Baseball America recently put out their Top 25 College Baseball and High School Prospects for the 2010 MLB Draft. The college rankings are led by Bryce Harper who has received national attention for skipping his final two years of high school to play college baseball with Community College of Southern Nevada. The rest of the top five is Anthony Ranaudo from LSU, Deck McGuire from Ga Tech, Levon Washington from Chipola JC, and Chris Sale from Florida Gulf Coast. The rest of the top 25 is available below.
The top five prospects for high school baseball players are Jameson Taillon from The Woodlands (TX) HS, A.J. Cole from Oviedo (FL) HS, Karsten Whitson from Chipley (FL) HS, Manny Machado from Brito HS in Miami, and Stetson Allie from St. Edward HS in Lakewood Ohio. You can check out the full Top 25 below. Conor Glassey of Baseball America wrote an article to go along with this list which you can read by clicking here.
Top 25 College Baseball Prospects
- Bryce Harper, C, CC of Southern Nevada
- Anthony Ranaudo, RHP, Louisiana State
- Deck McGuire, RHP, Georgia Tech
- Levon Washington, OF, Chipola (Fla.) JC
- Chris Sale, LHP, Florida Gulf Coast
- Christian Colon, SS, Cal-State Fullerton
- James Paxton, LHP, Kentucky *
- Zack Cox, 3B, Arkansas **
- Alex Wimmers, RHP, Ohio State
- Rick Hague, SS, Rice
- Drew Pomeranz, LHP, Ole Miss
- Jedd Gyorko, 3B/2B, West Virginia
- Bryan Morgado, LHP, Tennessee
- Chad Bettis, RHP, Texas Tech
- Bryce Brentz, OF/RHP, Middle Tennessee
- Brandon Workman, RHP, Texas
- Sam Dyson, RHP, South Carolina
- Jesse Hahn, RHP, Virginia Tech
- Brett Eibner, RHP/OF, Arkansas
- Todd Cunningham, OF, Jacksonville State
- Kyle Blair, RHP, San Diego
- Jarrett Parker, OF, Virginia
- Justin Grimm, RHP, Georgia
- Gary Brown, OF, Cal-State Fullerton
- Rob Brantly, C, UC-Riverside **
* Senior
** Draft eligible Sophomore
Top 25 High School Prospects
- Jameson Taillon, RHP, The Woodlands (TX) HS
- A.J. Cole, RHP, Oviedo (FL) HS
- Karsten Whitson, RHP, Chipley (FL) HS
- Manny Machado, SS, Brito HS, Miami
- Stetson Allie, RHP/3B, St. Edward HS, Lakewood, Ohio
- Austin Wilson, OF, Harvard-Westlake HS, Los Angeles
- Kris Bryant, 3B, Bonanza HS, Las Vegas
- Nick Castellanos, 3B, Archbishop McCarthy HS, SW Ranches, FL
- Kevin Gausman, RHP, Grandview HS, Centennial, Colorado
- Josh Sale, OF, Bishop Blanchet HS, Seattle
- Chavez Clarke, OF, Marietta (GA) HS
- Yordy Cabrera, SS/RHP, Lakeland (FL) HS
- Garin Cecchini, SS, Barbe HS, Lake Charles, LA
- Dylan Covey, RHP, Maranatha HS, Pasadena, CA
- Stefan Sabol, C/OF, Aliso Niquel HS, Aliso Viejo, CA
- Brian Ragira, OF, Martin HS, Arlington, Texas
- Kaleb Cowart, 3B/RHP, Cook HS, Adel, GA
- Justin O’Connor, SS/RHP, Cowan HS, Muncie, IN
- Drew Cisco, RHP, Wando HS, Mount Pleasant, SC
- A.J. Vanegas, RHP, Redwood Christian HS, San Lorenzo, CA
- Cameron Bedrosian, RHP, East Coweta HS, Sharpsburg, GA
- Robbie Aviles, RHP, Suffern (NY) HS
- Aaron Sanchez, RHP, Barstow (CA) HS
- Michael Lorenzen, OF/RHP, Union HS, Fullerton, CA
- Drew Vettleson, OF/RHP/LHP, Central Kitsap HS, Silverdale WA
NOTE: Drew Vettleson throws with both arms and that is not a typo.
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