Keep an eye on these 12 prospects at the Draft Combine

PHOENIX -- The sixth annual MLB Draft Combine gets started here, at Chase Field to be precise, on Tuesday and vast quantities of people involved in the Draft, from players to all 30 big league organizations will be on hand.

Players who attend the Combine will participate in a number of things. Some will be here to have meetings with teams -- kind of like speed dating for amateur prospects -- and get their medicals done. There are many who will be put through their paces with pro-style workouts that include batting practice and infield/outfield work. Catchers will show off their pop times and pitchers will take the Chase Field mound.

You can catch the action across MLB's streaming platforms.

Tuesday
12 p.m.- 5 p.m. ET: MLB Network Showcase (MLB Network, MLB.TV, MLB.com and MLB App)

Wednesday
12:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. ET: On-field workouts (MLB.TV, MLB.com and MLB App)

There are a lot of players -- both on and off the current Top 200 Prospects list -- and some interesting storylines to keep an eye on as the action unfolds, focusing on players who are slated to participate in on-field activities:

The top names

Sawyer Strosnider, OF, Texas Christian (No. 16): He’s the highest-ranked player who’ll be hitting on Tuesday. He also has as much, if not the most, raw power of anyone taking BP, though the eligible sophomore had an up-and-down 2026 because of his tendency to chase. A BP session won’t “fix” everything, but he could put on a show and remind everyone what his carrying tool is.

Logan Reddemann, RHP, UCLA (No. 28): This will be the most watched mound session, maybe in the history of the Combine. Reddemann last pitched competitively for the Bruins on April 17, missing the remainder of the year with arm fatigue. He threw live BP last week and will take to the mound here on Wednesday, hopefully showing interested teams he’s good to go.

High school hitters with first-round potential

There are three prep hitters expected to go in the top 10 picks: Grady Emerson in Texas, Jacob Lombard from Florida and Eric Booth Jr. hailing from Mississippi. After that, there’s a large group of high school bats who have a chance to land in the second half of the first round. Several of them will be taking BP as well as doing infield/outfield/catching work on Tuesday.

Trevor Condon, OF, Etowah HS, Ga. (No. 22): He might have the best combination of pure hit tool and speed in the class. We’ve heard his name as high as 15.

Cole Prosek, 3B/C, Magnolia Heights HS, Miss. (No. 33): The nephew of Brewers third-base coach Matt Erickson, Prosek has the chance to be a plus hitter with average power, and it’ll be interesting to see how good he looks behind the plate.

Aiden Ruiz, SS, The Stony Brook School, N.Y. (No. 36): A slick-fielding switch-hitter with excellent contact skills, showing more impact in BP could help convince teams considering him late in the first.

Bo Lowrance, 3B, Christ Church Episcopal HS, S.C. (No. 38): He’s hit-over-power, but with projection, another young hitter who could help himself by showing some loft and impact during BP, though his name is already coming up as high as No. 20 or so.

Taj Marchand, SS, James Island HS, S.C. (No. 46): Some scouts in South Carolina prefer Lowrance’s hitting ability and some lean toward Marchand’s all-around tools and defensive value. He could help cement himself in the comp round area this week.

Injury questions

Reddemann isn’t the only one hoping to assuage concerns about injuries this week.

Tyler Spangler, SS, De La Salle HS, Calif. (No. 49): He missed his senior season because of a back issue, but the big left-handed-hitting shortstop’s name has been popping up in the 20s in first-round chatter. His BP and infield work will be watched very closely.

Peyton Bonds, OF, Rutgers (No. 74): Bobby Jr.’s son (and Barry’s nephew) was climbing boards quickly with a strong performance for the Scarlet Knights, but a hamstring injury forced him out for a month and he returned for just five at-bats over three games at the end of the year. He’s a physical specimen who could shine in workouts.

Carson Wiggins, RHP, Arkansas (No. 84): The younger brother of top Cubs prospect Jaxon Wiggins, Carson hit 102 mph as a freshman last year, but then didn’t pitch this spring following internal brace surgery, so this Combine workout will be his first real mound time. Given that he averaged 98.7 mph with his fastball last year, he’s likely to light up the radar gun more than anyone else here this week.

Son of a...

There are scores of players whose fathers played or have been involved in professional baseball. A few to highlight:

Trey Ebel, SS, Corona HS, Calif. (No. 113): The son of Dodgers’ third-base coach Dino (and brother of Brewers prospect Brady), Trey has continued to put his own name on the map.

Genson Veras, OF, TNXL Academy, Fla. (No. 184): José Veras spent nine years in the big leagues as a reliever; his son is a tooled-up outfielder with excellent raw power, good speed and arm strength. He’s another one who could create a buzz during BP.

Among the currently unranked prospects with bloodlines, perhaps Luke Pettitte stands out the most. Andy’s kid had Tommy John surgery, so he didn’t pitch for Dallas Baptist, but he did have a 1.096 OPS as a DH and is here to hit. Others of note include pitcher Alex Overbay (Lyle’s son) and catcher David Chirinos (Robinson’s kid), while CC Sabathia’s son Carsten Sabathia is back for his second Combine. In the non-baseball division, Jorvorskie Lane Jr.’s dad played in the NFL.

Could history repeat itself?

Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski remains the face of the Combine after putting on a show in 2022 that helped him land with Milwaukee in the second round that summer. While his velocity was down in his most recent outing, Iowa prep right-hander Kaleb LaFavor (No. 180) has reminded some of The Miz during his high school days, though the 6-foot-7 LaFavor’s stuff isn’t quite as explosive.

In 2024, Trey Gregory-Alford represented the Colorado high school ranks with the seven hardest pitches on Day 1 of the Combine. This year, Ethan Wachsmann (No. 82) offers similar arm strength and projection from the Granite State.

College World Series representation

While Oklahoma and North Carolina were deciding who was the national champion on Monday, it looked like several players wouldn't have time to celebrate, or sulk. As of Monday, the Sooners and the Tar Heels had five players apiece who had confirmed attendance at the Combine. Oklahoma’s Deitan Lachance gets a special shoutout for being slated to hit and do catching drills on Wednesday.