Rockies, get called up to the major leagues. Fantasy managers ran to the waiver wire […]

Top-5 Hitter Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash For Week 4 - Redraft Leagues (2025)

After last week's deadline for prospects to be called up to be eligible for a PPI pick, the next big benchmark period for prospect call-ups could be the Super Two cutoff in early May. Hopefully, we won't have to wait that long to get some more exciting call-ups. We had three pretty big hitter call-ups […]

Top-5 MLB Pitching Prospects To Stash For Fantasy Baseball Redraft Leagues - Week 3 (2025)

Welcome back to our top starting pitcher fantasy baseball prospects to stash for Week 3 of the 2025 MLB season. Even though the regular season has just started, there is no better time to look ahead and identify high-upside stashes. Several rotations have been decimated by injuries, which will open the door for several budding […]

3 Impact Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash - Jordan Lawlar, Jac Caglianone, Andrew Painter

The first part of the baseball season is an exciting time to be a fan and fantasy baseball manager, as everyone gets an idea of what to expect from their lineup, finds some matchups to attack, and locks in their team for the new season. If you're looking to give your roster a boost, it's […]

3 Impact Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash - Roman Anthony, Chase Dollander, Michael McGreevy

The MLB season is in full swing, and we're almost three weeks into the season. While some teams are off to fast starts, others are seeking a boost from new additions. One way MLB teams give their team a jolt of fresh energy is by calling up some of their prospects from the minors. You […]

Fantasy Baseball Prospects Stash List: Ready to Make a Splash for Redraft Leagues (Week 4)

Welcome, friends, to the 2025 MLB season, and my weekly article about fantasy baseball prospects to stash heading into Week 4. This week's article discusses prospects like Alex Freeland, Hyeseong Kim, Nick Kurtz, and more who are ready to make a splash in redraft leagues this year. Winning in a fantasy baseball redraft league requires a […]

Kevin McGonigle Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

From August through September of 2022, I watched Tigers middle infield prospect Kevin McGonigle play over a dozen games when I attended the USA Baseball 18 Under (18U) National Team Camp through completion of the WBSC (World Baseball and Softball Confederation) 18U Baseball World Cup at various MLB complex sites along the central to southern […]

Max Clark Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

From August through September of 2022, I watched Tigers center field prospect Max Clark play around a dozen games when I attended the USA Baseball 18 Under (18U) National Team Camp through completion of the WBSC (World Baseball and Softball Confederation) 18U Baseball World Cup at various MLB complex sites along the central to southern […]

Cam Smith Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

On the eve of the 2024 MLB Draft, Cam Smith seemed to be a draft-eligible sophomore needing a major league batted ball profile makeover. How did his plate profile evolve from 2023 Florida State freshman to 2024 Cubs minor leaguer to 2025 Astros MLB spring training non-roster invitee? What must he do to survive as […]

Hot MLB Prospects to Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Week 3 (2025)

Welcome back, RotoBallers! The 2025 MLB season is in full swing, and we've also seen Minor League Baseball action get underway. During last week's action, there were plenty of big plays and impressive prospect performances throughout Minor League Baseball. Monitoring the top fantasy baseball prospects who have turned heads thus far is imperative. The players […]

3 Impact Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash - Bubba Chandler, Zac Veen, Evan Carter

At this point in the season, fantasy managers should stash at least one prospect on their fantasy team. These prospects could be a big boost in your fantasy lineups once they get to the majors. While we don't know when certain prospects will be called up, stashing high-end prospects could be a league-winning move. In […]

Kristian Campbell Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

Red Sox rookie infielder-outfielder Kristian Campbell first tripped the wires of the FaBIO batter evaluation model not long after his completion of a long 2022 summer spent in the wood bat Northwoods League. That summer and the subsequent spring as an NCAA Division 1 redshirt freshman would represent the entirety of his college baseball experience. […]

3 Impact Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash - Coby Mayo, Nick Kurtz, Spencer Jones

The 2025 MLB season is only a month old, but it's already time to start thinking about stashing prospects who could make a big impact on your fantasy team at some point this season. It's not too often that rookies have a major impact in redraft leagues, but all three of these prospects are players […]

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects to Stash (Redraft): Eric Cross' Rookie Rankings for Week 3

Another week has gone by, and we're already over two weeks into the Major League season. Both the Majors and minors are in full swing now, and we've already seen several notable prospect promotions with plenty more to come. Nick Kurtz also can't stop hitting home runs in Triple-A, but more on him in a […]

Nick Kurtz Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

After writing up five 2025 MLB rookie position players from the college ranks of the 2023 or 2024 MLB Draft classes (Jacob Wilson, Dylan Crews, Kristian Campbell, Matt Shaw and Cam Smith) in a similar fashion to what follows, I had planned to do the same for several other top prospect position players from that […]

Dylan Crews Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

Nationals rookie right fielder else center fielder Dylan Crews has been under the microscope of the FaBIO batter evaluation model for many years now. In this piece I first outline how his plate fundamentals have evolved from college to now MLB play. And then I dive deeper into analysis of his offensive running as a […]

Jacob Wilson Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

To this point in my RotoBaller writing, I have only discussed the application of the FaBIO model to pro and college pitchers. But in the interim, I have been using a similar model for analyzing college batters, and in the past year, such work has spilled over to the same model for pro batters. Let […]

Fantasy Baseball Prospects Stash List: Ready to Make a Splash for Redraft Leagues (Week 3)

Welcome, friends, to the 2025 MLB season, and my weekly article about fantasy baseball prospects to stash heading into Week 3. This week's article discusses prospects like Bubba Chandler, Noah Cameron, Logan Henderson, Nick Kurtz, and more who are ready to make a splash in redraft leagues this year. Winning in a fantasy baseball redraft league requires a nice blend of […]

Top 5 Hitter Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash For Week 3 - Redraft Leagues (2025)

This week was supposed to be a big week for prospect call-ups, as Thursday, 4/10, was the deadline for prospects to be called up for their respective teams to be eligible for a PPI pick if they won Rookie of the Year. Despite a few top prospects banging on the door of the majors, the […]

3 Impact Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash - Bubba Chandler, Chandler Simpson, and Jordan Lawlar

With the MLB season in full swing, it's time to start thinking about certain prospects to stash. Assuming you drafted players like Fernando Tatis Jr., Jake Cronenworth, or Andrew Benintendi, you should have at least one open spot on your roster. As a result, use that open roster spot to your advantage and pick up […]

3 Impact Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash - Coby Mayo, Quinn Mathews, Andrew Painter

There are always prospects who get called up throughout the season and make an immediate impact in the pros. It happens every year. In 2024, Paul Skenes, James Wood, and Rhett Lowder didn't start the year with the major league club, but all three players were fantastic fantasy stashes. If you especially held on to […]