In our 83rd episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer are joined by Razzball’s very own The Itch (Nick Roos) to discuss prospect buys for both fantasy and card purposes. The Itch will give background on what he loves about each prospect and then Jeremy provides a corresponding PC pick. You can find us on bluesky at @cardscategories.bsky.social, @mcouill7.bsky.social, and @jbrewer17.bsky.social. […]
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Lazaro Montes
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Top 50 Prospects For 2025 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball
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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June 26, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 25 Commentsby: The Itch
Giants RHP Hayden Birdsong will make his debut for the arm-starved Giants today against the Cubs. He’s pitched well since being selected in the sixth round of the 2022 draft, leaning into a high-velocity fastball to rack up the strikeouts: 75 K’s in 57.1 innings across two levels this year. At 6’4” 215 lbs with that heater playing well atop the zone, he fits the archetype for our times. He may not pitch deep into his starts, but he’s going to try and strike out every single batter with high heat and buried breaking balls as long as he’s out there.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Houston has finally cut bait on Jose Abreu, who will collect another $30 million from the club over the next season and a half. Jonathan Singleton has been tabbed by manager Joe Espada to be the everyday first baseman moving forward, but that’s just, like, his opinion, man. Singleton is a free agent at season’s end, and Joey Loperfido is right there in Triple-A. He has struck out at a 39.5 percent clip in 43 major league plate appearances, but he’s also slashing .333/.381/.436 with a 138 wRC+ over that stretch. Singleton’s wRC+ in 174 plate appearances is 92, which drops to 79 if we look at just the last month. I’m all for the revitalization of a man’s career, but I’m skeptical that’s what we’re seeing here. Abreu has been bad enough that even Singleton is an upgrade, but it doesn’t make much sense to eat $30 million just to play Jon Singleton everyday while Joey Loperfido waits in the wings during what might be a lost season. As of Saturday morning, Houston is 32-and-38, eight games behind Seattle in the division and six games out of the wild card race.
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.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Prospect News: Orelvis Seeks His Blue Jays Shoes
April 21, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 30 Commentsby: The Itch
Rockies OF Jordan Beck (22, AAA) is where it’s at right now, slashing .328/.419/.738 with five home runs, one stolen base, two turntables and a microphone. Colorado’s not getting much of anything from anyone in the outfield, and if past is prologue, Kris Bryant will be on the injured list for quite a while, and OF Sean Bouchard still won’t have much runway on his starting spot. I’m hoping he will because he’s earned an extended look, but I’m also hoping Beck finds a way into that lineup sooner than later. Chaining themselves to the final stretch of Charlie Blackmon’s career isn’t helping the organizational depth chart.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Prospect News: Too Early Top Ten Prospects For 2025
April 7, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 26 Commentsby: The Itch
Opening night for most of the minor leagues featured Colt Emerson homering on the first pitch he saw, a self-reliant start for someone I expect to climb the prospect rankings in a hurry. That’s our focus for the day, by the way: who could top the prospect lists in 2025.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Prospect News: Bold Predictions For 2024
March 20, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 48 Commentsby: The Itch
Click here to see Prospect News: Bold Predictions For 2023 to see how I did last year.
Pirates SS Oneil Cruz hits 44 home runs. Minimum. They travel so fast and far the situation becomes dangerous for passers by. Keep your head on a swivel, dear reader.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Top 25 Prospects For 2024 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball
February 11, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 18 Commentsby: The Itch
1. Orioles SS Jackson Holliday | 20 | AAA | 2024
Baltimore’s final big prize for super-quitting, Holliday traversed four levels in 2023, climbing all the way to Triple-A for a few weeks and posting a 109 wRC+ there with 16 walks and 17 strikeouts in 18 games. He’ll begin 2024 with a chance to claim the opening day shortstop job.
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February 4, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 18 Commentsby: The Itch
1. OF Lazaro Montes | 19 | A | 2026
At 6’4” 256 lbs with a picturesque swing from the left side, Montes invites visual comps to Yordan Alvarez and embraces them, incorporating regular video study and modeling his own game after the Houston slugger’s. He cut his strikeout rate by eight percent between the Dominican Summer League (33.2%) and the Complex League (25.3%) then maintained the gain with a 25 percent strikeout rate in 33 Low-A games. He slashed .321/.429/.565 with seven home runs and a 165 wRC+ in that month-plus of full-season ball. There’s plenty of reasons to rank other guys higher than him on this list, especially on the probability or speed fronts, but I just kept moving Montes up this totem pole and couldn’t really convince myself that I’d take any of these guys over him in a dynasty league I thought would last a long time.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Mariners RHP Bryan Woo made his debut Saturday in Texas against one of baseball’s best teams, and it did not go well. A lot of rookie pitchers struggle in their first start, so we should avoid Tom Smykowski’s Jump to Conclusions Mat here, especially on the road against a good offense.
SS Royce Lewis looks like a mid-lineup mainstay in Minnesota. Don’t say that five times fast. 2B Edouard Julien is the odd man out for now but appears to be settling into his skill set at the highest level, even if he’ll spend the foreseeable future a level below that.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Prospect News: Seeking Treats On Easter Sunday
April 9, 2023 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 32 Commentsby: The Itch
Happy Easter! I’m currently watching a bunny and a hot dog run along the outfield warning track in the Guardians and Mariners game. Pretty typical afternoon, minus the bunny.
The eggs that interest me most at the moment are the zeros I’m watching Tanner Bibee post in his Triple-A debut. My favorite part was the fifth inning, when Bibee gave up two bloop hits to open the frame but closed it out without giving an inch or breaking a sweat. He cruised through five shutout innings on 78 pitches.
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