Rank

Name

Position

School

Class

Height

Weight

Bats/ Throws

Note

1

Lucas Giolito

RHP

Harvard-Westlake HS (CA)

SR

6’6”

242

R/R

Giolito has 5 pitches including a mid-to-Upper 90s fastball and a good curveball. He has good mechanics, but he does suffer from sporadic inaccuracy.

2

Lance McCullers Jr.

RHP

Jesuit HS (FL)

SR

6’2”

195

L/R

McCullers Jr., son of a former major leaguer, has a fastball that has been clocked at 100 mph, a good curveball, and a decent changeup. His mechanics and size might lead to a move to the bullpen.

3

Mark Appel

RHP

Stanford

JR

6’5”

200

R/R

Appel has a mid 90s fastball, a strikeout slider and a good changeup and cutter. He has the least projection of the top 3 pitchers.

4

Kevin Gausman

RHP

LSU

SO

6’4”

185

L/R

Gausman, a draft eligible sophomore, has a mid-to-high 90s fastball with good arm-side run. His secondary pitches need more development.

5

Byron Buxton

OF

Appling County HS (GA)

SR

6’1”

175

R/R

Buxton is a pull hitter with quick hands, excellent speed, and  he is very good defensively with a strong arm. He also pitches and plays QB for his high school football team.

6

Nick Williams

OF

Galveston Ball HS (TX)

SR

6’3”

195

L/L

Williams is a good athlete with power, manageable speed, and a strong arm. Williams’ defense is subpar, as his routes need to improve.

7

Deven Marrero

SS

Arizona State

JR

6’1”

180

R/R

Marrero, who has great baseball instincts, is a good defender with soft hands and an arm. He is a contact hitter with average bat speed.

8

Walker Weickel

RHP

Olympia HS (FL)

SR

6’6”

205

R/R

Weickel has a low 90s fastball, slow curve, a changeup (both inconsistent at times), coupled with a very deceptive delivery.

9

Max Fried

LHP

Harvard-Westlake HS (CA)

SR

6’4”

170

L/L

Fried’s best pitch is a sharp breaking curveball, a low 90s fastball, and a decent changeup. Fried is thin and his fastball will improve as he puts on weight.

10

Trey Williams

3B

Valencia HS (CA)

SR

6’1”

211

R/R

Williams, son of former major leaguer Eddie Williams, has power to all fields, decent hands, and a strong arm.

11

Victor Roache

OF/1B

Georgia Southern

JR

6’1”

225

R/R

Roache has tremendous power to all fields, which helped him lead the nation in HRs in 2011. His strikeout rate is still improving.

12

Lucas Sims

RHP

Brookwood HS (GA)

SR

6’2”

195

R/R

Sims had a mid 90s fastball, a 12-6 curveball, and a decent changeup.

13

Mike Zunino

C

Florida

JR

6’2”

215

R/R

Zunino is a great defensive catcher with a strong accurate arm, plate discipline, and power to his pull side. Holes in his swing could cause a high strikeout rate at the next level.

14

Chris Beck

RHP

Georgia Southern

JR

6’3”

220

R/R

Beck has a mid 90s fastball, a low-to-mid 80s slider, and a low 80s changeup.

15

David Dahl

OF

Oak mountain HS (AL)

SR

6’2”

185

L/R

Dahl is a line drive hitter with quick hands and a swing that allows his bat to stay through the zone. He is a great defender with speed and a good arm.

16

Gavin Cecchini

SS

Barbe HS (LA)

SR

6’2”

182

R/R

Cecchini is a good contact hitter with some pop. He has range, decent speed, and an above average arm.

17

Taylore Cherry

RHP

Butler HS (OH)

SR

6’9”

260

R/R

Cherry is big and strong with an easy delivery and a low 90s fastball.

18

Stryker Trahan

C

Acadiana HS (LA)

SR

6’1”

215

L/R

Trahan has a compact swing with power, speed, and plate discipline. Defensively, he has a strong arm and a 1.85 pop time.

19

Josh Elander

C

TCU

JR

6’1”

215

R/R

Elander has good speed for his position and is solid defensively with a 1.90 pop time. Offensively, he hasn’t produced as expected. 

20

Michael Wacha

RHP

Texas A&M

JR

6’6”

190

R/R

Wacha has good control of his low 90s fastball and a great, deceptive changeup with movement. He needs to develop his breaking pitch further and his fastball is very flat.