Welcome to Prospects Week at Imaginary Brick Wall! I was very lenient on my definition of a prospect on this one, including everyone under the rookie threshold. 2021/22 FYPD guys are also included. Here is the Top 300 June 2021 Dynasty Baseball Prospects Rankings
1) Wander Franco TB, SS, 20.4 – The Man, The Myth, The Legend. The one we only speak about in whispers. His time has come.
2) Jarred Kelenic SEA, OF, 21.1 – His time came … and went. We speak his name out loud now. (You already know how I feel about Kelenic. Go get him.)
3) Julio Rodriguez SEA, OF, 20.5
4) Bobby Witt Jr. KC, SS, 21.0 – Power has exploded with 11 homers and a 51.4% FB% in 38 games at Double-A. K% is down to a reasonable 25.6%
5) CJ Abrams SD, SS, 20.8
6) Vidal Brujan TB, 2B, 23.4
7) Noelvi Marte SEA, OF, 19.8
8) Marco Luciano SF, SS, 19.9 – Shook off his slow start and is now slashing .316/.402/.605 with 5 homers and a 24/16 K/BB in his last 30 games.
9) Spencer Torkelson DET, 3B/1B, 21.9 – Like Luciano, Tork shook off his early season struggles and is now destroying Double-A with a 158 wRC+ and 11.5% K% in 6 games.
10) Luis Matos SF, OF, 19.4 – 13.3% K% is elite and more power is coming with a 44.2% FB%. Tack on speed with 13 steals and I’m not sure why he isn’t considered elite everywhere.
By Michael Halpern (@MichaelCHalpern)
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Dynasty, would you trade a $3 rodon keep 3 years for a 3 year kelenic?
If it is just over the next 3 seasons I think it is pretty close but I still lean Kelenic. It would be team dependent though