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@EricCrossMLB Got to talk to Cam yesterday at the futures game. Great kid with a great head on his shoulders. Had great things to say about Hartman and Gil specifically.

New Top 10 Atlanta Braves Prospects for #FantasyBaseball. * = 2026 Draftee 1. Eric Hartman 2. AJ Gracia * 3. Tate Southisene 4. Cam Caminiti 5. JR Ritchie 6. Owen Murphy 7. John Gil 8. Isaiah Drake 9. Briggs McKenzie 10. Carter Beck * #BravesCountry

@rossjensen We have our FYPD next week, but it includes only draft eligible or INTL guys who sign. So “open universe” but only people who sign. Any international big ticket items I’m missing? Are Morishita or Sato coming over in 27? Any major intl guys i’m missing from Latin America too?

@JamesDynstyBase Yeah, I agree, I meant to mention him along with the others as a guy I think should have gone earlier. But they were all gone by the time I made my first pick. Pedro Ramirez also went pretty low (imo), 3rd round.

I gotta say, my league absolutely crushed the draft. Probably the best I've seen this draft go in the 8 years since we introduced it. The top 3 selected were the top 3 I expected to go on my list. If I were to nitpick, Antonacci and Hernandez were too low. Really like Zion Rose.

@rossjensen Love the Keys pick. If he plays at a decent clip, figure he’ll be an OPS machine.

Still, I got some proximity, a few guys like Keys, Elmer Rodriguez, and Ty Johnson who may be able to help me through the stretch, along with serious upside potential with the Brewers, Marquez, Luna, Sime. Full draft results 👇

@schwarbombz Hard Pass

Castillo for Kerkering

@JonPgh Which one is starting the All star game? Which one didn’t make it?

Does missing like a third of the entire season that has been played already not matter to people?

@jensen_juicy @ProspectsLive Me as well! Your stuff rocks

I cannot express how excited I am to get into my FYPD research mode. Over the last few years, while the draft class and process itself hasn't really lost it's luster at all, the next part of the process has become the fun part for me. Diving into WHY each team invested in the players they picked, getting feedback on the development plan of each player, watching the bonuses come in, etc, has just been so much more mentally engaging to me. There are so many players I come into the draft knowing I'll be bullish if they land in certain dev programs and bearish if they land in others. So many players whose bonus makes me take a second look and want to know the dev plan and what the team sees. So much intrigue of the drafting strategy from a macro standpoint of each teams class. Finding out why certain players are going to or back to school. Seeing the lesser known preps area scouts absolutely pounded the table for but flew under the radar at the big tournaments. These next few weeks might honestly be my favorite part of the year. And going from having an FYPD list I mostly set pre-draft to a more fluid and slow moving, information gathering process has really helped me up my hit rate significantly. That being said....I will have some immediate takes.

@rossjensen So intrigued!

My home league's draft takes place tonight. Open universe setup, but prospects are only unlocked during the draft, so it's pretty important, but also a very unique draft. I'll share the results!

@schwarbombz Catch the ball

2 wild pitches bruh the lights are too bright for gage

Seth Hernandez is absolutely disgusting The Skenes-Hernandez-Ashcraft trio soon is gonna be sick

I literally cannot wait to recap the day, amazing time.

MLB AS Futures Game: TOP 1 Great AB by LDV. Wood throwing 97 but LDV battles for a single. Moves on SB / WP, although Duno doesn’t look smooth. Ralphy popped out to a great play by Madè, but took some hacks!

@KevinTalksBall @EricCrossMLB @rossjensen @ProspectsLive @GregHoogkamp @drewisokay I’ll be on the look out! Ran into some cool names today

@EricCrossMLB @JamesDynstyBase @rossjensen @ProspectsLive @GregHoogkamp @drewisokay Sorry for the delay, couldn’t make the draft but gonna be working all star village the next two days

I’m at the MLB draft! Anyone else here? @rossjensen @EricCrossMLB @KevinTalksBall etc etc

@theprospectprof I’m here too!

The Prospect Prof is coming to you LIVE from the 2026 MLB Draft this afternoon! Stay tuned to this thread for real-time pick reactions, thoughts on org fit, and more 🧵 ⬇️

@PatFock19 @TJStats Dang I did not see that about the exit velos. Good call.

@JamesDynstyBase @TJStats speed and contact skills are potentially nice, but i think people are bearish on his power projection. his exit velos as of rn profile as below chandler simpson, steven kwan levels. obviously he’s young w room to grow but its a glaring hole in his game

2025 1st-Round Draft Grades: Picks #21-30 The end of the first round was mostly hit-or-miss. Gage Wood and Tate Southisene are looking like two of the best picks of the draft while Sean Gamble and Jace LaViolette have struggled at the start of their pro careers

@Andrew_FBB Hand up was wrong on the otto lopez one.

Pitchers that are looking like league winners based on ADP: Payton Tolle Ranger Suarez Bryce Miller Braxton Ashcraft Parker Messick Logan Henderson Jake Bennett Kyle Harrison Troy Melton Taj Bradley Any others?

@rossjensen @EricCrossMLB @KevinTalksBall @ProspectsLive @GregHoogkamp @drewisokay Would love to stop and say Hi! Y’all are great. Enjoy the day!

@JamesDynstyBase @EricCrossMLB @KevinTalksBall I am not, but we have a crew there from @ProspectsLive, including @GregHoogkamp & @drewisokay

@HeiserIi @jayhaykid He can’t pitch in the allstar game, but he should still be selected for the honors. He knows he can’t pitch

@jayhaykid This guy couldn't pitch in the playoffs last year or the 1st month this year but wants to risk injury to pitch an inning in a meaningless game

Zack Wheeler ranks (2018-26): Wins: 1st IP: 2nd fWAR: 1st Wheeler has been the best pitcher in baseball for a 9-season stretch. He’ll have 3 All-Star selections and (very likely) 0 Cy Young Awards to show for it.