2025 Preseason High School Underclass All-American Teams

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With the 2025 high school season ready to begin, Baseball America is excited to announce our Preseason Underclass All-American teams. Those teams include players from the 2026 class and beyond, with players selected based on a combination of major league potential, present ability and performance. They aren’t strictly based on our rankings of the top 2026 players in the country, but there should be several future big leaguers, high draft picks and impact collegiate players on these teams.

The 2026 high school class is stacked with talent. It’s the best we have seen since 2023, a group that produced Max Clark, Walker Jenkins, Kevin McGonigle, Bryce Eldridge, Colt Emerson and several other prospects ranked prominently in the Top 100. So while MLB scouts are focused on the 2025 high school talent this spring, the next wave of talent might be even more exciting. 

2026 Draft Rankings

Ranking the top 150 high school players in the Class of 2026 with an eye on the MLB Draft.

Texas and Vanderbilt lead the way with each school having five commits each who are All-Americans. Texas in particular stands out with four commits who are first-team All-Americans, including the No. 1 player in the class, shortstop Grady Emerson, who was the lone underclass player to make one of BA’s Preseason All-American teams of mainly 2025 players. Florida, Florida State, LSU and Stanford each have three commits who are preseason All-Americans.

Players listed are in the 2026 class, unless noted otherwise as ‘27 or ‘28 players. 

First Team

PosPlayerSchoolCommitted
CJorvorskie Lane Jr.O.D. Wyatt HS, Fort Worth, Tex.Uncommitted
INFGrady EmersonArgyle HS, Flower Mound, Tex.Texas
INFJacob LombardGulliver Prep HS, Miami, Fla.Uncommitted
INFTyler SpanglerDe La Salle HS, Concord, Calif.Stanford
INFRookie ShepardFaith Lutheran HS, Las Vegas, Nev.Miami
OFKevin Roberts Jr.Jackson Prep HS, Flowood, Miss.Uncommitted
OFBrady HarrisTrinity Christian Academy, Jacksonville, Fla.Florida
OFNoah WilsonMcCallie HS, Chattanooga, Tenn.Vanderbilt
UTBeau PetersonMill Valley HS, Shawnee, Kan.Texas
PTrey RangelThe Colony (Tex.) HSTexas
PGio RojasMarjory Stoneman Douglas HS, Parkland, Fla.Miami
PSavion SimsEdmond (Okla.) Sante Fe HSOklahoma
PBrody BumilaBishop Feehan HS, Attleboro, Mass.Texas
PColeman BorthwickSouth Walton HS, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.Auburn

Jorvorskie Lane Jr., C, O.D. Wyatt HS, Fort Worth, Tex.

Lane has electric bat speed with experience both at catcher and in the outfield. One of the youngest players in the 2026 class, Lane is athletic, explosive and has outstanding power potential with a chance to develop into a 30-plus home run threat.

Grady Emerson, INF, Argyle HS, Flower Mound, Tex.

The No. 1 player in the country, everything Emerson does is smooth, under control and polished beyond his years. That’s especially true at the plate, where Emerson has a sweet lefthanded swing, excellent bat control and the plate discipline to get on base at a high clip.

Jacob Lombard, INF, Gulliver Prep HS, Miami, Fla.

Lombard has an exciting combination of athleticism and high-end tools while also being a mature, fundamentally sound player who is able to translate it all in games, both at the plate and in the field. He’s a clean defender at shortstop with smooth actions and a disciplined righthanded hitter with a short, efficient swing and the ability to drive the ball for extra-base damage.

Tyler Spangler, INF, De La Salle HS, Concord, Calif.

Spangler is a 6-foot-3 shortstop with a direct lefthanded swing to make frequent contact with an advanced offensive approach for his age. An above-average runner, Spangler has the size and bat speed that points to bigger power coming as well. 

Rookie Shepard, INF, Faith Lutheran HS, Las Vegas, Nev.

Shepard has already built an extensive track record as one of the best pure hitters in the 2026 class. His feel for the barrel is outstanding, enabling him to make contact with all pitch types at a high rate, with added strength over the past year that has helped him start to flash more power as well.

Kevin Roberts Jr., OF, Jackson Prep HS, Flowood, Miss.

Roberts has immense upside. Despite being one of the youngest players in the class, Roberts is already a physical, well-proportioned 6-foot-5, 215 pounds with plus speed and an arm that draws plus or better grades from center field. He’s a patient righthanded hitter who drives the ball with impact now and could grow into a 30-plus home run threat.

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

Harris has a powerful, explosive righthanded swing with good rhythm and balance. He projects to grow into plus power and has a chance to stick in center field long term.

Noah Wilson, OF, McCallie HS, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Wilson is an athletic center fielder with plus speed who has been one of the top offensive performers in the 2026 class. He’s a lefthanded hitter with a low swing-and-miss rate and a knack for barreling balls for hard contact all over the field.

Beau Peterson, UT, Mill Valley HS, Shawnee, Kan.

Peterson has a power fastball/slider combination on the mound, but it’s what he does at the plate that’s most exciting to MLB clubs. He’s a strong, 6-foot-3 lefthanded hitter with a short swing, a knack for being on time and driving the ball for extra-base impact to the middle of the field. 

Trey Rangel, RHP, The Colony (Tex.) HS

The top-ranked pitcher in the 2026 class, Rangel is an athletic righthander who pitches off a fastball that can reach the mid 90s with good extension from an easy delivery. His ability to manipulate his secondary stuff—especially a sharp curveball that’s regularly above 3,000 rpm—is a separator for a pitcher with a starter look who should miss plenty of bats. 

Gio Rojas, LHP, Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS, Parkland, Fla.

At 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, Rojas has a prototype projectable pitcher’s frame and the ball comes out of his hand with ease from his fluid mechanics. There’s a good blend of both stuff and advanced pitchability with Rojas, who is up to 94 mph with a slider that piles up empty swings against both lefties and righties. 

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

Sims looks like he will be one of the hardest throwing pitchers on the planet in the near future. He’s already up to 97 mph, doesn’t need a ton of effort to generate that velocity, and at 6-foot-8, 205 pounds with long limbs and plenty of space to add weight, Sims creates an uncomfortable at-bat for hitters with steep downhill angle. 

Brody Bumila, LHP, Bishop Feehan HS, Attleboro, Mass.

Bumila is 6-foot-8, 245 pounds with a fastball up to 96 mph that has excellent armside run. He throws a slider and changeup, with his changeup an advanced pitch for his age that gives him a swing-and-miss weapon against both righties and lefties. 

Coleman Borthwick, RHP​, South Walton HS, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.

Borthwick is an imposing 6-foot-6, 240 pounds with a power arm to match, running his fastball up to 95 mph. Unlike a lot of young, tall pitchers who are still learning to repeat their mechanics, Borthwick is one of the best strike-throwers in the class, allowing him to breeze through lineups by pounding the zone with his fastball and missing more bats with his slider.

Second Team

PosPlayerSchoolCommitted
CAndrew CostelloCathedral Prep HS, Erie, Penn.Wake Forest
INFKeon JohnsonFirst Presbyterian Day HS, Macon, Ga.Vanderbilt
INFCJ WeinsteinHuntington Beach (Calif.) HSLSU
INFAlex HarringtonCathedral Catholic HS, San Diego, Calif.Stanford
INFAnthony Del AngelV. Sue Cleveland HS, Rio Ranch, N.M.Oklahoma
OFWessley RobertsonGlynn Academy HS, Brunswick, Ga.LSU
OFJames TronsteinHarvard-Westlake HS, Los Angeles, Calif.Stanford
OFEric Booth Jr.Oak Grove HS, Hattiesburg, Miss.Vanderbilt
UTMatt PonatoskiArchbishop Moeller HS, Cincinnati, OhioUncommitted
PCarson BolemonSouthside Christian HS, Simpsonville, S.C.Wake Forest
PEthan WheelerTrinity Christian Academy, Jacksonville, Fla.Florida
PEli HerstSeattle Academy, Wash.Vanderbilt
PLandon SchutteOakdale (Calif.) HSGeorgia
PKaden WaechterTampa (Fla.) Jesuit HSFlorida State

Third Team

PosPlayerSchoolCommitted
CBrady MurriettaOrange (Calif.) Lutheran HSTexas
INFMax Hemenway ’27IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla.Tennessee
INFConnor ComeauAnderson HS, Austin, Tex.Texas A&M
INFChase Fuller ’27Lincoln HS, Tallahassee, Fla.Florida State
INFCJ SampsonTomball (Tex.) HSFlorida
OFMalachi WashingtonParkview HS, Lilburn, Ga.LSU
OFSterling CoaxumP27 Baseball Academy, Lexington, S.C.Clemson
OFDexter McLeon Jr. ’28Buford (Ga.) HSUncommitted
UTJared Grindlinger ’27Huntington Beach (Calif.) HSUncommitted
PWilson AndersenTampa (Fla.) Jesuit HSMississippi State
PSean DuncanTerry Fox Secondary HS, Port Coquitlam, CanadaVanderbilt
PBo HollowayNolensville (Tenn.) HSUncommitted
PBrayden HarrisSt. Johns Country Day HS, Orange Park, Fla.Florida State
PChandler HartAllen (Tex.) HSTexas A&M

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