First Look: 2026 Mock Draft with Top Prospect Projections

The 2026 Draft is taking longer to sort itself out than teams hoped. Shortstops Roch Cholowsky (UCLA) and Grady Emerson (Fort Worth Christian HS in Texas) have set themselves apart from the rest of the class. The second tier of prospects consists of catcher Vahn Lackey (Georgia Tech) and right-hander Jackson Flora (UC Santa Barbara), with some clubs regarding shortstops Jacob Lombard (Gulliver Prep, Miami) and Justin Lebron (Alabama) and outfielder Eric Booth Jr. (Oak Grove HS, Hattiesburg, Miss.) at or close to the same level After that, there’s no consensus. High school hitters fall off fast after Emerson, Lombard…