Here is the list of Top 100 prospects to own in your deep keeper fantasy pool. This is not a reflection of a player’s actual upside in the MLB, but more of an indicator of his value in pools. It takes into account how many years away from the majors a player is, as well as his upside. Besides basic statistical comparisons, age versus competition level is an important factor in the analysis. Projected position is also given significant weight.

In general, a player must play 50 games as a hitter or make 15 appearances as a pitcher to be removed from this list. You should never find any players over the current year max age of 29 on this list. Still, baseball has a very large share of late bloomers in the late 20's so anyone without a significant opportunity in the majors that has good potential will be included up to that age. Regardless, all cases for qualification as a prospect will be subject to my discretion.

Graduates: Travis Snider (4), Max Scherzer (7), Elvis Andrus (9), Phil Hughes (10), Dexter Fowler (17), Colby Rasmus (22), Jason Motte (48), Chris Dickerson (66), Angel Guzman (80), Brett Gardner (99)

(Most graduates will not appear on Top 100 Hitters/Pitchers until the next update)