Cubs Prospect Stock Watch: Biggest Risers and Fallers in MLB's Latest Update
Josiah Hartshorn skyrockets up the rankings while Jaxon Wiggins stumbles. Discover how elite internal shifts and breakout performances reshaped Chicago's standing in MLB Pipeline's latest top-100 update.
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What is up Cubs fans and welcome back to Cubs Roundtable.
I'm Joey Polizzi talking about all things Cubs, and MLB Pipeline updated their top 100 prospects in baseball.
This is kind of the midway update of the season, just a couple weeks before the 2026 MLB draft.
And there was plenty of risers and fallers in the Cubs organization with inside the top 100.
The biggest riser is Josiah Harnthorn, and if you've been following us here at Cubs Roundtable, we have written a lot about him in his first professional season.
Harnthorn has really hit the ball well this season.
Started the year at Single A, tore it up there, and is now continue to tear it up here at high A with the South Bend Cub, batting over 309 home runs in just about 30 games played.
He is now a top 80 prospect and continues to trend up, so he continues to rise up these prospect rankings and will continue to rise if he continue to hit the ball the way he has.
The biggest faller now is Jackson Wiggins.
Jackson Wiggins falls all the way down to number 95 overall.
This is obviously a big drop after he started as a top 60 prospect to begin the season.
Now obviously, Wiggins has not been able to stay healthy this year, missed about two months with an elbow injury.
Now he's just starting to build back up on a rehab assignment, but still he hasn't been able to stay healthy and that is a big reason why he has dropped outside the top 90.
Two other risers, small risers here, Jefferson Rojas, who was updated last month as the Cubs' top prospect, remains the Cubs' top prospect, and now is looking really good as a top 70 prospect, hitting the ball well at AA Knoxville and continues to trend up.
He could make his AAA debut sometime very soon.
The last player that is trending up and had did get a small rise here in MLB Pipeline's latest update is Pedro Ramirez.
Still technically a prospect, but Ramirez has looked good at the big league level, 260, a home run, couple of stolen bases.
He will graduate very soon if the Cubs do not option him within the next week, but still he is technically a prospect and comes in inside the top 80.
But let me know what you guys think about this latest MLB Pipeline update and as always, guys, go Cubs go.
