{"id":19700,"date":"2026-07-07T14:23:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=19700"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:23:27","slug":"baseball-america-mid-season-2026-nats-top-30-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=19700","title":{"rendered":"Baseball America Mid Season 2026 Nats Top 30 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sime keeps mowing them down in High-A. Photo via BA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Since we’ve been talking about Baseball America ranks this week … and since BA just named the Nats overall system 4th best in the sport, lets see how they’re ranking our prospects in this Mid July update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baseball America does the best job of reshuffling prospect lists during the season, and I’m here for it. They did a mid May update that we covered here, and now we get a July 1 update just before the draft (where we’ll presumably add in at least a few more top 30 system prospects).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, this is a great way to gauge these players’ 2026 seasons… in some cases. After a point (as we’ll see) BA just kind of gave up and cut-n-pasted from the previous ranking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s their current top 30, with ranks pulled in from 2 months ago and from January to show evolution in 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
7\/1\/2026<\/strong><\/em><\/th>5\/18\/2026<\/strong><\/em><\/th>1\/7\/2026<\/strong><\/em><\/th>First Name<\/strong><\/em><\/th>Last Name<\/strong><\/em><\/th>Position<\/strong><\/em><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>1<\/td>1<\/td>Eli<\/td>Willits<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>4<\/td>7<\/td>Seaver<\/td>King<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>Jarlin<\/td>Susana<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>5<\/td>Pre-Acqu<\/td>Devin<\/td>Fitz-Gerald<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>3<\/td>21<\/td>Ronny<\/td>Cruz<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>7<\/td>5<\/td>Travis<\/td>Sykora<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>6<\/td>4<\/td>Luis<\/td>Perales<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>8<\/td>Pre-Acqu<\/td>Gavin<\/td>Fein<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>9<\/td>19<\/td>Miguel<\/td>Sime Jr.<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>20<\/td>15<\/td>Jackson<\/td>Kent<\/td>LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>11<\/td>13<\/td>Ethan<\/td>Petry<\/td>1B\/OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>15<\/td>11<\/td>Landon<\/td>Harmon<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>12<\/td>6<\/td>Alex<\/td>Clemmey<\/td>LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>10<\/td>3<\/td>Harry<\/td>Ford<\/td>C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>22<\/td>16<\/td>Yohandy<\/td>Morales<\/td>3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>17<\/td>12<\/td>Sam<\/td>Peterson<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>28<\/td>30+<\/td>Cayden<\/td>Wallace<\/td>2B\/3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>14<\/td>9<\/td>Coy<\/td>James<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>13<\/td>Pre-Acqu<\/td>Yeremy<\/td>Cabrera<\/td>OF (corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>16<\/td>8<\/td>Luke<\/td>Dickerson<\/td>SS\/CF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>18<\/td>Pre-Acqu<\/td>Alejandro<\/td>Rosario<\/td>RHP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>21<\/td>25<\/td>Riley<\/td>Cornelio<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>23<\/td>10<\/td>Angel<\/td>Feliz<\/td>SS\/3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>24<\/td>18<\/td>Caleb<\/td>Lomavita<\/td>C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>25<\/td>Pre-Acqu<\/td>Samil<\/td>Serrano<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>26<\/td>20<\/td>Jorgelys<\/td>Mota<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>27<\/td>24<\/td>Yoel<\/td>Tejeda Jr. <\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>19<\/td>17<\/td>Marconi<\/td>German<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>30<\/td>14<\/td>Andrew<\/td>Pinckney<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>30+<\/td>30+<\/td>De la Cruz<\/td>Marlon<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

Here’s some thoughts going down the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Having King now ascended to #2 in the system seems appropriate, even with his June swoon. Too bad we have the NL starting All Star short stop blocking his path to the majors. A good problem to have. His dip in performance has slowed the calls for him to get promoted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Honestly, I don’t understand why they have Susana so high; he’s got an unspecified injury with no timeframe for return and has been doing “throwing programs” for months. I don’t think anyone thought his injury would cost him an entire season, but it’s leaning that way.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ronny Cruz’s trajectory has dipped slightly, but he’s still top 5 after his torrid 2026 start. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • They’re holding firm on Gavin Fein, and I hope he pays off. Moving him off SS lowers his value, and i’m surprised he’s still in the top 10.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Based on what you’ve seen in 2026, would you have Luis Perales at #7? I wouldn’t. Raise your hand if you want Jake Bennett back.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • I like the recognition that Jackson Kent is now nearly a top 10 prospect, flourishing in AAA. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Clemmey taking a dive, as we’ve discussed a ton, going from #6 in January to #14 now. Honestly, that seems fair given what he’s struggled to do since his AA promotion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • What the heck is going on with Harry Ford? #3 in January, now #15. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Great to see Cayden Wallace showing up; he was just promoted to AAA where, I guess, he’ll play short stop? I mean, House is the 3B, Glasser has played the entire season at 2B. Maybe Glasser (listed as a SS) will move over and Wallace plays 2B. I can’t imagine the team will sit one of them on the regular so that Lipscomb (the only true SS on the AAA roster) can play at this point.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Both Coy James and Luke Dickerson were top 10, now nearly out of the top 20. Both are young, and have some time, but not a good pro career start really for either.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Lomavita’s excellent June apparently too late for him to get any change from the last ranking; he sits at #24 still.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Marlon De La Cruz gets the last spot, pushing out Davian Garcia (the only player ranked 6 weeks ago not listed). Fun fact; this is the first time he’s been ranked by any shop for this team, ever. He’s a 2024 IFA who signed for so little that they didn’t bother to register it, and now he’s in the LowA rotation. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Since we’ve been talking about Baseball America ranks this week … and since BA just named the Nats overall system 4th best in the sport, lets see how they’re ranking our prospects in this Mid July update. Baseball America does the best job of reshuffling prospect lists during the season, and I’m here for it. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4324],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prospects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19700"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19718,"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19700\/revisions\/19718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}