baseball america's 2026 milb all star teams

In my opinion, Baseball America is the premier publication for identifying the best prospect performances over the season.  Annually they produce an overall MiLB All-Star team; a 1st team, 2nd team, and 3rd team. 

The Dodgers have a total of 6 MiLB All Stars; 2 on the 1st team, 3 on the 2nd team, and 1 on the 3rd team.  No other team had more than 4 total All Stars.  Baltimore and Miami had 4, while St. Louis, Tampa Bay, and Seattle had 3.  

The Dodgers were joined by St. Louis and Seattle with two 1st team All-Stars, but they were looking up at Baltimore with three.  All of Baltimore’s and Seattle’s 1st team All-Stars were the five starting pitchers.  St. Louis’ 2nd 1st team was a reliever.  So the Dodgers were the only team with two 1st team position players. 

For the 1st team, the Dodgers had two OF as All Stars.  The report for the players came from BA. 

·      OF—Josue De Paula, AA Tulsa 

·      De Paula produced the most well-rounded batting line in the minor leagues. He hit .303 and led the Texas League with 152 hits. He drew 81 walks and got on base at a .401 clip. He struck out just 15% of the time. De Paula slugged .547 on the strength of 27 home runs and 37 doubles. He stole 31 bases. He drove in and scored more than 100 runs over 124 games. De Paula’s Double-A dominance earned him a September callup to the Dodgers, where he filled the DH void left by Shohei Ohtani’s injury. 

·      OF—Mike Sirota, AAA Oklahoma City 

·      Sirota authored a 72-game on-base streak this season that stretched from April 9 to July 10 and spanned High-A Great Lakes and Double-A Tulsa. He reached Triple-A for two games at the end of the season. Sirota was one of 14 minor league batters to walk 100 times, while his .461 OBP ranked second in the minors and his .987 OPS tied for seventh best. 

2nd Team

·      SS – Emil Morales

·      OF – Eduardo Quintero

·      SP – Christian Zazueta 

3rd Team

·      1B – James Tibbs III 

Mark had identified a list of the best first year draft picks for 2026, which the Dodgers had 1; Bo Lowrence.  I mentioned that where the Dodgers draft, and how many they draft, it is not conducive to getting many names on this list.  But we can see what happens when the development team takes over after the draft.  While other teams may draft front line players, how well do they develop them? 

For those who want to see all three lists: 

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2026-minor-league-all-stars/

OKC Comets 7 – Las Vegas Aviators (A’s) 2 

In a win or go home game, RHSP Landon Knack was given the ball for the must win game.  He will have an unexpected bat in the lineup; Josue De Paula was optioned when Shohei Ohtani was activated from the IL. 

Both teams failed to score in the first two innings.  OKC broke through in the 3rd.  SS Noah Miller led off with a double and moved to 3rd on a single by 2B Hyeseong Kim.  With one out, RF Zach Ehrhard hit a 2-run double.  Ehrhard is showing a real clutch side to his game.  

In the 4th inning, CF Alek Thomas led off with a single.  The next two batters made out, but Kim hit a run-scoring double for a 3-0 lead.  

OKC opened it up a bit in the 5th.  Ehrhard and LF Josue De Paula walked to open the inning.  1B James Tibbs III, also showing signs of a clutch hitting, hit a 3-run HR, his 2nd of the playoffs.  DH Mike Sirota and Thomas followed with singles but were left stranded. 

For the first five innings, RHSP Landon Knack was cruising without giving up a run.  In the 6th, Knack got the first two batters out.  A two out single and double gave LV their first run.  

In the bottom of the 7th, Knack gave up a double to the first batter and struck out the next batter.  LHRP Garrett McDaniels was brought in to relieve Knack and got the final two outs. 

In the 8th, 3B Ryan Fitzpatrick got the run back with a solo HR. 

RHRP Seth Halvorsen pitched a scoreless 8th.  RHRP Paul Gervase entered in the 9th, and gave up a leadoff HR.  He got the next three batters out to close out the game.  

OKC and Las Vegas are now tied up at 1 game apiece.  It will be a winner take all in Thursday’s game.  The winner on Thursday will play a 1 game AAA Championship game against the International League Champion. That game will be played in Las Vegas.  

·      Zach Ehrhard – 2-4, 1 BB, 1 run, 2 RBI, double

·      Mike Sirota – 2-5

·      Alek Thomas – 2-5, 1 run, 1 RBI

·      Hyeseong Kim – 2-4, 1 run, 1 RBI, double

·      James Tibbs III – 1-4, 1 BB, 1 run, 1 RBI, HR (2)

·      Ryan Fitzgerald – 1-5, 1 run, 1 RBI, HR

·      Noah Miller – 1-4, 1 run, double 

Box Score 

Look who is now a LAD Top 30 prospect. 

A different Alex Freeland to end the season?