The 2026 Cape Cod League season is done, meaning it’s review time. It was a grand time for many collegiate players, including the few draft-eligible players who went pro directly after their time in Massachusetts. Here’s a look at the five best standout hitters from the 2026 Cape Cod League season.
Dominic Cadiz
Amidst all the star power on the 2026 UCLA baseball team, one name who, perhaps, didn’t receive as much attention was Dominic Cadiz. Cadiz, part of a deep freshman class for the Bruins, hit .256 in his first collegiate season with two home runs and seven extra-base hits. Things opened up for him on the Cape.
Cadiz slashed .331/.384/.500 with six home runs and 14 extra-base hits for Orleans. He wound up ending up as the 2026 Cape Cod League hit king, as his 51 total hits were the most in the circuit.
Little swing-and-miss (20.2% Whiff%) in Massachusetts. The soon-to-be-sophomore proved to be more aggressive than his peers, taking fewer pitches while also accruing more called strikes than one would like to see. But nonetheless, those were small blemishes on a strong summer.
Andrew Costello
Catcher Andrew Costello was one of three regular catchers on the Demon Deacons this year, alongside Matt Conte and now-Twins prospect Jimmy Keenan. The soon-to-be sophomore followed up a .244 season with Wake Forest on a high note.
Costello slashed .361/.448/.557 with four home runs and 11 extra-base hits across 29 games with Bourne. He finished one point ahead of another player down on this list for the Cape Cod League batting title crown.
Additionally, Costello finished with one of the 10 lowest swing-and-miss rates in the circuit. More on that later.
Jacob Lee
The VCU Rams made it back to the NCAA Tournament in 2026, thanks in large part to sophomore Jacob Lee. Lee hit 17 home runs for VCU in 2026 before he joined Brewster and continued the momentum into the 2026 summer wood-bat circuit.
Lee slashed .301/.387/.553 (.940 OPS) with seven home runs and 11 extra-base hits across 28 contests with the Whitecaps during the season.
Among hitters with 40+ batted balls in the Cape, he had the highest Pull FB% (15.6%) in the circuit.
Tyler Myatt
As a sophomore with Tennessee, Tyler Myatt had three home runs, nine extra-base hits, and a .247 batting average in 34 contests with the Volunteers. He received some time to shine in the Cape Cod League — and took advantage of it.
Myatt hit a league-high nine home runs in the Cape Cod League this season. It’s an awfully impressive number given A) the limited scope of the schedule & B) the nature of the league. It’s a wood-bat league in a less-than-optimal hitting environment. The soon-to-be junior’s home run total was the most in one season in that league since 2024, when Ryder Helfrick and Ethan Petry each had 11.
The one big problem that Myatt had in the Cape Cod League was the swing-and-miss. Myatt struck out 52 times this season, and his 41.4% Whiff% was fourth-most in the circuit (min. 175 swings).
Blake Schaaf
Speaking of Wake Forest, another hitter from the 2026 Demon Deacons had a terrific season in the Cape.
That would be now-Yankees prospect Blake Schaaf, signed by New York in late July after a terrific season with Bourne. Schaaf, who hit .344 as a sophomore with Georgetown in 2025, joined Tom Walter (himself a Georgetown man) in North Carolina & hit .324 as a junior. Then, Schaaf followed that up with 41 hits and a .360 batting average.
The infielder had the lowest hitter Whiff% (10.6%) in the Cape this season.
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