Youre guaranteed to get one of them, and you get the earlier pick coming back. Luis Gonzlez, SF Is it only me that its so easy to just gloss over his name, like Jim Jones or Adam Smith or Jos Garcia? Nick Senzel, CIN Perennial prospect is now 28, or will be in June. He's not worth a first-round pick, if that's where the markup takes him, but after back-to-back years of MVP-caliber production, he's one of the clear standouts at the position most critical to fill early. Hes got just enough power to justify the outs. Good mixed league reserve. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. Speed is already stable relatively and absolutely. I'm new around these parts, but you'll be seeing plenty of me. They should stabilize at around 20 and .275. This is not good. 1 overall pick. In the meantime, I think it wise to project far fewer PAs this year. Almost sure to be up at some point. Have to figure hell get a good many PAs. Sure his power was down, but a 4.2% HR/FB was way out of character. $3, Nick Solak, CIN The change of venue wont hurt. The 2022 fantasy baseball season might be near its conclusion, but the 2023 season will be here before you know it! Bankable for four cats. Moving to a bandbox (what exactly is a bandbox, anyway? Of course, he can do it again, and more, and its encouraging that while with the Astros he was a 61% base stealer with the Blue Jays hes at 86%. The truth is every person's keeper situation is unique to him -- different rules, different costs, different needs, different variables all around. Plus, the Cards are loaded with outfield talent. His walk rate improved every step up, too, with an 11% mark at A-ball, 5% at High-A, and just 2% in that scintillating Double-A stop. Find out all about the exciting changes coming your way. Its unclear where he would fit on the roster right now. With some of the best bat-to-ball skills in last year's draft Jackson, impressed in his senior year, slashing .685/.749/1.392 in 41 games. If Im nitpicking, well, were talking about a high-end first-round hitter. Im further assuming that he will be a pure rabbit. $7, Rafael Ortega, NYY Good bench guy for a good team. $9. Any hitter with 115 major league PAs has disappointment potential, even some disaster potential, even with a minor league line as good as Carrolls .310/.426/.588, with 52 SBs in 142 games. Out of Seattle and into lefty-friendly Milwaukee. and feature-rich platform in the industry, offering the greatest fantasy experience for your dynasty, keeper, redraft, and best ball leagues. An asset in three cats, a liability in two, which to me means he shouldnt be the 29th outfielder off the board, but at least he gives your team a clear direction going forward. His 25 SBs should mostly hold up given his 87% success, but more are not bettable with 32nd% Sprint Speed. He has a chance to win the right field job assuming that Eloy Jimenez is the DH, the competition is Gavin Sheets, who I kinda like, but so what. I dunno, if my model came up with that for 2023, Id call an editorial meeting. PFA, Josh Palacios, PIT 27-year-old minor league grinder, with .289/.370/.407 to show for it, and 20+ SB speed. Tommy Pham, NYM Hate to say it but theres been a persona non grata vibe about him since even before he reached the majors. You shouldn't forfeit a stud if you're not confident you can get one in his place. . Keeper Value Rankings are intended for Keeper Leagues in which a fantasy owner must forfeit a designated. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted Confused yet? Good cheap steals pick late in mixed leagues. You can't forfeit that kind of asset for what may turn out to be a blip on the way to a Hall of Fame career. PFAmeans Possible Free Agent, or not worth a precious reserve slot because they are further from contributing for various reasons but no doubt some will have 2023 impact. and instead of waiting to update my Top 100 Starting Pitcher fantasy baseball rankings until the final week of the pre-season, I elected to make a . Gotta bid something and hope for the best, but not a target in AL leagues. The Pirates never seem to have a plan other than churning minor leaguers up and down, so I guess we should expect the same. Not this year. $1, Ben Gamel, TB Im not happy if it comes to this. The numbers game could push his debut to the summer, as all three of the other fifth starter contenders are already on the 40-man and have more Triple-A experience than Pfaadt. Unfortunately, at seasons end it was .261/.309/.366. Kepler is a fly-ball hitter but less than he used to be, but that doesnt explain much. But I still dont see it. Eric Karabell takes a look at all of the MLB action from over the weekend and what it means for fantasy managers going forward. How that makes his overall WAR 2.0 someone will have to explain to me. The question is whether its still predictable, and I vote very probably. The power is ready for primetime, though there could be some wicked swing-and-miss that yields a sub-.230 AVG. $18, Giancarlo Stanton, NYY Three in a row who are worth more in mixed leagues. His .735 against righties is good enough to be a platoon center fielder if he holds up his end defensively, which he kinda does, but thats more what a ballclub without aspirations settles for. In mixed leagues of 18 teams or fewer, regular players and good lefty platoon hittersmust be available at the end for $1, or as reserves or free agents, not to mention rotation starters, not to mention quality middle relievers by the bucketful. 1 overall discussion. $1. 2022 Keeper Value Rankings - Top 150 Overall for Fantasy Baseball In case you missed it, all preseason long I've been breaking down the top Keeper Values at each position. And now, when hes washed up, he gets an $18M golden parachute. Check out our MLB Fantasy Baseball Rankings and Player Stats for each position at Yahoo Sports 5 starter mix, especially with Kyle Hendricks slated to miss the start of the season. The hit tool, however, leaves a lot to be desired and his 2022 explosion was the first time he had hit well since Rookie ball back in 2017. Anyway, Bleday is gone to Oakland, but with no speed to speak of, hes going nowhere until he dramatically reduces his 28.2% Ks. I wish I could say the same about his hitting, where smarts only get you so far. Fantasy Baseball Read more of our articles here. Hes vulnerable up in the zone, but who isnt. PFA, Travis Swaggerty, PIT See above. Weird! All Rights Reserved. You simply can't expect to do better with the pick you're giving up to keep him. This page, however, is for fantasy managers who need to forecast deep into the future. Overmatched too often in the majors at age 26, but he sprays the ball around and plays center field well, so hes fairly likely to make the team. Serious lefty power and 20-SB speed, the problem as usual is strikeouts. $22. Career line against lefties is .257/.310/.412 thats not even a platoon player and with his .235/.290/.369 vs. righties, Taylor cant possibly atone for all those outs with his glove. His skills are stable all over the place, and he added 10 SBs to his game and was only caught once. Follow Paul on Twitter @sporer and on Twitch at sporer. If the markup is more than two rounds, you may be paying more than his redraft cost to keep him, but part of what you're paying for is his 24 years of age and massive frame that's built to last. Played through a hip flexor injury that likely sapped some power, but a .338 slug is a long ways from assistance. If the markup is more than just a couple rounds for Clase and Diaz, Williams might actually be a better keeper if you're willing to trust he's locked into the closer role, which he seems to be. Maybe the Reds will make Solak a DH and be done with it, again it couldnt hurt. PFA, Cristian Pache, OAK No center fielder can take as many runs off the board as .156/.206/.234 does. $11, Jorge Soler, MIA If hes finished it means he was finished after his age 28 season, and that would be pretty rare. Maybe Christian Yelich, who won it the year before Bellinger, unless you count Josh Hamilton. He wasnt even very good, but the World Series announcers made it sound like the shades of Johnny Callison and Richie Ashburn melded in the ether above the Liberty Bell, and descended on the ballpark to seize destiny from the slavering jaws of the overdog. The glove is unquestionably ready and should maintain his lineup spot even if the bat takes some time to come around, which does undercut his fantasy appeal in shallower formats, limiting him to a late or reserve round consideration. Im a huge fan of Brown, and while he is currently penciled in as the no. Its four starts at the end of the day, so little can be drawn from it, though the 25% K and 13% SwStr rates underscore his swing-and-miss upside. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: fantasynews | arena: mlb | pageType: stories | Someone nominates Duvall for a buck, jump it to $6 and when you are raised immediately bid $8. No doubt Taveras is a burner, with 91st% Sprint Speed and a career 29-for-35 SB rate. Now age 25, and they gave him a long look last year, have to figure that they will again. His power played in Detroit but contact issues loom (28.3% Ks). Im by no means sure that Brennan is going to be a star, but Im pretty sure hes going to be a pretty good roto hitter, because hes already a pretty good baseball player. He netted a 31% K rate at Double- and Triple-A along with a 50% GB rate that helped him to a 1.18 WHIP despite an elevated ERA of 4.25 in 112 innings. Power looks steady at B+. Id go to double figures if he makes the team. Or, hey, Colorado. People I respect are high on Thomas and he doesnt turn 23 until April, but I want to see better before I bid more. As with my rankings, these are updated constantly. ESPN's standard fantasy game is getting a new look for 2023. $10, Ramn Laureano, OAK Hamstring and hip problems held him back, but its been all backsliding since the promise of 2019. I hope hes grateful. A hamstring injury may well have been the cause of his big Sprint Speed dip from 88th% to 66th%. But when hes on the field, Marcell Ozuna is a line of stats in a game I play, not a moral courage barometer. $8. Tyler Naquin MIL They come, they go. $6, Jurickson Profar, FA This is his 10th season and he plays it at age 30, but he has yet to stabilize really anything. Eloy Jimnez, CHW Quietly back on track double his numbers in 84 games and youve got a star. by Handedness, Fantasy Update: 2023 Re-Draft Top 25/Dynasty Top 120, Updating the 2023 Draft Prospect Rankings, Cardinals Scouting Director Randy Flores on Drafting the Team's Top Prospects, Updating the International Player Rankings, The New LSU, Part 2: Paul Skenes Is on a New Heading, Diamondbacks Farm Director Josh Barfield Talks Development and Comps, Brewers Prospect Sal Frelick on Being a Pure Hitter, Picks to Click: Who We Expect to Make the 2024 Top 100, Lets Identify Some Hitter Sleeper Candidates, no. Marte is a fine hitter without one SB, true, and he could even hit for more power at age 34, and certainly just as much. Tristan H. Cockcroft's 9-part "Playbook" lays out how to go from fantasy baseball novice to expert in one season. I agree completely as far as BA is concerned, perhaps not so much for his power, although its possible he played hurt. Kelenic played well in Triple-A, thus making another case for the generally low level of play there these days. Definitely worth an eye on the SB and CS columns in the spring, as well as any talk of offseason base-running therapy. Pos." is the player's eligible position(s). Eury Prez | RHP, MIA | 542 ADP Wait, so why does this super tall, uber talented teenager in the NL East get relegated to HM while Painter makes the list? Batters. $8. Rankings. He brings a similar risk/reward profile to Harris, but at less of a discount, and I do wonder if his poor plate discipline will hold him back in points leagues. Then we all remember the surprising trade to the Rays, then on to troubles in San Diego followed by Cincinnati and Boston in rapid succession. And yet, and yet In addition to his Three True Outcomes, Gallo was the most extreme pull hitter (min 400 PAs) in the game. The hard-throwing left-hander might have been the best pitcher in baseball for the first four months, and while his September raised questions about how well he'll hold up, it nonetheless may be years before we see him drafted this late again. Harrison isnt in the mix to break camp with a starting role, but hes a near-lock to make his big league debut in 2023. Anyway, Id like to see what Sheets can do playing every day after a winter of pitch recognition training. $11. HH stuff is there. You probably have your catcher for the next several here given the extent of the discount and the durability of the hitting profile, but Kirk may not have the power to measure up as a full-time DH if he ultimately winds up there. Its now been 1393 PAs of .243/.357/.388 and that looks chronic (back), but he still steals bases and bats high in the order. He's in theory the next great OPS hog with his superlative plate discipline and high exit velocity readings, but he demonstrated it for only a short stretch last season and plays the deepest position in Fantasy. And he plays a mean rocknroll guitar. Turns 33 in April. His strikeouts improved considerably, from 32.4% to 25.8%, but thats still way too many for a burner. $18, Andrew Vaughn, CHW There is no mean to regress to here, not when a hitter cuts his Ks to 17.3% while increasing his hard hits to a Grade A 48.4% at the same time, in his second season at age 24. Painter wont turn 20 until April 1 so if he breaks camp with the club, he could be the first teenager to throw a pitch in the majors since 2016 (Julio Uras) and just the third since 1984 (Flix Hernndez) when Dwight Gooden made his magical debut and Jose Rijo gave the Yankees a decent 62 innings of work (3.94 FIP). Nolan Jones, COL Welcome to Colorado, where perhaps the excellent visibility will help with his serious strikeout problem. Kirilloff handled lefties well in 2021, not last year, but only 30 PAs. Renfroe instead maintained his career-high of 2021, and was pretty consistent about it too, with monthly OPS variance between .745 and .961. 6 prospects for the Dodgers are a pair of 24-year-old arms who could be part of a youth movement in LA this year. Also played 18 games at first base. $3. Can the Lions fix their defense? $9, Avisal Garca, MIA What a senseless signing, a cheap team throwing away money. This really shouldnt be. Stone enjoyed a tremendous three-level season, posting a minor league-best 1.48 ERA at High-, Double-, and Triple-A in a total of 122 innings. He bears a heavy burden of proof and I want no part of him in AL leagues. Bobby Miller & Gavin Stone | RHPs, LAD | 480, 510 ADP. Teoscar never hit that well in Toronto, as its not the great hitters park that some claim, and yet he takes a hit in Seattle. He probably could have used more time in Triple-A. But even in mixed leagues Im not reaching. Which doesnt mean they wont try it again, which tilts me back to conservative for 2023. A decent reserve pick in mixed leagues. These are the top fantasy baseball keepers for 2022. That would be good enough on most teams but the Cardinals may disagree and they are loaded anyway so loaded that a trade or even two is likely. Reserve B, Ben Deluzio, CHC Blazing speed, .290/.361/.412 in six minor league seasons, almost no chance to start but some chance to make the team and kick in a few bags. 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