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The Latest Top 150 Commitments

Oregon State

Julian Sabourin, the top righthander in Canada and No. 2 player in that country, committed to Oregon State. Sabourin is extremely young for the 2026 class—he just turned 16 a month ago, so he will still be 17 on draft day—but he piles up empty swings at a high clip. The No. 45 player in the 2026 class is 6-foot-2, 180 pounds with a fastball up to 92 mph, an advanced slider and feel for a changeup.

LSU

LSU landed a pair of top 150 commits with outfielder Nathaneal Davis (No. 49) and righthander Lawson McLeod (No. 112). Davis elevated his stock throughout the summer with his mix of athleticism, ability to play a premium position and strong offensive performance. He’s a 6-foot, 180-pound lefty with plus speed and a short swing, using the whole field with a line-drive approach and gap power.

McLeod jumps out immediately at 6-foot-6, 215 pounds and already has a power arm for his age with more projection to add to a fastball that’s up to 94 mph with downhill plane. The duo joins infielder Parker Loew and lefthander Colt Christman as fellow top 150 players in LSU’s recruiting class.

Texas

First-year Texas coach Jim Schlossnagle inherited a recruiting class that already included Brady Murrietta, one of the best catchers in the 2026 class. Now, the Longhorns have added two more top 100 players in the 2026 class with commitments this month from shortstop/righthander James Jorgensen and center fielder Trent Maybin.

Jorgensen, an in-state recruit who attends Jesuit College Prep School of Dallas, is 6 feet, 187 pounds with a strong offensive track record and good contact skills from a quick righthanded stroke. The No. 60 player in the 2026 class, Jorgensen is also up to the low-90s on the mound with the ability to get empty swings when he elevates. Maybin, previously a Duke commit, is the son of former big league center fielder Cameron Maybin. The No. 98 player in the class, Maybin is 6-foot-2, 180 pounds, an excellent athlete and one of the better defensive outfielders in the country.

Tennessee

Righthander Gannon Grant (No. 56 for 2026) committed to Tennessee on Sept. 23. Grant, who is from Indiana, made a huge jump this summer onto the national scene. He’s 6-foot-1, 175 pounds with a starter’s look, mixing a fastball that touches 93 mph with a tight slider and a heavy changeup, both of which should be bat-missing weapons at the next level. Grant is the sixth top 150 commit for the Volunteers, joining shortstops Steele Hall (their top commit at No. 30), Jaxson Wood, Colten Springall, Jack Dugan and third baseman Brady Marshall.

Texas A&M

Texas A&M landed its top recruit so far with a commitment from outfielder Ryan Harwood, the No. 64 player for 2026. Harwood has the upside to develop into a middle-of-the-order hitter for the program. He has a tall, strong frame (6-foot-3, 215 pounds) and a compact lefthanded swing with the ability to drive the ball for extra-base damage, fitting in either corner outfield spot at the next level.

Kentucky

Kentucky picked up a commitment this week from Rob Czarniecki, an outfielder from Indiana ranked No. 75 in the 2026 class. Czarniecki, the MVP of Prep Baseball Report’s Future Games in July, is 6-foot-2, 200 pounds with a short righthanded swing, good bat-to-ball skills and the mix of bat speed and strength to drive the ball out of the park. He’s a plus runner who could stick in center field at the collegiate level. Czarniecki is the top player in Kentucky’s 2026 recruiting class, joining righthander Gary Gibson (No. 100) and Sammy Swank (No. 102) as top 150 commits.

Clemson

Clemson added a pair of top 150 recruits for 2026 this month with commitments from infielder Louis Hernandez and righthander Chase Kiker, who rank back-to-back at No. 108 and 109, respectively. A Florida native, Hernandez is a strong, lean 6-foot-4, 200-pound frame with big righthanded power. He’s athletic for his size, with time at shortstop and third base, the latter of which being his most likely defensive home at the next level. Kiker is the top pitching recruit in what is shaping up to be a formidable 2026 class for the Tigers. The North Carolina righthander is 6-foot-1, 190 pounds with a fastball up to 94 mph and a short, tight slider that induced swing-and-miss at a high clip over the summer.

Those two add to a 2026 class for Clemson that already includes center fielder Sterling Coaxum (No. 40), outfielder Jaxon Matthews (No. 52) and a wild card in outfielder Tait Reynolds, the No. 90 player in the class and also a big-time quarterback recruit for the school’s football team.

Mississippi State

Landon Brown, the No. 150 player in the 2026 class, committed to Mississippi State. A righthander from Texas, Brown is 6-foot-2, 195 pounds and can touch 93 mph with a lively, tailing fastball and a mid-70 slider that can get swing-and-miss.

Ole Miss

In the 2025 class, righthander Blake Ilitch, one of the top uncommitted players, committed to Mississippi. Ilitch, who is from Detroit, is 6-foot-4, 210 pounds with a fastball that’s up to 94 mph. It’s a good mix of stuff and pitchability for Ilitch, who has feel for multiple secondary pitches that he can land in the zone and use to miss bats, including a mid-to-upper 70s curveball, a harder slider in the low-80s and a splitter.

Ilitch is the top pitcher in the 2025 recruiting class for Ole Miss, which has a talented group of hitters for next year with shortstop Coy James and outfielders Cannon Goldin, Bryden Bull and Griffin Enis.

More Recent Commitments To Watch

North Carolina

North Carolina bolstered its 2026 recruiting class with a series of recent commitments. That group includes Joseph Lawson, a catcher/righthander from Florida. Lawson pitched and hit for the Nationals team last month at the Area Code Games underclass event. He has a strong 6-foot-2, 200-pound frame, pitching in the upper-80s and leaning heavily on a mid-70s curveball with good depth that generated an abundance of swing-and-miss throughout the summer.

Righthanders Aaron Jaquez and Nick Rumbley also committed to the Tar Heels. Jaquez, who is from Colorado, is 6-foot-4, 205 pounds, has touched 91 mph and drew a lot of empty swings at events this summer on his sharp, low-80s slider that has two-plane depth. Rumbley is an in-state recruit at Rockingham County High in Reidsville who stands out for his size at 6-foot-6, 210 pounds and potential to add to a fastball that touches 90 mph.

North Carolina also added a pair of outfielders to its recruiting class: William Myhand and Harrison Ailshie. Myhand is a 6-foot, 185-pound lefty with a disciplined offensive approach. He typically stays within the strike zone and has a knack for being on time, resulting in a high contact rate with the ability to use the whole field. Ailshie, an in-state recruit at East Rowan High in Salisbury, is an aggressive lefthanded hitter at 6-foot-1, 185 pounds with a short swing that stays behind the ball well and is coming off a strong summer on the travel circuit.

Texas

It’s been a busy month for Texas. In addition to Jorgensen and Maybin, the Longhorns received commitments from several other notable players in the class of 2026.

Shortstop Reiston Durham is 6 feet, 170 pounds and an athletic mover with good actions and body control at shortstop, showing the defensive tools to handle a middle infield spot. He has a simple lefthanded swing and performed well throughout the summer. Texas also picked up an in-state commitment from 2026 third baseman Easton Autrey at Corsicana High. Autrey is a strong, physical player at 6-foot-5, 225 pounds with a chance to hit for big power from the left side.

The Longhorns also made a run on southpaws, getting commitments from several lefthanders.

Matthew Manis, who goes to Memorial High in Houston, is 6 feet, 185 pounds with a fastball that reaches the low-90s and feel to spin a mid-to-upper 70s breaking ball. He used that combination to generate a lot of swing-and-miss this summer, including a strong look at the PBR Future Games where he struck out four of the seven batters he faced. Phinn Waters is 6 feet, 195 pounds with an aggressive delivery and a fastball up to 91 mph. He pitches heavily off his fastball and gets a high dose of swing-and-miss on that pitch, especially up in the zone, with his go-to secondary pitch being a slider that flashes sharp action at times. Tucker Thompson is able to generate impressive velocity from his 5-foot-11, 165-pound frame without much effort, running his fastball up to 92 mph and creating tough angle from his crossfire delivery and low-slot release. Bryce Krenek is 6-foot-2, 215 pounds, pitches in the mid-80s with his fastball and leans heavily on his slider that’s an effective weapon against lefties with its sweep across the zone.

Ole Miss

A pair of shortstops from South Carolina committed to Mississippi. One is William Cutshall, who is 6-foot-2, 190 pounds with a high-contact bat from the right side. He’s young for the class, with good hand-eye coordination that leads to a lot of balls in play, gap power and a strong arm. The second, Taj Marchand, is another player who is young for the 2026 class. Marchand, who will still be 17 on draft day, put the ball in play at a high clip this summer with an aggressive approach from the right side. He has a knack for making hard contact that should only grow as he fills out his wiry 6-foot-1, 175-pound frame.

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State added two intriguing arms to its 2026 recruiting class, including rigthander Jack Laubacher from California. Laubacher has experience at shortstop and the outfield, but he is particularly interesting on the mound. At 5-foot-10, 175 pounds, he doesn’t have the prototypical tall, projectable frame, but he has a quick arm with a fastball that touched 92 mph last month at the Area Code Games underclass event, where he struck out three of the seven batters he faced without allowing a hit and got empty swings with both his slider and changeup. Righthander Cash Scarborough also committed to Oklahoma State. Scarborough has similar size (5-foot-10, 170 pounds) with a fastball that has reached 90 mph from a sound delivery with good arm action. He shows feel to spin a low-to-mid 70 slider that’s his best secondary pitch.

Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt added a pair of shortstops to its 2026 class, including a commitment from Gunner Skelton, an in-state recruit at Columbia Academy in Tennessee. Skelton is 6 feet, 190 pounds with a good mix of bat speed and hand-eye coordination to make frequent contact from the right side of the plate. He showed that in July at the PBR Future Games, where he pulled an inner-third fastball for a home run. Jackson Melconian, a shortstop from Pennsylvania, also committed to Vanderbilt. He’s a talented defender at shortstop, where he is light on his feet with smooth actions, soft hands and a quick transfer.

Clemson

The Tigers received a commitment from 2026 righthander Carson Adomnik. He has good projection indicators starting with his long, lean build at 6-foot-5, 195 pounds. It’s a frame that has a lot of space left to fill out and should allow him to add to a fastball that’s up to 91 mph with good carry to get whiffs up in the zone. There us a starter’s look with Adomnik, and he flashes feel for a mid-70s curveball and a changeup that has good action and separation off his fastball.

Georgia Tech

Ryan Engle, a recent Georgia Tech commit, has an intriguing two-way look as an outfielder and lefthander. He’s long and lean at 6-foot-5, 190 pounds, taking a fairly quiet swing for a long-levered young hitter. There’s a chance for him to grow into big power, something he already flashed this summer when he hit a fastball out for an opposite-field home run during the National Program Invitational in June at LakePoint in Georgia. Engle moves well for his size, with solid-average speed and an above-average arm. The arm strength plays well on the mound, where Engle is up to 92 mph. Like most young pitchers his size, he’s still learning to sync everything up to throw more strikes, but it’s a lively heater that gets a lot of empty swings in a fastball-heavy attack.

Virginia

Virginia picked up a promising sleeper from the 2026 class with a commitment from righthander Pierce Quinn out of Maryland. Quinn is 6-foot-2, 205 pounds with good carry on a fastball that’s up to 91 mph. The separator for Quinn is his ability to snap off a curveball with extremely tight spin and good depth, attributes that point toward the offering becoming a big bat-missing pitch for him at the next level.

Mississippi State

Indiana lefthander Beckett Doane committed to Mississippi Stat. He sticks out physically at 6-foot-6, 210 pounds and throws strikes with a fastball that reaches 90 mph.He should be able to sit in the low-90s in the coming years. He pitches heavily off his fastball, mixing in a short slider and a low-80s splitter.

East Carolina

William Benson, who has spent time at third and first base, committed to East Carolina. The North Carolina native at Pro5 Baseball Academy is 6-foot-4, 195 pounds with the strength and leverage in his lefthanded swing to develop into a power bat for the Pirates.

Virginia Tech

Shortstop Palmer Hornick committed to Virginia Tech. Hornick is an instinctive player who has a fluid lefthanded stroke. It’s a swing that’s short to the ball with good sequence, path and timing. He puts the ball in play at a high clip with gap power from his 5-foot-11, 170-pound frame.

Notre Dame

In the 2025 class, one notable recent commit to watch is lefthander Dylan Singleton, who committed to Notre Dame. Singleton, from Virginia, is 6-foot-2, 190 pounds with a fastball that has touched 92 mph with good armside run. Singleton threw well last month at the Area Code Games, striking out four of the 10 batters he faced without allowing a hit. He throws a slider and a promising changeup in the mid-to-upper 70s with lively fade.

Recruiting Buzz Around The Country

A former 2026 prospect who reclassified for 2025, lefthander/first baseman Kruz Schoolcraft from Oregon is the top uncommitted player in the 2025 class and recently visited Florida and Oregon State. Florida obviously had a prominent two-way player the last three seasons with Jac Caglianone, who the Royals drafted with the sixth overall pick in July. Schoolcraft can have his choice of schools and would be an outstanding addition for any program, though he’s also a top 10 prospect on our current 2025 draft rankings, so there’s a good chance he signs with an MLB team out of the draft.

As the No. 3 player in the 2026 class, Mississippi outfielder/righthander Kevin Roberts Jr. will have his pick of any SEC or ACC school in the country for baseball, while his talent on the basketball court and track has him drawing Division 1 interest in those sports, as well. In state, both Ole Miss and Mississippi State are in heavily on Roberts, as are Florida, Texas, Texas A&M, Alabama and Missouri in the SEC, while Wake Forest, Clemson and Florida State are also making a strong push. Roberts is 6-foot-5, 210 pounds and young for the class—he will still be 17 on draft day—with a dynamic power/speed blend coming off a strong summer at the plate. He has also been up to 94 mph on the mound and flashed an advanced changeup for his age.

Texas last weekend had a group of top 100 players for 2026 on campus. The group included righthander Trey Rangel, third baseman Beau Peterson and righthanders Denton Lord and Jack Smejkal. Rangel, the No. 1 pitcher in the class and No. 8 player overall, has also visited Oklahoma State. Lord, a 6-foot-8 righthander and No. 76 player, has recent visits that include Florida, Auburn and Florida State. Peterson is 6-foot-3, 215 pounds with one of the best combinations of hitting ability and power for 2026 as the No. 16 player overall. Smejkal, from The Woodlands (Tex.) High, is the No. 81 player for 2026 and has been up to 94 mph. Brody Bumila, the top uncommitted lefthander in the country, has also visited Texas as well as Wake Forest.

Righthander Osiah Kelley visited Vanderbilt last weekend. Kelley, No. 92 for 2026, plays shortstop but stands out especially for what he’s able to do on the mound, where he’s up to 91 mph from an easy operation with a polished changeup for his age. Infielder Meridian Leffew, also visited Vanderbilt. Leffew, one of the better offensive performers on the travel circuit this summer, is a 6-foot-2 righthanded hitter with an all-fields approach and slightly above-average speed.

Quick Hits

Shortstop Keon Johnson (No. 6) made an in-state visit to Georgia. Johnson has upcoming visits set for Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt and Arkansas, as well. He’s 6-foot-2, 190 pounds with excellent bat speed from the right side and a good mix of athleticism and internal clock in the field at shortstop … Third baseman/righthander CJ Sampson (No. 25) made in-state visits to Texas A&M and Texas and also visited Florida … Righthander Cooper Webb (No. 105) is another Texas native who has also visited Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech … Outfielder Wessley Roberson (No. 32) and righthander Gary Morse (No. 77) also visited Texas A&M … Righthanders Wilson Andersen (No. 29) and Kaeden Waechter (No. 35) have both made in-state visits to both Florida and Florida State …. Lefthander Connor Langdon (No. 48) is another big arm who has visited Florida … Arizona has had visits from a handful of prominent recruits, including righthander Landon Schutte (No. 28) and outfielder A.J. Curry (No. 131), with Schutte also making a visit to Oklahoma … Shortstop Ethan Bass (No. 36) from Illinois has generated a lot of attention for his righthanded hitting ability. He’s set to visit Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and Clemson … Lefthander Bo Holloway (No. 34) visited LSU and lefthander Chandler Hart (No. 38) visited Mississippi … First baseman Dylan Minnatee (No. 124) also visited LSU … Visits for outfielder Eric Booth Jr. (No. 39) include Vanderbilt, Mississippi and Auburn …Outfielder JT Darden (No. 93) has visited Auburn and Oklahoma State … Shortstop/outfielder Troy Southisene (No. 127) has visits that include Southern California, Tennessee and Oregon State … Righthander Tyler Putnam (No. 136) visited Mississippi State, with Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, TCU and Tennessee also in the mix for the projectable 6-foot-5 pitcher with a fastball up to 93 mph … Lefthander Spencer Krasner (No. 147) had visits to LSU, Auburn and South Carolina, with Ole Miss set to host him for an upcoming visit … Carson Sheffer at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, Calif. is one of the buzzy names among catchers on the west coast for 2026. Tennessee, Clemson and Oklahoma State are among the teams in on him.