Here’s a link to preseason Top 100 Prospects for 2024 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball.
And here’s a general layout of how this broke down.
Graduated: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Jackson Chourio, Evan Carter, Jackson Merrill, Shota Imanaga, Ceddanne Rafaela, Colt Keith, Nolan Schanuel, Kyle Harrison, Michael Busch, Curtis Mead, Mason Miller, Wilyer Abreu, Joey Ortiz, Jared Jones, Colten Cowser, Andy Pages, Jordan Wicks, Brayan Rocchio, Ivan Herrera, Davis Schneider, Austin Wells
Moving Down: Adael Amador, Jett Williams, Robby Snelling, Parker Meadows, Abimelec Ortiz, Daniel Espino, Marco Luciano, Kristian Robinson, Jakob Marsee, VIctor Scott II, Brock Porter, DL Hall
Moving Up: Paul Skenes, James Wood, Xavier Isaac, Carson Williams, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Orelvis Martinez, Christian Scott, Jonny Farmelo, Josue De Paula, Jeral Perez, Jeremy Rodriguez, Jacob Wilson, Cade Povich, Agustin Ramirez
Both of these “moving” lists could kind of go on forever. List updates in general just eat time for me. I barely notice huge chunks of time whittling away as I check in on every single player and tinker. I only stopped on this update when I did because time is real, and I ran out of it. Also, my eyes were hurting from forgetting to close them. Also, allergies.
Team Position Player | Age on 4/1/24 | Highest Level Played | ETA
1. Pirates RHP Paul Skenes | 21 | MLB | 2024
2. Nationals OF James Wood | 21 | AAA | 2024
3. Orioles SS Jackson Holliday | 20 | MLB | 2024
4. Rangers OF Wyatt Langford | 22 | MLB | 2024
5. Rays 3B Junior Caminero | 20 | MLB | 2023
These guys are untouchable like Sean Connery swearing at Kevin Costner. Despite rocky starts for Holliday and Langford, few questions remain about their long-term viability as core dynasty assets.
6. Rays 1B Xavier Isaac | 20 | A+ | 2025
7. C 1B Samuel Basallo | 19 | AA | 2025
8. Yankees OF Jasson Dominguez | 21 | MLB | 2023
9. Rays SS Carson Williams | 20 | AAA | 2024
Solid ground for a dynasty build here. Isaac and Basallo are as safe as a A bat-only type can be. Dominguez and Williams feature premium topside.
10. Tigers RHP Jackson Jobe | 21 | AA | 2024
11. Diamondbacks SS Jordan Lawlar | 21 | MLB | 2023
12. Orioles 3B Coby Mayo | 22 | AAA | 2024
13. Twins OF Walker Jenkins | 19 | A | 2026
14. Twins OF Emmanuel Rodriguez | 21 | AA | 2025
15. Mariners OF Lazaro Montes | 19 | A | 2026
16. Red Sox OF Roman Anthony | 19 | AA | 2025
Lotta question marks here. Jobe, Lawlar, Mayo, and Jenkins have all dealt with injuries this season. Only Jenkins is playing at the moment. Rodriguez has brought his extreme patience to Double-A without missing a beat.
Anthony started slow but has played better in May. Tough to drop a guy who’s posting a 121 wRC+ so far above his age level.
Montes is still being overlooked on some lists despite cutting his K-rate by ten points and slashing .316/.421/.525. Perhaps his 40 FV on Fangraphs will look fair someday. Today is not that day. He’ll probably need to mash like this the whole way up to get any shine outside of dynasty circles, and even then he might be overlooked. I think real-baseball sites have been slow to adapt to the universal designated hitter. In a league where Dan Vogelbach has been the starting DH for two big market teams, a guy like Montes needn’t be buried for offering less defensive value than the average bear.
17. Mets RHP Christian Scott | MLB | 2024
18. Cubs RHP Cade Horton | 22 | AAA | 2024
19. Cubs OF Pete Crow-Armstrong | 22 | MLB | 2023
20. White Sox LHP Noah Schultz | 20 | A+ | 2026
21. Orioles OF Heston Kjerstad | 25 | MLB | 2023
22. Guardians OF Chase DeLauter | 22 | AA | 2024
23. Mariners SS Colt Emerson | 18 | A | 2027
24. Reds SS Noelvi Marte | 22 | MLB | 2023
25. Nationals OF Dylan Crews | 22 | AA | 2024
26. White Sox SS Colson Montgomery | 22 | AAA | 2024
27. Tigers OF Max Clark | 19 | A | 2028
28. Tigers 2B Jace Jung | 23 | AAA | 2024
Horton has lost some heat this year and is getting hit around in Triple-A. Pete Crow has a strikeout problem. Schultz looks fantastic. Might be too low here.
Kjerstad is amazing when on the field in Triple-A, but the organization hasn’t given him a chance. Could argue he should be higher if not for my recency bias and frustration.
DeLauter and Emerson have been hurt. Marte’s suspended. Crews strikes out quite a bit for a hit-tool guy. Montgomery’s extreme patience makes him a solid real-life player, but it might not help a ton in fantasy outside of the right settings. Clark is coming around and could climb this group in a hurry. Jung is hot over his past 20 games (.333/.444/.597), but he doesn’t have speed and might not hit for fantasy-friendly power in a tough park.
29. Mets SS Jett Williams | 19 | AA | 2025
30. Phillies RHP Andrew Painter | 20 | AA | 2025
31. Marlins RHP Max Meyer | 25 | MLB | 2022
32. Red Sox SS Marcelo Mayer | 21 | AA | 2025
33. Blue Jays 3B Orelvis Martinez | 22 | AAA | 2024
34. Twins SS Brooks Lee | 23 | AAA | 2024
Some steady bets here, even if half of them have been hurt this year (Williams, Painter, Lee), and two of them are being handled preposterously by their organization (Meyer, Martinez). Prizing Painter isn’t how I’d prefer to build in dynasty, but he still trades at a significant upside tax.
35. Rangers SS Sebastian Walcott | 18 | A+ | 2027
36. Mariners OF Jonny Farmelo | 19 | A | 2027
37. Cubs OF Owen Caissie | 21 | AAA | 2024
38. Cubs SS Jefferson Rojas | 18 | A+ | 2026
39. Giants 1B Bryce Eldridge | 19 | A | 2026
40. Dodgers OF Josue De Paula | 18 | A | 2027
Cost v. topside, this is probably my favorite tier. Sky-high ceilings all around.
41. Padres SS Leodalis De Vries | 17 | A | 2027
42. Nationals 3B Brady House | 20 | AA | 2024
43. Cubs SS Matt Shaw | 22 | AA | 2024
44. Cardinals RHP Tink Hence | 21 | AA | 2024
45. Blue Jays LHP Ricky Tiedemann | 21 | AAA | 2024
46. Rays OF Jonny DeLuca | 25 | MLB | 2023
47. Guardians 1B Kyle Manzardo | 23 | MLB | 2024
48. Brewers RHP Jacob Misiorowski | 21 | AA | 2024
49. Astros 1B Joey Loperfido | 25 | MLB | 2024
50. Orioles LHP Cade Povich | 24 | AAA | 2024
2024 could be going a bit better for every one of these guys, but they’re still here. For Povich, Manzardo and Loperfido, the only missing piece is a real chance with the big boys. Loperfido might be headed back to the minors in a couple days. Manzardo might not be far behind.
De Vries might need a complex league reset.
House has doubled his walk rate and is getting to his plus power in games.
Tiedemann is, yet again, injured.
Shaw has really struggled after pushing to make the major league team in Spring and then winding up in Double-A.
Hence has thrived in a return trip to Double-A. Anybody’s guess why he’s still there.
Povich is probably coming up soon, given the injury bug biting Baltimore. He’s not on the 40-man roster though.
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