Jack Flaherty

Things are really starting to heat up in these rankings. We're now into the top 50, and the upside is getting higher than Snoop Dogg backstage at a rap concert. Granted, not every prospect possesses crazy high upside. That's where guys like Jack Flaherty and Alex Verdugo come in. Those high-upside guys are wonderful to own in dynasty formats, but don't sleep on the safer options that can still help you plenty.Below you'll find prospects ranked 60 through 41. Included is yet another Braves arm, the only two Red Sox…

It's official: The 2017 Major League Baseball season is finally in the books. The Houston Astros are world champions for the first time in their franchise history, and their success can be attributed to their young core of stars. Many of today's biggest stars are 27 and younger, and new top prospects are waiting for their shot. For the St. Louis Cardinals, the season has been over for quite some time. They missed out on the playoffs this year, but the young players they have waiting in the farm are ready to make an impact.…

Playoff chases and Wild Card races have really gotten interesting here in the last three weeks of the season, and there promises to be several close finishes. In addition, fantasy seasons are nearing the home stretch, as well.This time of year, it gets a lot harder to determine which pitchers will actually get two starts. Sometimes it is hard enough to peg a single-start week! With all kinds of crazy weather, innings limits on young pitchers, injuries, and teams expanding to six-man rotations in September, determining if…

September can be a very hectic month in the waiver wire world as MLB teams bring up prospects and other minor leaguers for a look to see if they can play at the major league level and provide contending teams with some added depth. Before we take a look at this week's recommendations for players owned in less than 50 percent of ESPN leagues, with stats as of September 1, here is the often requested trivia question: Two players have won the Rookie of the Year, MVP, and Cy Young awards in their career, with one of them being…

Well, well, well… Blink your eyes and it’s already June! A lot is happening in baseball, and that includes promotions and guys on the rise you should be aware of. Apologies for the two-week absence in me writing this column, but hopefully you have been enjoying the rest of the content here on Fantrax. There is a lot of it, and we’re coming fast and furious.There have also been some changes at the helm of the ship, and that has prompted a slight adjustment to the three players I’ll be looking at each week. Instead of…