Bryce Harper leads Baseball America’s 2010 Draft Rankings

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

1. Bryce Harper, C, CC of Southern Nevada
2. Anthony Ranaudo, RHP, Louisiana State
3. Deck McGuire, RHP, Georgia Tech
4. Levon Washington, OF, Chipola (Fla.) JC
5. Chris Sale, LHP, Florida Gulf Coast
6. Christian Colon, SS, Cal-State Fullerton
7. James Paxton, LHP, Kentucky *
8. Zack Cox, 3B, Arkansas **
9. Alex Wimmers, RHP, Ohio State
10. Rick Hague, SS, Rice
11. Drew Pomeranz, LHP, Ole Miss
12. Jedd Gyorko, 3B/2B, West Virginia
13. Bryan Morgado, LHP, Tennessee
14. Chad Bettis, RHP, Texas Tech
15. Bryce Brentz, OF/RHP, Middle Tennessee
16. Brandon Workman, RHP, Texas
17. Sam Dyson, RHP, South Carolina
18. Jesse Hahn, RHP, Virginia Tech
19. Brett Eibner, RHP/OF, Arkansas
20. Todd Cunningham, OF, Jacksonville State
21. Kyle Blair, RHP, San Diego
22. Jarrett Parker, OF, Virginia
23. Justin Grimm, RHP, Georgia
24. Gary Brown, OF, Cal-State Fullerton
25. Rob Brantly, C, UC-Riverside **

* Senior

** Draft eligible Sophomore

Top 25 High School Prospects

1. Jameson Taillon, RHP, The Woodlands (TX) HS
2. A.J. Cole, RHP, Oviedo (FL) HS
3. Karsten Whitson, RHP, Chipley (FL) HS
4. Manny Machado, SS, Brito HS, Miami
5. Stetson Allie, RHP/3B, St. Edward HS, Lakewood, Ohio
6. Austin Wilson, OF, Harvard-Westlake HS, Los Angeles
7. Kris Bryant, 3B, Bonanza HS, Las Vegas
8. Nick Castellanos, 3B, Archbishop McCarthy HS, SW Ranches, FL
9. Kevin Gausman, RHP, Grandview HS, Centennial, Colorado
10. Josh Sale, OF, Bishop Blanchet HS, Seattle
11. Chavez Clarke, OF, Marietta (GA) HS
12. Yordy Cabrera, SS/RHP, Lakeland (FL) HS
13. Garin Cecchini, SS, Barbe HS, Lake Charles, LA
14. Dylan Covey, RHP, Maranatha HS, Pasadena, CA
15. Stefan Sabol, C/OF, Aliso Niquel HS, Aliso Viejo, CA
16. Brian Ragira, OF, Martin HS, Arlington, Texas
17. Kaleb Cowart, 3B/RHP, Cook HS, Adel, GA
18. Justin O’Connor, SS/RHP, Cowan HS, Muncie, IN
19. Drew Cisco, RHP, Wando HS, Mount Pleasant, SC
20. A.J. Vanegas, RHP, Redwood Christian HS, San Lorenzo, CA
21. Cameron Bedrosian, RHP, East Coweta HS, Sharpsburg, GA
22. Robbie Aviles, RHP, Suffern (NY) HS
23. Aaron Sanchez, RHP, Barstow (CA) HS
24. Michael Lorenzen, OF/RHP, Union HS, Fullerton, CA
25. Drew Vettleson, OF/RHP/LHP, Central Kitsap HS, Silverdale WA

NOTE: Drew Vettleson throws with both arms and that is not a typo.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT BECK/SI