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2014 MLB Draft College Outfield Follow List (and Ranking)
I’ve been unrelentingly positive about pretty much all things draft-related in almost all previous position groups for this year’s draft; it’s my nature to be optimistic, and I enjoy highlighting the good in amateur prospects whenever possible, This year’s college outfield class, however, has me really, really stretching to find nice things to say. As always it is important to note that all of the players listed below – literally all of them, even Garrett Brown (phenomenal athlete who has chosen football over baseball for now, though we won’t hold that against him as a person) way down at the bottom – are way, way better at baseball than 99% of any of the people evaluating them, myself included. Any and all criticism is meant only to illuminate greater truths about what I’ve seen, read, and heard, and not to disparage any player personally. Always like getting that out there to preempt some of the hate mail…
Brad Zimmer trumps all comers when it comes to showing a consistent power/speed mix that tantalizes scouts, fans, and whatever it is I am. That’s the good news. I haven’t seen him since this summer, and, after hearing and reading so many positive things about him this spring, I was a little taken aback to see his approach has gone backwards a bit, at least as far as my box score scouting expertise allows. That’s a little disappointing. The (expanded version of the) good news is, lackluster BB/K numbers aside, the man can hit. Projecting above-average plate discipline when the track record isn’t there is often a fool’s errand, but Zimmer is such a smart, gifted hitter that I think his skewed BB/K 2014 ratio is more about him being so locked in all season than a major red flag that would depress his prospect stock. I love a 2-0, 2-1, or 3-1 count as much as anybody, and the idea that a walk is as good as a single (more or less) is one I believe in, but there’s also something to be said for a guy capable of hitting the ball hard so consistently that he’s up there hunting for fastballs to drive. The measured approach to hitting has as much validity as the “see fastball, hit fastball” approach, it just depends on the rest of the player’s natural skill set. Zimmer’s wrists, hand/eye coordination, and balance give him a better than usual shot than other amateurs with similarly lackluster BB/K ratios.
Louie Lechich isn’t Brad Zimmer, but if you miss on the latter in the first round then hitting on the former later would give you a decent approximation of that power/skill starter kit. I know I might be crazy for saying this, and my personal rankings aren’t quite ready to back the statement up, but I think that Lechich is what so many want Derek Fisher to be. We’ll see.
Because the top of the draft is so flush with pitching, I keep coming back to the idea that teams picking in the top ten must be hoping against hope to get a big-time bat that slipped with their second pick. That’s currently where I’m at with Michael Conforto, a hitter likely too good to slip out of the first round but still not quite the stone cold mortal lock to go off the board that early. If a team with an iffy farm system and holes all over the ML roster (like, say, the Phillies) could land a college arm like Jeff Hoffman and then come back around and nab Conforto in the second…yeah, that would be alright with me. I made the indirect comparison between Zimmer and Lechich already, so we’ll go with the obvious next step and compare Conforto and Mike Papi. From here, I see very little that separates the two outside of perceived value. Both look like they could be average or better big league corner guys for a long time in pro ball. As happy as I’d be with Conforto in the second (or late first, really), I’d be just as good with waiting a little bit on Papi before snapping him up in the third or fourth round.
Aaron Fitt of Baseball America has talked up Greg Allen enough that I don’t think I can call him my guy, but, damn, I enjoy watching him play as much as any college outfielder on this list. His limited power upside is a real concern, especially in light of my newfound belief that power (or, in this case, even the threat of power) is the best statistical indicator of pro success. I’m drawn to speed/defense/on-base prospect profiles, but without the threat of pop, pro pitchers will undo a lot of what works offensively at the amateur level. Allen’s bat speed works in his favor, but his frame, athletic as it may be, poses a potential problem. I believe in his playable power more than most guys who fit the archetype, but will admit that being burned by players of a similar style over the years has me comparatively lower on Allen than I might have been in 2011. Still a high-level prospect worth following, of course.
The Virginia outfield is just plain silly. Papi is a pro hitter who just so happens to be currently playing college ball. Dating back to high school the aforementioned Fisher has always been a like and not a love for me – a point we’ve had some really good discussions on in the comments section over the years – and I remain of the belief that he has the chance to be a good regular in a corner if everything breaks just right rather than a potential star like some still projecting him as an upper- to mid-first round pick seem to believe. Brandon Downes can do it all athletically, but the all-important hit tool is a serious question. There are pro teams that would gladly trade their AA starting outfields for this group in a second.
I wrote a lot of positive things about Jeff Keller last year, so you know I’m not hopping off the bandwagon now. I wavered some on personal favorite Mark Payton pre-season – heard some not optimistic things about his pro prospects from people who couldn’t praise his ability to succeed in college enough – but I’m ready to pump him back up once I update these rankings pre-draft. Projection is king and Payton doesn’t have it compared to peers, but, man, I’ll take the guy who can run, field, throw, and, most importantly, roll out of bed ready to hit as my fourth outfielder any day. It’s silly to call a fourth-year college outfielder at TEXAS underrated, but I think pro scouts made up their mind on him being a nice college player and little more early on and haven’t been willing to revise that view over the years.
This may be a cop-out, but the new two months will tell us so much about the vast majority of the players outside of the first few. There’s very little separation in that mid-round tier that 2014 performance, the given day(s) a scout sees a guy, and team preference (power vs speed, flashes of plus tool vs well-roundedness, polish vs upside, etc.) will all play major roles in sorting out the jumble come June. I’d say Zimmer has put some distance between himself and the pack, and Conforto appears to be emerging as a strong contender for the second spot, but after that these rankings are as jumbled as any. Looking forward to revising this one after seeing how the season plays out.
- San Francisco JR OF Bradley Zimmer
- Oregon State JR OF/1B Michael Conforto
- Virginia JR OF Mike Papi
- Oregon State JR OF/RHP Dylan Davis
- Virginia JR OF Derek Fisher
- Virginia JR OF/C Brandon Downes
- San Diego State JR OF Greg Allen
- San Diego rJR OF/LHP Louie Lechich
- Dartmouth SR OF Jeff Keller
- Arizona State rJR OF Trever Allen
- College of Charleston SR OF Brandon Murray
- Kentucky JR OF Austin Cousino
- South Carolina JR OF Tanner English
- North Carolina State JR OF Jake Fincher
- Oregon JR OF/3B Scott Heineman
- Michigan State JR OF/C Jimmy Pickens
- Florida Gulf Coast JR OF/1B Michael Suchy
- Southern Mississippi JR OF/LHP Mason Robbins
- Bradley JR OF Max Murphy
- Texas SR OF Mark Payton
- Georgia JR OF/3B Hunter Cole
- Fresno State JR OF Jordan Luplow
- Long Beach State JR OF/1B Richard Prigatano
- Florida JR OF/RHP Justin Shafer
- Nevada SR OF Brad Gerig
- Binghamton JR OF/C Jake Thomas
- Louisiana-Lafayette JR OF Caleb Adams
- Cal Poly JR OF Nick Torres
- Princeton SR OF/2B Alec Keller
- Buffalo rSR OF Matt Pollock
- North Carolina A&T SR OF/2B Luke Tendler
- Auburn SO OF/2B Jordan Ebert
- Louisiana State SO OF Mark Laird
- Mississippi JR OF Senquez Golson
- Southern Mississippi JR OF Connor Barron
- Vanderbilt JR OF Johnny Norwood
- Stanford JR OF Dominic Jose
- Auburn SO OF/LHP Rock Rucker
- Troy JR OF Jo-El Bennett
- Washington State rSO OF Ben Roberts
- Indiana rJR OF Scott Donley
- Pittsburgh JR OF Boo Vazquez
- Texas-Arlington rSR OF Matt Shortall
- Rice SR OF/1B Michael Aquino
- Nebraska SR OF Mike Pritchard
- Kansas JR OF Connor McKay
- Kansas rSO OF Steve Goldstein
- TCU JR OF/RHP Jerrick Suiter
- Tennessee JR OF Jonathan Youngblood
- South Carolina JR OF/3B Elliot Caldwell
- Washington State JR OF/1B Yale Rosen
- Central Connecticut State SR OF JP Sportman
- The Citadel SR OF Hughston Armstrong
- Central Michigan JR OF Nick Regnier
- North Carolina State JR OF Bubba Riley
- Wake Forest rJR OF Kevin Jordan
- Wake Forest SR OF Evan Stephens
- Louisville JR OF Michael White
- Evansville rJR OF Kevin Kaczmarski
- USC rJR OF Omar Cotto Lozada
- Mississippi JR OF Auston Bousfield
- McNeese State SR OF Jackson Gooch
- Louisiana State JR OF Jared Foster
- James Madison JR OF/2B Chad Carroll
- Louisiana-Lafayette SR OF Seth Harrison
- Cal Poly JR OF Alex Michaels
- Georgia State rSR OF Chase Raffield
- Mississippi JR OF Will Jamison
- Alabama JR OF/C Ben Moore
- Eastern Michigan rSR OF Sam Ott
- Pittsburgh SR OF Casey Roche
- Southern JR OF Lance Jones
- Cincinnati rSO OF Will Drake
- Delaware rSO OF Gary Jones
- Louisiana State SR OF Sean McMullen
- Miami (Ohio) JR OF Matt Honchel
- UCLA JR OF Eric Filia
- Toledo rSO OF/SS Dan Zuchowski
- Duke rSR OF Ryan Deitrich
- Wagner SR OF Chris Smith
- Arkansas rSO OF Tyler Spoon
- Long Island-Brooklyn SR OF Pete Leonello
- Pepperdine rJR OF Bryan Langlois
- Oklahoma State JR OF/1B Zach Fish
- Virginia Military Institute rJR OF Jordan Tarsovich
- Nebraska JR OF Austin Darby
- Northern ColoradoJR OF Jensen Park
- Louisville SR OF/LHP Cole Sturgeon
- Illinois-Chicago rJR OF Jon Ryan
- Lamar rSR OF Jude Vidrine
- Middle Tennessee State SR OF Trent Miller
- Akron rJR OF Devan Ahart
- Florida State rSR OF Brett Knief
- UAB SR OF Ivan DeJesus
- TCU JR OF Cody Jones
- Kansas JR OF Michael Suiter
- Kansas State JR OF Max Brow
- Texas A&M SR OF Krey Bratsen
- Utah SR OF Braden Anderson
- Texas A&M SO OF JB Moss
- UCLA SR OF Brian Carroll
- Florida International SR OF Tyler Hibbert
- Minnesota JR OF Jake Bergren
- Bethune-Cookman SR OF Josh Johnson
- Mercer SR OF Derrick Workman
- Oklahoma State SR OF Aaron Cornell
- Texas rSR OF Matt Moynihan
- Towson rSR OF Kurt Wertz
- Pittsburgh SR OF/RHP Stephen Vranka
- Maryland rJR OF Charlie White
- Florida State JR OF Josh Delph
- Notre Dame JR OF/1B Ryan Bull
- Miami SR OF Dale Carey
- Washington State SR OF/LHP Jason Monda
- Oregon SR OF Kyle Garlick
- West Virginia SR OF Jacob Rice
- UNC Wilmington JR OF Luke Dunlap
- San Diego State rSO OF Spencer Thornton
- North Carolina State JR OF Jake Armstrong
- Cal State Fullerton JR OF Austin Diemer
- Hawaii JR OF Keao Aliviado
- Louisiana-Lafayette JR OF Dylan Butler
- Louisiana-Monroe SR OF Dalton Herrington
- Davidson SR OF Forrest Brandt
- Cincinnati rSO OF Taylor Schmidt
- Rutgers SR OF Brian O’Grady
- Jackson State SR OF Charles Tillery
- Indiana State JR OF Landon Curry
- Texas JR OF Taylor Stell
- Illinois-Chicago rSO OF/LHP Jeff Boehm
- Ball State SR OF Sean Godfrey
- Washington rJR OF Will Sparks
- Georgia Tech rSO OF Dan Spingola
- Clemson JR OF Tyler Slaton
- Elon JR OF/C Ryan Cooper
- Central Florida JR OF Derrick Salberg
- Creighton SR OF Mike Gerber
- Cornell SR OF Chris Cruz
- Bryant JR OF/C Jordan Mountford
- Ohio State JR OF Patrick Porter
- Kent State JR OF Alex Miklos
- Iowa JR OF/2B Eric Toole
- Georgia rJR OF Conor Welton
- South Alabama rJR OF Garrett DeGallier
- Arkansas-Little Rock SR OF Bryson Thionnet
- Maryland rJR OF Mike Montville
- Oregon SR OF Connor Hofmann
- Louisiana-Lafayette SR OF/2B Ryan Leonards
- Oklahoma rJR OF Colt Bickerstaff
- Holy Cross SR OF Brandon Cipolla
- Jacksonville State SR OF Michel Bishop
- Lehigh JR OF/C Justin Pacchioli
- Towson SR OF Dominic Fratantuono
- Valparaiso SR OF Chris Manning
- Stephen F. Austin State SR OF Ricardo Sanchez
- Cincinnati SR OF/1B Justin Glass
- Miami SR OF/3B Tyler Palmer
- Texas JR OF Collin Shaw
- Mississippi State SR OF/LHP CT Bradford
- Mississippi State JR OF Jake Vickerson
- Towson JR OF Peter Bowles
- Kansas JR OF Joe Moroney
- Rutgers JR OF Vinny Zarrillo
- Kennesaw State JR OF Jacob Bruce
- Charleston Southern JR OF Bobby Ison
- Oral Roberts rSR OF Tyler Boss
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi rJR OF/LHP Tyler Ware
- San Francisco JR OF Derek Atkinson
- Mercer SR OF Sasha LaGarde
- Indiana State SR OF/C Mike Fitzgerald
- North Carolina Greensboro JR OF Eric Kalbfleisch
- Jacksonville State SR OF Griff Gordon
- Eastern Illinois JR OF Caleb Howell
- Norfolk State SR OF Cameron Day
- Clemson SR OF Joe Costigan
- UC Santa Barbara rSR OF/1B Joe Epperson
- Missouri JR OF Logan Pearson
- Delaware State SR OF Aaron Nardone
- Florida A&M JR OF Marlon Gibbs
- Toledo SR OF Tyler Grogg
- James Madison rSR OF/1B Matt Tenaglia
- Mount St. Mary’s SR OF Jay Knight
- Wichita State rSR OF/LHP Garrett Bayliff
- Dayton SR OF Mark Podlas
- Winthrop rJR OF TJ Olesczuk
- Wichita State rSR OF Micah Green
- Xavier rSR OF Mitch Elliot
- New Jersey Tech JR OF Ed Charlton
- Kansas State rJR OF Mitch Meyer
- Northeastern SR OF Connor Lyons
- Old Dominion JR OF Josh Eldridge
- Florida Atlantic SR OF/1B Tyler Rocklein
- St. John’s JR OF Zach Lauricella
- Georgia State SR OF Chris Triplett
- Western Kentucky SR OF/INF Regan Flaherty
- The Citadel SR OF/3B Drew DeKerlegand
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi JR OF Kyle Danford
- Texas A&M SR OF Jace Statum
- Canisius SR OF Jesse Kelso
- Fairfield SR OF/C Ryan Plourde
- Siena SR OF John Rooney
- Texas-Pan American SR OF Alex Howe
- West Virginia JR OF Bobby Boyd
- Virginia Commonwealth SR OF Bill Cullen
- Presbyterian rSR OF Nathan Chong
- Wisconsin-Milwaukee JR OF Luke Meeteer
- Akron rJR OF Joey Havrilak
- Butler SR OF Marcos Calderon
- Wright State SR OF Kieston Greene
- Wofford SR OF/INF Josh Hyman
- Southeast Missouri State rJR OF Jason Blum
- Savannah State JR OF David Richards
- Vanderbilt JR OF Will Cooper
- Winthrop SR OF Cody Dolan
- South Florida rSO OF Buddy Putnam
- Alabama State JR OF Waldyvan Estrada
- Army JR OF Mark McCants
- Murray State SR OF Ty Stetson
- Kent State SR OF/LHP TJ Sutton
- Western Michigan JR OF/C Jared Kujawa
- Mississippi JR OF Braxton Lee
- New Mexico State SR OF Quinnton Mack
- Radford SR OF Blake Sipe
- South Florida JR OF Austin Lueck
- Arkansas JR OF Joe Serrano
- Creighton SR OF Brad McKewon
- Buffalo SR OF Thomas Richards
- North Dakota State SR OF Tim Colwell
- Utah Valley State JR OF Jordy Hart
- High Point SR OF/SS Kyle Brandenburg
- Cal State Fullerton JR OF Clay Williamson
- Western Carolina JR OF Garrett Brown
Update, College Outfielders, Player Comparisons
With the college season rapidly approaching it’s time to finally admit to myself that I won’t be getting all of these conference previews done in time. I think it was the fact I had finished only three so far had something to do with it. Fortunately, I have a backup plan: lots of largely incoherent observations and notes from my reviewing just about every damn college prospect in the country over the past few months.
So far I’ve gotten around to taking a close look at the following conferences: Big 10, Conference USA, AAC, ACC, Big South, Atlantic Sun, Mountain West, Missouri Valley, Big 12, A-10, and America East. Thanks to the fine folks in charge of maintaining rosters at those team sites (with a few exceptions that just posted in the last 72 hours) that helped make my comprehensive coverage a heck of a lot easier. There are some smaller programs that still don’t have the rosters up, but I can’t kill them too much because, you know, smaller staffs and less general attention to that sort of thing and all. I’d love to finish up the Pac-12 and SEC, but we’re still waiting on Oregon and Mississippi State. Season starts in just over a week, let’s get moving. Alright, that’s enough passive-aggressive whining for one day. Much of my current focus is on position players because a) splitting the workload in half makes it feel like a much less daunting task, and b) I just plain fine hitters more interesting to evaluate than pitchers. Let’s talk outfielders! I’m happy to go into more detail on anybody listed below or any unnamed player from one of the conferences listed above. Or any conference, really, since I’m really just waiting on a handful of teams at this point.
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Texas rSR OF Matt Moynihan and Miami OF Dale Carey both frustrate me to no end. Tools are clearly there, especially when you watch them run around in CF, and they both fill out a uniform damn well, but they each have scouts waiting and waiting and waiting for some hint of a breakthrough with the bat. Arm, speed, and defense will always be important, but the bat is king. Time to show something in the batter’s box, boys.
I also have no idea what to do with Wake Forest rJR OF Kevin Jordan and TCU OF Jerrick Suiter, toolsy yet relatively unproductive boom/bust prospects. You could also put Southern Mississippi JR OF Mason Robbins and Southern Mississippi JR OF Connor Barron in that camp. As teammates roaming the outfield together, they are a little bit like the Virginia duo cited below except, you know, not nearly as productive. Bradley JR OF Max Murphy, Binghamton JR OF Jake Thomas, and Northern Colorado JR OF Jensen Park are less confounding: I like them a ton more than I thought I would at the start of the process. They are definitely three of my favorite smaller school prospects to watch.
It should probably come as no shock to anybody who has been around the site over the last few years, but I’m strongly leaning toward ranking Virginia JR OF Mike Papi over his more heralded teammate JR OF Derek Fisher. It’s a combination of being higher on Papi than most while being lower on Fisher at the same time. Both excellent prospects and potential big league players, but I think the gap between the two as hitters is wide enough to overcome the difference in tools (a much smaller difference in my eyes than what the consensus believes, for what it’s worth). JR OF Brandon Downes is a good one as well. Virginia is going to be really, really good, especially offensively.
One of the biggest prospect questions awaiting springtime clarity is what position Kyle Schwarber will eventually settle into down the line. I don’t consider him a potential everyday catcher and while the bat is likely to play at first, I think everybody would much rather see him give it an honest go in the outfield before spending an early first round pick on him. I hope Indiana gives him a little bit of time out from behind the plate to showcase him for curious scouts. Brian Hartong can cover for him in those instances.
Time for a head-to-head statistical throwdown! I toyed with including scouting blurbs for each guy, but I couldn’t find a way to keep it descriptive enough without giving either player away. Scouting consensus is a current heavy lean towards Player B, an opinion that I agree with to a certain point (I’m more of a slight lean at this point). Also, I may or may not have mentioned these two prospects in the preceding two paragraphs…
Player A
2012: .311/.423/.415 – 16 BB/16 K – 5/7 SB – 106 AB
2013: .409/.542/.653 – 47 BB/24 K – 6/8 SB – 176 AB
Player B
2012: .287/.381/.483 – 31 BB/23 K – 9/12 SB – 230 AB
2013: .366/.457/.647 – 43 BB/36 K – 4/7 SB – 235 AB
Really close, right? Both are projected by most to play outfield professionally, though there are some that think Player A will have to play 1B while Player B will hang at a more important position (said position would give it away, I think). I know I made it painfully obvious, but…any guesses?
One more head-to-head comparison that I think is a little bit more interesting (and a lot less obvious). I’ll include some quick scouting notes this time to spice it up…
Player A: interesting power upside, still largely untapped but swing and actions should led to something; above-average speed, could be more; exceptional athlete; smart hitter; good approach; plus range in CF; really like his arm; leadoff profile at next level; FAVORITE; 6-0, 165 pounds
2012: .312/.385/.403 – 20 BB/40 K – 11/20 SB – 231 AB
2013: .299/.399/.350 – 37 BB/39 K – 26/35 SB – 254 AB
Player B: plus arm, really accurate; personal favorite that I love to watch play, definitely one that grows on you the more you see him up close; good athlete who also has some experience at SS and C; legit CF range; sneaky pop, mostly to gaps at present; plus to plus-plus speed, uses it well; impressive bat speed; FAVORITE; 6-0, 175 pounds
2012: .295/.352/.400 – 19 BB/35 K – 17/24 SB – 210 AB
2013: .317/.406/.358 – 34 BB/40 K – 15/21 SB – 265 AB
Any guesses? Any preferences? A few quick hints because I enjoy these games way too much. First, since you already know the conferences they could potentially be from, we’ll further narrow it down by saying Player A is a west coast player and Player B is on the east coast. I’d also say A has gotten a bit more national attention, but neither guy is a household name outside of the relatively small niche of college ball/draft enthusiasts. In fact, you could say that both guys have been largely overshadowed by more famous teammates: B is on the same team as two of the highest profile college players in recent memory and A has a teammate that can reach triple digits.
Checking the Temperature – 2011 MLB Draft Potential First Round Prospects (High School)
Time to wrap up what seems like my first five post week in forever. Because the new layout only shows one post at a time (not sure I like this quirk, but I’m willing to try it out), here’s a quick review of the week that was:
- Game Notes: Connecticut @ Villanova
- College Catchers Revisited 2.0 – 2011 MLB Draft
- College First Basemen Revisited – 2011 MLB Draft
- College First Basemen Revisited 2.0 – 2011 MLB Draft
I’m going to spend the weekend celebrating my momentous week by watching some amateur ball and getting back to all the wonderful readers who have left a whole bunch of comments and emails. Before getting to that, however, how about a real quick list of prep players that I’ve read or heard linked to the first round over the past few weeks? Obviously, we won’t have an all high school first round this year — although a first round composed entirely of college pitching can’t be ruled out — so not every player listed will be a first rounder. It is also possible that they’ll be a first rounder or five from the high school ranks that isn’t even on my list. As the Vikings showed yesterday, predicting the draft is as inexact a science (always wondered why you hear that phrase associated with sports more than almost any other professional field) as you can get…
Quick disclaimer and a request. First, this isn’t a list any kind of ranking or a personal top prospect list. It’s just an aggregation of all kinds of draft info accrued over the past few weeks. If somebody, somewhere said Shon Carson could be drafted “late in the first” or something like that, I took note and added a new name to the list. Simple as that. Here’s the request: if I left anybody off (looking over my list again, I’d guess I’m probably light on the pitching side) that has been linked to the first round elsewhere, please don’t hesitate to yell at me in the comments.
- 1B Dan Vogelbach (Bishop Verot HS, Florida)
- 1B Nick Delmonico (Farragut HS, Tennessee)
- 2B Phillip Evans (La Costa Canyon HS, California)
- 2B Johnny Eierman (Warsaw HS, Missouri)
- 2B Shon Carson (Lake City HS, South Carolina)
- 3B Travis Harrison (Tustin HS, California)
- 3B Javier Baez (Arlington County Day HS, Florida)
- C Austin Hedges (JSerra HS, California)
- C Blake Swihart (Cleveland HS, New Mexico)
- SS Francisco Lindor (Montverde Academy, Florida)
- SS Julius Gaines (Luella HS, Georgia)
- OF Billy Flamion (Central Catholic HS, California)
- OF Brandon Nimmo (Cheyenne East HS, Wyoming)
- OF Charles Tilson (New Trier HS, Illinois)
- OF Granden Goetzman (Palmetto HS, Florida)
- OF Derek Fisher (Cedar Crest HS, Pennsylvania)
- OF Dwight Smith (McIntosh HS, Georgia)
- OF Josh Bell (Jesuit College Prep School, Texas)
- OF Shawon Dunston (Valley Christian HS, California)
- OF Sean Trent (Bishop Moore Catholic HS, Florida)
- OF Bubba Starling (Gardner-Edgerton HS, Kansas)
- OF Josh Tobias (Southeast Guilford HS, South Carolina)
- LHP Daniel Norris (Science Hill HS, Tennessee)
- LHP Henry Owens (Edison HS, California)
- LHP Jake Cave (Kecoughtan HS, Virginia)
- RHP Archie Bradley (Broken Arrow HS, Oklahoma)
- RHP Dillon Howard (Searcy HS, Arkansas)
- RHP Dylan Bundy (Owasso HS, Oklahoma)
- RHP Joe Ross (Bishop O’Dowd HS, California)
- RHP Jose Fernandez (Alonso HS, Florida)
- RHP Robert Stephenson (Alhambra HS, California)
- RHP Taylor Guerrieri (North Augusta HS, South Carolina)
- RHP Tyler Beede (Lawrence Academy, Massachusetts)
