There will be more than 600 players selected in the 2026 MLB Draft. I have ranked the top 100 prospects, but there are many more players who could make an impact at the next level whose names will also be called during the draft. Below are scouting notes on players who aren’t on the top-100 list but could be drafted.(Note: Prospects listed in alphabetical order; this isn’t a ranking. Scouting grades are on a traditional 20-80 scale. EV = exit velocity.)Keith Law's Big Board for the 2026 MLB DraftKeith LawPeyton Bonds, OF, RutgersDOB: 7/19/2005 | Height: 6-5 | Weight: 225 | Bats/Throws: R/RBonds missed nearly half the spring for Rutgers after getting hurt diving for a ball, but he did return at the very end of the regular season and was able to go to the MLB Draft Combine. He shows huge top-end exit velocities, but it hasn’t translated into in-game power, with 11 total homers in 93 games for Rutgers over the last two years.He’s had better luck hitting for average, with high contact rates, even though he swings at everything, with a 40 percent chase rate on the spring that put him in the bottom 1 percent of all Division I hitters, and a 32 percent chase rate on stuff well out of the zone. He’s a 55 runner who plays plus defense in center, so there’s a hypothetical ceiling here of 25-30 homers and +5 runs or more saved on defense in center field, just an unlikely one. He turns 21 about a week after the draft. Oh, and Barry is his uncle.Tre Broussard, OF, HoustonDOB: 9/21/2005 | Height: 6-0 | Weight: 190 | Bats/Throws: L/LBroussard can fly, and if this were 1985 he’d be a first-rounder. He has a flat, slappy swing, rarely missing but hitting for minimal power, hitting .344/.433/.472 this spring with 25 steals in 29 attempts. He’s a center fielder and could be a bottom-of-the-order hitter who provides value with his legs and glove. He also is young for the class, turning 21 in September, having spent one year at San Jacinto College before transferring to Houston.Lorenzo Carrier, OF, PittsburghDOB: 5/20/2003 | Height: 6-5 | Weight: 215 | Bats/Throws: R/RCarrier pulled his name out of the draft coming out of high school, forgoing what would likely have been a $700,000 bonus or more to go to Miami. He barely played for the Hurricanes for two years and was mediocre enough in his third year there that he went undrafted. He transferred to Pitt, played about half-time and went undrafted again. This year was a different story, as he was out of his mind at the plate, hitting .387/.534/.784 as a 23-year-old.He hit the ball as hard as anyone in Division I this year, with a 90th percentile EV near 113 mph, which is going to get someone’s attention, even with a too-high whiff rate of 30 percent (still down from 39 percent a year ago). He swings very hard, and mostly swings at strikes, and can play either outfield corner.Evan Dempsey, RHP, Florida Gulf CoastDOB: 7/19/2005 | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 205 | Bats/Throws: L/RDempsey was a two-way player for FGCU, hitting .335/.413/.538 as a right fielder and posting a 3.15 ERA in 15 starts while striking out 34.1 percent of batters he faced. He’s a prospect on the mound, where he’s 92-93 from a low three-quarters slot with a short slider and a little curveball that both generated whiff rates over 40 percent this year.He might see his stuff tick up once he’s no longer a two-way player, as both the velocity and power of his breaking stuff, which has high spin rates without huge movement, have potential for growth. He has no pitch for lefties and right now I don’t see a valid out pitch for hitters even in the high minors.Hudson DeVaughan, RHP, Mooresville (Ind.) HSDOB: 1/9/2007 | Height: 6-5 | Weight: 200 | Bats/Throws: R/RDeVaughan’s been up to 97 with a low-90s cutter and a rudimentary curveball, coming from a three-quarters slot, with a no-windup delivery and an extremely late arm. He missed most of last summer with a back issue and missed the final month of this spring with a scapula injury. He’s committed to Alabama.Sean Dunlap, C, Crown Point (Ind.) HSDOB: 4/11/2008 | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 205 | Bats/Throws: R/RDunlap is a very athletic catcher with power and speed, though he’s probably a long-term project as a hitter and receiver. He starts with his hands very high and his swing is long, with a back-side collapse that gets him going uphill but does generate big loft to get the ball in the air. He showed a little more chase than you’d want to see at showcases last year, but his in-zone whiff rate was just 13 percent, so the power does come with some contact skills.He does have an above-average arm and good hands, enough of a base to see him sticking behind the plate for a team willing to give him time and reps. He’s committed to Tennessee.Henry Ford transferred to Tennessee for this season and showed more power but also more swing and miss. (Brianna Paciorka / News Sentinel / USA Today via Imagn Images)Henry Ford, 3B/OF/1B, TennesseeDOB: 7/27/2004 | Height: 6-5 | Weight: 220 | Bats/Throws: R/RFord transferred from Virginia to Tennessee this year, setting a career high in homers with 20. That power improvement came at the cost of some contact and batting average, as he posted the highest strikeout rate of his college career (19.9 percent) and the lowest batting average (.293). He’s a plus defender at first, below-average at third and capable in an outfield corner, even playing some center on the Cape.It’s an unorthodox swing, but he does make a ton of hard contact, with a 55 percent hard-hit rate on the year. If he makes better swing decisions — notably cutting down on his chase — he does still have the ceiling of a regular. He went undrafted in 2025 as a draft-eligible sophomore and will turn 21 in late July, so while he has a year of eligibility remaining, he really needs to sign if he wants to have a pro career.Owen Hull, OF, North CarolinaDOB: 7/21/2004 | Height: 6-4 | Weight: 215 | Bats/Throws: L/RHull transferred to UNC from George Mason this year, and slightly boosted his performance despite facing much stronger pitching than he did in 2025; his only dropoff was in steals, where he went from 42 for 48 as a sophomore to 18 for 23 this spring. He gets his hands in a good position to drive the ball and makes plenty of hard contact to hope for 20+ home run power in the future, but the swing is very flat and he hit the ball on the ground 53 percent of the time this season. He’s probably an extra outfielder and a Day 2 pick, but there’s some juice in there and someone has to at least try to help him get the ball in the air.Ethan Kleinschmit, LHP, Oregon StateDOB: 5/6/2005 | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 206 | Bats/Throws: L/LKleinschmidt is a finesse lefty without a clear out pitch, throwing strikes (8.3 percent) with a four-pitch mix. His fastball is light at 91-93 and the slider is average, while his command is below his control and there isn’t a ton of deception in his delivery. He’d be interesting for a team that has a strong track record of boosting velocity and/or improving breaking stuff, as he’s been durable and there isn’t much effort to the delivery.
MLB Draft 2026 beyond the top 100: Names to know, including Beau Peterson, Peyton Bonds
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