High school pitching is always the riskiest crop of players to choose from in the MLB Draft, but the 2026 class is unique in that it’s one of the deepest when it comes to prep pitching that a draft has ever seen

The 2026 MLB Draft is just over three months away and Major League Baseball just revealed the bonus pools for each team as well as the assigned slot value for each pick in the first ten rounds of the draft

Joseph Contreras is a 17 year old right-handed pitcher out of Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in the Atlanta area, and on Friday night, he was front and center on the world stage. Contreras was invited by team Brazil to join their pitching staff where he could represent his mother Isabel’s home country. At 17 years old, Contreras is the youngest player rostered by any WBC team in this edition of the showcase.