The curtain has drawn on the Single-A, High-A and Double-A regular seasons, but the prospect action is far from finished.
The playoffs for the lower-level systems got underway last week while Double-A is getting underway with some of the game's brightest up-and-coming stars vying for championships.
On last week's MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo took turns exploring the top prospects in each playoff matchup at the High-A and Single-A levels and made predictions for which squad will hoist the trophy in each league.
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With Double-A entering the playoff picture, there are now 26 players from MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list, headlined by the top-ranked prospect in the sport, Jesús Made, involved in the Minor League postseason:
Jesús Made, SS, Brewers (No. 1)
Sebastian Walcott, SS/3B, Rangers (No. 9)
Grady Emerson, SS, Rays (No. 10)
Mike Sirota, OF, Dodgers (No. 15)
Josuar Gonzalez, SS/2B, Giants (No. 16)
Rainiel Rodriguez, C/1B, Cardinals (No. 17)
Eduardo Quintero, OF, Dodgers (No. 19)
Luis Peña, SS, Brewers (No. 20)
Luis Hernández, SS/3B, Giants (No. 26)-x
Zyhir Hope, OF, Tigers (No. 27)
Jackson Flora, RHP, Giants (No. 30)
Gage Wood, RHP, Phillies (No. 32)
Edward Florentino, OF, Pirates (No. 34)
Christian Zazueta, RHP, Dodgers (No. 35)
Arjun Nimmala, SS, Angels (No. 37)
Liam Doyle, RHP, Cardinals (No. 43)
Tyler Bremner, RHP, Angels (No. 45)
Aidan Miller, SS, Phillies (No. 60)
Aiva Arquette, SS, Marlins (No. 62)
Jacob Lombard, SS, Marlins (No. 66)
Kevin Alvarez, OF, Astros (No. 79)
Cooper Flemming, INF, Rays (No. 82)
Dax Kilby, SS, Yankees (No. 85)
Charles Davalan, OF, Dodgers (No. 86)
Josh Adamczewski, OF, Brewers (No. 87)
Bryan Rincon, SS, Phillies (No. 100)
And the prospect pool runs deeper than just the Top 100. Here are the other ranked prospects on each organization's Top 30 list.
x-Not currently on team's active roster
Double-A
Hartford: Jackson Cox, RHP (No. 8); Jared Thomas, OF (No. 10); Andy Perez, SS (No. 16); Konnor Eaton, LHP (No. 18)
Reading: Gage Wood, RHP (No. 1); Aidan Miller, SS (No. 2); Bryan Rincon, SS (No. 4); Aroon Escobar, 2B (No. 6); Dante Nori, OF (No. 7); Cody Bowker, RHP (No. 15); Wen-Hui Pan, RHP (No. 21); Carson DeMartini, 3B (No. 24); Mavis Graves, LHP (No. 27)
Richmond: Jackson Flora, RHP (No. 3); Gavin Kilen, SS/2B (No. 6); Dakota Jordan, OF (No. 7); Jacob Bresnahan, LHP (No. 9); Trevor Cohen; OF (No. 14); Miguel Menez, RHP (No. 16); Jance Villarroel, C (No. 18); Lisbel Diaz, OF (No. 29)
Erie: Zyhir Hope, OF (No. 2): Thayron Liranzo, C/1B (No. 15), Lucas Elissalt, RHP (No. 26)
Knoxville: Kane Kepley, OF (No. 5); Brooks Caple, RHP (No. 9); Ariel Armas, C (No. 18); Brody McCullough, RHP (No. 29)
Rocket City: Arjun Nimmala, SS (No. 1); Tyler Bremner, RHP (No. 2); Juan Flores, C (No. 14); Nate Snead, RHP (No. 17); Jake Munroe, 3B (No. 20); Jacob Cozart, C (No. 22)
Biloxi: Jesús Made, SS (No. 1); Luis Pena, SS (No. 2); Josh Adamczewski, OF (No. 3); Andrew Fischer, 3B (No. 5); Braylon Payne, OF (No. 6); Bishop Leston, RHP (No. 8); Josh Knoth, RHP (No. 9); Marco Dinges, C (No. 14)-x; J.D. Thompson, LHP (No. 18); Jaron DeBerry, RHP (No. 27)
Pensacola: Aiva Arquette, SS (No. 2); Dillon Lewis, OF (No. 11); Jacob Kisting, RHP (No. 21); Adrian Santana, SS (No. 22); Cristian Hernández, SS/2B (No. 24); Fenwick Trimble, OF (No. 26); Max Williams, OF (No. 27)
Tulsa: Mike Sirota, OF (No. 2); Eduardo Quintero, OF (No. 3); Christian Zazueta, RHP (No. 5); Charles Davalan, OF (No. 6), Zach Root, LHP (No. 8); Kendall George, OF (No. 11); Adam Serwinowski, LHP (No. 14); Logan Wagner, 3B/2B (No. 19); Aidan Foeller, RHP (No. 21); Elijah Hainline, SS (No. 22); Jacob Kmatz, RHP (No. 25)
Springfield: Rainiel Rodriguez, C/1B (No. 1); Liam Doyle, LHP (No. 2); Tanner Franklin, RHP (No. 5); Josiah Ragsdale, OF (No. 11); Yhoiker Fajardo, RHP (No. 13); Jesús Báez, SS/2B (No. 15); Tai Peete, OF (No. 17); Daniel Eagen, RHP (No. 22); Jack Gurevitch, 1B/3B (No. 27)
Frisco: Sebastian Walcott, SS/3B (No. 1); Malcolm Moore, C (No. 6); Dylan Dreiling, OF (No. 13); Rafe Perich, 3B/1B (No. 19); Leandro Lopez, RHP (No. 27)
Amarillo: David Hagaman, RHP (No. 4); Carlos Virahonda, C (No. 5); Jansel Luis, 3B/SS (No. 10)-x; Wellington Aracena, RHP (No. 15); Alberto Barriga, C (No. 16); Cristofer Torin, SS/2B (No. 17); Brian Curley, RHP (No. 20); Druw Jones, OF (No. 23); Mason Marriott, RHP (No. 26); Junior Sanchez, RHP (No. 28)
High-A
Quad Cities: Kendry Chourio, RHP (KC No. 1); David Shields, LHP (KC No. 4); Blake Mitchell, C (KC No. 5); Zion Rose, OF (KC No. 6); Ramon Ramirez, C (KC No. 7); Asbel Gonzalez, OF (KC No. 15); Camden Johnson, SS (KC No. 23); Blake Wolters, RHP (KC No. 29); L.P. Langevin, RHP (KC No. 30)
Dayton: Justin Lebron, SS (No. 3); Tyson Lewis, SS/3B (No. 5); Eric Becker, SS (No. 7); Jose Franco, RHP (No. 12); Mason Morris, RHP (No. 25); Edgar Colon, RHP (No. 27); Deivi Villafana, RHP (No. 30)
Callis: The Royals have a nice concentration of prospects here. Kendry Chourio and David Shields, both teenagers, two of the most precocious pitchers in the Minors. They’ve also got Blake Mitchell. And another guy who’s interesting here is the No. 6 pick in the Draft Zion Rose out of Louisville.
Mayo: And then for Dayton, they’ve got a couple of their ’26 draftees there highlighted by Justin Lebron and Eric Becker.
Winston-Salem: Javier Mogollon, 2B/SS (No. 12); Kyle Lodise, SS/2B (No. 13); George Wolkow, OF (No. 14); Christian Oppor, LHP (No. 20); Ely Brown, OF (No. 21)
Greensboro: Edward Florentino, OF (No. 2); Wyatt Sanford, SS (No. 5); Axiel Plaz, C/1B (No. 7); Levi Sterling, RHP (No. 12); Jhostynxon Garcia, OF (No. 13); Yordany De Los Santos, SS/3B/2B (No. 14); Reinold Navarro, LHP (No. 21); Tony Blanco Jr., 1B (No. 27); Jhonny Severino, 3B/OF (No. 28)
Callis: The disappointment here is Winston-Salem would have had Roch Cholowsky, the No. 1 pick in the Draft. He’s got right wrist soreness, so he’s out. Javier Mogollon and Kyle Lodise are an offensive-minded double play combination. You know I love my suburban Chicago product -- George Wolkow has jaw-dropping power. I don’t know if Christian Oppor will pitch in this series, but I thought he had a chance to jump onto the Top 100 this year, but he’s had a really rough year.
Mayo: For Greensboro, the best prospect is Edward Florentino, who has had a bit of a weird year. He’s still super young, still a teenager, but he’s hit 27 homers, and it’s not just because of Greensboro’s hitter-friendly park. He’s hit for power on the road as well, he just hasn’t been the complete hitter that he’s been in the past. On the mound, Levi Sterling really interests me. High-end high school arm, who was a good two-way player in high school. It’s taken him a little while to get going, but this year things started to click in Bradenton a lot more. He got bumped up to Greensboro not that long ago. I’m curious to see how he finishes off the season.
Single-A
Lake Elsinore: Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP (No. 2); Ty Harvey, C (No. 4); Elliot Lascelles, SS (No. 5); Lan-Hong Su, RHP (No. 9); Jorge Quintana, SS (No. 11); Jesus A. Castro, RHP (No. 16); Michael Salina, RHP (No. 18); Alex Conover, OF (No. 21); Nu'u Contrades, 2B/3B (No. 22); Truitt Madonna, C (No. 24)
San Jose: Josuar Gonzalez, SS/2B (No. 1); Luis Hernández, SS/3B (No. *2)*-x; Keyner Martinez, RHP (No. 12); Argenis Cayama, RHP (No. 17); Lorenzo Meola, SS/2B (No. 19); Peyton Bonds-x, OF (No. 22); Alexander Fuentes, RHP (No. 26); Leandro Rodriguez, LHP (No. 28)
Mayo: It’s a shame that Luis Hernández is on the injured list because it would be a pretty packed team. But, it starts with the Giants' top prospect Josuar Gonzalez, who is having an absolutely big year making it into full season ball. One of a number of really talented hitters in the Giants system. And I don’t know if Jackson Flora is going to pitch, he’s one of the few arms from the ’26 class that has thrown at all. But he did pitch recently so it wouldn’t shock me, and to see him pitch in a playoff setting this summer is not something I thought we would get to see.
Callis: For Lake Elsinore, LHP Kruz Schoolcraft, one of our favorite players in last year’s Draft. Big-time upside, big-time potential. They’ve got a slugging catcher in Ty Harvey, and a high school player out of this year’s Draft in Elliot Lascelles. RHP Lan-Hong Su pitched really well all year, I got to see him in Spring Breakout. That Padres team has the highest concentration of prospects from their Top 30 of any of their affiliates.
Charleston: Grady Emerson, SS (No. 1); Cooper Flemming, INF (No. 5); Taitn Gray, 1B (No. 6); Slater de Brun, OF (No. 14); Andreimi Antunez; SS/2B (No. 19); Dean Moss, 2B/OF (No. 30)
Fayetteville: Kevin Alvarez, OF (No. 1); Logan Hughes, OF (No. 3); Juan Fraide, RHP (No. 20); Kam Durnin, SS (No. 24); Luis De Leon, C/1B (No. 25); Jagger Beck, RHP (No. 27)
Callis: Even with Daniel Pierce on the IL, who was the first-round pick of the Rays last year, you’ve got Grady Emerson, the No. 2 pick in the Draft. Cooper Flemming, who is a Top 100, Taitn Gray, who is one of the best first base prospects in baseball. Slater de Brun, who was a sandwich pick last year. And Andreimi Antunez is an interesting international shortstop, so Charleston is loaded.
Mayo: I actually just saw Fayetteville, and I got a look at a bunch of these guys and Kevin Alvarez is their No. 1 prospect. He’s a really talented player who has a chance to be really good. Chance to hit for average and power -- and he’s only 18, and the fact that he's held his own in full-season ball is really impressive. He’s probably the most interesting player in this series. Logan Hughes, the top pick in their Draft this year, he’s another guy who I thought they could have promoted and I wonder if they’re just keeping him there for the playoffs. I saw Jagger Beck pitch in person and he’s kind of intriguing, he’s the kind of guy that could give them a quality start in a playoff series.
Tampa: Dax Kilby, SS (No. 2); Wilberson De Pena, OF (No. 14)
Jupiter: Jacob Lombard, SS (No. 4), Luis Arana, SS (No. 17); Luis Cova, OF (No. 18); Cam Kozeal-x, SS/2B (No. 25)
Callis: The Tarpons are going to counter with Dax Kilby, who missed a lot of season with hamstring injuries but he’s back. I actually had Dax Kilby becoming the Yankees top prospect by the end of the season and I’m probably going to be right because George Lombard Jr. is going to graduate. And two other guys to watch on that Tampa roster are Wilberson De Pena, who won the triple crown and led the Florida Complex League in just about everything, and not yet ranked outfielder Yostin Pena. He was so impressive in the Dominican Summer League that the Yankees skipped him over the Complex League and sent him straight to Single-A and he’s been impressive over 61 games there.
Mayo: We have to talk about both Lombards whenever possible and Jacob Lombard, younger brother of George Lombard Jr., people may remember they both homered on the same day – Jacob in his pro debut with Jupiter and George Jr. in his big league debut. Jacob was a high schooler taken No. 14 overall by the Marlins. They also have Luis Arana, who signed in January of 2025, who is a contact-first hitter who can really, really run. He’s a guy that can make some things happen in the playoffs.