MiLB Top 10 Prospects - Week Four
Tim Kanak brings MLB DW members 15 prospects to watch from all of the minor league action in Week Four
Hey friends, welcome to my weekly prospect report, now only found with an MLB Data Warehouse subscription! The goal of this column is to give you the most fantasy relevant prospect information throughout the last week all in one place. The format of this weekly prospect report will be a run-though of my top 15-20 prospects of the week with a goal to get at least three prospects at each level (DSL - AAA).
I will try my best to highlight new prospects every week, rather than repeat names, unless the repeat is so warranted I just can’t help myself.
This should not be seen as a weekly stash rankings, but as a ranking of top performers each week through all levels. My updated top 150 rankings can currently be found on MLB Data Warehouse and thanks to Jon, we will now have regularly updated fScores throughout the year.
It should also be noted that THIS WEEK the fScores were updated, so these are all updated fScores now.
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NOTE: Rookie status is determined by 130 ABs, or 50 IPs at the Major League level.
NOTE: All stats from Sunday April 19 - Saturday April 25 2026
T-10 Prospects
1 | OF Braylon Payne (Brewers) - A+
ETA: 2028
Comp: Lawrence Butler
Prime Skills: Payne is a big bodied outfielder who is tooled up with a killer power and speed combo from the left side. He’s one of the faster guys picked in the 2024 draft and if he can develop the hit tools and classic Brewers plate skills, the tools can really play this kid up with some of the better Brewers prospects. Payne’s hit tool has regressed both contact and angles-wise from last year’s small sample size, but the plate skills are potentially above average to plus. Payne had a 110.2 max EV last season at 18-years-old and could grow into plus power if he improves his angles. He’s electric, speed-wise but could work on his base running ability. Payne was terrible in the second half last year, but has seemingly gotten over it with a stellar start to the season hitting 3 bombs with 4 extra base hits and two steals this week. The plate approach is looking much better early this season, however the contact rates are still off. I bumped his plate approach and power ratings from 40 to 45 based on the early season success.
Hitter Tool Grades:
Hit: 25/40
Plate Approach: 45/55
Power: 45/55
Speed: 70/70
Prospect Rank: 149
2 | OF Ryan Wideman (Padres) - A
ETA: 2028
Comp: Righty Evan Carter w/ more speed, worse approach
Prime Skills: Wideman is a dude I had a ton of interest in post-draft as a third rounder who played one year of division one ball for Western Kentucky and completely balled out; hitting .398/.466/.652 with 10 bombs and 45 steals from a 6’4, 205 pound frame. The hit was off last year in his small sample debut, but he did have 11 steals in 26 games. He also has some insane raw power we haven’t seen demonstrated yet with over 110 mph exit velocities with a wood bat at the combine and hitting to 92nd percentile EVs in college with metal bats last year. The 80% contact rates early season along with a solid plate approach led to a week where he hit 8 extra base hits, 2 bombs and had 6 steals and a .458 batting average.
Hitter Tool Grades:
Hit: 35/45
Plate Approach: 40/50
Power: 40/55
Speed: 65/65
Prospect Rank: Top 350
3 | SP Anthony Eyanson (Red Sox) - A+
ETA: 2028
Comp: Max Meyer
Prime Skills: Eyanson did get paid nicely for a third rounder out of LSU getting drafted for his elite command and wide pitching arsenal and then broke out this Spring with a huge velocity increase from sitting 93 in college to 95-98. He’s been dealing all year and should be bumped to AA at this point as he has 27 strikeouts and 0 walks in 16 2/3 innings this year. He will be a huge mover in my rankings update. This weekend he was pulled from a perfect game he was throwing with through 4 ⅔ with 9 strikeouts. I can’t wait to get pitch movement data from him, but the fastball went from a below average to average pitch to above average hitting over 16” of induced vertical break at plus velocity and the gyro slider is a sick bridge between the fastball and curve that gets the majority of his swing and miss. The curve is a 12/6, like the slider, so there is a little too much up and down vertical plane here and the development of a sweeper or traditional cutter could help him against righties and while he has been working on a splitter it hasn’t been used much in game action to this point. Once he moves up levels the development of a fourth and fifth pitch will be critical to avoid the Jonah Tong vertical plane trap.
Arsenal Grades:
FA (95-100 mph): 55/60
SL/FC (87-90 mph): 60/70
CU (80-84 mph): 45/55
Command: 60/65
Prospect Rank: Top 300
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