RHD's Latest Top 150 Roto Prospects ("End-of-Season" Edition)

[rhd]

Didn’t see Jacob Berry

He's at #64 .

[Teenwolf]

Really good list. Thanks as always for sharing.

I really churned my dynasty prospects this year, trying to pick up breakouts. Ended up with a ton of guys from your list (E. Perez, T. Soderstrom, Endy Rodriguez, W. Bernabel, B. Ramos, E. Julien, Jose Rodriguez, Graceffo). I would rank Endy Rodriguez higher. His numbers from this year are insane, and he should move away from catching into 2B or LF. His BB rate is very high, K rate is very low.

I'm curious where you've got some of my other guys.

Junior Caminero INF TB
Jordan Diaz 3B/1B OAK
Yainer Diaz C/1B HOU
Edgar Quero C LAA
Addison Barger INF TOR
Gabriel Martinez OF TOR
Jaisson Chourio OF CLE

I assume this is about the order you'd have them ranked.

Thanks!

[rhd]

Really good list. Thanks as always for sharing.

I really churned my dynasty prospects this year, trying to pick up breakouts. Ended up with a ton of guys from your list (E. Perez, T. Soderstrom, Endy Rodriguez, W. Bernabel, B. Ramos, E. Julien, Jose Rodriguez, Graceffo). I would rank Endy Rodriguez higher. His numbers from this year are insane, and he should move away from catching into 2B or LF. His BB rate is very high, K rate is very low.

I'm curious where you've got some of my other guys.

Junior Caminero INF TB
Jordan Diaz 3B/1B OAK
Yainer Diaz C/1B HOU
Edgar Quero C LAA
Addison Barger INF TOR
Gabriel Martinez OF TOR
Jaisson Chourio OF CLE

I assume this is about the order you'd have them ranked.

Thanks!

Thanx for the response, TW.

Yeah, all of these guys are on my list somewhere. Here's where I have them:

Junior Caminero INF TB - #248
Jordan Diaz 3B/1B OAK - #167
Yainer Diaz C/1B HOU - # 368
Edgar Quero C LAA - #201
Addison Barger INF TOR - #194
Gabriel Martinez OF TOR - #401
Jaisson Chourio OF CLE - #596

Yeah, Endy had a monster year. FG really likes him. He'll probably move up if and when he moves off of catcher.

[Sharky]

rhd, this is awesome - as always. Thank you so much for sharing your insights (and for doing the legwork on this). Love it!!

[Sharky]

By the way, James Wood seems a very high ranking based on my sense of it. Not challenging; just curious what the key considerations might be there. Thanks!

Also, for some fallers like Esteury Ruiz and Ezequiel Tovar, is that a knock on them or more that others moved up?

Brennen Davis - my leaguemates are petrified of his contact issues. I have him (for now), so I’m curious why he’s still high for you. Didn’t seem to fall much.

[rhd]

By the way, James Wood seems a very high ranking based on my sense of it. Not challenging; just curious what the key considerations might be there. Thanks!

Also, for some fallers like Esteury Ruiz and Ezequiel Tovar, is that a knock on them or more that others moved up?

Brennen Davis - my leaguemates are petrified of his contact issues. I have him (for now), so I’m curious why he’s still high for you. Didn’t seem to fall much.

Thanx as always for the response, Sharky.

Scouts seem to love Wood and his stats are very impressive as an age-appropriate 20-year old. Double-plus power, slightly above average speed and surprisingly good plate discipline for a player so tall. Looks to be an elite prospect in both real baseball and roto.

Tovar is guy that I think I had too high before. He's been very impressive and highly regarded but his real value seems to be higher than his roto value. I think I was thinking he would be a candidate for SBs but BA indicates his speed is only around average. A lot of his value apparently is in his defense. Might be an elite real prospect but maybe not so for roto. Where I have him now seems more appropriate.

Ruiz is a big SB candidate but I'm surprised that he isnt more highly regarded. He's not even in the top 100 at all for BA, MLB or FG. My dropping him down a bit is mainly a deference to the industry scouts. I'm actually going against the scouts a good deal by keeping him as high as he is.

Davis had an absolute miserable year but industry sources are still high on him. He had multiple injury problems which perhaps explains the poor season. I'm keeping him ranked relatively high for now in deference to the scouts.

[Sour Masher]

RHD, how close was Mason Auer to your top 150? Gracias.

[rhd]

RHD, how close was Mason Auer to your top 150? Gracias.

Auer is not too far off the list. He's at #184 rt now.

[Sour Masher]

Auer is not too far off the list. He's at #184 rt now.

Thanks!

[heyelander]

Any thoughts on Mastaka Yoshida? He's posting and says he's interested in the Phillies (as a big Harper fan). I don't think the phillies have a place for him as it sounds like he's another below average corner OF, but does the offense make moving things around worth it?

[rhd]

Any thoughts on Mastaka Yoshida? He's posting and says he's interested in the Phillies (as a big Harper fan). I don't think the phillies have a place for him as it sounds like he's another below average corner OF, but does the offense make moving things around worth it?

Thanx for the response, heyelander.

And thanx for informing about Yoshida. He's been on my list for a while, as he's one of the best hitters in Japan, but this is the first I've heard that he wants to come to MLB. If indeed he is posted, he'll be added to the top 150. Not sure exactly where he'll rank but it would probably be higher than Senga, who's currently at #69. Probably in the 40-75 range. He has only about 6 years service time in Japan and you need 9 years to be eligible for free agency so I dont know whether his team would post him this early. But they just won the Japan Leagues title so maybe they figure they've already gotten their money's worth from him and would let him go.

[heyelander]

It's on the phillies sub-reddit, so it must be true, right?

[The Feral Slasher]

Any thoughts on Mastaka Yoshida? He's posting and says he's interested in the Phillies (as a big Harper fan). I don't think the phillies have a place for him as it sounds like he's another below average corner OF, but does the offense make moving things around worth it?

No speed, high average and OBP in Japan, with 20ish HR's. Not sure how that would translate to MLB, but I doubt it would be superstar level. Fangraphs gives him a 70 hit tool, 35/40 Game power and a 35+ FV.

[revo]

Two of these prospects were traded today:
Nolan Jones to the Rockies
xavier Edwards to the Marlins

[chancellor]

Two of these prospects were traded today:
Nolan Jones to the Rockies
xavier Edwards to the Marlins

The Nolan Jones deal really surprised me. I get he's pretty much blocked in Cleveland, but Brito seems like a pretty thin return for him.