Picks to Click on: Who We Anticipate to Make the 2027 Prime 100

It’s frequent for readers to ask which of the gamers who aren’t on this yr’s Prime 100 may grace subsequent yr’s version. Who has an opportunity to actually escape? That is the piece for these readers, our “Picks to Click on,” the gut-feel guys we predict could make the 2027 Prime 100.

That is the ninth yr Eric has carried out this train at FanGraphs, and there are some guidelines. First, not one of the gamers you see beneath could have ever been graded as a 50 FV or higher in any of our write-ups or rankings. Second, we are able to’t choose gamers who we’ve picked in prior years, although we are able to take gamers who different writers have beforehand chosen. As an example, Eric picked Demetrio Crisantes final yr, however he acquired damage and didn’t make this yr’s Prime 100. He can’t choose him once more (although he would if he may), however James or Brendan may in the event that they wished to (although they didn’t). Cam Caminiti, however…

Just a few years in the past, we determined to make this considerably aggressive to see which prospect author finally ends up being proper about essentially the most gamers. Beneath is a quick rundown of how everybody has executed since this piece turned part of Prospect Week; you’ll be able to click on the yr within the “Yr” column to entry that yr’s checklist. Our initials started showing subsequent to our picks in 2021. Within the occasion that a number of writers picked the identical prospect, we’ve got that quantity in parentheses between the person quantities, sort of like a Venn Diagram. We don’t depend “click on echoes” towards our totals, guys who enter the 50-FV tier a number of years after they have been Picks to Click on. Nevertheless, we do depend “click on meteors,” gamers who move via the Prime 100 through the season however then graduate, like Michael Harris II did a few years in the past:

Eric rebounded from a down 2024 and had a success fee proper in keeping with the year-over-year common at 30%, and you would argue it was increased than that as a result of a number of of his picks who didn’t make our Prime 100 may moderately be included on one (Justin Crawford, Cam Caminiti, Aroon Escobar, Theo Gillen, possibly a few others).

We’ve separated the gamers into teams or “sorts” to make the checklist just a little extra digestible, and to present you some thought of the demographics we predict pop-up guys come from. If a participant’s staff prospect checklist has already been printed, or if the participant was written up in full in a latest standalone piece, we hyperlink to it subsequent to their title. For gamers whose org checklist hasn’t been written but, we offer a quick scouting snippet beneath.

This Is What They Look Like
Hayden Alvarez, CF, Los Angeles Angels (BG) – Full Report
Harold Rivas, CF, Boston Crimson Sox (EL)
JoJo Parker, SS, Toronto Blue Jays (EL/BG) – Full Report
Billy Carlson, SS, Chicago White Sox (BG/JF) – Full Report
Steele Corridor, SS, Cincinnati Reds (BG) – Full Report
Xavier Neyens, 3B, Houston Astros (EL)
Gavin Fien, SS, Washington Nationals (BG) – Full Report
Josh Hammond, SS, Kansas Metropolis Royals (JF)
Kevin Alvarez, OF, Houston Astros (BG)
Angeibel Gomez, CF, Kansas Metropolis Royals (EL)
Cris Rodriguez, OF, Detroit Tigers (JF)
Robert Arias, CF, Cleveland Guardians (BG) – Full Report
Mike Sirota, CF, Los Angeles Dodgers (BG) – Full Report

That is at all times the largest and most fruitful group for this train. So many nice huge leaguers have outlier bodily traits, and that is the cluster these guys have a tendency to return from. These younger hitters (principally) are likely to have one or two plus instruments already, and in addition the scale and athleticism to permit us to undertaking that they’ll enhance. Rivas, who hasn’t but turned 18, is the most effective present defender of the outfielders on this group, and his potential excellence in heart area seasons his profile. His swing is mechanically much like Jackson Chourio’s. The 6-foot-4 Neyens signed for simply over $4 million in final yr’s first spherical, has plus energy already at age 19, and may develop into extra. He comes with some hit device threat and the chance that he’s finally a 3rd baseman or proper fielder. Hammond was a two-way prospect who Eric preferred higher as a pitcher within the 2025 draft, so accordingly his hit device may take fairly a little bit of time. However as a place participant, he’s a superlative low-to-the-ground athlete at quick, with plus energy potential. Alvarez is a long-levered Cuban outfielder who laid waste to the DSL in 2025. He has big energy potential. Gomez was ranked third among the many worldwide prospects who signed in January, however was constantly pointed to by sources because the participant from the category who had most dramatically improved through the dedication window. He signed for practically $3 million and has a shot to be a do-everything heart fielder. Rodriguez has nearly definitely posted the final .300 batting common season of his life, however he popped 10 dingers in 50 DSL video games final yr whereas placing up 108 mph Ninetieth-percentile exit velocities as a 17-year-old. The bones of his hit device aren’t nice, but when he can simply put a dent in that entire 40% chase fee he’s acquired occurring, it’ll be adequate to entry his unholy ranges of uncooked juice.

This Is What They Look Like: Arms Version
Luke Sinnard, RHP, Atlanta Braves (EL)
Trey Gregory-Alford, RHP, Los Angeles Angels (EL/BG) – Full Report
Esteban Mejia, RHP, Baltimore Orioles (EL)
Kash Mayfield, LHP, San Diego Padres (BG)
Bishop Letson, RHP Milwaukee Brewers (EL/JF) – Full Report
Christian Zazueta, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers (EL/JF) – Full Report
Johnny King, LHP, Toronto Blue Jays (EL/BG) – Full Report
Dasan Hill, LHP, Minnesota Twins (EL)

Sinnard is 6-foot-8 and he has barely performed baseball (he solely began throughout his senior yr of highschool and had only one wholesome yr at Indiana), however he’s thrown strikes when wholesome although he’s including pitches. He may very well be a four-pitch mid-rotation man if he continues on his present trajectory. Mejia, a 6-foot-3 18-year-old, has elite arm expertise. The best way his physique unwinds to create elite velocity (he’ll contact 102) is unimaginable, however nonetheless at present uncontrolled. If issues “click on” for him, he’ll be a 55 FV by the top of the yr. Mayfield was a pop-up choose within the 2024 draft, when San Diego pounced on him within the first spherical. He’s a big, low-slot lefty with a mean fastball and plus-plus change. He had an uneven and injury-plagued 2025, however was beginning to work deeper into video games by August; extra size and breaking ball growth will likely be key. A thin 6-foot-5, Hill had an enormous velo spike between his junior and senior years of highschool and has been residing within the 94-97 mph vary ever since. His fastball performs down a bit as a result of form and airplane, however each of Hill’s secondaries generated plus miss and chase final yr. He must throw extra strikes.

Surgeons
Gary Gill Hill, SP, Tampa Bay Rays (EL/JF)
Zach Thornton, LHP, New York Mets (EL)
Bryce Mayer, RHP, Houston Astros (JF)
Braylon Doughty, Cleveland Guardians, RHP (EL/BG) – Full Report
Wei-En Lin, LHP, Athletics (EL)
Owen Murphy, RHP, Atlanta Braves (BG)

Eric and James have been most likely much more Gary Gill Hill-pilled this time final yr than they’re now, as GGH permitting a contact fee over 80% in Excessive-A wasn’t fairly the leap they hoped for. However he’s an athletic 21-year-old with a repeatable supply who simply ran a 5.3% stroll fee in over 130 innings of labor in 2025. Thornton, a strike-thrower with mild stuff when he was drafted out of Grand Canyon, had a sub-1.00 WHIP in 52 Double-A innings final yr. He sat 91 final yr (greater than in school), and if that takes one other step this yr, we’d see Thornton within the huge leagues rapidly. Mayer’s velo is simply common, he’s 24 and has solely simply reached Double-A, he has but to cowl 100 innings in a season, and he wants a greater changeup. However the dude can pitch. After present process TJ in school and having a disjointed draft yr at Mizzou, he confirmed above-average command in 2025, and his fastball performed like a weapon because of good journey and a flat method angle. Lin didn’t make the Prime 100 as a result of his secondary stuff is tender. However his fastball performs, and his physique and supply are rather a lot like Jose Quintana’s. If he can add some energy to these breaking balls, he’ll be a secure no. 4 starter prospect a yr from now. Murphy, one other Braves arm on our Prime 100 lengthy checklist, has overwhelmed low-minors hitters since he was drafted in 2022. Tommy John surgical procedure value him a lot of the final two years, although he seemed sharp late final summer season. He may have plus command of a mixture of common and above-average stuff.

Swap-Hitters
Jansel Luis, 3B, Arizona Diamondbacks (BG) – Full Report
Yairo Padilla, SS, St. Louis Cardinals (EL) – Full Report
Dorian Soto, SS, Boston Crimson Sox (EL/BG/JF)
Devin Fitz-Gerald, INF, Washington Nationals (JF) – Full Report

Soto is an exceptionally twitchy shortstop with really feel to hit, and as you’ll be able to maybe infer from how all three of us nominated him, he’s one of many DSL graduates we’re most excited to see come stateside in 2026.

2025 Draftees
Tanner Franklin, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals (JF) – Full Report
Jamie Arnold, LHP, Athletics (EL/BG)
Marcus Phillips, RHP, Boston Crimson Sox (EL)
Anthony Eyanson, RHP, Boston Crimson Sox (EL)
Marek Houston, SS, Minnesota Twins (EL)

Arnold entered the 2025 school season as a possible 1:1 choose. Inconsistent fastball really feel (sub-50% zone fee, sub-60% strikes) scared us away from hondo’ing him this checklist cycle; a command bounce again would totally enable his monster slider to play and will propel him via the minors rapidly. Phillips has late-bloomer traits (he was a South Dakota excessive schooler and two-way JUCO man earlier than he went to Tennessee) and appears like an outdoor linebacker coming at you down the mound at 6-foot-4, 250 kilos. He has energy stuff and is now in an org that’s nice at teasing the most effective out of its pitchers. Eyanson, who’s popping out of LSU, has extra of a reliever’s mechanical look, however his stuff is funkier and is likely to be just a little nastier. Houston is a contact-oriented shortstop who, at 6-foot-3, may nonetheless have energy on the way in which although he was a university draftee out of Wake Forest.

Monster Breaking Ball
Landon Harmon, RHP, Washington Nationals (EL)
Ben Hess, New York Yankees (EL/BG)
Keyner Martinez, RHP, San Francisco Giants (BG)
Cam Caminiti, LHP, Atlanta Braves (BG)
Ryan Forcucci, RHP, Houston Astros (JF)
Joey Oakie, RHP, Cleveland Guardians (JF) – Full Report
Anthony Nunez, RHP, Baltimore Orioles (EL)

Harmon, a Mississippi excessive schooler who signed for $2.5 million in 2025, has an influence pitcher’s vertical fastball/breaking ball assault at a sturdy 6-foot-5. Let’s see what sort of offspeed pitch he can discover. Hess is a big lad at 6-foot-5 and 255 kilos. He’s extra athletic than he seems to be, and has a path to 3 above-average pitches. We’d prefer to see him command the ball to either side of the plate, as he’s principally glove-side presently. Martinez was a pop-up arm on the Arizona advanced final yr. A great athlete, he touches 97 and flashes a plus slider. Caminiti, the cousin of late big-leaguer Ken Caminiti, was nonetheless 17 when Atlanta chosen him within the first spherical of the 2024 draft. The Braves have taken it slowly with the younger lefty, who labored about 4 innings per outing final yr. He has a stable fastball/slider basis, and if he’s capable of refine his change and construct stamina in 2026, he’ll be in fine condition for leaping onto our checklist. Forcucci hasn’t pitched in an expert sport since blowing out 5 superior begins into his draft yr at San Diego in 2024, however he has a workhorse starter’s body and was rising into a conventional energy supinator’s arsenal. Nunez was drafted as a highschool shortstop in 2019, launched in 2021, then used an NCAA rule exemption (which states that prime faculty signees can return to a college with baseball as long as it’s not Division-I) to attend Division-II College of Tampa, the place he started his journey to the mound. He doesn’t throw all that tough, however he instructions an unimaginable slider and has a great cutter that retains hitters off of his fastball. If he ever has a velo spike, look out.

Catchers
Nathan Flewelling, C, Tampa Bay Rays (EL)
Leonardo Bernal, C, St. Louis Cardinals (BG) – Full Report
Ramon Ramirez, C, Kansas Metropolis Royals (BG)

Flewelling was one of many youthful excessive schoolers within the 2024 draft class, a power-hitting lefty bat whose swing has huge hip and shoulder separation and explosion. He entered professional ball needing a ton of labor on protection and hopefully on the finish of his second full yr, he’ll have made actual progress. The Royals may change one catcher on the 100 with one other subsequent yr, as Ramirez’s well-rounded sport and energy potential had him on the lengthy checklist for this yr. We need to see him keep the offensive prowess he confirmed in 2025 at a better stage, and ideally proceed to progress along with his throwing accuracy.

6-Foot or Much less
Charles Davalan, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers (EL) – Full Report
Roc Riggio, 2B, Colorado Rockies (EL)
Victor Arias, CF, Toronto Blue Jays (BG) – Full Report
Kendry Chourio, RHP, Kansas Metropolis Royals (BG) – Full Report
Joseph Sullivan, OF, Houston Astros (JF)
Elian Peña, 3B, New York Mets (EL)
James Tibbs III, RF, Los Angeles Dodgers (JF) – Full Report

Riggio is a short-levered, lefty-hitting second baseman with above-average energy and plate self-discipline. Although he’s a great defender, he’s not the form of athlete who could be a utilityman; he must hit sufficient to be an on a regular basis second baseman. Sullivan was a small-school star at Southern Alabama with too many quirks for Prime 100 inclusion this yr (passive method, ‘tweener outfielder construct). But when a supply was appropriate once they lately accused FanGraphs’ prospect staff of being “drunk on instruments,” he could be an instance of residing our fact. He’s a freak athlete with numerous soccer in his household historical past, as each his father and grandfather performed quarterback within the SEC, and he’s already accessing above-average energy. Peña acquired the highest bonus within the 2025 worldwide class at $5 million and had an amazing debut season, with a .949 OPS. He’s already very bodily and may find yourself within the 3B/1B realm pretty early in his 20s, however he has critical thunder in his palms and pure really feel for airborne contact.

Two-Yr Dart Throws
Final yr, Eric launched “Two-Yr Dart Throws,” a bit the place we try and determine gamers we like fairly a bit, however who’re too inexperienced to anticipate to interrupt out inside the yr. Eric’s inaugural checklist is beneath, adopted by this yr’s crop. We’re nonetheless getting a really feel for tips on how to finest determine candidates for these little 10-player lists (past them being guys who’re merely rawer variations of the gamers we already like), what constitutes good efficiency, or how we are able to rating/compete with one another. Right here’s we’ll notice {that a} man is likely to be a Decide to Click on for certainly one of us and a Dart Throw for another person.

2025 Two-Yr Darts (All Eric)
Eriandys Ramon, 3B, Chicago Cubs
Josh Knoth, RHP, Milwaukee Brewers
Anderson Brito, SP, Tampa Bay Rays
Tyson Lewis, SS, Cincinatti Reds
David Matoma, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates
Hyun-Seok Jang, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers
Yohanfer Santana, RHP Miami Marlins
Sheng-En Lin, RHP, Cincinnati Reds
Asbel Gonzalez, OF, Kansas Metropolis Royals
Humberto Cruz, RHP, San Diego Padres

2026 Two-Yr Darts Throws
Riley Fast, RHP, Minnesota Twins (EL)
Adrian Pena, RHP, Miami Marlins (EL)
Marlon Nieves, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers (EL)
Sadbiel Delzine, RHP, Boston Crimson Sox (EL)
Kevin Alvarez, OF, Houston Astros (EL)
Juan Sanchez, 3B, Toronto Blue Jays (EL/BG)
Nick Becker, SS, Seattle Mariners (EL)
Angel De Los Santos, SS, Detroit Tigers (BG)
Gabriel Rodriguez, SS, Cleveland Guardians (EL)
Haritzon Castillo, INF, Minnesota Twins (EL)

Supply Picks
Lastly, one other latest addition to this piece has been to ask our scout sources who they suppose will “click on” this yr. Their solutions are jumbled beneath with a sign given if a number of sources named the participant.

Christian Zazueta, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers x3
JD Dix, INF, Arizona Diamondbacks x3
Devin Fitz-Gerald, INF, Washington Nationals x3
Zach Thornton, LHP, New York Mets x2
Harold Rivas, OF, Boston Crimson Sox x2
Yairo Padilla, SS, St. Louis Cardinals x2
Dasan Hill, LHP, Minnesota Twins x2
Braylon Doughty, RHP Cleveland Guardians x2
Charles Davalan, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers x2
Luis Lara, CF, Milwaukee Brewers x2
Diego Tornes, OF, Atlanta Braves x2
A.J. Ewing, CF, New York Mets x2
Luis De La Torre, LHP, San Francisco Giants x2
Aroon Escobar, INF, Philadelphia Phillies
Hayden Alvarez, CF, Los Angeles Angels
Kennew Blanco, INF, Toronto Blue Jays
Sammy Stafura, SS, Pittsburgh Pirates
Kash Mayfield, LHP, San Diego Padres
Justin Gonzales, 1B/OF, Boston Crimson Sox
Malachi Witherspoon, RHP, Detroit Tigers
Gage Wooden, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies
Juan Valera, RHP, Boston Crimson Sox
Nien-Hsi Yang, RHP, San Francisco Giants
Yandel Ricardo, SS, Kansas Metropolis Royals
Cam Caminiti, LHP, Atlanta Braves
Parks Harber, 3B, San Francisco Giants
Anthony Eyanson, RHP, Boston Crimson Sox
Ethan Frey, OF, Houston Astros
Jaitoine Kelly, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks
Landon Harmon, RHP, Washington Nationals
Juneiker Caceres, OF, Cleveland Guardians
Enddy Azocar, OF, Boston Crimson Sox
Johan De Los Santos, INF, Pittsburgh Pirates
Jonathon Lengthy, 1B/3B, Chicago Cubs
Nelson Rada, CF, Los Angeles Angels
Francisco Renteria, OF, Philadephia Phillies
Santiago Suarez, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays
Kevin Alvarez, OF, Houston Astros
James Tibbs III, RF, Los Angeles Dodgers
Angeibel Gomez, OF, Kansas Metropolis Royals
Mitch Voit, 2B, New York Mets
Freddy Contreras, RHP, Kansas Metropolis Royals
Jackson Lovich, SS, New York Yankees
Kane Kepley, OF, Chicago Cubs
Nate Furman, 2B, San Francisco Giants
Slade Caldwell, OF, Arizona Diamondbacks
Dillon Lewis, OF, Miami Marlins
Jacob Bresnahan, LHP, San Francisco Giants
David Shields, LHP, Kansas Metropolis Royals
Alberto Laroche, RHP, San Francisco Giants
Griffin Herring, LHP, Colorado Rockies
Luke Adams, 1B, Milwaukee Brewers
JoJo Parker, SS, Toronto Blue Jays
Jaden Fauske, LF, Chicago White Sox
Andrew Fischer, 3B, Milwaukee Brewers
Sean Gamble, 2B, Kansas CIty Royals
Josh Adamczewski, OF, Milwaukee Brewers
Ramon Marquez, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies
Seaver King, SS, Washington Nationals
Jared Thomas, OF, Colorado Rockies
Nathan Flewelling, C, Tampa Bay Rays
Boston Bateman, LHP, Baltimore Orioles
Landon Harmon, RHP, Washington Nationals
Joseph Dzierwa, LHP, Balitmore Orioles
Marco Dinges, C, Milwaukee Brewers
Anderson Brito, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays
Johnny King, LHP, Toronto Blue Jays
Tucker Musgrove, RHP, San Diego Padres
Allen Facundo, LHP, New York Yankees
Silvano Hechavarria, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays
John Gil, SS, Atlanta Braves
Andres Valor, OF, Miami Marlins
Josh Hartle, LHP, Cleveland Guardians
Angeibel Gomez, OF, Kansas Metropolis Royals
Nathan Flewelling, C, Tampa Bay Rays
Kelvis Salcedo, RHP Detroit Tigers
Braden Nett, RHP, Athletics
Brady Ebel, SS, Milwaukee Brewers
Chase Shores, Los Angeles Angels
Yoel Tejeda Jr., RHP, Washington Nationals