Not every team has played a game yet two days into the 2026 MLB season, and this year’s rookie class is already having a big impact. That’s not a huge surprise to people who were paying attention to spring training, where a bunch of prospects were turning heads. There is a big wave of young stars that will be arriving sooner than later.
A slew of top prospects led by guys like Konnor Griffin, Kevin McGonigle and Leo De Vries turned heads in big league camp this spring, and are not far from making an impact. Improved analytics and classic eye-test scouting have combined to make projecting young players more accurate than ever. The hit rate for top prospects continues to improve. There’s a reason teams are far more hesitant to trade their top minor leaguers than ever before.
