Top 85 draft rankings + 13-pick mini mock draft!
Notes on a GM in to see a potential 1-1 this week and other team connections.
After press time, I confirmed prep RHP Coleman Borthwick hit 100 multiple times last night; move him up a bit in your mind. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Our writers dropped their hottest takes two weeks into the MLB season. Mine was two fallen former top prospects that I think are primed to break out www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
I jumped in on a mid-season college roundtable, covering top and surprising teams, players, and prospects www.espn.com/college-spor...
I dove deep to tell you how good Konnor Griffin is, what to expect immediately, what he may struggle with, and if I think he can stay up all year www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
I ranked the 11 big league aces (and noted the near misses) and you’ll agree with all of my conclusions www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Projecting the whole playoffs and the award winners, featuring all of our baseball experts www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
CF Justin Crawford has been told he’s made the Phillies Opening Day roster, per source.
Crawford is the 69th-ranked prospect in the sport on my latest top 100: www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
I projected a big league breakout player (and some other solid candidates) for all 30 teams: www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
RHP Zack Littell and the Washington Nationals are in agreement on a contact, sources tell me and Jeff Passan.
Littell threw 186.2 innings last season with a 3.81 ERA for the Rays and Reds.
Kentucky SS Tyler Bell has been cleared to hit and run the bases for this weekend's games against the Citadel, per source. The next step would be clearance to play the field.
Bell was 27th on my most recent draft rankings www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
I wrote a deep breakdown of every relevant rookie through a fantasy lens www.espn.com/fantasy/base...
There are a ton of prospects on WBC rosters, including a slew of players on my recent top 100, a possible first round pick in July, and a number of posting/FA targets. I break them all down: www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Every year I do a draft top 50 rankings after the opening weekend of college baseball.
Today, I did a top 64 rankings for some reason, with a full rundown of what scouts think about this draft class and key prospects www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
you have created my favorite use of AI: more baseball stats and graphics!
As others have reported, California prep LHP Jared Grindlinger reclassified from the 2027 draft class into the 2026 draft class today. This comes over a month after the deadline, but Grindlinger got a waiver from MLB.
My draft rankings are going up tomorrow; more on him to come.
Coastal Carolina RHP Cameron Flukey will not make his scheduled start this weekend, per sources. It is a precautionary measure and the issue is not with his arm.
Flukey is a projected top 10 overall pick for the 2026 MLB Draft.
Forgot to post this, but on Friday before the season started, our college baseball crew teamed up for this roundtable season preview www.espn.com/college-spor...
Kentucky SS Tyler Bell injured his left shoulder last night diving for a ball on defense. He’s out indefinitely, per source.
Bell is a projected 2026 first round pick. He went unsigned out of high school as the 66th overall pick in the 2024 draft by the Rays.
They’ll be hearing from his father
yes and also his underlying numbers are stronger than his surface stats.
he's also at a part of the list where you could argue for a lot of players, so your point is also generally correct.
South Carolina LHP Jake McCoy underwent successful Tommy John surgery yesterday in New York City with Dr. Christopher Ahmad, per source.
Last season, McCoy struck out 77 batters in 60 innings over 14 starts as a sophomore. He was up to 97 mph last season and hit 98 in the fall.
Top 10 prospects for each of the 30 teams is up and that concludes the winter prospect suite of content! www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Today my colleagues joined me in making bold prospect-related predictions for 2026.
Team Top 10s are filed and coming tomorrow! www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
right-handed hitting 1B with 35- or 40-grade bat to ball, a fine but not great approach, and good but not great raw power.
and here's my ranking of each farm system 1 through 30 with dollar values so you can see how quickly your team can rise www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
And today, prospects ranked 101-200, with superlatives from this group in lieu of 100 more scouting reports. Tomorrow: farm rankings! www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
more coming over the next week:
- prospects 101-200 with superlatives
- farm rankings
- top 10 prospects by team
- bold predictions
It's Top 100 Day!
The article is stuffed with 25,000 words of tool grades, scouting reports, and notes on the metas that teams are using to find value in scouting and development www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Over 25,000 words in the form of this year's Top 100 prospect list have been handed to the editors.
I'm sure Mets fans don't care much about this right now, but...
I'm finalizing the Top 100 and farm rankings and it works out that, by a tiny margin (i.e. subject to change), this trade takes the Mets farm system from #1 ranked to #6...and also moves the Brewers from #6 to #1.