BA's 2011 Overall Top 50 Draft Prospects List

Includes both HS & College players combined. Jim Callis says this crop is possibly better than 2005.


TOP 50 PROSPECTS
1. Anthony Rendon, 3b, Rice
2. Gerrit Cole, rhp, UCLA
3. Matt Purke, lhp, Texas Christian
4. George Springer, of, Connecticut
5. Sonny Gray, rhp, Vanderbilt
6. Taylor Jungmann, rhp, Texas
7. Jackie Bradley, of, South Carolina
8. Matt Barnes, rhp, Connecticut
9. Archie Bradley, rhp, Broken Arrow (Okla.) HS
10. Bubba Starling, of, Gardner-Edgerton HS, Gardner, Kan.
11. Danny Hultzen, lhp, Virginia
12. Jed Bradley, lhp, Georgia Tech
13. Francisco Lindor, ss, Montverde (Fla.) Academy
14. Daniel Norris, lhp, Science Hill HS, Johnson City, Tenn.
15. Dylan Bundy, rhp, Owasso (Okla.) HS
16. Trevor Bauer, rhp, UCLA
17. Henry Owens, lhp, Edison HS, Huntington Beach, Calif.
18. Anthony Meo, rhp, Coastal Carolina
19. Jose Fernandez, rhp, Alonso HS, Tampa
20. Dillon Howard, rhp, Searcy (Ark.) HS
21. Josh Bell, of, Jesuit College Prep, Dallas
22. Blake Swihart, c, Cleveland HS, Rio Rancho, N.M.
23. John Stilson, rhp, Texas A&M
24. Kolten Wong, 2b, Hawaii
25. Tyler Anderson, lhp, Oregon
26. Jason Esposito, 3b, Vanderbilt
27. Alex Dickerson, of, Indiana
28. Brian Goodwin, of, Miami Dade JC
29. Brandon Nimmo, of, East HS, Cheyenne, Wyo.
30. Mikie Mahtook, of, Louisiana State
31. Jason Coats, of, Texas Christian
32. Peter O'Brien, c, Bethune-Cookman
33. Andrew Susac, c, Oregon State
34. Alex Meyer, rhp, Kentucky
35. Tony Zych, rhp, Louisville
36. Austin Hedges, c, JSerra HS, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
37. Nicky Delmonico, c/3b, Farragut HS, Knoxville, Tenn.
38. Javier Baez, 3b/c, Arlington Country Day HS, Jacksonville
39. Dwight Smith Jr., of, McIntosh HS, Peachtree City, Ga.
40. Austin Wood, rhp, Southern California
41. Derek Fisher, of, Cedar Crest HS, Lebanon, Pa.
42. Charlie Tilson, of, New Trier HS, Winnetka, Ill.
43. John Ruettiger, of, Arizona State
44. Billy Flamion, of, Central Catholic HS, Modesto, Calif.
45. Logan Verrett, rhp, Baylor
46. Levi Michael, ss, North Carolina
47. Tyler Beede, rhp, Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass.
48. Andrew Chafin, lhp, Kent State
49. Jack Armstrong Jr., rhp, Vanderbilt
50. Zach Cone, of, Georgia

I'm seeing some USA guys on there.

What is the deal with Bubba Starling's eligibility? I saw he signed a national letter of intent with Nebraska yesterday. Can someone elaborate what this means for his future?

Dillon Howard should be fun to watch this season. I can't see how he could improve his draft stock but he is another big time Arkansas arm.

Jared said:

I'm seeing some USA guys on there.

What is the deal with Bubba Starling's eligibility? I saw he signed a national letter of intent with Nebraska yesterday. Can someone elaborate what this means for his future?

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Doesn't mean a single thing regarding baseball.

Nothing.

When he's drafted in the MLB Draft, he'll decide whether or not he pursues football in college and pro baseball, skips college football, or plays baseball and football at Nebraska.

Tyler Beede= future beast warrior legend. He will be a top 5 player from this draft in 5-10 years.

Jared said:

I'm seeing some USA guys on there.

What is the deal with Bubba Starling's eligibility? I saw he signed a national letter of intent with Nebraska yesterday. Can someone elaborate what this means for his future?

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For most guys who are obvious first round picks, it's just a bargaining chip for more money from the team that drafts them because they have a backup plan and can choose not to sign if they don't want to.

Riccio Torrez > Johnny Ruettiger

Nice to see two Bruins on that list. Bauer is going to be a stud.

Allen

Ian Stewart said:

Riccio Torrez > Johnny Ruettiger

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Rudy Ruettiger > Johnny Ruettiger

Please Pirates, choose Cole.

The Mariners need a Rendon...

There hasn't been this much college talent available since 2005, that's for sure.

How many of those 50 will be Rays come June?

Joshua.Roundtree said:

There hasn't been this much college talent available since 2005, that's for sure.

How many of those 50 will be Rays come June?

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Look at the hoard of catchers in the 30's. I'm guessing at least one will be heading to Tampa.

Ruettiger had a great season on the Cape.

According to Callis, the following players have Boras as their agent:

Anthony Rendon
Gerrit Cole
Jackie Bradley
Bubba Starling
Josh Bell

I coached against Derek Fisher when he was a freshman and sophomore couple years ago. Great talent, but completely shocked to see him on this list....

I did not realize that Peter O'Brien went to Bethune Cookman, a HBCU. Crazy!

Hopefully purke signs this time. Either way, I'm glad I already made good money off of my 08 UD USA gu/auto /10 of his that I sold a couple of months ago.

aaron41984 said:

Dillon Howard should be fun to watch this season. I can't see how he could improve his draft stock but he is another big time Arkansas arm.

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Ala AJ Burnett (NLR), Cliff Lee (Benton), Travis Wood (Bryant).....must be something in that central Ark. water. All we have up here in NEA to brag about are the Kell brothers-George and Skeeter.

With all the USA Guys that are on this list I wonder how it will affect the prices of the chrome auto's that most have. I guess there may be a slight bump in some guys.

Two of these players played for my team and I have seen each play over 30 times at least, and I know scouting wise and everything but there is no way I would not take Andrew Susac over Jason Esposito. I like Jason, I like Andrew. I'm probably a little better friends with Andrew, but the strides he made over the summer, and the work ethic he had. I just would have a hard time picking anyone over him. I predict he has a great college season and moves up the board a ton.