2024 midseason top 100 MLB prospects update

With the MLB draft behind us and the minor league season wrapping up next month, it’s time for an updated look at my top 100 prospects in baseball.

This edition is actually a top 105 (as separating the players around No. 100 was where it became difficult) with an additional 19 arrow-up names who have gained a lot of value this year since my preseason top 100.

As always, this is my ranking of how I rank these players long-term, taking into account their upside, risk, and proximity to the big leagues, in consultation with scouts and execs around the league. Here’s more on the grading tiers and lingo I use. Players in the big leagues are eligible for this update (MLB rookie eligibility rules apply here — 130 at-bats, 50 innings pitched or 45 days on the active roster) so you will see some recently called up major leaguers. The listed level for each player is either where they’re currently active or were last if they’re now hurt or rehabbing an injury.

Schultz is a 6-foot-9 lefty who throws a heavy sinker at 94-97 mph from a low slot and flashes a plus slider and changeup. He is sitting at a career-high 69.0 innings right now, so it might be awhile before we find out if he can throw 180 innings in the big leagues. Painter hasn’t pitched since 2023 spring training and won’t again until 2025 but could be an ace. I had Wetherholt a hair ahead of Caglianone in my final draft rankings — but I wanted to flip them right after I turned them in, so I did here, though it’s still a near coin flip. McGonigle was my pick to click in the 2023 draft, I ranked him aggressively last winter, and it’s paying off, as he has already reached High-A as a 19-year-old with gaudy numbers in 95 career games: .310/.412/.444 with 30 extra-base hits, 64 walks, 38 strikeouts and 30 stolen bases.