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Today, we’ll be taking a peek under the hood of pitching prospects in Baseball America’s new Top 100 for 2026 from a Statcast perspective by using their performance in the minor leagues last season to derive Stuff+ scores.
We’ve previously discussed our methodology for Stuff+, which you can read here. You can find the Hit+ version of this story for offensive players in the Top 100 here.
Those players who did not play in the minor league season due to injury (like Rhett Lowder) and those who did not make their professional debut after being drafted (like Seth Hernandez) will not have a score and are denoted DNP (did not play). However, if a player yet to debut has Statcast data from college (like Kade Anderson), we’ve included scores from their NCAA data (which will be italicized).
Also note that major league performance is not considered in the table below. For example, none of Logan Henderson’s MLB data is reflected in his Stuff+ score, only his minor league production.
More Top 100 Coverage
BA subscribers can see the complete table below, along with several notable observations about this year’s Statcast data.
Top 100 Stuff+ Observations
Similar to what we saw with Top 100 hitters, all but one of the pitchers had a minor league Stuff+ grade above 100. The lone exception was Guardians lefthander Parker Messick, who ranks 88th and scored a 98 overall. Note, however, that Messick’s “normalized” Stuff+ grade—for which each pitch is re-scaled compared to the average grade for that pitch—is a 103.
The highest-graded fastball belongs to the Rays;’ Brody Hopkins, while Thomas White of the Marlins has the highest-graded curveball. The best sliders belong to Cam Caminiti, Ryan Sloan and Andrew Painter. However, if you include sweepers in that pitch classification, go ahead and add Carlos Lagrange and Brandon Sproat.
Top 100 Stuff+ Scores
Top 100 rankplayerthrowsstuff+FBSiSLCBCTswchfsnstuff+8Nolan McLeanRHP1141031141101101358011110Trey YesavageRHP1051061161098911113Thomas WhiteLHP1041041091198211215Bubba ChandlerRHP1111191171128111917Payton TolleLHP1111171151081221297611525Kade AndersonLHP106111111961118710926Noah SchultzLHP1121021121251227811532Andrew PainterRHP1111031011291161398511533Liam DoyleLHP115119119119908711637Brody HopkinsRHP1171221151201308012038Seth HernandezRHPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP39Jamie ArnoldLHP110101115121105767411040Gage JumpLHP1111151181021248311441Robby SnellingLHP1021081001097610844Jonah TongRHP104113101881238911551Tyler BremnerRHP1081171139211552Connelly EarlyLHP1021071101031258610953Cam CaminitiLHP1091041307911459Elmer RodriguezRHP106941131121081277810760Ryan SloanRHP1091051291177411165Caden ScarboroughRHP1111051318210968Jarlin SusanaRHP1171121201268012169Kyson WitherspoonRHP115117117971218411472Trey GibsonRHP1131111039710112013810878Jaxon WigginsRHP1141181191018612079Rhett LowderRHPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP81Brandon SproatRHP1111011151211111417611382Kendry ChourioRHP1011041068210884JR RitchieRHP1031031101081081131307710688Parker MessickLHP98100921171087810389Braylon DoughtyRHP1051041001111157410991Hagen SmithLHP1051081047610593Carlos LagrangeRHP1211141261458612394Connor PrielippLHP1011011098010295Luis De LeonLHP10499110117818710996Logan HendersonRHP10411010611986114100Tanner McDougalRHP10811111410086111
