As the 2026 MLB Draft draws closer and closer, it’s time to spotlight some of our more prominent players from the 2026 grad class, with the focus being on our Main Event standouts from this past October in Frisco and Arlington.
Jack Brenner || Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
POSITION: C/SS
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 174
BATS/THROWS: R/R
COMMITMENT: Oklahoma
MLB DRAFT RANKINGS: 180 (Baseball America)
Brenner provides a unique profile to the upcoming Draft, as a catcher/shortstop with some playable, in-game speed that comes from a 6.32 60-yard dash time we saw him put down at our National Combine. The Wisconsin native has been a steady performer at our events — both at that National Combine this past summer and at our Main Event at Globe Life Field in Arlington — and impressed with a 1.96 pop time in a big-league stadium to throw out a runner at second base.
A bit on the smaller side being listed at 5-foot-11 and 174 pounds at the time of that Main Event, the University of Oklahoma commit has worked to get his name into consideration for the first five rounds of the Draft, and graded out well both times our scouting staff has seen him. It’s future 50’s, 60’s and even a 70 for baserunning across the board on his latest report, which reads in part, “Good lean projectable frame, athletic look, speed and hit ability to hit at top of order, competes in box, comp to Craig Biggio…Speed and athleticism may push players profile to SS or CF. Either way he is a center of the diamond profile with a chance for five tools.”
Brenner showed an all-fields approach at the plate at both of our events; he was one of the players invited to stay for the unprecedented fourth day of the 2025 National Combine and got a base hit to his pull side there, but took a ball to the opposite field against a college arm for one of several base hits at the Main Event as well.
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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.
