Episode 186: Mailbag—How Does The Top Of The 2026 Draft Compare To Recent Years?

About this episode

Ben and Carlos answer questions about Braves prospect rankings and compare the top of the 2026 draft to recent classes.

In today’s mailbag episode Ben and Carlos take questions about Braves prospect rankings, how the top of the 2026 draft stacks up with recent classes and which players we are individually higher or lower on in regards to our updated Top 100 prospect list. — Time Stamps: (1:05) Why are you guys light/late on Braves prospects? (8:30) Where does the 2026 top four compare to the 2025 and 2024 classes? (17:10) Are there any players you think are too high or too low on the top 100? — Do you have feedback for the show or want to ask us a question? Email us: futureprojection@baseballamerica.com . Future Projection Twitter: @FutureProPod Ben's Twitter: @BenBadler Carlos's Newsletter: @CarlosACollazo Baseball America Website Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Badler, Carlos A. Collazo

Topics covered

• prospect rankings
• 2026 draft
• Braves prospects
• Top 100 list
• player evaluation

Keywords

• Braves
• 2026 draft
• prospect rankings
• Top 100
• player evaluation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Baseball America, Future Projection, Braves

Books & works: Top 100 prospect list

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