Season Wind-Down Spurs 2026 Uncertainty

As the 2025 MLB regular season winds down, outlets updated farm-system rankings after September call-ups to reflect promotions, trades and late breakouts. The postseason race is heating up but several contenders carry glaring flaws — notably the Blue Jays’ unstable bullpen, the Yankees’ high strikeout rate and the Mariners’ road split — underscoring that October success often hinges on fixing one clear weakness. End-of-season award debates are intensifying, with Aaron Judge frequently leading the MVP conversation amid other strong campaigns. Looking toward 2026, evaluators say starting pitchers are the hardest group to rank because of volatility and injury risk, with examples such as Wheeler, Dylan Cease, Schwellenbach and Ragans illustrating that uncertainty. Younger players and rookies (including Mets’ McLean) plus high-strikeout arms like Paul Skenes, Hunter Greene and Garrett Crochet could reshuffle award races, betting markets and fantasy drafts next year, while variance at premium positions (outfielders such as Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña and shortstops like Elly De La Cruz) makes early 2026 draft prep especially fraught.