As we roll out our latest update to the RotoProspects Top 700 Prospect fantasy baseball rankings, let’s dive into the key updates surrounding the top-ranked prospects this week.

Guardians’ Angel Genao breaks into the Top 25 after MLB debut

Genao (pictured above, No. 17, up from No. 26) got the call to Cleveland on August 5 and made his big-league debut at third base against the Mets, with manager Stephen Vogt citing his energy and all-around talent as reasons the promotion couldn’t wait. The 22-year-old switch-hitter earned it: across Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus this year he hit .299/.400/.458 with 11 home runs, 20 doubles, and 11 steals in 15 attempts, while walking at a 14.3% clip against just a 16% strikeout rate. He was riding a scorching stretch into the call-up too, going 37-for-97 with four homers since July 1. With the Guardians clinging to a wild-card spot, Genao now profiles as a plug-and-play middle-infield asset in shallower and deeper dynasty formats alike.

Rockies’ Zac Veen surges into the Top 100 off a huge Triple-A season

Veen (No. 94, up from No. 160) is a name many dynasty owners had written off, but a completely reshaped approach at Triple-A Albuquerque forced Colorado’s hand. The former ninth-overall pick posted a 1.037 OPS with 24 home runs and 18 stolen bases across 100 games before being recalled on August 11 in a corresponding move that saw Edouard Julien designated for assignment. This isn’t Veen’s first cup of coffee — he scuffled in a brief look last year — but at 24, with plus raw power now showing up in games and a full-time role up for grabs in Colorado’s outfield, he’s a buy-low across all fantasy formats down the stretch. For more on Veen, check out this recent story from our “Fresh Cleats” series, which highlights prospects getting the call to the majors (or recall, in his case).

Marlins’ Eliazar Dishmey rockets into the Top 200 on a dominant Double-A run

Few arms in the minors have been better than Dishmey (No. 178, up from No. 297) over the past month. The 21-year-old righty was promoted to Double-A Pensacola and has been nearly untouchable since, headlined by a six-inning, no-hit, 10-strikeout outing on August 7. Over his last six starts he’s running a microscopic 0.33 ERA, leaning on plus fastball command, a newly added gyro slider, and an improving changeup to miss far more bats than his profile suggested a year ago. He’s not a household name yet, but the swing-and-miss stuff is real, and he’s squarely on the radar in deeper dynasty leagues and any keeper format that rosters double-digit pitching prospects.

Notable Faller: Brewers’ Jett Williams slides out of the Top 75 on a nagging wrist injury

Williams (No. 97, down from No. 66) has had a frustrating first year in the Milwaukee organization since arriving in the January trade that sent Freddy Peralta to the Mets. A wrist issue that first popped up in July has lingered and worsened, and he was placed on Triple-A Nashville’s 7-day injured list before being sent back to Arizona for a specialist evaluation after aggravating it again in a recent game. Across 81 games at Triple-A this season he’s hit .233/.340/.384 with nine homers and 21 stolen bases — solid pop-speed production, but well short of the excitement dynasty owners had going into the year, and now paused indefinitely. With Milwaukee’s infield picture crowded even before the injury, Williams needs a clean bill of health and a return to form to work his way back into the Top 75 before season’s end.

The Top 25 players in this week’s updated RotoProspects Top 700 Prospect Rankings

The Top 50 can be found HERE (no subscription required). For the complete list, CLICK HERE (subscription required).

Also worth watching

Zach Ehrhard (LAD, No. 196, up from 266), Wilder Dalis (COL, No. 220, up from 273), Caden Hunter (BAL, No. 140, up from 203), and Joseph Dzierwa (BAL, No. 72, up from 103) all posted notable climbs this week and are worth a look in deeper dynasty formats.

Baseball debuts rarely come with a clean storyline, and Jackson Kent‘s certainly didn’t hand fantasy baseball managers one either. The Nationals’ No. 8 prospect opened his career Wednesday night against the Cubs by striking out the side in the first inning — three swings, three misses, the kind of start that makes a broadcast crew reach for superlatives and fantasy baseball waiver wires light up. By the fourth inning, he’d walked five Cubs, allowed three runs, and was watching from the dugout as Washington’s bullpen tried to hold down a game that eventually got away, 12-6.

That’s not a feel-good headline. It’s a real one, though — and honestly, the real story here is more interesting than a tidy one would’ve been, fantasy baseball implications and all. Let’s get into it.

The path: a Friday night arm out of the Pac-12

Kent came up through the Chicago suburbs (Hanover Park, Illinois) before landing at Arizona, where he spent most of 2024 as the Wildcats’ Friday night starter — the college pitching equivalent of being handed the keys. It was a legitimate breakout: 15 starts, an ERA a shade over 4.00, and 89 strikeouts in 86 innings while helping Arizona to a Pac-12 regular-season and tournament title. His velocity ticked up noticeably that spring, sitting 90-92 and touching 95-96 after working in the upper 80s the year before — the kind of jump that gets scouts (and fantasy baseball prospect hounds) recalculating a guy’s ceiling mid-season.

Washington popped him in the fourth round (108th overall) in 2024, signing him for $625,000 — over slot value, a signal the Nats liked him more than his draft position suggested. The profile going in: a physical 6-foot-3 lefty with a four-pitch mix, led by a changeup that already graded as his best offering.

The pro track record has been steady rather than spectacular. Across 44 minor league starts, Kent went 16-14 with a 4.22 ERA, climbing from Double-A Harrisburg to Triple-A Rochester. This season specifically, he posted a 3.72 ERA with 105 strikeouts in 94⅓ innings between the two levels — strong enough that when Washington needed rotation help in August, with Zack Littell already released and Miles Mikolas designated for assignment to clear the roster spot, Kent’s number got called instead of a more established veteran arm.

Manager Blake Butera set the tone honestly beforehand: “There will be nerves. There will be excitement, of course. There’s no way to hide that. I want him to go out there and make the most of it. You only get one debut and you’re lucky to have it because a lot of people want it.”

The scouting report: a changeup you can dream on

Our line on him, 20-80 scale: 55 Fastball / 40 Curveball / 50 Slider / 60 Changeup / 45 Future Value. That’s a profile with a clear carrying tool, a real weakness, and a future value that says “back-end starter or good reliever” more than “frontline arm” — which, for a fourth-round college lefty, is a perfectly respectable outcome if it holds.

Fastball — 55: Above-average, and it’s the part of his game that’s genuinely improved the most as a pro. He was sitting upper-80s as a college sophomore and now works in the low 90s with the ability to reach back for more — the added life shows up as a real weapon when he’s locating it, which, per his debut, isn’t a given yet.

Curveball — 40: The clear soft spot in the mix. A below-average grade on a fourth pitch isn’t unusual — most starters carry one pitch that’s more “show-me” than out-pitch — but it does mean Kent’s margin for error against a patient lineup gets thinner if the other three aren’t working.

Slider — 50: Average, functional, gets the job done without beating anybody. A pitch that plays a supporting role rather than a starring one, which is exactly what you want from your third-best secondary.

Changeup — 60: This is the pitch. Scouts pegged Kent’s changeup as one of the better offerings in the system even back in his Arizona days, and a 60 grade puts it firmly in plus territory — the kind of pitch that keeps same-handed and opposite-handed hitters honest and is usually the separator between “fringe starter” and “guy who sticks.”

Future Value — 45: Below-average-to-average, which tracks with a fourth-rounder who’s had a solid-but-unspectacular pro track record (16-14, 4.22 ERA across the minors). It’s a grade that leaves real room to move if the fastball/changeup combo plays as well against big-league hitters as it has against minor-league ones — but it’s also a grade that says the walks need to come down, because a 45 FV profile doesn’t have a lot of margin for a 5-walk night, fantasy baseball streaming candidate or not.

The debut: swing-and-miss stuff, fastball-command problems

Kent’s first big-league start came against a Cubs lineup that, entering the night, had posted the best OBP, slugging, and wRC+ against left-handed pitching in all of baseball — not exactly a gentle welcome for a 23-year-old debuting at home in front of family. He also happened to grow up a Cubs fan, for what it’s worth.

The swing-and-miss stuff showed up immediately: three strikeouts in the first inning alone, six for the night — the kind of strikeout upside that gets a name circulating on fantasy baseball forums regardless of the final line. But the command didn’t follow — five walks put traffic on the bases all night, and the Cubs eventually broke the game open with a five-run sixth off the bullpen after Kent was out. Final professional line: 4-plus innings, 3 hits, 3 runs, 5 walks, 6 strikeouts, in a 12-6 loss.

Kent’s own postgame read was refreshingly blunt: “I really didn’t have my best stuff, I think probably had my C stuff. So I really don’t need to change anything. It’s just getting better from here.” Butera struck a similarly even tone: “I was impressed by Jackson. I thought he threw the ball well, and as we’ve seen, this isn’t an easy lineup to navigate. Obviously, [he was] dealing with some nerves, some excitement, a lot of family here too, which was awesome for him.”

The verdict: This wasn’t the poised, efficient debut some prospects get to write home about — it was a legitimately talented young arm running into MLB-caliber strike-zone discipline and finding out that missing bats and missing the zone often show up in the same start. The strikeout stuff is real; six punchouts in four-plus innings against a lineup that mashes lefties is not nothing, and it’s the number worth bookmarking for fantasy baseball purposes going forward. The command is the whole question mark, and it was the whole question mark before Wednesday, too. One rough command night doesn’t undo a solid pro track record, but it also doesn’t erase the fact that a 45 FV arm has to prove the walks are an outlier, not a preview — the exact tension that will decide whether Kent becomes a fantasy baseball streamer worth rostering or one to avoid.

Fresh Cleats is where we track the newest arrivals to the show — the can’t-miss prospects, the long-shot journeymen, and the ones getting a second (or third) crack at it. Some stick. Some don’t. We’re here for all of it.

Four innings. That’s all it took for fantasy baseball owners to be reminded.

Wednesday afternoon at Chase Field, in just his second game back in a Rockies uniform, Zac Veen turned on a pitch and sent it out of the yard for a two-run home run — part of a Colorado offensive outburst that also included a Brett Sullivan three-run shot off the foul pole in a game the Rockies were very much controlling. No nerves, no 12-game horror show, no .118 batting average lurking in the box score. Just a barrel finding a baseball, the way it did roughly two dozen times a month for him at Triple-A this summer to the delight of fantasy baseball owners.

It’s the kind of moment that makes a redemption story feel less like wishful thinking and more like it’s actually, currently, happening. So before we get to what happens by the final out, let’s rewind and explain exactly how Veen got from “the worst 34 at-bats of anyone’s career” to “two-run bomb in the fourth inning” in the span of sixteen months. Buckle up — it’s a genuinely good story.

The prospect who was supposed to be a sure thing

Colorado drafted Veen ninth overall in 2020 out of Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange, Florida — the same school that produced Astros outfielder Austin Hays. He was MLB.com’s highest-rated high school player in a college-heavy draft class, a prep bat with a loud swing that graded as a 60 with 55 power on the 20-80 scale. The kid grew into his 6-foot-3 frame by adding 45 pounds in two years of high school, and scouts talked about his swing the way sommeliers talk about a good vintage — something to “dream on.”

The pro debut backed it up. In 2021 with Low-A Fresno, Veen slashed .301/.399/.501 with 15 home runs, 75 RBI, 27 doubles, and 36 stolen bases across 106 games — a 20-20 season’s worth of tools stuffed into half a schedule. This was the Zac Veen fantasy baseball fan pages were built for: patient, powerful, fast, and left-handed. The full package.

Then baseball did what baseball does to prospects with too much hype attached to their name: it got complicated. Veen returned to Double-A Hartford in 2023 but missed the majority of the season with a left wrist tendon injury. Back at Hartford again in 2024, he hit well but lost nearly two months to a back injury and another month to a thumb injury before finally getting bumped to Triple-A late that year. Scouts started hedging. Baseball America noted his prospect stock had begun to slip, pointing out that his bat-to-ball skills had regressed as he added loft to his swing, driving his whiff rate up — the classic “traded contact for power and got neither” special that’s derailed a thousand prospects before him.

Debut No. 1: A rough one for sure

Veen got his first real taste of the big leagues on April 8, 2025, against Milwaukee, and it did not go well. Over 12 games and 37 plate appearances, he hit .118 with one homer, two RBI, two walks, and 14 strikeouts — a .424 OPS that looked less like a batting line and more like a cry for help. Purple Row didn’t sugarcoat it: fastballs beat him, breaking stuff neutralized him, and pitchers found a clear path through the strike zone. He was optioned back down, and the golden-boy prospect who was supposed to be Colorado’s next great fantasy baseball outfielder instead became a cautionary tale about rushing.

It got worse before it got better. Spring 2026 was rough for reasons that had nothing to do with pitch recognition. Veen has been candid about it: he’s said he dealt with “a pretty big substance abuse problem for a few years” before making real changes to his life and his body — swapping bad habits for protein shakes, essentially, and his old high school coach has noted the added muscle has actually improved his speed and exit velocities. Not every prospect fixes their swing by fixing their life first, but that appears to be the order of operations here.

Chapter Two: Albuquerque goes nuclear

Whatever clicked, it clicked hard. Sent back to Triple-A to “begin the 2026 campaign,” as the reports politely put it — a nice way of saying he was buried on the org chart — Veen instead put together one of the best minor league seasons in the entire sport. Across 100 games and 445 plate appearances with the Isotopes, he hit .327/.402/.635 with a 1.037 OPS, 24 home runs, 87 RBI, 18 stolen bases, and 82 runs scored. That’s not a hot streak. That’s a full-blown, system-wide malfunction of opposing pitching staffs. Also it’s the kind of season that fantasy baseball owners drool over.

He didn’t just hit his way back — he announced it. On the Friday before his call-up, Veen went 5-for-5 with three home runs and a franchise-record 17 total bases in Albuquerque, the kind of night that makes a front office’s decision for them. Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer wasn’t shy about crediting the process over the moment: “He pushed his way to the big leagues. He’s been working on his plate discipline and showing a ton of power. He’s just been doing everything that we’ve asked of him, so he’s earned his way here.”

Even Colorado’s grizzled elder statesman noticed the transformation. Kyle Freeland, who’s been holding down the Rockies rotation since Obama-era fashion was cool, said Veen has undergone “a massive turnaround of his attitude and how he goes about things over the past year,” adding that “how he carried himself was almost a 180 of what it was a year prior. We all noticed it immediately, and we were all happy for him.”

And in true 2026 fashion, Veen found out about the promotion the way we all find out about anything important now — via phone, mid-video-game. “I was about to load into a ‘Call of Duty Zombies’ game in the hotel, and that’s when I got a call,” he said with a smile. Somewhere, a lobby of strangers is still wondering why their fourth player never spawned in.

The Scouting Report: What he actually brings to the table

Strip away the redemption-arc narrative for a second and look at the tools, because there’s still a legitimately interesting fantasy baseball player under all the storyline.

Hit: Originally a 60-grade hit tool coming out of high school, MLB Pipeline had trimmed that down to a 50 by early 2026 as his strikeout rate crept north of 25 percent at the upper levels — the residue of chasing loft and power instead of staying short to the ball. The swing-decision data backs up an old scouting staple, though: Veen’s plate approach has long graded as plus, with a strong ability to discern balls from strikes and a habit of rarely passing on a fastball over the plate. The swing got long; the eye never left.

Power: A 55-grade tool that the 2026 numbers suggest may have finally arrived on schedule. Twenty-four home runs and a .635 slug at altitude-adjacent Albuquerque isn’t nothing, and reports have specifically flagged his 2024 performance against breaking balls and fastballs above 94 mph as an encouraging sign for handling actual major league stuff.

Speed and Defense: Plus grades on both speed and arm, with a 55 on fielding round out a profile that was never short on athleticism — the concern with Veen has always lived in the batter’s box, not the outfield grass. Eighteen steals at Triple-A this year confirm the wheels are very much still attached.

Overall: A 45 overall fantasy baseball grade — a potential everyday regular with some star-level ceiling if the bat-to-ball skills stabilize, and a “solid platoon piece who runs hot and cold” floor if they don’t. The gap between those outcomes is, charitably, the entire plot of this article.

Back to this afternoon’s game

Which brings us back to that two-run homer in the fourth — the one that opened this story.

Final score is in the books, and it’s exactly the kind of chaotic, ugly-but-a-win game that felt appropriate for the occasion. Colorado survived a bullpen meltdown and 10 walks on the day to hang on for a 6-4 victory, taking the rubber match of the series — their first road series win since a June sweep of the Angels, and their first series win in Arizona since 2022.

The offense did the early heavy lifting. Brett Sullivan hit a three-run homer down the right-field line in the second inning to cap a four-run frame against Arizona starter Merrill Kelly, and then, right on cue, Veen added his own two-run homer in the fourth — in what was officially his first game of the 2026 season.

The line: A two-run home run in the fourth inning off Merrill Kelly, in his 2026 season (and effectively second-chapter) debut. Per the box score, Veen also had an at-bat with a runner in scoring position that didn’t come through — so it wasn’t a spotless, storybook 4-for-4, just a very good, very real one: the kind of game where the swing that mattered, mattered.

Context that makes it sweeter: This was, officially, Veen’s first game of the 2026 season — the actual moment this whole story has been building toward since spring training. Sixteen months after a 4-for-34 nightmare, he stepped into the box, saw a pitch he liked, and didn’t miss it.

The verdict: One swing doesn’t erase a .118 batting average, and one game doesn’t rewrite a fantasy baseball scouting report that still flags his strikeout rate as a real question. But this is about as good a re-opening statement as Veen could have written for himself — a two-run bomb, in a series-clinching win, in his first game back, after the version of himself that showed up in April 2025 clearly isn’t walking through that clubhouse door again. Redemption arcs don’t get finished in one plate appearance. They just get started. This one’s off to a very loud start.

As we roll out our latest update to the RotoProspects Top 700 Prospect fantasy baseball rankings, let’s dive into the key updates surrounding the top-ranked prospects this week.

Rays phenom Theo Gillen jumps into the Top Five overall

The helium surrounding Gillen is no longer speculation—it’s a data-driven explosion. Fully settled in Double-A and showcasing true plus multi-category upside, Gillen is a top-five foundational asset.

Since joining Double-A Montgomery, the Southern League hasn’t slowed him down one bit. Across his overall 2026 minor league slate, Gillen is slashing .326/.431/.566 with 20 home runs, 37 stolen bases, and an OPS over 1.000.

Over the last three weeks alone, he’s posted a multi-homer game (July 29), a walk-off bomb (July 24), and back-to-back long balls this week. Oh, and he took a quick break in July to represent Tampa Bay at the 2026 MLB All-Star Futures Game.

Braves’ Eric Hartman soars into the Top 15 with his 20/30 season

Hartman (pictured above) has put together a career year in 2026, forcing a recent promotion to Double-A Columbus after tearing up High-A Rome. Across 94 games at High-A, the 20-year-old Canadian outfielder slashed a dynamic .273/.364/.525 while pounding out 24 home runs, 64 RBIs, and 38 stolen bases. Combining a 70-grade sprint speed with a newly unlocked 20+ home run pop, Hartman’s rare 20/30 production in the upper-minor pipeline makes him one of the most electric rising outfielders in dynasty fantasy baseball.

Josiah Ragsdale traded to the Cardinals, leaps up inside the Top 75

Ragsdale was the centerpiece prospect acquired by St. Louis in their MLB Trade Deadline deal that sent Dustin May and JoJo Romero to Milwaukee. The 22-year-old outfielder has put up MVP-caliber numbers across High-A and Double-A in 2026, slashing .319/.444/.590 with 20 home runs and 31 stolen bases in 317 at-bats. After riding a 46-game on-base streak and a torrid 18-homer tear into late July, he was immediately assigned to Double-A Springfield to anchor the Cardinals’ next wave of outfield depth.

The Top 25 players in this week’s updated RotoProspects Top 700 Prospect Rankings

The Top 50 can be found HERE (no subscription required). For the complete list, CLICK HERE (subscription required).

As we roll out our latest update to the RotoProspects Top 700 Prospect fantasy baseball rankings, let’s dive into the key updates surrounding the top-ranked prospects this week.

Tigers’ Max Clark arrives in the majors, and soars into the Top 15

Over his last 32 games in the minors, he exploded with a .328/.427/.523 slash line and a 155 wRC+. Even more impressive for dynasty managers is his elite plate discipline—he carried perfectly matching 13.3% walk and strikeout rates during that stretch.

Marlins’ Cam Cannarella jumps up inside the Top 100

Few players have accelerated their timeline like Cannarella this season. After tearing through High-A and Double-A, he didn’t waste any time introducing himself to Triple-A—he launched a 102 mph, 416-foot home run on the very first pitch he saw. Across all three levels in 2026, he’s slashing a stellar .349/.438/.576 with 13 homers, 14 steals, and an 80% contact rate. He could be in Miami by September.

Brewers’ Josiah Ragsdale may be the breakout star of 2026

Operating in center field for Double-A Biloxi, Ragsdale (pictured above) is in the midst of a ridiculous 46-game on-base streak. He has completely tapped into his game power, crushing 9 home runs in his last 10 games, while also swiping 31 bags on the year.

Quinn Mathews is up near the Top 100 may be up soon for the Cardinals

The big left-hander has successfully rebuilt his dynasty value and put his command issues in the rearview mirror. Mathews was virtually untouchable in July, logging a 1.04 ERA with 28 strikeouts against just 6 walks in four starts. Over his last 52.1 innings, he boasts a 1.55 ERA and 59 punchouts. He’s knocking on the door in Triple-A and looks like the next man up for the St. Louis rotation.

The Top 25 players in this week’s updated RotoProspects Top 700 Prospect Rankings

The Top 50 can be found HERE (no subscription required). For the complete list, CLICK HERE (subscription required).

Welcome to the #18 installment of our Weekly Hot Prospects Report ranking the top minor-league performances from the week ending July 26. We’re back with this week’s top performers making waves across the minors—and this week’s trio at the top is stacked with rising stars who are soaring up the fantasy baseball rankings and even knocking on the MLB door.   

Fantasy baseball owners, take note. CLICK HERE to check out the full list, with ETAs and updated statistics (subscription required).

A quick look at the Top Three

1. Kade Anderson | SP | Seattle Mariners

Level: Double-A | Age: 22 | ETA: 2026
Why He’s Hot: Anderson delivered perfection over five frames at Double-A. He sat down all 15 batters he faced without allowing a single hit or base runner while punching out seven. Seattle’s pitching development system continues to produce high-upside arms, and Anderson’s mix of command and swing-and-miss stuff was on full display.
Dynasty Take: Anderson’s jump to Double-A hasn’t slowed his momentum. With zero-walk command and elite bat-missing capability, he is rapidly solidifying his status as a target for mid-to-late 2026 rotation depth in deep fantasy leagues.

2. Jack Gurevitch | 1B | St. Louis Cardinals

Level: High-A | Age: 22 | ETA: 2028
Why He’s Hot: Gurevitch put on a clinic at High-A last week, blasting 5 home runs in just 20 at-bats while striking out only twice. A 1.915 OPS over a full six-game slate is eye-popping, showing off raw power alongside disciplined contact skills.
Dynasty Take: First-base prospects often face high offensive bars to climb ranks, but Gurevitch is hitting the cover off the ball. Keep a close eye on his promotion timeline to Double-A; if the power holds, his dynasty value will soar.

3. Wilder Dalis | SS | Colorado Rockies

Level: Single-A | Age: 19 | ETA: 2028
Why He’s Hot: At just 19 years old, Dalis did it all for Single-A Fresno. He compiled 12 hits, 4 home runs, 12 RBIs, and 4 stolen bases with a 5:6 BB:K ratio. Demonstrating power, patience, and speed in equal measure, Dalis was virtually unretractable all week.
Dynasty Take: Middle infielders who can pack 20/20 potential with high-OBP traits are dynamic assets. Dalis is a prime target for deep first-year player drafts or early pickup lists.

Power & Speed Standouts

The offense was electric across all levels this past week:

• Gavin Cross (OF, KC – AAA): Cross crushed AAA pitching with a 1.705 OPS, 5 HR, 10 RBIs, and 3 SBs (12-for-27). He looks primed for a big-league call-up.
• Blake Burke (1B, MIL – AA): Matched Cross with 5 HR and 11 RBIs alongside a massive 1.742 OPS in Double-A.
• Tyson Lewis (3B, CIN – High-A): Showcased dynamic tools with 3 HR and 5 SBs while posting a 1.346 OPS.
• Mac Horvath (2B/3B, TB – AA) & Ryan Wideman (OF, SD – High-A): Caused absolute havoc on the basepaths, stealing 5 bases and 7 bases respectively.

Dominant Pitching Performances

It wasn’t just hitters taking over; several starters posted zero-run outings:

• Quinn Mathews (SP, STL – AAA): Worked 7 scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts and a 0.86 WHIP.
• Ramon Marquez (SP, PHI – High-A): Spun 5 shutout innings with 10 strikeouts and just 1 walk/hit allowed (0.40 WHIP).
• John Holobetz (SP, BOS – AA): Struck out 10 without walking a batter in 5 scoreless frames (0.60 WHIP).
• Conner Ware (SP/RP, NYM – Single-A): Recorded 12 strikeouts over 7 shutout innings across 2 appearances (0.71 WHIP).
• Luis Martinez-Gomez (SP, CHC – AA): Struck out 12 over 6 innings, allowing just 1 ER (0.33 WHIP).

The Top 10 in the Weekly Hot Prospects Report

From dominant arms to scorching-hot bats, here are the Top 10 prospects below who turned heads and boosted their stock. CLICK HERE to check out the full list, with ETAs and updated statistics (subscription required).

As we roll out our latest update to the RotoProspects Top 700 Prospect fantasy baseball rankings, let’s dive into the key updates surrounding the top-ranked prospects this week.

Mike Sirota of Dodgers is an on-base machine who is soaring up near the Top 10

• The Noise: Blistering mid-summer surge for Double-A Tulsa.
• The Dynasty Take: Sirota’s transition to Double-A has been nothing short of spectacular. Through 47 games with the Tulsa Drillers, the 23-year-old outfielder (pictured above) is slashing .318/.467/.528 with seven home runs, 12 doubles, and 45 walks against just 48 strikeouts. His pristine discipline—carrying nearly a 1:1 walk-to-strikeout ratio—paired with a .995 OPS at Double-A proves his hit tool and zone judgment are truly top-tier. He vaults up to No. 12 as an elite, high-floor dynasty outfielder nearing big-league readiness.

Guardians 18-year-old phenom Juneiker Caceres catapults up inside the Top 40

• The Noise: Crushing full-season Single-A pitching with ease.
• The Dynasty Take: Caceres continues his meteoric climb up our rankings sheets, leaping up to No. 35. The 18-year-old Venezuelan outfielder hit his 10th home run of the season in late June and has stayed scalding hot through July. Armed with an advanced 55-grade hit tool and exit velocities that already touch 108+ mph, he is showing a mature ability to lift and pull the ball with authority. The Guardians have another dynamic, high-OBP outfield star in the making.

Royals’ Angeibel Gomez continues to destroy DSL pitching, jumps up inside the Top 75

• The Noise: Named a 2026 Dominican Summer League All-Star.
• The Dynasty Take: Gomez signed for $2.9 million in January as one of the jewel international prospects of his class, and he has lived up to every single bit of the hype. The 17-year-old center fielder was selected to the DSL All-Star Game following a dominant debut month. Possessing a pristine 60-hit, 55-power projection, 70-grade double-plus speed, and a 6’2″ frame that is still filling out, Gomez represents pure upside helium. He rockets up over 70 spots on our board.

The Top 25 players in this week’s updated RotoProspects Top 700 Prospect Rankings

The Top 50 can be found HERE (no subscription required). For the complete list, CLICK HERE (subscription required).

The 2026 MLB Draft is in the books, and with it comes the launch of our 2027 First-Year Player Draft Rankings, featuring the top 100 names fantasy managers and dynasty league owners need to know. The FYPD rankings represent the most comprehensive look yet at how this year’s draft class stacks up in terms of long-term fantasy value, future grades, and development timelines.

Our latest update to the Top 700 fantasy baseball prospect rankings infuses the fresh blood into the system, integrating the top incoming amateur talent alongside all of the other minor leaguers. This class offers a fascinating mix of ultra-advanced college performers at the very top, followed by an incredibly high-upside wave of high school shortstops and dynamic prep arms.

The Elite Tier: Clean sweeps and West Coast vibes

1. Vahn Lackey, C, Minnesota Twins (Georgia Tech)

• Future Grades: 55 Hit / 50 Power / 50 Speed / 60 Fielding
• The Outline: Lackey takes the crown as our early #1. A dynamic, athletic catcher who bucks the traditional slow-moving profile at the position. With a 55-grade bat and rare 50-grade speed behind the dish, he’s a potential multi-categorical monster in fantasy formats.

2. Drew Burress, OF, Athletics (Georgia Tech)

• Future Grades: 50 Hit / 55 Power / 50 Speed / 55 Fielding
• The Outline: Keeping it in the Yellow Jackets family, Burress slots in right behind his college teammate. He brings a slightly louder power profile (55-grade) to the grass and projects as an impact, everyday run-producer who won’t kill your average or chip-in speed categories.

3. Roch Cholowsky, SS, Chicago White Sox (UCLA)

• Future Grades: 55 Hit / 60 Power / 50 Speed / 65 Fielding
• The Outline: Cholowsky (pictured above) boasts perhaps the highest floor-to-ceiling combo among the top three. His 60-projected power from the shortstop position makes him a premier dynasty asset, and his elite defensive traits (65 fielding) ensure his bat will get every opportunity to sink or swim in the upper minors.

2027 FYPD trends to watch

• The Prep Shortstop Wave: If you miss out on the top college bats, the high school shortstop market is loaded. Tyler Bell (#4), Grady Emerson (#5), and Jacob Lombard (#7) represent elite tier-two targets with massive ceiling if you can afford to wait on their 2028/2029 ETAs.
• Speed Demons: Looking for pure wheels to anchor your roster? Keep an eye on Eric Booth (#6), who boasts an elite 80-grade speed tool, and Tre Broussard (#60) with a blazing 70-grade.
• High-Octane Fastballs: If you want to gamble on pure velocity in the mid-tiers, Brody Bumila (#53) and Carson Wiggins (#83) both carry an astronomical 80-grade fastball.

A quick look at the Top 20 players

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