Friendly Prospect List to help you out this year Yahoo! (Fantasy Baseball)
Hey Yahoo! I thought I'd help you out for the upcoming 2016 season...here's the prospects from the MLB.com Top 100 that you are missing in your player database (as of the end of the 2015 season) as well as some other top prospects that have really risen their stock this past season (I have not included super-unknown prospects; these are well-known guys if you follow prospects). Also yahoo Dynasty fantasy players, comment on any solid prospects that are up-and-comers that are not in the yahoo db and that I don't have listed here:
* denotes 2015 draft pick (and these are all 1st or 2nd rounders so no "unknown" minor league players; these guys are well-known)
*Brendan Rodgers SS COL
*Dansby Swanson SS ATL
Rafael Devers 3B BOS
Nomar Mazara OF TEX
Franklin Barreto SS OAK
*Alex Bregman SS HOU
Jose De Leon SP LAD
Gleyber Torres SS CHC
Ozhaino Albies SS ATL
Brett Phillips OF MIL
Blake Snell SP TB
*Carson Fulmer SP CHW
*Dillon Tate P TEX
Brent Honeywell SP TB
Ryan McMahon 3B COL
Jake Thompson P PHI
*Daz Cameron OF HOU
*Kyle Tucker OF HOU
Grant Holmes P LAD
*Andrew Benintendi OF BOS
*Tyler Jay P MIN
Lewis Brinson OF TEX
Duane Underwood SP CHC
*Garrett Whitley OF TB
Amir Garrett P CIN
*Trent Clark OF MIL
Rob Kaminsky SP CLE
Javier Guerra SS BOS
*Jonathan Harris P TOR
Amed Rosario SS NYM
*Ashe Russell P KC
*Mike Nikorak P COL
*Cornelius Randolph OF PHI
Luis Ortiz P TEX
Jorge Mateo SS NYY
*Kolby Allard P ATL
Gavin Ceccini SS NYM
A.J. Reed 1B HOU
*Tyler Stephenson C CIN
Keury Mella P CIN
Kyle Zimmer P KC
Anthony Alford OF TOR
Michael Fulmer P DET
Jack Flaherty P STL
Others:
Anderson Espinoza P BOS
Max Pentecost C TOR
Kodi Medeiros P MIL
Tyler Beede P SF
Erick Fedde P WAS
Nick Howard P CIN
Matt Chapman 3B OAK
Mike Chavis SS BOS
Luke Weaver P STL
Foster Griffin P KC
Alex Blandino SS CIN
Justus Sheffield OF CLE
Michael Kopech P BOS
Mike Papi OF CLE
Jacob Gatewood SS MIL
Jake Stinnett P CHC
Derek Fisher OF HOU
Justin O'Conner C TB
Roman Quinn OF PHI
Cody Reed P ARI
*Beau Burrows P DET
*Josh Naylor 1B MIA
*Brady Aiken SP CLE
*Phil Bickford SP SF
*Michael Soroka SP ATL
*D.J. Stewart OF BAL
*Walker Buehler SP LAD
*Ryan Mountcastle SS BAL
*Nathan Kirby SP MIL
*Alex Young SP ARI
*Donnie Dewees OF CHC
*Ricardo Sanchez P ATL
Renato Nunez 3B OAK
*Dakota Chalmers P OAK
Francis Martes P HOU
*Austin Smith P SD
Junior Fernandez P STL
Ricardo Sanchez P ATL
International Signings (only high-profile, well-known players):
Yadier Alvarez P LAD
Yusniel Diaz OF LAD
Eddie Martinez OF CHC
Lucius Fox SS SF
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. OF TOR
Starling Heredia OF LAD
Jhailyn Ortiz OF PHI
Alfredo Rodriguez CIN SS
Fernando Tatis Jr. CHW SS
Carlos Vargas SEA SS
Lazaro Armenteros OF TBA (Eligible to sign Feb.10 -so talented he should sign with a team before the 2016 season starts)
If you guys at Yahoo! could please take a thoughtful look, that'd be much appreciated! I believe most yahoo fantasy players would really appreciate you guys adding these players to your database this year! I thought I'd make it easier and give you a list of top well-known prospects. Thanks!
P.S. MLB.com's Top 100 prospect list (updated for 2016) comes out on January 29th, so that might be something to use as well. I know you guys get a lot of requests for a deeper and "accurate" prospect database so hope this helps you guys!
Johnny Lamb
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Thanks for sending this over Johnny. I am reviewing with our team of experts and will update our list of players accordingly in preparation for the 2016 Fantasy Baseball season.
Joe
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Anonymous
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Cody Bellinger 1b/OF of the Dodgers is another name missing that could be called up this year as a power bat after hitting 30 bombs last year and crushing it in Spring Training.
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Johnny Lamb
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MLB.com top 10 lists continued:
SS top 10:
all on this list are already mentioned in the main post -
Johnny Lamb
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MLB.com top 10 lists continued:
2B top 10:
Alex Blandino - Reds
Scott Kingery - Phillies3B top 10:
Ryan McMahon - Rockies
Ke-Bryan Hayes - Pirates
Austin Riley - Braves
Jeimer Candelario - Cubs
Jomar Reyes - Orioles -
Johnny Lamb
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Hey Yahoo! MLB.com is slowly releasing their lists of top 10 for each position. Here are the players on the list that weren't available in your database last year but obviously because they made these prospect lists are top prospects and people know them now (I didn't include players that were already mentioned in the original post):
RHP top 10: those missing are already in the list above
LHP top 10:
Cody Reed P for the Reds (there's 2 Cody Reeds, one plays for ARI and this one for CIN)
Josh Hader P for BrewersC top 10:
Wilson Contreras-Cubs
Reese McGuire - Pirates (I think he's missing from the database but could be wrong)
Elias Diaz - Pirates
Dom Nunez - Rockies
Jacob Nottingham - Athletics
Aramis Garcia - Giants1B top 10:
Bobby Bradley - Indians
Cody Bellinger - Dodgers
Jake Bauers - Rays
Sam Travis - Red Sox (he might already be in the database)Again I am just trying to help you guys out. Also I have not included players I already mentioned in the original post to prevent redundance.
Thanks
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Albert5
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Josh Hader P (Brewers) - made MLB.com's top 10 LHP list at No. 6
Stephen Gonsalves P (Twins) -
subi jam
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Marcos Molina P for the Mets
Isan Diaz 2B/SS for the D-backsboth are good prospects that should be in the database as well especially for those in dynasty leagues
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Johnny Lamb
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Awesome! I also forgot about OF Victor Robles who had a breakout season last year too and rose up prospect lists. He plays for the Washington Nationals.
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zack chaps
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Totally agree with this. There should also be a mid season "update" like around the All-star break or something. Like maybe have some fringe prospects ready to be put in the database at the start of the year and when the All-star break comes then you can add them in to the database or something. I know many yahoo fantasy baseball players who are frustrated that yahoo doesn't have as big a prospect database as CBS and ESPN fantasy baseball. Yahoo needs this to compete with the big boys (CBS and ESPN) and I hope they do
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Sean Peacock
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My only concern is that MLB releases their 2016 top 100 list on Jan 29 so it may have some guys you haven't listed (although you did a pretty good job Johnny). Hopefully the yahoo guys are nice and open-minded (willing to make necessary changes) cuz a really deep prospect database is something that's been wanted for years but hasn't been fulfilled 100%
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Sean Peacock
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Good timing too since Fantasy baseball opens soon so this gives them time to add these guys.
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Sean Peacock
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speaking of catchers there's Wilson Contreras (CHC). He had a great season last year that caused him to rise up prospect lists too. Thanks for posting this!