With the 2024 MLB draft now just barely in our rearview, it's time to start looking ahead to the 2025 and 2026 MLB draft classes. Major national events for players in these classes and collegiate summer league have been going on since before picks were made in the 2024 draft, so this process is well under way and will continue throughout the summer.
The early take from scouts is that the 2025 class looks down right now, but that's also what was widely believed about the 2024 class at this point and it ended up being a solid class. While it's still very early, the 2026 class looks like a good one. I just scouted players in the USA trials for both the 18U team (2025 and some 2026 prep prospects) and a few weeks ago saw the collegiate trials while also getting reports from some scouts who have been evaluating top college prospects in the Cape Cod League.
In both lists below, players are sorted into tiers by my Future Value ratings. You can read more about how those work in my MLB Top 100.
Here's where things stand right now.
