NY 2026 Rankings Update
December 6, 2023
As the fall season is coming to a close and offseason training is in full swing, it’s a perfect time to take a dive into the 2026 rankings. Shaping up to be a talent-rich class, two new faces join the Top-10, RHP David Hinojosa and C/RHP Justin Munoz
Included below is a look at the Top 10 in the class, a full list of the 125 ranked players, a Player To Watch List, and Top Risers
CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE LIST 125 || CLICK HERE FOR PLAYER TO WATCH LIST
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Ty Van Valkenburg RHP / 3B / Saugerties , NY / 2026Enter Analysis Here
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Ben Schulman RHP / 3B / Horace Greeley , NY / 2026Quick, athletic arm with mound presence. FB has high spin getting some whiffs in the mid to upper 80's; SL has short, tight break with aptitude.
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Devin Diaz C / OF / Iona Prep, NY / 2026
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Anaiscio Ortiz LHP / OF / Richmond Hill, NY / 2026
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Jack Curtis RHP / 3B / Chenango Forks, NY / 2026
Rankings StateRank: 5 / POS: 3
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David Hinojosa RHP / 2B / Poly Prep, NY / 2026
Rankings StateRank: 6 / POS: 4
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Aiden Ruiz SS / The Stony Brook School, NY / 2026
Rankings StateRank: 7 / POS: 1
Enter Analysis Here
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Justin Munoz C / RHP / Millbrook School, NY / 2026
Rankings StateRank: 8 / POS: 2
Physical 6-foot, 195 Lb 2-way prospect. Power bat with a mature gap-to-gap approach. Big arm from the crouch up to 83 MPH and translates to the mound getting into the upper 80's with a sharp 2-plane breaker.
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Anthony Marsico OF / RHP / Tappan Zee , NY / 2026
Rankings StateRank: 9 / POS: 1
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Jacob Herrera OF / 3B / North Rockland , NY / 2026
Rankings StateRank: 10 / POS: 2
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5 Risers to follow
Physical 6'2, 220 pounder projects to be a middle-of-the-order power bat. moves well at the hot corner with a clean glove and a strong 87 MPH arm.
2026 3B Patrick Diaz (St. Raymond’s) with a big boy effort today. The 6-2 220lb RHH showed a repeatable effort in the box with easy juice; peak exit of 92 MPH with more to come.
— PBR New York (@PBRNewYork) October 9, 2023
Agile at the hot corner with 87 MPH chest high arm strength across the ?. #follow pic.twitter.com/pjp1YsY2Rw
+ OF Ryan Morel (Citius) Sneaky strength & quickness in the actions. Mature approach at the plate putting together quality at-bats through out the State & Future Games; XBH pop to all fields from a fluid lefty stroke. The sub 7 runner gets quality reads off the bat in the field with an accurate arm.
‘26 OF/RHP Ryan Morel (Citius Prep) took the biggest cut of the day thus far, a round-tripper that went 340’ to RF.
— PBR New York (@PBRNewYork) June 28, 2023
Easy launch with zero slack in movements.
Going to be an impact bat. Was 93 EV in BP. #NYSGames @RyanMorel20 pic.twitter.com/0O42BzUAHp
+ RHP Ollie Smith (Rye Country Day)
High spin FB / SL combo with +movement on both. FB flashes ride & run from a lower 3/4 slot while the SL sweeps across with 2600+ spin & 18" horizontal break. Kills the spin on the change up with up to 18" arm side fade.
First look at 2026 RHP Ollie Smith (Rye Country Day); long/lanky 6-0 155lb frame working from a low 3/4 slot. Impressive effort on a cool afternoon.
— PBR New York (@PBRNewYork) October 22, 2023
FB: 83-85, T 86 ASR
SL: 70-73; lateral/late tilt
CH: 74-78; developing pic.twitter.com/eTnGjAN808
+ C/1B Sebastian Espinal (Citius Prep) Big lefty bat generating advanced blast metrics (76 MPH bat speed/ 25 rotational acc) from a simple, repeatable operation. Present power through the middle and pull side with a 95 MPH exit velo. Clean exchanges behind the plate flashing backspin from a 75 MPH arm.