A Top 17 Sneak Peek of the 2027 Top 500 Dynasty Baseball Prospects Rankings

I gave you the first Sneak Peek of the 2027 Top 1,000 Dynasty Rankings two weeks ago. I gave you the first Sneak Peek of the 2027 Top 130 FYPD Rankings last week. And now it’s time for the Prospects Rankings. Top 5 free here on the Brick Wall. Here is A Top 17 Sneak Peek of the 2027 Top 500 Dynasty Baseball Prospects Rankings:

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1) Josue De Paula – LAD, OF, 21.10 – Here at Imaginary Brick Wall Headquarters, our company motto is “The Best Defense is a Good Offense” … so we’ll leave the quibbling over Josue De Paula’s defense to the real life list makers to hem and haw over, because for fantasy, it’s all offense all of the time. You can’t play defense on your opponents team in fantasy (although now that I think about it, that would be kinda fun if we can figure out a way to actually do that). So when it comes to the #1 Dynasty Baseball Prospect in baseball, I don’t see anyone who has a better case than Josue De Paula. You want safety? He’s got that with a truly elite 14.8/13.8 K%/BB% and 14.4% whiff% in 124 games at Double-A. He then proved it will stick in the majors with a 11.9/26.2 K%/BB% and 19% whiff% in 42 PA. You want upside? His raw power and hard hit ability has always been massive at 6’3” with one of the sweetest lefty swings in the game, and then in 2026, he had the game power breakout we were waiting for with 27 homers. That too transferred to the majors with a 34.6% Air Pull% and 46.2% Hard Hit%. And while he’s not fast, he’s a good base stealer with 31 steals. If there was going to be a case against Josue, it would be that the steals are going to dry up in the majors, but even if he doesn’t steal 30+, he’s still going to be a contributor in that category. And we’ve seen plenty of not fast guys rack up steals these days. It’s the perfect profile of safety, upside, upper minors domination, and also proving it will transfer to the majors. With a bat like this, we truly don’t have to care about defensive value. I’m giddy with excitement that he is the new top dog, because if you’ve read my work, you know this is my dude. If you would have told me back in 2022 that Pete Crow Armstrong and Josue De Paula would be the #1 dynasty player in the game and #1 dynasty prospect in the game in 2026, I would have thought I died and went to heaven … wait, I’m still alive, right? Am I like Bruce Willis from The Sixth Sense, unaware I’m already dead? Are you guys the kid? “I read dead people.” Do I have to figure out what unfinished business I need to complete? Is it victory lapping Josue? Because I can do that hah. Here is what I wrote about him when he was a near unknown, not a whisper of hype DSL bat in July 2022, “The younger the player, the more the organization matters, and LA is an elite player development organization. I would love De Paula regardless of organization though, as he checks almost every box. He’s a projectable 6’3”, 185 pounds with a powerful and smooth lefty swing, he’s athletic with 13 steals (Stephon Marbury is his cousin), and he’s advanced at the dish with a great feel to hit (13.2%/16.5% K%/BB%). He could legitimately be a stud.” … and now the rest is history. Watching your targets develop into beasts is what makes dynasty so fun. Damn I love this game. – 2027 Projection: 84/24/81/.272/.352/.462/16 Prime Projection: 110/32/105/.294/.389/.531/18

2) Sebastian Walcott – TEX, SS, 21.1 – If someone was going to take the top spot from Josue, it would be Walcott at a very close #2. I think I was the only person in the world who was actually happy about Walcott’s injury, writing in his Target blurb, “This elbow injury was the Baseball God’s way of saying slow the hell down. This is a blessing in disguise. Somebody had to stop the Rangers lunacy of promoting this kid way too fast, and the Gods took into their own hands. As we’ve learned and as I’ve written about, I’m not even sure you need elbows for hitting. I’m not concerned about this injury at all long term for his ability to hit. Now is a great time to pounce on him. ” … and that break was exactly what he needed because he came back a man possessed, slashing .322/.398/.586 with 9 homers, 11 steals, and a 22.8/9.9 K%/BB% in 37 games at Double-A. The talent has always been elite, which is why Texas pushed him so fast, but once he was able to catch his breath, the production caught up to the talent. His fantasy upside is probably even higher than Josue’s at 6’4” with elite athleticism and double plus power potential, but Josue still gets the safety edge with the truly elite plate skills and small sample MLB success. Both are favorites of mine (Walcott was a huge target for me in his international class because how can you watch video of that swing and not fall in love), both are going to be fantasy beasts, and both deserve the #1 spot, but only one can take it. #2 ain’t bad. – 2027 Projection: 68/19/68/.251/.326/.448/23 Prime Projection: 96/33/104/.272/.356/.520/32

3) Jesus Made – MIL, SS, 19.11 – It seems as if Made is still going to be the consensus #1 prospect on real life, mainstream lists, which is totally reasonable, but I think that 103 wRC+ in 122 games at Double-A leaves the door open for some other options, and when the other options are as beastly as Josue and Sebastian, I’m going to walk through that door. Don’t get it twisted though, Made is still going to be an absolute stud. Keep in mind he played the first month of 2026 as an 18 year old. And looking beyond wRC+, the offense performance was extremely impressive. He put up a 14.3/10.2 K%/BB% with a 18.3% whiff%. The bat is special. He’s 6’1”, 221 pounds with a howitzer of a lefty swing that is going to produce at least plus raw power at peak and likely more than that. He knocked out 14 homers and that was with a 52.5% GB%. He’s definitely going to have to learn how to tap into more of his game power, but I have zero doubts that is coming, and he doesn’t have to be a lift/pull guy to dominate with his contact/raw power. And the base stealing is there too with 37 steals. I know we love rankings and we love to crown #1 this and #1 that, but just look at the top of dynasty rankings over the past few years. It’s constantly getting jumbled with the elite players ranking 3rd one year, then 5th the next, then 10th, then back to 5th etc … it’s not some static thing, meaning my money is on Josue, Sebastian, and Jesus (and others) flipping back and forth and back again. The order isn’t important. The important thing is that you have one of them. – 2027 Projection: 59/14/51/.266/.332/.434/18 Prime Projection: 113/28/93/.288/.370/.502/28

4) Eli Willits – WSH, SS, 19.4 – Willits was getting lukewarm love in FYPD Rankings last year even after getting drafted 1st overall, but just like I did in this year’s FYPD Rankings, leading me to Vahn Lackey at #1 overall in early off-season FYPD Rankings, I took a “who checks the most boxes” approach, or put another way, who has the least weaknesses, and when looking at it like that it was clear Willits did indeed deserve that top spot (non Japanese vet division). And now after 2026, it’s even more clear. The man did it all, and he did as an 18 year old. He put up a 132 wRC+, with 14 homers, 62 steals, and a 21.0/17.7 K%/BB% in 114 games split between 3 levels (A, A+, AA). The hit and approach are potentially double plus. The speed is double plus. He lifts it with a 36.5% GB%. The age to level production is obviously there with him making it to Double-A to close out the season where he dominated in 3 games. And really his only semi weakness from last year, his power, has already ticked up in a big way with more coming down the line. I would say he’s the future #1 dynasty prospect in baseball, but he’s moving so damn fast he might graduate before he even gets the chance. He’s already an elite dynasty prospect, and I’m going to continue to be aggressive with his ranking under the same principle I used last year. The man just doesn’t have a weakness. – ETA: 2028 Prime Projection: 108/26/89/.280/.368/.473/38

5) Theo Gillen – TBR, OF, 21.7 – Let me start with the one concerning thing about Gillen’s profile in 2026, and that is how little he lifted and pulled. He put up a 50.8% GB% with a 11.2% Air Pull%. He crushed the ball so hard with double plus hard hit ability that he still cranked out 22 homers in 110 games split evenly between High-A and Double-A, but when you also add in the fact we know the minor league balls were juiced to the gills this year, it does make me question a tad what the game power is really going to look like on the MLB level. It’s the most interesting part of his profile, because there is not much to argue about otherwise. He’s a big dude at 6’2”, 195 pounds, the speed is plus with 45 steals, and the plate skills are strong with a 21.8/13.9 K%/BB%. The 136 wRC+ at Double-A checks the upper minors dominance box as well. The talent is unquestioned as the 18th overall pick and everyone’s favorite FYPD Target (including mine). He’s going to be a fantasy terror, but is he going to be a fantasy terror who randomly has Vlad level homer outages with such little lift/pull? I’m obviously not too worried about it as the raw power is big and he’s likely going to lift/pull more in the future, but it is something on my mind. Either way, he’s a Top 5 dynasty prospect for me, so I’m not letting it stop me from ranking him extremely high. – 2027 Projection: 41/11/36/.259/.328/.430/16 Prime Projection: 102/26/91/.277/.360/.488/34

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Top 302 June 2025 Dynasty Baseball Prospects Rankings (Patreon)

This list is for non debuted prospects only. I want all fresh faces, and I want everyone being evaluated on an even playing field with no MLB sample tainting the analysis. As usual, I go over 300 deep with blurbs for every player. Top 25 free here on the Brick Wall. Previous Rankings (Off-season and May) are in parenthesis. Here is the Top 302 June 2025 Dynasty Baseball Prospects Rankings:

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1) (21) (35) Konnor Griffin – PIT, OF, 19.1 – Roman Anthony finally got the call, and how fun is it to finally crown a new #1 non debuted prospect in baseball. And there is no funner (yes, I know that isn’t a word) prospect than Konnor Griffin. There is also no prospect with higher upside than Griffin. I was high on Griffin this off-season, but the Baseball Gods were telling me I wasn’t even high enough, writing in his FYPD Tier One Target blurb, “If one player in this group kinda pings my gut and heart every time I pass his name in the rankings, it’s Griffin. It’s like I’m getting a signal that he is the guy to truly go after. All of the college bats are good, but not great, and Griffin has the potential to be great. If you have the guts that I didn’t have in these rankings, maybe it’s Griffin that is the true top pick after Sasaki. Especially in a shallow league, it could be fun to roll the dice on him.” … and that dice roll is coming up 7’s if you took him first (I was able to nab him 11th overall in my 18 teamer). He conquered Single-A with 9 homers, 26 steals and a 156 wRC+ in 50 games, and his only weakness, plate skills, was improving massively by the end of his stint there with a 12.5/12.5 K%/BB% in his last 16 games. It earned him the challenge of High-A, and it’s gonna be fun seeing what he can do. He’s my #1 non debuted prospect in baseball.

2) (4) (15) Sebastian Walcott – TEX, SS, 19.3 – The game power is coming with 8 homers in 53 games at Double-A, and the plate skills are actually improving at the tougher level with a 21.2/12.4 K%/BB%. He’s not dominating, but he’s doing everything you wanted to see him do this year. I wouldn’t argue with you if you wanted to put Walcott first.

3) (7) (18) Josue De Paula – LAD, OF, 20.0 – I’ve been all in on Josue since he was a complete unknown in the DSL, and I’m not slowing down now, especially with the last piece of the puzzle coming together, and that is the game power. He has 8 homers in 56 games at High-A, the plate approach is still elite, and he keeps on racking up steals with 16 in 19 attempts. He is the complete offensive package, and even though he’s bad on defense, this is the type of bat to not care too much about that for fantasy.

4) (41) (252) Luis Pena – MIL, SS/3B/SS, 18.6 – I named Pena a Target this off-season in a DSL tier with Joswa Lugo, Yolfran Castillo, Yairo Padilla, Elvin Garcia and Jhonny Level, writing in his blurb, “Pena was a hit/speed breakout whose swing looks damn dangerous to me, and he’s not super small or anything at 5’11”. This could be the group where we find the next blow up. Take a lotto ticket or two here.” … and we did find the next blowup in this group, and that man’s name is Luis Pena. That explosive swing I couldn’t get out of my head has led to a power explosion with 5 homers in 35 games, and it comes with elite contact (11.5%) and speed (24 steals). He hits the ball hard, he doesn’t have any groundball issues, he pulls it … he’s the total package.

5) (6) (20) Bubba Chandler – PIT, RHP, 22.9 – The fact that Chandler hasn’t been called up already is just robbing baseball fans. Slow playing hitters is one thing, but pitchers with upper 90’s gas get hurt all the time. We don’t know how many bullets are in the tank. To let this man rot at Triple-A is baseball malpractice.

6) (10) (23) Chase Burns – CIN, RHP, 22.5 – Double-A was a complete joke for Burns with a 1.29 ERA and 36.4/2.6 K%/BB% in 42 IP, and while Triple-A has been slowing down tons of pitchers these days, I think Burns is ready for the challenge. We could see him in the majors by the 2nd half of the season. Chandler and Burns are in a tier of their own right now.

7) (3) (8) Leodalis De Vries – SDP, SS, 18.8 – He cooled off majorly with a .571 OPS in his last 26 games at High-A, but keep in mind that the Midwest League is a very tough league for hitters. His home park is one of the best places to hit in the league, and he has a .972 OPS there. On the road in tougher parks he has a .613 OPS. I’m not budging off Leo … well, I guess I am budging, but I’m not budging too far

8) (5) (9) Walker Jenkins – MIN, OF, 20.3 – Ain’t no way I can let an ankle injury impact Jenkins’ ranking. He just returned from the injury and after looking good in the lower minors, he’s back at Double-A for the last 2 games

9) (8) (32) Jesus Made – MIL, SS, 18.1 – I mean, he’s no Luis Pena 😉 … The .280/.389/.423 isn’t exactly a dominating triple-slash, but keep in mind he was still 17 years old for the first month of the season, and everything we loved about him in the DSL is transferring

10) (13) (13) Samuel Basallo – BAL, C/1B, 20.9 – 93.4 MPH EV with a 33.7% whiff% in 39 games at Triple-A really says it all. There is huge power, but don’t completely discount the hit tool risk. Having said that, he’s 20 years old, so I would bet on that improving as he gains more experience

11) (11) (10) Andrew Painter – PHI, RHP, 22.2 – I’ve hinted more than a few times that Painter doesn’t really look all the way back to where he was pre-injury, and with what we’ve seen from tons of Tommy John/internal brace returnees, that is really par for the course. The 3.86 ERA with a 26.9/11.8 K%/BB% in 21 IP at Triple-A is just not the bulletproof, basically perfect pitching prospect he was before the injury. The control hasn’t been as crisp and he’s not missing as many bats. I’m betting on him continuing to improve, but there is no guarantee

12) (17) (17) JJ Wetherholt – STL, 2B, 22.9 – Everything is transferring to Double-A. He’s exactly who we thought he was

13) (16) (16) Travis Bazzana – CLE, 2B, 22.9 – He’s almost exactly who we thought he was. That 26.2% K% in 33 games at Double-A is a tad higher than hoped. But he’s lifting and pulling and he’s running, so it’s a fantasy friendly profile. He’s currently out with an oblique strain since May 15th that is expected to keep him out for 8-10 weeks

14) (22) (19) Max Clark – DET, OF, 20.5 – The only thing missing from his great start to the season was the power/speed combo, so he added that back in with 3 homers and 7 steals in his last 25 games.

15) (40) (54) Kevin McGonigle – DET, SS/2B, 20.9 – Here is what I wrote about McGonigle in the latest Dynasty Rundown and my thoughts remain the same now, “I’ve underestimated McGonigle his entire career, and I’m ashamed of myself. Hit tool first high school prospects are not my favorite bucket to shop in FYPD’s, so he wasn’t an FYPD target for me, and that was a mistake. He doesn’t jump off the screen at 5’10”, 187 pounds, and that led me to underrated him after his excellent pro performance too. The little man discount took me out, and I pride myself on the little man discount. But all the underrating from me stops now, as he cracked a true power hitter’s bomb into the parking lot for his 2nd homer in 11 games at High-A. The plate skills are silly elite with a 7.7/21.2 K%/BB%, he hits the ball hard, he can lift and pull, and while he’s yet to steal a base this year, we know he has that too with 22 steals in 24 attempts in 74 games in 2024. He’s awesome and I’ve never given him the respect he deserves.”

16) (20) (43) Zyhir Hope – LAD, OF, 20.4 – He’s 1 for 3 on the bases in his last 50 games. That is just 1 steal since April 10th. That could be a bit of an upside capper for fantasy, especially with some hit tool risk here too

17) (23) (104) Bryce Rainer – DET, SS, 19.11 – I’ve been talking about it for most of the season, but shoulder surgery doesn’t seem to be that big of a deal for hitters anymore. Neto, Ohtani and Varsho all returned this season ripping dingers, arguably stronger than they’ve ever looked before. So I’m not fading Rainer at all due to the shoulder surgery. I closed out Rainer’s Top 1,000 blurb by writing, “Riley Greene might actually be the perfect comp here, and Detroit has done a great job developing Greene. Detroit got their SS version of Greene” … and he basically performed right to that comp. He’s a buy low off the surgery if you can

18) (49) (31) Aidan Miller – PHI, SS, 21.0 – The hit tool is getting a bit exposed at Double-A with a 27.2% K% and .234 BA, but he just turned 21, and he’s been better of late with a .264 BA in his last 28 games. The 6 homers and 22 steals are also damn exciting for fantasy

19) (107) (103) Eduardo Quintero – LAD, OF, 19.9 – Utterly obliterating Single-A with true across the board destruction, and the only nitpick from early in the year, the high K%, has been coming down of late too with a 19.6% K% in his last 21 games. He has zero groundball issues. Kid is a stud

20) (66) (181) Caleb Bonemer – CHW, SS, 19.8 – The high school talent in the 2025 FYPD class is popping all over the place, and Bonemer is leading the 2nd round charge, slashing .278/.419/.473 with 5 homers, 17 steals, and a 22.5/18.5 K%/BB% in 49 games at Single-A. He has the talent and power/speed combo to back up the numbers, He’s lifting and pulling. I’m all in on Bonemer

21) (135) (106) Theo Gillen – TBR, SS, 19.9 – Dominating Single-A, slashing .283/.438/.453 with 4 homers, 17 steals, and a 23.7/19.4 K%/BB% in 31 games. He was one of my favorite targets after the consensus top tier was off the board, so he most certainly has the talent to back up the numbers. There still might be a buy window here before his value explodes

22) (50) (71) Josue Briceno – DET, C/1B, 20.8 – Going bonkos at High-A with 8 homers in his last 14 games. That gives him 13 homers with a 173 wRC+ and 19.0/7.9 K%/BB% in 40 games on the season. This is the elite, middle of the order blowup that I warned you about this off-season when I named him a major target. And I’ve been naming him a target from before he got even a whisper of hype. I love this dude.

23) (32) (93) Arjun Nimmala – TOR, SS, 19.8 – One of the most visually dangerous righty swings in the game, and he’s backing it up with 9 homers and a 19.9/11.0 K%/BB% in 51 games at High-A. Age to level production, power, athleticism … there is nothing not to like

24) (43) (70) Jacob Misiorowski – MIL, RHP, 23.2 – We aren’t quite out of the woods yet with his control problems with 11 walks in his last 11 IP, which is definitely a bit scary, but a 12.3% BB% is still a career best, and I just can’t bring myself to fade his monster stuff with elite bat missing ability. Plus he’s in a great organization

25) (37) (24) Bryce Eldridge – SFG, 1B, 20.7 – 8 homers with a 27.2/10.5 K%/BB% in 39 games in the upper minors. We know who Eldridge is, and while the power is good enough to conquer San Francisco, I do think it shaves some upside off the top

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