Scouting The 2026, 2027 High School Draft Class, MLB Promotions | Future Projection


Image credit: LHP Gio Rojas (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images)
On this week’s episode of Future Projection, Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo talk about Ben’s most recent scouting trip, where he saw some of the top 2026, 2027 and 2028 class high school players in the country. The two talk about a handful of the biggest major league promotions of the last week, think about Jacob Wilson’s season and how that could impact how we view Marek Houston, talk through MacKenzie Gore’s season and the ETAs of high-end prep arms and also briefly discuss the upcoming MLB Draft combine.
Time Stamps
- (0:00) Ben’s 2026 scouting experience
- (6:00) Gio Rojas as a standout prep lefty
- (10:25) MacKenzie Gore & HS pitching timelines
- (19:30) Denton Lord, Noah Wilson, Malachi Washington
- (23:05) Cole Prosek
- (27:30) Standout 2027 names
- (38:30) Kaiden McCarthy
- (42:30) Big league promotions
- (45:00) Jacob Misiorowski
- (48:00) Kyle Teel
- (51:00) Kayson Cunningham
- (56:00) Jacob Wilson vs. Marek Houston
- (1:05:00) Christian Moore
- (1:08:00) MLB Combine talk
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