Upcoming MLB Draft Combine to include three members of KU baseball team
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- Three Kansas players — LeBlanc, Ballinger and Voegele — were invited to 2026 MLB Combine.
- The 2026 MLB Combine will run June 23-26 at Chase Field in Phoenix.
- Around 334 draft-eligible players (194 collegians, 140 high schoolers) will attend.
Kansas baseball standouts Tyson LeBlanc, Dominic Voegele and Brady Ballinger have been invited to attend the 2026 MLB Draft Combine, which will take place from June 23-26 at Chase Field, the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, MLB headquarters announced Monday.
LeBlanc is a 6-foot, 200-pound junior shortstop from Maurice, Louisiana. Ballinger is a 6-2, 225 junior left fielder from Las Vegas, and Voegele a 6-2, 200 junior from Columbia, Illinois. They were three top players on a 45-18 KU team that won both the Big 12 regular season and postseason tourney titles and reached the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament.
LeBlanc hit .341 with a school single-season record 25 homers and 69 RBIs. Ballinger hit .283 with seven homers and 24 RBIs. Voegele, KU’s No. 1 starting pitcher, compiled a 6-4 record and 5.85 ERA. He’s KU’s single-season strikeout leader with 120 this past campaign.
Kansas State players invited to the combine: sophomore outfielder AJ Evasco, junior shortstop Dondreone Kennedy and junior pitcher James Guyette.
Missouri players who were invited: junior shortstop Kam Durnin and junior pitcher Josh McDevitt.
In total, 334 draft-eligible players are set to take part in the showcase in Phoenix. The participants will undergo testing and participate in drills in front of Major League Baseball operations departments, scouting directors and other personnel.
The pool splits into 194 collegiate players and 140 high school athletes. Among that group, 192 of MLB’s top 200 draft prospects are set to take part, led by seven of the top 10.
Additionally, the combine is set to highlight 30 players who previously were a part of Major League Baseball’s developmental programming including the DREAM Series, Breakthrough Series, Hank Aaron Invitational, Nike Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities Program (RBI), States Play Invitational and the 2026 HBCU Swingman Classic Presented by USA Baseball.
In 2025, 256 of the 309 players who took part in the combine were selected in the MLB Draft (82.8%), including 87 of the first 100 picks.
