Down on the Farm

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It can be pretty tricky and difficult to construct a dynasty fantasy baseball team and deciding on which minor leaguers you should draft, especially if you aren’t familiar with too many minor leaguers. It is important to do your research and make sure that you are drafting the players you believe will be the best players in the future and who will be able to step in and help your fantasy team once your veteran players are no longer with you dynasty team. But minor leaguers could also be very valuable to your team even if you’re not in a dynasty league. If you are in a very deep fantasy league, drafting a minor leaguer towards the end of your draft could be very valuable for you as an owner. For instance, in my Yahoo head-to-head categories league, we have a 30 round 12 team draft, but do not have a minor league roster spot. Because the league is so deep, I always opt to draft one minor leaguer towards the end of the draft as opposed to drafting a player that will be worthless to my team, being used as a rotating roster spot that I keep filling through the waiver wire and free agent pick ups.

Now the question is, who should you draft? Most fantasy owners that I know and speak to aren’t up-to-date on the latest minor leaguers, unless their name is Bryce Harper. Many fantasy baseball owners are casual fans that follow the major leaguers, but aren’t exactly focused on the happenings in a minor league ball park near you. That’s where I come in. I am here to help you. You could go to Baseball America or become an ESPN Insider and read about the top prospects from professional scouts. There’s just one problem; their reviews aren’t always conducive for fantasy baseball. Fantasy baseball doesn’t (rarely) take into account a players defense like professional scouts do. That’s part of their job, to rate players as a whole. As fantasy owners, we want to zone in on players that will produce stats in categories that are constructed for fantasy baseball leagues. We also want players that will help our fantasy baseball team in the near future and down the line. Let’s take a look at the top 50 minor league fantasy baseball prospects.

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