12 high schoolers ranked in the BA 500 will be 17 on draft day.
These are the five youngest:
• No. 17 Jared Grindlinger, OF/LHP
• No. 93 Rocco Maniscalco, SS
• No. 460 Juriel Collazo, OF
• No. 204 Trey Ebel, SS
• No. 239 Coleton Brady, RHP
Other facts ahead of the 2026 Draft:
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BACK 2 PACK
Anthony Pack Jr. took home Baseball America's 2026 Freshman of the Year honor, making him the second consecutive Longhorn to win the award and the fifth in program history.
More about Pack Jr.'s dominant debut season:
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College baseball's Pitcher of the Year 💪
USC ace Mason Edwards was the nation's premier strikeout artist, leading the country with 169 strikeouts in 95.2 innings.
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There are 30 days until the 2026 MLB Draft 🗓️
Carlos Collazo & Matt Eddy compiled 30 things to know ahead of the big day:
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COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR 🏆
After a remarkable sophomore season, Arizona State star Landon Hairston takes home the 2026 award.
Hairston hit .400/.509/.860 with a program-record 28 home runs, one of the most dominant seasons by a leadoff hitter ever.
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Coastal Carolina has hired Chris Lemonis to replace Kevin Schnall.
Lemonis won a College World Series with Mississippi State before being let go in 2025.
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Arizona State star Landon Hairston just announced on MLB Network that he is returning to the Sun Devils in 2027 👀
Hairston was named our 2026 College Player of the Year earlier this morning.
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Georgia Tech = Catcher U.
With Vahn Lackey poised to go early, the Yellow Jackets will move ahead of Miami for the most first-round catchers ever with five.
The others?
Jason Varitek (1994)
Matt Wieters (2007)
Joey Bart (2018)
Kevin Parada (2022)
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If the White Sox draft Roch Cholowsky, he'll be just the third college shortstop ever to go 1-1 🤔
The other two?
Dansby Swanson (2015)
Bill Almon (1974)
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Anthony Pack Jr. put college baseball on notice 👀
The Texas breakout star is our 2026 Freshman of the Year.
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A day-one starter for a Texas team headed to Omaha, Anthony Pack Jr. is BA's 2026 College Freshman of the Year.
