If You Had To Drop 6 Minor League Keepers...

by LQ on Jan 15, 2026 7:56 PM EST

Similiar to another recent fanpost, I need to trim the following list of minor leaguers down to 20 by dropping 6 in my keeper league. It's in a fantasy point league that skews a little towards the sabermetric. My big league roster is stronger on the offensive side (MCab, Bruce, Kinsler, Hamilton, Morneau, etc.) than on the pitching side.

Which 6 would you drop if you had to? I'd also welcome any input on the whole lot of them or even a ranking from 1-26.

In alpha order:

Lars Anderson
Antonio Bastardo
Blake Beavan
Gordon Beckham
Tim Beckham
Dellin Betances
Michael Bowden
Brett Cecil
Jhoulys Chacin
Sean Doolittle
Juan Duran
Wilmer Flores
Freddie Freeman
Brad Holt
Shooter Hunt
Michel Inoa
Austin Jackson
Casey Kelly
Mat Latos
David Price
Travis Snider
Taylor Teagarden
Julio Teheran
Daryl Thompson
Carlos Triunfel
Jordan Walden

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Tough...

…but I’d drop Bastardo, Doolittle, Thompson without hesitation.

Then, probably Kelly, Duran, and Hunt. These three are good prospects, but the others are just better.

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by koolkerns101 on Jan 15, 2026 8:08 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

Latos, Bastardo, Thompson, Holt, Duran

by alskor on Jan 15, 2026 8:24 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

Is this a 4-team league or something?

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Jan 15, 2026 8:30 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

10 Teams

It’s a 10 team league with 30 minor league spots each (20 keepers this season)

by LQ on Jan 15, 2026 8:33 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

Ok

did you finish last place for a few years in a row?

Your system is pretty stacked.

by alskor on Jan 15, 2026 8:38 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

Also

Can’t you move Price to the ML roster?

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Jan 15, 2026 8:31 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

Price

He’ll be moved to my ML roster after an expansion draft.

by LQ on Jan 15, 2026 8:34 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

Drops

Bastardo
Duran
Thompson
Holt
Kelly
Doolittle

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by Dewey Finn on Jan 15, 2026 8:46 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

Keep Holt

Something tells me he is a better bet than any of your 4 “B” pitchers. Maybe I just favor pure unadulterated gas.

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by strums on Jan 15, 2026 9:19 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

+1

Those are the six you should cut.

by joegonzo on Jan 15, 2026 11:59 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

hello

I also wonder if your drafting by yourself thats quite alot of minor league talent.

cuts

bastardo, doolittle, and thompson for sure.

Duran only because he is so far away.

beaven- because he’s a ranger pitcher.

latos- just dont really believe in him pitchers are a dime a dozen.

by mark kl on Jan 15, 2026 11:28 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

Deep System

We’re just entering the 2nd year of the league. I think I drafted a little bit more prospect oriented than most others. I was able to deal veterans for Price and Lars Anderson which really helped and I was aggressive in picking up high upside guys mid season…Chacin, Inoa, Freeman and Flores. I was a middling team this year, but I expect to only get better as some of these guys develop.

by LQ on Jan 16, 2026 1:12 AM EST reply reply 0 recs