MD/DE 2026 Rankings Update: Top 50
December 6, 2023
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It is with great excitement that we release to you today, our first update to the MD/DE Class of 2026 rankings with our Top 50 release. Following today's Top 50 release, we will unveil the full Top 100 on Thursday. Throughout this week we have highlighted new faces and risers whose stock has taken a jump in the past few months.
Today we turn our attention to the Top 50, including the Top 10 list below with a few key players inside the Top 50.
Remaining at No. 1, University of Maryland commit Eli Livingston (St. Paul's) continues to flash on both sides of the ball and cement his status as the top player in the class. Possessing an agile and strong 6-foot, 170 pound frame, the body maturation continues to develop and the smooth left-handed stroke has made strides each time our staff sees him. The added heaviness in the barrel certainly sticks out, and the added strength both in the swing and the arm bodes well.
‘26 Landon Daniel (@DecaturBasebal1)
— PBR Maryland (@PBRMaryland) November 4, 2023
⭐️ 5-10
⭐️ 180-lb
⭐️ 96 EV#MidAtlStateGames pic.twitter.com/mu1lFxH4Jz
Another standout from the Mid-Atlantic State Games makes their first appearance in the 2026 rankings, as Carter Sweeney-Strawberry (Sherwood) slides inside the Top 20. A 6-foot-2, 170 pound outfielder, the athleticism and metrics jump off the board, turning out a 6.82 60-yard, 87 mph from the outfield and consistently powering balls to the middle/pull side to the tune of a 90 mph exit velocity. It's an uphill path at the plate, creating consistent lift to the pull side that should transfer well to added power once the frame fills out. A highly important winter awaits, heading into the Spring campaign with back-to-back-to-back state champs, Sherwood.
‘26 Carter Sweeney-Strawberry (@Woodbaseball1)
— PBR Maryland (@PBRMaryland) November 4, 2023
⭐️ 6-2
⭐️ 170-lb
⭐️ 90 EV#MidAtlStateGames pic.twitter.com/kDLcwr1aLR
MD/DE Class of 2026 Top 10
1 | Eli Livingston | MD | St. Paul's | 2026 | OF | Maryland |
2 | Osiah Kelley | DE | Sussex Central | 2026 | RHP/SS | |
3 | Miguel Leon | MD | John Carroll | 2026 | SS | Maryland |
4 | Kai Schmelzer | MD | Wootton | 2026 | C | |
5 | Cruz Luna | MD | Archbishop Spalding | 2026 | C | |
6 | Ethan Frank | MD | Calvert Hall | 2026 | OF | |
7 | Arian Vargas | MD | Archbishop Spalding | 2026 | RHP | |
8 | Leo Antwerpen | MD | McDonogh | 2026 | LHP | |
9 | Ayden McCauley | DE | Delmar | 2026 | RHP | |
10 | Hunter Reed | MD | Catoctin | 2026 | C |