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The 2026 MLB Draft is approaching, and Baseball America is providing a comprehensive, state-by-state look at the talent across the country with our rankings of the the top 2026 high school baseball players by state.

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These rankings are based on Baseball America’s extensive scouting coverage, combining first-hand evaluations and industry feedback to line up players based on their projected future talent. The rankings reflect the full spectrum of talent in the 2026 class. The players who project to be the best major league players—and thus will likely end up being high draft picks—are at the top of our rankings.

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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Tattoo artists across Oregon are voicing concerns after a recent rule clarification from the Oregon Health Authority says topical anesthetics cannot be used by any tattoo artist.

Sean Lanusse has been tattooing for nearly two decades, and sits on the committee that reviews curriculum for Oregon tattoo schools. During their last committee meeting, a memo was introduced with little warning.

“They just kinda slid it out and said we are not going to talk about this because it does not pertain to this meeting but here is this information,” Lanusse said.

The practice clarification says under no circumstance can tattoo artists in Oregon apply topical anesthetics. The reasoning: it could constitute practicing medicine.

Only one other state in the U.S. bans all topical anesthetics for tattoo purposes.

Lanusse said it’s common to see a numbing agent like Bactine in a tattoo studio.

“I did use bactine for a while just to ease it up a little bit, help the client through the extra 20 mins or whatever but generally I’m not using those things,” Lanusse said. “I don’t think it’s as big of a problem for us as it is for cosmetic tattooing.”

Cosmetic tattoo artists say ban will hurt business

At her private studio, Exuvium Studios Body Art & Beauty, Kaysie Anderson tattoos more than just permanent makeup. She does a lot of work with scar camouflaging and post-mastectomy areola reconstructing tattooing.

“I have used numbing creams up until this clarification for nearly every single service I perform,” Anderson said.

After the new rule came out, she sent a poll to her clients asking if they would be willing to get their tattoos without numbing cream. Since most of the tattoos Anderson applies are in very sensitive areas of the body, a vast majority of her clients said no.

“This will 100% drive business out of our state, this will also drive licensees out of our state so the HLO will loose that revenue too,” Anderson said. “If I am not able to get clarification on how this is to be enforced or applied then I would have to relocate.”

In an email from the Oregon Health Authority, the agency cited two instances of topical anesthetics being used during a cosmetic tattoo appointment that led to the client going to the hospital for eye irritations. Both of those cases were from more than 10 years ago. One happened in Albany in 2016, the other in Bend in 2012.

Both Lanusse and Anderson are hoping for more clarity from the Health Licensing Office as to why they are making these clarifications now.

“The ideal answer would be to have the HLO reconsider their interpretation of existing policy because it doesn’t seem to be supported by and existing statute,” Anderson said.

“I don’t like that they did it that way because this effects thousands of tattooers, cosmetic and artistic tattooers,” Lanusse said. “The rollout of this was very surprising, very sudden and not well communicated to everyone, it’s going to have far-reaching impact and no plan going forward.”

The organization “Reform Oregon Tattooing” said they will be lobbying this next legislative session to separate the licensing process for artistic tattooing and cosmetic tattooing.

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