2026 Midseason Top Prospect List Updates

[Bertz]

13 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

That list put Hartshorn as a 1B, which is likely eventually but seems a little premature, no?

I really like Longenhagen but it's striking to read his stuff because he's very critical on the specifics and then you look at the overall grade and it's like the 8th best prospect in baseball.  Huge departure from every other outlet.  Reminds me of this PFT as Werner Herzog

[CaliforniaRaisin]

43 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I really like Longenhagen but it's striking to read his stuff because he's very critical on the specifics and then you look at the overall grade and it's like the 8th best prospect in baseball.  Huge departure from every other outlet.  Reminds me of this PFT as Werner Herzog

This was such a great bit that truly encapsulates that stupid Silver Lake Trader Joe's parking lot. 

"Wow, how many stars was that?"
"5"

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

First I've seen anyone that high on Cabada. Surprising considering how little he actually got to play in AZ.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Greg Huss's top 30: https://outofthevines.com/2026/07/27/top-30-cubs-prospects-my-midseason-update/

He doesn't rank prospects who haven't played in full season ball.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Fangraphs did a post-draft/TDL update:

49. Josiah Hartshorn
56. Pedro Ramírez 
96. Owen Ayers
106. Jaxon Wiggins

[Funky-daddy]

48 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Fangraphs did a post-draft/TDL update:

49. Josiah Hartshorn
56. Pedro Ramírez 
96. Owen Ayers
106. Jaxon Wiggins

Interesting. Sort of expected Ayers to be higher based on all the smoke around him the last couple of days 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

BA updates:

27 - Hartshorn
99 - Kepley

No Ayers.

Former Cubs prospects:

39 - Hope
96 - Rojas
97 - Cruz, somehow (he has a 63 OPS+ in 345 high-A PAs)

[Post Count Padder]

FG ranked all the traded prospects. There were 95 of them overall. Rojas comes in 5th with a 50 FV, Long at 49 with a 40 FV. The other 4 guys (McGwire, Beck, Bateman, Southisene) out of the top 50 with a 35 FV or lower. They called the latter two "very Toronto" and don't seem high on McGwire.