MLB trade deadline season has arrived with contenders adding to their MLB rosters for the upcoming stretch run and rebuilding clubs landing young players with an eye to the future before 6 p.m. ET on Monday arrives.
By now, you can probably form your own opinion of the MLB veterans headed to new teams, but it's much more difficult to figure out what to make of the minor leaguers who have moved.
And that's why we're here to help. Here's our ranking of every notable prospect dealt this trade season (last year there were 97 of them!) sorted by tiers using my Future Value grades so you can see where they slot in an MLB top 100 list or your team's farm system ranking.
More: Trade deadline farm system reports for all 30 MLB teams
50 FV tier
1. Zyhir Hope, RF, Detroit Tigers
(Acquired from Dodgers in Tarik Skubal deal)
Hope was in the danger zone last year in terms of his in-zone contact (roughly 40-grade, projecting to roughly a .225 average at the big league level) and corrected that this year (around average in MLB, which hovers around .250), understandably at the cost of a little bit in other areas, like raw power and chase rate. His in-game and raw power, however, are still plus. He's a corner outfielder but runs well and has a plus arm. Hope is tracking toward a late 2027 debut with above-average everyday player and perennial 3-plus-win upside. But there's also some risk due to that hit/chase/power balance and the limitations of a corner outfield profile. He's bordering on the 55 FV group, around the middle of a top 100 prospects list.
2. River Ryan, RHP, Detroit Tigers
(Acquired from Dodgers in Tarik Skubal deal)
Ryan will be 28 years old in a few weeks, which likely makes him the oldest real prospect in my decades doing this. He only has four big league appearances but over a year of service due to his various injuries. His strength is clear: Basically every pitch he throws is plus, and he's athletic enough to see big league starter command, too. Ryan has also been blocked a bit by the Dodgers' pitching depth but has been good in Triple-A this year. On the other hand, he's still almost 28, has been hurt a ton and still hasn't done it. If it works, the Tigers will have him under control through his age-31 season, when he'll turn 32 late in the 2030 season. He's a low 50 FV, almost 45+ FV, and in the 90-120 overall range.
40+ FV tier
3. Jhomnardo Reyes, RF, Baltimore Orioles
(Acquired from Twins in Dean Kremer trade)
Reyes is an 18-year-old lefty-hitting right fielder who crushed the complex league and just got to Low-A. Think of him as a power-over-hit type who would go somewhere in the comp to second round in the draft (or get a seven-figure bonus at a later pick) as a high schooler, but with plenty of risk due to competition level, hittability questions and a lack of positional value.
4. Brady Smith, RHP, Detroit Tigers
(Acquired from Dodgers in Tarik Skubal deal)
Smith was a projection-type player taken in the third round of the 2023 draft, and then didn't get on the mound in pro ball until 2025 due to Tommy John surgery. He couldn't throw strikes at all in 2025, but now this year, he can. His stuff is above average -- he had a four-seam fastball, cutter, curveball and changeup (which flashes plus and is best of the bunch) last year, adding a sinker and slider to the mix this year. He's a solid athlete with a starter look. There's still some relief risk and it has been only part of one season of it clicking, but there's Top 100 upside if he can stay on this on-ramp.
40 FV tier
5. Gary Gill Hill, RHP, New York Mets
(Acquired from Rays in Freddy Peralta deal)
Gill Hill has above-average command of fringe-to-average stuff that hasn't quite taken off like some expected when he signed out of a New York high school in 2022. He's still only 21 years old for the rest of the season, has starter traits and is getting hitters out at Double-A, so there's at least big league inventory value here, with a chance for a bit more with development.
6. Jack Cebert, RHP, Washington Nationals
(Acquired from Yankees in Luis Garcia Jr. trade)
Cebert was a 23-year-old 15th-round pick out of Texas Tech in 2025; he was moved quickly, spending most of this year in Double-A with better numbers than he had in college. He has a solid-average mix of a fastball (distinct four-seam and sinker), a cutter and a sweeper, along with a new slow curveball. He is a late bloomer with backend starter upside and could be ready as soon as late 2027.
7. Emilien Pitre, 2B, New York Mets
(Acquired from Rays in Freddy Peralta deal)
Pitre is a solid-average runner and defender at second base at 5-foot-11 with fringy raw power, so his profile is limited by how much he can hit. The good news is his on-base percentage is .438 this year, though he is a bit old for the levels he has been playing at. There's solid low-end starter potential here if he can keep hitting like this; I think he's an above-average hitter with an above-average approach and power for 8-12 homers.
8. Ben Grable, RHP, Washington Nationals
(Acquired from Yankees in Luis Garcia Jr. trade)
Like Cebert, Grable was a 23-year-old pick later in the 2025 draft from a Power 5 school (Indiana and the 11th round, in Grable's case). Grable throws 76% fastballs, averaging nearly 21 inches of vertical break on the pitch (15 to 16 inches is major league average, higher numbers mean more "lift," and the low 20s is about as high as you'll see); it sits 94 to 97 mph, hits 99 mph and draws great results, as you'd guess. Grable's slider is around average, and he has great feel for how to make what he does work. The question is whether he can continue starting with that much use of one unique pitch or if he'll be relegated to a relief role.
35+ FV tier
9. Angel Arredondo, SS, Los Angeles Angels
(Acquired from Rangers in Logan O'Hoppe/Chase Silseth deal)
He's a potential utility infielder who can hit and control the zone but doesn't have starting-level raw tools -- though he is getting to his below-average raw power in games this year as a 19-year-old in Low-A.
10. Boston Smith, C, Seattle Mariners
(Acquired from White Sox in Luis Castillo deal)
Smith has already been traded twice in about a year since signing for $50,000 with the Nationals as a 2025 sixth-rounder out of Wright State. He's a fringy defender with an average arm, so there's a shot he sticks behind the plate. Smith has real power that he's tapping into this year with plenty of walks but also some heavy in-zone miss that limits his contact upside. This is an intriguing lottery ticket from an unusual background.
11. Aidan Smith, CF, New York Mets
(Acquired from Rays in Freddy Peralta deal)
Smith briefly looked like a candidate for the back of a top 100 after coming over from Seattle in the Randy Arozarena deal, but his star has dimmed a lot since then due to swing-and-miss. Smith is still a plus runner and outfield tweener with above-average raw power and feel to get to it in games, but now he's more of a tools-bet fourth outfielder with a chance for more, if his contact rate can improve.
12. Yovanny Cruz, RHP, Washington Nationals
(Acquired from Yankees in Luis Garcia Jr. trade)
Cruz's four-seam fastball has 80-grade velocity, sitting 98 to 100 mph and hitting 102 mph, but also a dead-zone shape that makes it play well lower than its velocity. His bullet slider is above average to plus, and he rarely uses his sinker and splitter (which looks pretty good when commanded). He long had command issues, but then his walk rate plunged this year, which he spent most of in Triple-A. Now, we get to find out if his stuff and feel will play in an extended big league look.
13. Bruin Agbayani, SS, New York Mets
(Acquired from Twins in A.J Minter deal)
Bruin's father is Benny Agbayani, who played four of his five big league seasons for the Mets. Bruin is an infielder (probably not a shortstop) who can really hit, but he has limited power. Because of injury, he has played only 15 pro games since being drafted in 2025.
14. Billy Amick, 3B, New York Mets
(Acquired from Twins in A.J. Minter deal)
Amick is already splitting time between third and first base (his two best defensive fits, but trending toward first full time) as a 23-year-old in Double-A. His bat-to-ball ability is the question, as his pitch selection is solid and his raw power and in-game power are both plus.
15. Omar Alfonzo, C, New York Yankees
(Acquired from Pirates in Camilo Doval deal)
Alfonzo has an average arm but is below average defensively and went unpicked in the Rule 5 draft this offseason. On the positive side, he has plus raw power as a lefty hitter and his bat-to-ball is OK, but he chases too much and his swing path is too flat to fully tap into that power in games.
16. Jojo Ingrassia, LHP, Detroit Tigers
(Acquired from Red Sox in Jahmai Jones deal)
Ingrassia has a roughly average mix of a four-seam fastball, cutter, slider and slurve, with his above-average changeup as the out pitch. He has deception from his delivery, but that has contributed to below-average command and multiple arm issues in the past. He's likely a long-reliever/fifth-starter type with a 40-man roster decision coming this winter.
17. Carter Holton, LHP, Kansas City Royals
(Acquired from Braves in Lane Thomas/Bailey Falter deal)
Holton had Tommy John surgery in 2025 after going in the second round in 2024. He has always been a bit stiff in his delivery and had fringy command as a result; the stuff is solid-average when he's right. There's lefty relief upside here in the middle innings with some multi-inning potential, as well.
18. Zane Barnhart, RHP, Detroit Tigers
(Acquired from Orioles in Jake Rogers deal)
He's a 5-foot-10 relief prospect with lively above-average stuff, high spin rates, fringy command and strong pitch shapes. The 24-year-old righty throws two pitches 93% of the time -- a 94-96, touching 99 mph four-seamer and 82-84 mph sweeper with 14 inches of horizontal -- and also has a solid, but rarely used cutter and changeup.
19. Lucas Braun, RHP, Kansas City Royals
(Acquired from Braves in Lane Thomas/Bailey Falter deal)
Braun has fringy stuff, above-average command and looks like a solid fifth starter/long reliever/pitching staff depth kind of arm.
35 FV tier
20. Felix Doroteo, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates
(Acquired from White Sox in Jose Urquidy deal)
A 6-foot-6, 21-year-old righty in the domestic complex league, Doroteo sits 94-96 and has hit 99 mph. He is pitching in relief with a fringy-to-below-average slider, changeup and command, so he's an organizational depth type at this point.
21. Luis Cruz, LF, New York Yankees
(Acquired from Pirates in Camilo Doval deal)
Cruz has shown elite bat-to-ball ability as a lefty hitter in limited time over two seasons in the Dominican Summer League, but he plays primarily left field and has below-average raw power; the hope is his physical projection brings more down the line.