Aha! This time, I have done it, working ahead deep into the night with a box of Slim Jims and Sunny D to power through. Alas, Mamma Hobbs need not call down to the basement from the kitchen for the college prospect rankings this week, for Hobbsy is done! I hit send and promptly notify Truss, then wait for her to call down (accompanied by the usual smell of freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies). As 11 a.m. becomes 12 p.m. and the morning turns into the afternoon, I begin to wonder if she has forgotten about my bi-weekly column. It then dawns on me that it is Thursday, March 19, and we were supposed to leave for our family trip to Minsk at 8 a.m. I rushed upstairs and was quickly welcomed with the disbelief that I had been Kevin McCallister’ed. Alas, the price of being a hard-working fantasy baseball writer in this day and age. See you never, Minsk.

While Mamma Hobbs must now wait to read the next five prospects in the top 10, you need not. After breaking down the top five, we get into players six-through-ten in the college prospect rankings for the 2026 MLB Draft.

 

1. Roch Cholowsky, SS, UCLA

I went over Cholowsky as part of the top-five college prospects for the 2026 MLB Draft.

 

2.  Jackson Flora, RHP, UC Santa Barbara

I went over Flora as part of the top-five college prospects for the 2026 MLB Draft.

 

3.  Cameron Flukey, RHP, Coastal Carolina

I went over Flukey as part of the top-five college prospects for the 2026 MLB Draft.

 

4.  Aiden Robbins, OF, Texas

I went over Robbins as part of the top-five college prospects for the 2026 MLB Draft.

 

5.  Justin Lebron, SS, Alabama

I went over Lebron as part of the top-five college prospects for the 2026 MLB Draft.

 

6.  Liam Peterson, RHP, Florida

In need of a signature season to solidify his draft stock as a top 10-15 overall pick, Peterson stumbled out of the gate with five runs allowed (four earned) and five walks in 3 1/3 innings in his first starts against UAB. In the four starts since then, the Gator ace has worked to a 1.64 ERA and 41-to-9 K-to-BB ratio in 22 innings while facing better competition, highlighted by three double-digit strikeout performances. Peterson’s curveball and slider alone have generated a 63% whiff rate, which he pairs with a plus-heater that sits 95-98 mph and tops at 99. He is about as major-league ready of a starting pitcher in the 2026 draft class, and could be a top-five pick if the baseline results continue to match the quality of his arsenal.

 

7.  Ace Reese, INF, Mississippi State

Reese played his first season of SEC ball last year after transferring from Houston and hit .352/.422/.718 with 21 homers and 18 doubles to take home First Team All-SEC honors at the hot corner. As a true junior, Reese is off to a .370/.453/.728 slash through 95 plate appearances in 2026, totaling six homers and 11 doubles. He does not provide much in the legs department, but he has also matched his steals total (one) from last season (WOW!). Reese’s swing projects well at the next level, as he hit .303/.361/.485 in the Cape Cod League and swatted two homers in eight games. At 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds, Reese can also play the corner outfield spots. He fanned at a19.8% clip in 2025 and sits at 20.0% on the nose this season, looking every bit the part of a future middle-of-the-order bat.

 

8.  Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech

Since the moment he stepped on campus, Burress’ numbers have been incredibly loud. Undersized at 5-foot-9, he slashed an absurd .381/.512/.821 with 25 homers and eight steals as a true freshman in 2024, then followed that with a .333/.469/.693 with 19 homers and 10 stolen bases last season. The reason Burress is not ranked higher on Razzball’s list is simple: as an undersized corner outfielder, his power is his major calling card, and is significantly more projectable with a metal bat compared to wood. For starters, his slugging dropped from .821 to .693 (still fantastic) from 2024-25, and is down to .581 this season (also still very good). In the Cape Cod League in 2024, Burress slugged .219 while batting .125 in 18 games. He is still going to be a slam-dunk, first-round pick, but is not worth the price he will command in upcoming first-year player drafts.

 

9.  Derek Curiel, OF, LSU

Similarly to Burress, Curiel is ranked much higher at Baseball America (No. 8 overall) and MLB Pipeline (No. 6). But here at Razzball, we’re primarily concerned with three tools as it relates to position players: power, contact, and speed. Curiel is an artist with the bat and has decent legs, but his lack of power caps him as more of a three-to-four category contributor in fantasy as opposed to a potential five-category star. His hit tool is really his calling card, hitting .345/.470/.519 as a true freshman before starting with a .329/.419/.459 batting line in 22 games this season. As a draft-eligible sophomore, Curiel has 67 walks to 71 strikeouts in his collegiate career to pair with nine steals in 12 attempts. His 60-grade hit tool could make him a top-10 pick in the 2026 MLB Draft, but his 50-grade power and 55-grade speed may be over-evaluated to begin with, and he should not be reached for in dynasty formats.

 

10.  Gavin Grahovac, INF, Texas A&M

Grahovac missed all but six games of his sophomore 2025 season due to a torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder. It was a huge blow for the Aggies, as Grahovac was coming off 2024 SEC Freshman of the Year honors after hitting .298/.390/.596 backed by 23 homers, 16 doubles and four steals. He did strike out an astounding 95 times as a rookie for a 30.0% rate, but has cut that down drastically to a 11.8% clip through 20 games this season. In his return to the diamond in 2026, Grahovac has slashed .361/.473/.583 with two homers and eight doubles while walking at an 11.8% rate. Although concerns about swing-and-miss will persist through draft day due to his small sample size, the 6-foot-2, 200-pound infielder possess 60-grade power with a swing that projects quite well with a wooden stick. Grahovac is the biggest sleeper selection (save for maybe Aiden Robbins) in the top 10, but is just as worthy for an early FYPD selection as Burress and Curiel, if not more so, based on the value.

Just Missed: Tyler Bell, SS, Kentucky; Sawyer Strosnider, OF, TCU; Vahn Lackey, C, Georgia Tech; Ryder Helfrick, C, Arkansas; Joey Volchko, RHP, Georgia

That’s all for this week, Razzball fam! Find me in the comments.