MLB 2026 Draft ~ Mocks, Rankings, Discussions and More
Posted: 11 Dec 2025 19:00 pm
several more mocks trickled in today. And I'm NOT going to make a thread for each individual mock. I won't be maintaining this during the Spring, but you all can use this if you want to keep a centralized location for all things MLB Draft, it makes following so much easier, in my humble opinion...it's your choice.
Thought I'd give a nod to a great poster here on CT, 82birds, he always liked Draft Threads and a place for Mocks and such. 82birds is one of the best of us on this Forum. Thanks, bro, for always making me fill welcomed when I first started out here. And thanks for all the discussions on Prospects, College kids, HS kids throughout the year. As well as the Minor Leagues.
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Anyways...the mocks...they're all over the place, but this early, I believe that's a good thing. It gives us a chance to get to know all the potential picks and who would be a proper prospect to follow.
I've always believed BA, Prep Baseball and ProspectsLive give the best coverage of the Draft all year long. Unfortunately, I let my PL sub expire, and won't be around to use it if I had it, so I have nothing for you from them.
New Mocks :
PrepBaseball ~ 13th Cardinals ~ Derek Curiel, OF, LSU ; 32nd Cardinals ~ Aiden Ruiz, SS, Stony Brooks HS (NY ~ Vandy commit)
https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/news ... mock-draft
Scouting on Ruiz from MLB.com https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026 ... uiz-830855
PB has a clickable scouting report on Curiel. MLB.com's https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026 ... iel-815156
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Battery Power (Braves Blog) ~ 13th Cardinals ~ Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech .... https://www.batterypower.com/atlanta-br ... mock-draft
https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026 ... ess-806039 Buress' MLB.com scouting report
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BleacherNation ~ 13th Cardinals ~ A.J. Gracia, OF, Virginia ....https://www.bleachernation.com/mlb/2025 ... mock-rd-1/
https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026 ... cia-806088 Gracia's MLB.com scouting report
Note ~ Kudos to Bleachernation for courageous restraint in NOT mocking Cholowsky 23rd overall to the Cubs. LOL. Those who've followed their mocks throughout the years, they seem to try and mock top prospects to the Cubs....Wetherholt, Holliday, Seth Hernandez, Condon, Bazanna, Skenes.
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And I'll repost BA's and MLBpipeline (MLB.com) mocks for you
BA: 13th Cardinals, Tyler Spangler, SS, De La Salle HS (California)
Spangler's MLB.com scouting report https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026 ... ler-828811
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MLBPipeline ~ 13th Cardinals, A.J. Gracia, OF, Virginia
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you likely won't see anymore mocks until March and April....those will be from the usual suspects like BA, Justbaseball, and PrepBaseball...also, Bleachnation will give you a weekly update from March on as well...but I urge you to read it with caution and humor filled laugh.
Enjoy
Crav.
Thought I'd give a nod to a great poster here on CT, 82birds, he always liked Draft Threads and a place for Mocks and such. 82birds is one of the best of us on this Forum. Thanks, bro, for always making me fill welcomed when I first started out here. And thanks for all the discussions on Prospects, College kids, HS kids throughout the year. As well as the Minor Leagues.
---------------
Anyways...the mocks...they're all over the place, but this early, I believe that's a good thing. It gives us a chance to get to know all the potential picks and who would be a proper prospect to follow.
I've always believed BA, Prep Baseball and ProspectsLive give the best coverage of the Draft all year long. Unfortunately, I let my PL sub expire, and won't be around to use it if I had it, so I have nothing for you from them.
New Mocks :
PrepBaseball ~ 13th Cardinals ~ Derek Curiel, OF, LSU ; 32nd Cardinals ~ Aiden Ruiz, SS, Stony Brooks HS (NY ~ Vandy commit)
https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/news ... mock-draft
Scouting on Ruiz from MLB.com https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026 ... uiz-830855
PB has a clickable scouting report on Curiel. MLB.com's https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026 ... iel-815156
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Battery Power (Braves Blog) ~ 13th Cardinals ~ Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech .... https://www.batterypower.com/atlanta-br ... mock-draft
https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026 ... ess-806039 Buress' MLB.com scouting report
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BleacherNation ~ 13th Cardinals ~ A.J. Gracia, OF, Virginia ....https://www.bleachernation.com/mlb/2025 ... mock-rd-1/
https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026 ... cia-806088 Gracia's MLB.com scouting report
Note ~ Kudos to Bleachernation for courageous restraint in NOT mocking Cholowsky 23rd overall to the Cubs. LOL. Those who've followed their mocks throughout the years, they seem to try and mock top prospects to the Cubs....Wetherholt, Holliday, Seth Hernandez, Condon, Bazanna, Skenes.
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And I'll repost BA's and MLBpipeline (MLB.com) mocks for you
BA: 13th Cardinals, Tyler Spangler, SS, De La Salle HS (California)
Spangler's MLB.com scouting report https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026 ... ler-828811
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MLBPipeline ~ 13th Cardinals, A.J. Gracia, OF, Virginia
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you likely won't see anymore mocks until March and April....those will be from the usual suspects like BA, Justbaseball, and PrepBaseball...also, Bleachnation will give you a weekly update from March on as well...but I urge you to read it with caution and humor filled laugh.
Enjoy
Crav.
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