Baseball America updated our Top 100 MLB Draft rankings for the 2026 on Wednesday, capturing much of the movement that has been made on the summer showcase circuit and in the early stages of the fall.

Below, BA subscribers can read a rundown of notes on the key movers on today’s draft update.

New Additions To The Top 100

The most prominent new addition to our draft rankings is prep righthander Jensen Hirschkorn, who used a dominant showing at the Area Code Games to prove he is one of the best overall pitchers in the 2026 class. He now slots in as the No. 2 prep righthander on the board. 

High school outfielder Trevor Condon is getting bucketed into the Slade Caldwell/Slater de Brun/Dillon Head phylum of player, and he fits in the late first or early second round range for most scouts. He’s got a high-energy playing style to go with top-of-the-lineup tools. Tennessee prep catcher Will Brick reclassified from 2027 and immediately became the top high school catcher available.

North Carolina third baseman Gavin Gallaher was probably underranked on our previous board and fits in the second-round range given his two seasons of production in Chapel Hill. South Carolina lefthander Jake McCoy was one of the most impressive pitchers in the Cape Cod League and jumps into the second round range, as well. 

A number of prep shortstops made up-arrow moves thanks to loud summer performances. Landon Thome is the son of Hall of Famer Jim Thome and has real thump in his lefthanded swing. California shortstop James Clark was a high-level hitter at multiple events, and New Jersey shortstop Jason Amalbert was one of the top overall players at the 2025 Area Code Games. Model teams will salivate over Alabama shortstop Rocco Maniscalco’s extreme age, while both Illinois shortstop Ethan Bass and Wisconsin shortstop Jace Mataczynski were notable fall risers.

On the college pitching side, Arizona righthander Owen Kramkowski has been touching some impressive upper-90s velocities this fall, while Wake Forest righthander Blake Morningstar and NC State lefthander Ryan Marohn get up-arrow movement after being a bit underranked previously. 

Jensen Hirschkorn, RHP, Kingsburg (Calif.) HS (No. 24)

Trevor Condon, OF, Etowah HS, Woodstock, Ga. (No. 37)

Will Brick, C, Christian Brothers HS, Memphis (No. 47)

Gavin Gallaher, 3B, North Carolina (No. 49)

Jake McCoy, LHP, South Carolina (No. 58)

Landon Thome, SS, Nazareth Academy, La Grange Park, Ill. (No. 61)

James Clark, SS, St. John Bosco HS, Bellflower, Calif. (No. 63)

Blake Bryant, RHP, Citizens Christian Academy, Douglas, Ga. (No. 66)

Jason Amalbert, SS, DePaul Catholic HS, Wayne, N.J. (No. 72)

Henry Ford, OF/1B, Tennessee (No. 73)

Owen Kramkowski, RHP, Arizona (No. 74)

Rocco Maniscalco, SS, Oxford (Ala.) HS (No. 78)

Kyle Jones, OF, Florida (No. 81)

Dominic Santarelli, OF/1B, St. Joseph Catholic Academy, Kenosha, Wisc. (No. 84)

Blake Morningstar, RHP, Wake Forest (No. 86)

Aiden Robbins, OF, Texas (No. 87)

Ethan Bass, SS, Glenbrook North HS, Northbrook, Ill. (No. 91)

Ryan Marohn, LHP, NC State (No. 93)

Jace Mataczynski, SS, Hudson (Wisc.) HS (No. 96)

Ty Head, OF, NC State (No. 97)

Players Who Dropped Out Of The Top 100

Nevada shortstop Rookie Shepard is the most notable slider in this update. He has tremendous underclass performance, but he struggled on the 2025 circuit, and scouts thought his tools looked more average across the board. 

Both Texas catcher Jorvorskie Lane Jr. and New Mexico infielder/outfielder Anthony Del Angel entered the summer with big expectations but struggled with swing-and-miss tendencies.

The depth of the 2026 class is a strength. As such, many of the players who fell out of this list from the 50+ range are as much a victim of poll dynamics and other players in the class jumping them as anything they did specifically to warrant sliding out.

Rookie Shepard, SS, Faith Lutheran HS, Las Vegas, Nev. (Was No. 30)

Jorvorskie Lane Jr., C/OF, Wyatt HS, Fort Worth, Texas (Was No. 44)

Anthony Del Angel, 3B/OF, Cleveland HS, Rio Ranch, N.M. (Was No. 52)

Garrett Wright, C, Tennessee (Was No. 54)

Bryce Hill, RHP, Greenwich (Conn.) Country Day HS (Was No. 67)

Jack Natili, C, Cincinnati (Was No. 77)

Hunter Carns, C, Florida State (Was No. 77)

Jacob Dudan, RHP, NC State (Was No. 80)

Alex Harrington, SS, Cathedral Catholic HS, San Diego (Was No. 83)

Julian Cazares, RHP, Los Banos (Calif.) HS (Was No. 86)

Wessley Roberson, OF, Glynn Academy HS, Brunswick, Ga. (Was No. 87)

Bo Holloway, LHP, Nolensville (Tenn.) HS (Was No. 89)

Brody Bumila, LHP, Bishop Feehan HS, Attleboro, Mass. (Was No. 90)

John Stowers, C, St. Paul’s Episcopal HS, Mobile, Ala. (Was No. 126)

Nathaneal Davis, OF, Bishop Moore Catholic HS, Orlando, Fla. (Was No. 94)

LJ Mercurius, RHP, Oklahoma (Was No. 96)

CJ Weinstein, SS, Orange Lutheran (Calif.) HS (Was No. 97)

Rob Czarniecki, OF, Chesterton (Ind.) HS (Was No. 99)

Martin Shelar, OF, Marist HS, Atlanta, Ga. (Was. No. 100)

Biggest Top 100 Risers

California outfielder Blake Bowen was perhaps the most impressive hitter on the summer circuit. His up-arrow trajectory is reminiscent of the movement that 2025 shortstop Gavin Fien had, though Bowen is an outfielder with a more conventional swing. He could still face right-right prep outfield demographic challenges, but his hit/power combination is now being viewed among the very best in the class. 

California lefthander Logan Schmidt made it apparent that he was a first-round talent and belonged in the same high school southpaw conversation as other top lefties like Gio Rojas and Carson Bolemon. Bolemon makes a jump himself after a strong summer and an excellent look with Team USA. There are scouts who view him as the top lefthander in the class, though we currently have him just behind Rojas. Georgia righthander Joseph Contreras is getting first-round grades from some scouts, and there’s not much separating him from other prep righties Hirschkorn and Coleman Borthwick.

On the college pitching side, Arizona State lefthander Cole Carlon has received strong feedback from the fall and has been up to 98 mph from the left side.

Notable up-arrow prep hitters include Eric Booth Jr. and Connor Comeau. Booth could see a wider range of placements from the industry because he has an unconventional swing, but he is also extremely young for the class with loud tools, and he is undoubtedly receiving first-round grades from those highest on him. Comeau is more of a projection play, but he has one of the more pure lefthanded swings in the class and a hit/power combination to dream on. 

Blake Bowen, OF, JSerra Catholic HS, San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (+67 spots from No. 82 to No. 15)

Logan Schmidt, LHP, Ganesha HS, Pomona, Calif. (+61 spots from No. 84 to No. 23)

Connor Comeau, SS/OF, Anderson HS, Austin, Tex. (+45 spots from No. 98 to No. 53)

Eric Booth Jr., OF, Oak Grove HS, Hattiesburg, Miss. (+42 spots from No. 88 to No. 46)

Joseph Contreras, RHP, Blessed Trinity Catholic HS, Roswell, Ga. (+34 spots from No. 65 to No. 31)

Carson Bolemon, LHP, Southside Christian HS, Simpsonville, S.C. (+26 spots from No. 45 to No. 19)

Cole Carlon, LHP, Arizona State (+15 spots from No. 70 to No. 55)

Biggest Top 100 Fallers

The most notable prep fallers in this update are Florida outfielder Brady Harris and Mississippi outfielder Kevin Roberts Jr. Both players were inside the top 10 on our pre-summer draft list, but both had also disappointing summers from an offensive performance perspective. Harris whiffed more than scouts expected, and Roberts didn’t have the most encouraging at-bats against top competition. Both remain extremely toolsy with plenty of upside, but there are some scouts who no longer view them as no-doubt first-round picks because of hit questions and right-right prep outfield profiles. Both remain slotted in the back of the first round in this update.

Missouri State outfielder Caden Bogenpohl is the down-arrow equivalent to Harris and Roberts on the college side. He started the summer ranked No. 8, but the industry has significant concerns about his contact skills. Many were skeptical of him going in the same range as power-and-miss bats like Jace LaViolette (27th in 2025) and Spencer Jones (25th in 2022).

High school righthanders Trey Rangel and Savion Sims have some of the more exciting pure stuff in the 2026 class, but both also continue to face real command and reliever questions. They’ve been passed by other prep arms in the class and don’t seem to be viewed as consensus first-rounders at this stage.

Georgia shortstop Keon Johnson and Kansas third baseman Beau Peterson each saw modest drops in this update. Johnson’s toolset didn’t warrant his previous ranking, though he does have a well-rounded game, while Peterson is getting some defensive profile questions despite a solid lefthanded hit/power combo. Georgia outfielder Malachi Washington is one of the most impressive athletes in the class, but scouts seem to be viewing him closer to the third/fourth-round range than where he was ranked previously.

Beyond Bogenpohl, Georgia Tech second baseman Jarren Advincula and Florida State lefthander Trey Beard are the most prominent college fallers. We had both players a bit overranked on the previous edition, mostly because of questions of impact: power for Advincula and fastball velocity for Beard.

Many of the other players ranked in the 50-plus range are down-arrow players by nature of poll mechanics and because of other players moving in front of them.

Malachi Washington, OF, Parkview HS, Lilburn, Ga. (-40 spots from No. 43 to No. 83)

Jarren Advincula, 2B, Georgia Tech (-36 spots from No. 24 to No. 60)

Trey Beard, LHP, Florida State (-33 spots from No. 42 to No. 75)

Mulivai Levu, 1B, UCLA (-31 spots from No. 69 to No. 100)

Caden Bogenpohl, OF, Missouri State (-30 spots from No. 8 to No. 38)

Beau Peterson, 3B/RHP, Mill Valley HS, Shawnee, Kan. (-25 spots from No. 40 to No. 65)

Trey Rangel, RHP, The Colony (Tex.) HS (-24 spots from No. 18 to No. 42)

Alex Hernandez, 2B/OF, Georgia Tech (-24 spots from No. 55 to No. 79)

Keon Johnson, SS, First Presbyterian Day HS, Macon, Ga. (-23 spots from No. 29 to No. 52)

Ben Blair, RHP, Liberty (-22 spots from No. 76 to No. 98)

Kevin Roberts Jr., OF/RHP, Jackson Prep HS, Flowood, Miss. (-21 spots from No. 6 to No. 27)

Dalton Wentz, 3B, Wake Forest (-21 spots from No. 74 to No. 95)

Ryder Helfrick, C, Arkansas (-20 spots from No. 50 to No. 70)

Jaxon Willits, SS, Oklahoma (-20 spots from No. 79 to No. 99)

Brady Harris, OF, Trinity Christian Academy, Jacksonville, Fla. (-19 spots from No. 7 to No. 26)

Andrew Williamson, OF, Central Florida (-18 spots from No. 72 to No. 90)

Cam Kozeal, 2B, Arkansas (-16 spots from No. 73 to No. 89)

Savion Sims, RHP, Edmond (Okla.) Sante Fe HS (-15 spots from No. 19 to No. 34)

Matt Ponatoski, SS, Archbishop Moeller HS, Cincinnati, Ohio (-15 spots from No. 36 to No. 51)