RoboScout’s ‘Way Too Early’ Top 75 Fantasy Baseball Prospects In 2025

Back in February, I aggregated all of the 2024 full season RoboScout data from each hitting and pitching level to create a single “Top 100” list (per RoboScout).

As I discussed in that article:

What the weekly articles do not do though, by design, is aggregate all of the players into one “master” list. For example, if Franklin Arias (Red Sox) is a top Complex League hitter per RoboScout, is he a better target than Kumar Rocker (Rangers) who is a top name on the Double-A pitching list? The main reason why I keep each level separated is…the disparate lists allow you to sculpt the information to suit your team’s needs, including, for example, how one wants to allocate your minor league roster slots amongst hitters and pitchers.

With any Top 100 list, the main challenge is to make “one size fits all” decisions that minimize the “downside” of each inevitable trade-off.

Take, for example, the choice to rank based on upside only–specifically, each player’s projected peak fantasy value. In that case, proximity to the majors isn’t considered. If two prospects both project at .300/.400/.500 hitter with 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases at their peaks, a 17-year old in the Complex League could rank similarly to a 27-year old in Triple-A who might produce at the rate this year. That approach overlooks the difference in their likelihood of reaching those projections.

Similiarly, we had base this list on projected fantasy production over the next three years — whether or not we apply a “discount rate”–that same 17-year-old might not even make the list, simply because he may not debut in that window.

And how do we combine the top pitchers?

Fantasy value is a useful starting point, but draft behavior tells us otherwise. Pitchers often have the highest fantasy value when using popular techniques of Standings Gain Points or z-scores, yet they aren’t drafted accordingly, likely on account of perceived injury risk or error bars around these estimates.

All of this is to say: It’s still too early in the season, especially outside of Triple-A, to draw substantive conclusions from the data. That said, there are still some storylines and early returns worth noting. So this week’s column is a fun solution to see what the RoboScount rankings look like based on the currently limited data.

This is fun and shouldn’t be viewed as gospel. The list highlights standouts, especially at the lower levels, who are separating themselves from their peers while held within the context of more heavily-weighted Triple-A performances. For example, one can see how Bishop Letson’s excellent two High-A outings ranks compared to Eduardo Tait’s top-ranked Low-A hitting performance, all within the context of some early Triple-A players.

As a reminder, this list is agnostic of a hitter’s defensive position or prowess or their playing time projections within the context of the organization’s depth chart. 

RoboScout Top 75 Fantasy Prospects (as of April 13, 2025)

RANK	NAME	ORG	AGE	LEVEL	PITCHER?
1	Nick Kurtz	ATH	22	AAA
2	Sal Stewart	CIN	21	AA
3	Samuel Basallo	BAL	20	AAA
4	Roman Anthony	BOS	21	AAA
5	Arjun Nimmala	TOR	19	A+
6	Andrew Salas	MIA	17	A
7	Eduardo Tait	PHI	18	A
8	J.T. Ginn	ATH	26	AAA	P
9	Ethan Salas	SDP	19	AA
10	Chase Meidroth	CHW	23	AAA
11	Sebastian Walcott	TEX	19	AA
12	Nelson Rada	LAA	19	AA
13	Leodalis De Vries	SDP	18	A+
14	Zyhir Hope	LAD	20	A+
15	Luis Pena	MIL	18	A
16	Maximo Acosta	MIA	22	AAA
17	Jesus Made	MIL	18	A
18	Adael Amador	COL	22	AAA
19	Yophery Rodriguez	MIL	19	A+
20	Moises Ballesteros	CHC	21	AAA
21	Braylon Payne	MIL	18	A
22	William Bergolla	CHW	20	AA
23	Jace Jung	DET	24	AAA
24	Kemp Alderman	MIA	22	AA
25	Zebby Matthews	MIN	25	AAA	P
26	Logan Henderson	MIL	23	AAA	P
27	Luke Keaschall	MIN	22	AAA
28	Max Clark	DET	20	A+
29	Tim Tawa	ARI	26	AAA
30	Jorge Burgos	CLE	23	AA
31	Jonatan Clase	TOR	23	AAA
32	Ian Seymour	TBR	26	AAA	P
33	Lazaro Montes	SEA	20	A+
34	C.J. Kayfus	CLE	23	AA
35	Trenton Brooks	SDP	29	AAA
36	Colt Emerson	SEA	19	A+
37	Henry Bolte	ATH	21	AA
38	Agustin Ramirez	MIA	23	AAA
39	Cristofer Torin	ARI	20	A+
40	Joe Mack	MIA	22	AA
41	Edgar Quero	CHW	22	AAA
42	Blake Adams	COL	24	AA	P
43	Caden Dana	LAA	21	AAA	P
44	Justin Crawford	PHI	21	AAA
45	Josue De Paula	LAD	20	A+
46	Alex Freeland	LAD	23	AAA
47	Juan Brito	CLE	23	AAA
48	Luinder Avila	KCR	23	AAA	P
49	Bishop Letson	MIL	20	A+	P
50	Pedro Ramirez	CHC	21	AA
51	Cooper Pratt	MIL	20	AA
52	Nolan McLean	NYM	23	AA	P
53	Jeremy Rivas	STL	22	AA
54	Jett Williams	NYM	21	AA
55	Adrian Santana	TBR	19	A+
56	Luis Lara	MIL	20	AA
57	Griff McGarry	PHI	26	AA	P
58	Kyle Karros	COL	22	AA
59	Leonardo Bernal	STL	21	AA
60	AJ Blubaugh	HOU	24	AAA	P
61	Braxton Fulford	COL	26	AAA
62	Travis Bazzana	CLE	22	AA
63	Termarr Johnson	PIT	21	AA
64	Gabriel Rincones Jr.	PHI	24	AAA
65	Ralphy Velazquez	CLE	20	A+
66	Zac Veen	COL	23	AAA
67	Carlos Rodriguez	MIL	23	AAA	P
68	Slade Caldwell	ARI	19	A
69	Darell Hernaiz	ATH	23	AAA
70	Robby Snelling	MIA	21	AA	P
71	Ryan Bergert	SDP	25	AAA	P
72	Pablo Guerrero	TEX	18	A
73	Owen Caissie	CHC	22	AAA
74	Edwin Arroyo	CIN	21	AA
75	Keider Montero	DET	24	AAA	P

Enough fun for one week. Next week we’ll likely go back to our standard weekly programming, diving into some RoboScout names at each level with insights.