The 2026 Major League Baseball draft welcomed over 500 new players over the weekend, several of whom will be bringing a bit of that ‘New York state of mind’ to their respective teams. Other standouts from top-ranked schools, like Carson Wiggins, Arkansas’ standout right-handed pitcher, had their names called as the new proponents of the New York Mets or Yankees and will play with either team — depending on what goes down before the trade deadline (August 3).
Nineteen-year-old Aiden Ruiz, one of the youngest top prospects and one of the nation’s leading high school shortstops, was drafted in the second round (44th overall) as the first draftee from a New York school (Stony Brook School) to be chosen in this year’s top 50. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected the Queens native in the second round.
Local to Binghamton, fellow Bearcats junior pitchers Conner Griffin and Jackson Mitchell were drafted in the 10th and 19th rounds by the Cincinnati Reds and Miami Marlins, respectively.
Other New York players could find themselves on a Major League team as a free agent. Maine-Endwell alum and Little League World Series winner Jack Hopko, for example, signed a free-agent deal with the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.
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Here are players from New York schools who were selected in the first 10 rounds of the draft:
Round 2, 44th pick: Aiden Ruiz [SS, The Stony Brook HS]
Round 3, 118th pick: Carlos Martinez [P, Hofstra]
Round 6, 177th pick: Micah Worley [P, SUNY Stony Brook]
Round 10, 302nd pick: Conner Griffin [P, SUNY Binghamton] 6’6 RHP, 95-96 mph fastest
Fresh faces on New York teams
With plenty of roster changes and new leadership, New York baseball fans have lots to look forward to in the upcoming year — and with plenty of fresh talent, several new players to harshly scrutinize as well.
Here are the New York Mets and New York Yankees’ top three picks in the 2026 MLB draft:
This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Here are the top New York natives selected in the 2026 MLB draft
Reporting by Aniya Sumner, Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin / Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
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