July 2026 Top 300+ Dynasty Baseball Prospects Rankings (Patreon

I think we can just call this the Edward Florentino and Joshua Baez update, because I’m all in on both of these guys. But there are over 298 other guys to rank as I’m going over 300 deep with blurbs for every player. Top 24 free here on the Brick Wall. Non debuted prospects only are eligible for this list. You can see where already debuted guys rank in my Mid-Season Top 437 Dynasty Baseball Rankings (Patreon). Here is the Top 300+ July 2026 Dynasty Baseball Prospects Rankings (1-100):

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1) (1) (21) (35) Konnor Griffin – PIT, OF, 19.2 – What really pushed it over the edge for me to put Konnor Griffin #1 overall back in June before he even got to High-A, was that the plate skills were massively improving at the end of his stay there, and now he’s fully carrying that over into High-A, slashing .297/.405/.475 with 4 homers, 15 steals, and a 19.8/12.4 K%/BB% in 27 games. He’s even more locked into the #1 spot now. I’ve seen a lot of people in win now mode asking me about trades where they give up Griffin for some 30+ bat or 30+ pitcher, and my plea is that you don’t trade this man no matter what. Sure, flags fly forever, but so will your regret for trading Griffin. Find another way.

2) (10) (13) (13) Samuel Basallo – BAL, C/1B, 20.10 – He’s a 20 year old at Triple-A with 19 homers, a 21.7/15.4 K%/BB%, a 94 MPH EV and a 152 wRC+ in 62 games. Caminero better be enjoying his stay at the top of the young power hitter rankings, because Basallo just might steal that crown one day soon … that’s if Nick Kurtz doesn’t steal it from both of them.

3) (2) (4) (15) Sebastian Walcott – TEX, SS, 19.4 – 10 homers, 23 steals, and a 21.6/12.0 K%/BB% in 81 games at Double-A as a 19 year old is admittingly more impressive than the .248/.344/.400 triple-slash. Walcott, De Vries, Made … I can’t lie, a lot of their elite prospect status is riding on their age. Being so young and playing well at higher levels is impressive for sure. Their talent is no joke. I’m in. Don’t get me wrong. But also, how about the good old days when elite prospects actually ripped shit up no matter the level?

4) (8) (5) (9) Walker Jenkins – MIN, OF, 20.4 – This guy hurt his ankle and I feel like everyone just kinda forgot about him. I don’t hear even a snippet of hype about this man. But he’s a 20 year old at Double-A and is performing like a mature vet, slashing .293/.413/.424 with 2 homers, 7 steals, and a 17.4/15.7 K%/BB% in 26 games. That’s good for a 138 wRC+. Sure we want the big power breakout, but at 6’3”, 210 pounds, I’m really not too concerned about it. Can we put some respect back on this man’s name?

5) (3) (7) (18) Josue De Paula – LAD, OF, 20.1 – De Paula showed off that game power improvement in the Futures Game with a 108.5 MPH 3 run bomb. And I’m not 100% sure where I heard it, it might have been Longenhagen, but now I can’t get Ken Griffey Jr. out of my head when watching his swing. He ain’t Ken Griffey Jr., but damn is that a smooth and powerful lefty swing. I’ve been all in on Josue since he was a completely unknown prospect in the DSL, and I’m still all in on him.

6) (12) (17) (17) JJ Wetherholt – STL, 2B, 22.10 – Are we all taking Wetherholt for granted? We all knew he would be good, and we all knew what the profile is, but he’s really smashing through all expectations. He obliterated Double-A with a 151 wRC+, and now he’s doing the same to Triple-A with a 400/.500/.800 slash with 1 homer and a 4/4 K/BB in 6 games. He smashes the ball (92.8 MPH EV at Triple-A right now), he doesn’t have any major groundball issues with a 40.6% GB%, the plate skills are elite (14.7/16.1 K%/BB%) and he runs (14 for 16 on the bases). Is this just who Jesus Made and Luis Pena will be 4 years from now? Maybe they have more runway for a huge game power breakout, but why not just get the guy who is already there?

7) (15) (40) (54) Kevin McGonigle – DET, SS/2B, 20.10 – Called up to Double-A and has a 8.3/16.7 K%/BB% with a 159 wRC+ in 6 games. I called McGonigle the souped up version of Steven Kwan this off-season, and that might be understatement with what he is doing this year. Also, soup isn’t even really that great of a food. Why is the expression “souped up?” … looks it up … “it likely stems from a 19th-century horse racing slang term where a “soup” was a substance injected into horses to enhance their speed” … okay, actually, that is kinda cool. I guess baseball changed the term to “juiced up.”

8) (4) (41) (252) Luis Pena – MIL, SS/3B/SS, 18.7 – Finally a young for the level prospect who also has an impressive triple-slash with a .316/.383/.485 line in 62 games at Single-A. It comes with 6 homers and 38 steals. He also hasn’t been quite as good as his hot start to the season though with 1 homer and a .749 OPS in his last 30 games.

9) (14) (22) (19) Max Clark – DET, OF, 20.6 – Called up to Double-A and in only 6 games he’s already shown off the electric profile. How about this for power? A 106 MPH homer on Friday that hit off whatever the hell that building is in right field. And how about this for speed? A triple he had to truly leg out with the classic helmet half falling his off head. That gives him 2 homers, 1 steal and a 141 wRC+ in 6 games. It might have been the Made, Pena, De Vries show early in the year, but things have gotten shaken up at the top in my opinion as we get deeper into the year.

10) (9) (8) (32) Jesus Made – MIL, SS, 18.2 – I alluded to it in the Walcott blurb, but Made isn’t exactly ripping up Single-A with 4 homers and a 273/.382/.399 triple slash in 74 games. He has a .726 OPS in his last 57 games. Do I still love him? Yes. Do I still love the hit/power/speed/age combo? Yes. But I feel like we all cemented his status after the first month, and it hasn’t been as good since.

11) (7) (3) (8) Leodalis De Vries – SDP, SS, 18.9 – After having done nothing for 2 straight months, De Vries has finally started to come out of hibernation after cracking his 7th homer in 74 games at High-A on Sunday. And how can you not stay all in through the slump after watching a swing like that. He has a .925 OPS in his last 19 games. But, like I wrote in the Walcott blurb, 7 homers, 6 steals in 12 attempts and a .248/.359/.414 triple-slash isn’t exactly jumping off the screen. Being 18 and looking the part is doing a lot of the heavy lifting right now for better or worse

12) (13) (16) (16) Travis Bazzana – CLE, 2B, 22.10 – He very recently returned from an oblique injury that kept him out for 2 months. The 25% K% is definitely a bit higher than optimal, but everything else is basically where we want it with lift and pull, walks, and speed. He has a 135 wRC+ in 35 games at Double-A. I’m going to hold steady on his ranking even if it hasn’t been the smoothest season.

13) (22) (50) (71) Josue Briceno – DET, C/1B, 20.8 – Our little baby’s all growns up and he’s all growns up. After an MVP performance in the AFL, followed up by an MVP performance at High-A, our boy Briceno got the call to Double-A. I remember when he was just a wee 18 year old getting not a speck of hype, and now look at him. Blowing up everywhere

14) (29) (38) (48) Lazaro Montes – SEA, OF, 20.8 – Profile is completely transferring to Double-A as a 20 year old with 6 homers and a 27.5/16.3 K%/BB% in 18 games. Even Seattle won’t be able to contain this man

15) (25) (37) (24) Bryce Eldridge – SFG, 1B, 20.8 – Hit tool is getting exposed at Triple-A with a .214 BA and a 32.1/7.7 K%/BB% in 18 games, but it also comes with 3 homers and a 95.4 MPH EV. And he’s also only 20 years old. I’m apt to not get too hung on the hit tool risk, because even in San Francisco, Eldridge can be one of the premier power hitters in baseball for a long time.

16) (16) (20) (43) Zyhir Hope – LAD, OF, 20.5 – I gave Hope a statistical comp of Randy Arozarena this off-season, and I feel like that is exactly what he’s doing at High-A with high K rates (26.9% K%), high OBP (.390 OBP), power (9 homers) and speed despite getting caught a lot (13 steals in 19 attempts) in 83 games. That is the exact Arozarena profile.

17) (17) (23) (104) Bryce Rainer – DET, SS, 19.11 – I’ve been taking about it for most of the season, but shoulder surgery doesn’t seem to be that big of a deal for hitters anymore. Neto, Ohtani and Varsho all returned this season ripping dingers, arguably stronger than they’ve ever looked before. So I’m not fading Rainer at all due to the shoulder surgery. I closed out Rainer’s Top 1,000 blurb by writing, “Riley Greene might actually be the perfect comp here, and Detroit has done a great job developing Greene. Detroit got their SS version of Greene” … and he basically performed right to that comp. He’s a buy low off the surgery if you can

18) (19) (107) (103) Eduardo Quintero – LAD, OF, 19.10 – Been ripping up Single-A all year. I think it’s time for High-A

19) (5) (6) (20) Bubba Chandler – PIT, RHP, 22.10 – Call me crazy, but I like my elite pitching prospects to not have a 4.18 ERA with a 25.3/13.5 K%/BB% in his last 51.2 IP at Triple-A. Chandler pitched well for the first month of the season, and then that is it. He also doesn’t really have a great breaking pitch with his slider and curve putting up a pretty lowly 25% and 27.5% whiff%, respectively. The changeup has a good 32% whiff%, but I mean, that isn’t exactly off the charts. The upper 90’s fastball is elite with a 34.8% whiff%, so don’t get me wrong, it’s not like I don’t like him anymore, but there are enough weaknesses here to drop him down the rankings a bit.

20) (11) (11) (10) Andrew Painter – PHI, RHP, 22.3 – 5.01 ERA with a 24.3/8.2 K%/BB% and 24.9% whiff% in 55.2 IP at Triple-A. Back in my day, elite pitching prospects, I don’t know, they actually pitched like elite pitching prospects. I feel like I was the only one questioning Jackson Jobe even a little this off-season based off his mediocre K/BB rates. Painter has a semi excuse in that he’s coming off Tommy John. And we know it’s often the 2nd year back that guys truly round into form, so I don’t want to get too worried here. But he’s a long way off from the truly perfect pitching prospect he was before going down with the injury.

21) (38) (18) (7) Carson Williams – TBR, SS, 21.5 – He’s been back to himself since June 1st with 11 homers, 8 steals, a 1.011 OPS and 29.1/12.8 K%/BB% in his last 35 games. It’s still major hit tool risk, but it’s nice to see him make adjustments as a 21 year old at Triple-A

22) (177) (UR) (408) Edward Florentino – PIT, OF, 18.6 – Here is how I closed out Florentino’s blurb in June before he got to Single-A, “He certainly looks in the next wave of Top 100 sluggers. Maybe by this time next year” … and then he got to Single-A and is going nuclear, slashing .299/.434/.558 with 4 homers, 16 steals in 17 attempts, and a 22.0/18/0 K%/BB% in 23 games. He mostly certainly looks the part of a stud at 6’4”, 200 pounds with a sweet and powerful lefty swing, and considering how good of a base stealer he is, I have a sneaking suspicion his speed might be underrated too. Pitt has him playing mostly in CF, which tells me his athleticism is definitely underrated. I gotta say, this looks like an elite lower minors prospect. I’m all in

23) (162) (UR) (UR) Joshua Baez – STL, OF, 22.1 – Here is what I wrote about Baez in my Top 9 Mid-Season Dynasty Baseball Targets (Patreon), and I’m putting my money where my mouth is with this ranking. I’m all in: “This guy just has Lawrence Butler 2.0 written all over him. I know his hype has been rising, but I still think even a super savvy dynasty owner might be looking at him as a perfect sell high opportunity. Popped up “out of nowhere,” there is hit tool risk, they just might be thinking they are the one getting one over on you, but it’s going to be the other way around. Play possum on this one. Dummy up. Because what Baez is doing is exactly what Butler did. He’s an absolute specimen at 6’3”, 220 pounds, he crushes the ball, he has 34 steals in 39 attempts in 69 games total, and he now has a 25.8/16.4 K%/BB% in 31 games at Double-A. He’s proving his hit tool gains are real. And the insane, true elite talent is there. Pretend you’re the fool buying in too hard, and then don’t gloat when in a year or two their former owner realizes the mistake they make. You just got lucky ;)”

24) (FYPD-1) (NA) (NA) Ethan Holliday – COL, SS, 18.5 – Why does taking Ethan Holliday 1st overall in FYPD’s feel like falling into a trap? (You can check out my full Top 60 FYPD Rankings on the Patreon) Why does this feel more like Druw Jones 2.0 than Jackson Holliday 2.0? Why does getting drafted into Coors (4th overall in the Draft), the best hitter’s park in baseball, make this feel like falling even more into a trap? I’m thankful that all of my leagues hold their FYPD/available prospects draft in the off-season, after these hitters debut in pro ball and we can start to get some real data and looks on them against pro competition, because right now, I don’t feel strongly about this top pick at all. I’ve tried to put a pitcher in this top spot, but every instinct I’ve ever developed in Dynasty Baseball just wouldn’t let me do it. I’ve considered some other bats for this top spot too, but the bottom line is that there doesn’t seem to be a single player who has the talent, size, upside, bloodlines, and now ballpark to top Ethan Holliday’s potential dynasty value. He’s 6’4”, 200 pounds with a picturesque lefty swing that is smooth and explosive. It has easy double plus power potential written all over it. The dream is that he becomes a middle of the order masher hitting in Coors with power, patience and a solid hit tool. The problem is that he’s shown some swing and miss risk in his amateur career, he still likely needs to make adjustments to fully tap into his raw power, and he’s also not expected to be a big base stealer. So while it’s super easy to talk yourself out of him, there really isn’t anyone slam dunk enough to move me off him right now. For now, he’s my top dog. – ETA: 2028 Prime Projection: 94/32/103/.266/.352/.508/10

By Michael Halpern (@MichaelCHalpern)
Email: michaelhalpern@imaginarybrickwall.com
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