The Cardinal Nation’s July 2026 St. Louis Cardinals Top 50 Prospect List

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The monthly in-season update of The Cardinal Nation’s St. Louis Cardinals Top 50 Prospect List is now available. Six players join the new rankings, all from the 2026 draft class.

For July, The Cardinal Nation’s monthly in-season St. Louis Cardinals Top 50 Prospect List update is solely focused on the inclusion of the members of the organization’s acclaimed 2026 draft class. No other players were re-ranked this month.

As always, Kyle Reis and Brian Walton separately rank the players with the site list a combination of the two. These blended player Top 50 rankings follow, made available to everyone each month.

For additional specifics, including individual votes and commentary, please subscribe to The Cardinal Nation to access the detailed article mentioned below.

We will also discuss our rankings on our regular “Wednesday With Walton and Reis” podcast.

Here are the July results.

Prospect	Tm/Rd	Pos	June	July
Rainiel Rodriguez	Spr	C	1
Liam Doyle	Spr	LHS	2
Joshua Baez	Mem	OF	3
Jimmy Crooks	StL	C	4
Quinn Mathews	Mem	LHS	5
Tanner Franklin	Peo	RHS	6
Leonardo Bernal	Mem	C	7
Cooper Hjerpe	Spr	LHS	8
Jurrangelo Cijntje	Mem	SHS	9
Brandon Clarke	Spr IL	LHS	10
Tekoah Roby	Mem IL	RHS	11
Trevor Condon	1	OF		11a
Tegan Kuhns	CB-A	P		11b
Ixan Henderson	Mem IL	LHS	12
Braden Davis	Spr	LHS	13
Tai Peete	Peo	OF	14
Mason Molina	Mem	RHS	15
Blaze Jordan	StL	1B/3B	16
Yhoiker Fajardo	Peo	RHS	17
Brycen Mautz	Mem	LHR	18
Jacob Odle	Peo	RHS	19
Rocco Maniscalco	2	SS		19a
Deniel Ortiz	Spr	1B/3B	20
Chen Wei-Lin	Spr	RHS	21
Sebastian Dos Santos	PB	MIF	22
Emanuel Luna	DSL	OF	23
Jesus Baez	Spr	SS/3B	24
Jack Gurevitch	Peo	1B	25
Luis Gastelum	StL	RHR	26
Xavier Cruz	PB IL	RHR	27
Ryan Mitchell	PB	OF	28
Chase Davis	Mem	OF	29
Tink Hence	Mem	RHR	30
Dee Kennedy	4	SS		30a
Cade Winquest	Mem	RHR	31
Cade Crossland	PB	LHS	32
Yairo Padilla	PB	SS	33
Max Rajcic	StL IL	RHR	34
Frank Elissalt	Peo IL	RHS	35
Caden Ferraro	3	OF		35a
Cal Randall	5	P		35b
Ty Van Dyke	Peo	RHS	36
Won-Bin Cho	Spr	OF	37
Hancel Rincon	Mem	RHR	38
Bryan Torres	StL	2B/OF	39
Pete Hansen	Mem	LHS	40
Ryan Campos	Spr	C	41
Payton Graham	PB	RHS	42
Blake Aita	Spr	RHS	43
Brian Holiday	PB	RHS	44
Ethan Young	PB IL	RHS	45
Miguel Hernandez	FCL	MIF	46
Ramon Mendoza	Mem	IF	47
Tre Richardson	Spr	2B	48
Cristofer Lebron	FCL	3B	49
Travis Honeyman	Spr	OF	50
Prospect	Tm/Rd	Pos	June	July

For much more information

Please check out the following article. It details all draft picks considered for the Top 50, how they fit relative to current prospects, Kyle’s and Brian’s individual votes and reasoning plus much more! It is exclusively for members of The Cardinal Nation.

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