THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE SCOUTING ORGANIZATION

| 2,580 MLB PLAYERS | 16,393 MLB DRAFT SELECTIONS

2,580 MLB PLAYERS | 16,393 MLB DRAFT SELECTIONS

High School | General | 2/25/2026

High School Showdown Preview

Cam McElwaney

Photo: Joseph Contreras (Perfect Game)

We’re only about 24 hours away from the 14th PG High School Showdown and as we get closer to one of the premier events on the high school schedule, we look ahead to what we’ll see in Hoover. The teams and players are what make this event special along with the environment with scouts packing the stands for this event. As with every year we’ve run this event, there are sure to be names called in the upcoming MLB Draft along with big time contributors at the college level.

This year’s field is loaded with five teams ranked inside the Preseason High School Top-50, headlined by a trio of top-10 teams in No. 8 South Walton (FL), No. 9 Blessed Trinity (GA), and No. 10 IMG Academy (FL). Rounding out the list of top-50 teams are No. 34 Parkview (GA) and No. 43 Hoover (AL), along with plenty of other teams that will challenge for state championships in their respective states. Some of the top programs in the Southeast will be in attendance and with a good weekend in Hoover, could easily find themselves ranked inside the National Top 50.

Looking at the list of players in attendance, we’ll have four PG All-Americans in attendance along with plenty of other top-500 ranked players coming from all over the country.

Blue Bracket

The blue bracket is going to be a tough one to navigate through from top to bottom. Coming into the event, IMG Academy has to be the favorite in this bracket, especially after beating a pair of top-10 teams in the opening two weeks of the season, but they have a large challenge in game-one from a strong Petal group. On the other side of the bracket is fellow top-10 team in the nation in Blessed Trinity Catholic (GA), who bring in one of the best rosters on paper. John Carroll is one of the best programs in Maryland, Oxford is one of the better programs in Alabama, and you also have perineal powers in Lewisburg (MS) and Bob Jones (AL). It's going to be a brutal time getting through this bracket, especially in this bracket with some of the winningest programs in their respective states and a pair of top-10 teams in the nation.

Red Bracket

We just talked about how loaded the blue bracket is but there’s very little fall off if any in the red bracket as they also sport a tiro of top-50 teams in South Walton (FL), Parkview (GA), and Hoover (AL) along with plenty of other teams that will challenge for state titles at the end of the year. The Bennett School (TX) is bringing a loaded roster to this event in their inaugural year. American Christian Academy (AL) is coming off a historic spring a year ago, North Broward Prep (FL) is always one of the top teams in the state and Hartselle (AL) is also coming off a state championship run a year ago and bring back plenty of talent to their roster. Heading into the weekend South Walton (FL) is the early favorite to come out victorious in this bracket but there’s plenty of strong rosters to challenge them so this will be a fun bracket to follow throughout.

White Bracket

There are less teams in this bracket but that doesn’t mean that there’s less talent here. Headlining the list of teams in The First Academy (FL), a team that’s coming off a state championship win last year, and a top-10 finish nationally in the Top 50. Loganville (GA) is one of the best programs in Georgia history and have been on a ridiculous run over the last few years, just rattling off state titles like they’re regular season wins. Mountain Brook (AL) always has talent and they headline their 2026 roster with one of the top juniors in the nation in Paul Barnett. Rabun Gap is a younger group but also brings in a few of the top ’28 grads in the event to the table and will challenge like they usually do in this event. This is going to be a fun bracket to follow throughout the weekend with strong programs littering the field.

Top 30 Class of 2026 Prospects Attending

Nat'l Rank	Player	Pos	Team	Commitment
18	Joseph Contreras	RHP	Blessed Trinity	Vanderbilt
21	Coleman Borthwick	3B/RHP	South Walton	Auburn
22	Malachi Washington	OF	Parkview	LSU
50	Rocco Maniscalco	SS	Oxford	Mississippi State
51	Jaxson Wood	SS	Hoover	Tennessee
53	Denton Lord	RHP	South Walton	Mississippi State
127	Will Adams	1B	Hoover	LSU
148	Karson Reeder	RHP	The Bennett School	Texas
208	Judson Dowell	OF	The Bennett School	Rice
232	Santos Wade	SS	Parkview	South Florida
279	Charles Messina	C	IMG Academy	Northwestern
281	Pierce Quinn	RHP	John Carroll	Virginia
283	Griffin Loy	RHP	South Walton	Virginia
295	Cy Chrisman	1B	IMG Academy	Oklahoma State
332	Jeffrey-Todd Darden	OF	The Bennett School	Oklahoma State
452	Harper Gates	SS	The Bennett School	Texas A&M
484	William Myhand	1B	Mill Creek	North Carolina
487	Wyatt Williams	RHP	Thompson	Alabama
490	Treydric Barnes	OF	Petal	University of SouthernMississippi
500	Brayden Loquasto	LHP	Blessed Trinity	Michigan State
500	Aiden Gorvett	OF	Loganville	Uncommitted
500	Dylan Messina	SS	IMG Academy	Pennsylvania
500	Ryder Register	SS	Blessed Trinity	Johns Hopkins University
500	Jake Boland	RHP	Loganville	Georgia Highlands
500	Tyler Arafet	RHP	The First Academy	Uncommitted
500	Ryon Smith	RHP	The First Academy	Uncommitted
500	Caden Nelson	SS	Lewisburg	Jones College
500	Davis Kelley	OF	Helena	Montevallo
500	Jakob Wagner	SS RHP	Charlotte High	Uncommitted
500	Brayden Dockery	RHP	Helena	Northeast Mississippi CC

Top 20 Class of 2027 Prospects Attending

Nat'l Rank	Player	Pos	Team	Commitment
3	Kinon Bastian	OF	The First Academy	Florida
7	Max Hemenway	SS	IMG Academy	Tennessee
11	Kyler Meccage	OF/LHP	IMG Academy	Mississippi State
16	Sebastian Wilson	OF	IMG Academy	Tennessee
30	Caden Dawson	OF	Blessed Trinity	Tennessee
46	Frank Thomas III	1B	IMG Academy	Auburn
69	Paul Barnett	SS/RHP	Mountain Brook	Alabama
109	Aiden Pack	OF/RHP	Blessed Trinity	Georgia
114	Juan Diaz	SS	IMG Academy	Florida State
120	Max Rogozinski	SS	Brookwood	Auburn
132	Fischer Howell	SS	Petal	Mississippi State
142	Ethan Armbruster	C	IMG Academy	Mississippi State
143	Alexander Smith	2B	North Broward Prep	Uncommitted
161	Trent Buckley	RHP	Columbia Academy	Mississippi
216	Jayden Cunningham	1B	South Walton	Uncommitted
346	Noah Milburn	LHP	IMG Academy	Uncommitted
359	Brent Frosch	1B	The Bennett School	Uncommitted
395	Cooper Giger	OF	Petal	Mississippi
492	Braxton Williams	3B	Sparkman	Uncommitted
500	Andres Jimenez	RHP	Parkview	Coastal Carolina

Top 10 Class of 2028 Prospects Attending

Nat'l Rank	Player	Pos	Team
26	Gabriel Coupet	SS	North Broward Prep
47	Hudson Oliver	OF	Hoover
87	Andrew Jackson III	LHP	American Christian
94	Hunter Elmore	1B	American Christian
120	Aiden Choo	OF	IMG Academy
121	Todd "T" Raleigh Jr.	C	Rabun Gap
142	Andrew Cochran	OF	Blessed Trinity
144	Jonathan Marzullo	C	IMG Academy
150	Gavin Greene	C	Blessed Trinity
216	Ty Page	3B	Blessed Trinity

PERFECTGAME.TV

Give us your feedback

High School | General | 7/1/2026

PG High School All-Americans

Tyler Russo

High School Top 50: Final Update With the High School season all wrapped up, today we take a look at our First, Second and Third Team All-Americans from around the country. Below you'll find three teams with stats that seem otherworldly from players who'll likely hear their names called in the coming week's MLB Draft. Within the "Notable Stats" section you'll see the individual award winners as well. First Team All-American Pos. Name Class School State Commitment Notable Stats C Cole Prosek 2026 Magnolia Heights MS Ole Miss .595 BA, 18 HR, 79 RBI 1B Will Adams 2026 Hoover AL LSU .489, 13 HR, 52 RBI IF James Tronstein 2026 Harvard-Westlake CA Vanderbilt .531, 10 HR, 29 RBI, 21 XBH IF Grady Emerson 2026 Fort Worth Christian TX Texas .508, 8 HR, 56 RBI, 34/35 SB, National POY IF Jacob Lombard 2026 Gulliver Schools FL Miami .477, 10 HR, 52 R, 42 H, 14 SB OF Martin Shelar 2026 Marist GA...

Tournaments | Championship | 7/29/2026

SBA Sox Save Best for Last

Kinley Kitchens

Sometimes the best ending comes after a season of figuring things out. For SBG Sox American, the summer wasn’t always seamless. The team spent their early weeks learning where players fit best, building chemistry and searching for the combination that would allow them to play their best baseball. By the final weekend, they found it. SBG Sox American closed their summer with a 7-5 victory over Dirtbags Midsouth 2027 Black to capture the 2026 17U Perfect Game Hoover Classic championship, putting together one final winning performance in the last tournament this group would share this summer. For SBG Sox Coach Cooper Williams, that made taking home the championship trophy even more meaningful. “It’s been great, especially for it being their last summer event,” Coach Williams said. “It’s really cool for them to kind of pull this thing out for...

All American Game | Story | 7/29/2026

Victorino & Girardi Tabbed PGAAC Managers

667 Progress Way | Sanford, FL 32771 | 319-298-2923 www.perfectgame.org | facebook.com/perfectgameusa | @PerfectGameUSA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SHANE VICTORINO AND JOE GIRARDI NAMED MANAGERS FOR PERFECT GAME DICK'S ALL-AMERICAN CLASSIC AT CITIZENS BANK PARK Former Phillies Stars to Lead Nation's Top High School Baseball Players on August 16 in Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Wednesday, July 29, 2026) - Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, today announced that former Phillies All-Star outfielder Shane Victorino and former Phillies manager Joe Girardi will serve as managers for Team East and Team West, respectively, at the 2026 Perfect Game DICK'S All-American Classic, taking place on Sunday, August 16, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pa. Joining Girardi and...

College | Story | 7/28/2026

Coppy's Corner: July 28 Summer Edition

John Coppolella

The amateur players in the Cape Cod Baseball League are the future stars of the 2027 MLB Draft. The league runs from June 13th through August 2nd. Games are played at historic stadiums in Old New England towns. It’s beautiful and charming. Hollywood even made a movie about the Cape Cod League ~25 years ago called Summer Catch. It scored an 8% (!) on Rotten Tomatoes, but, on the plus side, it featured 2001 Jessica Biel in a starring role. It was so much fun writing Coppy’s Column this spring. My hope is to highlight a pitcher and position player each week from the Cape. And, who knows, maybe somewhere out there Jessica Biel is reading it. Player of the Week: Blake Schaaf – Bourne Braves Schaaf had a big week, going 12-for-22 (.545 AVG) with 3 Doubles, 4 Stolen Bases, and 9 Runs Scored. It’s been the continuation of a terrific summer for the...

Tournaments | Championship | 7/28/2026

Co-Champs Crowned at 15u WWBA

Will Dembo

Following a jam-packed week of competition in East Cobb, Georgia, at the 15u WWBA National Championships, East Coast Ghost '29 National and eXposure 15u National were crowned co-champions after inclement weather prevented the championship game from being played. Both clubs completed the tournament undefeated behind dominant pitching and explosive offensive performances on their way to the title. "Couldn’t be more proud of this group," East Coach Head Coach Mike Valerio said. "The amount of work that went into this moment is something no one sees. The countless team and individual practices, workouts, mindset calls and time put in makes this moment even more special. The summer hasn’t gone the way we wanted it to, up to this point, but the boys never let it affect them. We just always said we need to get back to our team standard, which is “make the routine play”....