Earlier this year, Baseball America presented the Top 30 Guardians Prospects for 2026. Now, we’re digging even deeper to highlight prospects who just missed making the cut but still have the potential for breakout seasons or future MLB careers.

Here are the next 10 players to know in the Guardians system beyond their Top 30. You can find the complete index of players who just missed their teams’ respective lists here.

31. Franklin Gomez, LHP

Gomez signed with the Mets out of Venezuela for $10,000 in 2022. Since then he’s worked to add velocity and in 2025 he split time between Low-A and High-A, where he pitched to a 2.76 ERA and 22.1% strikeout rate over 71.2 innings. He has fringy control but now sits 92-93 mph with his fastball and flashes a host of solid secondaries including a slider, sweeper and changeup. The Guardians acquired him in a January trade that sent $1.5 million in bonus pool space to the Mets. 

32. Robert Arias, OF

Arias signed for $1.9 million out of the Dominican Republic in 2024 and was the headliner of Cleveland’s international class. He made his stateside debut in 2025 where he played in the Arizona Complex League and hit .287/.389/.402 in 46 games. Arias stands out for his contact skills, though his swing is a bit unorthodox and slappy and he’s still a lean-framed hitter coming into his strength. He’s a great athlete and above-average runner who should have a chance to stick in center field. 

33. Peyton Pallette, RHP

The White Sox drafted Pallette in the second round of the 2022 draft and after pitching in a split starter/reliever role in 2024, he converted to a full-time reliever role in 2025. Pallette posted a 4.06 ERA with a 32.5% strikeout rate across 64.1 innings in the upper minors, with better peripherals than his ERA. He sits in the mid 90s with his fastball and gets lots of whiffs with a trio of secondaries that includes a low-80s curveball, upper-80s slider and upper-80s changeup. Cleveland selected him in the first round of the 2025 Rule 5 draft. 

34. Nick Mitchell, OF

The Blue Jays signed Mitchell as a fourth-rounder in the 2024 draft, and the Guardians acquired him in the Andres Gimenez trade in December of the same year. In 2025 Mitchell played at three levels, topping out at High-A Lake County, and across 85 games hit .273/.386/.370 with 30 stolen bases. He’s a contact hitter who can run and play all three outfield positions, though his lack of impact might prevent him from ever profiling as more than a backup option.  

35. Luke Hill, 3B

Hill is a heady baseball player with better skills than physical tools. He signed for $722,600 as a fourth-rounder in the 2025 draft, then went out and crushed Low-A pitching in a 15-game debut (.347/.459/.510). Hill has modest power but understands how to pick his spots, work counts and put the barrel on the baseball. He’s played all over the infield but might profile best at third base or second base, and while he’s not a burner, he’s an instinctual and savvy runner on the bases.

36. Karel Naranjo, SS

Naranjo signed for $620,000 out of the Dominican Republic in the Guardians’ 2026 international class. He fits the Cleveland prototype as a small hitter with just a 5-foot-9, 155-pound frame and advanced plate skills, contact ability and a sound approach. Naranjo has the tools to profile as a shortstop with solid quickness, soft hands and a strong arm that allow him to make difficult throws from multiple angles. 

37. Jogly Garcia, RHP

Garcia signed with the Guardians out of Venezuela in 2022. He’s a 6-foot-1 righthander who missed some time this season with injury, but between Low-A Lynchburg and High-A Lake County posted a 2.77 ERA and 38.7% strikeout rate. That was the best in Cleveland’s minor league system of any pitcher with at least 30 innings. He throws a 93-96 mph fastball, a mid-80s slider with a lot of sweep and a 78-82 mph curveball with more depth. 

38. Svert Reinoso, SS

Reinoso signed for the largest bonus the Guardians handed out in their 2026 international class, an $820,000 deal. He’s a switch-hitting Dominican shortstop who’s better from the left side, but has improved from the right, and has a promising blend of pure hitting ability and power. He could stick at shortstop, but he’s already a bit bigger and stronger at 6-foot, 200 pounds and could slide to third where his big arm would fit nicely. 

39. Caden Favors, LHP

Favors signed for $75,000 as a sixth-rounder in the 2024 draft, and in his first full pro season in 2025 posted a 4.08 ERA and 24.4% strikeout rate over 25 starts and 108 innings at High-A Lake County. Favors has solid feel to land a fastball that touches 96 and a cutter in the low 90s. His upper-80s changeup and 79-85 mph curveball are less reliable, but they are his most consistent swing-and-miss pitches. 

40. Riley Nelson, 1B

Nelson was a tremendous junior college hitter who transferred to Vanderbilt for his 2025 junior season and just kept hitting in college baseball’s best conference. He signed for $350,000 as a fifth-round pick and performed well in 15 games at Low-A Lynchburg, where he slashed .316/.381/.474. Nelson could be a tricky first base profile, because he’s more of an all-fields contact bat than a slugger that’s more typical for the position.