Fantasy Baseball Prospects: Orelvis Martinez, Connor Norby, Cade Povich

It’s another great week coming back to the fantasy baseball prospects stash article. We have three more guys who were on the list last week come off due to being called up (including Mason Black who was on the watchlist).

For obvious reasons, the strength of the prospects that are actually worth stashing is weakening. It looks as if there are, at best, four prospects that warrant stashing, and only the top two I could make the case for. I didn’t want to force 10 on the watch list, so I left it to players that would bring the most excitement to pick up if called, but I added quite a few more names to the players to watch.

I view the watchlist players as guys who aren’t must-pickups or are even more situational but are worth knowing there is interest if they make it to the majors. Here is the full list of fantasy baseball prospects to stash now. Below we dive into a few notable names.

Fantasy Baseball Prospects to Stash

Orelvis Martinez (SS – TOR)

The bat hasn’t slowed down for Martinez. He’s hitting .294 with nine home runs on the year and a .292 average in May with two home runs. He’s doing a great job of consistently hitting for contact, which wasn’t the case for most of his minor-league career. The lower strikeout rate helps push up his timeline, but the Jays have to move a few things to make it work. They don’t seem willing to do it just yet, but I believe the clock is ticking over the next few weeks.

Cade Povich (SP – BAL)

Povich is now the top pitcher to watch for in the minors with Paul Skenes up. He has a 1.69 ERA over seven starts and a 23.4% K-BB%, which is second in AAA. The only problem here is finding a spot. I think it will have to come at the expense of an injury, so he borders between stashing and having an eagle eye on the Orioles rotation situation to make the first pickup.

Connor Norby (2B/OF – BAL)

Norby has seven home runs, four stolen bases, and a .270 average in AAA. He is having a poor May to go with some power strikeout skills early on in the year. Not that this is killing him versus availability on the Orioles roster. An injury to the Orioles outfield might activate a call-up for Norby. Otherwise, he is that border between stash and watch.