2018 Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep: Top prospects at each position

Check out Scott White's top rookie-eligible players at each position as you get ready for your drafts.

By Chris Towers

Jan 30, 2018 at 2:42 pm ET • 3 min read

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Scott White published his Top-100 Fantasy baseball prospects column earlier this week, and if you read it, you probably noticed one thing pretty quickly: It's very heavy on pitchers and outfielders. That's not terribly surprising, given the makeup of Fantasy leagues, where at least 14 of your 23 starting players in a standard Roto league will be from one of those two positions.

Still, you may be looking for help in your deeper, Dynasty or keeper leagues at a specific position, and you just may not have found what you needed. No worries. Scott's a good man – and thorough. He doesn't just do his top-100 prospects, he goes about 30 deep at every position (plus a lot more at pitcher and outfielder, obviously). There are plenty of talented players who have to get left on the cutting room floor, so we figured we'd pick them up and put together another list.

You won't get a breakdown of every player here like you do with Scott's top-100, so you should absolutely read that list. The whole thing. Here's the link again. (Find a comfortable chair). But, if you're looking for another shortstop or catcher to grab in your deep league, here are some suggestions:

Note: Players in bold are in Scott's top-100.

Catcher

1. Francisco Mejia, CLE
2. Carson Kelly, STL
3. Keibert Ruiz, LAD
4. Jorge Alfaro, PHI
5. Chance Sisco, BAL
6. Danny Jansen, TOR
7. Zack Collins, CHW
8. Alex Jackson, ATL
9. Daulton Varsho, ARI
10. Victor Caratini, CHC
11. Sean Murphy, OAK
12. Mitch Garver, MIN

First Base

1. Ryan McMahon, COL
2. Brendan McKay, TB
3. Colin Moran, PIT
4. Pavin Smith, ARI
5. Edwin Rios, LAD
6. Bobby Bradley, CLE
7. Nick Pratto, KC
8. Pete Alonso, NYM
9. Evan White, SEA
10. Daniel Vogelbach, SEA
11. Mason Martin, PIT
12. Ronald Guzman, TEX

Second Base

1. Scott Kingery, PHI
2. Keston Hiura, MIL
3. Garrett Hampson, COL
4. Shedric Long, CIN
5. Nick Solak, NYY
6. Brandon Lowe, TB
7. Esteury Ruiz, SD
8. Isan Diaz, MIA
9. Luis Garcia, WAS
10. Vidal Brujan, TB
11. Max Schrock, STL
12. Tyler Wade, NYY