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Mick Abel is a fantasy baseball SP prospect sleeper and minor leaguer to know. Read our MLB prospects outlooks for fantasy baseball rookies and call-ups.
PROSPECT: Mick Abel, SP, Philadelphia Phillies
ANALYSIS: The clear top prep arm in the 2020 draft, Abel fell to the Phillies with the 15th selection. The Oregon native showed big strikeout stuff in his pro debut in 2021, but also struggled with his control, leading to a 4.43 ERA over 44 2/3 innings.
He worked up to Double-A in 2022, posting 130 strikeouts over 108 1/3 innings. This season, he opened the year with Double-A Reading, and the results have been mixed. He's posted a 5.40 ERA but with a 1.24 WHIP and a .198 opponents' batting average.
Abel works with a mid-90s fastball that touches triple digits with an elite double-plus curveball and an above-average change. The big question is his command as Abel is still walking more than 12% of hitters.
VERDICT: Abel's stuff is incredibly tantalizing, but the inconsistency with command will need to be ironed out before he's an add in shallow dynasty leagues, but he should be rostered in all deep dynasty leagues.
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