It's really just a waiting game now between us and the 2026 MLB Draft. It all starts on Saturday, July 11, and here at Draft HQ we're publishing our final edition of our prep positional rankings headed into Draft, an order that more closely matches how MLB war rooms might be assessing the prep pool of talent in real-time.
We recently published our latest edition of the End-of-June Mock Draft as well as the most recent Draft HQ Top-200 overall combined rankings. We're breaking down the rest of the players who warrant draft consideration into separate groups, since this is more representative of how pro organizations conduct their business during the draft itself.
Here's our take on the top prep prospects at each of the following positions: shortstop, catcher, outfield, corner infield/utility, right-handed pitcher, left-handed pitcher, updated July 2, 2026.
TOp Prep Prospects, By Position
SHORTSTOP
| 1 |
Jacob Lombard |
Gulliver Prep (FL) |
Miami |
| 2 |
Grady Emerson |
Argyle (TX) |
Texas |
| 3 |
Tyler Spangler |
De La Salle (CA) |
Stanford |
| 4 |
Aiden Ruiz |
Stony Brook (NY) |
Vanderbilt |
| 5 |
Taj Marchand |
James Island (SC) |
Ole Miss |
| 6 |
Archer Horn |
St. Ignatius (CA) |
Stanford |
| 7 |
Cole Koeninger |
Keller (TX) |
Tennessee |
| 8 |
James Tronstein |
Harvard Westlake (CA) |
Stanford |
| 9 |
Trey Ebel |
Corona (CA) |
Texas A&M |
| 10 |
James Clark |
St. John Bosco (CA) |
Duke |
| 11 |
Ethan Bass |
Glenbrook North (IL) |
Wake Forest |
| 12 |
Elliot Lascelles |
Upper Canada (ON) |
Yale |
| 13 |
Rocco Maniscalco |
Oxford (AL) |
Mississippi State |
| 14 |
Rookie Shepard |
Faith Lutheran (NV) |
Miami |
| 15 |
Dylan Bowen |
Hanover Central (IN) |
Oklahoma State |
| 16 |
Keon Johnson |
First Presbyterian (GA) |
Vanderbilt |
| 17 |
Jace Mataczynski |
Hudson (WI) |
Auburn |
| 18 |
Ryne Barker |
Casteel (AZ) |
Texas Tech |
| 19 |
Connor Comeau |
Austin Anderson (TX) |
Texas A&M |
| 20 |
Will Yow |
Saint Anne's-Belfield (VA) |
Virginia |
| 21 |
Spencer Browning |
Pleasant Grove (TX) |
Arkansas |
| 22 |
Ethan Offing |
Dutch Fork (SC) |
Clemson |
| 23 |
Brody Schumaker |
Santa Margarita (CA) |
TCU |
| 24 |
Deacon Nelson |
University School (OH) |
Virginia |
| 25 |
Matt Ponatoski |
Archbishop Moeller (OH) |
Kentucky |
| 26 |
Jack Beck |
Columbia Central (TN) |
Georgia Southern |
| 27 |
Louis Hernandez II |
Lake Mary (FL) |
Clemson |
| 28 |
Kamrin Jenkins |
Oswego (AL) |
- |
| 29 |
Matthew Kelley |
Basic (NV) |
Texas A&M |
| 30 |
Jayden Parker |
University City (CA) |
Indiana |
Corner infield / UTILITY
| 1 |
Cole Prosek |
Magnolia Heights (MS) |
Mississippi |
| 2 |
Landon Thome |
Nazareth Academy (IL) |
Florida State |
| 3 |
Beau Peterson |
Mill Valley (KS) |
Texas |
| 4 |
Dominic Santarelli |
Kenosha St. Joseph (WI) |
Louisville |
| 5 |
Easton Autrey |
Corscicana (TX) |
Texas |
| 6 |
Bo Lowrance |
Christ Church Episcopal (SC) |
Virginia |
| 7 |
Gunner Skelton |
Columbia Academy (TN) |
Vanderbilt |
| 8 |
Collin Bland |
Houston (TN) |
Vanderbilt |
| 9 |
Isaiah Galason |
Houston County (GA) |
Georgia Tech |
| 10 |
Luke Williams |
Franklin Regional (PA) |
Vanderbilt |
| 11 |
Anthony Del Angel |
Rio Rancho (NM) |
Oklahoma |
| 12 |
Jason Amalbert |
DePaul Catholic (NJ) |
Oklahoma |
| 13 |
Jack Dugan |
Lipscomb Academy (TN) |
Tennessee |
| 14 |
Jet Berry |
Queen Creek (AZ) |
Arizona State |
| 15 |
Luke Tucker |
Krum (TX) |
LSU |
| 16 |
CJ Weinstein |
Orange Lutheran (CA) |
LSU |
| 17 |
Robert Omidi |
St. Martin (CAN) |
Kentucky |
| 18 |
Easton Kitura |
Vauxhall (CAN) |
Miami |
| 19 |
Cody Boshell |
Bishop Snyder (FL) |
Tennessee |
| 20 |
AJ Curry |
University City (CA) |
Tennessee |
| 21 |
Cy Chrisman |
Maple Mountain (UT) |
Oklahoma State |
| 22 |
Alika Ahu |
University Laboratory (HI) |
Stanford |
| 23 |
CJ Sampson |
Tomball (TX) |
Florida |
| 24 |
TJ McQuillan |
Mount Carmel (IL) |
Wake Forest |
| 25 |
Kael Barney |
Nolensville (TN) |
Oregon State |
| 26 |
Yodelkis Quevedo |
Mater Academy (FL) |
FSU |
| 27 |
Dylan Minnatee |
Franklin (CA) |
LSU |
| 28 |
Ayden Deome |
West Park (CA) |
Arizona |
| 29 |
Brady Abate |
Malvern Prep (PA) |
Wake Forest |
| 30 |
Aiden Reynolds |
Noblesville (IN) |
Indiana |
Catcher
| 1 |
Sean Dunlap |
Crown Point (IN) |
Tennessee |
| 2 |
Will Brick |
Christian Brothers (TN) |
Mississippi State |
| 3 |
John Stowers |
St. Paul's Episcopal (AL) |
Auburn |
| 4 |
Josiah Morris |
Clayton Valley (CA) |
Oklahoma State |
| 5 |
Alain Gudino-Gomez |
Saguaro (AZ) |
South Carolina |
| 6 |
Max Holland |
Conway (AR) |
Arkansas |
| 7 |
Carson Sheffer |
Oaks Christian (CA) |
Oklahoma State |
| 8 |
Mickey Gilligan |
Passaic Tech (NJ) |
Rutgers |
| 9 |
Kahanu Martinez |
Saint Louis (HI) |
Oregon |
| 10 |
Dillon Moss |
IMG Academy (FL) |
Stanford |
| 11 |
Jack Brenner |
Fond du Lac (WI) |
Oklahoma |
| 12 |
Taytum Reeves |
Vista Murritea (CA) |
Texas Tech |
| 13 |
Jax Robinson |
Waxahachie (TX) |
Texas |
| 14 |
Carson May |
Olathe East (KS) |
Kentucky |
| 15 |
Devin Diaz |
Iona Prep (NY) |
Miami |
| 16 |
Teagan Scott |
South Salem (OR) |
Oregon State |
| 17 |
Braeden Lipoff |
Kingsway (NJ) |
ECU |
| 18 |
Masen Belding |
Del Oro (CA) |
LSU |
| 19 |
Catcher Hopkins |
Tomball (TX) |
Texas A&M |
| 20 |
Hudson Flora |
Foothill (CA) |
UC Santa Barbara |
outfield
| 1 |
Eric Booth Jr. |
Oak Grove (MS) |
Vanderbilt |
| 2 |
Trevor Condon |
Etowah (GA) |
Tennessee |
| 3 |
Blake Bowen |
JSerra (CA) |
Oregon St. |
| 4 |
Jared Grindlinger |
Huntington Beach (CA) |
Tennessee |
| 5 |
Noah Wilson |
McCallie (TN) |
Vanderbilt |
| 6 |
Lucas Nawrocki |
Aledo (TX) |
LSU |
| 7 |
Andruw Giles |
Basic Academy (NV) |
Oregon |
| 8 |
Anthony Murphy |
Corona (CA) |
LSU |
| 9 |
Brady Harris |
Trinity Christian (FL) |
Florida |
| 10 |
Malachi Washington |
Parkview (GA) |
LSU |
| 11 |
Dominic Battista |
Oswego East (IL) |
Illinois-Chicago |
| 12 |
Gunnar Alm |
Polk County (NC) |
NC State |
| 13 |
Jon Mora |
Somerset Academy (FL) |
Miami |
| 14 |
Jorvorskie Lane |
O.D. Wyatt (TX) |
Arkansas |
| 15 |
Alex Weingartner |
St. Augustine Prep (NJ) |
Penn State |
| 16 |
Kevin Roberts Jr. |
Jackson Prep (MS) |
Florida |
| 17 |
Nathaneal Davis |
Bishop Moore (FL) |
LSU |
| 18 |
Martin Shelar |
Marist (GA) |
Mississippi St. |
| 19 |
Will Adams |
Hoover (AL) |
Alabama |
| 20 |
Genson Veras |
TNXL Academy (FL) |
FSU |
| 21 |
Ryan Harwood |
Casteel (AZ) |
Texas A&M |
| 22 |
Chandler Taylor |
Badin (OH) |
Alabama |
| 23 |
Braylen Montgomery |
Walker (LA) |
Oklahoma |
| 24 |
Kaden Powell |
Smith County (TN) |
Kentucky |
| 25 |
Jaxon Matthews |
Hough (NC) |
Clemson |
| 26 |
Jaden Jackson |
St. John Bosco (CA) |
UCLA |
| 27 |
Deion Cole |
Etowah (GA) |
Georgia Tech |
| 28 |
Judah Ota |
Iolani (HI) |
Arkansas |
| 29 |
Wessley Roberson |
Glynn Academy (GA) |
LSU |
| 30 |
Jeffrey-Todd Darden |
Cypress Woods (TX) |
Oklahoma State |
| 31 |
Mandela Browman |
Miller School (VA) |
North Carolina |
| 32 |
John David Alexander |
Barbe (LA) |
Texas A&M |
right-handed pitcher
| 1 |
Coleman Borthwick |
South Walton (FL) |
Auburn |
| 2 |
Blake Bryant |
Citizens Christian (GA) |
Clemson |
| 3 |
Cole Koeninger |
Keller (TX) |
Tennessee |
| 4 |
Jack Slightom |
Lyons (IL) |
Cincinnati |
| 5 |
Kaden Waechter |
Jesuit (FL) |
FSU |
| 6 |
Joseph Contreras |
Blessed Trinity (GA) |
Vanderbilt |
| 7 |
Grayson Willoughby |
Trinity (KY) |
Kentucky |
| 8 |
Ethan Wachsmann |
Grandview (CO) |
Wake Forest |
| 9 |
Jensen Hirschkorn |
Kingsburg (CA) |
LSU |
| 10 |
Cooper Harris |
Flower Mound (TX) |
Texas |
| 11 |
Savion Sims |
Prestonwood Christian (TX) |
Oklahoma |
| 12 |
Landon Brown |
Iowa Colony (TX) |
Mississippi State |
| 13 |
Matt Ponatoski |
Archbishop Moeller (OH) |
Kentucky |
| 14 |
Jake Carbaugh |
Plant City (FL) |
Wake Forest |
| 15 |
Gannon Grant |
Center Grove (IN) |
Tennessee |
| 16 |
Hudson Devaughn |
Mooresville (IN) |
Alabama |
| 17 |
Logan Georges |
Clovis (CA) |
TCU |
| 18 |
Tyson Grulkowski |
Muskego (WI) |
South Florida |
| 19 |
James Jorgensen |
Jesuit (TX) |
Texas |
| 20 |
Kyle Casteel |
Butler Area (PA) |
West Virginia |
| 21 |
Kaiden McCarthy |
Vermont Academy (VT) |
Tennessee |
| 22 |
Denton Lord |
South Walton (FL) |
Mississippi State |
| 23 |
Julian Garcia |
St. John Bosco (CA) |
Long Beach State |
| 24 |
Trey Rangel |
The Colony (TX) |
Texas |
| 25 |
Matthew Sharman |
Etowah (GA) |
Georgia |
| 26 |
Wilson Andersen |
Jesuit (FL) |
Mississippi State |
| 27 |
Tyler Putnam |
Battle (MO) |
Tennessee |
| 28 |
Coleton Brady |
TNXL Academy (FL) |
LSU |
| 29 |
Eli Herst |
Garfield (WA) |
Vanderbilt |
| 30 |
Gary Morse |
Orange Lutheran (CA) |
Tennessee |
| 31 |
Cooper Webb |
Lake Travis (TX) |
Texas |
| 32 |
Chase Kiker |
Metrolina Christian (NC) |
Clemson |
| 33 |
Cooper Sides |
Orange Lutheran (CA) |
LSU |
| 34 |
Keller Bradley |
Pennsbury (PA) |
Vanderbilt |
| 35 |
Ethan Armstrong |
Garden City (MI) |
Michigan |
| 36 |
Joseph Lawson |
Bishop Verot (FL) |
North Carolina |
| 37 |
AJ Rice |
Pickens (GA) |
Auburn |
| 38 |
Cooper Shrum |
Belton (MO) |
Tennessee |
| 39 |
McCoy Silicz |
Bakersfield Christian (CA) |
Ole Miss |
| 40 |
Nolan Stefaniak |
Butler Area (PA) |
Penn State |
| 41 |
Dylan Blomker |
La Cueva (NM) |
LSU |
| 42 |
Jerek Turlij |
North East (PA) |
Penn State |
| 43 |
Bryce Hill |
Greenwich Country Day (CT) |
Stanford |
| 44 |
Shawn Sullivan |
Walsh Jesuit (OH) |
Alabama |
| 45 |
Ty Tillery |
Morgan County (GA) |
Georgia |
| 46 |
Hayes Holton |
Loranger (LA) |
Mississippi State |
| 47 |
Keenan Dolan |
Bishop Manogue (NV) |
South Carolina |
| 48 |
Gavin Guy |
Newport Harbor (CA) |
UC Santa Barbara |
| 49 |
Dustin Dunwoody |
Royal (CA) |
Arizona |
| 50 |
Daniel Kellis |
Radnor (PA) |
Wake Forest |
| 51 |
Donovan Thiery |
Key West (FL) |
Florida State |
| 52 |
David Hinojosa |
Poly Prep (NY) |
Vanderbilt |
| 53 |
Karson Reeder |
Tomball (TX) |
Texas |
| 54 |
Graham Schlicht |
De La Salle (CA) |
Stanford |
| 55 |
Cole Dennis |
Bishop Snyder (FL) |
Jacksonville |
| 56 |
Brayden Harris |
St. John's Country Day (FL) |
Florida State |
| 57 |
Brady Snow |
American Heritage (Delray) (FL) |
Florida |
| 58 |
Kolby Stringer |
West Marion (MS) |
LSU |
| 59 |
Luke Nitkowski |
Creekview (GA) |
Georgia Tech |
| 60 |
Harrison Polina |
Arlington (TN) |
Cincinnati |
left-handed pitcher
| 1 |
Carson Bolemon |
Southside Christian (SC) |
Wake Forest |
| 2 |
Gio Rojas |
Stoneman Douglas (FL) |
Miami |
| 3 |
Brody Bumila |
Bishop Feehan (MA) |
Texas |
| 4 |
Logan Schmidt |
Ganesha (CA) |
LSU |
| 5 |
Sean Duncan |
Langley Blaze (CAN) |
Vanderbilt |
| 6 |
Jared Grindlinger |
Huntington Beach (CA) |
Tennessee |
| 7 |
Bo Holloway |
Nolensville (TN) |
Vanderbilt |
| 8 |
Lucas Nawrocki |
Aledo (TX) |
LSU |
| 9 |
Spencer Evans |
TNXL Academy (FL) |
Florida |
| 10 |
Bryce Krenek |
Katy (TX) |
Texas |
| 11 |
RJ Cope |
Georgia Premier Academy (GA) |
Vanderbilt |
| 12 |
Sean Loggie |
CBA (NJ) |
Virginia |
| 13 |
Connor Finn |
Mahtomedi Senior (MN) |
Texas Tech |
| 14 |
Trystan Newberry |
Russellville (AR) |
Arkansas |
| 15 |
Tyner Flynt |
Presbyterian Christian (MS) |
Troy |
| 16 |
Hunter Rose |
Pleasant Grove (TX) |
Arkansas |
| 17 |
Isaiah James |
South Central (NC) |
Duke |
| 18 |
Colin White |
Harrison (GA) |
Florida |
| 19 |
Colton Semmelmann |
Brookfield Central (WI) |
- |
| 20 |
Drew Christine |
St. John's (VA) |
Tennessee |
| 21 |
Phinn Beaird |
Briarcrest (TN) |
Texas |
| 22 |
Evan O'Connor |
Brock (TX) |
Arizona State |
| 23 |
Landon Thiel |
Jackson (OH) |
Ohio State |
| 24 |
Logan Corley |
Lovejoy (TX) |
TCU |
| 25 |
Lucas Lawrence |
Catholic (LA) |
Mississippi |
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