Sunday, November 01

MLB's High School All-American Game may be only six years old but it already has a rich history.

Young big league standouts Roman Anthony, Cade Horton, Tyler Soderstrom and Cole Young all played in the game. The two best prospects in baseball, shortstops Konnor Griffin (Pirates) and Kevin McGonigle (Tigers), did so as well. As did the top selection in the 2025 Draft, Nationals shortstop Eli Willits, and a leading contender to go No. 1 in the 2026 Draft, UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky.

Forty-one top prep prospects will compete in this year's All-American Game, which will take place at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET tonight at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The game will stream live on MLB.com and the MLB app, and will be broadcast on MLB Network at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday. I'm looking forward to calling the came with Gregg Caserta, Sande Charles and Cole Tucker.

Last year's contest featured seven 2025 first-rounders and the current rosters are loaded as usual. Here are six players in particular worth watching:

Grady Emerson, SS, Argyle HS (Flower Mound, Texas)

The consensus top high school prospect for 2026, Emerson is an advanced left-handed hitter who makes quality swing decisions and should grow into at least 25-homer power. He's athletic with plus speed and a strong arm, leaving no doubt that he can remain at shortstop.

Brady Harris, OF, Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Harris generates some of the best bat speed and raw power in the prep crop, but he's more than just a masher. He has a track record of hitting against top competition, and his plus speed and strong arm make him a quality center fielder.

Jacob Lombard, SS, Gulliver Prep (Miami, Fla.)

Emerson's biggest challenge for the top spot among 2026 high school prospects, Lombard doesn't have quite the same hitting ability but may have more power and speed. He's the son of former big leaguer and current Tigers bench coach George Lombard Sr. and the brother of Yankees shortstop prospect George Lombard Jr. George Jr. ranks No. 25 on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 -- and Jacob is considered better at the same stage.

Kevin Roberts, OF/RHP, Jackson Prep (Flowood, Miss.)

Roberts hails from the same high school as Griffin and is a two-way star in his own right. He already shows 30-30 potential as a center fielder and has a ton of projection remaining in his 6-foot-5, 217-pound frame. As with Griffin, his future is as a position player, but he can run his fastball up to 94 mph.

Gio Rojas, LHP, Stoneman Douglas HS (Parkland, Fla.)

The best prep lefty in the 2026 class, Rojas has a smooth delivery that produces fastballs up to 97 mph with good carry. He also has a low-80s slider with plenty of horizontal action and a fading changeup with significant fade in the opposite direction.

Savion Sims, RHP, Santa Fe HS (Edmond, Okla.)

Sims rivals Rojas for the distinction of being the top high school pitching prospect for 2026. He's definitely the most imposing presence in the crop with his 6-foot-8 frame and a fastball that reaches triple digits. There's plenty of room to add muscle to his frame, so he could throw even harder, and he also owns a mid-80s slider.

Which player blasted a 450-foot home run at the 2021 High School All-American Game at Coors Field?

A. Roman Anthony
B. Termarr Johnson
C. Jared Jones
D. Jason Torres

• MLB Pipeline has updated its Top 100 Prospects list, Top 10 positional rankings and organization Top 30s. Sam Dykstra has all of the details and pertinent links here.
• In a related story, the Pipeline crew highlighted a prospect from each farm system whose stock has surged in 2025.
• Rockies shortstop Ethan Holliday, the No. 4 overall pick in the 2025 Draft, is getting his first taste of pro ball in bridge league action in Arizona. Thomas Harding was on hand to watch him crush a triple and talk to him about the start of his journey to the Majors.

The No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 Draft, Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper reached Double-A as an 18-year-old midway through his pro debut the following year. He had homered just once in his first 31 games for the Harrisburg Senators when he came to the plate in the ninth inning on Aug. 12, 2011. Trailing, 2-1, and with a runner on base, he crushed a full-count breaking ball from the Trenton Thunder's Ryan Pope 480 feet for a dramatic victory and the longest home run in Metro Bank Park (now FNB Field) history. Harper would go on to win National League Rookie of the Year Award honors in 2012 and has gone deep 353 times thus far in his big league career.

A. Roman Anthony

The current Red Sox rookie sensation struck out in his first four at-bats at the 2021 High School All-American Game. Then Anthony capped the American League's 8-3 victory with a 450-foot home run to right-center in the ninth inning, with his shot screaming out of the park at 105 mph. The game's MVP was Torres, who went 3-for-5 with a homer and five RBIs, and he spent this spring at the University of Alabama. Jones put on the biggest show in batting practice but went 0-for-2 in the game, then won two College World Series in three years at Louisiana State before becoming a ninth-round pick of the Pirates last month. Johnson was the top hitter for the National League team, going 2-for-2 with a pair of walks, and went fourth overall in the 2022 Draft to Pittsburgh.

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