The off-season festivities kicked off yesterday with A top 24 Sneak Peek of the 2027 Top 1,000 Dynasty Baseball Rankings (Top 5 free on the Brick Wall), and today it’s time for the first 2027 Dynasty Team Report. Like during the regular season, I will release a freebie here on Imaginary Brick Wall a few times a month with the vast majority of the content over on the Patreon. Off-season content will include these Dynasty Team Reports, along with Deep Positional Rankings, Strategy articles, Target articles, 2027 Projections, Prime/Peak Projections, predicting future prospect lists, AFL/Winter League Updates, the Top 100+ FYPD rankings, Top 500+ Prospects Rankings, and Top 1,000+ Dynasty Rankings. Here is the New York Mets 2027 Dynasty Baseball Team Report (Top 10 Prospects/Interesting MLB guys/Strategy Talk):

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Hitters

AJ Ewing – NYM, OF, 22.8 – I’m a man of the people. So I’m going to kick off the first Dynasty Baseball Team Report of 2027 by giving the people what they want … Targets. AJ Ewing is possibly my biggest hitter Target of 2027. If you read my work last off-season, or even back in 2024 when he was drafted, you might already have him, because I’ve been all over Ewing, predicting his rise in the Predicting the 2027 Top 50 Dynasty Rankings last off-season, ranking him 9th overall and writing, “I dropped Corbin Carroll and Pete Crow Armstrong’s name when I called Ewing a major target in 2024 FYPD’s, and now we will see the Carroll/PCA like blow up. The massively underrated power will show up with 14 homers in 120 games in the upper minors. Combined with the speed, plate skills, and defense, everyone will realize this is an elite prospect in both fantasy and real life. I will victory lap him until I drop from exhaustion ;)” … Ewing ended up blowing up so fast that I’m technically incorrect because he’s not even a prospect anymore, but that power uptick I saw coming came with 13 homers between the minors and the majors. I predicted 14 (he hit 3 in 124 games in 2025). Not bad. And 11 of those homers came in just 120 games in the majors. The plate skills were excellent, especially for a 21 year old rookie, with an above average 24.6% whiff% and 26.7% Chase%. The speed was near elite with a 29.4 ft/sec sprint and 25 steals. And like I envisioned, the power was way underrated with a damn good 42.3% Hard Hit% and 89.6 MPH EV. And again, he did this at 21 years old. I think there is more power to come. The 10.8 degree launch is completely fine, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him unlock more game power by raising that in future years. This is an absolute future fantasy stud who I still believe is being treated like a nice speed first play. Stick your neck out. Buy high. Do whatever you have to do to get him if you don’t have him already. – 2027 Projection: 88/18/72/.265/.341/.429/33 Prime Projection: 103/24/84/.278/.362/.469/39

Carson Benge – NYM, OF, 24.2 – I fell in love hard over Benge’s swing last off-season, and I can’t help but lead his blurb off again with my jaw on the floor watching him hit. It’s just a filthy thing of beauty. And it’s why I already had him knocking on the door of the top 100 dynasty assets last year (#113), and it’s why I’m completely unsurprised he took the majors by storm in his rookie year. It was funny to see him just quietly having a strong rookie year until everyone looked up at the end of the season and was like oh shit, this guy just went 20/22 with a .282 BA. The contact was there (21.4% whiff%), the launch was there (12.1 degrees), the speed was there. The only thing even slightly “concerning” is the relatively weak 38.8% Hard Hit%, but again, just look at that swing. That Hard Hit% is going up, and when it does, there will be even more homer power in here. Benge vs. Stewart for NL Rookie of the Year is now a super fun debate, and while I do think it is close, Benge’s superior defense and baserunning take it for me. Offense is important, but in real life, there are other parts of the game, and Benge beats him in those other parts. Both of them are going to be fantasy studs for years to come, so who cares who wins it for our sake, but it’s fun to debate. This is a Top 50 dynasty player at the least. – 2027 Projection: 93/24/81/.274/.348/.452/24

Pitchers

Christian Scott – NYM, RHP, 27.9 – The Mets might have had a disaster uncapped downside season, but the future is still bright with so much young talent on the MLB level. And the one who might be sliding under the radar the most for fantasy is one of my biggest pitcher Targets of 2027, Christian Scott. He returned from a hybrid Tommy John/internal brace procedure that knocked out his entire 2025 season, and he looked nearly as good as new with a 3.85 ERA and 28.3/9.9 K%/BB% in 110 IP. The thing that gets me the most excited is that his 95.5 MPH fastball notched an excellent 27.6% whiff% with a .314 xwOBA. Having a bat missing, plus fastball is a foundation that I am a sucker for. The secondaries ain’t bad either with a sweeper (30.9% whiff% and .248 xwOBA) and cutter (+8 Run Value). Even as is, that is a damn good arm, and I see two areas of potential improvement for a next level breakout. First, Scott always had plus to double plus control before the surgery. He had a 6.1% BB% his first go around in the majors. I think we see that walk rate improve. Second, a fully healthy off-season can give him the time he needs to truly work on that splitter/changeup. Refining that pitch and making it a larger part of his arsenal can unlock a whole new dynamic. Scott is going to be a mighty reasonably priced arm for his combination of floor and upside, and he’s going to be an arm scooping in drafts everywhere. Major Target. – 2027 Projection: 11/3.47/1.19/166 in 150 IP

Nolan McLean – NYM, RHP, 24.8 – Who needs whiffs anyway? McLean’s whiff% tanked to a below average 23.6%, but it didn’t stop him from putting up a near ace season with a 3.16 ERA and 26.0/9.4 K%/BB% in 179.2 IP. He did it on the back of a 95 MPH sinker that was the most valuable sinker in baseball and the 3rd most valuable pitch in baseball with a 27 Run Value. Only Misiorowski and Schlittler’s 4-seamers were more valuable. Those pitches put up a 40.2% and 34.8% whiff%. McLean’s sinker notched a 12.1% whiff%. The lack of whiffs were why I had McLean 3rd in the 3 headed pitching prospect monster of Burns/Yesavage/McLean last year. I was right to have Burns in a tier of his own, but as of now, I was wrong to have McLean 3rd in that group (for now). The profile clearly works with a 7 pitch mix, and while it’s interesting his famed sweeper is getting rocked in the majors, the curve picked up the slack with a 37.8% whiff% and .166 xwOBA. The 4-seamer sits 96 MPH and can miss bats. I’m not gonna lie, I’m still a sucker for whiffs. It’s why I secretly think Yesavage still might end up better than McLean, but I can’t deny the results are there. The ERA estimators aren’t as convinced either with all of them sitting around 3.60. It’s why I can’t anoint him into that rarified air of true young ace territory, but he’s in the tier right below that as a Top 50-75 Dynasty Asset. He’s a young stud to build your staff around. – 2027 Projection: 13/3.33/1.15/198 in 185 IP

Bullpen

Devin Williams – NYM, Closer, 32.7 – What other choice do the Mets have than to keep trotting Williams out there in 2027. They paid him $51 million over 3 years to close out games. I guess they could go to Senga again, but I have to think as long Williams pitches halfway decently, the job is his. And halfway decently is how he pitched in 2026 if you want to be generous with a 4.43 ERA, 3.22 xERA, and a 28.3/11.4 K%/BB% in 40.2 IP. The man had a 1.57 WHIP. This was his 2nd down year in a row. The stuff was down a bit and so were the whiffs. He missed almost 2 months towards the end of the season with a shoulder strain. At 32 years old, it sure feels like Williams is on the downside of his career. The stuff, whiffs, and xERA are good enough to think he’s far from washed up, so he should be good enough to hold the job, but I’m definitely not drafting him as one of the top closers in the game anymore. – 2027 Projection: 4/3.51/1.29/77/27 saves in 58 IP

New York Mets Top 10 Fantasy Dynasty Baseball Prospects

1) Jefferson Rojas – NYM, 3B/SS, 22.11 – Stearns might have royally screwed up the off-season, but I think he did a sneakily good job at grabbing underrated prospects at the deadline. He got back to his small market roots. And Rojas is the crown jewel of that deadline sell off. He’s had a good feel to hit with strong contact rates his entire career (17.3/8.5 K%/BB% in 2026), the righty swing is pretty damn athletic, he’s got some speed (21 steals), and then the power came in 2026 with his EV and Hard Hit way up. It resulted in 27 homers in 127 games, and he went bonkers to close out the season at Triple-A with 3 homers and a 96.8 MPH EV in 6 games. I wouldn’t expect star upside, but there is potential for him to be an impact across the board contributor in fantasy. The 2B job is wide open, and while he played a lot more 3B than 2B this year, the 3B job could open up after 2028 as well, so there is a path for Rojas to earn a full time gig if he produces when he gets his shot. – 2027 Projection: 53/12/57/.253/.308/.409/7 Prime Projection: 83/21/77/.272/.331/.445/17

2) Jonah Tong – NYM, RHP, 23.9 – Let me give some credit to the scouts out there that were able to ignore Tong’s insane 40.5% K% in 2025 and still remain lukewarm on him. I definitely got drawn in more by that gaudy number, but to my credit, I did start to get cold feet after he got rocked in the majors, writing, “It’s a small sample, and I’m not saying I don’t like Tong anymore, but I’m saying there are enough red flags from the MLB debut that I’m not flying him up the rankings wild crazy anymore.” … and then in 2026 his value got a cold splash right to the face. He put up a 4.54 ERA with a 27.0/12.6 K%/BB% in 107 IP at Triple-A. But the funny thing is, things flipped in 2026 with him actually looking better in the majors. He went out with a 9 K gem in late September and finished with a 3.82 ERA, 3.13 xERA, and a 25.4/10.4 K%/BB% in 30.2 IP. The 94.9 MPH fastball put up a damn impressive 30.6% whiff%. The killer changeup dominated with a .160 xwOBA and 32.9% whiff%. I’m the only man alive that actually doesn’t hate Tong’s curve and that pitch too put in the work with a 33.3% whiff% and .167 xwOBA. I love to see the 30.2% whiff% overall. Again, he wasn’t nearly this good at Triple-A and that was the much larger sample, but showing the stuff will play against MLB hitters is still big to see. He’s a young pitcher who was tinkering and working on stuff in the minors, so we have to keep that in mind as well when looking at those numbers. With how much his value has fallen off a cliff, I think Tong has flipped from overrated to underrated. If you own him, don’t sell low, and if you don’t owe him, I would try to grab some cheap shares if you can. – 2027 Projection: 5/4.13/1.33/122 in 120 IP Prime Projection: 11/3.73/1.28/180 in 170 IP

3) Mitch Voit – NYM, 2B/SS, 22.6 – Once Voit stopped trying to pull everything for a home run, his electric skillset was unleashed, and then all hell broke loose when he got the call to Double-A, slashing .347/.430/.517 with 2 homers, 9 steals, and a 17.6/10.3 K%/BB% in 29 games. The Pull% dropped from 51.1% at High-A to 42.6% at Double-A, and it resulted in fewer groundball balls and more line drives all over the field. With his hard hit ability, speed (45 steals), and plate skills, that is exactly what he should be trying to do. I see so much Tommy Pham when I watch him, and Pham was never a lift and pull guy. The 2B job is up for grabs in New York as of now, and while he’ll have competition for it, Voit at 2B and Rojas at 3B in the long term could work assuming the Mets don’t sign anyone (not a good assumption). Plus, the guy looks like he was literally chiseled by our AI overlords themselves. I’m nicknaming him AI. Voit is going to be part of the new Mets core to get fans excited, and the fantasy friendly skillset will make his fantasy owners happy too. Considering he’s not on BA’s or Pipeline’s Top 100, he makes for a pretty damn good proximity/upside target. – 2027 Projection: 31/5/23/.248/.310/.393/9 Prime Projection: 82/18/68/.264/.331/.432/28

4) Wandy Asigen – NYM, SS, 17.7 – That jump off the screen electric lefty swing that made Asigen one of the most hyped international prospects last off-season was on full display in his pro debut in the DSL. Here is he is going 106 MPH to left center for a grown man’s homer. And then here he is going lefty on lefty with a soul destroying pull side shot. This is a 16 year old kid putting up MLB level exit velocities. His talent was not overhyped, putting up a 149 wRC+ in 23 games. What was overhyped was his feel to hit as the hit tool is a genuine concern with a 28.9% K% and 38.7% whiff%. That is not good for the DSL, but I do think the 22.9% BB% mitigates it somewhat, and keep in mind it was a small sample. In his final 6 games he put up a 12.0/28.0 K%/BB%. He got a late start to the season, so everyone else was already comfortable while he was just trying to figure it out. With more time I think those contact rates would have looked better. And now you can use that hit tool risk in your favor to still get a good price on him this off-season. If you’re looking for high upside electricity in leagues where he isn’t rostered yet or in trades, Asigen makes for a great target. – ETA: 2030 Prime Projection: 92/27/86/.258/.339/.473/21

5) Elian Pena – NYM, SS, 19.5 – I’m definitely a little scared off by the very low 23.7% Hard Hit% and 84.2 MPH EV, but I really hate to fade an 18 year old in full season ball too hard for low EV’s. That is one thing that is almost sure to improve as you go from a boy to a man. I know Pena isn’t particularly projectable, but tall skinny guys aren’t the only ones to benefit from man strength. Pena is going to keep getting stronger and stronger, and thinking he will get his EV’s to an acceptable MLB level, or maybe even higher than that isn’t that hard to believe. And if/when that comes, he’s establishing a strong foundation of complementary skills. He put up a 111 wRC+ with a .271 BA, 21.4/13.9 K%/BB%, a 35.2% GB%, and 28 steals in 96 games at Single-A. He struggled in 16 games at High-A to close out the season but I would completely ignore that. The low EV’s prevent him from being a truly hyped dynasty prospect, but I would be cautious about fading him too hard in the other direction. This still looks like a potentially impact bat at peak to me. – ETA: 2029 Prime Projection: 83/22/77/.263/.334/.442/16

6) Jonathan Santucci – NYM, LHP, 24.3 – I’ve always liked Santucci because it’s not hard to be a fan when you watch him pitch. It’s why the scouts always like him too. Dude just looks the part. He’s a 6’2” lefty with an athletic delivery, good velocity, and bat missing secondaries. Even going back to college there was hope he could develop into a top of the rotation starter, and while that hasn’t happened, the potential is there for him to end up a high K, high WHIP mid rotation starter. A heavily used slider is his best pitch which racks up whiffs. The fastball sits about 94 MPH and while it got crushed at Triple-A in 34.1 IP, that was his first taste of using the MLB ball. Give him some time to adjust. And he also mixes in a curve and change which were actually his best two pitches against Triple-A hitters. All the stuff was working at Double-A with a 3.57 ERA and 32.0/12.0 K%/BB% in 90.2 IP (5.24 ERA at Triple-A). The control is below average and the fastball is more in the good but not great category for me, so my expectations are for more of a #4 type. – 2027 Projection: 3/4.28/1.36/70 in 70 IP Prime Projection: 10/3.89/1.31/174 in 165 IP

7) Jacob Reimer – NYM, 3B, 23.1 – I’ve written about this in Strategy articles in the past, but down years happen in the minors too just like the majors. Unlike the majors, where it’s easier to identify down or career years, in the minors, a down year is always seem as regression and a career year is always seen as a true breakout. But it’s still baseball, and the ebbs and flows of a player’s career are just as relevant in the minors as it is the majors. And it sure seems like Reimer just had a down season (97 wRC+ in 80 games at Double-A). The 24.9/12.9 K%/BB% isn’t bad. The 37.4% GB% and 49.8% Pull% shows he was still lifting and pulling. He already proved he could rake and put up impressive EV’s against Double-A pitching last year when he put up a 150 wRC+. The Mets Double-A Park is also an extreme pitchers park that depresses homers, so any power slump is going to get magnified there. I’m expecting a much better 2027, and while I never expected him to be a big upside fantasy bat, the potential he flashed in 2025 is still there. He could be a rock solid fantasy player at peak. – ETA: 2028 Prime Projection: 77/20/74/.251/.328/.438/8

8) Ryan Clifford – NYM, 1B/OF, 23.8 – I get writing Clifford off or at least tanking him down the rankings even further than this after his disastrous season. He hit .180 with a 63 wRC+ and a 37% K% at Triple-A. The hit tool was always a risk and it tanked in 2026. But I still see a guy who basically has the same profile as he’s always had. The 34.4% whiff% isn’t good, but it doesn’t look as bad as the K%. He had a 24.6% K% in 34 games at Triple-A last year, so we’ve already seen him do much better. I definitely think there was a lot of bad luck/just a down season happening here. And of course the power was still there with a 91.8 MPH EV, 49.6% Hard Hit% and 18.8 degree launch. He’s a low BA slugger. He was a low BA slugger before this year. And he’s a low BA slugger after this year. When he gets to the bigs, the guy is going to hit dingers and take his walks. Might the batting average be brutal enough to keep him as a part time player? Definitely possibly, so he’s surely moving way down the rankings. I’m just saying I’m not ready to completely forget about him. – 2027 Projection: 9/3/14/.201/.288/.411/1 Prime Projection: 61/20/66/.228/.316/.461/4

9) Sammy Stafura – NYM, SS/2B, 22.5 – If you listened to my trade deadline Podcast back in 2025, you know how much I hated that Ke’Bryan Hayes trade at the time of the trade. I went full Mike and the Mad Dog sports talk radio, losing my mind that Cincinnati was willing to take on Hayes contract even if they didn’t have to give up anything in return. But they did have to give something in return too, and that something was Sammy Stafura, who just experienced a huge power breakout to go along with his plus speed and solid SS glove. Hayes is coming off a season with a 13 wRC+ in 94 games. That is not typo. I was beside myself at the time that Cincy was willing to do that, and as hard as it is to believe, it looks even worse now. But back to Stafura who jacked out 22 homers in 81 games at mostly High-A after hitting just 6 homers in 119 games in 2025. The Hard Hit ability and EV’s took a huge jump to back up the power gains. He also nabbed 22 bags and put up a 127 wRC+. The downside to the power gains are that the contact took a step back with a 33.4% whiff% and 28.6% K%, but he wasn’t even that great of a contact hitter before, so the tradeoff was well worth it. A fantasy friendly part time player whose glove will get him on the field is still the most likely outcome, but if he can improve his hit tool, there is real upside in here. – ETA: 2028 Prime Projection: 66/15/61/.238/.312/.429/22

10) Jack Wenninger – NYM, RHP, 25.1 – Wenninger had the big breakout in 2025, and there was hope he would ride that wave in 2026 for the hype to really start hitting, but he pulled back a bit at Triple-A with a 4.54 ERA and 24.1/13.3 K%/BB% in 115 IP. I talked about it a ton last year, but Triple-A is effing hard, and you often see guys actually put up better numbers in the majors than they do at Triple-A. Just look at Tong’s season. Santucci struggled a lot at Triple-A too. Point being, I don’t want to crush these guys for struggling at Triple-A when the stuff is still good, and Wenninger’s stuff is still good. The splitter is his devastating money maker and it did it’s job with a 47% whiff% and .213 xwOBA. The slider isn’t as good but it missed bats with a 35% whiff%. The fastball sat 93.8 MPH and can be a solid offering. He’ll also mix in a sinker and curve. At 6’4” with a wipeout secondary, solid fastball and diverse pitch mix, it’s not hard to see him carving out a good MLB career, although I’m not quite as excited for fantasy. – 2027 Projection: 2/4.33/1.35/45 in 50 IP Prime Projection: 10/3.98/1.30/158 in 165 IP

Just Missed

11) Aiden Robbins – NYM, OF, 22.3

12) Carson Wiggins – NYM, RHP, 21.10

13) Emelian Pitre – NYM, 2B, 24.6 

14) Bruin Agbayani – NYM, SS/2B, 20.0

15) Cleiner Ramirez – NYM, OF, 18.4

Dynasty Baseball Thought/Strategy of the Day (which may or may not be related to the team I’m covering that day)

The Lockout. It’s the huge pink elephant in the room that is going to be impossible to ignore all off-season when talking fantasy (or baseball in general). I’m not going to pretend that I have any idea how it is going to play out, but I can tell you how I’m going to strategize around it, and my answer is that I’m not going to. I’m going to operate as if there will be some sort of 2027 season happening. I predicted last off-season that the lockout will go into April, pushing the start of games into May after the players cave on a salary cap. It’s going to be a death match, and both sides are so dug in on the salary cap issue that I envision both sides willing to push things to the absolute brink. But I still find it hard to believe that the entire season is going to get wiped out, so I’m not getting cute when it comes to making moves in dynasty. If you are more scared of a totally missed season than I am, by all means plan around it, but I’m not even 100% certain what you could do to take advantage of it. Sell veterans I guess because they will be one year older when play returns? That doesn’t even really seem like a particularly great advantage. Maybe I’m missing other things you can do, but for me, I’m not even going down that route. It’s going to get messy, there will be threats, there very likely will be some kind of shortened season, but my plan is to just keep it business as usual for my dynasty teams.

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Hey guys, I thought the one month break would be enough but I’m going to need a longer hiatus. Everything is okay, but I’ve been doing this for over 10 years and the Patreon for over 5 years with no breaks and I just need a more extended period off. I will be back for the off-season content at latest and maybe before. I put the Patreon on pause this weekend already, so nobody will be charged while I’m off. Love you all. You guys are truly the best. And I hope you understand.

-Halp

I posted this message to my Patreon and wanted to post it here on my website as well — Hey guys, I’m going to be putting the Patreon (and content here on the Brick Wall as well) on pause for one month. Everything is okay! I’m good! But I’m not going to be able to put out the amount and quality of content I hold myself to this month, and the best thing to do is just put the Patreon/content on pause for this month. For Patreon members, that means that nobody will be charged and all memberships will be frozen for this month. And then everything just picks back up from where it left off after I un pause it in July. I’m in this for the long haul. I’m in this for life. And it’s just me here. So I assumed at some point something like this would come up eventually. So instead of more sporadic content, I think this is the best way to go. I hope you guys understand and totally get if you want to cancel or whatever of course. Again, by putting it on pause, all the Patreon memberships will be frozen where they are today, so there will be no charges once I put it on pause today. And I might still pop in this month here and there if Patreon allows me to do that while on pause (especially if Drohan kills it today;). I appreciate the hell out of each and every single one of you. And I will be back in one month!!! Love you all. Catch you soon …

-Halp

The first Dynasty Baseball Prospects Rankings Week of the season has arrived! I’m going over 300 deep with new blurbs for every player. These will be for non debuted prospects as the purpose is to truly highlight the next wave of talent. And there is a ton of talent popping right now in the next wave. Top 25-ish will be free here on the Brick Wall. Full rankings will be on the Patreon along with a spreadsheet. First post is dropping tomorrow. Can’t wait. See ya then …

-Halp

The first Dynasty Baseball Rankings Week of the season has arrived! It’s always dangerous dealing with small samples, but the wheeling and dealing doesn’t wait for large samples, so decisions must be made with the information we have. I’m going over 400 deep with quick blurbs for every player. Full Rankings will be on the Patreon with about a Top 20-ish free here on the Brick Wall. First post drops tomorrow. Can’t wait to see how ballsy I get with Sal Stewart’s rank hah … catch you tom …

-Halp

I usually write about how I fasted for 72 hours, climbed the highest mountain in New York, and put myself in a deep meditative state to hear the voice of the baseball gods as clear as possible to predict the 2027 Top 50 Dynasty Baseball Prospect Rankings, but this year, I can’t say that. As you know, I had a gas leak in my house and the prognosis wasn’t good, requiring a full work crew here all day, banging about and doing what a work crew does. It’s 42 degrees in my house with the gas still turned off. So this year will test my psychic ability the most it’s ever been tested. It’s one thing to predict the future when you can go full Monk Mode, but it’s another to do it in the middle of the ruckus. I think I got it in me. I’m ready for the challenge, sensei. Or maybe this will just be the ramblings of a man who has been inhaling gas fumes for who knows how long. Is it the voice of the Gods, or is it huffing fumes for months? Who’s to say? Top 9 free on the Brick Wall. Here is the Predicting the 2027 Top 50 Dynasty Baseball Prospect Rankings:

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My best calls:

– I absolutely nailed Konnor Griffin, which is a big one to nail, ranking him 4th overall and writing, “Griffin will have the explosion that everyone who passed on him in first year player drafts feared he would have. The hit tool concerns will be overblown as he maintains an under 25% K% at Single-A, and the power/speed combo will shine” … we all know what happened

– My Roki hit is downright scary. First predicting he would end up back on the list, hah, and also the prediction itself was eerily close, although not perfect, “I don’t want to believe it either, but Sasaki will feel elbow soreness in May, hit the IL, and then succumb to Tommy John surgery with an internal brace procedure after throwing 33.2 IP in the majors. He’ll be under the 50 IP threshold, so he’ll be back on prospects lists, even though he shouldn’t have even been on them in the first place. That is just the life of a flamethrowing pitcher. Don’t kill the messenger.” …. he did indeed get injured in May and he ended up with 36.1 IP.

– I kinda nailed Marcelo Mayer’s season, other than showing more speed, but that seems to be coming this year: ” Mayer will stay under the 130 AB threshold. But only barely as he’ll get the call in late August, and while the surface stats won’t pop, he will put up an impressive combination of underlying hitting numbers. The bat speed and hard hit numbers will pop, the whiff rates will be in a stable range, and he’ll run more than expected.” … he literally barely stayed under 130 AB at 127. The surface stats didn’t pop, and the 74.1 MPH swing and 51.7% Hard% did. Not bad

– My Briceno prediction was damn close, predicting he would “crack 16 homers with an 18.8/12.9 K%/BB% at High-A” (he cracked 15 homers with a 16.4/16.8 K%/BB% at High-A) “before closing out the season at Double-A and holding his own with a 107 wRC+” (he finished the season at Double-A holding his own with a 112 wRC+)

– Super on Target with my Luis Morales prediction: “Morales will go Bubba Chandler 2.0. Morales put up a 4.22 ERA with a 24.9/10.7 K%/BB% in 81 IP at High-A while Chandler put up a 4.75 ERA with a 25.6/10.9 K%/BB% in 106 IP at the level. Chandler then went full hype beast breakout the next year. Morales will do almost the same, but not quite” … Morales did go almost full Bubba but not quite with a 3.73 ERA (2.98 at Double-A) and a 29.2/9.6 K%/BB%. I was all over that

– Leo, Jenkins, Walcott, Clark all in the Top 10. Obviously the Walcott injury changed things later this off-season, but I got this crew mostly right in general

– Predicted Emil Morales would finish the season at Single-A and hit 5 homers. He hit 5 homers at Single-A. Predicted Lazaro Montes would finish the season at Double-A and put up a 30.3% K%. He finished at Double-A and put up a 30.5% K%. Aidan Miller, Zyhir Hope, Thomas White, Colt Emerson, and Alfredo Duno were other good calls

My Worst Calls:

– Predicting near elite explosions from Felnin Celesten, Braylon Payne, and Jaison Chourio

– I didn’t predict the top of the 2025 MLB Draft class well at all (Dean Curley, Marek Houston, LaViollette). Things changed a TON between now and then

– I had Made at 12th overall and McGonigle at 25th. Too light on both

– Winokur, Aidan Smith, Chen Wei Lin (woof), Jang (woof), Burkholder, Francisca, Cam Collier, Ethan Salas, Brailyn Antunez and Pablo Guerrero were other misses

Now onto the 2027 list!

1) Bryce Rainer – DET, SS, 21.9 – Remember when Juan Soto played in only 32 games at mostly Single-A in 2017 due to a variety of injuries (broken ankle, broken hamate, and a hammy) which prevented him from getting the truly elite prospect hype (#52 overall on Baseball America pre 2018) he so obviously deserved (162 wRC+ in those games)? Well, history is repeating itself with Bryce Rainer. Just like Soto, Rainer was on his way to truly elite of the elite prospect status before injuring his shoulder after just 35 games. And just like Soto, Rainer’s ranking has been deflated because of it (#23 on my list and #35 on MLB Pipeline). But in 2026, he is going to go nuclear. The shoulder will be even better than before the surgery, because we are in the era of the bionic shoulder, and he will slice through the lower minors, ending his season in the upper minors. He will dominate everywhere he goes with power, speed, and no major hit tool drop off in the upper minors. It won’t be consensus, because of what #2 is about to do, but Rainer will be the #1 prospect on my list.

2) Leodalis De Vries – SAC, SS, 20.6 – Have you seen what Leo looks like this off-season. Dude hit the weight room. He hit the ball hard in 2025, especially for an 18 year old, but in 2026, he’s going to start truly crushing the ball. With how much he lifts and pulls, combined with solid plate skills, the power projection is going to go through the roof. He’ll hit 20+ bombs in the upper minors in 100 games, and then he’ll get a taste of the bigs to close out the season where he’ll struggle a bit but still show the talent. Rainer vs. Leo will be the hot debate all off-season, but just like the Gunnar vs. Carroll year, there will be no losers.

3) Roch Cholowsky – CHW, SS, 22.0 – Roch will crush 28 homers with an under 10% K% in the Big Ten and cruise to the #1 pick in baseball by the Chicago White Sox. His pro debut will look like the college bats from the 2024 class. Remember the sheer destruction Kurtz laid down in his pro debut (4 homers with a 227 wRC+ in 12 games). Roch will lay down similar destruction, and the only thing holding him back from #1 overall is that Rainer and Leo were able to prove it in pro ball for longer.

4) Edward Florentino – PIT, OF/1B, 20.5 – Florentino will be the contrarian pick for #1 overall prospect in fantasy. Rainer, Leo, and Roch will have the consensus edge in real life because of good SS defense, but in fantasy, that means less, and we’ll see Florentino pop up at #1 on a few fantasy lists. He will destroy the lower minors like he’s already done, and then he’ll be a 19 year old at Double-A where he’ll hit 8 homers in 35 games with an under 25% K%. He will finally get some respect for his athleticism, continuing to play CF and stealing 30+ bags again. You don’t need to be Nostradamus to see this one coming. The dude is a beast.

5) Jesus Made – MIL, SS, 19.11 – The game power will tick up, but it won’t be the full prime explosion. The hit tool and contact rates will look good, but they won’t be off the charts great. He will have yet another excellent season split between High-A and the upper minors, but 2026 isn’t going to be the full nuclear explosion. That will come in 2027. So next off-season, Made will still be ranked as an elite prospect, but it won’t be #1 overall.

6) Rainiel Rodriguez – STL, C, 20.3 – Rodriguez will be my biggest regret. He will be my Kevin McGonigle of 2026. I ranked him 39th overall, which is good, but others went all in, and going all in will have been the right decision. It will be obvious this is one of the most special bats in the minors, putting up a 155 wRC+ at High-A and closing out the season at Double-A with a 128 wRC+. The hit/power/lift/pull will be unbeatable. I will take my walk of shame on him, even though I liked him! Just not enough.

7) Ryan Sloan – SEA, RHP, 21.2 – Sloan will take the crown of the #1 pitching prospect in baseball, and it won’t even be that close. The stuff/command combo will be unmatched, making minor leaguers look like little leaguers. He will put up a 2.93 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, and a 29.5/5.1 K%/BB% in 100 IP split between High-A, Double-A, and Triple-A. He will then Trey Yesavage the MLB playoffs, leading Seattle to the World Series where they will fall to the Dodgers in 7. The Dodgers winning again will cause a full on revolt from fans, giving the owners the support to institute a salary cap during the lockout. Negotiations will be contentious and worse than the last time. The lockout will continue into April until the players finally cave with the 2027 season starting on May 14th. 

8) Max Clark – DET, OF, 22.4 – Clark will double down after getting criticized for wearing 4 diamond chains this spring, wearing 8 diamond chains all season. And it will be his secret weapon, blinding pitchers with the glare, leading to a 20% BB%, 20 hit by pitches, and a .500 OBP in the upper minors. It will be so effective, Statcast will have to add a new xStat called xChains.

9) AJ Ewing – NYM, OF, 22.8 – I dropped Corbin Carroll and Pete Crow Armstrong’s name when I called Ewing a major target in 2024 FYPD’s, and now we will see the Carroll/PCA like blow up. The massively underrated power will show up with 14 homers in 120 games in the upper minors. Combined with the speed, plate skills, and defense, everyone will realize this is an elite prospect in both fantasy and real life. I will victory lap him until I drop from exhaustion 😉

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