How the former Top 100 prospects in this year's World Series stack up

The best team from each league, according to regular-season records, are in the World Series. But if you’re picking which will win based how many former Top 100 prospects are on each roster, it’s not even going to be close.

Using each team’s League Championship Series rosters as a guide, 20 former Top 100 guys will be featured between the two teams -- up one from last year’s total, but shy of the record 26 from 2024 (we began highlighting prospect alumni in the World Series in 2017).

The Brewers have a huge advantage over the Rays, 15-5, and it remains to be seen if that translates into bringing the first World Series title in franchise history home to Milwaukee.

Here are all 20 Top 100 prospects, in order according to where they ranked on a preseason or midseason list prior to graduating from prospect status, with the position that they were listed with at the time.

1. Jackson Chourio, OF, Brewers -- No. 2, pre-2024
Int'l FA, January 2021, Brewers

Originally a shortstop as an amateur, Chourio joined the Brewers for $1.8 million out of Venezuela. He became the fifth 20-40 teenager in the Minors since 1958 with 22 homers and 44 steals in 2023. Milwaukee signed the outfielder to an eight-year, $82 million extension in December -- a record for a player with no MLB service time -- and he ascended to the No. 1 spot briefly before graduating in 2024. Full report »

2. Junior Caminero, 3B/2B, Rays -- No. 2, mid-2024
Int'l FA, July 2019, Guardians

Caminero signed with Cleveland in July 2019 and was traded to the Rays in November 2021. His breakout came in a big way during his age-19 season in 2023, with his 31 homers between High-A and Double-A tying for sixth-most in the Minors and his .591 slugging percentage ranking fifth among MiLB full-season qualifiers. He was called up for the first time in September 2023 and stuck on the postseason roster before graduating off the Top 100 in 2024. Full report »

3. Christian Yelich, OF, Brewers -- No. 10, mid-2013
1st-round pick (No. 23 overall), 2010, Marlins

Coming out of high school, Yelich had the reputation as the most advanced prep bat in his Draft class and he did nothing but live up to his advanced billing, carrying a .322/.395/.497 line into the 2013 season. He's always had an excellent approach at the plate, with an innate ability to barrel up the ball. He can drive the ball to all fields and his power started to come in 2012 with more in the tank from his smooth left-handed swing. Full report »

4. Andrew Vaughn, 1B/OF, Brewers -- No. 14, pre-2021
1st-round pick (No. 3 overall), 2019, White Sox

Vaughn went from an unheralded Northern California high school recruit to the best hitter in college baseball during three years at California, winning the Golden Spikes Award as a sophomore in 2018 and becoming the highest pick in school history when the White Sox took him third overall in the 2019 Draft. Full report »

5. Steven Matz, LHP, Rays -- No. 15, pre-2016
2nd-round pick (No. 72 overall), 2009, Mets

Arm trouble delayed Matz’s pro debut until 2012, three years after being drafted by his hometown team, so no one would have predicted he would've been in the big leagues, let alone the Mets' postseason rotation, in 2015. But that's exactly what transpired as the left-hander made three playoff starts. Full report »

6. Sal Frelick, OF, Brewers -- No. 22, mid-2023
1st-round pick (No. 15 overall), 2021, Brewers

A football and hockey standout in high school, Frelick went to Boston College for baseball and landed in the first round of the 2021 Draft after hitting .359 with a 1.002 OPS as a junior. The left-handed hitter had one of the best first full seasons of anyone in his class as he climbed from High-A to Triple-A while pushing his average up and his K rate down at each stop up the ladder. Full report »

7. Kyle Harrison, LHP, Brewers -- No. 23, pre-2024
3rd-round pick (No. 85 overall), 2020, Giants

The best healthy high school left-hander in the 2020 Draft, Harrison got first-round money ($2,497,500) as a third-round pick after dropping because of signability concerns. His stuff was just beginning to take off when the pandemic ended his high school senior season. Harrison dominated throughout his Minor League career, making his big league debut 10 days after his 22nd birthday. Full report »

8. Dustin May, RHP, Brewers -- No. 25, mid-2020
3rd-round pick (No. 101 overall), 2016, Dodgers

May posted some of the best spin rates at the World Wood Bat Association World Championships in October 2015, spurring Los Angeles to draft him in the third round and sign him for an above-slot $997,500 bonus the next June. He developed faster than expected, and he reached the Majors in August 2019 at age 21. Full report »

9. Gary Sánchez, C, Brewers - No. 39, mid-2016
Int'l FA, July 2009, Yankees

Sánchez looked like a potential bust, but turned it around in 2015, capping a strong year by making his big league debut in September and starring in the Arizona Fall League. Full report »

10. Garrett Mitchell, OF, Brewers -- No. 56, mid-2021
1st-round pick (No. 20 overall), 2020, Brewers

The UCLA product showed off his tools during his junior year after injuries forced him from playing for Team USA the summer prior, with the Brewers thrilled to land the outfielder with their pick in the first round. Full report »

11. Joey Ortiz, INF, Brewers -- No. 63, pre-2024
4th-round pick (No. 108 overall), 2019, Orioles

Ortiz hit .422/.474/.697 as a junior at hitter-friendly New Mexico State; that and his glove landed him in the fourth round of his Draft. He had a breakthrough season in 2022 and made his big league debut in 2023, before being sent to the Brewers in the big Corbin Burnes trade prior to the 2024 season. Full report »

12. Cooper Pratt, SS, Brewers -- No. 64, pre-2026
6th-round pick (No. 182 overall), 2023, Brewers

The Brewers went well over slot in the sixth round to sign Pratt away from his commitment to Mississippi and he went to the Futures Game in his first full season while finishing that season off in the Double-A playoffs, setting him on a faster track en route to making his big league debut in June of this year and signing an eight-year contract. Full report »

13. Jake Bauers, 1B/OF, Brewers -- No. 64, pre-2018
7th-round pick (No. 208 overall), 2013, Padres

Drafted by the Padres, Bauers was dealt to the Rays for Wil Myers after the 2014 season. He reached Double-A at age 19 and had a strong AFL showing as the league’s youngest player the following season. Full report »

14. Jorge Mateo, SS/2B/OF, Rays -- No. 72, pre-2018
Int'l FA, January 2012, Yankees

Once the top prospect in the Yankees' system, Mateo’s stock slid in 2016, though he bounced back in 2017 before being dealt to the A’s in the Sonny Gray deal at the Trade Deadline. Full report »

15. Freddy Peralta, RHP, Rays -- No. 72, mid-2018
Int'l FA, April 2013, Mariners

Originally signed by the Mariners for $137,500, Peralta was dealt to the Brewers in December 2015 in the Adam Lind deal, rising through the ranks, and onto the Top 100, in Milwaukee’s system before making his big league debut in May 2018. Full report »

16. Brody Hopkins, RHP, Rays -- No. 85, pre-2026
6th-round pick, 2023, Mariners

A two-way college player drafted for his arm strength by the Mariners, Hopkins got to the Rays via a 2024 Trade Deadline deal for Randy Arozarena. Still technically a prospect, he fell off the Top 100 during the 2026 season. Full report »

17. Logan Henderson, RHP, Brewers -- No. 90, mid-2025
4th-round pick (No. 116 overall), 2021, Brewers

The Brewers love finding junior college talent, but it took some time for Henderson to pop, with elbow surgery and then an oblique issue slowing him, though strong performances when he was on the mound in 2024 and 2025 landed him on the Top 100 briefly before hitting the big leagues this season. Full report »

18. Brice Turang, SS/2B/OF, Brewers -- No. 96, pre-2021
1st-round pick (No. 21 overall), 2018, Brewers

The son of a former big leaguer, Turang was on scouts’ radars for a long time in the California high school ranks and was one of the most advanced prep players in his class before landing in the first round. Full report »

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19. DL Hall, LHP, Brewers -- No. 97, pre-2023
1st-round pick (No. 21 overall), 2017, Orioles

Ranking behind only MacKenzie Gore among prep lefties in 2017, Hall was a sure-fire first-rounder. Command issues and some elbow trouble slowed his climb, though he did make his big league debut in 2022. Full report »

20. Jacob Misiorowski, RHP, Brewers -- No. 100, pre-2025
2nd-round pick (No. 63 overall), 2022, Brewers

Another JuCo find for the Brewers, Misiorowski was as high as No. 33 on the preseason 2024 list, but concerns about durability and command as a starter moved him down the list the following year. Full report »