Chris Clegg's Prospect Rankings for Dynasty Fantasy Baseball (w/ New Draftees)

Chris Clegg drops his new Top-250 prospect rankings with new draftees included.

My goal in doing prospect rankings for dynasty is to bridge the gap between the scouting and fantasy communities. Many fantasy-created lists are stat-line driven, which is fine. But the scouting and real-life baseball community often values players completely differently than dynasty writers. I use scouting, video, and analytics to formulate these rankings.

I have been more invested in watching the game than ever this year. I spend multiple nights a week at the ballpark, I talk to scouts, I watch film, and I use advanced data not publically available.

I’m thankful for a wife that gives me the okay to do all this because it is extremely time-consuming. But I do all this to bring you the best rankings possible for dynasty.

The Process

I often get asked what goes into my prospect rankings. My process begins with evaluating prospects on a team-by-team basis. I want to get my eyes on every player possible. It is a long process, but it is essential when ranking prospects. Live looks give you a different perspective than just watching games on MILB.TV, but you can gather plenty from watching film. I spend ample time watching every prospect I rank.

I rank each players based on how I would draft them in a prospect only draft in a dynasty startup league. Essentially, I am looking for which prospects project to provide the most to my dynasty teams once they debut. I am not looking at a “what have you done for me lately” with box score stats.

Having access to MILB statcast and advanced metrics for every player is huge. It has undoubtedly helped solidify what the eye test shows in many circumstances.

Over the years, I have continued to refine my prospect evaluations and see what traits may cause a prospect to bust. Or what are underrated traits or undervalued prospects? All of that is incorporated into my process as well.

As always, my top 50 prospects are free. You can see them here:

Top-50 Free Dynasty and Prospect Rankings

List of 2023 Prospect Graduates:

• Corbin Carroll, Gunnar Henderson, Miguel Vargas, Ryan Kreidler, Hunter Brown, Ken Waldichuk, Spencer Steer, Josh Jung, Kyle Muller, Triston Casas, Yainer Diaz, Joey Wentz, Ryne Nelson, Michael Grove, Hayden Wesneski, Kodai Senga, Masataka Yoshida, James Outman, Ji-Hwan Bae, Ezequiel Tovar, Oswald Peraza, Alec Burleson, Esteury Ruiz, Connor Wong, Anthony Volpe, Brett Baty, Grayson Rodriguez, Jordan Diaz, Joey Wiemer, Francisco Alvarez, Xavion Curry, Louie Varland, Will Brennan, Brice Turnag, Matt McLain, Bryce Miller, Tanner Bibee, Mark Vientos, Maikel Garcia, Zach Neto, Michael Toglia, Jordan Walker, Nolan Jones, Brenton Doyle, Casey Schmitt, Luis Ortiz, Drey Jameson, Matthew Liberatore, Logan T Allen, Patrick Bailey, Royce Lewis, Eury Perez, Edouard Julien, Taj Bradley, Tyler Freeman, Bobby Miller, *Elly De La Cruz(will graduate Friday, July 14, so I am removing him from the list).

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