Simply once you thought all of the prospects had been at shortstop, right here comes the outfield with its personal embarrassment of riches.
The excess makes just a little extra sense on condition that outfield is definitely three positions in a single. Shortstop might not have at all times wanted an inventory of 25 names to encapsulate its wealth of expertise within the minors, however outfield just about has.
Lots of 2025’s greatest prospect breakthroughs got here at this place. For those who’re not regularly scoping out the prospect scene throughout the season, as an alternative preserving abreast by way of the highest 100 lists that come out initially of a brand new yr, chances are high you will not have heard of 4 of the highest 12 right here.
However relaxation assured, they’ve compelled their manner in. It isn’t like at second at third base, the place I used to be straining to satisfy the quota.
Notice: These rankings are supposed primarily for Dynasty use, emphasizing long-term worth over a fast payoff, however to say proximity holds no weight would not be completely correct both. Not all of those gamers will contribute in 2026 — most, in reality, won’t — however amongst prospects, they’re the names Fantasy Baseballers most have to know.
Age (on opening day): 21
The place he performed in 2025: Rookie, Low-A, Double-A, Triple-A
Minor league stats: .286 BA (308 AB), 10 HR, 17 SB, .850 OPS, 50 BB, 76 Ok
Scouting experiences have gushed about Jenkins’ hitting prowess because the Twins chosen him fifth total in 2023, and 2025 supplied the clearest demonstration of it, seeing him slash .309/.426/.487 as a 20-year-old in Double-A. His stroll price is a real indicator of plate self-discipline moderately than passivity, and his picturesque left-handed swing lends itself to excessive line-drive charges. His straightforward transition to the higher minors is all of the extra spectacular when you think about how a lot growth time he is misplaced to accidents, principally in his legs.
Age (on opening day): 23
The place he performed in 2025: Excessive-A, Double-A, Triple-A
Minor league stats: .281 BA (441 AB), 15 HR, 22 SB, .857 OPS, 68 BB, 92 Ok
Benge’s first full skilled season put him on a path to make the opening day roster, presumably, although he did hit a bump within the street at Triple-A, batting .178 in 24 video games. His swing is not so leveraged for energy but, standing out for its opposite-field and line-drive tendencies, however each of these make for prime batting common potential. He actually impacts the ball effectively sufficient to have a wholesome dwelling run whole regardless. Consider superlative plate self-discipline, and the entire package deal is harking back to Christian Yelich.
Age (on opening day): 22
The place he performed in 2025: Excessive-A, Double-A
Minor league stats: .287 BA (418 AB), 20 HR, 54 SB, .884 OPS, 59 BB, 103 Ok
Usually, we wish prospects to extend their launch angle in order that they maximize their energy outputs, however Baez’s swing had gotten so steep that he merely wasn’t making sufficient contact. With some mechanical adjustments, he improved his strikeout price by 15 share factors in 2025 and unleashed the monster inside. Along with his greatest legal responsibility now a energy, it is no stretch to say he might be a five-category stud, and I am prepared to rank him extra aggressively than the consensus.
Age (on opening day): 20
The place he performed in 2025: Low-A, Excessive-A
Minor league stats: .293 BA (433 AB), 19 HR, 47 SB, .923 OPS, 88 BB, 123 Ok
Although a relative no-name coming into 2025, Quintero emerged as essentially the most full outfield prospect in a Dodgers system chock-full of them. He reveals as a lot potential to work the rely as Josue De Paula and Zyhir Hope, however with a greater concept the way to maximize his energy output and the form of pace that might permit him to stay in heart subject. A part of me desires to fit Quintero behind these different two simply because they earned it first, however the 20-year-old has no apparent crimson flags and a friendlier profile for Fantasy.
5. Josue De Paula, Dodgers
Age (on opening day): 20
The place he performed in 2025: Excessive-A, Double-A
Minor league stats: .250 BA (360 AB), 12 HR, 32 SB, .791 OPS, 82 BB, 91 Ok
Hardly ever do gamers of De Paula’s youth have such a affected person method and penchant for arduous contact, and people traits have positioned him among the many high prospect targets in Fantasy from the time he was 18. Now 20, his energy manufacturing stays principally theoretical, owing to suboptimal launch and spray angles, however he is moved steadily up the minor-league ladder. He is not as athletic as he appears, which calls his steals manufacturing into query and will relegate him to first base or DH long-term.
Age (on opening day): 21
The place he performed in 2025: Excessive-A, Double-A
Minor league stats: .271 BA (431 AB), 14 HR, 19 SB, .835 OPS, 94 BB, 90 Ok
The third decide within the 2023 draft has at all times ranked larger on real-life lists due to the defensive impression he’ll make in heart subject, however his offensive utility started to take form in 2025. He upped his stroll price to provide him extra of these than strikeouts and flashed extra over-the-fence energy with an improved fly-ball price, notably at Double-A. He might peak as a Brandon Nimmo kind, however he is near being a completed product already, even together with his youth.
7. Zyhir Hope, Dodgers
Age (on opening day): 21
The place he performed in 2025: Excessive-A, Double-A
Minor league stats: .266 BA (458 AB), 13 HR, 27 SB, .804 OPS, 79 BB, 143 Ok
Hope was the large riser within the Dodgers’ system final yr, however a transfer up the ladder this yr revealed him to be rougher across the edges than each Quintero and De Paula. He is most likely the perfect athlete of the three, together with his energy potential standing out specifically, however his swing can get uncontrolled, resulting in too many whiffs on hittable pitches. The Dodgers normally discover a solution to convey out the expertise in a participant, although, and Hope presents them lots to work with.
Age (on opening day): 19
The place he performed in 2025: Rookie, Low-A
Minor league stats: .290 BA (290 AB), 16 HR, 35 SB, .948 OPS, 49 BB, 78 Ok
Regardless of enjoying all of 2025 as an 18-year-old, Florentino regarded like a whole offensive participant. His exit velocities are already main league-caliber, his swing is already optimized for energy with elevated fly ball and pull charges, and his plate self-discipline is already an asset, highlighted by a 14 p.c stroll price and 90 p.c zone-contact price. The stolen bases could also be a crimson herring, however then once more, gamers do not should be particularly quick to contribute them as of late.
Age (on opening day): 23
The place he performed in 2025: Excessive-A, Double-A
Minor league stats: .289 BA (484 AB), 18 HR, 29 SB, .892 OPS, 96 BB, 106 Ok
Waldschmidt’s first skilled season was a rousing success, revealing him to be some of the disciplined hitters in all of the minors with sufficient energy and pace for it to matter. The ability comes extra from his lift-and-pull tendencies than his contact high quality and could also be inflated by the Diamondbacks’ hitter-friendly pipeline, however he might eke out a couple of 20/20 seasons. A Christian Yelich comp works as effectively for him because it does for Carson Binge, solely minus the highest-end outcomes.
Age (on opening day): 23
The place he performed in 2025: Triple-A, majors
Minor league stats: .286 BA (370 AB), 22 HR, .937 OPS, 57 BB, 121 Ok
Main league stats: 5 for 26, 1 HR, 1 2B, 1 BB, 11 Ok
Caissie’s long-touted energy projection lastly got here to fruition in 2025 with extra constant arduous contact and a greater pull-air price, and by mid-August, it was clear he was due for a major-league alternative, only for a workforce that already had too many outfielders. With Kyle Tucker now out of the way in which, Caissie has an open lane to enjoying time. His on-base abilities ought to make up for his seemingly batting common shortcomings, giving him an opportunity to be one thing like a poor man’s Kyle Schwarber.
Age (on opening day): 22
The place he performed in 2025: Low-A, Excessive-A
Minor league stats: .333 BA (216 AB), 13 HR, 1.068 OPS, 48 BB, 59 Ok
To not be confused with Mike Soroka, Sirota is who the Dodgers bought again within the Gavin Lux commerce, and we’re nearing the purpose the place different groups ought to inform them “no” simply on precept. The 2024 third-rounder had a nasty junior yr at Northeastern, however the Dodgers valued him like a first-rounder earlier than then and reworked his swing to get him again to producing at an elite stage. It was for under an abbreviated interval due to a knee damage, however his athleticism and plate abilities are causes for continued optimism.
Age (on opening day): 23
The place he performed in 2025: Rookie, Low-A, Triple-A
Minor league stats: .269 BA (208 AB), 6 HR, 10 SB, .839 OPS, 55 BB, 85 Ok
Rodriguez charges close to the highest of the scales involved high quality, plate self-discipline and total athleticism, and people outlier traits have sustained his prospect standing even via an injury-plagued minor league profession. However the wager was that he’d shore up the lesser elements of his profile as he moved up the ladder, and that merely hasn’t occurred. He will not swing at any pitch out of the zone, however he’ll usually miss on pitches within the zone, giving main league pitchers a transparent technique to make use of in opposition to him until he has one other leap nonetheless to make.
Age (on opening day): 21
The place he performed in 2025: Excessive-A, Double-A
Minor league stats: .241 BA (490 AB), 32 HR, .858 OPS, 83 BB, 169 Ok
Montes has usually been in comparison with Yordan Alvarez, largely due to his dimension and backstory, however now that he is spent a while within the higher minors, it is clear he is not the identical caliber of hitter. Positive, he can put a cost within the ball, however he slashed solely .213/.319/.433 in his first 64 video games at Double-A, placing out greater than 30 p.c of the time. He was younger for the extent and is sure to enhance in a return journey there, however as he closes in on the majors, we should be sincere about what he is not.
Age (on opening day): 22
The place he performed in 2025: Triple-A
Minor league stats: .334 BA (440 AB), 7 HR, 46 SB, .863 OPS, 58 BB, 91 Ok
A participant out of his time and, thus, a controversial prospect, Crawford has constantly excelled in two areas which might be important for Fantasy, batting common and stolen bases, whereas falling brief within the one most crucial for actual life, dwelling runs. His father, Carl Crawford, profiled equally to start his profession and ultimately developed sufficient energy to be a first-rounder in Fantasy, however that was 20 years in the past. If the youthful Crawford by no means develops that energy, his present profile should be viable, as evidenced by the current success of Chandler Simpson and Xavier Edwards.
Age (on opening day): 24
The place he performed in 2025: Double-A, Triple-A
Minor league stats: .274 BA (438 AB), 35 HR, 29 SB, .932 OPS, 58 BB, 179 Ok
One other controversial prospect, Jones’ upside is obvious to see from his dwelling run and stolen base totals, that are made doable by his 6-foot-6 body and unusual athleticism for somebody so huge. Sadly, he is just too straightforward to beat for pitchers who know what they’re doing and, at 24, appears unlikely to enhance a lot in that regard. A mechanical adjustment midseason appeared to whittle down his strikeout price, however he gave all of it again over the ultimate two months. Joey Gallo, for all his flaws, had a couple of years of Fantasy prominence, and possibly Jones can, too.
Age (on opening day): 24
The place he performed in 2025: Triple-A, majors
Minor league stats: .304 BA (342 AB), 18 HR, 23 SB, .934 OPS, 68 BB, 76 Ok
Main league stats: .227 BA (110 AB), 4 HR, 2 SB, .775 OPS, 26 BB, 36 Ok
A change in the way in which he shifts his weight allowed Beavers to activate fastballs higher, decreasing his strikeout price and tremendously bettering his exit velocities, and abruptly there was extra to his profile than an elite batting eye — which additionally remained. The ability remains to be the type that depends on angling the ball off the bat optimally, however he is proven the power to do this and can also be speedy sufficient to make a 20/20 final result doable, supplied his struggles in opposition to left-handers do not confine him to platoon obligation.
Age (on opening day): 24
The place he performed in 2025: Rookie, Triple-A, majors (postseason solely)
Minor league stats: .264 BA (148 AB), 7 HR, .852 OPS, 28 BB, 28 Ok
Main league stats: 1 for six, 1 BB, 1 Ok
There’s merely no getting round DeLauter’s damage historical past, which features a thrice damaged left foot in previous years and a sports activities hernia and damaged hamate bone that sidelined him for many of 2025. He is produced when he is performed, however you must surprise how a lot he’ll undergo from the misplaced developmental time, even when he manages to remain wholesome transferring ahead. The Guardians gave him a baptism by fireplace within the postseason, recognizing that they should start cashing in whereas he is wholesome, and in principle, he profiles as a Bryan Reynolds kind, maybe with extra batting common.
18. Bo Davidson, Giants
Age (on opening day): 23
The place he performed in 2025: Excessive-A, Double-A
Minor league stats: .281 BA (449 AB), 18 HR, 19 SB, .844 OPS, 68 BB, 119 Ok
After going undrafted in 2023, Davidson made a splash with a .327/.437/.605 slash line in 2024 after which bolstered his prospect credentials with continued success whereas making a pair strikes up the ladder in 2025. He has a real heart subject projection, which speaks to his athleticism and provides him a clearer path to enjoying time. With Baseball America giving him a 60 grade for each energy and pace, he might find yourself resembling Randy Arozarena for Fantasy.
Age (on opening day): 21
The place he performed in 2025: Low-A, Excessive-A, Double-A
Minor league stats: .315 BA (485 AB), 3 HR, 70 SB, .830 OPS, 68 BB, 105 Ok
Ewing suits the mildew of a standard leadoff man, combining top-of-the-scales pace with a eager batting eye and line-drive method. He might most likely faucet into extra energy if he wanted to, nevertheless it’s turn into much less of a requirement in as we speak’s sport. Ewing has additionally gotten some publicity to second base and will develop right into a superutility participant within the mildew of Tommy Edman, however I feel he’ll be an excellent higher hitter than that.
Age (on opening day): 22
The place he performed in 2025: Low-A, Excessive-A, Double-A
Minor league stats: .270 BA (448 AB), 12 HR, 14 SB, .804 OPS, 57 BB, 130 Ok
An ankle damage prevented Montgomery from debuting after the Purple Sox picked him twelfth total in 2024, which solely added to the intrigue once they flipped him within the Garrett Crochet deal that offseason. Seems he was well worth the wait. He confirmed effectively in any respect three ranges in 2025, making high quality swing selections and impacting the ball in a manner that portends extra energy. He each strikes out and places the ball on the bottom an excessive amount of, and a return journey to Double-A ought to make clear whether or not these are rising pains or crimson flags.
Age (on opening day): 23
The place he performed in 2025: Excessive-A, Double-A
Minor league stats: .243 BA (457 AB), 20 HR, 10 SB, .801 OPS, 90 BB, 120 Ok
Some will maintain it in opposition to Tibbs that he was traded twice in his first full skilled season, first for Rafael Devers after which for Dustin Might, however the workforce that in the end acquired him was the Dodgers. And proper on cue, he did his greatest work for them, slashing .269/.407/.493 in 36 video games at Double-A Tulsa. The thirteenth decide within the 2024 draft confirmed he might take a stroll in any respect three stops and did a a lot better job elevating the ball with the Dodgers, permitting his energy to come back via.
Age (on opening day): 23
The place he performed in 2025: Double-A, Triple-A
Minor league stats: .285 BA (488 AB), 22 HR, 22 SB, .819 OPS, 39 BB, 124 Ok
Alderman’s transfer as much as Triple-A late within the yr — the place he was at his greatest with a .303/.341/.671 slash line in 20 video games — allowed us a glimpse on the Statcast knowledge, and each quality-of-contact metric places him within the Ninetieth-A centesimal percentile. The person can crank it and suits the outline of a hulking slugger regardless of a reasonably secure outfield projection. His downfall might be his aggression on the plate, however his chase charges, whereas excessive, are workable.
Age (on opening day): 25
The place he performed in 2025: Double-A, Triple-A, majors
Minor league stats: .279 BA (358 AB), 19 HR, 18 SB, .917 OPS, 52 BB, 146 Ok
Main league stats: .255 BA (47 AB), 4 HR, 3 SB, .880 OPS, 5 BB, 20 Ok
Cole capped off a breakthrough minor league season with a consequential 15-game stint within the majors, persevering with to homer and steal on the identical price whereas securing an on a regular basis function for a contending Astros workforce. Higher swing selections fueled the breakthrough, activating his latent (however completely official) energy and pace, however his contact points stay extreme sufficient that they might scuttle the entire operation over a bigger pattern.
Age (on opening day): 22
The place he performed in 2025: Excessive-A, Double-A
Minor league stats: .286 BA (458 AB), 26 HR, .896 OPS, 56 BB, 130 Ok
Passivity held Valdez again previously, placing his strikeout price at an untenable stage, however he did a greater job attacking in 2025, the place he dominated at Excessive-A and once more within the Arizona Fall League, slashing .368/.513/.842 with eight homers in 19 video games. He could also be overcalibrated for energy and battle with the excessive warmth and superior breaking balls to come back, and there are additionally actual doubts about his defensive viability.
Age (on opening day): 23
The place he performed in 2025: Double-A, Triple-A, majors
Minor league stats: .267 BA (434 AB), 21 HR, .810 OPS, 45 BB, 131 Ok
Main league stats: 1 for 7, 1 2B, 2 BB, 5 Ok
Although Garcia appears to be a fixture on top-100 lists proper now, I really do not like him all that a lot on account of his poor exit velocities (86.4 mph common at Triple-A, the place he spent most of his time) and even worse plate self-discipline (notably once you take a look at his chase and zone-contact charges). However he is been productive, and since I worth proximity all of the extra as a Fantasy Baseball author, I ought to most likely have him spherical out this listing moderately than far-off choices like Theo Gillen, Jonny Farmelo or Nate George.
