NC State has one more week of non-conference play before its schedule stiffens with ACC competition. If theres a real long-term concern that has become evident as a result of Yorkes year, its that he seems injury prone and has now had several disruptive maladies in the last couple of years. 56WashingtonPac-127WA2-15415469 Previous ranking: No. 2022 College Baseball Ranking Comparison: RPI, Predicted RPI, ELO 4 Last Week: 3-1 Overall: 6-1, 0-0 in ACC (0-0 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 2-0 Results Feb. 22: Xavier: W 12-8 Feb. 24-26: Bowling Green State: W 2-1, L 9-6, W 14-1 Upcoming Feb. 28: Eastern Kentucky Shriners Hospitals For Children College Classic (Houston) March: 3: vs. (12) Texas A&M March 4: vs. (11) Texas Christian March 5: vs. Michigan Louisville was tested this week, needing to score late in their first two wins against Xavier and Bowling Green. 19Oklahoma StateBig 124OK1-1172119 Scouts like Priester, pitch data does not. Davis plate crowding helps enable his pull-heavy approach. Hences fastball will be elite if he can sustain mid-to-upper-90s velocity across starters innings, which he hasnt yet had to do. NCSA analyzed over 257 four-year colleges with college baseball programs at the NCAA Division 2 level to develop a list of the Best Division 2 Baseball Colleges for Student-Athletes.. NCSA Power Rankings are based on proprietary analysis of NCSA Favorites data obtained from the college search activity of the over 3 million student-athletes on the NCSA recruiting . He projects as a 2-WAR player whose versatility could help optimize the way Baltimores other young infielders are deployed. Even after a wildly successful 2021, Mead still cut down on what was already a very modest in-the-box stride and now derives all of his power from the rotation of his hips and the strength of his hands, which have a setup akin to vintage Evan Longoria. MLB:MVPs who played in college|Cy Youngs by college|Players thatwon a CWS andWorld Series DH Ian Petrutz Petrutz put up big numbers as a freshman, making him a mainstay in the Terps lineup. His frame is maxed out, and Marte is not currently mobile enough to project as a big league shortstop defender. leap into the top-10 overall prospect mix within the next year. Unique defensive versatility (C/2B/OF) and premium feel for contact make Rodriguez a core part of Pittsburghs future. Except Ortiz hit 19 homers and had 60 total extra-base hits in the upper-minors last year, and while he doesnt project to produce that kind of power against big league stuff, its enough damage to project Ortizs offense above the median bar at shortstop. Hassells performance tanked after the Juan Soto trade, and he broke his hamate in Arizona after the regular season. This might be an if it aint broke situation that doesnt merit proactive mechanical intervention. PCA is one of the best defensive center fielders in the sport and a swing change unlocked dormant power in 2022. His on-paper whiff and chase rates are about average, while his peak power and hard hit rates are at the top of the scale for a hitter his age. Sundays win was ECUs first in Chapel Hill since 2019 and sends it into another big week with momentum. He projects as a contact-oriented everyday shortstop, though one scouting director we spoke with for this list still wants to see what hed look like on the mound. Hes a good enough defender that hed probably being playing shortstop had he ended up at Arizona State, but in pro ball the keystone is Johnsons likeliest defensive home given his maxed-out, stocky build and what projects to be somewhat limited range. Hes not quite as deft a hitter from the right side, but hes still plenty dangerous. Righthander Grayson Rodriguez ranks No. Hes so long that this may be exposed as an issue as the level of velocity Wood sees increases. Hes coming off another terrific offensive year, slashing .257/.336/.420 as a 21-year-old at Akron with about a month of Columbus thrown in, and setting a career-high in homers (18) for the second straight season. 6LouisvilleACC1KY1-1566 In fact, his fastball locations are still pretty scattered and his delivery remains quite violent. C Justin Wilcoxen Wilcoxen is looking to build off of a strong season in 2022 and he is already off to a hot start. Ortiz put up some silly offensive numbers as an amateur, including a .422/.474/.697 line as a junior at New Mexico State that was caricatured by the elevation of Las Cruces, which is one of the most hitter-friendly environments in college baseball. Baltimore Orioles. Out of our newcomers, Notre Dame made the biggest vault, landing at No. His amateur look was that of a slash-and-dash leadoff man with doubles power and a great idea of the strike zone. Despite being this size at this age, which might typically cause long-term 1B/DH projection, Colliers defensive feet, hands, actions, and arm strength are all excellent, and make him a future plus third base defender. Cavalli climbed the ranks of the Nationals system in 2021, starting the season at High-A and closing it out at Triple-A, claiming the distinction of being the hardest thrower at that years Futures game (touching 102 mph) along the way. 46CampbellBig South1NC62268NRNR 39Arizona StatePac-126AZ2-9302916 Game-breaking speed is Bradfield, Jr.s calling card, and he swiped 47 bases in 53 tries last season. But the meal ticket here is still Ramos hit and power combination. Now in the bullpen, Halls deep repertoire should make him a premium late-inning reliever. House started the 2022 season very hot, slashing .325/.408/.449 with a 141 wRC+ at High-A through April before injuring his back in early May and sitting out a couple of weeks. Hes tracking to debut ahead of his draft class typical 40-man timeline, perhaps as early as mid-2023 if things click with his command. Only recently converted to center field full-time, Chourio easily has enough speed to stay there (hes routinely 4.15 home to first), and his routes and ball skills are okay. Louisiana State remains No. The son of 15-year pro Lou Collier, Cam was among the most physical prospects in the 2022 draft even though he reclassified from the 23 group and was one of his class youngest at just over 17-and-a-half on draft day. His frame makes him pretty likely to slow down with age, but as he fills out hell probably grow into elite raw power. Our interpretation of this is that its a result of rust from the prolonged layoff rather than an actual indication that Jung suddenly has terrible feel for the strike zone. Hes graded with the optimism that these traits will help him manage the swing-and-miss enough to be a multi-time All-Star. Stone was an athletic small-school prospect with a powerful drop-and-drive delivery and short, vertically-oriented arm action who the Dodgers selected late in the shortened 2020 draft. His finishing pitch, though, is his slider, a nasty upper-80s sweeper that generated a 50% whiff rate and 38% chase rate in 2022. Built like an SEC fullback, the curvaceous lvarez has explosive pull-side power and a good shot to stay behind the plate, which gives him a cathedral ceiling. He still hits the ball really hard for a player his age and looks the part in the uniform, but theres growing risk here, enough to reposition Lucianos FV into this tier. To see all the great stories in this issue, CLICK HERE. Subscribe to get the best baseball coverage. A core scouting rule of thumb is to take the long view with catchers who have impact offensive potential. There were reasons to be skeptical or apprehensive about declaring Chourio one of the games top prospects, especially at the onset of his breakout. Firm, upper-80s changeups and sliders dart in different directions, and are thrown with 100 mph-looking effort. Batys swing has made it tough for him to lift the ball in games, but a 2022 tweak may have unleashed the beast. In a typical year, wed have a couple more than that, and sometimes as many as five or six, but this year there are only two. The offensive package, even with a bat-to-ball blemish (for now), is still befitting of a star-level talent at shortstop or third base, wherever Henderson ends up playing. Power on par with Salvy seems in play here, too. Its tough to account for what sort of long-term impact Lees injury history will have on his defense, and Carlos Correas presence is also a factor, but in a vacuum he projects as an above-average everyday shortstop. He has performed well through the lower minors (.271/.368/.438), and his frame, speed, general athleticism, and long-term frame-based power projection are all very enticing from a scouting standpoint, but the limitations of his current swing still make Veens big league impact more of an abstract projection than an inevitability. Big-bodied catchers with potent bats, like Travis dArnaud, Tyler Flowers and Diaz, are the sorts who tend to take a leap later in their 20s, which is the expectation here. LHP Xavier Rivas Delaware was no match for Rivas, who struck out eight and allowed just one hit. The Blue Jays coaxed Barger away from a Florida commitment with $270,000, and he barely played during his first two full seasons, one of them lost to the pandemic. His physicality perhaps gives him a better chance of withstanding that grind than most other prospects. All of the prospects below also appear on The Board, a resource the site offers featuring sortable scouting information for every organization. He struggles to set up his slider with well-located fastballs, and even when he does its not a given that hell land the slider after its been set up. His stuff has gotten even better under the tutelage of Clevelands player dev system, and he dominated during his 2021 full season debut, putting up a strikeout rate north of 40% while shortening his arm action and altering his slot to impart more vertical movement on his heater. Rodriguezs changeup, which falls through a trap door just as it approaches the plate, is among the best secondary pitches in the minors, garnering a 42% chase and whiff rate in 2022. How impactful a starter may depend on how his changeup, currently a tertiary offering, develops at the big league level. Jones had surgery, missed the back half of the summer and instructs, and only began hitting again in January. Collier walked a unique amateur path en route to a signing bonus as large and impressive as his power and arm strength. His approach (a sticking point at this site in the past) has gotten better, with his chase rates now hovering close to average. Keith was on the SS/3B line as a high school defender, but his extra heft has pushed him down the defensive spectrum. Jobes stuff has more spin than the 24-hour news networks, but he had a rough first season in pro ball. Graceffo starts his windup with a pronounced step backward, then marches toward the plate, throwing from a high arm slot to create a downhill approach. His feel for contact and for the zone already gave him a high floor. Whites stuff continues to shine when hes healthy, which is especially impressive given the amount of time hes lost. Though hes mostly started so far and has three nasty pitches, Millers delivery is very violent and his injury history suggests he may only have so many bullets, so we expect Oakland will put him on the big league roster in fairly short order, perhaps in a relief role. To an extent, each of those things is still true. Previous ranking: No. In 2022, he dominated the upper levels (.260/.374/.511) and made his big league debut at age 20 with a five-game cup of coffee. There will probably be a consistent hole against fastballs up and away for Domnguez. OF Parker Nolan Nolan had himself a week, slugging three homers and driving in eight over 11 at-bats. That means Chourios surface level stats may have been significantly inflated. Theres still mid-rotation potential here, its just not as in focus as it seemed to be a year ago. In a vacuum, though, he has a shot to have four plus pitches and an inning-eaters frame. After eschewing the draft over the summer, hes back in Gainesville to prove he can be a more complete hitter. He definitely has a starters mix, but just one of his three pitches is truly plus, giving Stone the look of a no. The Commodores rotation of lefthanders Carter Holton, Hunter Owens and Devin Futtrell did not allow a run in 15.1 innings against the Bruins. Hernandez has a great skill and athleticism foundation, and he already has incredible power for a shortstop his age, capable of hitting oppo lasers. He plays with the high center of gravity more typical of an outfielder, and has a hard time flipping his hips to make fundamentally typical throws if hes had to range left to field a groundball. A stiff, upright hitter, Diaz might have some issues with fastballs running in on his hands at the big league level, as he tended to be late on the ones he saw at Double- and Triple-A, driving them almost exclusively to the opposite field. 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