{"id":19826,"date":"2026-08-14T10:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=19826"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:15:40","slug":"mlbpipeline-announces-updated-top-30-for-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=19826","title":{"rendered":"MLBPipeline Announces updated top 30 for system"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Harry Ford is off the mlbpipeline prospect list for now, but has yet to reach rookie eligibility. Photo via Seattle times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It’s the week apparently for major pundits to do database updates. We had Baseball America earlier this week, we had Fangraphs a day after with their completely whacked board, and today we have the saner MLB Pipeline folks updating our top 30 for Drafted players. As we did with the BA list, here’s a quick analysis of who we added and a few comments on the handful of players they made somewhat large adjustments for mid-season<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the announcement from yesterday<\/a>, which has links right to our system top 30. Below is a table from my Master Nats Prospect Rank XLS<\/a> where i’ve pulled out the last few MLB Pipeline ranks to show rank evolution since March for these players. BTW, that Master prospect ranks XLS is one of the things I’m most proud of maintaining; it has nearly 300 sources dating back to Nov 2004’s Baseball America system rank for our system pre move, and its where I pull these tables for these poses. We have now ranked at some point 526 players in a list of some sort since the team moved here.<\/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\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
8\/13\/26 post draft<\/strong><\/em><\/th>7\/24\/26 post trade, pre dr aft<\/strong><\/em><\/th>3\/3\/26 pre-season<\/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>2<\/td>2<\/td>Travis<\/td>Sykora<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>3<\/td>4<\/td>Jarlin<\/td>Susana<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>4<\/td>7<\/td>Seaver<\/td>King<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>6<\/td>9<\/td>Devin<\/td>Fitz-Gerald<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>Pre-Draft<\/td>Pre-Draft<\/td>Chris<\/td>Hacopian<\/td>2B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>5<\/td>25<\/td>Ronny<\/td>Cruz<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>8<\/td>5<\/td>Gavin<\/td>Fein<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>9<\/td>14<\/td>Jackson<\/td>Kent<\/td>LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>10<\/td>16<\/td>Miguel<\/td>Sime Jr.<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>13<\/td>10<\/td>Landon<\/td>Harmon<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>11<\/td>6<\/td>Luis<\/td>Perales<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>Pre-Draft<\/td>Pre-Draft<\/td>Chase<\/td>Brunson<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>13<\/td>Pre-Trade<\/td>Jack<\/td>Cebert<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>18<\/td>17<\/td>Coy<\/td>James<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>28<\/td><\/td>Samil<\/td>Serrano<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>15<\/td>12<\/td>Ethan<\/td>Petry<\/td>1B\/OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>14<\/td>11<\/td>Alex<\/td>Clemmey<\/td>LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>23<\/td>24<\/td>Abimelec<\/td>Ortiz<\/td>1B\/OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>17<\/td>15<\/td>Alejandro<\/td>Rosario<\/td>RHP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>25<\/td>Pre-Trade<\/td>Ben<\/td>Grable<\/td>RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>12<\/td>8<\/td>Luke<\/td>Dickerson<\/td>SS\/CF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>Pre-Draft<\/td>Pre-Draft<\/td>Luke<\/td>Williams<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>Pre-Draft<\/td>Pre-Draft<\/td>Cooper<\/td>Harris<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>16<\/td>13<\/td>Yoel<\/td>Tejeda Jr. <\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>20<\/td>21<\/td>Marconi<\/td>German<\/td>SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>30<\/td><\/td>Yovanny<\/td>Cruz<\/td>RHP (Reliever)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>19<\/td>20<\/td>Yeremy<\/td>Cabrera<\/td>OF (corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>21<\/td>22<\/td>Sam<\/td>Peterson<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>25<\/td>28<\/td>Caleb<\/td>Lomavita<\/td>C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(In majors)<\/td>7<\/td>3<\/td>Harry<\/td>Ford<\/td>C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(In majors)<\/td>30<\/td>19<\/td>Andrew<\/td>Pinckney<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Traded away<\/td>29<\/td>18<\/td>Christian<\/td>Franklin<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Traded away<\/td>Traded away<\/td>27<\/td>Sean Paul<\/td>Linan<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>22<\/td>23<\/td>Angel<\/td>Feliz<\/td>SS\/3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>24<\/td>26<\/td>Eriq<\/td>Swan<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>26<\/td>29<\/td>Yohandy<\/td>Morales<\/td>3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>27<\/td>30<\/td>Nauris<\/td>De La Cruz<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>29<\/td>Pre-Trade<\/td>Josh<\/td>Hartle<\/td>LHP (Starter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

Ok. Here we go<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • In this list, the 2026 draft netted us 4 additions: Hacopian, Brunson, Williams, and Harris. Same 4 added by BA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2026 Trade deadline netted us just 2 of the current top 30: Cebert & Grable. Hartle was #29 until we added in the 4 new draftees, so he’s right there. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • As of this ranking, Ford (#7) and Pinckney (#30 ish) were in the majors but still have rookie eligibility, so they’re not listed. Kent was probably promoted after this work was done else he’d be missing too under their guidelines for prospect listings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • There’s not a ton of movement from the 7\/24 list to the 8\/13 list … that’s just 3 weeks of play, but we did see a couple of interesting players making somewhat significant jumps:\n
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    • Serrano, unraked in March, went from #28 three weeks ago to #16 today. BA has jumped him up a ton as well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Dickerson has gone from #8 in March to #12 three weeks ago to #22 today. Honestly, having him #12 in July was probably the problem; he should have been well below that level of ranking at that point.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Tejeda has gone from 13->16->25. On the one hand, I think MLB was way high on him in March, but he solved High-A in his 2nd pro season and is in AA as a 23yr old; I would think that would at least keep him somewhat where he was ranked a month ago. Weird.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • They dumped both Cabrera and Peterson ten spots for meh 2026 performances so far.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • There were five guys on the top 30 now pushed off with addition of draftees: Angel Feliz, Eriq Swan, Yohandy Morales, Nauris De La Cruz, and Josh Hartle. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      I’m not going to do a Fangraphs ranking reaction piece. I don’t think any of the other major pundits do updated rankings mid-season due to workloads, so this is it for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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