2017 Top 200 MLB Draft Prospects

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With the draft just 39 days away, the top of the class has yet to crystallize—even at the top. Hunter Greene and Brendan McKay remain atop the rankings, while Vanderbilt righthander Kyle Wright has reasserted himself as a top-of-the-draft talent by showing plus potential and command of four pitches over three consecutive electric outings. Risers at the top of the class include Wright, prep lefthander MacKenzie Gore and high school outfielder Jordon Adell, with prep righties Sam Carlson and Matt Sauer also significantly on the rise in a fluid prep class. Carlson compares positively to fellow Minnesota prep product Logan Shore, showing better velocity and a better slider at a comparable stage. Sauer has earned comparisons to John Lackey with mid-90s heat and wicked breaking pitches. College pitching remains the strength of this year’s class despite some inconsistency by the likes of righthanders Alex Faedo and Tanner Houck and the injury of Clarke Schmidt, who had top 15 helium before tearing his UCL. Pac-12 Friday starters Griffin Canning (UCLA), David Peterson (Oregon) and Luke Heimlich (Oregon State) have all pitched themselves into the thick of Day One consideration. Missouri's Houck hasn’t shown the same velocity or breaking ball consistency that he showed as a freshman and could slide into the back of the first round. Prior to a suspension for a violation of team rules, lefthander Seth Romero (Houston) was trending towards the top of the draft, but now questions about his off-field makeup have made him a wild card in this year’s class. Romero was reinstated this week and pitched on Tuesday night, with a fastball sitting 94-96 mph in two innings of work. The college position player class remains thin, but prospects from that demographic always rise up as the draft nears. The college catching and shortstop classes are thin, which could allow performers such as Joey Morgan (Washington) or Jesse Berardi (St. John’s) to come off the board higher than where their toolsets might otherwise indicate. There’s a healthy debate among scouts as to who the best ACC center fielder is after Adam Haseley (Virginia); Brian Miller (North Carolina) and Stuart Fairchild (Wake Forest) both project to stay in center. The junior college ranks give a much-needed boost to the top of the class. Righthander Nate Pearson (Central Florida) has progressed this spring and could join lefthander Brendon Little (Manatee) as a Day One pick. Andrew Bechtold (Chipola) is batting .450/.562/.725 and could take an even bigger jump with a strong performance in this weekend’s FCSAA junior college tournament.

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Rk	Player	Pos	School	Video	Ht	Wt	B/T	Commitment/Drafted
1	Hunter Greene	RHP/SS	Notre Dame HS, Sherman Oaks, Calif.		6/3	205	R/R	UCLA
2	Brendan McKay	LHP/1B	Louisville		6/2	212	L/L	Padres '14 (34)
3	Kyle Wright	RHP	Vanderbilt		6/4	220	R/R	Never drafted
4	MacKenzie Gore	LHP	Whiteville (N.C.) HS		6/1	185	L/L	East Carolina
5	Royce Lewis	SS/OF	JSerra Catholic HS, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.		6/1	190	R/R	UC Irvine
6	JB Bukauskas	RHP	North Carolina		6/1	196	R/R	D-backs '14 (20)
7	Pavin Smith	1B	Virginia		6/2	210	L/L	Rockies '14 (32)
8	Jordon Adell	OF	Ballard HS, Louisville		6/3	200	R/R	Louisville
9	Austin Beck	OF	North Davidson HS, Lexington, N.C.		6/1	200	R/R	North Carolina
10	Alex Faedo	RHP	Florida		6/5	220	R/R	Tigers '14 (40)
11	Jeren Kendall	OF	Vanderbilt		6/1	190	L/R	Red Sox '14 (30)
12	Shane Baz	RHP	Concordia Lutheran HS, Tomball, Texas		6/3	190	R/R	Texas Christian
13	Adam Haseley	OF	Virginia		6/1	195	L L	Never drafted
14	DL Hall	LHP	Valdosta (Ga.) HS		6/1	180	L/L	Florida State
15	Sam Carlson	RHP	Burnsville (Minn.) HS		6/4	208	R/R	Florida
16	David Peterson	LHP	Oregon		6/6	242	L/L	Red Sox '14 (28)
17	Nick Pratto	1B	Huntington Beach (Calif.) HS		6/2	200	L/L	Southern Cal
18	Seth Romero	LHP	Houston		6/3	240	L/L	Never drafted
19	Jake Burger	3B	Missouri State		6/2	210	R/R	Never drafted
20	Keston Hiura	2B/LF	UC Irvine		6/1	188	R/R	Never drafted
21	Griffin Canning	RHP	UCLA		6/1	170	R/R	Rockies '14 (38)
22	Matt Sauer	RHP	Ernest Righetti HS, Santa Maria, Calif.		6/4	200	R/R	Arizona
23	Bubba Thompson	OF	McGill-Toolen Catholic HS, Mobile, Ala.		6/1	180	R/R	Alabama
24	Heliot Ramos	OF	Leadership Christian Academy, Guaynabo, P.R.		6/2	185	R/R	FIU
25	Logan Warmoth	SS	North Carolina		6/1	189	R/R	Never drafted
26	Nick Allen	SS	Francis Parker School, San Diego		5/8	155	R/R	Southern Cal
27	Blayne Enlow	RHP	St. Amant (La.) HS		6/4	180	R/R	Louisiana State
28	Trevor Rogers	LHP	Carlsbad (N.M.) HS		6/6	185	L/L	Texas Tech
29	Tanner Houck	RHP	Missouri		6/5	218	R/R	Blue Jays '14 (12)
30	Nate Pearson	RHP	Central Florida JC		6/6	245	R/R	Never drafted
31	Luke Heimlich	LHP	Oregon State		6/1	190	L/L	Never drafted
32	Alex Lange	RHP	Louisiana State		6/3	201	R/R	Never drafted
33	Drew Waters	OF	Etowah HS, Woodstock, Ga.		6/2	200	S/R	Georgia
34	Brendon Little	LHP	State JC of Florida		6/2	215	L/L	Giants '15 (36)
35	Hans Crouse	RHP	Dana Hills HS, Dana Point, Calif.		6/5	185	L/R	Southern Cal
36	Clarke Schmidt	RHP	South Carolina		6/1	205	R/R	Never drafted
37	Tanner Burns	RHP	Decatur (Ala.) HS		6/1	210	R/R	Auburn
38	Mark Vientos	SS/3B	American Heritage HS, Plantation, Fla.		6/4	200	R/R	Miami
39	Brady McConnell	SS	Merritt Island (Fla.) HS		6/1	170	R/R	Florida
40	Quentin Holmes	OF	Monsignor McClancy Memorial HS, East Elmhurst, N.Y.		6/1	180	R/R	Mississippi State
41	Stuart Fairchild	OF	Wake Forest		6/1	195	R/R	Nationals '14 (38)
42	Brian Miller	OF	North Carolina		6/1	186	L/R	Never drafted
43	Evan White	1B/OF	Kentucky		6/3	200	B/L	Never drafted
44	Wil Crowe	RHP	South Carolina		6/2	250	R/R	Indians '16 (21)
45	Hagen Danner	RHP/C	Huntington Beach (Calif.) HS		6/1	200	R R	UCLA
46	Luis Campusano	C	Cross Creek HS, Augusta, Ga.		5/11	210	R/R	South Carolina
47	Michael Mercado	RHP	Westview HS, San Diego		6/4	160	R/R	Stanford
48	Steven Jennings	RHP	Dekalb County HS, Smithville, Tenn.		6/2	175	R/R	Mississippi
49	Ryan Vilade	3B	Stillwater (Okla.) HS		6/2	200	R/R	Oklahoma State
50	M.J. Melendez	C	Westminster Christian School, Palmetto Bay, Fla.		6/1	190	L/R	FIU
51	Matt Tabor	RHP	Milton (Mass.) Academy		6/2	160	R/R	Elon
52	Alex Scherff	RHP	Colleyville (Texas) Heritage HS		6/2	210	S/R	Texas A&M
53	Garrett Mitchell	OF	Orange Lutheran HS		6/2	205	L/R	UCLA
54	Tristan Beck	RHP	Stanford		6/4	190	R/R	Brewers '15 (34)
55	Jacob Heatherly	LHP	Cullman (Ala.) HS		6/3	200	L/L	Alabama
56	K.J. Harrison	1B/C	Oregon State		6/1	208	R/R	Indians '14 (25)
57	Gavin Sheets	1B	Wake Forest		6/5	235	L/L	Braves '14 (37)
58	Cole Brannen	OF	The Westfield School, Perry, Ga.		6/1	190	L/R	Georgia Southern
59	James Marinan	RHP	Park Vista HS, Lake Worth, Fla.		6/5	220	R/R	Miami
60	Jake Eder	LHP	Calvary Christian Academy, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.		6/4	220	L/L	Vanderbilt
61	Drew Ellis	3B	Louisville		6/3	210	R/R	Never drafted
62	Tristen Lutz	OF	Martin HS, Arlington, Texas		6/3	200	R/R	Texas
63	JJ Matijevic	1B	Arizona		6/1	199	L/R	Red Sox '14 (22)
64	Brent Rooker	1B/OF	Mississippi State		6/4	220	R/R	Twins '16 (38)
65	Jacob Pearson	OF	West Monroe (La.) HS		5/11	195	L/R	Louisiana State
66	Chris Seise	SS	West Orange (Fla.) HS		6/3	170	S/R	Central Florida
67	Sam Keating	RHP	The Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Fla.		6/3	190	R/R	Clemson
68	Jeter Downs	SS	Monsignor Edward Pace HS, Miami		5/11	190	R/R	Miami
69	Bryce Bonnin	RHP	Barbers Hill HS, Mont Belvieu, Texas		6/1	180	R/R	Arkansas
70	Riley Adams	C	San Diego		6/4	210	R/R	Cubs '14 (37)
71	Kevin Smith	SS	Maryland		6/1	188	R/R	Never drafted
72	Chris McMahon	RHP	West Chester (Pa.) Rustin HS		6/1	185	R/R	Miami
73	Daniel Cabrera	OF	Parkview Baptist HS, Baton Rouge, La.		6/1	190	L/L	Louisiana State
74	Evan Skoug	C	TCU		5/11	200	L/R	Nationals '14 (34)
75	Joe Perez	RHP/1B	Archbishop McCarthy HS, Southwest Ranches, Fla.		6/3	210	R/R	Miami
76	Connor Wong	C	Houston		6/1	181	R/R	Never drafted
77	Daniel Tillo	LHP	Iowa Western JC		6/5	215	L/L	Twins '15 (39)
78	Daniel Ritcheson	RHP	Bishop Alemany HS, Mission Hills, Calif.		6/3	200	R/R	San Diego State
79	Calvin Mitchell	OF	Rancho Bernardo HS, San Diego		6/1	195	L/L	San Diego
80	Joey Morgan	C	Washington		6/1	205	R/R	Never drafted
81	Kevin Merrell	SS	South Florida		6/1	189	L/R	Never drafted
82	Greg Jones	SS	Cary (N.C.) HS		5/11	170	B/R	UNC-Wilmington
83	Luis Gonzalez	OF	New Mexico		6/1	185	L/L	Never drafted
84	Blaine Knight	RHP	Arkansas		6/3	165	R/R	Never drafted
85	Jake Thompson	RHP	Oregon State		6/2	204	R/R	Cubs '13 (34)
86	Jesse Berardi	SS	St. John's		5/10	185	L/R	Phillies '14 (40)
87	Conner Uselton	OF	Southmoore HS, Moore, Okla.		6/3	185	R/ R	Oklahoma State
88	Michael Gigliotti	OF	Lipscomb		6/1	176	L/L	Never drafted
89	Shane Drohan	LHP	Cardinal Newman HS, West Palm Beach, Fla.		6/2	190	R/L	Florida State
90	Adam Hall	SS	A.B. Lucas Secondary School, London, Ont.		6/1	165	R/R	Texas A&M
91	Tyler Freeman	SS	Etiwanda HS, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.		6/1	170	R/R	TCU
92	Ernie Clement	SS/OF	Virginia		6/1	165	R/R	Never drafted
93	Brad Dobzanski	RHP	Delsea (N.J.) HS		6/3	195	R/R	Kentucky
94	Kyle Hurt	RHP	Torrey Pines HS, San Diego		6/3	200	R/R	Southern Cal
95	Greg Deichmann	OF	Louisiana State		6/2	191	L/R	Twins '16 (26)
96	Caden Lemons	RHP	Vestavia Hills (Ala.) HS		6/6	175	R/R	Mississippi
97	Matt Whatley	C	Oral Roberts		5/10	190	R/R	Never drafted
98	Jordan Anderson	OF	James Clemens HS, Madison, Ala.		6/2	200	R/R	Mississippi State
99	Zach Rutherford	SS	Old Dominion		6/2	180	R/R	Never drafted
100	Seth Corry	LHP	Lone Peak HS, Highland, Utah		6/1	185	L/L	Brigham Young
101	Chris Williams	C	Clemson		6/1	220	R/R	Never drafted
102	Noah Campbell	SS	Cardinal Gibbons HS, Raleigh		6/1	190	B/R	South Carolina
103	Spencer Strider	RHP	Christian Academy of Knoxville		6/1	205	R/R	Clemson
104	Zac Lowther	LHP	Xavier		6/2	235	L/L	Never drafted
105	Devin Hairston	SS	Louisville		5/7	162	R/R	Never drafted
106	Sam McMillan	C	Suwanee (Fla.) HS		6/1	195	R/R	Florida
107	Steven Williams	C/OF	Deerfield-Windsor HS, Albany, Ga.		6/3	220	L/R	Auburn
108	Tony Dibrell	RHP	Kennesaw State		6/3	205	R/R	Never drafted
109	Corbin Martin	RHP	Texas A&M		6/2	200	R/R	Never drafted
110	Colton Hock	RHP	Stanford		6/5	220	R/R	Never drafted
111	Donovan Casey	RHP/OF	Boston College		6/3	205	R/R	Never drafted
112	David Banuelos	C	Long Beach State		6/1	205	R/R	Never drafted
113	Blake Hunt	C	Mater Dei HS, Santa Ana, Calif.		6/3	180	R/R	Pepperdine
114	Gavin Williams	RHP	Cape Fear HS, Fayetteville, N.C.		6/6	200	L/R	East Carolina
115	Drew Rasmussen	RHP	Oregon State		6/2	225	R/R	D-backs '14 (39)
116	James Karinchak	RHP	Bryant		6/3	230	R/R	Never drafted
117	Austin Martin	SS	Trinity Christian Academy, Jacksonville, Fla.		6/1	170	R/R	Vanderbilt
118	Landon Leach	RHP	Pickering HS, Ajax, Ont.		6/4	215	R/ R	Texas
119	Morgan Cooper	RHP	Texas		6/4	215	R/ R	Nationals '16 (34)
120	Andrew Bechtold	3B	Chipola (Fla.) JC		6/1	195	R/R	Rangers '14 (37)
121	Dylan Busby	3B/1B	Florida State		6/3	190	R/R	Never drafted
122	Joe Dunand	SS/3B	North Carolina State		6/2	205	R/R	Indians '14 (35)
123	Jacob Gonzalez	3B	Chaparral HS, Scottsdale, Ariz.		6/4	210	R/R	TCU
124	Daulton Varsho	C	Wisconsin-Milwaukee		5/10	200	L/R	Never drafted
125	Jeremiah Estrada	RHP	Palm Desert (Calif.) HS		6/1	185	S/R	UCLA
126	Cole Turney	OF	Travis HS, Richmond, Texas		6/1	200	L/L	Arkansas
127	Hunter Ruth	RHP	Buchholz HS, Gainesville, Fla.		6/1	190	R/R	Florida
128	C.J. Van Eyk	RHP	Steinbrenner HS, Lutz, Fla.		6/2	200	R/R	Florida State
129	Terry Fuller	1B	Griffin (Ga.) HS		6/4	210	L/R	Chipola College (Fla.)
130	Logan Allen	LHP	University HS, Orange City, Fla.		5/11	175	R/L	FIU
131	Jordan Spicer	RHP	Polk (Fla.) State JC		6/3	205	R/R	Central Florida
132	Mason House	OF	Whitehouse (Texas) HS		6/2	190	L/L	LSU-Eunice
133	Charlie Barnes	LHP	Clemson		6/1	175	L/L	Never drafted
134	Nick Raquet	LHP	William & Mary		6/1	205	R/L	Never drafted
135	AJ Labas	RHP	Trinity Christian Academy, Jacksonville, Fla.		6/3	220	R/R	North Florida
136	Justin Lewis	RHP	Kentucky		6/2	205	L/L	Never drafted
137	Kyle Jacobsen	OF	Allatoona HS, Acworth (Ga.)		6/1	185	R/L	South Carolina
138	Garett King	RHP	California Baptist		6/4	189	R/R	Never drafted
139	Keegan Thompson	RHP	Auburn		6/2	209	R/R	Tigers '16 (33)
140	Riley Thompson	RHP	Louisville		6/3	206	L/R	Reds '15 (37)
141	Peter Solomon	RHP	Notre Dame		6/4	201	R/R	Padres '14 (21)
142	Seth Lonsway	LHP	Celina (Ohio) HS		6/1	160	L/L	Ohio State
143	Zach Pop	RHP	Kentucky		6/4	220	R/R	Blue Jays '14 (23)
144	Deon Stafford	C	St. Joseph's		6/1	202	R/R	Never drafted
145	Tyler Johnson	RHP	South Carolina		6/2	205	R/R	Never drafted
146	Tommy Doyle	RHP	Virginia		6/6	235	R/R	Nationals '14 (35)
147	Garrett Cave	RHP	Tampa		6/4	205	R/R	Yankees '14 (17)
148	Spencer Howard	RHP	Cal Poly		6/3	205	R/R	Never drafted
149	Michael Baumann	RHP	Jacksonville		6/4	225	R/R	Twins '14 (34)
150	Caleb Sloan	RHP	Regis Jesuit HS, Aurora, Colo.		6/3	210	R/ R	Texas Christian
151	Spencer Smith	C	Northern HS, Durham, N.C.		6/1	200	R/R	East Carolina
152	Jared Oliva	OF	Arizona		6/2	194	R/R	Never drafted
153	Sean Bouchard	1B/3B	UCLA		6/3	215	R/R	Never drafted
154	Brian Shaffer	RHP	Maryland		6/5	200	R/R	Never drafted
155	Donnie Sellers	RHP	Wake Forest		6/1	190	R/R	Never drafted
156	Ryan Lillie	RHP	UC Riverside		6/1	210	R/ R	Never drafted
157	Cole Freeman	2B	Louisiana State		5/9	174	R/R	Dodgers '16 (18)
158	Nick Egnatuk	3B	Immaculata HS, Somerville, N.J.		6/2	185	R/R	Pittsburgh
159	Dalton Guthrie	SS	Florida		6/1	185	R/R	Twins '14 (40)
160	Jake Mangum	OF	Mississippi State		6/1	185	B/L	Never drafted
161	Cullen Large	2B	William & Mary		6/1	175	B/R	Never drafted
162	Philip Clarke	C	Christ Presbyterian Academy, Nashville		5/11	190	L/R	Vanderbilt
163	Jack Leftwich	RHP	Next Level Academy, Maitland, Fla.		6/4	210	R/R	Florida
164	Mike Rivera	C	Florida		5/10	205	R/R	Athletics '14 (33)
165	Bryce Montes de Oca	RHP	Missouri		6/7	261	R/R	White Sox '14 (14)
166	Clayton Keyes	OF	Bishop Carroll HS, Calgary, Alb.		6/1	215	R/R	Washington State
167	Zach Jackson	C	Winter Haven (Fla.) HS		6/3	215	L/R	Florida
168	Quinn Brodey	OF	Stanford		6/1	200	L/L	Nationals '14 (37)
169	Alex Troop	LHP	Michigan State		6/5	210	L/L	Never drafted
170	Glenn Otto	RHP	Rice		6/5	240	R/R	Never drafted
171	Will Toffey	3B	Vanderbilt		6/2	205	L/R	Orioles '16 (25)
172	Taylor Walls	SS	Florida State		5/10	180	B/R	Never drafted
173	Mitchell Stone	LHP	Deer Creek HS, Edmond, Okla.		6/9	240	L/L	Oklahoma State
174	Reed Hayes	RHP	Vanderbilt		6/3	185	R/R	Royals '15 (28)
175	Justin Bullock	RHP	South Granville HS, Creedmoor, N.C.		6/2	200	R/R	NC State
176	Joe Lancellotti	RHP	Penn Charter, Philadelphia		6/1	200	R/R	North Carolina
177	Zach Schellenger	RHP	Seton Hall		6/5	210	R/R	Never drafted
178	Oliver Jaskie	LHP	Michigan		6/3	210	L/L	Never drafted
179	Connor Seabold	RHP	Cal State Fullerton		6/3	190	R/R	Orioles '14 (19)
180	Jake Holmes	SS	Pinnacle HS, Phoenix		6/4	200	R/R	Arizona State
181	Adam Oviedo	SS	Alvarado (Texas) HS		6/1	186	R/R	TCU
182	Alex Toral	1B	Archbishop McCarthy HS, Southwest Ranches, Fla.		6/1	220	L/L	Miami
183	Nick Storz	RHP/1B	Poly Prep Country Day School, Brooklyn, N.Y.		6/5	255	R/R	Louisiana State
184	Buddy Kennedy	3B	Millville (N.J.) Senior HS		6/1	190	R/R	North Carolina
185	Evan Mendoza	3B	North Carolina State		6/2	200	R/R	Never drafted
186	Ricky Tyler Thomas	LHP	Fresno State		6/1	175	R/L	Never drafted
187	Hunter Williams	LHP	No school.		6/3	225	L/L	Giants '14 (32)
188	Alika Williams	SS	Rancho Bernardo HS, San Diego		6/2	175	R/R	Arizona State
189	Riley Otteson	RHP	Utah		6/1	185	R/R	Never drafted
190	Kyle Datres	3B	North Carolina		6/1	192	R/ R	Never drafted
191	Bryce Johnson	OF	Sam Houston State		6/2	180	B/R	Never drafted
192	Josh Roberson	RHP	UNC Wilmington		6/3	175	R/R	Never drafted
193	Kevin Abel	RHP	Madison HS, San Diego		6/2	180	R/R	Oregon State
194	Evan Steele	LHP	Chipola (Fla.) JC		6/5	210	R/L	Never drafted
195	Erik Ostberg	C	Hartford		5/10	225	L/R	Never drafted
196	Griffin Roberts	RHP	Wake Forest		6/3	210	R/R	Never drafted
197	Je'Von Carrier-Ward	OF	Gahr HS, Cerritos, Calif.		6/5	190	L/R	Southern Cal
198	Kier Meredith	OF	Glenn HS, Winston-Salem, N.C.		5/11	175	L/L	Clemson
199	Jesse Franklin	OF	Seattle Prep		6/2	207	L/L	Michigan
200	Ricardo De La Torre	SS	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, Gurabo, P.R.		6/2	175	R/R	Auburn