Here are the top 10 prospects at each position
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August is a busy time around MLB Pipeline. Now that dozens of new Draft picks have joined every organization, we've redone our Top 100 Prospects list and updated all 30 teams' Top 30 lists.
This also gives us an opportunity to revisit each of the eight positional Top 10 lists. Five positions -- catcher, shortstop, outfield, right-handed pitchers and left-handed pitchers -- already have double-digit representatives on the Top 100, which makes those rankings easy. But for the others, there are plenty of changes as well.
Here is a look at how each of the eight position groups has shifted since our initial preseason rankings.
Catchers
Orioles top prospect Samuel Basallo -- who made his Major League debut on Sunday -- once again holds the No. 1 spot in a deep group of backstops that is fairly offensive-minded. Basallo has been of the biggest offensive weapons in the Minors this season regardless of position, with top-of-the-line exit velocities as the youngest regular (20) at Triple-A, while the Royals' Blake Mitchell (No. 3), the Twins' Eduardo Tait (No. 5), the Reds' Alfredo Duno (No. 9) and the Marlins' Joe Mack (No. 10) all have plus raw power. This is a group that's ready to contribute soon too, as six of the 10 catchers are already at Triple-A or in the Majors.
First basemen
With the graduations of Jac Caglianone and Nick Kurtz, Giants 2023 first-rounder Bryce Eldridge has ascended to the top of this list and continues to terrorize pitchers with 70-grade power -- when he's on the field. There are four other first basemen on the Top 100, including the Rockies' Charlie Condon (No. 4) and the Reds' Cam Collier (No. 5), who were listed primarily as third basemen before the season but have largely shifted across the diamond. Also keep an eye on the Rays' Xavier Isaac (No. 7) and the Mets' Ryan Clifford (No. 10), boom-or-bust sluggers who have massive power but questions about their contact abilities.
Second basemen
This group could look quite different soon, as four of the top six have already debuted in the Majors -- and that doesn't count the top player, 2024's No. 1 pick Travis Bazzana, who just earned a promotion to Triple-A. With the exception of the Guardians' Bazzana and Giants 2025 first-rounder Gavin Kilen (No. 7), this is an entirely right-handed-hitting collection. The D-backs also boast three players on this list: Jordan Lawlar (No. 2), Tommy Troy (No. 10) and Demetrio Crisantes (No. 8), who would have been knocking on the door of the Top 100 had shoulder surgery not sidelined him for most of 2025.
Third basemen
This is the thinnest the hot corner has been in the Minors in the Pipeline era. Cincinnati's Sal Stewart is the only Top 100 player on the Top 10 3B prospects list, and we've never had fewer than four in our previous rankings. That's not to say that third base will be suffering at the Major League level in the future, though. Many future third basemen are currently playing shortstop and will change positions as they continue to fill out.
Shortstops
Shortstop is as deep in the Minors today as any hitting position has ever been, with 30 players on the Top 100. Baseball's top six prospects, led by the Pirates' Konnor Griffin, are all shortstops, and the last player on this ranking is the Nationals' Eli Willits, the first overall pick in 2025. That means that poor Boston's Franklin Arias (MLB No. 24) can't even crack the top 10 for his position. What's even more incredible is how young this group is. The Cardinals' JJ Wetherholt (No. 6) is the elder statesman at 22, and seven are still teenagers, indicating how much room for improvement they all still have.
Outfielders
The outfield list is always deep with three positions grouped into one, so it's no surprise to see a big contingent of top prospects -- 18 from the Top 100, not even counting four additional prospects who have OF as a secondary position. Tigers 2023 first-rounder Max Clark continues his rise up the rankings to become the top player on the list, while the Mets' Carson Benge (No. 5) and the Dodgers' Eduardo Quintero (No. 9) are the biggest risers after not making the Top 100 on the initial preseason rankings.
Left-handed pitchers
There are plenty of new faces on this list of top southpaws. Not only is there a new No. 1 -- the Marlins' Thomas White -- but the 2025 Draft is well represented with three of the top five names. Additionally, Payton Tolle (No. 3) of the Red Sox, the Athletics' Gage Jump (No. 7) and the Pirates' Hunter Barco (No. 10) made big leaps after starting the season outside the Top 100. With 11 southpaws making the Top 100 -- not including switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje -- this is the first time we've had double-digit lefties on the list since the 2021 preseason rankings.
Right-handed pitchers
Every pitcher on this list has an above-average fastball, with four earning 70 grades -- including the top-ranked pitcher, the Pirates' Bubba Chandler -- and the Mets' Jonah Tong (No. 7) at 65 thanks to elite induced vertical break from his deceptive over-the-top delivery. This group is ready to contribute too, with all but recent first-rounders Seth Hernandez (No. 4) of the Pirates and Ryan Sloan (No. 6) of the Mariners in the upper Minors or Majors currently. In all, 16 righties landed on the Top 100, and none on the Top 10 RHP list rank lower than 73.