Free agents: Bolte and Emerson lead list of appeal...
Key takeaways
- Note that all three of these options are slightly stronger additions in rotisserie than our standard points-league format.
- A 2022 second-rounder, Bolte hit a modest .268/.369/.433 with a scary 32.8% strikeout rate across five competitive levels over his first four professional seasons.
- He stole 40-plus bases in both of the last two minor league seasons and 17 in those 37 games for Las Vegas.
Why this matters: a sports story that could shift standings, legacies, or fan conversations.
Henry Bolte has gone 5-for-13 in his first few at-bats for the Athletics. APTristan H. Cockcroft May 18, 2026, 10:38 AM ETClose Tristan H. Cockcroft is senior writer for fantasy baseball and football at ESPN. Tristan is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. He is also a two-time LABR and three-time Tout Wars champion.Follow on XMultiple Authors Email Print Open Extended Reactions. The prospect parade continued over the past week as the month of May seems to be the time when teams will choose to promote their top prospects under the league's new incentive rules. As such, a trio of debuting players rate among fantasy baseball's top prospective pickups.
Note that all three of these options are slightly stronger additions in rotisserie than our standard points-league format. Still, even in the latter, all three have the level of upside to warrant at least a stash or short-term fill-in status.
Henry Bolte, OF, Athletics (8.5% rostered): We'll start, oddly enough, with the lowest rated of the three from Kiley McDaniel's (and industry consensus) preseason prospect rankings, but that's partly because of the adjustments Bolte has made as well as the MLB situation in which he has found himself.