Staff Draft 3.0: Predicting Top 75 Picks

Plus: Hot Sheet, Statcast Standouts, portal updates & more

June 15, 2026

Staff Draft 3.0: Predicting Top 75 Picks

Last week, Baseball America draft expert Carlos Collazo revealed his 4.0 mock draft featuring first-round picks and the latest industry intel. As a fun follow-up, we asked more BA writers to join Carlos to conduct an update of our popular BA staff draft.

Featuring selections for the first 75 picks, our 3.0 staff draft answers an intriguing question: How would the board shake out if BA writers were in charge of the draft room?

Also be sure to check out both our updated Top 500 overall draft rankings and ranking of the top 500 high school prospects for 2026 featuring all-new star ratings.

HOT SHEET 🔥 

Owen Ayers Tops The Latest Hot Sheet

Baseball America’s Hot Sheet ranks the hottest prospects from the previous week while also identifying a weekly helium player to keep tabs on.

This week’s Hot Sheet is topped by Owen Ayers, who jas collected nearly 27% of his season-long hits in his last seven games. That total includes eight of his 15 doubles and two of his 17 home runs. The outburst added 10 extra-base hits to his ledger and reinforced his status as one of the rising stars in the Cubs’ system.

Join us at 2 p.m. ET on Monday for our weekly Hot Sheet prospect chat and be sure to watch the Hot Sheet show on Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET on YouTube.

STATCAST STANDOUTS đź“Š

Marty Gair, Khristian Curtis Headline 10 Statcast Standouts (June 15)

Every Monday morning, Eli Ben-Porat highlights 10 players who stood out over the previous week based on underlying Statcast metrics, which often serve as early indicators of breakouts or players who might be ready for MLB roles. Highlights from this week’s list include:

  • A potential future closer for the Phillies

  • Another Brewers pitching development success story

  • The original velocity king throwing gas again

  • A Mets slugger with huge upside

  • College Pitcher Spotlight: North Carolina’s Ryan Lynch

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Transfer Portal Updates & CWS Weekend Takeaways

The College World Series is off and running, and the 2026 transfer portal list continues to expand, too. After an exciting weekend of games and commitments, Here’s everything to know:

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