Three top fantasy baseball prospects - Bryce Eldridge, Kristian Campbell, Jhostynxon Garcia - that can make big impacts. These MLB prospects are waiver wire pickups or stashes.
Prospects can provide a much-needed impact to your fantasy team. This season, any managers who jumped ahead of their leagues and stashed first baseman Nick Kurtz or outfielder Chandler Simpson acquired a high-upside option for power and speed, respectively. On the pitching side, Chase Burns and Jacob Misiorowski have shown flashes of immense strikeout upside when on the bump.
In this piece, we will look at three of the hottest hitters at the Triple-A level and determine if they have a path to earn a call to the big leagues later in the second half.
Should those players be left on the waiver wire, or should fantasy managers add them before their breakout? Let's dive in!
So Rafael Devers hasn't looked overly comfortable at first base for the Giants. Maybe he's better off just being a DH after all. Bryce Eldridge is the clear first baseman of the future in San Francisco, but the future should be coming sooner for the big slugger.
After initially struggling a bit at Triple-A, Eldridge has heated up over the last few weeks. He has hit 11 HRs with a 112 WRC+ at Triple-A after hitting seven HRs with a 150 WRC+ in about as many games at Double-A.
Like Spencer Jones, the tall slugger will probably always have some issues with strikeouts. However, he's never had a season in the minors where he struck out over 29 percent of the time, despite always being young for the level. If he can keep the K's in check, his power upside makes him a very exciting stash.
Fantasy managers should consider Eldridge as a solid stash option when looking for power in deeper 12+ team formats, for the time being. If he can continue to find his footing at Triple-A, he could soon be viewed as a must-stash.