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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.
The Cardinal Nation Top 50 Prospect List – 2026 Post-Draft Details
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