{"id":19520,"date":"2026-05-08T10:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=19520"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:56:24","slug":"todd-boss-nats-top-104-prospects-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=19520","title":{"rendered":"Todd Boss Nats Top 104 Prospects for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Willits-Eli-via-mlbp-photos-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Willits-Eli-via-mlbp-photos-getty-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Willits-Eli-via-mlbp-photos-getty-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Willits-Eli-via-mlbp-photos-getty-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Willits-Eli-via-mlbp-photos-getty-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Willits-Eli-via-mlbp-photos-getty.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eli Willits remains #1 on nearly every list, but has some fast rising names catching up..  Photo via MLBpipeline\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the benefit of all the other pro pundits, all the off-season moves, and really trying not to have April stats color my opinions too much, here&#8217;s my &#8220;104 ranked prospects&#8221; for the system.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I did this at the end of the 2025 season, I got lots of good feedback that i had some guys way too high or low. Hopefully I&#8217;m not so drastically off this time around as well. I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=19222\">went 125 deep at the end of 2025<\/a>, which seems crazy. how did I get back to 104? Well, since the Sept post we&#8217;ve lost 33 of those 125 players:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 were traded (Bennett, Linan, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15 became MLFAs and left the system; highest one was Nick Schnell in the low 30s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 were DFA&#8217;d and got claimed\/Traded (Brzycky, Eder)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 were released to pursue other opps or by their request (Lao, Baker)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12 were outright released; these are the embarrassing ones; how do you rank a guy who the team flat out released?  The highest ranked release I had ranked in Sept 2025 was Armando Cruz, who I had ranked 57th basically clinging to the $3.9M the team wasted on him in 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But, we&#8217;ve also added 12 players in the off-season who are now somewhere in the top 100:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4 2026 IFA signings, the highest of which is Serrano at #37.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 prospects acquired in trade, including four of our top 10 in Ford, Fien, Perales, and Fitz-Gerald.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>125-33+12 = exactly 104, and that&#8217;s exactly how many I&#8217;ve ranked in this iteration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonetheless, posting this a week into May seems dumb, and next year i&#8217;ll do a better job of posting this before the season starts and won&#8217;t wait for Fangraphs&#8217; ranking to finish.  I&#8217;m basically posting this now so the work doesn&#8217;t go to waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s my full list as it stands today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-150\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-150\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">TB rank<\/th><th class=\"column-2\"><em><strong>First Name<\/strong><\/em><\/th><th class=\"column-3\"><em><strong>Last Name<\/strong><\/em><\/th><th class=\"column-4\"><em><strong>Position<\/strong><\/em><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Eli<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Willits<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Harry<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ford<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jarlin<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Susana<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Travis<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sykora<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gavin<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Fein<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Alex<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Clemmey<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Seaver<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">King<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Luis<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Perales<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Devin<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Fitz-Gerald<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Landon<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Harmon<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ronny<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cruz<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Luke<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dickerson<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS\/CF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ethan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Petry<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1B\/OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Coy<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">James<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Angel<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Feliz<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS\/3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Yoel<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tejeda Jr. <\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jackson<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Kent<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Miguel<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sime Jr.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">19<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Davian<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Garcia<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Yeremy<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cabrera<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">21<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sam<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Peterson<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">22<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Alejandro<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Rosario<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">23<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Marconi<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">German<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">24<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Eriq<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Swan<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">25<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Christian<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Franklin<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">26<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Caleb<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lomavita<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">27<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Yohandy<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Morales<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">28<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jorgelys<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mota<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">29<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Josh<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Randall<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">30<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cayden<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Wallace<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2B\/3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">31<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Phillips<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Glasser<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">32<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Andrew<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Pinckney<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">33<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Abimelec<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ortiz<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1B\/OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">34<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Riley<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cornelio<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">35<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Andrew<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Alvarez<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-37\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">36<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Brayan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cortesia<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-38\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">37<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Samil<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Serrano<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-39\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">38<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sir Jamison<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Jones<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-40\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">39<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rafael<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ramirez Jr.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-41\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">40<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Kevin<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Bazzell<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-42\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">41<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cristian<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Vaquero<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-43\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">42<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Daniel<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Hernandez<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-44\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">43<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Nauris<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">De La Cruz<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-45\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">44<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Isalas<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Suarez<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-46\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">45<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Angel<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ramirez<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-47\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">46<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Browm<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Martinez<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-48\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">47<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Victor<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Hurtado<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-49\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">48<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tyler<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Stuart<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-50\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">49<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">R.J.<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sales<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-51\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">50<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Clayton<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Beeter<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-52\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">51<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dashyll<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tejeda<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-53\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">52<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Juan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Duran<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-54\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">53<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Isaac<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lyon<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-55\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">54<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Robert<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cranz<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-56\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">55<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Schultz<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Thomas<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-57\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">56<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jose<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Feliz<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-58\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">57<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Marquis<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Grissom<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-59\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">58<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Austin<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Amaral<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-60\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">59<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Liam<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sullivan<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-61\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">60<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">T.J.<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">White<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-62\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">61<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Randal<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Diaz<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS\/3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-63\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">62<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sam<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Brown<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-64\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">63<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Leuris<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Portorreal<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-65\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">64<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Elijah<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Nunez<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-66\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">65<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Brenner<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cox<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-67\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">66<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Johnathan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Thomas<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-68\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">67<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tyler<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Schoff<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-69\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">68<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Erik<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tolman<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-70\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">69<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Andry<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lara<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-71\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">70<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Brayan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Romero<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-72\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">71<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Branden<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Boissiere<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-73\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">72<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Kevin<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Made<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-74\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">73<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Elijah<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Green<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-75\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">74<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Juan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Reyes<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-76\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">75<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Pablo<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Aldonis<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-77\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">76<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Orlando<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ribalta<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-78\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">77<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Enmanuel<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Carela<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-79\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">78<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Darrel<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lunar<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-80\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">79<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Adam<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Bloebaum<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-81\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">80<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Travis<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sthele<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-82\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">81<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Alexander<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Meckley<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-83\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">82<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Merritt<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Beeker<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">LHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-84\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">83<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bryan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Polanco<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-85\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">84<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carlos<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tavares<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1B\/OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-86\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">85<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Greyson<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Gimenez<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-87\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">86<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Kyle<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Luckham<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-88\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">87<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Luke<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Johnson<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-89\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">88<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Holden<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Powell<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-90\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">89<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Max<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Romero Jr.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-91\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">90<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Huff<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Chance<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-92\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">91<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Marcus<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Brown<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-93\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">92<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Juan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Obispo<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-94\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">93<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rony<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Bello<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2B\/3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-95\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">94<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Manuel<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cabrera<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-96\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">95<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Nick<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Peoples<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-97\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">96<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mikey<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tepper<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-98\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">97<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Seth<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Shuman<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-99\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">98<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gavin<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dugas<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-100\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">99<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Luke<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Young<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-101\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">100<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jack<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sinclair<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-102\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">101<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Elian<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Soto<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1B\/OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-103\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">102<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Leodarlyn<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Colon<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-104\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">103<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Everett<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cooper<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-105\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">104<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Matt<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Suggs<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-150 from cache -->\n\n\n<p>In the interests of not making this too long of a post, I&#8217;ll provide some commentary in batches of picks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1-5: I&#8217;ve got the same top 5 as all pundits not named Longenhagen. Not much to note here.  As we&#8217;ll discuss more later, with the benefit of April&#8217;s production there&#8217;d probably be different names in my top 5 now.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6-10: I&#8217;ve kept this a conventional list, so Clemmey and King remain high. I&#8217;m trusting that Perales is all that he&#8217;s been promised, and i&#8217;ve put our big dollar prep RHP Harmon right at #10 so that its consistent with most other shops ranking of him.  King is making huge strides now, and probably moves into the top 5 in the next ranking along with Cruz (he was just named into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2026-top-100-prospects\/\">BA&#8217;s latest top 100<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11-15: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2026-top-100-prospects\/\">Ronny Cruz is going to start showing up on top 100 lists<\/a>, so I&#8217;ve moved him to just outside the top 10 for now. If I was fully taking into account his April performance he&#8217;d be ranked 5th. I&#8217;ve also kept Dickerson here despite his 2025 struggles due to scouting reports remaining glowing, and have a couple of our younger stars in here as well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16-20: four of the five end up being starters, including two guys in AA in Garcia and Kent who could be the part of the next crew of low-ceiling starters to push for the majors in the Irvin-Parker-Herz mold.  Also, Sime has started incredibly hot and is looking nearly unhittable in Low-A; he&#8217;d be 10 spots higher taking April fully into account.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21-25: I&#8217;ve got a couple of injury-riddled starters here who might be higher in Rosario and Swan; i think people ranking Rosario anywhere in the top 20 are fools.  Franklin remains here as the best of the AAA-addled corner OF we seem to have collected there this year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>26-30: Three college bats who have been much more heralded than they are now in Lomavita, Morales, and Wallace. I&#8217;ve given up fighting the Morales fight; he was #6 on my post-2025 list and honestly I have no defense of why i&#8217;ve pushed him this far down. Of course as I write this he&#8217;s raking in April in AAA so i&#8217;ll look like a fool when he heads to the majors and supplants Luis Garcia at 1B\/DH. Randall&#8217;s AA debut looks great; he may be higher soon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>31-35 has two 4-A starters (Cornelio, Alvarez), and apparently two 4-A corner outfielders (Pinckney and Ortiz).  They&#8217;re joined by Glasser, who may be our hitter of the year but will struggle to get any further in the system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>36-40 has a couple of DSL bonus-baby ranked players in Cortesia and Serrano; Serrano was our highest ranked 2026 IFA signing and is very well regarded by those in the know (Longenhagen had him #18).  We also have two other pretty young players in Jones and Ramirez Jr here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>41-45: this is the range where we stick DSL types who have had one good season there, or who signed for big money but we just don&#8217;t know how good they will be.  That includes Hernandez, De la Cruz, Suarez, and Rodriguez here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>46-50: Two injured arms who probably should be higher in Stuart and Sales, a solid reliever in Beeter who will be off these &#8220;prospect&#8221; lists soon, plus the $2.8M Hurtado who at least has made it to FCL in his 3rd pro year but needs to &#8220;do something&#8221; soon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>51-55: Three promising looking minor league relievers in Lyon, Cranz, and Schultz.  Lyon is now leading the High-A roster and I continue to be amazed that we fetched both Ford and Lyon for a reliever with a 4.46 ERA last year (yes, I know he&#8217;s pitching better in 2026, but the point remains).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>56-60: Three more relievers in Amaral, Grissom and Sullivan, plus TJ White, who has struggled for years but is finding his footing this year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>61-70: a hodge podge of players, including some failed starters and a MIA former top prospect in Cox who we now know is converting to be a pitcher after hitting sub .200 for three  years in the low minors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>71-80 includes a couple of very high profile prospects who seem to be playing their way out in Made and Green, along with a few DSL starters who were solid in their first year and who might work their way up the ranks soon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>80-90: A couple of system starters in Meckley and Luckham, maybe they should be higher.  We also have some hold-over starters here like Polanco and Johnson.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>90-104: Backup catchers, backup middle infielders who used to be more heralded, and low-ceiling relievers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A few more interesting tid bits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The highest player I have ranked who does not appear on a single other ranking list is 2026 IFA signing Juan Duran, who got $1m from us in January and who i&#8217;ve put at #52.   <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The next three players on my list after Duran (Lyon, Cranz, and Schultz) also fail to appear on any other lists, likely b\/c they&#8217;re essentially promising looking relievers who would never appear within a top 30 of a major shop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pretty much everyone I have ranked about 75 only appears on my own ranking lists for the last couple of cycles.  They&#8217;re ranked b\/c they showed some promise, or earned promotions in the last couple of seasons.  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