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  "description": "Our Top 600+ Prospects List for Fantasy Baseball is updated to include recent international signees before the 2026 season ",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T17:16:48.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.prospectslive.com",
  "tags": [
    "Greg Hoogkamp",
    "Kyle Sonntag",
    "Lucas Morel",
    "PJ Benasillo",
    "Raj Mehta",
    "Matt Thompson",
    "Tom Gates",
    "Dynasty Baseball Pickups",
    "PLIVE+ App SuiteThe home to our interactive dynasty lists, projections, tools and moreProspects LiveSmada",
    "You can upload your own Fantrax and CBS league",
    "subscribing to Prospects Live at the MVP level",
    "Top 600+ Fantasy Prospects - Prospects LiveProspects LiveProspects Live Staff",
    "Dynasty Rankings - Prospects LiveProspects LiveSmada",
    "Dynasty Closer Hierarchy - Prospects LiveProspects LiveNate Rasmussen",
    "Open Universe Rankings - Prospects LiveProspects LiveGreg Hoogkamp"
  ],
  "textContent": "The Dynasty team is back with our consensus fantasy prospect list heading into the 2026 season! The update includes adding recent international signees, as well as adjustments from offseason evaluation and relevant news.\n\nOur official fantasy prospect list is a consensus rank across our dynasty team. We have 7 individual lists compiled from Greg Hoogkamp, Kyle Sonntag, Lucas Morel, PJ Benasillo, Raj Mehta, Matt Thompson, & Tom Gates. This is the first update from PJ and Raj as they've taken the place of Drew Wheeler (who's now heading up our amateur team) and Taylor Corso (who's stepping back to podcast-only duty this season on Dynasty Baseball Pickups).\n\nThe team each ranked out 450 prospects which brought us to a total of 663 prospects ranked. Additionally, we've left the players who dropped off the list from the last iteration which brings the total up to 745 players listed. All the individual lists are available to view as well and no two are alike.\n\n### The Top 30\n\nHere's a glimpse at the Top 30 prospects and a view into what's available in the rankings:\n\n### Big Movers\n\nGiven the evaluation work done on our December update, the top end of this list remains quite similar. However, we still have some big movers into the Top 100. They were:\n\nDax Kilby, Kyson Witherspoon, Ethan Conrad, Brody Hopkins, Tommy Troy, Caden Scarborough and Charles Davalan.\n\nAt the top, Sebastian Walcott dropped to 13th given the news of his elbow surgery.\n\nPlayers added are mostly the international signees from January, but also included Jacob Melton who was removed pre-maturely due to odd service time calculations. The top J15 player ranked is Luis Hernandez who slots in at 111th.\n\n### Access the Full Top 600+ Ranks\n\nThe full list can be found in the PLIVE+ App Suite which is available to 70 Tier (MVP) subscribers ($12/mo). The app suite also hosts PLIVE+, our Dynasty Rankings, Open Universe List, the Dynasty Closer Hierarchy and other tools.\n\nThere is also a link to a Google Sheet of the rankings for quick reference.\n\nPLIVE+ App SuiteThe home to our interactive dynasty lists, projections, tools and moreProspects LiveSmada\n\n### Top 600+ Metrics in the App\n\n  * **Min/Max:** Pretty self-explanatory, they are the lowest (number) and highest a player is ranked\n  * **Var:** A custom formula that shows how much disagreement there is between ranks past just the min and max. This metric takes into account where they are ranked to be able to more closely compare differing opinions of a Top 50 player vs a Top 250.\n  * **App:** Simply the number of rankers that had them within their individual top 350.\n  * **High/Low:** These are the names of the ranker who was highest or lowest on each player.\n  * **Tier** : Tiers had been a long-requested feature; we frequently get questions about whether two given prospects are in the same tier, this helps answer that question.\n\n\n\n### Top 600+ List Functionality\n\nYou can upload your own Fantrax and CBS league (the hyperlinked video shows you the tutorial) and sort out exactly who's available to pick up! Watch this quick video for a tutorial on how to do so. It's just a data download of the free agents!\n\nYou can filter by:\n\n  * Position\n  * Age\n  * Team\n  * Hitter or Pitcher\n  * AL/NL\n  * FYPD Class (including remove from list)\n  * Most recent AFL\n  * ETA\n  * Level\n  * Newcomers on the list (look for the +)\n  * Players who had big jumps or downturns in ranks\n  * If a prospect is on the 40-man for those deep league value adds\n\n\n\n**What are archetypes?**\n\nWe want you to know who a prospect is at a glance, so we developed archetypes. **You need to flip the 'View Tags' switch at the top to see them**.\n\nFor hitters, we have:\n\n  * Power+Speed (55 grade in each)\n  * OBP Bump (someone who has exhibited great eye and could be 10 BB%+)\n  * Hit Tool (at or near 60-grade)\n  * Big Power (at or near 60-grade or have a big 90th EV)\n  * Speedster (60+ grade)\n\n\n\nFor pitchers, we have:\n\n  * Big Velocity (average 95+ mph)\n  * Bullpen Risk (self-explanatory)\n  * SP2 Potential (self-explanatory)\n\n\n\nEach prospect can be tagged:\n\n  * High Risk/Reward\n  * Safe Floor\n\n\n\n* * *\n\nConsider subscribing to Prospects Live at the MVP level to receive access to our lists and tools! $12/mo gets you access to:\n\n**Top 600+ Prospect Rankings**\n\n Top 600+ Fantasy Prospects - Prospects LiveProspects LiveProspects Live Staff\n\n**Top 1500+ Dynasty Rankings, Trade Analyzer, Trade Matchmaker, and League Analyzer:**\n\n Dynasty Rankings - Prospects LiveProspects LiveSmada\n\n**PLIVE+ Prospect Rankings with Peak Projections:**\n\n PLIVE+ App SuiteThe home to our interactive dynasty lists, projections, tools and moreProspects LiveSmada\n\n**Dynasty Closer Hierarchy:**\n\n Dynasty Closer Hierarchy - Prospects LiveProspects LiveNate Rasmussen\n\n**Open Universe Rankings:**\n\n Open Universe Rankings - Prospects LiveProspects LiveGreg Hoogkamp",
  "title": "Top 600+ Fantasy Prospect Rankings: Pre-Season 2026",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-26T17:16:48.592Z"
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