New Top 400 Draft Rankings

Plus: Biggest risers/fallers, dark horse first-rounders, new Field of 64 & more

April 29, 2026

Top 400 MLB Draft Rankings Update

As April nears its end, Baseball America’s latest MLB Draft rankings update is officially here, expanding our draft board to the top 400 players in the 2026 class and featuring plenty of new draft reports based on the latest industry feedback.

UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky continues to lead the class and looks as convincing as ever as the 1-1 favorite. Texas high school shortstop Grady Emerson heads the next group of players, which also includes Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey, UC Santa Barbara righthander Jackson Flora and toolshed high school hitters Jacob Lombard and Eric Booth Jr.

BA subscribers can read draft reports for the entire top 400 below.

Have draft questions? BA draft expert Carlos Collazo is hosting a special chat at 2 p.m. ET to discuss the new board, our latest Staff Draft & more.

DRAFT STOCK WATCH

Risers, Fallers & New Additions To The April Draft Rankings Update

With the nation’s top college players deep into conference play and high schools around the country getting set for postseason tournaments, our latest MLB draft rankings are shaped by the most up-to-date intel available so far in the 2026 cycle.

With that added information comes a plethora of draft board movement. To help catch you up on key changes in our latest rankings, Carlos Collazo has compiled a rundown of risers, fallers and new additions. Highlights include:

A rising HS shortstop back in the top five
High-profile college bats slipping in the first round
20 new players cracking the top 100

DRAFT NAMES TO WATCH

10 Dark Horse First-Round Draft Prospects

Though Roch Cholowsky and a handful of other 2026 draft prospects are more or less locked in at the top of the board, there’s considerably less consensus among teams farther down the rankings. In a class praised for its overall depth, that’s a recipe for a number of potential “dark horse” candidates to sneak into the first round come draft day.

With that in mind, Carlos Collazo has highlighted 10 such players who it wouldn’t be surprising to see land in the first round.

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NCAA TOURNAMENT

Field Of 64 Bracket Projections (April 28)

Less than a month out from Selection Monday, Baseball America presents our latest in-season Field of 64 NCAA Tournament bracket projection.

The SEC continues to lead our latest projection with 12 total bids followed by the ACC (9), Big 12 (7), Big Ten (5), Conference USA (3), the American (3) and the Sun Belt (2).

NCAA DATA LEADERS

Logan Hughes Continues To Raise Draft Profile | College Data Leaders

Each week during the college baseball season, Geoff Pontes digs into college performances from an analytical angle, looking at advanced data to identify pitchers, hitters and underclassmen making a splash.

Here’s who stood out in Week 11, including a Texas Tech outfielder whose propensity for hitting the ball hard has him climbing draft boards this spring.