As we get under three months until the 2026 MLB Draft, I thought now would be a good time to start to look at the rankings for the Top 100 players in this year’s draft, in consensus form. There are seven different rankings included in this consensus rankings. Some of these lists are longer than just a Top 100, while two are shorter. For the longer lists players ranked from 101 on are not included. For the two lists shorter than Top 100’s, anyone not ranked at the cutoff is just assumed as not getting any points.
The seven lists used are Baseball America, Pipeline, Perfect Game, ESPN/Kiley McDaniel(85 ranked), The Athletic/Keith Law(50 ranked), Overslot/Mock Draft Simulator, as well as my own. The player ranked No. 1 on a list gets 100 points towards the consensus total, while the player ranked #100 receives one point. In total there were 156 players who received at least one point. I will also add that the Pipeline rankings are very much out of date at the moment, meaning not only are some guys too high/low – but also some key players aren’t even included, which will hurt their overall ranking.
Note that these rankings are a composite of all sources, and outside of my own rankings being one part of the seven rankings included, this is not something I have influenced at all. For players who are tied in points for a spot, I am giving the higher ranking to the player who ranks higher on the greater number of lists, with the second tie breaker being awarded for the highest ranking on any list, followed by number of lists a player is included on. I will include some comments below on some of the interesting things included in the composite, and break this down into tiers solely based on how highly rated these players were.
While there are more than enough names ranked to go past the Top 100, I felt doing so would paint an inaccurate picture as two sources don’t even rank to 100 and a third cuts off at 100 with some older rankings. This consensus rankings will continue to update as we approach the draft, and as rankings expand so will this list.
As if there was any doubt, Roch was a unanimous #1.
Emerson was one poll away from being a unanimous #2, as Keith Law had him as the #4 prospect.
Lackey ended up third despite being outside the Top 10 on the not updated Pipeline list. Coming in #2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, and 12 was enough to get him into the Top 3.
Flora was initially in the fifth spot, but moved up on Friday when PG updated their rankings. Pipeline ranking him #14 is the only thing keeping his point total a little below the top two guys.
Lebron is sliding a bit with some real struggles in SEC play. Law was the low man on him at #10, but PG had him #9, I had him #7, and ESPN at #5 with Overslot being #4.
Lombard was ranked between #5-13 in all seven spots.
Burress ranked as low as #13 (BA) and 14 (myself), but was helped by some high rankings too.
Hacopian is ranked anywhere between #6-19 in the seven rankings.
Despite missing basically all season, Flukey is ranked inside the Top 10 in four of the seven rankings.
Gracia is a prospect with a bit of variance, but did rank in three Top 10’s.
Booth probably would be in the Top 10 if not for the older Pipeline ranking (#28) holding him down, as he made the Top 10 in five of the other six rankings, with a #13 in the only one he wasn’t a Top 10 prospect.
Strosnider closes out the first tier of talent in this draft as the final guy above 600 combined points in the rankings.
Rojas ends up being the top ranked prep arm in the class by a comfortable margin of nearly 50 ranking points.
Peterson is dropping a bit with his uneven performance this spring, and his #37 in PG’s rankings updated just this past weekend is what has solidified his drop from the first tier.
Becker and Bell have always been in tight competition, and this shows it. They are pretty closely ranked together in all of the rankings, though I will note that despite coming in lower, Bell actually ranks higher in four of the seven spots.
Reese is another player who has struggled in SEC play, and it has caused his rankings to drop because of that. ESPN, Law, and myself are three of the four most updated rankings, and those are his three lowest spots – though he did rank #7 in the new PG rankings.