I decided to throw a bit of a curveball on this one. I steered away from the MiLB Top 100 and went with someone I first saw tape on.

Jaiden Lo Re is a 19-year-old shortstop who hasn’t even taken his first professional at-bat yet. So why am I choosing to highlight a kid with no professional tape? Because I watched Lo Re take a live at-bat off of Trevor Bauer and was very impressed.

In his senior year of high school, he hit .418 and had a 3% strikeout rate. He has a great eye, good patience, a flat swing and bat speed that allow him to catch up to anything, and he won’t be intimidated by velocity. Standing at 5’11” and 180 pounds, the 19-year-old will continue to fill out as he begins his professional journey.

It’s difficult to come up with a comp for Lo Re without a lot of tape, but from what I’ve seen, two players come to mind, with one being a ceiling. The more reasonable comparison I see is former Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson. Wilson was known a little bit more for his defense, but both are 5’11”, good contact guys, with low strikeout rates. Lo Re’s ceiling – and it’s a lofty one – is Craig Biggio. Biggio was known as a contact guy who was tough to get out, but he also had some pop. He was drafted as a catcher but played most of his career in Houston at second base. The measurables are similar to Lo Re, and they both have a no-fear approach. I’m not saying that Lo Re will have Biggio’s trophy case, or the 3,000 hits, but when you go up to the plate with no fear, good things can happen.

Not much is known about Lo Re’s defense, but with his size and contact-first approach, the former BYU commit is likely to stick in the middle infield. Some professional analysts aren’t confident in his ability to consistently produce offensively, but based on what I’ve seen, I’m not worried. He is a TOUGH out. He could give pitchers problems.

I don’t know how Jaiden will shake out professionally, but I am confident in his ability. In his live at-bat contest against Cy Young award winner Trevor Bauer, Lo Re won based on Bauer’s own scoring system and only struck out once. You could say that Bauer hasn’t been in the Majors in a few years, but he’s still pitching professionally, and was sitting at 93-94 MPH against the Baltimore Orioles 5th round draft pick. Any way you slice it. Jaiden Lo Re’s bat-to-ball skills are impressive.

Given that he hasn’t taken a professional at-bat yet, Lo Re is not on MiLB’s Top 100 prospect list yet, but if he has a good first season in pro ball in 2026, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him crack the list ahead of 2027. See him face Trevor Bauer below: