Top 600 Prospects Rankings - May 2026 Update

The Dynasty Team is back with the first update of the 2026 season! With debuts and graduations our list looks a lot different than it did when we last ranked in Spring Training.

Our rankers for this iteration of the list include PJ Benasillo (@prspctvibecheck), Raj Mehta (@rajmehta.ca on BSky), Lucas Morel (@theprospectprof), Tom Gates (@tagates99), Kyle Sonntag (@sonny_108) and Greg Hoogkamp (@greghoogkamp). Each ranker submitted a list of 450 prospects which was aggregated and debated to help come with this final version.

The top of our list looks very different due to several graduations which includes Kevin McGonigle, JJ Wetherholt, Samuel Basallo, Sal Stewart, Carter Jensen, and Carson Benge coming off the list on the hitting side and Nolan McLean while Payton Tolle, Connelly Early, and Bubba Chandler have surpassed their rookie eligibilities.

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Risers

Franklin Arias (+62 spots to #28), Elian Pena (+91 spots to #52), Sam Antonacci (+106 spots to #59), Jhonny Level (+58 spots to #70) and Anthony Eyanson (+174 spots to #63) were the biggest risers in our top 100.

Pedro Ramirez (+543 spots to #122), JT Quinn (+406 spots to #256), Cole Mathis (+302 spots to #329), Josiah Hartshorn (#297 spots to #145) and Cameron Maldonado (+279 spots to #322) rose the most spots total up the list since the season started.

Fallers

On the other side of things, the biggest fallers on our list were Brailer Guerrero (-65 spots to #365), Liam Doyle (-50 spots to #94), Cris Rodriguez (-50 spots to #306), Ethan Pecko (-42 spots to #347) and Jackson Baumiester (-41 spots to #392)

Debuts

Our biggest debuts were Ronny Cruz of the Nationals who slots in at #115, Eric Hartman of the Braves who comes in at #194, and Breyson Guedez of the Athletics who finds himself at #280.

Top 600+ Metrics in the App

• Min/Max: Pretty self-explanatory, they are the lowest (number) and highest a player is ranked
• Var: A custom formula that shows how much disagreement there is between ranks past just the min and max. This metric takes into account where they are ranked to be able to more closely compare differing opinions of a Top 50 player vs a Top 250.
• App: Simply the number of rankers that had them within their individual top 350.
• High/Low: These are the names of the ranker who was highest or lowest on each player.
• Tier : Tiers had been a long-requested feature; we frequently get questions about whether two given prospects are in the same tier, this helps answer that question.

What are Attributes?

We want you to know who a prospect is at a glance, so we developed attributes. Click on the row of a player to see what attributes they have or filter by a given attribute in the player filters.

For hitters, we have:

• Power+Speed (55 grade in each)
• OBP Bump (someone who has exhibited great eye and could be 10 BB%+)
• Hit Tool (at or near 60-grade)
• Big Power (at or near 60-grade or have a big 90th EV)
• Speedster (60+ grade)

For pitchers, we have:

• Big Velocity (average 95+ mph)
• Bullpen Risk
• SP2 Potential
• Plus Command

Each prospect can be tagged:

• High Risk/Reward
• Safe Floor

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