Minor League Baseball’s 2026 Triple-A All-Star and award winners are loaded with players who already know what the big leagues feel like.
On Saturday, MLB announced the 32-man All-Star groups for the International League and Pacific Coast League, with 16 players chosen from each circuit. Twenty-five of those selections had time in the majors this season, a total that works out to 78.1 percent. The list also came with the league’s top individual honors, and several names doubled up.
In the International League, Guardians catcher Cooper Ingle was named MVP, Yankees right-hander Brendan Beck earned Pitcher of the Year, and Tigers outfielder Max Clark took home Top MLB Prospect honors. In the Pacific Coast League, Rockies outfielder Zac Veen was the MVP, Giants righty Carson Seymour was Pitcher of the Year, and Rockies slugger Charlie Condon was named Top MLB Prospect.
Ingle didn’t get much of a look in the majors, logging just 21 at-bats, but he spent most of the year crushing International League pitching. The 2023 fourth-round pick finished with a league-best .952 OPS and placed in the top five in runs scored (85), walks (86), batting average (.297) and BABIP (.362).
He also added 20 home runs after entering the season with 21 combined over his previous three years. The Guardians’ No. 4 prospect has drawn praise for his mature presence in the box.
Beck’s rise came after a healthy offseason and a much stronger run at Triple-A than the one he had a year ago. Last season, after returning from an elbow procedure he had in 2024, he put up a 1.82 ERA in 54 1/3 Double-A innings before a promotion to Triple-A led to a dip in production.
This year, the Yankees’ No. 25 prospect was dominant at the highest minor league level. The 27-year-old led all Triple-A pitchers with 151 strikeouts in 135 1/3 innings and also posted a 2.93 ERA, using pinpoint control and changing locations to keep hitters off balance.
His single-game highs included a 12-strikeout, six-scoreless-inning outing on Aug. 4 and seven scoreless innings, both career bests.
Clark’s season in Toledo showed exactly why stolen bases have become fashionable again. The outfielder, nicknamed “Spark,” played with the kind of energy that fits the label and showed off true five-tool ability.
In 90 games, he hit 10 homers, stole 21 bases and posted a .276/.368/.434 line. His speed grades out at 70, which helped him make highlight-reel plays in the field, and he led all Triple-A outfielders with six assists even though he spent only part of the season with Toledo.
He was called up to the majors on July 31.
Veen’s year in Albuquerque started with a body transformation and ended with an MVP award. After an offseason lifestyle change, he arrived at Spring Training 40 pounds heavier and stronger than he had ever been as a pro, and the results followed.
The 2020 first-rounder set a career high with 24 home runs and finished with a Triple-A-best 1.037 OPS in 100 games. He also kept his speed, swiping 18 bases and legging out eight triples.
Veen led the PCL in extra-base hits with 65 and finished third in batting average at .327 before his Aug. 11 promotion to the majors, where he has become a contributing piece for the Rockies.
Seymour was one of the toughest arms in a PCL that tilts heavily toward offense before a midseason move to the bullpen and a later promotion to San Francisco. Over nine starts, the 27-year-old posted a 3.69 ERA and 1.23 WHIP with 36 strikeouts.
Across the full season, he struck out 70 in 76 innings and picked up four saves, finishing with a 3.79 ERA in 22 appearances. Among qualified PCL pitchers, only one finished with an ERA under 4.00, which makes Seymour’s work even more notable.
Condon’s bat did exactly what his frame suggests it should. At 6-foot-5 and 216 pounds, the Rockies’ No. 3 prospect brought obvious power, and he backed it up by setting the NCAA Division I BBCOR Era Record with 37 homers at Georgia in 2024.
In his first Triple-A season with Albuquerque, the 2024 No. 3 overall pick kept driving the ball, hitting a system-best 27 homers, which ranked third in the PCL, and producing a career-high .904 OPS over 130 games. He used a simple right-handed stance and showed the kind of slugging ability that could play at the next level, especially at Coors Field.
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