Baseball in Kentucky continues to be on an upswing, with promising talent at both the high school and college levels, including right handed pitcher Matt Koch of Louisville.
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One of the most impressive athletes available for this year's draft, Anthony Alford has informed teams that he intends on attending Southern Miss.to pursue a two-sport career.
In most years the Cornhuskers dominate the draft-eligible talent from Nebraska, but Creighton left hander Ty Blach creates a shift in power in this year's class.
St. Mary's 3B Patrick Wisdom's power potential at the plate and slick glove at third base projects well at the next level, as he is expected to go in the top 2-3 rounds come June.
Speedy outfielder Ben Johnson has signed with Texas but is also hoping to hear his name called with other highly ranked Texas recruits during the upcoming MLB amateur draft.
Draft-eligible right handed pitcher and 2011 Perfect Game All-American Ryan Burr is the most recent promising pitching prospect to emerge from the state of Colorado.
Kansas may not boast the same amount of draft-eligible talent this year that it did a year ago, but big bodied Wichita State RHP Mitch Mormann is among the more promising.
The draft eligible talent in the state of Arkansas is led by Razorbacks hurler Nolan Sanburn, who has shown electric stuff in a versatile role mostly coming out of the bullpen.
Oklahoma has another pair of promising arms expected to go in the first round of this year's draft, including Oklahoma State left handed pitcher Andrew Heaney.
Outfield/LHP prospect Rock Rucker was disappointed when his high school team was eliminated from postseason play last week but was happy to be at Monday's PG Pre-Draft Showcase.
Top shortstop prospect Avery Romero was at the Perfect Game Pre-Draft Showcase Monday taking his cuts while also contemplating a possible position switch to catcher.
Wyatt Mathisen is a player of the year candidate for No. 6 Calallen High (Texas) as a shortstop and right handed pitcher, but his pro promise lies behind the dish.
2011 Perfect Game All-American Kayden Porter has legitimate two-way talents showing a power arm on the mound while recently setting the high school home run mark in Utah.
