I'm beginning to question the wisdom of ranking prospects by position.

Granted, I've been doing it for more than a decade now, so I know it can work. And it's certainly more useful for Fantasy purposes than ranking them by team, as is most common. But here we have yet another position that's painfully thin in the prospect arena. Third base may be the worst offender of all, in fact.

It just seems like every hitting prospect right now is either a shortstop or an outfielder. Or a catcher, I guess, but they're kind of their own category.

2026 Prospects: C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | P

And sure, some of those shortstops will wind up at third base, same as second base. An organization will typically wait until the latest stage of a prospect's development to move him dow

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