Top 150 Minor League Stuff+ Leaders For 2026

Top 10 Starter Arsenals Per Stuff+ (Min. 1,500 Pitches)

Brody Hopkins, RHP, Rays (118 Stuff+)

Hopkins has been the minor league king of Stuff+ since the moment Jacob Misiorowski graduated. The 24-year-old righthander throws five pitches that grade as plus to plus-plus on the Stuff+ model, including an upper-90s fastball with a flat plane, a low-90s cutter, a mid-to-high-80s curveball, a firm changeup and an upper-90s two-seamer.

Luis Perales, RHP, Nationals (117 Stuff+)

Perales has starred in multiple Stuff+ articles this week, as he checked in with the top-graded cutter to go with a splitter that also graded highly. With an upper-90s fastball that touched 101 mph this season, a plus splitter, plus cutter and hard upper-80s short slider, Perales has a robust arsenal of nasty pitches with which to attack. Further refinement of his stuff could unlock another level of production for the fireballing righthander.

Khristian Curtis, RHP, Pirates (116 Stuff+)

If you’ve been following along with our pitch-type breakdowns this week, you’ll know Curtis qualified for each article. His four-seam fastball and cutter both ranked within the top 20, and his changeup was tops among the sample sizes.

It’s a robust arsenal for Curtis, who has an outside chance of developing into a starter in time. Curtis still needs more refinement of his arsenal, but he is well equipped to miss bats and limit hard contact. Improved locations will be the most important development for Curtis in the coming years.

Reinold Navarro, LHP, Pirates (116 Stuff+)

Speaking of improved command being a key to development, Curtis’ system mate Reinold Navarro had the highest-graded four-seam fastball among starting pitchers in the minors this season.

Navarro’s stuff is outlier, especially for a lefthanded starter. He sits in the mid-to-upper 90s with his fastball, generating an average of 20 inches of induced vertical break with high spin rates. The hang-up? He rarely, if ever, finds the strike zone.

Luke Gabrysh, RHP, Mets (116 Stuff+)

The Mets acquired Gabrysh from the Phillies at the trade deadline in exchange for lefthanded reliever Brooks Raley. While his stat line doesn’t jump off the page, there are plenty of things to like about the 23-year-old righthander, most notably his ability to maintain his stuff throughout a full season as a starter.

Gabrysh sits in the mid 90s with his fastball, topping out at 99 mph. He also works a sweeping slider, upper-80s cutter, sinker and firm changeup with heavy tumble and fade. It’s a strong pitch mix that could allow Gabrysh to take off with further refinement.

Jacob Odle, RHP, Cardinals (115 Stuff+)

Odle was one of the breakout names of the 2026 season, as the righthander added power across his pitch mix. Beyond his mid-to-high-90s fastball, his low-to-mid-80s curveball, upper-80s slider and sinking changeup all boast strong Stuff+ scores that make his arsenal one of the best in a loaded Cardinals system.

Christian Zazueta, RHP, Dodgers (115 Stuff+)

From a statistical standpoint, Zazueta had as good a season as any top pitching prospect not named Kade Anderson in 2026.

Zazueta posted a 115 Stuff+ score, 16.4% swinging-strike rate, 4.9% walk rate and 30.39% K-BB rate this season. He was the only pitcher in the minors to meet all four of those marks, thanks in large part to the quality of his pitch mix and his ability to command his plus stuff.

Tanner Franklin, RHP, Cardinals (113 Stuff+)

Franklin was a revelation for the Cardinals this season, as the former college reliever made a successful transition to the rotation in his first full season as a professional.

Franklin’s plus stuff across his pitch mix gives him the highest upside of any pitcher in the Cardinals’ system and one of the highest ceilings of any pitching prospect in the minors. He has a mid-to-high-90s fastball that can touch triple digits, a plus cutter, a hard sweeper, a two-plane banger curveball, as well as two-seam and changeup shapes. It’s a deep arsenal full of potent pitches, and Franklin has shown real growth from a pitchability standpoint.

Gage Wood, RHP, Phillies (113 Stuff+)

There’s a bit of debate about Wood’s future as a starter, but nothing he did in 2026 should hurt his chances of joining the Phillies’ rotation at some point in 2027.

Wood has a robust arsenal led by a mid-to-high-90s fastball with a flat plane. He throws two plus breaking balls in his slider and curveball while also mixing in a low-spin splitter. It’s a primary pitch mix that looks like it was designed in a lab to miss as many bats as possible.

Bishop Letson, RHP, Brewers (112 Stuff+)

Two bad months really dragged down Letson’s numbers in 2026. The talented young Brewers righthander posted a 7.36 ERA in April and 9.42 ERA in August, but he was solid during the other four months of the season.

While Letson will look to refine his plan of attack this offseason, he can take solace in the fact that his stuff was not the reason for his struggles. Letson’s outlier 7-foot-3 extension is his superpower, and he mixes a mid-90s fastball, sweepy low-80s slider, sinker, upper-80s cutter and changeup.

It’s a robust pitch mix that gives Letson a higher floor than his poor 2026 numbers indicate. Buy the dip on Letson heading into 2027.

Top 150 Stuff+ Leaders For 2026 (Min. 800 Pitches)