In our 124th episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer discuss a handful of MLB transactions and latest baseball card news before previewing the AL East with Matt Frank, aka MarmosDad, purveyor of Razzball’s Top 100 Pitchers. You can find us on bluesky at @cardscategories.bsky.social, @mcouill7.bsky.social, and @jbrewer17.bsky.social. Email the pod at [email protected]. Links to things discussed in the pod: Rangers pony […]
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Prospect News: Rangers Score Gore or New York Ready, Freddy?
January 25, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 2 Commentsby: The Itch
We’ll get back to rolling out the Top 100 next time, but the news cycle demands that we make space to discuss two major trades in the prospect world.
If you happen to be a Brewers fan, I don’t really know what to say that might make you feel better about trading Freddy Peralta and Tobias Myers for RHP Brandon Sproat and SS Jett Williams. Perhaps you’ve internalized the message that your team is so poor that it can’t afford the final season of a good player’s contract or so poor at finding prospects that they have to make these kinds of trades to keep the system stocked. Perhaps you’re totally in step with this transaction.
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Top 20 1st Basemen for 2026 Fantasy Baseball
January 21, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Featured | 75 Commentsby: Grey
Are the top 20 1st basemen for 2026 fantasy baseball good? How do you define good? Is good definable? Are you Plato? What is a Plato? Any hoo! This post goes on for about 1.8 million words, so let’s dive in. Here’s Steamer’s 2026 Fantasy Baseball Projections for Hitters and 2026 Fantasy Baseball Projections for Pitchers. The […]
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January 11, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 4 Commentsby: The Itch
1. SS Sebastian Walcott | 20 | AA | 2027
Walcott signed for $3.2 million in 2023 out of the Bahamas and climbed swiftly through the system until 2025 when he got a full season to settle in at Double-A, where he slashed .255/.355/.386 with 13 home runs and 32 stolen bases in 124 games. The line might not leap off the page, but he was ten percent better than league average playing against guys who were 4.9 years older than him, on average. That’s future superstar stuff from a kid who’s already 6’4” and 190 pounds with double plus raw power and easy speed alongside smooth actions on the infield.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Prospect News: Early Spring Thoughts or Who Needs A Holliday?
February 26, 2025 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 21 Commentsby: The Itch
Orelvis Martinez hit a homer. I have a hard time believing he won’t be part of that infield this year. I know wins and losses matter, but giving 900 plate appearances to Ernie Clement and Davis Schneider is not a viable long term approach, and with Vlad potentially on the way out, the team needs to look toward its next wave.
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February 2, 2025 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 30 Commentsby: The Itch
Here’s a link to the Top 25 Prospects For 2025 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball. Team Position Player | Age on 4/1/2025 | Highest Level Played | ETA 26. Guardians OF Chase DeLauter | 23 | AAA | 2025 A left-handed hitter at 6’4” 235 lbs, DeLauter has struggled to stay healthy as a professional but retains […]
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January 22, 2025 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 9 Commentsby: The Itch
1. SS Sebastian Walcott | 19 | AA | 2026
Here’s what I wrote for last year’s list:
“An extreme athlete at 6’4” 190 lbs with double-plus power and easy plus speed, Walcott has a path to becoming baseball’s top prospect by this time next year. He’s smooth enough on defense to project a future at shortstop and jumped Low-A to join the High-A team as it headed toward the playoffs. In 35 games on the complex, Walcott slashed .273/.325/.524 with seven home runs, nine steals and 51 strikeouts. Anyone pumping the brakes on him is especially concerned with this last piece because Walcott has some swing-and-miss in his game that could become an issue if the contact skills don’t make a leap as he ages up.”
I dropped that in here because it’s pretty close to what I’d write about Walcott this winter, particularly the number one prospect part, the best argument against which might be that he’s there already. In 121 games, the final five in Double-A, Walcott slashed .265/.344/.452 with 11 home runs, 27 stolen bases and a 25.6 percent strikeout rate. He was 4.1 years younger than the average at High-A and 6.2 years younger than the average in Double-A.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Prospect News: Veen With Envy or El Pollo Loco
September 18, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 8 Commentsby: The Itch
Rookie Angels C Gustavo Campero (26) spent just 14 games in Triple-A and turns 27 on Friday, so we probably aren’t talking about a long-term piece when discussing the 5’6” switch hitter, but crazier things have happened than a catcher-eligible outfielder making a rotisserie splash over a short stretch. He hit 15 home runs and stole 29 bases against 36 attempts in 93 games (80.5 percent). If he does carve out a niche, I’ll be ready with a nickname for him.
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September 4, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 10 Commentsby: The Itch
Orioles C Samuel Basallo was promoted to Triple-A last week. He turned 20 on August 13. Might be racing toward a red light in terms of playing time at the highest level, but he’s racing nonetheless, and that’s a good thing even as it mostly adds to the backlog in Baltimore.
Please, blog, may I have some more?1. Pirates RHP Paul Skenes | 21 | MLB | 2024
2. Nationals OF James Wood | 21 | AAA | 2024
3. Orioles SS Jackson Holliday | 20 | MLB | 2024
4. Rangers OF Wyatt Langford | 22 | MLB | 2024
5. Rays 3B Junior Caminero | 20 | MLB | 2023
These guys are untouchable like Sean Connery swearing at Kevin Costner. Despite rocky starts for Holliday and Langford, few questions remain about their long-term viability as core dynasty assets.
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February 14, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 24 Commentsby: The Itch
26. Padres C Ethan Salas | 17 | AA | 2025
I’ll never have Salas on a roster. Nothing against him, really, just a matter of public-facing, real-baseball lists running him so high up the rankings that there’s no road back to dynasty baseball value. He’s already a top ten prospect in most places, and he’s just nowhere near that for our purposes. He’s in Double-A at 17, but he hit just .200 for nine games in High-A, so that’s an artificial placement to say the least. He’ll likely open back in High-A and should have to hit his way out. There’s absolutely no rush. At 6’2” 185 lbs, Salas moves smoothly behind the dish and receives and frames with a deft touch that’s a decade beyond his years. With a bat in his hands, he’s a dangerous lefty power hitter with a discerning eye. An elite prospect to be sure. Just not an ideal building block for our game.
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February 7, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 28 Commentsby: The Itch
1. OF Wyatt Langford | 22 | AAA | 2024
A Texas-sized gift at the fourth pick in a loaded draft class, Langford laid waste to the minor leagues one level at a time, stopping at the complex league for three games before moving along to High-A for 24 games, Double-A for 12 games, and Triple-A for five games. He dominated at every level and might force an opening day debut with a good showing in spring training. He’s listed at 6’1” 225 lbs and doesn’t have much (if any) physical projection remaining, but that’s mostly irrelevant for a guy who has plus power and speed generate elite outcomes as is.
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