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MLB Prospect Awards 2026
MLB Pipeline names top minor league hitting and pitching prospects for 2026.
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MLB Pipeline names top minor league hitting and pitching prospects for 2026. MLB Pipeline selects 2026 minor league hitting and pitching prospects including Andrew Fischer and Kade Anderson. Originally reported by Mlb.
MLB Pipeline 2026 Awards
MLB Pipeline revealed Minor League Hitting and Pitching Prospect of the Year selections for 2026.
Andrew Fischer Wins Hitting
Brewers corner infielder Andrew Fischer won hitting honors after swatting 48 homers, the most in the Minors since 1982.
Kade Anderson Wins Pitching
Mariners left-hander Kade Anderson earned pitching accolades after posting a 1.06 ERA, the lowest for any Minor Leaguer who worked at least as many as his 93 1/3 frames since 1971.
28 of 60 Picks Are Top 100
Twenty-eight of our 60 picks, nearly half, are Top 100 prospects. Four of them are repeaters from 2025.
Blue Jays Sean Keys
Blue Jays first baseman Sean Keys led all Blue Jays Minor Leaguers with his 165 wRC+ and 1.019 OPS, slashing .294/.417/.602 and topping the system with 28 homers.
Nolan Perry
Nolan Perry’s impressive 2026, 2.50 ERA.181 BAA, 1.02 WHIP, 12.7 K/9, 26.2 K/BB% all of which were top 10 among all Minor Leaguers with 80 or more innings, stands out even more when you consider he missed all of 2025 because of Tommy John surgery.
Orioles Ethan Anderson
Orioles catcher Ethan Anderson finished fifth among all Minor League catchers with 24 homers while his .919 OPS led all O’s hitters.
Joseph Dzierwa
Joseph Dzierwa was the lefty on our Prospect Team of the Year second squad, thanks to a season in which he got to Double-A and finished with the second-best ERA (2.27), best WHIP (0.90) and best BAA (.186) among all qualified pitchers.
Rays Theo Gillen
Rays outfielder Theo Gillen was an outfielder on our Prospect Team of the Year after being one of five Minor Leaguers to have a 20-40 season and finishing with a .315/.419/.546 line.
Aidan Cremarosa
Fresno State product Aidan Cremarosa had a terrific first full season with Single-A Charleston, leading all Rays pitchers with 70 or more IP in BAA (.182), WHIP (0.90), K% (29.8) and K/BB% (23.8).
Red Sox Franklin Arias
Red Sox shortstop Franklin Arias won the Double-A Eastern League MVP and top prospect awards, reached Triple-A at age 20 and nearly tripled his previous career high with 25 homers while slashing .323/.400/.557 in 117 games between the two levels.
Dylan Brown
Dylan Brown's command and deception enabled him to lead Boston farmhands in ERA (3.46), strikeouts (143 in 106 2/3 innings between Single-A and High-A) and K rate (32 percent) during his pro debut.
Yankees Wilberson De Pena
Yankees outfielder Wilberson De Pena earned MVP and top prospect honors in the Florida Complex League after winning the triple crown (.358-16-67) and leading the Rookie-level circuit in slugging (.677), OPS (1.088), hits (81), doubles (20), extra-base hits (38) and total bases (153).
Brendan Beck
Brendan Beck topped the circuit in ERA (2.93, which ranked fifth in the Minors), innings (135 1/3), strikeouts (151), strikeout rate (28 percent), average-against (.210), WHIP (1.06) and winning percentage (.833).
Guardians Ralphy Velazquez
Guardians first baseman/ outfielder Ralphy Velazquez spent most of his age-21 season at Triple-A and slashed .290/.379/.548 with 29 homers in 117 games between that level and Double-A, pacing the system in slugging.
Braylon Doughty
Braylon Doughty led Guardians farmhands in strikeout rate (26 percent), walk rate (5 percent) and K/BB ratio (4.9) while compiling a 4.10 ERA with 123 strikeouts in 109 2/3 innings between High-A and Double-A.
The key point
MLB Pipeline selects 2026 minor league hitting and pitching prospects including Andrew Fischer and Kade Anderson.
