2023 Little Hero of the Year

Winner of the 2023 Little Hero of the Year is OF Roman Anthony. He played at 3 levels last year and raked. Anthony has been one of the biggest risers among prospects this season and has now reached the Double-A level in his first full season at just 19 years of age. The left-handed hitting outfielder has collected a .265/.396/.459 batting line with 14 home runs, 15 stolen bases and a 113:86 K:BB over 106 games between Low-A Salem and Greenville in 2023.

Complete list of winners

2007 1B Billy Butler KC

2008 1B Logan Morrison Fla

2009 SP Arodys Vizcaino NYY

2010 OF Mike Trout LAA

2011 1B Anthony Rizzo SD

2012 OF Adam Eaton Arz

2013 SP Yordano Ventura KC

2014 SP Lucas Giolito Was

2015 1B AJ Reed Hou

2016 2B Yoan Moncada Bos

2017 SP Yonny Chirinos TB

2018 SS Luis Garcia Phi

2019 SS Wander Franco TB

2020 No minor league Season

2021 SP Eury Perez Mia

2022 2B Edouard Julien Min

2023 OF Roman Anthony Bos

2023 Hero of the Year

This years Hero of the year goes to 2B Edouard Julien. It was tough year during the first of a rebuild but Julien looks to be a piece of the puzzle for years to come.

Past Winners

2007 3B David Wright .325avg 30HR 107RBI 34SB .963OPS

2008 2B Dustin Pedroia .325avg 17HR 20SB 83RBI 117Runs .869OPS

2009 1B Price Fielder .299Avg 46HR 141RBI 1.014OPS

2010 3B Ryan Zimmerman .307avg 25HR 85RBI 85Runs .894OPS

2011 2B Dustin Pedroia .307avg 21HR 91RBI 102Runs 86BB 26SB .861OPS

2012 1B Prince Fielder .313avg 30HR 108RBI 83Runa 85BB .940ops

2013 1B Joey Votto .305avg 24HR 73RBI, 103Runs, 135BB, .926OPS

2014 OF Lorenzo Cain .301avg 5HR 53Rbi 55runs 28SB .751OPS

2015 OF Michael Conforto .270avg 9HR 26RBI .841ops

2016 2B Dustin Pedroia .318avg 15HR 74RBI 105Runs 61BB .825ops

2017 OF George Springer .283avg 34HR 85RBI 112Runs 64BB .889ops

2018 OF Christian Yelich .326avg 36HR 110RBI 118Runs 22SB 1.000OPS

2019 3B Rafael Devers .311avg 32HR, 115RBI, 129Runs, .916OPS

2020 OF Wil Myers 288avg 15 HR, 40RBI, 34 Runs, .959 OPS.

2021 3B Rafael Devers .281avg 38HR, 115RBI, 101Runs, .895 OPS

2022 2B Jose Altuve .298 avg 28HR, 57RBI, 103Runs, 18SB .917 OPS  

2023 2B Edouard Julien .260avg, 16HR, 37RBI, 60Runs, .370obp, .834OPS

2023 Kelly's Ace of the Year

 Always tough to pick a winner during a rebuild but SP Bryan Woo who was having a great minor league season made his impact felt on the MLB team by years end.

Complete list all Heroes to win this honor:

2007 Roy Halladay 16-5 3.71era 225Inn 139K's

2008 Franciso Rodriguez 2-3 2.24era 68inn 77K's 62SV

2009 Roy Halladay 17-10 2.79era 246Inn 206K's

2010 Trevor Cahill 18-8 2.97 era 196.2Inn 118K's

2011 Ervin Santana 11-12 3.38 228.2inn 178k's

2012 Jim Johnson 4-2 2.49era 68.2Inn 41K's 51SV

2013 James Shields 13-9 3.15era 228Inn 197K's

2014 Yordano Ventura 14-10 3.20era 183Inn 159k's

2015 Noah Syndergaard 9-7 3.24era 150Inn 166K's

2016 Noah Syndergaard 14-9 2.60era 183.2inn 218k's

2017 Corey Kluber 18-4 2.25era 203.2inn 265K's

2018 Max Scherzer 18-7 2.53era 220.2Inn 300k's

2019 Jake Odorizzi 15-7 3.51era 158Inn 178K's

2020 Trevor Bauer 5-4,  1.73era 73Inn 100K's

2021 Carlos Rodon 13-5, 2.37era, 0.96whip, 132inn 185K's 

2022 Justin Verlander 18-4, 1.75era, 0.83whip, 175Inn, 185K's 

2023 Bryan Woo 4-5. 4.21era, 1.21whip, 87Inn, 93K's

BA Top 200 Fantasy Prospects Hero Edition

The Heroes had a league high 30 prospects on the list and with 5 1st rd picks in this years FYPD will only add to this. Considering this upcoming draft is loaded and features 28 players ranked inside the top 200. This means more then 1 out of every 6 owned players on this list currently are Heroes.

12 Ethan Salas

17 Roman Anthony

38 Brooks Lee

47 Orelvis Martinez

50 Mason Miller

51 Ceddanne Rafaela

55 Tyler Soderstrom

60 Brady House

65 Chase Hampton

69 Mick Abel

72 Marco Luciano

90 Carlos Jorge

108 Joey Ortiz

110 Miguel Bleis

111 Jonatan Clase

115 Sterlin Thompson

130 Jacob Melton

133 Josue De Paula

134 Mike Vasil

136 Cade Cavalli

140 Will Warren

142 Jace Jung

148 Brayan Rocchio

152 Robert Gasser

165 Zac Veen

169 Jairo Iriarte

187 Victor Scott II

188 Luis Perales

193 Payton Martin

196 George Valera

Updated Roto wire Top 400 and the Heroes that made the List

 20. OF Luis Matos

40. 1B Tyler Soderstrom

44. 2B Edouard Julien

47. SS Brayan Rocchio

57. OF Jonatan Clase

61. 2B Carlos Jorge

70. SP Bryan Woo

81. SS Brady House

83. OF Josue De Paula

86. C Ethan Salas

89. OF Miguel Bleis

92. SP Mason Miller

95. OF Zac Veen

97. SP Mason Montgomery

100. SS Brooks Lee

104. SS Joey Ortiz

117. OF Jose Ramos

118. SP Owen Murphy

123. OF Roman Anthony

126. OF Jacob Melton

127. SP Luis Ortiz

130. SP Joey Cantillo

133. SS Marco Luciano

134. SP Jarlin Susana

135. OF Sterlin Thompson

138. OF Victor Scott

142. OF Robert Hassell

147. SS Liover Peguero

150. OF George Valera

162. SP Robert Gasser

172. SS Blaze Alexander

173. SP Mick Abel

177. SP Mike Vasil

205. SP Will Warren

217. OF Ceddanne Rafaela

229. C Pablo Aliendo

232. SP Chase Hampton

239. 2B Jace Jung

243. SP Jordan Balazovic

247. 3B Andres Chaparro 

251. SP Mason Black

255. OF Enmanuel Bonilla

261. SP Gordon Graceffo

268. OF Benny Montgomery

270. SS Orelvis Martinez

271. 3B Jacob Berry

280. 2B Chase Meidroth

289. OF Jose Gerardo

290. OF Brando Mayea

291. SS Derniche Valdez

335. OF Camilo Diaz

352. SP Luis Serna

360. 1B Ivan Melendez

376. OF Hudson Haskin

389. OF Jeremy De La Rosa

396. OF Gabriel Martinez

58 Total top 400 Prospects

Updated top 400 and the Heroes that made the List

33. Hayden Wesneski

47. Zac Veen

49. Tyler Soderstrom

50. Brayan Rocchio

58. Edouard Julien

71. Josue De Paula

72. Miguel Bleis

77. Mason Miller

80. Brooks Lee

81. Joey Ortiz

85. Marco Luciano

94. Mason Montgomery

105. Robert Hassell

106. Brady House

114. Ethan Salas

123. Luis Ortiz

130. Mick Abel

134. Robert Gasser

140. Jarlin Susana

143. Jacob Berry

148. Ceddanne Rafaela

157. George Valera

183. Ken Waldichuk

192. Benny Montgomery

193. Luis Matos

206. Jace Jung

211. Jacob Melton

212. Gordon Graceffo

219. Cade Cavalli

223. Sterlin Thompson

231. Orelvis Martinez

239. Carlos Jorge

241. Jonatan Clase

243. Enmanuel Bonilla

245. Owen Murphy

262. Jose Gerardo

264. Bryan Woo

271. Brandon Mayea 

277. Luis Serna

279. Derniche Valdez

289. Brailer Guerrero

298. Gabriel Martinez

309. Jeremy De La Rosa

320. Ivan Melendez

321. Liover Peguero

323. Mason Black

329. Roman Anthony

344. Malcom Nunez

352. Camilo Diaz

358. Joey Cantillo

392. Taylor Dollard

Kelly's Heroes Top 60 Prospects (Post Draft)

 This is a pre-draft top 30 prospect list for the Heroes with the highest ranking that player received on one of the 6 biggest national list (Rotowire, Fangraphs BA, ESPN, Law, Pipeline)

1. SS Jordan Lawler (#3 Rotowire)

2. 3B Brooks Lee (#19 Fangraphs)

3. SS Ezequiel Tovar (#17 BA)

4. 1B Tyler Soderstrom (#23 ESPN) 

5. SS Marco Luciano (#21 Keith Law)

6. OF Zac Veen (#27 MLB Pipeline)

7. SS Brayan Rocchio (#22 Keith Law)

8. OF Robert Hassell III (#35 MLB Pipeline)

9. OF Miguel Bleis (#20 Fangraphs)

10. SP Mick Abel (#25 Fangraphs)

11. OF George Valera (#27 Keith Law)

12. SP Cade Cavalli (#58 Pipeline)

13. OF Ceddanne Rafaela (#37 Keith Law)

14. 2B Edouard Julien (#67 Rotowire)

15. SS Brady House (#85 Keith Law)

16. 3B Orelvis Martinez (#67 ESPN)

17. SP Gordon Graceffo (#66 Keith Law)

18. 2B Jace Jung (#83 MLB Pipeline)

19. SS Joey Ortiz (#66 Fangraphs)

20. 3B Jacob Berry (#61 MLB Pipeline)

21. SP Hayden Wesneski (#61 Rotowire)

22. OF Josue De Paula (#87 Rotowire)

23. C Ethan Salas (#137 Rotowire)

24. SP Jarlin Susana (#85 ESPN)

25. SP Ken Waldichuk (#63 ESPN)

26. C Ivan Herrera (#89 ESPN)

27. SP Luis Ortiz (#74 BA)

28. OF Luis Matos (HM100 Keith Law)

29. C Ivan Herrera (#89 ESPN)

30. SP Mason Miller (#98 Fangraphs)

31. OF Gabriel Martinez (#271 Rotowire)

32. OF Starling Thompson (#150 Rotowire)

33. SP Mason Montgomery (#113 Rotowire)

34. SS Liover Peguero (HM ESPN)

35. 2B Carlos Jorge (#202 Rotowire)

36. 1B Ivan Melendez (#223 on Rotowire)

37. OF Jonatan Clase (#209 Rotowire)

38. SP Owen Murphy (#171 Rotowire)

39. OF Enmanuel Bonilla (#200 Rotowire)

40. OF Jose Gerardo (#228 Rotowire)

41. OF Jeremy De La Rosa (#283 Rotowire)

42. SP Robert Gasser (#117 Rotowire)

43. SS Derniche Valdez (#237 Rotowire)

44. OF Brando Mayea (#250 Rotowire)

45. SP Luis Serna (#258 Rotowire)

46. OF Jacob Melton (#235 Rotowier)

47. OF Roman Anthony (#298 Rotowire)

48. SP Bryan Woo (#238 Rotowire)

49. C Daniel Susac (#315 Rotowire)

50. SS Camilo Diaz (#324 Rotowire)

51. SP Mason Black (#306 Rotowire)

52. OF Jose Ramos (Keith Law #11 LAD list)

53. 1B Malcom Nunez (#311 Rotowire)

54. SP Joey Cantillo (#333 Rotowire)

55. SP Taylor Dollard (#368 Rotowire)

56. 3B Jared Triolo (#380 Rotowire)

57. SP Jaden Hill

58. SS Ricardo Cabrera

59. SS Maikol Hernandez

60. 1B Grant Lavigne

2023 Pre Draft Top 40 Prospects Kelly's Heroes

This is a pre-draft top 30 prospect list for the Heroes with the highest ranking that player received on one of the 6 biggest national list (Rotowire, Fangraphs BA, ESPN, Law, Pipeline)

1. SS Jordan Lawler (#3 Rotowire)

2. SS Ezequiel Tovar (#17 BA)

3. SS Marco Luciano (#21 Keith Law)

4. C/1B Tyler Soderstrom (#23 ESPN) 

5. OF Zac Veen (#27 MLB Pipeline)

6. OF Robert Hassell III (#35 MLB Pipeline)

7. SS Brayan Rocchio (#22 Keith Law)

8. OF Miguel Bleis (#20 Fangraphs)

9. SP Mick Abel (#25 Fangraphs)

10. OF George Valera (#27 Keith Law)

11. SP Cade Cavalli (#58 Pipeline)

12. OF/3B Ceddanne Rafaela (#37 Keith Law)

13. SS Brady House (#85 Keith Law)

14. 2B Edouard Julien (#67 Rotowire)

15. SP Gordon Graceffo (#66 Keith Law)

16. 3B Orelvis Martinez (#67 ESPN)

17. SS Joey Ortiz (#66 Fangraphs)

18. SP Hayden Wesneski (#61 Rotowire)

19. SP Ken Waldichuk (#63 ESPN)

20. SP Jarlin Susana (#85 ESPN)

21. C Ivan Herrera (#89 ESPN)

22. OF Luis Matos (HM Keith Law)

23. OF Gabriel Martinez (#271 Rotowire)

24. SS Liover Peguero (HM ESPN)

25. SP Mason Montgomery (#113 Rotowire)

26. 2B Carlos Jorge (#202 Rotowire)

27. OF Jonatan Clase (#209 Rotowire)

28. 1B Malcom Nunez (#311 Rotowire)

29. OF Jose Gerardo (#228 Rotowire)

30. OF Jeremy De La Rosa (#283 Rotowire)

31. SP Robert Gasser (#117 Rotowire)

32. SP Mason Black (#306 Rotowire)

33. OF Jose Ramos

34. 3B Jared Triolo (#380 Rotowire)

35. SP Taylor Dollard (#368 Rotowire)

36. SP Jaden Hill

37. SS Ricardo Cabrera

38. SS Maikol Hernandez

39. 1B Grant Lavigne

40. SS William Bergolla Jr

2022 Little Hero of the Year

2022 Little Hero of the Year is 2B Edouard Julien of the Twins. He went from unknown prospect to top 100 player in a year. His stats were .300 average with a .441 OBP to lead all full season players in the minors. He posted .931OPS with 17HR and 19SB. 

Complete list of winners

2007 1B Billy Butler KC

2008 1B Logan Morrison Fla

2009 SP Arodys Vizcaino NYY

2010 OF Mike Trout LAA

2011 1B Anthony Rizzo SD

2012 OF Adam Eaton Arz

2013 SP Yordano Ventura KC

2014 SP Lucas Giolito Was

2015 1B AJ Reed Hou

2016 2B Yoan Moncada Bos

2017 SP Yonny Chirinos TB

2018 SS Luis Garcia Phi

2019 SS Wander Franco TB

2020 No minor league Season

2021 SP Eury Perez Mia

2022 2B Edouard Julien Min

2022 Kelly's Ace of the Year

Justin Verlander was named Kelly's ace of the year. His stats on the year 18-4, 1.75era, 0.83whip, 175Inn, 185K's. This was the first year Verlander was on the Heroes.

Complete list all Heroes to win this honor:

2007 Roy Halladay 16-5 3.71era 225Inn 139K's

2008 Franciso Rodriguez 2-3 2.24era 68inn 77K's 62SV

2009 Roy Halladay 17-10 2.79era 246Inn 206K's

2010 Trevor Cahill 18-8 2.97 era 196.2Inn 118K's

2011 Ervin Santana 11-12 3.38 228.2inn 178k's

2012 Jim Johnson 4-2 2.49era 68.2Inn 41K's 51SV

2013 James Shields 13-9 3.15era 228Inn 197K's

2014 Yordano Ventura 14-10 3.20era 183Inn 159k's

2015 Noah Syndergaard 9-7 3.24era 150Inn 166K's

2016 Noah Syndergaard 14-9 2.60era 183.2inn 218k's

2017 Corey Kluber 18-4 2.25era 203.2inn 265K's

2018 Max Scherzer 18-7 2.53era 220.2Inn 300k's

2019 Jake Odorizzi 15-7 3.51era 158Inn 178K's

2020 Trevor Bauer 5-4,  1.73era 73Inn 100K's

2021 Carlos Rodon 13-5, 2.37era, 0.96whip, 132inn 185K's 

2022 Justin Verlander 18-4, 1.75era, 0.83whip, 175Inn, 185K's 

2022 Hero of the Year

2B Jose Altuve was named Hero of 2022. His numbers .298 avg 28HR, 57RBI, 103Runs, 18SB .917 OPS . Fun fact Altuve was the last player Tiger traded before he left the league. 

Past Winners

2007 3B David Wright .325avg 30HR 107RBI 34SB .963OPS

2008 2B Dustin Pedroia .325avg 17HR 20SB 83RBI 117Runs .869OPS

2009 1B Price Fielder .299Avg 46HR 141RBI 1.014OPS

2010 3B Ryan Zimmerman .307avg 25HR 85RBI 85Runs .894OPS

2011 2B Dustin Pedroia .307avg 21HR 91RBI 102Runs 86BB 26SB .861OPS

2012 1B Prince Fielder .313avg 30HR 108RBI 83Runa 85BB .940ops

2013 1B Joey Votto .305avg 24HR 73RBI, 103Runs, 135BB, .926OPS

2014 OF Lorenzo Cain .301avg 5HR 53Rbi 55runs 28SB .751OPS

2015 OF Michael Conforto .270avg 9HR 26RBI .841ops

2016 2B Dustin Pedroia .318avg 15HR 74RBI 105Runs 61BB .825ops

2017 OF George Springer .283avg 34HR 85RBI 112Runs 64BB .889ops

2018 OF Christian Yelich .326avg 36HR 110RBI 118Runs 22SB 1.000OPS

2019 3B Rafael Devers .311avg 32HR, 115RBI, 129Runs, .916OPS

2020 OF Wil Myers 288avg 15 HR, 40RBI, 34 Runs, .959 OPS.

2021 3B Rafael Devers .281avg 38HR, 115RBI, 101Runs, .895 OPS

2022 2B Jose Altuve .298 avg 28HR, 57RBI, 103Runs, 18SB .917 OPS  

2022 update to the all time records

 Updated All Time Records

League Year Wins Loses Ties Win%

TSA 2006 181 116 11 .606***

CPL 2007 156 167 22 .484

CPL 2008 160 173 19 .480

CPL 2009 200 134 18 .599*

CPL 2010 136 186 30 .429

CPL 2011 135 174 27 .442

CPL 2012 187 133 16 .580*

CPL 2013 162 152 22 .515*

CPL 2014 115 196 25 .379

CPL 2015 87 231 18 .286

CPL 2016 137 178 21 .439

CPL 2017 228 90 18 .705*

CPL 2018 198-116-22 .622*

CPL 2019 134-179-23 .433

CPL 2020 045-042-09 .516* 

CPL 2021 172-142-22 .545*

CPL 2022 187-128-21 .588*

*** Won the championship

** Won the NL Pennant 

* Made the playoffs

2021 Little Hero of the Year

Eury Perez was named Little Hero of the year in 2021.

Perez might have been the biggest riser among pitching prospects in the game last year, as he went from not even earning a mention on my Marlins list last year — because I’d never heard his name — to a top-100 prospect this year. Perez turned 18 just three weeks before the minor-league season started, and then carved up both levels of full-season A ball, punching out 108 batters in 78 innings against 26 walks, with a 1.96 ERA to boot. 

Complete list of winners

2007 1B Billy Butler KC

2008 1B Logan Morrison Fla

2009 SP Arodys Vizcaino NYY

2010 OF Mike Trout LAA

2011 1B Anthony Rizzo SD

2012 OF Adam Eaton Arz

2013 SP Yordano Ventura KC

2014 SP Lucas Giolito Was

2015 1B AJ Reed Hou

2016 2B Yoan Moncada Bos

2017 SP Yonny Chirinos TB

2018 SS Luis Garcia Phi

2019 SS Wander Franco

2020 No minor league Season

2021 SP Eury Perez Mia