Even though the fantasy baseball season is only about six weeks old, there has been no shortage of MLB prospects who have already found their way to Major League rosters. Players like Kristian Campbell, Cam Smith, Jasson Dominguez, and Matt Shaw broke camp with their clubs. Others, such as Zac Veen, Tim Tawa, and Henry Davis, have been called up with mixed results. Many others are still waiting the call.
With still about five months left in the 2025 season, we are bound to see many more players graduate from the minor league level to their shot at the majors. Who deserves their time in the big leagues and who needs some more seasoning? This prospect report will provide a quick, weekly glance at MLB’s top hitter prospects and how they are performing in the minors.
As players graduate to the Major Leagues, new names will take their place as the season goes along. All stats are as of games completed on May 4. First, some news on recent call-ups that are relevant to fantasy baseball.
Prospect News
Coby Mayo, BAL, 1B/3B
Once Jordan Westburg and Ramon Urias were both placed on the IL last week, the Orioles almost had their hand forced to call up top prospect Coby Mayo to play third base. Mayo did not play on Saturday and went 0-for-3 with a walk on Sunday. He figures to see regular playing time as long as those two teammates are on the IL, but there will be a roster crunch when one or both return. If Mayo can repeat some of his AAA success this year, he will absolutely stick with the big club. Mayo was slugging .523 with six home runs and seven doubles before being called up.
Agustin Ramirez, MIA, C
Agustin Ramirez crushed his fourth home run in 47 plate appearances and now has a .244/.277/.622 line in his first 10 games in MLB. Ramirez will need to improve his contact rate and his chase rate to reach that next level of stardom, but it’s clear Ramirez belongs in the major leagues and in the top fantasy catcher conversations.
Cade Horton, CHC, SP
There is no official news about the top Cubs prospect being called up, but their pitching staff is in serious trouble right now. Justin Steele is lost for the year. Shota Imanaga landed on the IL with a hamstring strain suffered on Sunday. Javier Assad had a setback in his return from an oblique injury. That means Matthew Boyd and Ben Brown are the Cubs’ two best pitchers right now. Cade Horton, however, continues to dominate in AAA. He has a 1.24 ERA, a 0.86 WHIP, and 33 strikeouts in 29 innings. If the Cubs decide to fill the void from the minors and not with longman Chris Flexen, Horton might get the call at just 23 years of age.
Logan Evans, SEA, SP
It’s been a bad first two starts for the Seattle Mariners for Logan Evans. Through his first 10 innings, Evans has a 7.20 ERA, a 1.80 WHIP, and five walks allowed. He has only allowed one home run and struck out eight batters, so the talent is clearly there. Evans just hasn’t been able to locate the ball where he wants, which is what leads to five walks and 13 hits in just 10 innings pitched.
Fantasy Baseball Prospect Report
Roman Anthony, BOS, RF
When Tristan Casas went down for the year with a tragic knee injury over the weekend, thoughts naturally went to whether or not Boston’s top prospect, Roman Anthony, could fill that role. The Red Sox quickly put that thought to rest as they want to continue to develop Anthony as an outfielder, and he has not played first base professionally. Now healed from his own injury, Anthony is hitting .305/.419/.514 through 129 plate appearances this year.
Walker Jenkins, MIN, OF
Walker Jenkins re-injured the same ankle he sprained during Spring Training. These injuries have limited him to only eight plate appearances this season, where he has just a .125 average with no walks or home runs. He should be back sometime in the next few weeks.
Samuel Basallo, BAL, C
More prospect injury news this week. Samuel Basallo is trying to return from a hamstring strain that kept him out of the lineup and out of catching duties for an extended time. He has returned to hitting, but is not catching yet. So far this season, Basallo is hitting .231/.344/.462 with a couple of home runs.
Dalton Rushing, LAD, C
It’s certainly a good thing for Will Smith that he is hitting .318/.413/.494 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, because Dalton Rushing continues to crush in AAA. The 24-year-old is hitting .306/.425/.494 and has a 17/12 strikeout-to-walk ratio this year.
Carson Williams, TBR, SS
Baseball’s number seven prospect continues to struggle in AAA at 21 years of age. He is hitting just .172/.305/.333 with three home runs and four steals. The walks and OBP are nice, but he is not yet ready for MLB when he can’t solve AAA pitching.
Aidan Miller, PHI, SS
Aidan Miller may be just 20 years old, so we will give him a little leash for struggling in AA right now to the tune of a .216/.324/.307 line in 102 plate appearances. His strikeout rate is starting to improve, but it is still sitting around 27% for the year.
Jordan Lawlar, ARI, SS
It’s time to get Jordan Lawlar to the Major Leagues somehow. Lawlar is now hitting .357/.441/.643 with six home runs and 12 steals in AAA, and it’s clear he needs a promotion. I’m not sure what the hang-up is to calling up the 22-year-old, but he has made it clear he is one of the top offensive prospects in all of baseball.
Emmanuel Rodriguez, MIN, CF
The power has yet to arrive for Emmanuel Rodriguez in AAA as he has zero home runs in 78 plate appearances and is hitting .229/.379/.271. A 33% strikeout rate offsets the 19.5% walk rate, and those numbers must balance out before Emmanuel Rodriguez (at 22 years old) will get a shot for what is sure to be an injured Twins outfield.
Jac Caglianone, KC, 1B
The power numbers had slowed down a little bit for Jac Caglianone in the past week or two, until he hit a monster home run on top of the roof of another building near his AA stadium. He is now hitting .314/.395/.543 with six home runs and six doubles. There is still the AAA level to pass through for Caglianone, but if the Royals suffer an important injury at first base or DH, don’t be surprised if Caglianone gets the call.
Marcelo Mayer, BOS, SS
Marcelo Mayer is now the 10th-ranked prospect in all of the minor leagues, and his performance of late shows why. He now has seven home runs in 124 plate appearances and is hitting .268/.323/.491. But this isn’t just a power stroke without discipline; Mayer also has a strikeout rate of just 21%. When the inevitable Trevor Story or David Hamilton injury comes, Mayer should be getting a long look during a promotion.
Kyle Teel, CHW, C
Only a few players in the top 100 prospects have more than Teel’s 125 plate appearances, as the White Sox are clearly grooming him to take over at some point this season. But the hitting has fallen behind his defense, and he is only slashing .259/.360/.398 with three home runs right now. He had a good past seven days, but there is a ways to go.
Travis Bazzana, CLE, 2B
Travis Bazzana, the top pick in the 2024 draft, is in a cold streak. His hitting is down to .230/.330/.400, which is a 20-point drop in batting average in one week. With Gabriel Arias playing so well for the Guardians right now, it might be a little while before Bazzana gets his first crack at the major leagues.
Colson Montgomery, CHW, SS
Colson Montgomery continues to struggle at AAA, now with a .149/.223/.255 line despite being 23 years old at AAA. He had an awful first month of the season, and now he is trying to come out from underneath it. The organization still believes in him, and he is starting to make slightly more contact than his 42% strikeout rate at the beginning of the year first showed.
Lazaro Montes, SEA, OF
At just High-A ball, Montest is at the lowest level of any of the hitters on this list. However, he has shown tremendous improvement lately, and is now hitting .278/.418/.629 with seven home runs and two stolen bases. He has a 19% walk rate and just a 23% strikeout rate. Those are exactly the kind of numbers the strikeout-happy Mariners need right now. Montes is just 20, but I’m sure if the Mariners could fast-track him, they would.
Thayron Liranzo, DET, C
Thayron Liranzo continues to struggle in AA at 21 years old, so he won’t be a threat to the Tigers’ roster anytime soon, despite their need for more offense. Liranzo is batting .164/.325/.313. He has dropped his strikeout rate from 47% a couple of weeks ago to 37%, so maybe there is a small glimmer of hope, but the average continues to fall.
Kevin Alcántara, CHC, CF
Kevin Alcantara is hitting pretty well in AAA at 22 years old – .269/.340/.409 – but there is no room for him right now with Kyle Tucker, Seiya Suzuki, Ian Happ, and Pete Crow-Armstrong. A major injury would have to happen to one of those core pieces for the 22-year-old Alcantara to get a real shot at a roster spot.
Cole Young, SEA, SS
Cole Young has made it to AAA by age 21 and is looking to jump up as soon as he is ready. But it doesn’t appear he is ready at this age with a .197/.315/.287 line, including one home run and one stolen base. Young is likely another year away at this point.
