Ranking The 25 Best Pitchers From 2020, 2019 MLB Draft Classes Combined

By J.J. Cooper
on May 28, 2020

We're often asked the question: How would this year's class compare to last years?

This year, when it comes to pitchers, it's a stark contrast.

To get a better sense of how the 2019 and 2020 college pitching classes stack up, we lined up the top 25 college arms from the two drafts combined. In our estimation, the top four, eight of the top 10 and 17 of the top 25 pitchers would come from this year’s draft class.

See the full list below.

Rank	Pitcher	School	Draft	Scouting Report
1	Asa Lacy, LHP	Texas A&M	2020	LINK
2	Emerson Hancock, RHP	Georgia	2020	LINK
3	Reid Detmers, LHP	Louisville	2020	LINK
4	Max Meyer, RHP	Minnesota	2020	LINK
5	Nick Lodolo, LHP	Texas Christian	2019	LINK
6	Garrett Crochet, LHP	Tennessee	2020	LINK
7	Zack Thompson, LHP	Kentucky	2019	LINK
8	Cade Cavalli, RHP	Oklahoma	2020	LINK
9	J.T. Ginn, RHP	Mississippi State	2020	LINK
10	Cole Wilcox, RHP	Georgia	2020	LINK
11	Alek Manoah, RHP	West Virginia	2019	LINK
12	Carmen Mlodzinski, RHP	South Carolina	2020	LINK
13	Tanner Burns, RHP	Auburn	2020	LINK
14	George Kirby, RHP	Elon	2019	LINK
15	Bobby Miller, RHP	Louisville	2020	LINK
16	Chris McMahon, RHP	Miami	2020	LINK
17	Slade Cecconi, RHP	Miami	2020	LINK
18	C.J. Van Eyk, RHP	Florida State	2020	LINK
19	Bryce Jarvis, RHP	Duke	2020	LINK
20	Seth Johnson, RHP	Campbell	2019	LINK
21	Matt Canterino, RHP	Rice	2019	LINK
22	Jared Shuster, LHP	Wake Forest	2020	LINK
23	Ethan Small, LHP	Mississippi State	2019	LINK
24	Tommy Henry, LHP	Michigan	2019	LINK
25	Cole Henry, RHP	Louisiana State	2020	LINK