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Draft  | Rankings  | 5/19/2017

2017 MLB Draft: Top Tools

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2017 MLB Draft Preview Content | Mock Draft Version 1

An annual exercise as part of Perfect Game's MLB Draft content, PG's staff of draft experts combined to assemble a list of the top individual tools available for this year's draft.

Contributing to this compilation were PG's David Rawnsley, Brian Sakowski, Greg Sabers, Jheremy Brown, Vincent Cervino, and Mike Rooney. 


2017 Top Tools: Hitter
High School College
Rk. Name Pos. School Rk. Name Pos. School
1 Royce Lewis SS/CF JSerra (Calif.) 1 Keston Hiura 2B/OF UC-Irvine
2 Jacob Pearson OF West Monroe (Lous.) 2 Pavin Smith 1B Virginia
3 Daniel Cabrera OF Parkview Baptist (Lous.) 3 Brendan McKay LHP/1B Louisville
4 Drew Waters OF Etowah (Ga.) 4 Adam Haseley CF
 Virginia
5 Nick Pratto 1B/LHP Huntington Beach (Calif.) 5 JJ Matijevic 2B Arizona


2017 Top Tools: Power
High School College
Rk. Name Pos. School Rk. Name Pos. School
1 Hunter Greene RHP/SS Notre Dame (Calif.) 1 Jake Burger 3B/1B Missouri State
2 Jordon Adell OF/RHP Ballard (Kent.) 2 Brent Rooker OF Mississippi State
3 Conner Uselton OF Southmoore (Okla.) 3 Gavin Sheets 1B Wake Forest
4 Austin Beck OF North Davidson (N.C.) 4 Greg Diechmann OF Louisiana State
5 Jacob Gonzalez 3B/1B Chaparral (Ariz.) 5 Pavin Smith 1B Virginia


2017 Top Tools: Speed
High School College
Rk. Name Pos. School Rk. Name Pos. School
1 Quentin Holmes OF Monsignor McClancy (N.Y.) 1 Kevin Merrell SS/2B South Florida
2 Jordon Adell OF/RHP Ballard HS (Kent.) 2 Brian Miller OF North Carolina
3 Austin Beck OF North Davidson (N.C.) 3 Jeren Kendall OF Vanderbilt
4 Cole Brannen OF Westfield Schools (Ga.) 4 Jake Mangum OF Mississippi State
5 Kier Meredith OF Glenn (N.C.) 5 Ernie Clement OF/IF Virginia


2017 Top Tools: Arm
High School College
Rk. Name Pos. School Rk. Name Pos. School
1 Hunter Greene RHP/SS Notre Dame (Calif.) 1 Donovan Casey OF/RHP Boston College
2 Jordon Adell OF/RHP Ballard (Kent.) 2 Mike Rivera C Florida
3 MJ Melendez C Westminster Christian (Fla.) 3 Joe Dunand SS North Carolina State
4 Drew Waters OF Etowah (Ga.) 4 Jeren Kendall OF Vanderbilt
5 Ricardo De Da Torre  SS Puerto Rico BB Academy 5 Jake Mangum OF Mississippi State


2017 Top Tools: Defender
High School College
Rk. Name Pos. School Rk. Name Pos. School
1 Nick Allen SS Francis W. Parker (Calif.) 1 Evan White 1B/OF Kentucky
2 MJ Melendez C Westminster Christian (Fla.) 2 Brian Miller OF North Carolina
3 Drew Waters OF Etowah (Ga.) 3 Jeren Kendall OF Vanderbilt
4 Garrett Mitchell OF Orange Lutheran (Calif.) 4 Dalton Guthrie SS Florida
5 Quentin Holmes OF Monsignor McClancy (N.Y.) 5 Joey Morgan C Washington


2017 Top Tools: Athlete
High School College
Rk. Name Pos. School Rk. Name Pos. School
1 Bubba Thompson OF McGill-Toolen Catholic (Ala.) 1 Jeren Kendall OF Vanderbilt
2 Jordon Adell OF Ballard (Kent.) 2 Michael Gigliotti OF Lipscomb
3 Austin Beck OF North Davidson (N.C.) 3 Bryce Johnson OF Sam Houston State
4 Hunter Greene RHP/SS Notre Dame (Calif.) 4 Ernie Clement OF/IF Virginia
5 Garrett Mitchell OF Orange Lutheran (Calif.) 5 Stuart Fairchild OF Wake Forest


2017 Top Tools: Fastball
High School College
Rk. Name Throws School Rk. Name Throws School
1 Hunter Greene RHP/SS Notre Dame (Calif.) 1 Nate Pearson RHP College of Central Florida (JC)
2 Shane Baz RHP Concordia Lutheran (Texas) 2 Bryce Montes de Oca RHP Missouri
3 Alex Scherff RHP Colleyville Heritage (Texas) 3 J.B. Bukauskas RHP North Carolina
4 Hans Crouse RHP Dana Hills (Calif.) 4 Riley Otteson RHP Utah
5 Trevor Rogers LHP Carlsbad (N.M.) 5 Drew Rasmussen RHP Oregon State


2017 Top Tools: Curveball
High School College
Rk. Name Throws School Rk. Name Throws School
1 Blayne Enlow RHP St. Amant (Lous.) 1 Alex Lange RHP Louisiana State
2 D.L. Hall LHP Valdosta (Ga.) 2 Brendon Little LHP State College of Florida (JC)
3 MacKenzie Gore LHP Whiteville (N.C.) 3 Kyle Wright RHP Vanderbilt
4 Tanner Burns RHP Decatur (Ala.) 4 Colton Hock RHP Stanford
5 Seth Corry LHP Lone Peak (Utah) 5 Griffin Canning RHP UCLA


2017 Top Tools: Slider
High School College
Rk. Name Throws School Rk. Name Throws School
1 Shane Baz RHP Concordia Lutheran (Texas) 1 J.B. Bukauskas RHP North Carolina
2 Bryce Bonnin RHP Barbers Hill (Texas) 2 Alex Faedo RHP Florida
3 Trevor Rogers LHP Carlsbad (N.M.) 3 Clarke Schmidt RHP South Carolina
4 Hunter Greene RHP Notre Dame (Calif.) 4 Seth Romero LHP Houston
5 Hans Crouse RHP Dana Hills (Calif.) 5 Corbin Martin RHP Texas A&M


2017 Top Tools: Changeup
High School College
Rk. Name Throws School Rk. Name Throws School
1 Alex Scherff RHP Colleyville Heritage (Texas) 1 Ricky Tyler Thomas LHP Fresno State
2 Hunter Greene RHP/SS Notre Dame (Calif.) 2 Brigham Hill RHP Texas A&M
3 Sam Carlson RHP Burnsville (Minn.) 3 Charlie Barnes LHP Clemson
4 Kevin Abel RHP James Madison (Calif.) 4 Kyle Wright RHP Vanderbilt
5 Kyle Hurt RHP Torrey Pines (Calif.) 5 Alex Troop LHP Michigan State


2017 Top Tools: Command
High School College
Rk. Name Throws School Rk. Name Throws School
1 Hunter Greene RHP Notre Dame (Calif.) 1 David Peterson LHP Oregon
2 MacKenzie Gore LHP Whiteville (N.C.) 2 Keegan Thompson RHP Auburn
3 Logan Allen LHP University (Fla.) 3 Luke Heimlich LHP Oregon State
4 Alex Scherff RHP Colleyville Heritage (Texas) 4 Brendan McKay LHP Louisville
5 Jordan Butler LHP Alonso (Fla.) 5 Darren McCaughan RHP Long Beach State


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