New MLB Prospect Rankings 2026 Revealed by Keith Law, Comparing to Kiley McDaniel & B/R's Lists?

The Athletic's Keith Law updated his 2026 top-50 MLB prospect rankings on Thursday. But how does that compare to the rankings from B/R's Joel Reuter earlier in May, or from ESPN's Kiley McDaniel, which released last week?

Let's take a look at the top-10 from all three. Here are Law's rankings:

Player	Team
1. Jesús Made, SS	Brewers
2. Leo De Vries, SS	Athletics
3. Frankin Arias, SS	Red Sox
4. Kade Anderson, LHP	Mariners
5. Ethan Salas, C	Padres
6. George Lombard, SS	Yankees
7. Josuar Gonzalez, SS	Giants
8. Ryan Sloan, RHP	Mariners
9. Seth Hernandez, RHP	Pirates
10. Max Clark, OF	Tigers

Here's Reuter:

Player	Team
1. Jesús Made, SS	Brewers
2. Leo De Vries, SS	Athletics
3. Colt Emerson, SS	Mariners
4. Trey Yesavage, RHP	Blue Jays
5. Josue De Paula, OF	Dodgers
6. Seth Hernandez, RHP	Pirates
7. Kade Anderson, LHP	Mariners
8. Walker Jenkins, OF	Twins
9. Frankin Arias, SS	Red Sox
10. Eli Willits, SS	Nationals

And here's McDaniel:

Player	Team
1. Jesús Made, SS	Brewers
2. Leo De Vries, SS	Athletics
3. Colt Emerson, SS	Mariners
4. Max Clark, OF	Tigers
5. Sebastian Walcott, SS	Rangers
6. Frankin Arias, SS	Red Sox
7. Seth Hernandez, RHP	Pirates
8. Eli Willits, SS	Nationals
9. Kade Anderson, LHP	Mariners
10. George Lombard, SS	Yankees

Only five players appear on all three top-10s: Made, De Vries (ranked Nos. 1-2 on every list), Arias, Anderson and Hernandez.

As Law wrote on Made, the young shortstop is "performing well at the plate in Double A despite only turning 19 in early May, with a .277/.353/.452 line that puts him well above the Southern League average. His defense at shortstop has taken a hit as he's gotten thicker and has lost some lateral range, however."

De Vries is also 19, and as McDaniel noted, he has "exceptional feel for pulling and lifting the ball as a teenage switch-hitting shortstop already in Double-A. That's a ton of stuff to like, which explains why it took a player like him for the San Diego Padres to pry all-world closer Mason Miller away from the Athletics in a trade."