Format = Place Participant | Age on 4/1/2025 | Highest Degree Performed | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. 2B Christian Moore | 22 | AA | 2025
Gray wrote about Moore the opposite day. Right here’s a hyperlink to his 2025 Fantasy Outlook.
After main Tennessee to a nationwide title, Moore slashed .322/.378/.533 with 5 dwelling runs and two stolen bases in 23 Double-A video games. We’d’ve seen him within the majors if not for harm, and he may open the season within the majors.
2. RHP Caden Dana | 21 | MLB | 2025
A prototypical innings-eater sort at 6’4” 215 lbs with simple velocity and three off-speed pitches, Dana repeats his supply nicely and instructions his arsenal with a deftness past his years. He dominated Double-A as a 20-year-old and compelled a late-season promotion to LA of A even in a misplaced season. Nicely, that is perhaps stretching it a bit. They might’ve simply promoted him to Triple-A after he logged a 2.52 ERA in 135.2 innings in Double-A, however that wouldn’t have the identical aptitude as sending him straight to the majors. In all probability ought to’ve despatched him to Triple-A across the hundred-inning mark.
3. OF Matthew Lugo | 23 | AAA | 2025
In 79 video games throughout two ranges, Lugo slashed .287/.376/.578 with 17 dwelling runs and 16 steals. He received injured proper after being despatched over from Boston within the Luis Garcia commerce. If not, we most likely would’ve seen him in Anaheim come September. As is, he’s sort of flying below the radar as a redraft choice in deep leagues. Stable likelihood he’s promoted early and contributes slightly energy and pace to a variety of fantasy rosters.
4. OF Nelson Rada | 19 | AA | 2026
The plusses listed below are apparent: a legit middle fielder with stable plate expertise from the left facet, Rada swiped 49 full-season bases earlier than he turned 18, and at 5’10” 160 lbs, he’ll doubtless add energy as his body fills out. The negatives are: he has no energy in the meanwhile, hitting only one dwelling run in 502 plate appearances in 2024 after slugging two in 540 PA the yr earlier than. He’s all the time been extraordinarily younger for the extent, and that tends to work out within the mixture, particularly if a young person like Rada arrives to camp some spring carrying new muscle after a Rocky IV sort winter.
5. RHP George Klassen | 23 | AA | 2025
A part of the return from Philadelphia for Carlos Estevez together with LHP Sam Aldegheri, Klassen represents a pleasant upside play in a wide-open rotation.
Right here’s what I wrote about him in a late-Might version of Prospect Information:
“Phillies RHP George Klassen (22, A) was not notably efficient as a university pitcher, posting ERAs of 5.72 and 14.09 in his two seasons as a Golden Gopher in Minnesota. Nonetheless, he confirmed sufficient plus stuff for the Phillies to pick out him within the sixth spherical of the 2023 draft. When he began producing hype this spring as a pitch-lab discover for Philadelphia, I used to be skeptical as a result of it’s exhausting to only hand-wave these sorts of outcomes. Plus, 22-year-old school pitchers ought to fare nicely towards Low-A hitters. Even so, Klassen’s gone full Pickle Rick this yr. His 0.33 ERA, 0.67 WHIP and 34.3 p.c strikeout-minus-walk charge are eye-popping numbers that counsel he’s already graduated from that degree, expertise smart. He is perhaps in Excessive-A proper now if not for a brief journey to the injured checklist. His three-pix combine now features a four-seam fastball at about 98, a cutter at ~90 and a curveball at ~86; all three play as plus.”
He wasn’t pretty much as good in Excessive-A, however the Angels despatched him straight to Double-A after the commerce anyway, the place he posted a 5.65 ERA in 28.2 innings throughout seven begins.
6. SS Joswa Lugo | 18 | DSL | 2029
Signed for $2.3 million final January, Lugo is the youthful brother of Dawel Lugo, who had a number of cups of espresso with the Detroit Tigers. At 6’3” 187 lbs with infield expertise and actions, Joswa figures to remain on the grime so long as he stays fast sufficient into his mid-20’s. His debut season was successful; he slashed .301/.370/.466 with 5 dwelling runs and 18 stolen bases in 53 video games. Right here’s hoping he’s able to fly by means of the minors as a result of the Angels aren’t recognized to slow-roll a high-end teenager producing plus outcomes.
7. LHP Sam Aldegheri | 23 | MLB | 2024
A part of the return from Philadelphia for Carlos Estevez together with RHP George Klassen, Aldegheri pitched nicely all season till he was despatched to Rocket Metropolis after the commerce. He posted a 5.19 ERA in 17.1 innings throughout 4 begins, and the Angels despatched him straight to the majors. Looks as if they’re avoiding their Triple-A setting in Salt Lake Metropolis for a few of the younger arms. On the mound, his fastball performs nicely up within the zone even within the low 90’s, sort of a Drew Smyly look, and he mixes in a curveball, slider, and changeup with stable management of every pitch. He’s unlikely to dominate, however Aldegheri is an effective guess to carve out a pleasant profession retiring batters from either side.
8. C Dario Laverde | 20 | A | 2028
A left-handed hitter listed at 5’10” 160 lbs, Laverde is a bat-first catcher with superlative plate expertise, Laverde transformed from the outfield and is utilizing that athleticism and plus arm to make fast growth features behind the plate. He hit .349 for 18 video games on the complicated after which slashed .277/.366/.390 in 57 video games in Low-A. He hit two dwelling runs there however ought to present up slightly stronger annually and add some energy to the plus hit instrument.
9. SS Denzer Guzman | 21 | AA | 2027
At 6’1” 180 lbs, Guzman ought to add power with time, and his outcomes ought to enhance when he’s not enjoying towards guys who’re about 3.7 years older than him on common. In 83 video games towards such gamers in Double-A Rocket Metropolis this season, Guzman slashed .206/.297/.304 with six dwelling runs and 7 steals in 13 makes an attempt. He was good for 13 Excessive-A video games earlier than that, for what it’s Werth, and there’s each likelihood he bounces again in 2025 if the membership lets him repeat the Double-A degree.
10. OF Randy De Jesus | 20 | A | 2028
A right-handed hitter at 6’4” 210 lbs, De Jesus signed for $1.2 million with the 2022 worldwide class and hit nicely within the DSL however scuffed stateside the next yr, slashing .249/.310/.331 with two dwelling runs in 48 video games on the complicated. 2024 went higher in full-season ball: 100 video games with a slash line of .277/.352/.459 with 12 dwelling runs and three stolen bases.
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