For the twenty third consecutive 12 months, it is time to unveil the following era of baseball’s future stars.
MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2026 Prime 100 Prospects record at 8 p.m. ET on Friday in a one-hour present on MLB Community and MLB.com, with Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo breaking down the record alongside host Greg Amsinger and analyst Steve Phillips. MLB Pipeline reporter Sam Dykstra will be part of the crew to offer supplemental digital-only protection after the present.
This record tends to be a precursor to nice success, as Prime 100 prospects tend of displaying up in huge locations down the road. The record of former No. 1 general prospects features a Corridor of Famer (Joe Mauer), future Corridor of Famers (Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani) and present stars from throughout the league, like Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bobby Witt Jr. and Gunnar Henderson. 5 of the six 2025 Rookie of the 12 months finalists — together with winners Nick Kurtz and Drake Baldwin — had been on final 12 months’s Prime 100 record.
Whether or not they’re already family names, simply debuting on the record or making big year-over-year strides, the prospects of as we speak will form the sport tomorrow, and these are the cream of the crop.
Who’s your favourite group’s prime prospect? And who will earn the No. 1 general spot?
How the Prime 100 is decided
The MLB Pipeline group compiles the rankings utilizing enter from trade sources, together with scouts, scouting administrators and different evaluators. The rankings are an mixture evaluation, taking the gamers’ ability set, upside, proximity to the Majors and potential instant affect to their groups into consideration.
The record solely contains gamers with rookie standing in 2026, which means gamers who debuted in ’25 however didn’t accumulate the service time (45 days on the energetic roster), at-bats (130) or innings pitched (50) to graduate are eligible once more this 12 months. First-year gamers who fall outdoors of the worldwide pool cash guidelines specified by the Collective Bargaining Settlement — that’s, who’re no less than 23 years outdated and performed in worldwide leagues deemed skilled — usually are not eligible. That excludes some older rookies debuting after careers in locations like Japan, Korea and Cuba.
Prime 10 prospects by place:• RHP | LHP | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | Prime 100 (Friday)
Former MLB No. 1 prospects
Former No. 1 prospects embrace the likes of Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, Joe Mauer and quite a few different gamers who depend MVP trophies, Cy Younger Awards or Rookie of the 12 months honors amongst their respective accomplishments. Final 12 months’s NL Cy Younger Award winner, Paul Skenes, was No. 3 when the 2024 model of this record was unveiled.
MLB’s preseason No. 1 prospects by 12 months
2025: Roki Sasaki, RHP, Dodgers2024: Jackson Holliday, SS/2B, Orioles2023: Gunnar Henderson, 3B/SS, BAL2022: Bobby Witt Jr., SS/3B, KC2021: Wander Franco, SS, TB2020: Wander Franco, SS, TB2019: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 3B, TOR2018: Shohei Ohtani, RHP/OF, LAA2017: Andrew Benintendi, OF, BOS2016: Corey Seager, SS, LAD2015: Byron Buxton, OF, MIN2014: Byron Buxton, OF, MIN2013: Jurickson Profar, SS, TEX2012: Matt Moore, LHP, TB2011: Mike Trout, OF, LAA2010: Jason Heyward, OF, ATL2009: David Value, LHP, TB2008: Jay Bruce, OF, CIN2007: Delmon Younger, OF, TB2006: Delmon Younger, OF, TB2005: Delmon Younger, OF, TB2004: Joe Mauer, C, MIN
