Top 500 Prospects for 2018 Fantasy Baseball

After your top 25 who would be the one guy you would love to stash for a dynasty league?

LOVE this list. Great job. Pretty fair all around.

Hey ralph would you trade Mazara for Tatis Jr in a h2h keeper?

Hay Ralph amazing stuff.
Is there some content coming (from you or other writers) which is debating what to do in dynastys with young Major League Players (not prospects)?
Some Buy Low/ Sell High stuff would be amazing or a ranking would be even better :)

Awesome stuff Ralph! So we do a 3-player prospect draft mid-season (tonight). I know you tend to fade pitchers to some degree, but approximately where would you rank Yusei Kikuchi in your list if you were including international unsigned players?

Max Marusak. I saw fangraphs mention he has the 2nd highest fantasy potention in the draft. Any info on him. MLB ranked him 187 but he was not selected in the draft.

What typically happens to a guy like Max and why was he not drafted?

Hey Ralph, can you compare/contrast the tools of Adell and Jordyn Adams? Does Adams have a chance to follow a similar path? Ultimately who do you think has a higher ceiling?

A bit late…but how is C Noah Naylor (CLE) ETA 2019? Ar you saying he will be in the majors next year at some point?

Hey Ralph

Great stuff

Keeper league trade: got offered Vladdy Kopech and Meadows for my Arenado and Newcomb also some pick upgrades coming my way…what ya think ?

Great stuff. Who are the half-dozen or so guys you think will make the biggest jumps next year? Also, all my non-pitchers made your list except Zavala, Friedl, Richie Martin and Luplow. Any of these guys worth holding onto? Thanks

LOVE the list!! What an exhausting endeavor. ONE request. For us NL/AL only leaguers can you give us sorting capabilities by league? Thanks!

Any Luck Tatis comes up this year before September? I’m looking for an upgrade over seimen to help down the stretch in my deep h2h cat league. Thanks Ralph.

Love the Pod and especially all the Hanley Jokes

No Luis Garcia SS for Nationals? What are your thoughts on him?

Ralph- I hope you’ve slept! Thank you for all your work, it helps me immensely in my dynasty leagues.
Another question on a guy who you’ve soured on, Marcus Wilson. I believe he was inside your top 100 heading into the season and CTRL+F didn’t find him. What has you concerned the most with him?
Thanks!

Good list! Was comparing it to the guys I’ve rostered in the minor league portion of my dynasty league and was pleased to have three top 100 guys. Was really surprised to see Khalil Lee to be ranked so highly (but I’ll take it!). I was a little surprised to not see Greg Deichmann on the list, he’s struggling at high A but I figured his ceiling would be enough to merit consideration. Any thoughts on him?

Great stuff. Who are the half-dozen or so guys you think will make the biggest jumps next year? Also, all my non-pitchers made your list except Zavala, Friedl, Richie Martin and Luplow. Any of these guys worth holding onto? Thanks

Happy All star Break!
Any idea what happened to Frances Martes? Is he cooked?I remember way back when he was Houston’s #1 prospect! Do you think Fried has a chance to improve based on what you have seen so far?

Thanks for the time!

Is Cavan Biggio a cup of coffe eta 2019, or he could make real contributions and land a job sometimes in 2019?

Awesome stuff Ralph, thanks yet again for this! Quick question – are there any unsigned Japanese or other international prospects that you would slot anywhere into your top 30 or so with confidence?

Great job. I completed my 1st Dynasty draft this winter and used your ranks as a resource so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that I have a bunch of your top 100 prospects. After seeing your approach to pitching I do have one question. If I have close to an equal number of hitting & pitching prospects on my roster would you recommend dropping a few of the pitchers even if it meant grabbing a hitter you had ranked 10 or so spots below? I’m not talking top 100 guys, but guys between 100-250.

Can i just say your commitment to the work you and other RazzBall writers do is truly inspiring. I appreciate all the hard work you put in to put out truly entertaining and intelligent content day after day.

Top stuff Ralph.

Again, need time to mull over. Am in anumber of dynasty leagues,now, so need to think about what it all means.

Best wishes,

Anther Dan

Great lost, thanks Ralph. Please rank these 3 for dynasty: Buehler, Pivetta, T. McKenzie. Thanks

too soon to put Marco Luciano in the top 500?

Ralph – is Ronny Mauricio a top 50 prospect end of season, if he keeps this pace up?

He seems like the primary guy in short season ball, alongside maybe Eric Pardinho, who could be set for a major helium bump this offseason, and maybe into the elite prospect range by midseason next year.

Where would you slot Victor Victor Mesa in this list when he is declared a free agent?

Great list. Appreciate all the work you put in to make this.

Quick question, dynasty league 7×7 (xbh, obp are extra categories for hitting, qs and baa for pitching) – receive eugenio suarez, give buxton and reyes?

Obviously for this year would be a win, just wanted your thoughts on if you think suarez is actually a 300 hitter, how much the injuries change reyes upside and if you think buxton will ever be more than a really streaky hitter

Great list Ralph! Would love your thoughts on two keeper trades I’m mulling over… Keep 7 forever, 12 teams. I’m in 2nd/3rd but about 10 points from first, and would need bounce backs from Harper Bellinger Ray to make a push, plus sustained excellence from jdm muncy tim Anderson Morton.

I have two interesting trade for my $13 JDM keeper. Love him a ton, but figure I can’t sell higher than this, right?

Would you trade JDM in either or both of these? Which package do you like the best?

1. I get $6 Trea Turner (plus guys I won’t keep, Domingo German, Pillar, and a closer handcuff). I give $13 JDM (keeper) plus nonkeepers Morton, Trienen, Peraza. He’d do the same trade for his $15 arenado instead of $6 turner, but I feel like turner is the right choice. This is offered from the first place team, and is basically his offer to buy me out of contention, which I could get behind if we still love Trea this much.

2. $12 Bryant + $0 Buehler for $13 JDM + either $1 Muncy, $0 Jose Martinez, or $10 Morton. This would be somewhat of a 2019 minded trade, but with contention still in mind.

FYI my 7 keepers currently would be: $13 JDM $3 Bellinger $18 Harper $26 Blackmon, plus three of $1 Tim Anderson $1 Muncy $0 Jose Martinez $18 Rhys $23 acuna $11 Devers $0 Mikolas $8 clevinger.

Thanks!

Hate picking apart your list buddy, because I know how hard you worked on it, but your thoughts on Lewin Diaz? He may be a legit omission, as he is not looking good this season, however, he was always regarded as a Top 10 1B prospect in fantasy and real life. Is it time to give up on him? Thanks

Hello Ralph! In a dynasty league where I desperately need pitching would you trade away Brendan Rodgers for Luzardo and Paddack? Thanks!

Awesome list Ralph!!! Thanks for all of your hard work.

Been messing around with the list. This is amazing! Quick org ranks! You want positional ranks? You got it quickly! Want to compare a couple of players? Easily done! You and Razzball have gone to another level!

Where is Yamomoto? Based on your Twitter I thought you liked him.

Nicki Lopez of the Royals. You see him as just contact and no help in power or speed?

No Bubba Thompson? I figured he was a player with Power/Speed potential that you would love. Any particular reasons or concerns with him? I think he could be the next Trammell or Alford. Thanks

Jason Martin Pitt should be top 100.

Max Fried!

Awesome work Raplh!

You’ve kept me ahead of my league mates over the years and really appreciate your analysis and rankings. Jo Adell is the only prospect in the top 10 that hasn’t been scooped up in my league. I’m in a 10 team 10 player keeper league. I see he is now above Eloy which is huge. How good can he be if he continues on this trajectory and when’s the right time to stash? I’m in first so it’s tough to drop a player contributing now.

Thanks!
LG

This is really incredible Ralph. Well done!

Where’s Bubba? I thought Thompson would be in the top 150 or so. Weren’t you stoked on him at one time?

Why so low on Tristan McKenzie?

Bubba Thompson didn’t make the list? I would think he would be inside the top 150. Maybe just an oversight, I thought you were really stoked on Thompson at one time.