Hot Week & The Top 100: Luke Cantwell & Yet Another Holliday Shine

To give readers a better picture of other teams' farm systems, we're going to highlight some of the top performers from MLB Pipeline's Top 100 prospects list. Two of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 hitters and three up-and-coming prospects ranked as top performers for the week of April 28 through May 3. Outfielder Mike Sirota (Dodgers), shortstop John Peck (Tigers), first baseman Luke Cantwell (Padres), shortstop Ethan Holliday (Rockies), and outfielder Sterlin Thompson (Rockies) had the best stats for their series from last week.

Mike Sirota, OF – Great Lakes Loons (A+, Dodgers)

Sirota is an outfield prospect in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and an MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospect. He is ranked at No. 50 in all of baseball.

Currently in his first season at High-A, Sirota is off to a breakout start, hitting well through 25 games, including in Great Lakes’ series against the Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals). He hit .533/.682/1.467 with a 2.149 OPS. In five games, he went 8-for-15 with four home runs, one double, seven RBIs, eight runs scored, six walks, and struck out just twice. In the series opener, he drove in three RBIs, and on May 2, in the final game of the series, he scored three of Great Lakes’ nine runs. It was a standout week for the outfielder, who is having a great season overall.

Over the course of the season as a whole, Sirota is hitting .329/.486/.671, with a 1.157 OPS, and a .386 BABIP. He has nine doubles, one triple, and six home runs. On top of that, he has walked 23 times, driven in 15 RBIs, and has 27 runs scored for Great Lakes.

John Peck, SS – Erie SeaWolves (AA, Tigers)

After 93 games in High-A in 2025, the Detroit Tigers promoted shortstop John Peck to Double-A Erie to finish out the season. After 25 games to end the season, the Tigers kept Peck in Double-A to begin his 2026 campaign.

Last week against the Chesapeake Baysox (Orioles), he hit .526/.550/1.368, with a 1.918 OPS. In five games, he was 10-for-19 with four home runs, nine RBIs, and two stolen bases. He also had two doubles and nine runs scored. It was a great week for Eerie as they defeated Chesapeake in five of the six games. In the opening game of the series, Peck drove in four of Eerie’s five RBIs.

Over the course of the season so far, the right-handed hitting shortstop is batting .287/.318/.554, with a .872 OPS, and a .348 BABIP. He has nine doubles, six home runs, and 23 RBIs. Along with that, he has 10 stolen bases and 24 runs scored through 24 games.

Luke Cantwell, 1B – Lake Elsinore Storm (A, Padres)

Luke Cantwell, 23, from Pittsburgh, is the third-best performing player from April 28 through May 3. Currently playing for the Padres’ High-A affiliate Lake Elsinore Storm, he had a standout series in Lake Elsinore’s series against the Ontario Tower Buzzers (Dodgers). He hit .714/.800/1.000, with a 1.800 OPS. In five games played, he was a very impressive 10-for-14 with a home run, one double, seven RBIs, three walks, and four runs scored.

Lake Elsinore took five of the six games from Ontario.

Over the course of the 2026 season, Cantwell is batting a total of .345/.493/.483, with a .976 OPS, and a .422 BABIP through 21 games. In 58 total at-bats, he has one home run, five doubles, 12 walks, 15 RBIs, and 10 runs scored. He also added three stolen bases.

Ethan Holliday, SS – Fresno Grizzlies (A, Rockies)

19-year-old Ethan Holliday, the son of former big leaguer Matt Holliday, is making a name for himself in his first season of following in his dad’s footsteps. Drafted in 2025 out of Stillwater High School in Oklahoma, the brother of Jackson Holliday is also ranked as MLB Pipeline’s No. 17 prospect in minor league baseball and is having a huge first season in Single-A with the Fresno Grizzlies.
In Fresno’s most recent series against the Stockton Ports (Athletics), Holliday hit .500/.682/1.083, with a 1.765 OPS. In five games, he was 6-for-12 with two home runs, one double, eight walks, driving in 11 RBIs, and five runs scored.

In game two on April 29, Holliday had five of the Grizzlies’ nine RBIs and on May 2 he had four of their nine RBIs. Fresno won three of six against Stockton.

Over the course of his first season in Fresno, the No. 4 draft pick in the 2025 draft is hitting .257/.412/.486, with a .898 OPS, and a BABIP of .326. He has a total of three doubles, one triple, four home runs, and has walked 17 times, showing true discipline at the plate and a great eye as well. He has 21 RBIs, 15 runs scored, and one stolen base in his first season.

Sterlin Thompson, OF – Albuquerque Isotopes (AAA, Rockies)

Another Rockies prospect, Sterling Thompson, is a left-handed hitter and outfielder with the Albuquerque Isotopes. Drafted in 2022 by the Rockies, Thompson is in his second season with Triple-A Albuquerque.

In their latest series against the El Paso Chihuahuas (Padres), Thompson hit .647/.750/.941, with a 1.691 OPS. In five games, he went 11-for-17 with a home run, two doubles, nine RBIs, seven walks, and two stolen bases. He also had four runs scored in game three on May 1.

May 1 was the best game of the series for Thompson. In Albuquerque’s mammoth 26-8 win over El Paso, he had five hits (home run, two doubles, two singles) with two walks, drove in four, and scored four runs.

Over the course of the season, Thompson is hitting .343/.477/.495, with a .972 OPS. He has a total of five doubles, one triple, and three home runs. He has driven in 20 RBIs and has 23 runs scored through 30 games and a BABIP of .440. So far, he is on course to massively surpass his 2025 season if he continues to hit as well as he has been.

MLB Pipeline Top-100 prospects Lazaro Montes, OF (No. 35 - Arkansas Travelers, AA), Caleb Bonemer, SS/3B (No. 51 – Winston-Salem Dash, A+), and Bryce Eldridge, 1B (No. 18 – Sacramento River Cats (AAA, Giants) also had huge performances in their latest series.

Teams opened their latest series on Tuesday as MiLB continues its six-game series format that began in 2021.