As is typically the case, the list is topped by a handful of upside arms. Historic hard-throwing lefthander Jack Bauer leads the group and will bring his 102-mph fastball to Mississippi State after being undrafted. Righthander Angel Cervantes became the highest-drafted player in this year’s class to not sign. He spurned a second-round selection by the Pirates and will stay local and help reinforce a UCLA team that is already one of the favorites for the 2026 College World Series. Lefthander checks in at No. 3 and was a late-round selection by the Mariners, but will head to Tennessee.
Outfielder Brock Sell is the top-ranked hitting prospect to reach campus. He’ll head to Stanford and continue a long tradition of Stanford commits being some of the most unlikely recruits to pick the pro game over college.
Texas leads all schools with five players on this top 50 list. LSU, Tennessee and Texas follow suit with four players apiece. Arkansas, Mississippi State, Virginia and TCU each have three players.
If I were a Pirates fan I’d have to have someone fired - that is a team that can ill afford to whiff on a second round pick
2 top 10 round draft picks didn’t sign. Something everyone should remember next summer too. If a guy gets picked in the top 10 rounds, he’s 99% almost certainly signing. Rounds 11-18, 90% chance of signing. Rounds 19-20, 50/50 shot there.
Reading The Last Best League by James Collins, about the Cape Cod League in general and Chatham’s team in particular during the 2002 season. It focuses on three players, Jamie D’Antona (Wake), Tim Stauffer (Richmond), and Thomas Pauly (Princeton), and the manager and team volunteers/host familes.
Really good read if you’ve ever spent time on the Cape and gone to some games.
It’s about 20 years old, but still applicable today.
Didn’t see this yesterday but Walker Buchanan committed to Bradley.
Wish we could have kept him, but we added so many quality OF options this offseason that PT was gonna be tough to come by. With that being said I expect him to tear it up there.
If you only get your baseball news here, former Hoo lefty Connelly Early got called up to MLB today. He’ll get the ball for the Red Sox tonight against the Athletics (Zack Gelof).
Early is the number six ranked prospect in the Red Sox organization. He rocketed through AAA as he was promoted there not too long ago.
