photo: Won-Bin Cho (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
The second monthly in-season update of The Cardinal Nation’s 2026 St. Louis Cardinals Top 50 Prospect List is now available. Six players join the new rankings, including the return of Won-Bin Cho. Free article!
For 2026, The Cardinal Nation’s monthly in-season St. Louis Cardinals Top 50 Prospect List process is as follows.
- Kyle Reis and Brian Walton separately rank the players with the site list a combination of the two.
- These blended player Top 50 rankings are being made available to everyone each month.
If you want more details including our individual votes and written commentary, they will continue to be exclusive content for subscribers to The Cardinal Nation. So, please join today!
We will also discuss our rankings on our regular “Wednesday With Walton and Reis” podcast.
The process we follow:
- Independently, Kyle and Brian prepare our top prospect lists
- All players among the top 65 on both lists are considered
- The two scores for each player are totaled with the lowest our new no. 1 prospect
- Ties are broken in favor of the player with the single lowest individual ranking
- Best of the Rest/Honorable Mentions are the first 10 who fell short of the Top 50
Here are the June results with May also provided as a comparison.
| Prospect | Tm | Pos | May | June |
| Rainiel Rodriguez | Spr | C | 1 | 1 |
| Liam Doyle | Spr | LHS | 2 | 2 |
| Joshua Baez | Mem | OF | 3 | 3 |
| Jimmy Crooks | StL | C | 4 | 4 |
| Quinn Mathews | Mem | LHS | 5 | 5 |
| Tanner Franklin | Peo | RHS | 6 | 6 |
| Leonardo Bernal | Mem | C | 7 | 7 |
| Cooper Hjerpe | Spr IL | LHS | 11 | 8 |
| Jurrangelo Cijntje | Spr | SHS | 8 | 9 |
| Brandon Clarke | Peo IL | LHS | 9 | 10 |
| Tekoah Roby | Mem IL | RHS | 10 | 11 |
| Ixan Henderson | Mem IL | LHS | 12 | 12 |
| Braden Davis | Spr | LHS | 20 | 13 |
| Tai Peete | Peo | OF | 13 | 14 |
| Mason Molina | Spr | RHS | 18 | 15 |
| Blaze Jordan | StL | 1B/3B | 19 | 16 |
| Yhoiker Fajardo | Peo | RHS | 14 | 17 |
| Brycen Mautz | Mem | LHS | 15 | 18 |
| Jacob Odle | Peo | RHS | 30 | 19 |
| Deniel Ortiz | Spr IL | 1B/3B | 16 | 20 |
| Chen Wei-Lin | Spr | RHS | 17 | 21 |
| Sebastian Dos Santos | PB | MIF | 39 | 22 |
| Emanuel Luna | DSL | OF | 27 | 23 |
| Jesus Baez | Peo | SS/3B | 21 | 24 |
| Jack Gurevitch | Peo | 1B | 22 | 25 |
| Luis Gastelum | Mem | RHR | 23 | 26 |
| Xavier Cruz | PB | RHR | NR | 27 |
| Ryan Mitchell | PB | OF | 25 | 28 |
| Chase Davis | Spr IL | OF | 26 | 29 |
| Tink Hence | Mem | RHR | 29 | 30 |
| Cade Winquest | Mem IL | RHR | 28 | 31 |
| Cade Crossland | PB | LHS | 35 | 32 |
| Yairo Padilla | PB IL | SS | 36 | 33 |
| Max Rajcic | StL | RHR | 46 | 34 |
| Frank Elissalt | Peo IL | RHS | 34 | 35 |
| Ty Van Dyke | Peo | RHS | 31 | 36 |
| Won-Bin Cho | Peo | OF | NR | 37 |
| Hancel Rincon | Mem | RHR | 24 | 38 |
| Bryan Torres | StL | 2B/OF | 42 | 39 |
| Pete Hansen | Mem | LHS | 33 | 40 |
| Ryan Campos | Spr | C | 49 | 41 |
| Payton Graham | PB | RHS | BOR | 42 |
| Blake Aita | Peo | RHS | 48 | 43 |
| Brian Holiday | PB | RHS | BOR | 44 |
| Ethan Young | PB IL | RHS | 37 | 45 |
| Miguel Hernandez | FCL | MIF | 43 | 46 |
| Ramon Mendoza | Mem | IF | 50 | 47 |
| Tre Richardson | Spr | 2B | NR | 48 |
| Cristofer Lebron | FCL | 3B | BOR | 49 |
| Travis Honeyman | Spr | OF | 40 | 50 |
| Best of the Rest | Tm | Pos | May | June |
| Josh Kross | Peo | 1B/C | BOR | BOR |
| Dylan Driessen | PB | RHR | NR | BOR |
| Cesar Prieto | Mem | IF | 38 | BOR |
| Brandt Thompson | Spr | RHS | NR | BOR |
| Noah Mendlinger | Spr | IF/OF | NR | BOR |
| Nate Dohm | Peo | RHS | 32 | BOR |
| Michael Watson | Spr | LHR | 45 | BOR |
| Sebastian Rojas | DSL | C | NR | BOR |
| Jalin Flores | Peo | SS/3B | 44 | BOR |
| Sammy Hernandez | Peo | C | NR | BOR |
For much more information
Please check out the following article. It details all players coming onto the Top 50, the ones leaving, Kyle’s and Brian’s individual votes and much more! It is exclusively for members of The Cardinal Nation.
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