Yankees OF Spencer Jones and me: telling each other fairy tales and smiling in the bright lights of the CBS AL Only Analyst League. Aaron Judge is out for a couple months. Jasson Dominguez just started a rehab assignment. This one looks pretty simple from the outside: if Jones hits, he stays. If not, maybe New York turns to The Martian to fill that Judgian void.
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Prospect News: Hurtado So Good or Frias From Evil
June 3, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 7 Commentsby: The Itch
White Sox 1B Jacob Gonzalez (24) got promoted this week to replace the injured Munetaka Murakami. He earned the chance by going nuclear in Triple-A, launching 19 home runs in 52 games while slashing .317/.419/.688 with eight stolen bases and a 20.6 percent strikeout rate. In each of his last two seasons, he’s topped out at eight homers in 134 and 130 games, respectively. The main change is his contact point, as he’s taking his A swing (max effort) more frequently and trying to attack pitches he can pull out in front of the plate. Essentially, he was a contact hitter who’s no longer worried about striking out. It feels on the ground like this breakout is being dismissed as a quad-A type thing where an older guy beats up on pitchers who don’t have big league caliber command. I’m not so sure. Gonzalez was a high-floor first-round pick at 15th overall out of Ole Miss in 2023, and he’s a relatively big dude at 6’2” 205 pounds from the left side. I don’t have him on any dynasty teams, but I do feel a little Fox Mulderish about this one: I want to believe. It’s fun to see the White Sox playing competitive baseball again.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Fantrax blessed Cardinals Rookie OF Bryan Torres with the gift of eligibility before he stepped foot on a big league field, granting him access to Catcher and Second Base along with his native Outfield spot. Interesting. I overpaid to get him in a couple 15-teamers where he was floating around. Maybe he goes back to Springfield like Homer Simpson after a reality altering escapade. Maybe he plays pretty much every day in the outfield while starting at catcher for our fantasy squads. I’d have to drink some Brain & Nerve Tonic to skip that far into the future, and I’m not sure the trade-off is worth the hurt, but I’m pretty sure Torres is worth a spot in most leagues where you’ve got one to spare.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Prospect News: Top 50 Dynasty Rankings: May Update
May 27, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 30 Commentsby: The Itch
Team Position Player | Age on 4/1/2026 | Level | ETA
1. Brewers SS Jesus Made | 18 | AA | 2027
2. Pirates RHP Seth Hernandez | 19 | A+ | 2027
3. Mariners LHP Kade Anderson | 21 | AA | 2026
4. Red Sox SS Franklin Arias | 20 | AA | 2027
5. Athletics SS Leo De Vries | 19 | AA | 2027
The top group feels much stronger than usual for this time of year, between the exodus of rookies and the incoming draft class. Hernandez is the exciting teenage righty since Jose Fernandez, one of my all-time favorite players. May he rest in peace.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Graduated from Stash List #3: Lara At The Top Of His Craft: Colt Emerson (#3), Henry Bolte (#4)
1. Dodgers RHP River Ryan (27, AAA)
Destined to pitch for baseball’s best team in the near future. Features a cutter that would’ve stopped the presses a couple decades ago. 27.3 percent strikeout-minus-walk rate and 1.00 WHIP suggest he’ll be effective from the jump.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Pirates OF Jhostynxon Garcia (23) has earned his promotion by slugging a slew of home runs during his rehab stint, popping three homers while going 5-for-5 in one game on May 12. He batted .375 over the five-game stretch in Triple-A and should get his fair share of playing time while Ryan O’Hearn recovers with a right quadricep strain. If he hits well enough, I suspect he’ll stick even without a crystal clear place to put him.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Who’s Rising?
I’m working to reshuffle my rankings this week, and I like to work through some thoughts in this space before the new list goes live. Shout out anyone in the comments that you think warrants a fresh look.
Mets OF AJ Ewing (21) is an obvious riser. He’s been on a rocket ship the last few months after failing to crack the top 100 in a consensus way despite a strong showing in 2025. Over the off-season as public-facing places took a closer look, Ewing’s found himself inside the top 50 for some people. Today, he’s an easy top 25 prospect with a case for the top ten. He’s got a 205 wRC+ through four major league games, so that’s fun. While he’s unlikely to maintain an MVP-level pace, he’s already changed the dynamic of New York’s lineup.
Please, blog, may I have some more?I dropped the ball when I neglected to include Mets OF AJ Ewing (21) in my top ten for Stash List #3: Lara At The Top Of His Craft. He enjoyed a slam dunk in his debut Tuesday night, going 1-for-2 with three walks and a stolen base, turning the lineup over with a jolt out of the eight spot. I don’t mean to be hyperbolic, but it’s hard to see a path for him to leave this lineup over the next month or so. If he hits during that month, he’s probably a fixture all season. I’ve been comparatively high on Ewing for a while now, so I hope you have him if you’re a regular reader. I sold high in one league, and I’m worried that wasn’t actually selling high so much as it was selling early. Oh and there was a minute in there when Fantrax gave him shortstop eligibility. Whew. I still have him on enough rosters that I’d be mostly thrilled, but I’d also be somewhat not thrilled by the Taysom Hill factor, you know? Where did that SS come from? Could a thought bubble on an edgy 1940’s political cartoon. Also my thoughts Tuesday afternoon looking at AJ Ewing on Fantrax.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Graduated from Stash List #2: Bazzana Republic or Charlie In Charge: Travis Bazzana (#1), Bryce Eldridge (#3), Robby Snelling (#5), Ryan Waldschmidt (#7), Trey Yesavage (#9)
1. Mariners LHP Kade Anderson (21, AA)
I think he’d be in Triple-A by now if they planned to send him there at all. Double-A seems too easy for him though: an 0.60 ERA and 0.67 WHIP through 30 innings with 47 strikeouts against five walks is preposterous. I realize there’s no room in the rotation for him, but life finds a way.
Please, blog, may I have some more?I managed to add newly promoted Giants 1B Bryce Eldridge in the open-waivers Perts league where I need a first baseman. I might have to hold him for a while despite the league having three bench spots and a super high churn rate because he’s not 1B eligible in Fantrax, and the Giants played him at designated hitter both nights. In his ten MLB games last year, he played six at DH and four at first base. I think Fantrax needs to update their eligibility requirements because DH is not a position. If a guy plays four games at 1B and zero games anywhere else in the field. He should be 1B eligible. Anywho, I suspect the Giants would like to see Eldridge at first base because he’s an enormous target over there at 6’7” and he’s a good athlete who’s not a ball-butcher with the glove. Rafael Devers actually played okay at the cold corner last year, but at six-foot even and 29 years old, he’s unlikely to provide much defensive value in the long run. On the other hand, moving him to first base at all was quite the ordeal, so maybe the front office would rather not tinker too much.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Orioles RHP Trey Gibson (23) will reportedly make his major league debut today in New York against the Yankees. Scary way to join the league. Gibson hasn’t been especially good in Triple-A as evidenced most apparently in his 1.62 WHIP across 24.2 innings, so the odds are not in his favor, but he will have an element of the unknown along with an impressive curveball. Crazier things have happened than a 6’5” rookie righty tiptoeing through the Bronx with a quality start.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Yankees OF Jasson Dominguez was slashing .326/.415/.478 with three home runs and eight stolen bases through 24 Triple-A games when the Bombers recalled him to replace the injured Giancarlo Stanton. This marks the fourth straight season Dominguez has spent time with the major league club, and he’s still just 23 years old. His strikeout rate was all the way down to 15.1 percent alongside a 12.3 percent walk rate. Maybe it won’t ever happen for the Martian, but this feels like a good opportunity for him to break out.
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