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2026 MLB Draft Preview: Aiden Robbins scouting report.
The 2026 is about a month away — the first round kicks off on July 11, 2026 — so its time to start offering capsule looks at players the Texas Rangers could select with their top picks. The Rangers’ first round pick is at #16, their second round pick is at #54, and their third round pick is at #89.
Leading up to draft day, we will be doing writeups of some of the players who could end up getting selected by the Rangers with one of their first three picks. Today we are looking at University of Texas outfielder Aiden Robbins.
Aiden Robbins is a 6’2”, 205 lb. righthanded hitting outfielder at the University of Texas, where he transferred this year after playing his first two seasons for Seton Hall. A native of Pennsylvania, Robbins was relatively unheralded coming out of high school, and was not ranked in Baseball America’s top 500 draft prospects in 2023, when he went undrafted coming out of high school.
Robbins’ bat is his carrying tool, as he has hit well all three seasons at the collegiate level, as well as in summer league play. Coming into the season, Robbins was more of a hit-over-power guy — however, in 2026, he’s gotten more aggressive at the plate, resulting in much more power, but also a drop in batting average and a significant uptick in his strikeout totals. It sounds like Robbins has made changes this year to put the ball in the air more, as well. The reports praise his bat speed, and he can catch up to fastballs, though MLB Pipeline mentions that his more aggressive approach this year has made him more vulnerable to offspeed stuff.
Robbins has played center field for Texas this season, after playing right field for Seton Hall in 2025 and splitting time between left field and center field in 2024. The reports have his arm at average, and it sounds like he’ll likely end up a corner spot long-term as a pro. His speed also shows as grading out as average, though he is apparently a good baserunner, and has had success as a basestealer.
Robbins played his first two seasons for Seton Hall, slashing .302/.368/.512 with 31 Ks against 15 walks in 185 plate appearances as a freshman. His breakout 2025 campaign saw him slash .422/.537/.652 in 255 plate appearances, with 44 walks against 32 Ks. He went 20 for 21 on the basepaths, though he only had six homers, matching his total his freshman year. In summer league play in 2024 and 2025, he showed more power, as well as bigger strikeout totals.
Robbins transferred to UT for 2026, which resulted in him facing a more difficult level of competition in the SEC than he faced in the Big East. He nonetheless thrived, though with a different offensive profile than he showed at Seton Hall. His K rate almost doubled, as he struck out 60 times in 271 plate appearances as a junior for UT, but he also hit 24 homers while drawing 39 walks, ultimately putting up a .342/.435/.720 slash line, and going 12 for 13 in stolen base attempts.
Baseball America has Robbins at #18 on their board. MLB Pipeline has Robbins at #30 on their board. Kiley McDaniel puts Robbins at #25 on his top 150 list. Keith Law’s rankings have Robbins at #85 on his board. Fangraphs does not have Robbins on their board. Baseball Prospectus also does not have Robbins on their top 30 draft board.
In the most recent Baseball America mock draft, Carlos Collazo has Robbins going to the Pirates at #34. Jim Callis’s June 4 mock draft has Robbins going to the Mets at #27, and says that the Rangers, at #16, would be Robbins’ ceiling. Keith Law’s May mock draft doesn’t have Robbins going in the first 28 picks. Kiley McDaniel’s May 29 mock draft has Robbins going to the Astros at #28, and also mentions the Rangers at #16 as the “high water mark” for Robbins.
I picked Robbins a couple of months ago as my “way too early” prediction for the Rangers at #16, as a guy with a quality hit tool who has had success against high-level competition. The profile has shifted this year, with Robbins becoming, in Keith Law’s words, a power-over-hit guy now, with Law noting his 30% whiff rate is a concern.
As a guy who can play center but will probably have to move to a corner, Robbins is going to have to hit more to succeed that an up-the-middle player. He’s shown this year that he can tap into the power that folks have thought was there, but the question is whether the trade-off, in regards to his contact, is worth it.
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