2007 Preseason College All-America Team Chart
By Alan Matthews
January 19, 2007
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also:
Pitching
defines the 2007 College All-American Team
Baseball America's
All-America team was selected by major league scouting directors. It's based on
potential as well as past performance and thus often proves a strong indicator
of future success even if accompanying statistics are not as inspiring as some
other college players.
| First
Team |
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | B-T | Ht. | Wt. | AVG | OBP | SLG | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | Last
Drafted |
| C | Matt
Wieters | Georgia Tech | Jr. | L-R | 6-5 | 230 | .355 | .480 | .606 | 259 | 72 | 92 | 15 | 71 | 56 | 39 | 3 | Never |
| 1B | Justin
Smoak | South Carolina | So. | S-L | 6-3 | 200 | .303 | .407 | .586 | 244 | 61 | 74 | 17 | 63 | 40 | 39 | 1 | Athletics '05 (16) |
| 2B | Jemile
Weeks | Miami | So. | S-R | 5-9 | 155 | .352 | .446 | .555 | 256 | 69 | 90 | 6 | 54 | 37 | 27 | 13 | Brewers '05 (8) |
| 3B | Pedro
Alvarez | Vanderbilt | So. | L-R | 6-2 | 215 | .332 | .460 | .664 | 214 | 63 | 71 | 18 | 58 | 51 | 58 | 7 | Red Sox '05 (14) |
| SS | Zack
Cozart | Mississippi | Jr. | R-R | 6-1 | 190 | .338 | .370 | .515 | 272 | 57 | 92 | 10 | 64 | 17 | 28 | 15 | Never |
| OF | Julio
Borbon | Tennessee | Jr. | L-L | 6-1 | 190 | .366 | .412 | .481 | 235 | 45 | 86 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 19 | Never |
| OF | Brad
Chalk | Clemson | Jr. | L-L | 6-0 | 180 | .353 | .467 | .424 | 238 | 67 | 84 | 0 | 20 | 41 | 21 | 18 | Never |
| OF | Kellen
Kulbacki | James Madison | Jr. | L-L | 5-11 | 205 | .464 | .568 | .943 | 194 | 68 | 90 | 24 | 75 | 30 | 32 | 13 | Never |
| UT | Joe
Savery | Rice | Jr. | L-L | 6-3 | 215 | .335 | .442 | 528 | 254 | 61 | 85 | 9 | 66 | 50 | 45 | 7 | Dodgers '04 (15) |
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | B-T | Ht. | Wt. | W | L | ERA | G | SV | IP | H | BB | SO | AVG | Last Drafted |
| P | Jake
Arrieta | Texas Christian | Jr. | R-R | 6-4 | 225 | 14 | 4 | 2.35 | 19 | 1 | 111 | 96 | 37 | 111 | .231 | Brewers '05 (26) |
| P | Andrew
Brackman | North Carolina State | Jr. | R-R | 6-10 | 235 | 1 | 3 | 6.35 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 37 | 19 | 32 | .319 | Never |
| P | Josh
Fields | Georgia | Jr. | R-R | 6-0 | 180 | 3 | 2 | 1.80 | 35 | 15 | 50 | 36 | 11 | 56 | .206 | Never |
| P | David
Price | Vanderbilt | Jr. | L-L | 6-5 | 215 | 9 | 4 | 3.81 | 18 | 0 | 104 | 84 | 38 | 147 | .216 | Dodgers '04 (19) |
| P | Wes Roemer | Cal
State Fullerton | Jr. | R-R | 6-0 | 185 | 13 | 2 | 2.38 | 21 | 1 | 155 | 126 | 7 | 145 | .220 | Never |
| UT | Joe
Savery | Rice | Jr. | L-L | 6-3 | 215 | 5 | 1 | 2.76 | 13 | 1 | 62 | 55 | 24 | 62 | .240 |
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| Second
Team |
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | B-T | Ht. | Wt. | AVG | OBP | SLG | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | Last
Drafted |
| C | J.P.
Arencibia | Tennessee | Jr. | R-R | 6-1 | 195 | .352 | .419 | .583 | 216 | 44 | 76 | 11 | 52 | 20 | 30 | 0 | Mariners '04 (17)
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| 1B | Matt
LaPorta | Florida | Sr. | R-R | 6-1 | 215 | .259 | .410 | .538 | 158 | 31 | 41 | 14 | 38 | 28 | 34 | 0 | Red Sox '06 (14) |
| 2B | Taylor
Harbin | Clemson | Jr. | R-R | 5-9 | 180 | .319 | .361 | .520 | 254 | 54 | 81 | 9 | 47 | 15 | 21 | 13 | Never |
| 3B | *Matt
Mangini | Oklahoma State | Jr. | L-R | 6-4 | 222 | .343 | .409 | .531 | 239 | 46 | 82 | 7 | 60 | 27 | 54 | 1 | Never |
| SS | Josh
Horton | North Carolina | Jr. | L-R | 6-1 | 198 | .395 | .455 | .542 | 271 | 61 | 107 | 7 | 59 | 33 | 28 | 12 | Never |
| OF | Corey
Brown | Oklahoma State | Jr. | L-L | 6-2 | 210 | .347 | .462 | .644 | 216 | 68 | 75 | 13 | 40 | 42 | 57 | 14 | Never |
| OF | Jordan
Danks | Texas | So. | L-R | 6-5 | 209 | .319 | .429 | .517 | 116 | 31 | 37 | 2 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 7 | White Sox '05 (19) |
| OF | Warren
McFadden | Tulane | So. | R-R | 6-1 | 200 | .382 | .457 | .513 | 238 | 53 | 91 | 1 | 50 | 31 | 48 | 6 | Never |
| UT | Sean
Doolittle | Virginia | Jr. | L-L | 6-2 | 180 | .324 | .454 | .458 | 216 | 49 | 70 | 4 | 57 | 54 | 28 | 2 | Braves '04 (39) |
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | B-T | Ht. | Wt. | W | L | ERA | G | SV | IP | H | BB | SO | AVG | Last Drafted |
| P | Brett
Cecil | Maryland | Jr. | R-L | 6-2 | 225 | 4 | 5 | 4.78 | 26 | 13 | 58 | 55 | 20 | 54 | .256 | Never |
| P | Ross
Detwiler | Missouri State | Jr. | R-L | 6-4 | 180 | 7 | 4 | 2.81 | 14 | 0 | 93 | 73 | 47 | 99 | .214 | Never |
| P | Eddie Kunz | Oregon
State | Jr. | R-R | 6-5 | 250 | 5 | 1 | 3.61 | 29 | 0 | 42 | 39 | 21 | 30 | .245 | Never |
| P | Daniel
Moskos | Clemson | Jr. | R-L | 6-1 | 200 | 5 | 5 | 2.52 | 33 | 10 | 54 | 44 | 21 | 54 | .238 | Never |
| P | Nick
Schmidt | Arkansas | Jr. | L-L | 6-5 | 220 | 9 | 3 | 2.98 | 16 | 0 | 109 | 90 | 48 | 135 | .203 | Never |
| UT | Sean
Doolittle | Virginia | Jr. | L-L | 6-3 | 185 | 11 | 2 | 2.38 | 18 | 1 | 91 | 64 | 21 | 108 | .193 | |
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| Third
Team |
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | B-T | Ht. | Wt. | AVG | OBP | SLG | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | Last
Drafted |
| C | Mitch
Canham | Oregon State | Jr. | L-R | 6-2 | 212 | .299 | .390 | .496 | 224 | 41 | 67 | 7 | 54 | 30 | 45 | 10 | Never |
| 1B | ?Beau
Mills | Lewis-Clark State | Jr. | L-R | 6-3 | 205 | .355 | .411
| .675
| 200 | 42 | 71 | 14 | 58 | 17 | 31
| 3
| Red Sox '04
(44) |
| 2B | Brad
Emaus | Tulane | Jr. | R-R | 6-0 | 190 | .289 | .390 | .434 | 242 | 49 | 70 | 6 | 45 | 39 | 32 | 9 | Braves '04 (18) |
| 3B | Bradley
Suttle | Texas | So. | B-R | 6-2 | 213 | .301 | .366 | .429 | 226 | 31 | 68 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 28 | 2 | Angels '05 (21) |
| SS | Todd
Frazier | Rutgers | Jr. | R-R | 6-4 | 215 | .366 | .471 | .599 | 227 | 62 | 83 | 11 | 51 | 34 | 71 | 21 | Rockies '04 (37) |
| OF | Danny
Payne | Georgia Tech | Jr. | L-L | 5-11 | 192 | .356 | .455 | .628 | 180 | 56 | 64 | 11 | 44 | 31 | 48 | 20 | Never |
| OF | Roger
Kieschnick | Texas Tech | So. | L-R | 6-3 | 210 | .359 | .418 | .549 | 237 | 54 | 85 | 9 | 55 | 25 | 42 | 8 | Never |
| OF | Michael
Taylor | Stanford | Jr. | R-R | 6-6 | 260 | .325 | .395 | .482 | 228 | 36 | 74 | 5 | 39 | 22 | 32 | 2 | Never |
| UT | Damon
Sublett | Wichita State | Jr. | L-R | 6-1 | 190 | .394 | .500 | .642 | 165 | 45 | 65 | 10 | 45 | 31 | 34 | 12 | Never |
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | B-T | Ht. | Wt. | W | L | ERA | G | SV | IP | H | BB | SO | AVG | Last Drafted |
| P | Bryan
Augenstien | Florida | Jr. | R-R | 6-5 | 225 | 9 | 6 | 3.07 | 15 | 0 | 111 | 102 | 24 | 98 | .241 | Never |
| P | †Charlie
Furbush | Louisiana State | Jr. | L-L | 6-4 | 204 | 10 | 1 | 2.89 | 20 | 4 | 75 | 48 | 22 | 115 | .185 | Never |
| P | Brian
Matusz | San Diego | So. | L-L | 6-4 | 180 | 4 | 3 | 4.25 | 15 | 1 | 89 | 84 | 39 | 93 | .250 | Angels '05 (4) |
| P | James
Simmons | UC Riverside | Jr. | R-R | 6-3 | 190 | 9 | 5 | 2.96 | 16 | 0 | 109 | 108 | 19 | 94 | .261 | Never |
| P | Cole
St.Clair | Rice | Jr. | L-L | 6-5
| 225
| 7 | 2 | 1.82 | 37 | 11 | 74 | 39 | 26 | 100 | .151 | Never |
| UT | Damon
Sublett | Wichita State | Jr. | L-R | 6-1 | 190 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 23 | .119 |
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| * statistics at North Carolina State |
| ? statistics at Fresno State |
| † statistics at St. Joseph's (Maine) |