1. C Agustin Ramirez | 23 | AAA | 2025
Even when/if he’s not hitting, Ramirez could still be useful for fantasy purposes next year as a sneaky steals asset from a spot without many steals to spare. He should also be playing every day no matter what happens, mixing in at Designated Hitter sometimes when he’s not catching. In 39 games with the Triple-A Marlins, he slashed .262/.358/.447 with five home runs and four stolen bases. He had 25 homers and 22 steals in 126 games across two levels on the season. That would look pretty good in anyone’s catcher spot.
2. 3B Deyvison De Los Santos | 21 | AAA | 2025
We could quibble with how he gets it done and how he’ll manage in Miami, but the bottom line, the dentist hit 40 home runs this season across two levels for two organizations playing almost exclusively against much older players and slashing .294/.343/.571 with 120 RBI. Storm cloud coming in, he did hit .240 with a 284 on base percentage in 50 games with the fish, who have, let’s say, struggled to develop hitters in house.
3. LHP Thomas White | 20 | A+ | 2026
In 13 High-A starts covering 62 innings, White recorded a 2.61 ERA and 1.16 WHIP against competitors who were, on average, 4.1 years his senior, the equivalent of a college freshman hitting the job market against college graduates and first-year professionals. At 6’5” 210 lbs, White wields the kind of stuff that would work against anybody: a mid-90’s fastball, a picturesque curve and disappearing changeup. It’s especially perilous for left-handed hitters, and as Blake Snell has proven, if you can eliminate lefties, you’re way ahead before the game begins.
4. LHP Robby Snelling | 21 | AAA | 2025
Snelling was better with Miami than he had been with San Diego, posting a 2.92 FIP and 20.3 percent strikeout-minus-walk rate in eight starts covering 42 innings across two levels. His final start of the season was also his Triple-A debut. He allowed one run on seven hits across six innings while recording seven strikeouts against one walk. So far in his career, he’s presented a fairly standard look from the left side with spotty command of a three-pitch arsenal (fastball, slider, changeup), but I’d expect that changeup to come along in Miami and his balance (and command) to improve through repetition, instruction and athleticism. Lefties come along a little later, partly because they don’t run into a left-handed pitching coach (or teammate who can help) until later in their lives and don’t face many quality left-handed hitters until they reach college, or in Snelling’s case, the pros.
5. RHP Noble Meyer | 20 | A+ | 2026
The 10th overall pick in 2023, Meyer’s 2024 numbers should be viewed through the same age-to-level prism as White’s. His 5.18 ERA and 1.43 WHIP in 40 High-A innings aren’t the prettiest sight on the baseball card, but his stuff was good enough to compete with much older men, and his delivery is smooth enough that you can map on significant improvement in command across time. He’s currently got three offerings in his fastball, slider and changeup, and it’s fair to expect the changeup to make a leap or two in an organization with a track record of helping pitchers maximize their cambios.
6. 2B OF Javier Sanoja | 22 | MLB | 2024
Here’s what I wrote about Sanoja the other day in Prospect News: Tong In The Fire or The Thing Is, Dominguez . . .
“Marlins 2B Javier Sanoja (22) joined the big club today in the wake of an injury to Jose Devers. Sanoja has earned this promotion in his own right by slashing .291/.354/.431 with an incredible 8.9-to-6.1 percent walk-to-strikeout rate. A right-handed hitter listed at 5’7” 150 lbs, Sanoja has seven home runs and 17 steals in 126 games across two levels, so he’s not exactly an ideal fit for our game, but the Marlins were onto something when they prioritized the tough at bats a guy like Luis Arraez can provide, so maybe they’ll give Sanoja a good long look between this year and next.”
Since then (September 8, 2024), Sanoja has hit .258 with a 65 wRC+ in 14 major league games, so it’s not going great just yet, but Sanoja is going to be part of the picture next year, and that’s worth something in deep leagues.
7. OF Dillon Head | 20 | A | 2028
The 23rd overall pick by San Diego in 2023, Head was sent to Miami along with Robby Snelling, Adam Mazur, Graham Pauley and Jay Beshears in the deal for Bryan Hoeing and Tanner Scott. There’s not much to see in the numbers, as Head has battled injuries and had left hip femoral acetabular impingement surgery to end his season in 2024. If he can return to full health, he’s a dynamic outfielder with double-plus speed and power projection apparent on his six-foot 185-pound frame.
8. OF PJ Morlando | 19 | A | 2028
The 16th overall pick in 2024, Morlando lost his first pro season to a back injury in August but retains the upside of a 6’3” 198 lb left-handed power hitting corner outfielder who could fake center in a pinch.
9. OF Andres Valor | 19 | CPX | 2028
A right-handed hitter at 6’3” 180 lbs, Valor has generated positive outcomes (116, 119 wRC+) in back-to-back levels (DSL, CPX) despite battling some light strikeout issues (24.1%, 25.1%). The key details for our game are that Valor stole 35 bases in 39 attempts and slashed .289/.374/.421. This ranking might wind up too low. Valor has a real shot to top this list next year.
10. 2B Jared Serna | 22 | AAA | 2025
Acquired in the Jazz Chisholm trade along with C Agustin Ramirez and SS Abrahan Ramirez, Serna’s a 5’7” middle infielder who should get a chance to show what he’s got at the highest level in the summer of 2025. A plus defender at second who’s passable at shortstop, Serna has played all over the field and will probably do the same in his rookie season. He wasn’t outstanding in 39 games with Double-A Pensacola (.266/.343/.390), but that was enough for the fish to promote Serna to Triple-A for six games to close out the season.
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