2008 Preseason College All-Americans

Compiled by Baseball America staff
February 7, 2008

Major League Baseball scouting directors vote on Baseball America's All-America team, which is then tabulated and selected by Jim Callis, Aaron Fitt and John Manuel.

First Team
Pos.	Player, School	Cl.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
C	Buster Posey, Florida State	Jr.	R-R	6-2	200	.382	.453	.467	246	66	94	3	65	4
1B	Justin Smoak, South Carolina	Jr.	B-L	6-4	215	.315	.434	.631	260	64	82	22	72	0
2B	Jemile Weeks, Miami	Jr.	B-R	5-9	165	.298	.393	.489	188	40	56	5	27	7
3B	Pedro Alvarez, Vanderbilt	Jr.	L-R	6-2	225	.386	.463	.684	272	76	105	18	68	6
SS	Gordon Beckham, Georgia	Jr.	R-R	6-0	185	.307	.399	.570	228	43	70	13	51	6
OF	Jordan Danks, Texas	Jr.	L-R	6-5	205	.332	.440	.479	238	63	79	4	38	19
OF	Dennis Raben, Miami	Jr.	L-L	6-3	220	.280	.378	.514	218	46	61	12	48	3
OF	Kyle Russell, Texas	Jr.	L-L	6-5	185	.336	.456	.807	223	68	75	28	71	10
DH	Yonder Alonso, Miami	Jr.	L-R	6-2	215	.376	.519	.705	210	57	79	18	74	13
UT	Zach Putnam, Michigan	Jr.	R-R	6-2	215	.330	.397	.518	224	38	74	8	59	1
Pos.	Player, School	Cl.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	W-L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG
P	Aaron Crow, Missouri	Jr.	R-R	6-3	195	9-4	3.59	18	0	118	109	34	90	—
P	Christian Friedrich, Eastern Kentucky	Jr.	R-L	6-3	208	5-4	2.09	14	0	82	44	36	101	.155
P	Brett Hunter, Pepperdine	Jr.	R-R	6-4	215	6-5	3.94	19	2	82	69	47	73	.230
P	Brian Matusz, San Diego	Jr.	L-L	6-5	200	10-3	2.85	18	0	123	98	37	163	.214
P	Ryan Perry, Arizona	Jr.	R-R	6-4	200	0-2	6.35	14	0	34	47	13	35	.346
UT	Zach Putnam, Michigan	Jr.	R-R	6-2	215	8-5	3.87	16	0	102	94	38	87	.248

Second Team
Pos.	Player, School	Cl.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
C	Petey Paramore, Arizona State	Jr.	B-R	6-2	215	.379	.500	.549	224	64	85	6	52	4
1B	Allan Dykstra, Wake Forest	Jr.	L-R	6-5	225	.310	.479	.615	226	54	70	18	60	2
2B	David Adams, Virginia	Jr.	R-R	6-2	210	.372	.454	.522	226	45	84	5	43	10
3B	Conor Gillaspie, Wichita State	Jr.	L-R	6-1	200	.325	.358	.495	295	55	96	6	63	12
SS	Brandon Crawford, UCLA	Jr.	L-R	6-2	200	.335	.405	.504	248	50	83	7	55	11
OF	Ike Davis, Arizona State	Jr.	L-L	6-4	205	.349	.407	.546	238	56	83	8	61	6
OF	Dominic de la Osa, Vanderbilt	Sr.	R-R	6-0	205	.378	.452	.727	249	65	94	20	62	20
OF	Roger Kieschnick, Texas Tech	Jr.	L-R	6-3	215	.302	.373	.621	232	50	70	13	36	7
DH	Brett Wallace, Arizona State	Jr.	L-R	6-1	245	.404	.484	.687	265	75	107	16	78	12
UT	Josh Romanski, San Diego	Jr.	L-L	6-0	185	.335	.402	.438	224	43	75	3	30	8
Pos.	Player, School	Cl.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	W-L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG
P	Luke Burnett, Louisiana Tech	Jr.	R-R	6-8	260	5-8	4.93	19	1	91	72	65	115	.221
P	Shooter Hunt, Tulane	Jr.	R-R	6-3	200	6-6	2.62	16	0	100	85	30	104	.232
P	Lance Lynn, Mississippi	Jr.	R-R	6-5	260	8-5	2.85	18	0	123	94	44	146	.209
P	Cody Satterwhite, Mississippi	Jr.	R-R	6-4	205	4-4	3.31	27	4	54	49	28	44	.247
P	Jacob Thompson, Virginia	Jr.	R-R	6-6	215	11-0	1.50	17	0	114	79	32	101	.198
UT	Josh Romanski, San Diego	Jr.	L-L	6-0	185	9-1	3.05	18	0	112	90	23	92	.221

Third Team
Pos.	Player, School	Cl.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
C	Tim Federowicz, North Carolina	Jr.	R-R	5-10	213	.333	.375	.447	291	46	97	4	65	2
1B	David Cooper, California	Jr.	L-L	6-1	210	.382	.450	.627	204	39	78	12	55	2
2B	Blake Stouffer, Texas A&M	Sr.	B-R	6-0	190	.398	.487	.668	256	58	102	12	85	22
3B	James Darnell, South Carolina	Jr.	R-R	6-2	195	.331	.450	.615	239	61	79	19	63	4
SS	Ryan Flaherty, Vanderbilt	Jr.	L-R	6-3	210	.381	.438	.531	273	59	104	4	57	12
OF	Mike Bianucci, Auburn	Jr.	R-R	6-1	215	.326	.427	.640	175	46	57	14	51	8
OF	T.J. Steele, Arizona	Jr.	R-R	6-3	200	.323	.383	.516	223	41	72	7	47	21
OF	Blake Tekotte, Miami	Jr.	L-R	6-0	175	.333	.431	.479	219	50	73	3	25	15
DH	Dustin Ackley, North Carolina	So.	L-R	6-1	182	.402	.448	.591	296	70	119	10	74	11
UT	Jordy Mercer, Oklahoma State	Jr.	R-R	6-3	200	.299	.370	.481	154	26	46	5	24	5
Pos.	Player, School	Cl.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	W-L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	AVG
P	Joshua Fields, Georgia	Sr.	R-R	6-0	178	1-6	4.46	26	7	38	34	24	45	.243
P	Preston Guilmet, Arizona	Jr.	R-R	6-2	190	12-2	1.87	18	0	135	100	34	146	.205
P	Tyson Ross, California	Jr.	R-R	6-6	225	6-6	2.49	17	0	116	103	39	120	.241
P	Tanner Scheppers, Fresno State	Jr.	R-R	6-4	200	6-6	4.74	25	0	93	106	32	94	.286
P	Alex White, North Carolina	So.	R-R	6-3	191	6-7	4.94	19	0	98	100	48	83	.277
UT	Jordy Mercer, Oklahoma State	Jr.	R-R	6-3	200	3-1	3.81	11	3	26	26	11	25	.257