RHD's Latest Top 150 Roto Prospects ("Pre-BA League Top 20s" Version)

[Sour Masher]

RHD, I notice you have Corbin Martin on the list, and I like where he is at. I'm curious where you have Cionel Perez. He seems right there with Martin in Houston's system to me.

A few others I'm curious about: Ryan McKenna, Brandon Lowe, and Eric Pardinho.

[onejayhawk]

Every non-pitcher in your top 20 is held except Wander Franco (not surprising). The next gap is Luzardo followed by Gore. The next non-pitcher is Jesus Sanchez.

Based significantly on your lists giving me a leg up, I own the following in a 16 team keeper league. Which do you like best just for 2019?

5 Victor Robles OF Was 3 8
9 Jo (Jordon) Adell OF LAA 16 25
10 Brendan Rodgers SS Col 5 15
16 Taylor Trammell OF Cin 1 17
19 Austin Riley 3B Atl 0 19
21 Luis Robert OF CHW 3 24

Thanks for all the good work.

J

[whalewang]

What is the outlook for Alex Verdugo next year? Will he be playing full time?

[eephus]

I picked up Myles Straw based on your ranking. His bat will probably limit him to 4th OF status in real-life but 20 SBs has fantasy value in daily leagues, especially in dynasty formats with large benches.

If Straw can find some playing time in Houston's crowded OF, I think Craig Gentry would be a reasonable comp. Gentry wasn't a regular but he was a fantasy asset for a few years with SBs and decent OBP. There's obvious downside in tying up an OF slot with a one or two category contributor but SBs are tough to come by.

[mjl]

looking ahead to next season in RJEL now that I've locked up the first pick in the minor league draft - here are what I think are the top guys available. any opinion on (a) who I should consider of these and (b) how much gap there is between them (i.e. how much I would care about trading down)? Strong preference for the best available player, don't care at all about how far away they are.

Chris Paddack
Cavan Biggio
Nathaniel Lowe
Mitch White
Vidal Brujan

and anyone from the 2018 draft (Mize, Madrigal, Kelenic, Gorman, etc.)

[FBP]

Kelenic

[deaccat]

I didn't see Joey Bart? Is he on there and I am not seeing or is it bc you don't like catchers much in fantasy?

[mjl]

specifically RJEL is a one-catcher league and unless he's going to be a Posey-level star it's not worth getting into. The top-end guys like Gattis and Realmuto went for 11-14 this past year. In a two-catcher league I'd be all over him.

[onejayhawk]

Your #150 (Victor)² Mesa seems to be signing with Miami. Where is that going to put him?

J

[mjl]

re Cavan Biggio, who we talked about earlier in the thread, from Keith Law at the AFL:

Cavan Biggio is also here, but he has looked even worse than he did in the second half of 2018, to the point that he appears to barely be a major league prospect. He has no position at all. He misplayed a routine grounder at first that cost Pearson at least one out and probably two runs and had an awful read on a line drive to him in right field in a different game. He doesn't have the speed or athleticism to obviously profile anywhere. He drew a slew of walks this season, but it's because he's passive, not because he's disciplined; I saw him strike out looking four times this week, always on pitches that were clearly strikes, at least two of them fastballs from right-handers that he should have seen better than he did. I know his superficial line this year has some fans thinking he's a future regular, but I see an up-and-down guy.

[Teenwolf]

re Cavan Biggio, who we talked about earlier in the thread, from Keith Law at the AFL:

Thanks for this snippet! I was leery about passivity versus waiting for your pitch, so this is instructive.

[The Feral Slasher]

RHD - I always enjoy reading updates to your list and the follow on discussion. Is there an updated list planned ?

[rhd]

RHD - I always enjoy reading updates to your list and the follow on discussion. Is there an updated list planned ?

Yes, there should be an update soon. I apologize for not responding to questions this time. Computer problems have affected things.

[onejayhawk]

Do you have any words on Yusei Kikuchi? He looks intriguing.

J

[rhd]

Do you have any words on Yusei Kikuchi? He looks intriguing.

J

I have Kikuchi already in one of my leagues. My expectations are relatively modest, like a solid #4 starter. Every scouting report I've seen projects him as a mid-rotation SP. He reportedly is very polished but his FB is only 91-93 so wont be a big strikeout guy but should get his share. I just hope he doesnt get injured like Ohtani did (did you know they both went to the same high school? But not at the same time.).