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Each year, Baseball America examines the demographics of our Top 100 Prospects. Our 2026 analysis breaks down the list by team, position, nationality and source.
You can also view Top 100 demographic data from 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
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Top 100 Prospects By Team
Six: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Mets
Five: Baltimore Orioles, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers
Four: Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays
Three: Athletics, Cincinnati Reds, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals
Two: Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers
One: Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels, San Diego Padres
Zero: Houston Astros
This is the first year since the Top 100’s inception in 1990 that the Astros do not have a prospect ranked on the list.
The Dodgers have a 12-year streak of having at least three players on the Top 100 prospects list.
Though they had heralded prospects like Gerrit Cole and Paul Skenes in the past, Konnor Griffin is the highest-ranked Pirates player in the history of the Baseball America Top 100.
Top 100 Prospects By Position
- SS — 28
- RHP — 23
- OF — 22
- LHP — 14
- C — 9
- 1B — 2
- 3B — 1
- 2B — 1
The 28 shortstops on this list are the most ever, easily topping the 24 in 2022. Until the 2020s, there had never been 20 shortstops in the Top 100. A strong high school shortstop draft class helped this trend, as Eli Willits, Dax Kilby, JoJo Parker, Ethan Holliday, Billy Carlson and Kayson Cunningham all made the list. Last year’s Top 100 had 23 shortstops, and adding the 2025 first-round prep picks bumped this list to 28.
On the flip side, the one third baseman is the smallest number ever for the position. The high was 12 in 2012. The 2025 list tied for the previous low at five. The one second baseman is the second-lowest number, as 1992 had no players listed primarily at second base.
Top 100 Prospects By Nationality
- United States — 76
- Dominican Republic — 12
- Venezuela — 7
- Canada — 2
- Cuba — 1
- Bahamas — 1
- Australia — 1
Padres catcher Ethan Salas signed as an international free agent from Venezuela, but he was born in Florida and spent much of his youth in the United States. Similarly, Josue De Paula was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., but signed out of the Dominican Republic. Elmer Rodriguez was born in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, so he falls under the United States category.
This is the first time since 2019 that there is more than one Canadian-born player in the Top 100 (Owen Caissie and Jonah Tong).
Top 100 Prospects By Source
- High School — 46
- College — 29
- International — 23
- Junior College — 2
