Format = Player Position | Age on 1-4-2026 | Highest level played | Estimated time of arrival
1. SS Leo De Vries | 19 | AA | 2027
It’s not often we see a prospect like De Vries traded before his 20th birthday, if at all, so it was quite shocking to see him moved to a reliever, even one as dominant as Mason Miller. Sacramento pushed the switch hitter to Double-A at age 18, where he hit .281/.359/.551 with five home runs and two stolen bases in 21 games. He even showed plus plate skills: 9.7% walks vs. 19.4% strikeouts. It will be interesting to see how they time this, as he has a legitimate case to open the season in Triple-A at 19, an age he will remain until October 11th this year. It seems like we’ll probably see him in the majors before he turns 20, and that’s a pretty consistent predictor of continued stardom. Incredible work on the Sacramento trade market in my opinion.
2. RHP Luis Morales | 23 | MLB | 2025
A 6-foot-1, 190-pound plus athlete, Morales possesses a quick three-quarter delivery with a nasty fastball-curveball combo that can make any lineup look incompetent, at least the first time. When he makes his change, the second time continues. Additionally, the success of his career will come down to durability and control, both of which he should grow in given the exceptional level of talent. He threw 48.2 innings in 2025, so he’s just under the 50-inning line we’re using here to simulate dynasty leagues, but you won’t see Morales on many actual baseball rosters because he graduated on time served for MLB purposes.
3. lpk Jamie Arnold | 22 | Ncaa | 2027
The Vegas park will likely be comfortably climate controlled more often than not, so while the present looks bleak for the Sacramento pitchers who will be pitching half the time in a minor league park by 2026, there could be a buying opportunity for the long-term investor. There are a lot of talented weapons in this organization that you may be able to buy cheaply. Arnold is the 11th overall pick out of Florida State in the 2025 draft and possesses plus the command of a dynamic fastball-slider changeup arsenal.
4. LHP meter jump | 22 | AA | 2026
Listed at 6-foot-1, Jump makes the most of his frame by repeating his delivery well and spotting his fastball from anywhere in the zone. He combines that with a plus slider and rounds out the arsenal with a solid curveball and changeup. The 73rd overall pick in the 2024 draft, Jump debuted in 2025 and bounced through High-A in 31 innings before posting a 3.64 ERA and 1.20 WHIP in 81.2 Double-A innings. He believes he will have a role for the Major League team in 2026.
5. FROM Henry Bolte | 22 | AAA | 2026
Bolte is a 6-foot-4 right-handed hitter who can move like lightning on a ball field. In 2025, he reached 44 bases in 46 attempts in 114 games across two levels, after reaching 46 the season before. He also struck out 28.9 percent of the time, and that’s the main storm cloud clouding his otherwise positive outlook. He’s a decent defender who should only get better, and he has power now and should only add more. If the hit tool develops, he will be a difference maker in the stolen base category and contribute across the board.
6. FROM Devin Taylor | 22 | A | 2027
Taylor dominated at Indiana, posting wRC+ scores of 143, 150 and 169 during his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons. He drew 52 walks against 30 strikeouts in 55 games as a junior, tallying 18 home runs and 12 stolen bases. At 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds, Taylor bats left-handed and throws right-handed. He’s not much of a defenseman or he probably wouldn’t have been dropped to 48th or signed for $2.5 million. In that sense he is a perfect sleeper for our purposes. The bat played in his 28 Low-A games (135 wRC+) and there isn’t much reason to doubt he will continue to carry this profile.
7. SS Edgar Montero | 19 | DSL | 2030
Montero, a switch hitter listed at 6’2″ 190 pounds, signed for $1.2 million in 2024 and looked good in the Dominican Summer League, slashing .239/.398/.375 with three home runs. You can tell from the numbers that there is a patient approach, and that DSL pitchers tend to be everywhere. The club sent him back to the DSL in 2025, and Montero has looked much more comfortable, hitting .313/.484/.580 with nine home runs and 11 stolen bases. He walked 60 (24.6%) against 54 strikeouts (22.1%) in 55 games.
8. SS Joshua Kuroda-Grauer | 23 | AA | 2026
Kuroda-Grauer, the 75th overall pick out of Rutgers in 2024, looks a bit like Luis Arraez, at least on the back of his baseball card. In 121 games across two levels, he struck out just 49 times (8.9%) and hit .296/.359/.372 with two home runs and 27 stolen bases. He is a 6-foot-4, 205-pound right-handed hitter. He’s always controlled the zone this way, and while the upside isn’t huge, I like his chances of carving out a long-term role for himself. More of a deep-league game than anything other than a high-probability game.
9. 3BTommy White | 23 | AA | 2027
White, a 6’1″, 220-pound right-handed bat, seemed to trade some power for contact this season. He hit .260/.326/.461 with 11 home runs in 66 High-A games and then .311/.354/.387 with one home run in 27 Double-A games. He struck out just 54 times (13.7%) in 93 games at two levels. It’s an interesting set of results. Development is not linear, so I think he will find some strength after establishing himself at each level and perhaps generate his best lines as a top-flight player.
10. FROM Colby Thomas | 25 | MLB | 2025
Like many prospects in this system, Thomas brings his fair share of power, speed and strikeouts. A 5’10”, 190-pound right-handed hitter, he hit .291/.366/.529 with 18 home runs and six stolen bases in 82 Triple-A games, but struggled to repeat that stretch in his 120 at-bat debut with the Athletics. He graduated with time served and actually played in 49 games, but he’ll need to improve on his 37.1 percent strikeout rate to to earn a living. An organizational chart that is starting to get quite busy.
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