Which pair of prospects would you want?

by Caesar Tovar on Feb 1, 2026 3:25 PM EST

We have 8-man minor league rosters, and our league tends to value hitting prospects more than pitching prospects. Would you rather have:

Rendon + a prospect from the 50-70 range overall (looking at the community list, someone like Zach Lee, Tyrell Jenkins, Jedd Gyorko, or Starling Marte, among others)

or. . . Skaggs + the number 5 pick (either Cole, Bundy or Hultzen).

Rendon could either be a franchise player in this league or he could bring an excellent return in trade this year. On the other hand, if Skaggs plus the #5 pick both turn into top of the rotation guys, that would be really valuable as well.

Which pair would you want?

Thanks.

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I'd be looking at the Skaggs/Hultzen combo.

Hultzen just happens to be my favorite of the 3 you mentioned. That pairing would be soooo much safer then Rendon and whoever, and they still have significant upside as well.

by kyuss94 on Feb 1, 2026 3:46 PM EST reply actions

I'd take the second pair. Skaggs + (Bundy, Cole, Hultzen)

Pair 1 has a top 10 guy and a back of the top 100 guy.

Pair 2 has two top 20 guys.

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by alskor on Feb 1, 2026 4:21 PM EST reply actions

This

by FI2 on Feb 1, 2026 5:37 PM EST up reply actions

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by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Feb 1, 2026 6:15 PM EST up reply actions

It's close for me because I like Rendon so much more than Cole/Bundy/Hultzen

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by OremLK on Feb 2, 2026 3:43 AM EST reply actions

Well this is pretty easy for me

Rendon and Skaggs are pretty close in my rankings, so the addition of a Cole/Bundy/Hultzen far outweighs a Zach Lee/Starling Marte type player.

FYI - Cole is a top 10 guy for me, and Bundy is awfully close. This is a very easy choice.

by guru4u on Feb 2, 2026 9:47 AM EST reply actions

skaggs +

by at022482 on Feb 2, 2026 11:35 AM EST reply actions

Certainly in real baseball. . .

GMs would take Skaggs + Cole over Rendon + another prospect.

In our league, where hitting prospects have much more value, it’s closer. Rendon will bring more in trade than either pitcher, and if he proves to be healthy, will be a better keeper. Plus, the league’s aversion to pitching means that the second guy could be a fairly highly-rated pitching prospect. I have no idea exactly how the prospect draft will go, but someone like AJ Cole, Syndergaard or Jenkins could be there, so it’s not like it will be Rendon + garbage.

I’m leaning towards the two pitchers myself, but given the peculiarities of the GMs in our league, it’s not incredibly lopsided either way.

Thanks for all of your input. . . even if the guy who mentioned the trade retracts his suggestion (a possibility, especially if he’s reading this now), it’s been an interesting little debate.

by Caesar Tovar on Feb 2, 2026 11:46 AM EST reply actions