Top 25 Prospects for Re-Draft Leagues: June Update

  • By Anthony Kates

    Last Updated on June 1, 2026 3:49 am by Anthony Kates | Published: June 1, 2026

    May was another busy month for prospect call ups, with seven players on my April list making their big league debuts in May, plus five others I did not.

    The callups that were inside my top 25 were Ryan Waldschmidt, Robby Snelling, Colt Emerson, Gage Jump, Spencer Jones, Jonah Tong, Jimmy Crooks; and those not were Tommy Troy, Kevin Alcantara, Gabriel Gonzalez, Pedro Ramirez and Jhostynxon Garcia.

    I have shared the top 25 prospects I think have the best chance to be called up this season in the table, in the order of who I would pick up and stash right now (based on how I think they will perform and impact fantasy teams plus when they will be called up).

    Below the table I shared my thoughts on a handful of the prospects that I really like and expect to contribute this season.

    **Roster percentages from Yahoo**

    Kade Anderson – SP – SEA – 10%

    Player A’s first 34 pro innings: 51:5 K:BB, 2 HRA, 7ER, 1.85 ERA, 0.76 WHIP, 2.01 FIP.
    Player B’s first 34 pro innings: 45:8 K:BB, 1 HRA, 7ER, 1.85 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 2.15 FIP

    Player A is Kade Anderson. Player B is Paul Skenes. Now, I am not saying Anderson is going to be as good as Skenes, I just like how similar their professional starts were. Plus, they don’t even have that much in common – sure, they both pitched for LSU and they both have a plus-plus fastball, plus slider, plus changeup and at least one more plus pitch (Anderson has a curve; Skenes has a splitter and cutter), but Skenes is a big righty and Kade is a shorter lefty.

    The Mariners will not be calling up Anderson to make his next start in the big leagues (Skenes threw just 34 minor leagues innings before getting the call), but he isn’t far away from getting promoted to Triple-A and should see the big leagues this year.

    Anderson is one of the best arms in the minor leagues (I have him ranked behind just Seth Hernandez) and he will make an impact once he is called up to the big leagues.

    Edwin Arroyo – 2B/SS – CIN – 8%

    Arroyo is absolutely crushing Triple-A, with 25 extra base hits in 250 plate appearances. he has 11 home runs, nine doubles and five triples, to go along with nine stolen bases, a .323 batting average and a .945 OPS. He makes plenty of contact with the ball, chase a ton, but makes contact with plenty of pitches outside the zone, lifts the ball well and limits strikeouts. He has some great fantasy upside, a multi-position eligible producer that could have multiple 15-homer, 25-stolen base seasons, with a solid batting average and decent runs and RBI in an exciting Reds lineup.

    He is unfortunately blocked at the big league level by two things – another young middle infielder (Matt McLain) and the depth of bats the Reds have (Ke’Bryan Hayes, Spencer Steer, Sal Stewart moving around 2B, 3B). Steer and Stewart have been the only average or better offensive producers of the group and Hayes’ defense is not good enough to offset his absolutely abysmal bat (and he is currently on the IL anyways).

    The Reds are very deep in talented, but underperforming hitters, with better hitters in the minor leagues than on the big league roster (Noelvi Marte is outperforming everyone of the Reds outfielders right now) and it is only a matter of time before they realize they need to put their best players on the field and in the lineup to win more games.


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    June 1, 2026, 3:49 am