Baseball America just released their most updated prospect rankings for the upcoming 2026 MLB Draft, and it’s a list that, to no one’s surprise, is jam-packed with alumni of the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series and our signature events.
Ace Reese headlines the list with a lofty and well-deserved No. 6 ranking — BA’s recent Mock Draft had him going at sixth overall to the Royals — but there are a lot of alums who have positioned themselves to hear their names called early on Draft day.
Additionally, multiple highly-regarded players who have been seen at Regional Combines or other FSS-affiliated events are on the list; Grady Emerson (2, 2023 Dallas Regional Combine), Jensen Hirschkorn (26, 2023 and 2024 NorCal World Series), Jackson Flora (3, 2019 NorCal Scout Day and 2022 NorCal World Series) and Sean Duncan (39, Best of the West) find themselves in position to receive six-to-seven figure signing bonuses come July.
This isn’t designed to be a complete list, but let’s take a look at some of the FSS names on the most recent Top 300…
6) Ace Reese
We saw Reese extensively back in 2022, starting with a Regional Combine early in the year, followed by a trip to the National Combine and subsequent well-earned trip to the Main Event at Fenway Park. The accolades for the now-20-year-old have been seemingly endless since then; he was named the SEC Newcomer of the Year after transferring from Houston and earned a spot on USA Baseball’s National Collegiate Team after producing a 1.140 OPS over 57 games last year, including 21 homers and 66 RBI.
44) Jake Brown
A true two-way talent coming up in travel ball that we saw a ton both on the mound and at the plate, it’s been the latter that’s carried Brown to a potential top-two round selection in 2026. He hit .320 with eight homers and 11 steals for LSU this season en route to winning a National Championship. Brown had a three-year run with the FSS prior to that, including an appearance at the Main Event in 2022, where he earned one of the prestigious starts on the mound at Fenway Park.
46) Zion Rose
Primarily a catcher coming up through the amateur circuit, Rose has been used nearly exclusively as an outfielder at Louisville in his collegiate career, a move that’s seemed to pay dividends for him as a potential first-rounder heading into July. Rose hit .310 with 13 homers and 67 RBI last year, and walked 31 times compared to just 36 strikeouts. He has an extensive history with the FSS, including multiple Regional Combines, the Pre-Draft Combine, the 2022 Main Event and subsequent Caribbean Classic, where he helped lead the “Goon Squad” to a clean sweep in the Dominican.
87) Alex Hernandez
It’s been stock up for Hernandez seemingly ever since he got to campus at Georgia Tech. A 2023 standout of the Main Event at Fenway Park as a two-way player at the time, he’s settled into a mostly position player-only role in college and thrived; the 2025 ACC Freshman of the Year is hitting .424 thus far this season with five homers to go along with a whopping 1.166 OPDS.
88) Cole Prosek
We’ve had some very recent looks at Prosek, including at the Caribbean Classic presented by DraftLine this January in the Dominican Republic, where he smashed a no-doubt homer, caught a few innings and was on the mound to clinch the championship for the victorious American squad. This October in Arlington at the Main Event, Prosek took a high-quality arm out of a big-league ballpark, and is considered one of the better hitters in his entire prep class. A Mississippi commit, he’ll also be Draft eligible in 2028 should he make it there, but a big spring will see his stock likely only continue to rise.
110) Trey Rangel
In FSS circles, Rangel is best remembered for his appearance at the 2022 Fresh 50 in Arizona, where he recorded multiple strikeouts in an event that helped put him on the map. He never left it. The Texas commit now touches 98 with his fastball from a frame that has presumably obviously taken significant strides since then. He’ll be 19 on Draft day, and would be Draft eligible again in 2028 as a result if he ends up going the collegiate route.
133) Eric Guevara
One of the names to watch back from the 2022 Main Event, Guevara has a long history with the Future Stars Series and has been well-decorated ever since throughout his collegiate career at Auburn, including 2025 All-SEC Defensive Team honors. In this, his junior year, Guevara is on-track for a career on-base percentage mark — it currently sits at .404 — and has already gone deep four times, which is already just one shy of his NCAA career-high.
166) Tre Phelps
His profile on Georgia’s website isn’t wrong; Phelps participated in the Future Stars Series Underclass Combine, Underclass Elite, Main Event and Caribbean Classic events. Since then? Things have gone pretty well, we’d say. The bat has stayed hot ever since and remains so this season, with ten homers already to his name to go along with a .396 batting average.
180) Jack Brenner
An Oklahoma commit who ran a stunning 6.3 60-yard dash at our National Combine before earning an invite to the Main Event, Brenner can also handle the shortstop position well. He had his pop times in the 1.9’s with us, and our scouts believe there’s a chance for five tools here.
201) Coleton Brady
We saw Brady in June at our Orlando Regional Combine at TNXL Academy, where he was up to 94 MPH on the bump with relative ease. An LSU commit who will be just 17 years old at the time of the Draft, there remains a lot of upside here even with very playable now stuff, and he’ll be a very intriguing arm to watch over the next several months.
202) Tryston McCladdie
A 2022 standout of the Main Event and Caribbean Classic, McCladdie’s development path has been a consistent once since then, one that’s taken him to Clemson where he’s emerged as one of the more interesting lefty bats and versatile defenders in the country. He’s off to a hot start this year, hitting .337 and tying a career-high with five homers already. His 26 RBI are already a new career-best, as are ten stolen bases.
222) Luke McNeillie
Another player with a lengthy FSS background, McNeillie, perhaps best remembered here for his 2021 and 2022 Main Event outings, has thrived with Florida ever since. A one-time starter who is now used in a bullpen role, he’s racked up 21 strikeouts over 17 innings of work this season, and gets to the high 90’s with his fastball.
259) RJ Cope
You literally cannot miss Cope, a Vanderbilt commit who towers over the competition at 6-foot-8 and 245 pounds. A two-way player with stop-what-you’re-doing level excitement around him on both sides of the ball, Cope has likely made his mark with the FSS more on the mound, but both options remain very open for him moving forward. A captain of one of the 2025 Main Event teams, Cope was a two-time attendee of our biggest event, and has been at our events dating back to 2022.
263) Cody New
A Trombly Baseball standout who pitched at both the 2022 Main Event and Caribbean Classic, New has since gone on to find success collegiately at Cal Baptist. A lefty starter with a solid 6-foot-3, 215-pound frame, the 2025 All-WAC First-Team standout has made just one appearance during his junior season in an abbreviated start.
270) Christian Doty
A Mississippi commit, Doty would be draft-eligible as a sophomore there if he doesn’t get selected this summer, as he’ll be 19 years old at the time of the Draft. Someone we’ve kept an eye on since 2023 and an invitee to both last year’s National Combine and Main Event, Doty grades out extremely well with our scouts, who could see him as more of a natural center fielder moving forward.
293) Landon Brown
Still somehow one of the more under-appreciated 2026 talents in the country, Brown is a Mississippi State commit who is a legitimate threat on both sides of the ball. He’s listed solely as an RHP by BA, but has stood out on both sides of the ball for us numerous occasions, including a memorable home run at this year’s National Combine.
Since 2003, he has covered multiple World Series and has worked high-profile events ranging from the MLB All-Star Game to the World Baseball Classic. In addition to his role working for the Future Stars Series that he's held since 2017, Ashmore currently serves as the beat writer of the Double-A New York Yankees affiliate, the Somerset Patriots, as well as national hockey writer and New York Jets game day beat reporter for The Trentonian.
A regular contributor to Baseball America, Ashmore has worked eight Super Bowls, 12 Stanley Cup Finals, the 4 Nations Face-Off, the NBA Playoffs, College Football Playoff National Championship Game, Frozen Four, Daytona 500, major UFC events and much more as he approaches 3,300 games covered in his career.
An avid trading card enthusiast, he lives with his wife, Sarah, their son, future No. 1 overall draft pick in 2042, William, their beloved dog, Bailey, and occasionally well-behaved cat, Smokey.
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