RoboScout’s Top Prospects At Every Level On June 16

Welcome to the Father’s Day Edition of RoboScout, where the robotic one honors the likes of Cool Papa Bell, Big Daddy Rick Reuschel, Ronald Acuña Sr. and Bossman Upton.

We’ve got nearly two weeks of DSL goodness. RoboScout has its optical sensors on a few new names—spoiler alert: a lot of Brewers—and has some Statcast data to help inform the ranks.

For those unfamiliar with RoboScout, it’s a model designed by fantasy baseball expert Dylan White to help identify the top prospects at every level of the minors. The tool folds in a variety of factors including Statcast data and MiLB park factors.

Every year, RoboScout is the industry leader when it comes to identifying top players.

The tool is especially useful for those trawling the waiver wire in your dynasty fantasy league. And while it’s fantasy-oriented—meaning defense isn’t factored into the equation or future outlook, unlike Baseball America’s prospect rankings—RoboScout is also quite useful for those simply looking for the next impact prospect.

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Dominican Summer League Hitters (min 15 PA)

Brewers prospect Jose Anderson’s four home runs are tied with Giants 18-year-old Angel Guzman for the DSL lead. Baseball America’s Ben Badler identified Anderson as a sleeper in Milwaukee’s 2024 international review. He noted Anderson’s good hit tool and emerging power. Well, the power has apparently arrived. The (current) center fielder has a barrel rate over 30% and a 90th percentile exit velocity that is plus for the league. The only concern we’re seeing right now is a chase rate over 30%. So far, that hasn’t hurt his production. There’s a very large gap between Anderson and the rest of the DSL class.

Brewers prospect Luis Pena is the second name on the list. Pena signed for $800,000 as a shortstop, but will likely slide over to third base. His 90th percentile exit velocity and contact rate are higher than Anderson’s. Pena has also chipped in a league-leading 15 steals. However, he has only one home run this year.

If he had one more plate appearance, 16-year old catcher Kevin Garcia–another Brewer–would have been in the top three on account of his three home runs in only 14 appearances. Unlike the other two names above, Garcia has a contact rate well below-average. Be prudent before bidding on his preposterous early-season dinger output.

I’d target Anderson, Pena, and last week’s callout Richard Matic (Yankees) in my ‘lottery ticket’ dynasty slot this week.

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The College World Series Is Off To An Incredible Start

It’s going to be difficult for the College World Series to keep this pace up, but we sure hope it does.

Through four games in Omaha, we’ve seen three walk-offs and a fourth game impacted by a game-saving home run robbery in the ninth inning. How’s that for drama?

You can see recaps of every game so far, plus a look at the schedule to come below.

We encourage you to follow Baseball America college baseball expert Ted Cahill, who is in Omaha and covering every game this week. Here’s the latest below.

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