ValuCast

Independent baseball valuation, prospect intelligence, and dynasty tools.

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Who would you rather own?

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ValuCast's Ahead of the Curve board for 7/1. Top prospect buys by signal, not reputation.

Notice most of the top 5 are actually down over the last 18 days. That's the point. This isn't a hype list, it's who our model still likes despite the recent dip. Brady Ebel tops it at 74 despite giving up ground and Malachi Witherspoon's the one climbing, his 19.6% K-BB% compared to his 5.12 ERA is classic stuff ahead of polish.

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Is Junior Caminero the top dynasty asset in baseball?

2026 so far: .293/.385/.557, 23 HR, he's basically a top 5 hitter in the game right now. Full-season pace projects to 42 HR, 105 RBI, and a .901 OPS.

His walk rate has nearly doubled (6.3% to 13.3%) because he's chasing fewer pitches out of the zone. The underlying quality of contact backs it up too, he's squaring the ball up as hard as almost anyone in the league. We don't think this is some lucky stretch either, this is a real jump in approach on top of already elite bat to ball skills.

Career total if health cooperates: roughly 2,200 hits, 530+ HR, 1,460+ RBI, a .275/.364/.522 line through age 35. But that's the "if everything goes right" version, not a promise.

[MLB @MLB]

Junior Caminero homers in a FIFTH straight game!

[AWal @jamez_dubz]

I own him in my dynasty league, and it would take a king's ransom to pry him from me. This is a decade long anchor for me, not a sell high.

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Franklin Arias has nothing left to prove in Portland.

The 20-year-old shortstop is our #2 ranked prospect, and the reason is quite simple.

The guy can hit.

.329/.407/.588, a .995 OPS, 98th-percentile power and contact at AA, now up to 16 homers with a 13% strikeout rate.

Top of the board bat. Worcester should be seeing him any day now. https://t.co/IDdAAfPknb

[MLB Pipeline @MLBPipeline]

Franklin Arias launches his 16th homer of the year -- his second in three games!

MLB's No. 8 prospect (@RedSox) entered the day with multiple knocks in each of his past seven starts for the Double-A @PortlandSeaDogs.

[AWal @jamez_dubz]

Our Top 100 Dynasty board for June 30.

Every player valued for your league's settings.

Agree? Disagree? Tell us where we're wrong 👇 https://t.co/ApYnWBXAoj

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🏆 ValuCast Top 100 Dynasty June 30

Every player scored for your league's settings, not a one-size-fits-all list.
Top 5:

Shohei Ohtani - 100
Junior Caminero - 99.1
Bobby Witt Jr. - 95.7
Nick Kurtz - 88.7
James Wood - 88.2

Caminero over Witt. Kurtz already top 5.

Tell us where we're wrong. 👇
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[ValuCast @ValuCastHQ]

Our Prospect 📈❄️ board for June 30, the biggest 7-day movers.

Separate from our Ahead of the Curve Top 40: this one's pure momentum, who's heating up and cooling off this week.

📈 Xavier Neyens +7.8 · Eduardo Quintero +7.2 · JoJo Parker +6.9
❄️ Jaison Chourio −12.3 · Brooks Brannon −6.9 · Hendry Mendez −6.2

Real, sustained moves. https://t.co/IDdAAfPScJ

[AWal @jamez_dubz]

We made Kruz our #1 prospect buy three days running. Today he's off the board and rather than quietly deleting him, we told you exactly why. We aren't claiming to be best, just the most transparent.

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🟢 ValuCast Ahead of the Curve - Prospect Buy Board, June 30

Kruz Schoolcraft was our #1 prospect buy three days running. Today he's off the board, and we'd rather tell you why than hide it.

MLB Pipeline just dropped him from their Top 100. Our board needs 3 independent boards to corroborate a name, and he's down to 2.

But our model still has him at #43, the field's around #168. We're not selling. When the consensus moves, our board moves with it, and we show our work.

Today's top buys: Brady Ebel, then JoJo Parker, Hayden Alvarez, Malachi Witherspoon, Justin Gonzales.

Signal, not reputation. https://t.co/IDdAAfPknb

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@TheWoodIsGood_ @Prospect_Tilt A guy our model loves as well!

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@WiedenmannWeep May we introduce you to one Ronny Hernandez?

[AWal @jamez_dubz]

Ronny Hernandez is one of the more underrated catching prospects in baseball. The rest of the world is sleeping on him, but not us. We have him 70th. It's a small sample, but a 21 y/o with this kind of approach tends to stick.

When we say Ahead of the 📈, this is what we mean.

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Red Sox catcher Ronny Hernandez is a name you should be keeping an eye on 👀

The 21 year old catcher was traded to Boston in the Chris Murphy deal, and is walking more than twice as often as he strikes out (20.4% BB to 8.7% K). Pair that with .316/.456/.658 and 7 HR and you've got a 1.114 OPS.

The public boards have basically ignored him, while we have him as our 70th ranked prospect.

It's only 103 PA, so it's still early, but elite contact and discipline skills, especially from a catcher, is the part that tends to stick. Signal, not reputation. 👇

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@BigBobsCards Not us 😎

We've got Caceres at #17 while the rest of the field's got him around 60. Not sure what Pipeline's thinking.

[AWal @jamez_dubz]

Watched Max Anderson in person this past weekend while the Mud Hens were in Worcester.

Loud contact. The ball was jumping off his bat and he was flying around the diamond.

Everything the model's been saying, just in person. Nice to see the field finally catching up.

[ValuCast @ValuCastHQ]

Great piece and the data agrees harder than the field does.

We have Max Anderson at 95 while consensus sits around 236, a 141 spot gap. 96th-percentile contact, .233 ISO, .892 OPS across 213 PA, nearly all at Toledo.

The read is an everyday, high contact bat, and the position flexibility only raises the floor. Don't be surprised to see him get the call soon.

Underrated everywhere but here. Signal, not reputation. 👇

[The Call Up | An MLB Prospect Podcast @The_CallUpPod]

The bat has always been there for Tigers prospect Max Anderson. Now, his ability to play multiple positions could be his ticket to MLB.

Our @EmilyCWaldon has more on the 24-year-old's development:
https://t.co/XrK7jRp7Pc

[AWal @jamez_dubz]

Joshua Kuroda-Grauer gets the call! ValuCast had him at #41. The field had him outside the top 100.

We're not telling you he's a star, we're telling you we saw the promotion coming before consensus did. Another name off our board into the show 📈 https://t.co/ApYnWBXAoj