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Top 200 High School Draft Prospects For 2026
Plus: 13 college draft prospects to know & Rising EV concerns
Top 200 High School Draft Prospects For 2026
With the high school baseball season underway in parts of the country, Baseball America’s new ranking of the top 200 players in the 2026 class is here.
The class of 2026 is shaping up to be the strongest since 2023 and features a good blend of both potential impact talent and depth. The shortstops at the front of the class stand out, headlined by Grady Emerson and Jacob Lombard, both of whom have the look of potential early first-round picks in the 2026 draft.
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SCOUTING TOP COLLEGE PROSPECTS
13 College Draft Prospects To Know From A Loaded Opening Weekend In Texas
A hoard of scouts descended on Arlington, Texas, this past weekend to see a six-team tournament field at the Shriners Children’s College Showdown that featured seven top 100 draft prospects, another who will be joining that tier shortly and no shortage of talented underclassmen.
Carlos Collazo provides with in-person scouting notes and video on all the top names to know. While the focus is on the 2025 draftees, two members of the 2026 class and a 2027 draft prospect made big impressions, as well.
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HOW MUCH EV IS TOO MUCH?
College Baseball Exit Velocities Raise Alarming Safety Concerns
Less than a week into the 2025 season, a troubling trend is already rearing its head once again in college baseball: the rise of exit velocities to potentially dangerous levels.
As BA college reporter Jacob Rudner writes in his latest column, a decade-old equipment change to facilitate scoring has unintentionally resulted in eye-popping exit velocities that many college coaches believe could compromise the safety of their players.
BASEBALL AMERICA’S PROSPECT PROFILES
Scouting Every NL East No. 1 Prospect For 2025
As part of the ramp up to the start of the season, Baseball America is going deep top prospects around MLB.
Joined by Scott Braun, J.J. Cooper and Geoff Pontes provide Prospect Profile analysis for the NL East’s top prospects, explaining how each player climbed to No. 1 in their system, running through scouting reports and laying out what you should expect in 2025.
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