Philadelphia Phillies Top 10 Prospects For 2026 Fantasy Baseball

Format = Position Player | Age on 4/1/2026 | Highest Level Played | Estimated Time of Arrival 

1. OF Justin Crawford | 22 | AAA | 2026

I’ve been comparatively high on Crawford for a long time because I struggle to imagine a scenario where this guy fails to be valuable in our game. A left-handed hitter at 6’2” 188 pounds, he hasn’t elevated the ball much yet in his career, but that’s coming, and in the meantime he’s hitting well over .300 at every rung of the organizational ladder. In his final 52 games of the season, Crawford slashed .340/.418/.492 with six home runs, 20 stolen bases and a 16.7 percent strikeout rate. The math I’m trying to silence in my brain is of course not how baseball works, but if you multiply that by three, you get a glimpse at Crawford’s potential across 156 games.

2. SS Aidan Miller | 21 | AAA | 2026

The 27th overall pick in 2023, Miller broke out in the second half of 2025, slashing .357/.489/.601 with six home runs, 22 stolen bases and a 17 percent strikeout rate over his last 38 games, the final eight of those happening in Triple-A, where he’ll likely open the 2026 season barring a remarkable spring. He hit 14 home runs and stole 59 bases in 74 attempts across 116 games on the year. 

3. RHP Andrew Painter | 22 | AAA | 2026

At 6’7” 215 pounds with upper nineties heat and superb balance throughout his delivery, Painter is the platonic ideal of a power pitcher, featuring plus command of a plus slider and changeup along with the big fastball and developing curve. Or at least that’s how you’d have described him before Tommy John surgery sent him to the Medbed for a year. He’s still that guy, I think. Might just need the off-season to focus on thriving rather than rehabbing. He’s certainly better than the 5.40 ERA he logged in 106.2 Triple-A innings this year. 

4. OF Dante Nori | 21 | AA | 2027

The 24th overall pick in 2024, Nori’s a center field prospect at 5’10” 190 lbs from the left side. It took him a little while to get going as a professional, to the extent that he was a free agent the following summer in the Razz30 league that runs 600 deep in minor league roster spots. That was pre breakout, to be fair. Since I added him in early July, he’s been promoted to High-A and then Double-A on the strength of his plus plate skills and defense. I suspect he’ll open next season back in High-A because he logged just 11 games there, but he’s a fast mover who could hit the Mario Kart rainbow road if he added some man-strength. He stole 13 bases in those 11 High-A games, for what it’s worth. Perhaps not a sustainable pace at the big league level. 

5. 2B Aroon Escobar | 21 | AA | 2027

A compact hitter with a quick swing, Escobar has walked more than he’s struck out throughout his career and saw his outcomes make a leap on the complex league last season when he slashed .338/.495/.481 with three home runs and nine stolen bases. At 5’10” 180 lbs and without jaw-dropping athleticism, he’ll have to prove himself every step of the way, and that’s not exactly what happened during his 46 games in High-A. He slashed .256/.348/.369, so he was still making contact and getting on base against older players, and the club felt good enough about his progress to promote him to Double-A at season’s end. 

6. OF Gabriel Rincones Jr. | 25 | AAA | 2026

A 6’3” 225 pound lefty, Rincones Jr. has a little sneaky upside as a power-speed-proximity play. Might not be able to carve out a role in a high-dollar lineup like Philadelphia’s, but he’s a good enough hitter that a second-tier team might take a chance on him as an everyday option rotating between corner outfield spots. In 119 games at Triple-A this year, he slashed .240/.370/.430 with 18 home runs, 21 stolen bases and a 22.5 percent strikeout rate, good for a 113 wRC+. 

7. RHP Gage Wood | 22 | A | 2027

In three college seasons with Arkansas, Wood dominated at times out of the bullpen in his first two and then switched to the starting rotation as a junior and struck out 46 percent of the hitters he faced in 37.2 regular season innings. At 6’0” 205 lbs., he features plus command of a dynamite fastball-curveball combo. His first mission as a pro will probably be to find a variation or two on his fastball this off-season. 

8. OF Griffin Burkholder | 19 | A | 2028

A dynamic athlete at 6’2” 195 pounds from the right side, Burkholder was the 63rd overall pick in 2024 but signed for an over-slot $2.5 million. His double-plus speed gives him a good chance to start in center field, and his overall skill set gives him a chance to be a five-category rotisserie contributor. He’s played just 33 games this season, slashing .197/.290/.325 but improving along the way and managing a 97 wRC+ in 19 Low-A games. Good flier for this coming season. If he’s not hitting through 50 games or so, maybe find another flier. 

9. RHP Moises Chace | 22 | AA | 2026

Had Tommy John surgery in May but was rocking a supersonic fastball before that backlash hit, and he’d hop right back on track to a major league mound if he can rediscover that heater. He struck out 124 batters in 80.1 innings pitched in 2024, and the Phillies have proven themselves adept at teaching variations off a great fastball. 

10. 1B Keaton Anthony | 24 | AAA | 2026

Keaton Anthony has always hit. Which is good because as a right-handed first baseman at 6’2” 211 lbs., he’s always had to hit to earn his keep. In 82 games across two levels this season, he slashed .323/.378/.484 with six home runs: a line that clarifies the difficulty of his path. He went undrafted out of college. It’s hard to make a living as a right-handed first baseman who doesn’t hit for power. I left him in this spot despite a strong push from RHP Jean Cabrera because I play in a lot of deep leagues where a bat who collects countables while helping your ratios is pretty valuable. 

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