RHD's Top 150 Roto Prospects (Mid-Season Edition)

[rhd]

The amateurs have been drafted and international guys have started to be signed today (I hardly know anything about any of them). And it's just past the halfway point of the MLB season, so a good time to post my latest list. Lots of changes, not only w guys becoming ineligible but lots of newly drafted guys getting on and a lot of eligibles dropping off. Also, a lot of guys that were on previous lists got back on this time.

Same rules as always: I use BA's prospect eligibility requirements, which are <=130 MLB AB or <=50 MLB IP, except that amateurs, unsigned draftees and foreign players also are eligible. As usual, this is for roto, not 'real' baseball, so pitchers are downgraded some, catchers downgraded somewhat (unless they're elite prospects and their bat will play at any position), actual closers upgraded a lot, SB guys who project to get MLB playing time get upgraded some, and guys who either currently are or project to soon be regulars can get upgraded quite a bit. Position listed is their current primary one to the best of my knowledge (correct me if I'm wrong), not the one they're likely to end up at.

Rank Name Pos Org +/- Prev
1 Mike Trout OF LAA 0 1
2 Bryce Harper OF Was 0 2
3 Mike Moustakas 3B KC 6 9
4 Brandon Belt 1B SF -1 3
5 Brett Lawrie 3B Tor 23 28
6 Anthony Rizzo 1B SD 42 48
7 Julio Teheran SP Atl 6 13
8 Anthony Rendon 3B Was 0 8
9 Matthew Moore SP TB 5 14
10 Shelby Miller SP StL 12 22
11 Jesus Montero C NYY -7 4
12 Manny Machado SS Bal 5 17
13 Wil Myers OF KC -1 12
14 Dee (Devaris) Gordon SS LAD 6 20
15 Desmond Jennings OF TB -10 5
16 Dustin Ackley 2B Sea 0 16
17 Brett Jackson OF CHC 6 23
18 Jameson Taillon SP Pit 7 25
19 Gerrit Cole SP Pit 7 26
20 Jacob Turner SP Det 13 33
21 Jean Segura SS LAA -6 15
22 George Springer OF Hou 2 24
23 Bubba (Derek) Starling OF KC 33 56
24 Danny Hultzen SP Sea NA NR
25 Dylan Bundy SP Bal NA NR
26 Trevor Bauer SP Ari NA NR
27 Lonnie Chisenhall 3B Cle 7 34
28 Jason Kipnis 2B Cle 21 49
29 Nick Franklin SS Sea 0 29
30 Billy Hamilton SS Cin -9 21
31 Gary Brown OF SF 106 137
32 Anthony Gose OF Tor 32 64
33 Martin Perez SP Tex 13 46
34 Jordan Lyles SP Hou 10 44
35 Rubby De La Rosa SP LAD 108 143
36 Danny Duffy SP KC 52 88
37 Randall Delgado SP Atl 10 47
38 Kyle Gibson SP Min 5 43
39 Mike Montgomery SP KC 6 45
40 Jedd Gyorko 3B SD NA NR
41 Miguel Angel Sano 3B Min -9 32
42 Aroldis (Albertin) Chapman SP Cin -24 18
43 Gary Sanchez C NYY -1 42
44 Manny Banuelos SP NYY 17 61
45 Carlos Martinez (Matias) SP StL NA NR
46 Cesar Puello OF NYM -7 39
47 Hak Ju Lee SS TB 18 65
48 Michael Choice OF Oak 2 50
49 Dayan Viciedo 1B CHW 28 77
50 Jonathan Singleton 1B Phi -20 30
51 Francisco Lindor SS Cle NA NR
52 Yu Darvish SP Japan -1 51
53 Norichika Aoki OF Japan -1 52
54 Hisashi Iwakuma SP Japan -1 53
55 Jemile Weeks 2B Oak NA NR
56 Charlie Blackmon OF Col NA NR
57 Matt Dominguez 3B Fla 3 60
58 Jonathan Villar SS Hou 15 73
59 Nolan Arenado 3B Col 8 67
60 Matthew Davidson 3B Ari 8 68
61 Zack Wheeler SP SF 21 82
62 Jarrod Parker SP Ari -22 40
63 Jurickson Profar SS Tex 41 104
64 Reymond Fuentes OF SD 11 75
65 Jake Marisnick OF Tor 71 136
66 Jerry Sands OF LAD 55 121
67 Paul Goldschmidt 1B Ari NA NR
68 Trayvon Robinson OF LAD 6 74
69 Leonys Martin OF Tex NA NR
70 Oscar Taveras OF StL NA NR
71 Neil Ramirez SP Tex NA NR
72 Nick Castellanos 3B Det 13 85
73 Casey Kelly SP SD -4 69
74 Mikie Mahtook OF TB NA NR
75 Taylor Jungmann SP Mil 11 86
76 Aaron Hicks OF Min -45 31
77 Alex White SP Cle 4 81
78 Drew Pomeranz SP Cle 23 101
79 Taijuan Walker SP Sea NA NR
80 Tyler Skaggs SP Ari 35 115
81 Jake Odorizzi SP KC 29 110
82 Dellin Betances SP NYY 1 83
83 Trey (Kenneth) McNutt SP CHC -12 71
84 Joe Benson OF Min 15 99
85 Starling Marte OF Pit 50 135
86 Tim Wheeler OF Col NA NR
87 Devin Mesoraco C Cin 5 92
88 Josh Vitters 3B CHC 2 90
89 Yonder Alonso 1B Cin 2 91
90 Bryce Brentz OF Bos NA NR
91 Zach Cox 3B StL -7 84
92 Matt Harvey SP NYM 42 134
93 Zach Lee SP LAD 20 113
94 Wilmer Flores SS NYM -15 79
95 Chris Archer SP TB -25 70
96 Anthony Ranaudo SP Bos 6 102
97 Allen Webster SP LAD NA NR
98 Joe Wieland SP Tex NA NR
99 Jarred Cosart SP Phi 13 112
100 Oswaldo Arcia OF Min 5 105
101 Tanner Scheppers RP Tex -21 80
102 Jed Bradley SP Mil NA NR
103 Matt Szczur OF CHC NA NR
104 Christian Colon SS KC -1 103
105 Grant Green SS Oak -42 63
106 Andrew Oliver SP Det 24 130
107 Chad James SP Fla 24 131
108 Robbie Erlin SP Tex NA NR
109 Brody Colvin SP Phi 2 111
110 Trevor May SP Phi 19 129
111 Christian Yelich OF Fla 27 138
112 Kaleb Cowart 3B LAA 27 139
113 Jaff Decker OF SD 19 132
114 James Darnell 3B SD NA NR
115 Tim Beckham SS TB 2 117
116 Jose Altuve 2B Hou NA NR
117 Jonathan Galvez SS SD NA NR
118 Wilin Rosario C Col -25 93
119 Derek Norris C Was -21 98
120 Yorman Rodriguez OF Cin -25 95
121 Josh Sale OF TB -15 106
122 Francisco Peguero OF SF 0 122
123 Brandon Guyer OF TB -4 119
124 A.J. Cole SP Was NA NR
125 Arodys Vizcaino SP Atl -2 123
126 Deck McGuire SP Tor 7 133
127 Chris Withrow SP LAD 19 146
128 Luis Heredia SP Pit NA NR
129 Stetson Allie SP Pit -15 114
130 Aaron Crow SP KC NA NR
131 Kirk Nieuwenhuis OF NYM NA NR
132 Thomas Neal OF SF 8 140
133 J.D. (Julio) Martinez OF Hou -9 124
134 Will Middlebrooks SS Bos NA NR
135 Bobby Borchering 1B Ari 10 145
136 Edward Salcedo 3B Atl NA NR
137 Jose Iglesias SS Bos NA NR
138 Matt Lipka SS Atl -42 96
139 Delino DeShields 2B Hou -45 94
140 Eury Perez OF Was -43 97
141 Guillermo Pimentel OF Sea 8 149
142 Garrett Gould SP LAD NA NR
143 Nathan Eovaldi SP LAD NA NR
144 Brad Peacock SP Was NA NR
145 Jeurys Familia SP NYM NA NR
146 Liam Hendriks SP Min NA NR
147 Javy Guerra RP LAD NA NR
148 Archie Bradley SP Ari NA NR
149 Sonny Gray SP Oak NA NR
150 Alfredo Despaigne OF Cuba 0 150

Eligibles dropping off list (21): J Lamb (#38), M Purke (#57), T Nishioka (#59), C Carter (#66), Si Castro (#72), Ja Bradley (#87) J Mitchell (#89), E Beltre (#100), J McGee (#107), J Knapp (#108), J Mejia (#109), C Dwyer (#116), X Avery (#118) Jo Chavez (#120), J Francisco (#125), N Weglarz (#126), C Marrero (#127), T Frazier (#128), D Cumberland (#141), M Krauss (#144), G Halman (#148)

New Additions (39): D Hultzen, D Bundy, T Bauer, J Gyorko, C Martinez, F Lindor, J
Weeks, C Blackmon, P Goldschmidt, L Martin, O Taveras, N Ramirez, M Mahtook, T Walker, T Wheeler (back on), B Brentz, A Webster (back on, I think), J Wieland, Je Bradley, M Szczur (buy a vowel!), R Erlin (back on), J Darnell (back on), J Altuve, J Galvez, A Cole (back on), L Heredia (back on), A Crow (back on), K Nieuwenhuis, W Middlebrooks, E Salcedo (back on), J Iglesias, G Gould, N Eovaldi, B Peacock, J Familia, L Hendriks (back on), J Guerra, A Bradley, S Gray.

As usual, I look forward to your comments!

[schlesinj]

I was just thinking last night I hope RHD puts out an update and woke up this morning and here it is. Thanks for the timely post.

It appears the biggest addition outside of the draft picks now having teams is Carlos Martinez. It appears he is a stud in the making. What kind of attributes have you heard/read about?

[Hornsby]

Great job as usual RHD...just a question, no love for Kyle Parker?

[doc]

No. 67

I have a feeling a lot of people would like to have No. 67 on their fantasy team right now.

[Big Tymer]

Nice work as always. Was a little surprised to not see A.J. Pollock anywhere considering his good year in AA and the bias towards speed you typically give. Was this a miss or do you just not like his ceiling?

[rhd]

I was just thinking last night I hope RHD puts out an update and woke up this morning and here it is. Thanks for the timely post.

It appears the biggest addition outside of the draft picks now having teams is Carlos Martinez. It appears he is a stud in the making. What kind of attributes have you heard/read about?

Thanx as always for the response, schlesinj.

Well Martinez was right outside the top 150 at the time of my last list. Before this year, he hadnt pitched above Dominican Summer League. I knew that he had great upside, but the very low minor leage level kept him outside the top 150 before; I wanted to first see what he did in a 'regular' minor league. He hasnt disappointed this year and his stock is rising fast. His fastball sits in the mid-90's and touches the upper 90's, and some scouts say it already rates an 80 on the scouting scale. But, as you would expect, his secondary pitches need a lot of refinement.

[rhd]

Great job as usual RHD...just a question, no love for Kyle Parker?

Thanx for the response, Hornsby.

I have my eye on Parker, as he is supposed to have big-time power potential. His season so far is good but not outstanding and he is old for his league. Not ready for the top 150 yet.

[rhd]

I have a feeling a lot of people would like to have No. 67 on their fantasy team right now.

Thanx for the response, doc.

#67 is Goldschmidt. Having a great season, but I may not have him as high as some others do. I see him as a Jerry Sands type of guy: he'll have to continue to prove himself at every level. Sands tore up the minor leagues, too, but has been underwhelming so far in MLB. The reason I have him as high as I do is because it is rumored that he'll be called up soon. And he is a 'right-right' 1Bman (which Sands probably will end up being also), which gives cause for caution also.

[fuhrdog]

RHD,

Dominguez moves from 60 to 57. Since you base your lists for fantasy...I take it you see him as a potentially better hitter than most?

[cardboardbox]

Thanx for the response, doc.

#67 is Goldschmidt. Having a great season, but I may not have him as high as some others do.

Last BA comment about him that I saw was a 18-20 HR guy with no defense or speed.

[Bodhizefa]

After watching Ackley play the last couple of weeks, I'd definitely rank him in the Top 10 on this board. At the very least, there's no way I'd take a guy like Dee Gordon over him. Ackley's a hitting dynamo, and he's going to give fantasy owners a batting average stabilizer along with double digit speed and power. I'm in love with him, quite frankly.

I'll be very interested to see how Rendon plays out with the Nats after getting passed up by five teams in the draft. I still think he's going to be a stud hitter (as, it appears, you do, too, rhd), and he's going to make those teams look very silly if he does actually become the hitter that many of us think he can be.

I could see Starling ranking quite high for the next 6 to 9 months on lists like this until people see him play in Low-A ball. Then, I imagine, he's going to fall for a couple of years until he puts his stuff together. We all have short memories about talent levels (case in point: Mike Moustakas), and when they don't produce quickly, we tend to cast them aside. Starling will be an interesting case study in our patience for prospect ascendance.

p.s. Check your Private Messages, rhd

[NIN]

Pretty good list. Comments on a few guys that I keep tabs on due to them being on one of my dynasty teams. I'm surprised by the Hamilton and Puello rankings. Both guys have taken a step back this year in their development. They are both young and have time. Hamilton has ton's of speed, but his striking out a ton in A+ ball.

Skaggs has made a big jump in your rankings, but he still seems low at #80. He is only 19 years old and is dominating A+ ball. I would think a promotion to AA is in his near future and I feel like he is a top 50 prospect.

[frae]

Hey, I wanted to first say I am happy to see Oscar Taveras ranked. This is the first list I have seen him in the top 100 and while it may seem aggressive to some I fully support it. I do think Profar is too low as he plays a premium position fantasy wise and he is doing quite well (taking walks, hitting for some power) for an 18 year old in A ball. I see Profar as a top 20 guy, but either way I appreciate your work and the list.

[rhd]

Nice work as always. Was a little surprised to not see A.J. Pollock anywhere considering his good year in AA and the bias towards speed you typically give. Was this a miss or do you just not like his ceiling?

Thanx for the rsponse, Big Tymer. Sorry I'm just now responding today, but for some reason the website wouldnt let me post any more last night.

Pollock is currently #199 on my list. He's having a pretty good season so far but not outstanding. He supposedly has significant upside, so I have my eye on him. But does he really project to get a lot of SBs? His BA scouting report says he has slightly above average speed.

[Big Tymer]

Thanx for the rsponse, Big Tymer. Sorry I'm just now responding today, but for some reason the website wouldnt let me post any more last night.

Pollock is currently #199 on my list. He's having a pretty good season so far but not outstanding. He supposedly has significant upside, so I have my eye on him. But does he really project to get a lot of SBs? His BA scouting report says he has slightly above average speed.

He has 21 SBs at AA (Southern League - LINK) and I'm pretty sure the speed is legit. He missed 2010 with an injury but I believe he had a very nice AFL performance as well. Not a top-100 guy right now but thought he should at least be in consideration for top-150 is all.