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Top 10 prospects who could be September callups
- Updated: August 26, 2016
Last year was deemed by many to be the “Year of the Prospect,” and for good reason, with elite talent like Kris Bryant, Carlos Correa, Francisco Lindor and Noah Syndergaard not just making it to the big leagues, but excelling. It seemed unlikely, if not impossible, for the 2016 rookie class to reach that very high bar.
It certainly has made an extremely valiant effort. Corey Seager seems to be a shoo-in for the National League Rookie of the Year Award, and he should even garner consideration for the NL Most Valuable Player Award. Michael Fulmer has been a revelation in Detroit to lead American League candidates. Five in the top 20 of MLBPipeline.com’s preseason Top 100 Prospects list have graduated off of the list, while eight others in that top 20 have gotten big league time. Current No. 1 prospect Alex Bregman, No. 6 Andrew Benintendi, No. 8 Alex Reyes, No. 11, Orlando Arcia, No. 13 Jose Berrios and No. 17 David Dahl are all in the big leagues.
Believe it or not, there is more to come. Here’s a list of the top 10 prospects, some of whom have been up previously, who could get called up — call it part probability, part wish list — when Major League rosters expand on Sept. 1.
Yoan Moncada, 2B, Red Sox (No. 2 on Top 100) He hasn’t played above Double-A, though that didn’t stop Boston from calling up Benintendi. If Moncada does get called up, he’s not likely to play a whole lot. But with 44 steals on the year, he could be a valuable pinch-running asset for the Red Sox as they battle for the AL East title.
Lucas Giolito, RHP, Nationals (No. 4) The big right-hander hasn’t really shown what he can do in his three big league starts, but that’s not a fair sample size. Giolito had thrown very well in his past two Triple-A starts and has allowed two or fewer earned runs in 16 of his 21 Minor League starts. That includes a one-inning start on Tuesday, as the Nats pulled him so he could be an option to take Stephen Strasburg’s spot in the rotation on …
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