{"id":542285,"date":"2026-03-17T12:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/542285\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:22:07","slug":"top-40-pitching-prospects-2026-refresh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/542285\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 40 Pitching Prospects – 2026 Refresh"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my fifth update of this list. It\u2019s the first time I\u2019m doing a \u201crefresh.\u201d I\u2019ve reranked my top 40, wrote blurbs for previously unranked players, and updated notes on the majority of players where there isn\u2019t much information to add relative to my late 2025 top 40<\/a>. You\u2019ll see a \u201cwhat\u2019s new\u201d line above the full blurb on each player from that past list. This serves as a catch-up between last September and now. If I didn\u2019t write up the player in my last update, you won\u2019t see a \u201cwhat\u2019s new\u201d line. <\/p>\n

Prior versions of this list can be found for the 2024 preseason<\/a>, 2024 midseason<\/a>, 2025 preseason<\/a>, and 2025 midseason<\/a> at the associated links. I\u2019m interested to see how my accuracy, or lack thereof, looks once I have three full years of lists under my belt.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve moved my general notes and details regarding this list (Stuff+ explanation, arm angle calculation, etc) to the bottom of this post, so navigate there or comment on this post if you\u2019re curious about anything specific.<\/p>\n

Here are some fall-offs from my late 2025 top 40 update\u2026<\/p>\n

When a player undergoes a major injury, I remove them from the ranks. Right now, there are four pitchers I would rank as \u201c50 FV\u201d arms or better if they were healthy:<\/p>\n

Travis Sykora, WSH – middle of 55 FV tier<\/p>\n

Jarlin Susana, WSH – near top of 50 FV tier <\/p>\n

Alejandro Rosario, WSH – middle of 50 FV tier <\/p>\n

Tekoah Roby, STL – back of 50 FV tier<\/p>\n

Jake Bloss, TOR – back of 50 FV tier<\/p>\n

Graduates from my September update: Cam Schlittler (NYY), Troy Melton (DET), Cade Cavalli (WSH)<\/p>\n

Non-injury fall-offs (with former rank): David Hagaman #40 (ARI), Quinn Mathews #23 (STL), Jackson Ferris #33 (LAD), Levi Wells #34 (BAL)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is my fifth update of this list. It\u2019s the first time I\u2019m doing a \u201crefresh.\u201d I\u2019ve reranked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-542285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}