Prospects we’re thinking about | 7/14
Mike Sirota, Slater de Brun, Dylan Jordan and Josiah Ragsdale
By Jorge Eckardt and Mike Mavredakis
Even though the game action has stopped for the All-Star break, we can still appreciate some prospects this week. Here are four prospects on our minds.
Mike Sirota, OF, LAD
Sirota is on another planet right now. He’s amid a 72 game on-base streak, the longest-single season on-base streak since 2014, and he has a strong case for the second-best outfielder in the Dodgers system behind Josue De Paula. Across two levels, he has posted a 172 wRC+ this year on the back of a .319/.475/.562/1.036 slash line with 14 home runs and 11 stolen bases. Sirota is simply better than his level of competition and his approach has shown it, with a walk rate above 20% and a palatable 22.1% strikeout rate. He should be at Triple-A at this point but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Dodgers are keeping him down to maintain his value in trade talks ahead of the deadline. He also has a chance to stick in center field due to solid speed.
Fantasy appeal: Sirota has the type of impact-ability and approach that could bring serious value in fantasy, especially in points leagues that don’t penalize strikeouts. His biggest question is the contact. This is a premium asset in waiting. - Mike
Slater de Brun, OF, TBR
After his pro debut was delayed due to wrist surgery, de Brun has just started a rehab assignment. He slapped a single in his first rehab game which let him show off his wheels. Pipeline has him as a 65 grade runner, Baseball America a 70. Both have him as a 60 grade fielder who will stick in center and a good contact hitter with a good approach. The power isn’t great, but there’s something in there. He’s only 19, so de Brun is years away from the big leagues, but there’s a really exciting set of tools here.
The main reason he’s on my mind though is his pro debut reminded me of the trade that brought him to Florida. This past offseason, the Rays traded starting pitcher Shane Baz to the Baltimore Orioles for de Brun, Caden Bodine, Michael Forret, Austin Overn and the No. 33 pick in the 2026 MLB Draft, which was just used on high school shortstop Taj Marchand. Bodine is our No. 40 prospect. Forret is our No. 53 prospect. Overn has a .941 OPS in Double-A. This has the potential to be the most lopsided trade since the Rays traded Chris Archer for Tyler Glasnow, Austin Meadows and a PTBNL that ended up being … Shane Baz? Good lord.
Baltimore signed Baz to a 5-year, $68 million extension before he threw a pitch in an O’s uniform, and he’s posted a 4.11 ERA with 99 strikeouts in 111 and 2/3 innings so far in 2026. Not awful… but not great! It wouldn’t be as big of a deal if the Orioles hadn’t extended him, or if they hadn’t given up FIVE players to get him, but they did both. There was just simply no reason they needed to do either of those things.
And this next part doesn’t even sound real, but I promise you, it is. The Orioles only had the opportunity to draft de Brun after trading relief pitcher Bryan Baker to the Rays for the No. 37 overall pick. The Orioles used that pick to draft de Brun, gave him a $4 million signing bonus—$1.37 million over slot value—and then traded him as one of five prospects back to the Rays for a pitcher who was coming off a 4.87 ERA season. Oh, and Baker is an All-Star this year for the 56-38 Rays who sit in first place in the AL East, 11.5 games ahead of the Orioles.
Fantasy appeal: His best tool is probably his glove or speed, so de Brun is more of a real life prospect than fantasy prospect. His bat definitely has a chance to become fantasy relevant, though, especially if he grows into a little more power. - Jorge
Dylan Jordan, RHP, LAA
Jordan is one of two qualified minor league pitchers with an over a 30% strikeout rate and 50% groundball rate. The other is New York Mets lefty Jonathan Santucci, who we must be the high men on as our No. 47 prospect. Santucci has only made us even more confident in that ranking since we released it and Jordan is doing similar things despite being three years younger and right handed. Jordan is also one of 10 pitchers to log 100 or more strikeouts this season, and one of two to do it at age 20 or younger—joining Miami Marlins righty Nate Payne. He has to rein in his command, walking 12.2% of batters but even that is workable. Reports are scouts think he has to shorten his arm action a bit to become more consistent mechanically. He features a sinker that sits in the low-to-mid 90s and touches 98, a sweeper that’s a work in progress and an above average changeup with fade.
Fantasy appeal: Jordan is far away but he’s demonstrating a real ability to miss bats and avoid hard contact. Any arm that can generate strikeouts and ground balls tend to see success—the question will be the walks and how he does versus better competition. - Mike
Josiah Ragsdale, OF, MIL
It feels like the Brewers just spawn prospects. Or, maybe the actual answer is their development infrastructure is great. No, it must be magic. Ragsdale, a 7th-round pick last year out of Boston College, has done nothing but hit in his first full season of pro ball. He’s putting up a 3/4/5 slash line and he’s already up to Double-A. I have a slight hesitation because of his .425 BABIP, but the underlying metrics still back him up. His contact rates are good, his swing decisions are solid and while his angles aren’t standout, they’re fine. Contact, power and discipline. This is a real prospect people should learn, and quickly.
Fantasy appeal: A decent bit. He’s played some center field this year but is likely ticketed for a corner, which hampers his value a bit. If he keeps hitting, his bat will play anywhere on the field. - Jorge