2026 MLB Draft Top 100 Prospects

This year’s MLB Draft has plenty of depth, and some surprising debate at the top. What follows is my personal top 100 — distinct from the team consensus rankings you’ll find at my site, Three Quarter Slot, where my staff ranks and covers the top 650 prospects in this year’s class, including full scouting reports for every name in our 2026 Draft Guide.

1 – Roch Cholowsky, SS, UCLA
2 – Vahn Lackey, C, Georgia Tech
3 – Jacob Lombard, SS, Gulliver Preparatory School (FL)
4 – Grady Emerson, SS, Fort Worth Christian (TX)
5 – Jackson Flora, RHP, UC Santa Barbara
6 – Eric Booth Jr., OF, Oak Grove (MS)

The draft this year has a pretty clear consensus top six, although Eric Booth Jr. may be falling closer to the next tier than this top grouping. Cholowsky has been the number one guy in the industry for over a year, although that is starting to waver as some are starting to lean towards Lackey or Emerson, but I still have Cholowsky one. If you were to tell me there is only one player in this class that ends up putting in a Hall of Fame career, I am going Lombard as he has as much upside as anyone in the class, but if you tell me only one of the top five never reaches the bigs, I would also pick Lombard as he has plenty of risk in his game.

7 – Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech
8 – Gio Rojas, LHP, Marjory Stoneman Douglas (FL)
9 – Chris Hacopian, 2B, Texas A&M
10 – Cameron Flukey, RHP, Coastal Carolina
11 – Justin Lebron, SS, Alabama
12 – Derek Curiel, OF, LSU
13 – Tyler Bell, SS, Kentucky
14 – AJ Gracia, OF, Virginia
15 – Ryder Helfrick, C, Arkansas
16 – Jared Grindlinger, OF/LHP, Huntington Beach (CA)
17 – Cole Carlon, LHP, Arizona State
18 – Ace Reese, 3B, Mississippi State
19 – Trevor Condon, OF, Etowah (GA)
20 – Sawyer Strosnider, OF, TCU
21 – Mason Edwards, LHP, USC
22 – Aiden Robbins, OF, Texas
23 – Liam Peterson, RHP, Florida
24 – Carson Bolemon, LHP, Southside Christian (SC)
25 – Taylor Rabe, RHP, Ole Miss

This grouping has a pair of highly touted college players with career batting averages under .300, a threshold that does not have much track record of success for first rounders, but Strosnider and Helfrick have immense talent. Rojas has the upside to be the best pitcher from this draft, while Grindlinger is a very young prospect having reclassed into this draft class late in the process.

26 – Logan Reddemann, RHP, UCLA
27 – Cade Townsend, RHP, Ole Miss
28 – Daniel Jackson, C, Georgia
29 – Brody Bumila, LHP, Bishop Feehan (MA)
30 – Tegan Kuhns, RHP, Tennessee
31 – Caden Sorrell, OF, Texas A&M
32 – Eric Becker, SS, Virginia
33 – Logan Schmidt, LHP, Ganesha (CA)
34 – Hunter Dietz, LHP, Arkansas
35 – Coleman Borthwick, RHP/3B, South Walton (FL)
36 – Bo Lowrance, 3B, Christ Church Episcopal (SC)
37 – Chase Brunson, OF, TCU
38 – Logan Hughes, OF, Texas Tech
39 – Tyler Spangler, SS, De La Salle (CA)
40 – Zion Rose, OF/C, Louisville
41 – Cole Prosek, SS/C, Magnolia Heights (MS)
42 – Ben Blair, RHP, Liberty
43 – Jack Radel, RHP, Notre Dame
44 – Aiden Ruiz, SS, The Stony Brook School (NY)
45 – Jensen Hirschkorn, RHP, Kingsburg (CA)
46 – Chris Rembert, 2B/OF, Auburn
47 – Archer Horn, SS/RHP, St. Ignatius Prep (CA)
48 – Jarren Advincula, MIF, Georgia Tech
49 – Andrew Williamson, OF, Central Florida
50 – Ty Head, OF, NC State

Injury questions surround Reddemann and Spangler otherwise both would comfortably be in the top 25. Rose has long been a personal favorite of mine and I refuse to fully remove the catcher positionality on him, although his long term position is very likely in the outfield. The best defender in this class is Ruiz, the best fastball in the class belongs to Bumila, and the best season statline in the class belongs to Daniel Jackson, all of whom fall in this block of 25.

51 – James Clark, SS, St. John Bosco (CA)
52 – Connor Comeau, SS/OF, Anderson (FL)
53 – Carson Tinney, C, Texas
54 – Joey Volchko, RHP, Georgia
55 – Landon Thome, SS, Nazareth (IL)
56 – Blake Bowen, OF, JSerra Catholic (CA)
57 – Kaden Waechter, RHP, Jesuit (FL)
58 – Sean Duncan, LHP, Terry Fox Secondary School (BC)
59 – Taj Marchand, SS, James Island (SC)
60 – Ethan Wachsmann, RHP, Grandview (CO)
61 – Kevin Roberts, OF, Jackson Preparatory (MS)
62 – Dee Kennedy, SS, Kansas State
63 – Wes Mendes, LHP, Florida State
64 – Blake Bryant, RHP, Citizens Christian Academy (GA)
65 – Gavin Grahovac, 1B, Texas A&M
66 – Will Brick, C, Christian Brothers (TN)
67 – Joseph Contreras, RHP, Blessed Trinity Catholic (GA)
68 – Jack Natili, C, Cincinnati
69 – Gabe Gaeckle, RHP, Arkansas
70 – Jake Brown, OF, LSU
71 – Rocco Maniscalco, SS, Oxford (AL)
72 – Ethan Kleinschmit, LHP, Oregon State
73 – Cole Koeninger, SS/RHP, Keller (TX)
74 – Kaiden McCarthy, RHP, Vermont Academy (VT)
75 – Noah Wilson, OF, Mccallie (TN)

Plenty of upside in this grouping as you have the youngest player in the class in Maniscalco, a player with international experience in the World Baseball Classic with Contreras, a triple digit fastball arm from Colorado in Wachsmann, and the son of a Hall of Famer in Thome.

76 – Cooper Harris, RHP, Flower Mound (TX)
77 – Will Gasparino, OF, UCLA
78 – Myles Bailey, 1B, Florida State
79 – Savion Sims, RHP, Prestonwood Christian (OK)
80 – Jake Schaffner, SS, North Carolina
81 – Ruger Riojas, RHP, Texas
82 – Mulivai Levu, 1B, UCLA
83 – Luke Williams, SS/OF, Franklin Regional (PA)
84 – Roman Martin, 3B, UCLA
85 – Ryan Lynch, RHP, North Carolina
86 – Brett Renfrow, RHP, Virginia Tech
87 – Will Yow, SS, St. Anne’s-Belfield (VA)
88 – Evan Dempsey, OF/RHP, Florida Gulf Coast
89 – Jacob Dudan, RHP, NC State
90 – Kyle Jones, OF, Florida
91 – Ryan Peterson, RHP, Sam Houston State
92 – Caden Bogenpohl, OF, Missouri State
93 – Jace Mataczynski, SS, Hudson (WI)
94 – Eric Guevara, 3B, Auburn
95 – Carter Beck, OF, Indiana State
96 – Will Adams, OF/1B, Hoover (AL)
97 – Camden Kozeal, 2B, Arkansas
98 – Tommy LaPour, RHP, TCU
99 – Owen Hull, OF, North Carolina
100 – Tre Broussard, OF, Houston

This section shows the depth that this draft class possesses. Bogenpohl put on a show at the MLB Draft Combine; Bailey has the biggest raw power of anyone but a nasty leg injury ended his season prematurely. Martin played 3B in his college career but will likely be a SS as a pro.