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2016 Top Prospects

Johnny Wiltfang  SS - 2016 - Clovis, CA
Uncommitted

Wiltfang doesn't have a college commitment that we are aware of but he has lots of college level tools. The 6-4/185 shortstop has lots of right handed bat speed, is a graceful athlete in the infield and was up to 89 mph on the mound, where his brightest future may lie. College coaches take note.


2017 Top Prospects

Calvin Mitchell  OF - 2017 - San Diego, CA
San Diego

Mitchell hit 12 home runs for Rancho Bernardo High School this spring and has one of the most pure and powerful swings in the 2017 class nationally. He's a good athlete who ran a 7.1 sixty and threw 89 from the outfield.

Jesse Franklin  OF - 2017 - Seattle, WA
Michigan

Franklin was one of the standouts of the showcase, posting the fastest sixty time at 6.61 and also taking one of the best batting practices, showing big left handed power and bat speed from a very aggressive approach.

Casey O'Sullivan  RHP - 2017 - Spring Valley, CA
San Diego State

O'Sullivan, who is the younger brother of MLB right hander Sean O'Sullivan, was up to 89 mph with his fastball and also showed prospect level bat speed at the plate.

Kyle Horton  OF - 2017 - Las Vegas, NV
College of Southern Nevada

Horton looks the part with an athletic 6-3/180 build and has a very smooth right handed swing with lots of bat speed and power potential. He also has a strong throwing arm and was up to 85 mph on the mound.

Tate Samuelson  SS - 2017 - San Diego, CA
Cal Poly

Samuelson is a very polished and mature middle infielder with a verbal commitment to Cal Poly. He's especially strong on the defensive side of the ball, with sure and balanced footwork and a strong arm.

Jacob Blas  SS - 2017 - Carlsbad, CA
Arizona

Blas is an Arizona commit with very polished and clean middle infield actions that should immediately play at the next level. He has a very short and direct right handed swing that should produce high batting averages and occasional gap power.

Justin Ledgerwood  3B - 2017 - Alpine, CA
Point Loma Nazarene

Ledgerwood is a strong 6-3/205 athlete with power/power tools, a powerful arm at third base and lots of right handed power at the plate. He had a home run in one of the showcase games.

Jose Cerda  SS - 2017 - Chula Vista, CA
Uncommitted

Cerda has a very aggressive right handed swing and plenty of bat speed and power potential. He also topped out at 87 mph on the mound and has a strong arm from the infield.

Kenneth McCormick  C - 2017 - Seattle, WA
Everett CC

McCormick has a very big and strong 6-1/215 build but has lots of one spot quick twitch athleticism behind the plate and moves well with a nice release on his throws. His strength will be a big plus at the plate with some adjustments to his swing approach.

Russell Hicks  LHP - 2017 - Reno, NV
College of Southern Nevada

Hicks has a loose athletic body and good projection. His arm action on the mound was clean and loose and produced a fastball in the mid-80's to go with a 73 mph slider.

Cole Fleming  RHP - 2017 - Long Beach, CA
Chapman University

Fleming has a young, projectable body and a clean and fast arm action. He topped out at 86 mph and there is plenty more velocity in there.

Chris Buting  RHP - 2017 - Irvine, CA
University of California, San Diego

Buting is a solid defensive catcher with a flexible and quick lower half and good arm strength. He has the same type of simple and quick mechanics at the plate and should be a high average hitter. Buting was also up to 86 mph on the mound.

Dylan Aronne  OF - 2017 - Dana Point, CA
Saddleback College

Aronne has nice run and throw tools in the outfield with a 6.8 sixty time and 88 mph arm strength. He has an aggressive left handed pull swing with quick twitch hands and made hard line drive contact.

Noah Conlon  RHP - 2017 - Placentia, CA
University of California, San Diego

Conlon is listed as a 5-11/160 second baseman but he looks bigger than that on the field and his arm is his best present tool, an irony for a second baseman. In fact, he threw 2 innings on the mound and topped out at 88 mph.

Zachary Bridger  RHP - 2017 - San Diego, CA
Palomar College

Bridger is a polished receiver with strong catch and throws skills and fundamentals he repeats very well. He has the strength to develop as a hitter with some adjustments.

Brandon Cody  OF - 2017 - Corona, CA
Biola University

Cody is a 6-2/175 projectable athlete with lots of tools that are going to keep getting better as he gets stronger.

Anthony Crisci  C - 2017 - Chandler, AZ
Menlo College

Crisci has lots of next level tools and skills behind the plate. He's a loose and flexible athlete with good quickness and blocking ability and has a big arm behind the plate. Crisci's swing can be shortened up but he has bat speed and some present power.

Nickelas Atkins  SS - 2017 - Los Angeles, CA
New Mexico

Atkins is a 6.9 runner who has very advanced and polished actions defensively in the middle infield. His right handed swing is loose with some bat speed that should keep improving.

Waylon Pettijohn  2B - 2017 - Selah, WA
Uncommitted

Pettijohn's base athletic tools don't stand out, nor does his 5-8/160 build. But the young right handed hitter can flat out hit and makes loud and very consistent line drive contact with plenty of power behind it.

Kevin Wiseman  RHP - 2017 - Axtell, TX
Wagner

The strongly built Wiseman worked in the mid-80's for four innings, topping out at 86 mph and allowing only one hit.


2018 Top Prospects

Jake Goddard  OF - 2018 - La Mesa, CA
Uncommitted

Goddard graded out the highest of any player at the event in outfield drills, ran a 6.88 sixty and showed plenty of right handed bat speed at the plate.

Cameron English  C - 2018 - Moreno Valley, CA
Uncommitted

English is a smaller quick twitch type of catcher who popped a 1.88 during drills and is very agile defensively. He squared up almost everything in batting practice with a short, quick and repeatable swing.

Andrew Hayes  1B - 2018 - Mesa, AZ
Uncommitted

The 6-5/215 Hayes is a very interesting athlete with two-way potential He has a loose right handed swing with lots of bat speed and was 83-86 mph off the mound with a good 72 mph curveball. He should continue to improve in all areas.

Garrett Evans  OF - 2018 - Scottsdale, AZ
Uncommitted

Evans has a very nice 6-3/190 build and has an intriguing combination of speed (6.8 in the sixty) and strength. He's a few adjustments at the plate away from really unleashing some power.

Justin Brodt  1B - 2018 - Huntington Beach, CA
Uncommitted

Brodt is every bit of his listed 6-7/230. He has big left handed power from a well timed and well coordinated swing and showed it especially well in the games.

Kevin Lyons  RHP - 2018 - San Diego, CA
UC Santa Barbara

Lyons is a multi-tooled athlete who ran a 6.8 and showed athleticism and good arm strength on defense. He also took a turn on the mound, striking out all six hitters he faced with a fastball up to 86 mph and a very good change up.

Troy Rice  C - 2018 - Citrus Heights, CA
Uncommitted

Rice is a very similar to Waylon Pettijohn (above) in that he is has just fair run and throw athletic tools but a very advanced ability to hit the ball hard and consistently from the right side.

Octavio Sanchez  RHP - 2018 - Chula Vista, CA
Uncommitted

Sanchez is listed as a primary pitcher and had a strong arm on the mound, topping out at 84 mph, but we thought he might have a higher ceiling as a right handed hitter. He has very nice rhythm and timing at the plate and a strong pull oriented swing with power.

Brian Leonhardt  LHP - 2018 - Chula Vista, CA
San Diego State

Athletic 1B with good arm strength, throwing 85 across diamond and 84 from OF. Good upside on mound as well with a long loose arm action.


2019 Top Prospects

Henry Gargus  1B - 2019 - Yakima, WA
Stanford

Gargus is listed as a primary first baseman but his athletic tools, including a 6.9 sixty and a 90 mph arm from the outfield, make him a better bet to play the outfield. His best tool, though, is his left handed bat. He has excellent bat speed from the left side, with very good timing.

Garrett Frechette  OF - 2019 - Orange, CA
San Diego State

Frechette has outstanding hitting tools for a 2019 with a powerful and loose left handed swing that looks like it will hit for both power and average. He has a young 6-3/180 build so he should get stronger, too.

Thomas Bainton  RHP - 2019 - Torrance, CA
Cal State Northridge/El Camino College

Bainton is a 6-3/185 athlete with high ceiling potential. He has present bat speed in his right handed swing and looked very athletic defensively at third base.

Mikie Welch  C - 2019 - San Diego, CA
Uncommitted

Welch is a very projectable 6-2/185 athlete with lots of present tools. He has lots of power in his right handed swing with natural lift and has big arm strength behind the plate.

Corbin Barker  RHP - 2019 - Ridgecrest, CA
UC Irvine

Barker not only was up to 86 mph with his fastball but showed outstanding life on the pitch to go with solid command. He threw a tight sharp breaking slider as his secondary pitch.

Dalton Chandler  SS - 2019 - Sammamish, WA
University of Washington

Chandler is a nice young athlete who good balance and easy natural actions on defense in the middle of the field. He also has surprising gap power at the plate for a 5-9/160 young middle infielder.

Riley Carter  1B - 2019 - Carlsbad, CA
Air Force

Carter will have to keep his extra large 6-2/235 body under control but he is some kind of present strong, with a surprisingly short and well timed right handed swing that can really drive a baseball hard.

Peter Dufau  OF - 2019 - Camarillo, CA
Benedictine College (Kansas)

Dufau is a very projectable 6-2/165 athlete with 6.9 speed in the sixty and lots of bat speed from a fundamentally sound hitting approach.

Mike Schreiber  RHP - 2019 - Rancho Santa Fe, CA
University of Washington

Schreiber struck out 7 hitters in 4 innings of work, working with an 82-84 mph fastball and a solid curveball and showing a good feel for pitching.

Riley O'Sullivan  RHP - 2019 - Poway, CA
Uncommitted

O'Sullivan has a longer and more projectable build than his 2017 brother Casey (above) but is a similar athlete with similar mechanics. He topped out at 82 mph and there is plenty more there as he gets stronger.


2020 Top Prospects

Kyle Casper  OF - 2020 - El Cajon, CA
Arizona

Casper has an outstanding 6-1/175 body for a 2020 and the young tools to go with it. He ran a 7.2, threw 86 mph from the outfield and showed the beginnings of some real bat speed from the right side.

Nathan Nankil  OF - 2020 - Chula Vista, CA
Cal State Fullerton

Nankill shows obvious athleticism in all his actions on the field and will continue to improve as he gets stronger. His best present tool is his bat; he has very good barrel to ball skills and an athletic swing with some barrel whip to it.


Free Agents Top Prospects

Juan Cerda  C - Free Agents - Tijuana, BN MEX

Cerda showed very good catch and throw tools from behind the plate, along with a big arm from the outfield. He has a very sound approach at the plate as well and the strength to develop into a good hitter.