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Summer Collegiate  | Rankings  | 9/27/2017

Prospect League top prospects

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2017 Summer Collegiate Top Prospect Index

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Year Established: 2008
States Represented: Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
No. of Teams: 10
Regular Season Champion (best overall record): Butler BlueSox (37-23)
Postseason Champion: Lafayette Aviators
No. 1 Prospect, 2016: Brian Hobbie, rhp, Terre Haute (Indiana)
First 2016 Player Selected, 2017 Draft: Nick Maton, ss, Springfield (Lincoln Land JC; Phillies/7th Round)

Player of the Year: Dougie Parks, 3b, Lafayette (Eastern Illinois)
Pitcher of the Year: Brad Depperman, rhp, Lafayette (North Florida)

In a year where the Prospect League shrunk from 12 teams to 10, there was no shortage of competition with quite a bit of parity throughout the league from top to bottom. Butler and Lafayette won their respective divisions, with Butler taking the overall regular season title with a record of 37-23; though Lafayette came storming back in the championship series to end up winning the postseason championship, and thus were crowned champs of the league.

From a prospect perspective, there was a quality mix of young, exciting talent and steady upperclassmen who took a big leap towards their ceilings throughout the summer. The No. 1 prospect in the league, Brad Deppermann of North Florida, really came on following his first really healthy season of collegiate baseball in the spring. He was simply dominant for Lafayette this summer and had scouts excited about what his future holds now that he’s finally healthy.


Top 10 Prospects
Rk. Player POS. B-T HT WT Hometown ST 2018 School YR Class Last Drafted
1 Brad Deppermann RHP R-R 6-0 185 Palm Harbor FL North Florida SR 2018 Cubs '14 (31)
2 Will Freeman RHP R-R 6-2 215 Semmes AL Jones County (JC) SO 2018 Never drafted
3 Connor Curlis LHP L-L 6-1 180 Findlay OH Ohio State JR 2018 Never drafted
4 Seth Gray 3B L-R 6-3 205 Springfield OH Wright State SO 2019 Never drafted
5 Connor Coward RHP R-R 6-0 185 Pittsburgh PA Virginia Tech SR 2018 Never drafted
6 Nick Webre OF L-R 5-10 185 Youngsville LA Louisiana State FR 2020 Never drafted
7 Pat Ferguson 1B L-R 6-2 210 North Huntingdon PA Kent State SO 2019 Never drafted
8 Tanner Piechnick C R-R 6-2 200 Canonsburg PA Ohio SO 2019 Never drafted
9 Tanner Murphy OF R-R 6-3 185 St. Augustine FL North Florida SO 2019 Never drafted
10 Nic Laio RHP R-R 6-5 200 Downers Grove IL Western Michigan JR 2018 Never drafted


Top 5 Prospect Reports

1. Brad Depperman, rhp, Lafayette (North Florida/SR in 2018)
After not pitching a whole lot through his first three collegiate seasons due to injury issues, Depperman finally showed off what he could do at full health this summer in the Prospect League. He ended up being named Pitcher of the Year by the league, and it’s hard to argue that given that he struck out 108 hitters in 59 2/3 innings, pitching to the tune of a 2.11 ERA in the process. Depperman has shown live stuff dating back to his prep years, but now that he’s fully healthy, the stuff is fully back and is better than ever according to evaluators who saw him in the Prospect League. Capable of working in the 90-94 mph range with his fastball, Depperman does a good job keeping the pitch down in the zone and mixing in a sharp, late-breaking slider that he missed quite a few bats with. He should draw solid draft interest as a senior reliever with a quality 1-2 punch of pitches.


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