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Guardians Land Several Players on New Top 100 Prospect List
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When the Cleveland Guardians have been playing their best baseball this season, it's been in large part thanks to the rookie trio of Chase DeLauter, Travis Bazzana, and Parker Messick.
Cleveland should be excited about its future thanks to these three players, but even more talent is coming as you look deeper into the organization's farm system.
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MLB Pipeline released its updated top-100 prospects list earlier this week, and the Guardians ended up with four players on the ranking.
Those players included:
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Angel Genao - No. 29
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Ralphy Velazquez - No. 32
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Braylon Doughty - No. 72
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Junieker Caceres - No. 82
Feb 24, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Cleveland Guardians infielder Angel Genao against the Los Angeles Dodgers during a spring training game at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
An exciting part of these rankings is that both Velazquez and Genao were recognized as being some of the biggest risers of any prospect on the list.
Genao jumped 34 spots from MLB Pipeline's latest ranking. Velazquez's 57-spot jump was the third-biggest by any player on the list.
Velazquez continues to put together a stellar 2026 season and has really started to find his stride at Triple-A over the last few weeks. The 21-year-old has hit eight home runs in his last nine games, which included some no-doubt-about-it moonshots and even a recent inside-the-park Little League-style home run.
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Doughty's season was hampered by shoulder inflammation, but he recently got back on the mound at Double-A. The silver lining is that, with Doughty missing time and still being considered a top-100 prospect, there's only more room for him to grow before his eventual big-league debut.
Caceres has always had the potential to be considered an elite prospect, and now the 18-year-old is putting together a breakout season at the plate. Across both Single-A and High-A this year, Caceres owns a .925 OPS.
There probably should be some sort of asterisk next to Genao's name, though.
Even though he technically is still considered a prospect, the 22-year-old is still considered a prospect; the Guardians called him up for his big-league debut last week.
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Given how the team has used him, it likely won't be long before Genao graduates from prospect status, leaving Cleveland with just three top-100 players.
As impressive as Cleveland's continued youth movement is, one slight concern with this list is that the Guardians' farm system may not be as deep as it was last year.
Genao should graduate soon, and Velazquez should be an option very early in 2027, if not at some point at the end of this season.
The Guardians still have some work to do to make sure the next wave of prospects is elite, too.
