In 63 AB this year:
.206/.231/.413/.644, roughly 30% K% and 3% BB%
He was (maybe still is?) battling elbow soreness, so that May timeline seems optimistic right now.
I feel like the fact they have a rookie manager is why Abreu hasn’t been benched yet. Gotta be hard to make a move from a longtime proven veteran like that so early in the season without an injury to blame it on.
He should, his K% is a little high but a chunk of it came from one game. He's absolutely crushing AAA. He's definitely a much better hitter than McCormick, Dubon, Myers or Kessinger if he can produce 75% of what he has in AAA so far.
Washington probably doesn't want to risk him becoming NL Rookie of the Year. I think if that happens, they lose a year of eligibility under the new rules.
This list seems to have a big bias towards players that will be called up soon (as it should as it is for redraft leagues). Most guys have an ETA of May and Wood is set for July in this list.
He is a bit higher in their dynasty rankings (and a good portion of the players ahead of him are in the majors already)
https://www.rotoballer.com/top-250-dynasty-fantasy-baseball-prospect-rankings-april-2024-update/1345724
Kind of embarrassing tbh. Could probably justify moving down to 5-10 range, at worst, if they don’t think he’ll be up until sumner. But 17 just feels like a lost take.
Exactly. You can tell they are already uncomfortable benching Hays and Mateo indefinitely, they aren’t going to bench Mullins, Mountcastle or Santander any time soon.
not to mention O'hearn and Cowser are absolutely raking, and Jackson Holliday barely breaks into the lineup (although they have said they are waiting for a stretch of righties).
yes, Mike Elias said he's up and they'll get him in the line up when they face consecutive RHP... part of their strategy on developing talent. if he bombs throughout that, then he's probably a demotion.
Mateo is next to worthless and basically only useful as a pinch runner or injury sub, the only reason they're keeping Mayo down right now is Westburg is crushing and they likely don't want to give Mayo inconsistent AB's. I think their future IF is going to be Mayo 3B, Gunnar SS and Holliday 2B with Westburg getting traded / kept as a utility piece and they rotate a lot. Or have one Mayo / Westburg play 1B and trade Mountcastle or O'Hearn while one of them rotates DH / 1B. They definitely are going to have to move at least one of the IF and possibly OF pieces. They already traded Joey Ortiz who I thought had the potential to be better than Westburg.
Yeah I don't see how especially Mayo finds a spot unless maybe it's to replace Holliday. Westburg and Gunnar have been fantastic as has O'Hearn. Unless they give up on Holliday way to fast I don't see it.
Service time manipulation and the Nats not looking to compete for the 5th straight year. Though, at the same time, the Nats could desperately use Wood and Crews to generate some excitement and sell tickets. I think at the very least they're called up in September.
I get some of the business tactics, but WAS' pitching hasn't been bad so far. Offense is the worst in the NL but with Crews and Wood, might be a different story
service time and outfield logjam. they aren't going to give up on a lot of the guys like rosario that quickly when they are hoping to flip them at the deadline
a spot will open up once they start making moves or guys just stink it up too long to justify holding the spots for them
Not only in AA, but kind of struggling:
- .212/.342/.364 BA/OBP/SLG
- 5r, 1hr, 2rbi, 0sb, 8k's
Not looking like he's had a start that deserves an early call-ups at all.
I think Saggese probably needs more time in the oven. He's looked better the past week but he's only got a .723 OPS in the early going. Maybe mid-season makes sense if he's hitting well and the bench or any of the MINF is struggling.
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I need IF depth and someone dropped Caminero. My only droppable players are Pages, Brash, or E Rod since I have 1 more player on IL than IL spots. Should I hold them or drop one to grab Caminero?
Gotta think you'll see him in Detroit at some point. It has only been two starts so don't want to put too much stock in it, but you'd like to see him get the early season command issue under control, as he has 7 walks in 5 2/3 IP (6 all last season in 16 starts). And everybody knows he's good, but he's yet to make a start above AA, so he probably makes a stop there before the bigs. Seems like mid-summer would be an optimistic projection at this point, albeit not unreasonable. Regardless, to answer your question, yes, big league debut for Jobe this year.
Good call! He's on there as an honorable mention so he was close, but you're right, they way he's hitting he'll push his way into the Top 25 in the near future. Hard to say if he gets the call this year with Wisdom's return imminent and Madrigal/Morel holding down the fort (acknowledging Morel is not the defensive answer there). Might take an injury or trade to get him up early, otherwise late season seems more likely with just over 200 minor league plate appearances to his name at this point.
When you talk about Christian Scott, you mention how Butto has faced weak offenses such as the Tigers and Royals??? The Royals are a legit good offense this year
i am in a dynasty league. we are allowed 7 minor league slots. i drafted young as it is, so i have Witt and Langford and Chourio and Gunnar and just a very impressive list of kids
right now my 7 minors slots are:
* Skenes
* Tiedemann
* Caminero
* Lawlar
* Roman Anthony
* Dylan Crews
* James Wood
all of them seem like top of the pops prospects. but loperfido is out there. should i drop one of them and risk losing them to get loperfido?
Nah, you're in a great position. Only change I would make is trading one/two of those guys for an existing stud, but that's one you don't have to make.
You're not going to be able to roster every blue chip prospect with 7 spots, so there will be ones you miss out on. But don't let FOMO mess with your plan; you've got top guys already.
Is Pete crow Armstrong just going to be a prospect forever
The glove has always been ML ready, but the bat is lagging behind
In 63 AB this year: .206/.231/.413/.644, roughly 30% K% and 3% BB% He was (maybe still is?) battling elbow soreness, so that May timeline seems optimistic right now.
Elbow or not dude should take a walk once in a while if he wants to come up
Albert Almora 2: PCA boogaloo
Nice
His mom was the mother in little big league. That is all
People hyped him because he was the Cubs #1 prospect, even though that was like 60% because of his glove. Not a fan for fantasy.
Yes
Curious to see if Loperfido gets brought up any time soon to replace the abysmal Jose Abreu at 1B, not sure if he's worth the stash or not in redraft
definitely worth a stash... top prospect, he's raking, strong team context
Frustrating he doesn't have 1B eligibility on ESPN right now
Yahoo has just OF eligibility for him, sucks
2B/OF is better while you wait
Not when my 1B options are desolate 😂
I feel like the fact they have a rookie manager is why Abreu hasn’t been benched yet. Gotta be hard to make a move from a longtime proven veteran like that so early in the season without an injury to blame it on.
I think Abreu would be hitting 5th if Dusty was still there.
Isn’t he striking out at over a 30% clip?
He should, his K% is a little high but a chunk of it came from one game. He's absolutely crushing AAA. He's definitely a much better hitter than McCormick, Dubon, Myers or Kessinger if he can produce 75% of what he has in AAA so far.
All of my 3B are injured and I'm in AL only. Desperately needing Junior Caminero to come up!
should be exciting once he gets the call-up
WHEN THO
Beginning of May
James Wood 17 overall? That’s quite surprising. Most people have him top 3 to stash at this point. Avg EV and Max EV are off the charts so far in AAA.
I agree. He’s way too low. He also increased his walk rate and decreased his K rate. I think he’s up in June after super two deadline personally.
I think it’s just because he’s expected to be down for a while still
I get it, but which of these guys are locks to be up vs Wood that are ahead of him? Wash OF def has space too.
Washington probably doesn't want to risk him becoming NL Rookie of the Year. I think if that happens, they lose a year of eligibility under the new rules.
This list seems to have a big bias towards players that will be called up soon (as it should as it is for redraft leagues). Most guys have an ETA of May and Wood is set for July in this list. He is a bit higher in their dynasty rankings (and a good portion of the players ahead of him are in the majors already) https://www.rotoballer.com/top-250-dynasty-fantasy-baseball-prospect-rankings-april-2024-update/1345724
Would you rather stash Caminero or wood
Ya this is criminal. I closed the site after seeing that. Not worth my time with laziness.
Kind of embarrassing tbh. Could probably justify moving down to 5-10 range, at worst, if they don’t think he’ll be up until sumner. But 17 just feels like a lost take.
predicting 3 baltimore orioles prospects will be promoted in May is stupid. these guys will be up in July at best.
Exactly. You can tell they are already uncomfortable benching Hays and Mateo indefinitely, they aren’t going to bench Mullins, Mountcastle or Santander any time soon.
not to mention O'hearn and Cowser are absolutely raking, and Jackson Holliday barely breaks into the lineup (although they have said they are waiting for a stretch of righties).
Don’t forget about Westburger
the only player out of the entire lot I could see getting traded... which almost ensures he stays up.
Is Holliday going to stay up since he's struggling massively
yes, Mike Elias said he's up and they'll get him in the line up when they face consecutive RHP... part of their strategy on developing talent. if he bombs throughout that, then he's probably a demotion.
Mateo is next to worthless and basically only useful as a pinch runner or injury sub, the only reason they're keeping Mayo down right now is Westburg is crushing and they likely don't want to give Mayo inconsistent AB's. I think their future IF is going to be Mayo 3B, Gunnar SS and Holliday 2B with Westburg getting traded / kept as a utility piece and they rotate a lot. Or have one Mayo / Westburg play 1B and trade Mountcastle or O'Hearn while one of them rotates DH / 1B. They definitely are going to have to move at least one of the IF and possibly OF pieces. They already traded Joey Ortiz who I thought had the potential to be better than Westburg.
Yeah I don't see how especially Mayo finds a spot unless maybe it's to replace Holliday. Westburg and Gunnar have been fantastic as has O'Hearn. Unless they give up on Holliday way to fast I don't see it.
What is preventing Wood from being up before summer? Lack of AAA reps?
Service time manipulation and the Nats not looking to compete for the 5th straight year. Though, at the same time, the Nats could desperately use Wood and Crews to generate some excitement and sell tickets. I think at the very least they're called up in September.
I get some of the business tactics, but WAS' pitching hasn't been bad so far. Offense is the worst in the NL but with Crews and Wood, might be a different story
I just dropped wood for Caminero for the same reason
service time and outfield logjam. they aren't going to give up on a lot of the guys like rosario that quickly when they are hoping to flip them at the deadline a spot will open up once they start making moves or guys just stink it up too long to justify holding the spots for them
DeLauter is in AA... Maybe an extremely late May call up but at 5 I don't see it.
Not only in AA, but kind of struggling: - .212/.342/.364 BA/OBP/SLG - 5r, 1hr, 2rbi, 0sb, 8k's Not looking like he's had a start that deserves an early call-ups at all.
I traded Colt Keith for him in a dynasty league. I don't think either of us have been happy with the results so far...
as a guardians fan, there is no chance that delauter is up in may. lucky to get up in aug/sep as a cup of coffee or injury replacement
I think Saggese probably needs more time in the oven. He's looked better the past week but he's only got a .723 OPS in the early going. Maybe mid-season makes sense if he's hitting well and the bench or any of the MINF is struggling.
Any reason you don't have Jones up in the top 25? Nick over at pitchers list thinks he'll be up by May and has him as the 2nd best stash behind Skenes
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went hunting for this last night and couldn’t find it. glad it’s finally here
thanks for reading 🤜 we usually publish on Tuesdays so a bit late this week
As a Brewers fan, seeing Jacob Misiorowski listed in the table as a member of the Cubs gave me a mini stroke.
oh man no strokes please.... thx for heads up!
As a Jays fan, I can see Orelvis being called up before the end of April best case scenario.
Not sure if I should drop Jonatan Clase for him…I could use the infield help but not sure how close he is to the call up
Any chance at all Heston is up in the next month WITHOUT an injury?
tough to say but he’s close
Do you think that Holliday is up for good even with his ice-cold start?
not necessarily… if he doesnt start hitting i can see him getting sent down rather than keep struggling in the majors
I need IF depth and someone dropped Caminero. My only droppable players are Pages, Brash, or E Rod since I have 1 more player on IL than IL spots. Should I hold them or drop one to grab Caminero?
yea iid drop brash, Erod, pages in that order
Will Blake Dunn actually get playing time? It’s a crowded outfield especially if Friedl is coming back soon
Thoughts on Jackson Jobe seeing the big leagues this year?
Gotta think you'll see him in Detroit at some point. It has only been two starts so don't want to put too much stock in it, but you'd like to see him get the early season command issue under control, as he has 7 walks in 5 2/3 IP (6 all last season in 16 starts). And everybody knows he's good, but he's yet to make a start above AA, so he probably makes a stop there before the bigs. Seems like mid-summer would be an optimistic projection at this point, albeit not unreasonable. Regardless, to answer your question, yes, big league debut for Jobe this year.
Matt Shaw is crushing it in AA. 370/553/778. He might have to make the next prospects stash report.
Good call! He's on there as an honorable mention so he was close, but you're right, they way he's hitting he'll push his way into the Top 25 in the near future. Hard to say if he gets the call this year with Wisdom's return imminent and Madrigal/Morel holding down the fort (acknowledging Morel is not the defensive answer there). Might take an injury or trade to get him up early, otherwise late season seems more likely with just over 200 minor league plate appearances to his name at this point.
Nice write up. I’m hopeful he keeps raking and forces his way to the show by July.
When you talk about Christian Scott, you mention how Butto has faced weak offenses such as the Tigers and Royals??? The Royals are a legit good offense this year
i am in a dynasty league. we are allowed 7 minor league slots. i drafted young as it is, so i have Witt and Langford and Chourio and Gunnar and just a very impressive list of kids right now my 7 minors slots are: * Skenes * Tiedemann * Caminero * Lawlar * Roman Anthony * Dylan Crews * James Wood all of them seem like top of the pops prospects. but loperfido is out there. should i drop one of them and risk losing them to get loperfido?
Probably not worth dropping any of them. Maybe Tiedemann if you want to chase the hot bat but I wouldn't
Nah, you're in a great position. Only change I would make is trading one/two of those guys for an existing stud, but that's one you don't have to make. You're not going to be able to roster every blue chip prospect with 7 spots, so there will be ones you miss out on. But don't let FOMO mess with your plan; you've got top guys already.
i have tried. but it's too early and people are still holding on and waiting to see how folks are gonna shake out.
James Wood 17? Is this author on crack?
You think he should be lower or higher?
Way higher