Kiley McDaniel

It's Top 100 Day! The article is stuffed with 25,000 words of tool grades, scouting reports, and notes on the metas that teams are using to find value in scouting and development espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

CF Brady Harris (U. of Florida commit) from Trinity Christian in Jacksonville, FL has long been a famous name with first round tools. His swing is a bit more efficient and athletic this spring; here's a homer to CF. Will be heavily scouted in a few weeks at NHSI in Cary, NC.

The 2026 draft video thread begins! Joseph Contreras (son of MLB RHP Jose) was strong in his last start before starring in the WBC for Brazil. 4SM: 92-95 t96 2SM SL: improved from summer CH SPL: vulcan, ++ pitch in that order for slomos 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K on 87 pitches

I projected a big league breakout player (and some other solid candidates) for all 30 teams: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

RHP Zack Littell and the Washington Nationals are in agreement on a contact, sources tell me and @JeffPassan. Littell threw 186.2 innings last season with a 3.81 ERA for the Rays and Reds.

Kentucky SS Tyler Bell has been cleared to hit and run the bases for this weekend's games against the Citadel, per source. The next step would be clearance to play the field. Bell was 27th on my most recent draft rankings espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

I wrote a deep breakdown of every relevant rookie through a fantasy lens espn.com/fantasy/baseba…

Who are the Top 100 players in MLB for the 2026 season? From Shohei Ohtani at the top to Nolan McLean at No. 100, here is ESPN's annual MLB Rank, where we project the stars of this year: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

There are a ton of prospects on WBC rosters, including a slew of players on my recent top 100, a possible first round pick in July, and a number of posting/FA targets. I break them all down: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

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Every year I do a draft top 50 rankings after the opening weekend of college baseball. Today, I did a top 64 rankings for some reason, with a full rundown of what scouts think about this draft class and key prospects espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

As others have reported, California prep LHP Jared Grindlinger reclassified from the 2027 draft class into the 2026 draft class today. This comes over a month after the deadline, but Grindlinger got a waiver from MLB. My draft rankings are going up tomorrow; more on him to come.

Coastal Carolina RHP Cameron Flukey will not make his scheduled start this weekend, per sources. It is a precautionary measure and the issue is not with his arm. Flukey is a projected top 10 overall pick for the 2026 MLB Draft.

Forgot to post this, but on Friday before the season started, our college baseball crew teamed up for this roundtable season preview espn.com/college-sports…

Kentucky SS Tyler Bell injured his left shoulder last night diving for a ball on defense. He’s out indefinitely, per source. Bell is a projected 2026 first round pick. He went unsigned out of high school as the 66th overall pick in the 2024 draft by the Rays.

South Carolina LHP Jake McCoy underwent successful Tommy John surgery yesterday in New York City with Dr. Christopher Ahmad, per source. Last season, McCoy struck out 77 batters in 60 innings over 14 starts as a sophomore. He was up to 97 mph last season and hit 98 in the fall.

Top 10 prospects for each of the 30 teams is up and that concludes the winter prospect suite of content! espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

Today my colleagues joined me in making bold prospect-related predictions for 2026. Team Top 10s are filed and coming tomorrow! espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

It's Top 100 Day! The article is stuffed with 25,000 words of tool grades, scouting reports, and notes on the metas that teams are using to find value in scouting and development espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

Skubal hearing today. We previewed the big picture reasons of how we got here. Also, lots of prospect stuff!

Up two spots to 7th. Mariners switch places and fall to 9th.

The Giants and Luis Arraez are in agreement on a one-year contract, sources tell ESPN.