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

[rhd]

Where does Caglinone rank compared to this year's top college bats?

I have several 2024 draft-eligibles on the list now. Rt now, Caglianone is not one of them. It is still uncertain whether he's going to be a 2-way player as a pro. I would doubt it. If I would have to guess, I'd say he ends up being a hitter and if so then 1B seems to be the best position fit. That puts a lot of pressure on his bat and his plate discipline is not that good rt now. There appears to be too much risk for me to put him in the Top 150 now but he could get on if he's ranked highly once the 2024 draft prospect lists start coming out next spring.

[madducks]

Here's the latest on number 43 on the list. It will be interesting to see how much this guy goes for in auctions next year.


Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 14 in a 138-pitch complete game on Saturday for the Orix Buffaloes in Game 6 of the Japan Series.

Yamamoto broke Yu Darvish’s Japan Series single-game record for strikeouts, throwing nearly 140 pitches in a masterful final outing in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball before coming to the majors this offseason as one of the most coveted starting pitchers on the open market. The hard-throwing 25-year-old right-hander is one of the most electrifying Japanese pitchers to come over in years and projects as a potential upper-echelon fantasy starter right out of the gate, depending on where he winds up. (Rotoworld)

Yamamoto, who is expected to be posted by Orix this winter, went 16-8 with a 1.21 ERA and a 0.844 WHIP with 169 strikeouts in 164 innings this season.