Last season we found some gems on the “10 High Upside Buys Under $20” article including Joshua Baez and Caleb Bonemer, two players that have seen their stock soar since then. We ran back a 2026 version this past February with the same type of list and again found some big winners. Here’s how all 10 of those names are looking at around the halfway point of this season.

Not too bad! Now the question is can we replicate that success by diving even deeper down the price sheet and locating players in the value bin who could share the same success? We’re sure going to try. Here are my 10 favorite non-debuted hitting prospects who currently have a 1st Bowman autograph under $10.

Honorable Mentions: Anderson De Los Santos (BAL), Victor Arias (TOR), Cam Maldonado (SF), Jadher Areinamo (TB), Dauri Fernandez (CLE), Ronny Hernandez (BOS), Abimelec Ortiz (WAS), Brooks Brannon (BOS), Deniel Ortiz (STL), Marconi German (WAS)

10. Breyson Guedez (ATH) - Age: 18.8

  • Avg. Base Auto - $8.33

  • Hobby Ranking - 219

Guedez is a fun one for me because he falls into a similar spot that I love with Juan Sanchez (TOR) and that’s that he skipped the Complex League and went straight to Single-A. Now he’s not nearly as highly regarded as Sanchez who is a near top 100 hobby prospect for me, but there’s still a lot to like for this cheap. The reason I tend to like these spots is because it’s not uncommon for kids making this jump to struggle and it causes their cards to dip, putting them in a nice buy low spot. The approach will need some work as he’s struck out in 27.4% of his PA and walked in only 6.6% but he’s batting .298 right now which is pretty strong all things considered.

There are only 4 prospects in baseball who have 300+ PA at age 18 this year, one is Breyson Guedez and the other three are much bigger hobby names in Eli Willits, Elian Pena, and Brady Ebel. Guedez has the highest batting average out of all of them. I know I usually throw DSL stats out the window but last year he hit .359 with a 9.5% K rate there. The downside is that some evaluators think he’ll have below average power, but his .138 ISO for his age at a level where he’s more than 3 years younger than his average competitor isn’t too shabby. This is a long-term play, as is Juan Sanchez, because you’ll have to hold through the ups-and-downs as they adjust, but there’s some nice hobby potential here for only $8.

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