Kiley McDaniel

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yes and also his underlying numbers are stronger than his surface stats.

he's also at a part of the list where you could argue for a lot of players, so your point is also generally correct.

South Carolina LHP Jake McCoy underwent successful Tommy John surgery yesterday in New York City with Dr. Christopher Ahmad, per source.

Last season, McCoy struck out 77 batters in 60 innings over 14 starts as a sophomore. He was up to 97 mph last season and hit 98 in the fall.

2026 top 10 prospect rankings for all 30 MLB teams Who is rising in every major league farm system? Kiley McDaniel digs in.

Top 10 prospects for each of the 30 teams is up and that concludes the winter prospect suite of content! www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

2026 season predictions for MLB's top prospects Which young players will do big things on the diamond in the year ahead? Our experts weigh in.

Today my colleagues joined me in making bold prospect-related predictions for 2026.

Team Top 10s are filed and coming tomorrow! www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

right-handed hitting 1B with 35- or 40-grade bat to ball, a fine but not great approach, and good but not great raw power.

and here's my ranking of each farm system 1 through 30 with dollar values so you can see how quickly your team can rise www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

And today, prospects ranked 101-200, with superlatives from this group in lieu of 100 more scouting reports. Tomorrow: farm rankings! www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

more coming over the next week:

- prospects 101-200 with superlatives
- farm rankings
- top 10 prospects by team
- bold predictions

Top 100 MLB prospects for 2026: Griffin, McGonigle, more Where do stars of tomorrow such as Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle land as we rank baseball's best young players?

It's Top 100 Day!

The article is stuffed with 25,000 words of tool grades, scouting reports, and notes on the metas that teams are using to find value in scouting and development www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Over 25,000 words in the form of this year's Top 100 prospect list have been handed to the editors.

I'm sure Mets fans don't care much about this right now, but...

I'm finalizing the Top 100 and farm rankings and it works out that, by a tiny margin (i.e. subject to change), this trade takes the Mets farm system from #1 ranked to #6...and also moves the Brewers from #6 to #1.

The Rockies hired Chad MacDonald as Special Assistant/Senior Director of Player Personnel, per source.

He ran draft rooms that selected Trea Turner, Max Fried, Brandon Nimmo, Zach Eflin, Seth Lugo, Hunter Renfroe & Michael Fulmer and has worked with Paul DePodesta & Josh Byrnes.

IF Andy Ibanez has agreed to terms on a one-year big league deal with the Dodgers pending physical, per source.

Ibanez, 32, was non-tendered by the Tigers in November.

Who are MLB's top young stars? Ranking baseball's best players at every age from 16 to 25 Julio Rodriguez or Bobby Witt Jr.? Roman Anthony or Jackson Chourio? We rank baseball's best by birth year.

One of my favorite articles of the year: ranking the top players by birth year!

Also a stealth preview of the upcoming draft (and the two after it) along with the upcoming int'l signing period (and next year's). www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

A 12-player blockbuster? Cy Young signings? Ranking the biggest MLB Christmas week moves Who says the baseball offseason slows down for the holidays? Let's remember some free agent signings and trades.

Will we see the hot stove heat up this week? I ranked the top 10 moves from the week of Christmas since 1990. A great way to remember some guys, like Ryan Klesko! www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Updated contract projections for the top four free agent hitters Pete Alonso and Kyle Schwarber got big bucks for their ability to hit big flies. Here's why it could bring bigger paydays to other available hitters.

Jesse Rogers covered the shifting top of the position player market; I weighed in with updated contract projections www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Forgot to post this: we did a roundtable in the wake of the Diaz/Alonso FA losses for the Mets. What is ahead? Why did this happen? www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

White Sox win 2026 MLB draft lottery! Here's a mini-mock draft predicting the top 5 picks With Chicago landing the No. 1 overall pick for next summer, let's see how the start of the first round could go down.

A five pick mock for the 2026 MLB Draft right after the draft lottery ended! A strong draft that’s rich with position players at the top www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

and yes, I fell for one of this years reliever-to-starter conversion candidates.

Three MLB free agents to invest in -- and three to avoid A bargain starting pitcher? Steer clear of Eugenio Suarez? Here are this winter's players to target and to be wary of, given their projected contracts.

Now for three years in a row, I have given you three free agents I'd sign and three I wouldn't, given what I projected their contracts to be. This year I gave you two bonus players! www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Our trade proposals that would rock MLB's winter meetings Let's spice up the offseason with some blockbusters that we want to see in Orlando next week.

Our writers each proposed a trade for one of the players in the top 25 trade candidates article, 12 trades in total. Mine was a 4-for-1 www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

How good are this year's top Japanese free agents -- and who could sign them? We break down what to expect from Tatsuya Imai, Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma Okamoto in 2026 and where they might land.

Spend the holidays with your family and/or reading what I wrote about the best of this winter’s NPB imports www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

$400 million extension, blockbuster trade or let it ride? MLB insiders break down Tigers' Tarik Skubal options Will the best pitcher in baseball be on the move this offseason? Those in the game offer their advice.

I talked to 11 industry sources and used their insights to break down what Detroit could and should do with Tarik Skubal www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Your guide to MLB free agency: Rankings and contract projections for the top 50 free agents How much will the biggest stars get paid this winter? Kiley McDaniel breaks down the 2025-26 free agent class.

Top 50 Free Agent Rankings w/projected contracts!

Over 10,000 words chock full of industry intel and advanced analysis on the top free agents plus another 150 free agents organized by position.

Also: recapped last winter's total spending + projected this year's total www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Two Blue Jays in the top 3? Ranking the best players in the 2025 World Series Here's how the Dodgers' and Blue Jays' rosters stack up and who is primed to do the most jaw-dropping things on the sport's biggest stage.

I ranked the top 20 players in the World Series and handed out some superlatives for best tools/skills www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

From the Game 1 guy to the six-pitch magician: Your complete guide to the Dodgers' unhittable, ace-filled rotation Snell, Yamamoto, Glasnow and Ohtani have carried L.A. this October. Here's how to appreciate them in the World Series.

Have you wondered how the Dodgers rotation is dominating in the postseason at a time when starting pitchers are less impactful?

I explain what each of them have done to find another gear when the stakes are the highest www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

you can click on it. it's right there.

Our hottest early MLB playoff hot takes: From one pitch deciding October to the Jays averaging ... how many runs per game?! What can we learn from a week of MLB postseason baseball? Enough to make our experts go all-in on their boldest predictions.

I teamed up with 12 of our writers to publish our hot takes for the rest of the playoffs.

I wrote mine before yesterday's game and thankfully it's still possible: www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Breaking down Aaron Judge's early playoff performance: A productive start or another October disappointment? Judge's stat line looks solid -- but his power has gone missing and the Yankees are on the brink of elimination. What gives?

Aaron Judge is hitting, but not hitting for power this postseason. Why?

He was 2nd-best in baseball against a certain type of pitch in the regular season.

He's seen that sort of pitch more often in the postseason and hasn't put one of them in play yet: www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...