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Summer Collegiate  | Rankings | 8/30/2012

West Coast League Top Prospects

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2012 Summer Collegiate Top Prospect Coverage
West Coast League Top Prospect Reports (Insider/CBT)

RK Player POS B-T HT WT Hometown ST 2013 School YR Last Drafted Class
1 Hunter Virant LHP R-L 6-3 175 Camarillo CA *UCLA FR Astros '12 (11) 2012
2 Cole Irvin LHP L-L 6-4 180 Anaheim CA *Oregon FR Blue Jays '12 (29) 2012
3 James Kaprelian RHP R-R 6-3 190 Irvine CA *UCLA FR Mariners '12 (40) 2012
4 Taylor Sparks 3B/OF R-R 6-4 210 Bellflower CA UC Irvine SO Indians '11 (24) 2014
5 Thomas Eshelman RHP R-R 6-3 190 Carlsbad CA *Cal State Fullerton FR Never drafted 2012
6 Austin Byler 3B L-R 6-3 210 Peoria AZ Nevada SO Never drafted 2014
7 Darin Gillies RHP R-R 6-2 180 Hollister CA Arizona State SO Never drafted 2014
8 Taylor Williams RHP B-R 5-11 185 Camas WA *Kent State JR Never drafted 2012
9 Felipe Perez RHP R-R 6-2 185 Anaheim CA SIGNED / Diamondbacks   Never drafted 2012
10 Austin Barr C R-R 6-3 215 Camas WA *Stanford FR Mets '12 (29) 2012
11 Greg Mahle LHP/1B L-L 6-2 220 Westminster CA UC Santa Barbara SO Never drafted 2012
12 Nate Causey C L-R 6-2 230 Gilbert AZ Arizona State SO Rockies '11 (46) 2014
13 Shane Zeile 3B R-R 6-1 190 Valencia CA UCLA SO Never drafted 2014
14 Trevor Frank RHP R-R 6-1 175 El Cajon CA UC Riverside SR Never drafted 2012
15 Derek Callahan LHP L-L 6-4 205 Edmonds WA Gonzaga SO Never drafted 2014
16 Ty Moore OF/LHP L-L 6-0 185 Mission Viejo CA *UCLA FR Yankees '12 (25) 2012
17 Tyler Kane RHP R-R 6-2 180 Everett WA Washington JR Never drafted 2013
18 Mitchell Gunsolus 3B L-R 6-0 190 Kenmore WA Gonzaga SO Never drafted 2014
19 Jerad Casper 3B R-R 6-2 190 Maple Valley WA *Oregon State JR Never drafted 2012
20 Travis Radke LHP L-L 6-4 200 Thousand Oaks CA Portland SO Reds '11 (45) 2014
21 Bryan Granger RHP L-R 6-2 170 Hollister CA Cal Poly SO Never drafted 2014
22 Caleb Whalen 3B R-R 6-2 180 Camas WA Portland SO Brewers '11 (42) 2014
23 Andrew Ely 3B L-R 5-10 170 Eagle ID Washington SO Never drafted 2014
24 Josh Graham C/RHP R-R 6-2 215 Roseburg OR *Oregon FR Twins '12 (22) 2012
25 Jace Conrad 2B L-R 6-0 190 Lafayette LA Louisiana-Lafayette SO Never drafted 2014
26 Josh Wong 1B/2B R-R 6-1 200 Mililani HI Hawaii-Hilo SR Never drafted 2012
27 Will Sparks OF R-R 6-3 215 Saratoga CA Washington JR Never drafted 2014
28 Connor Hofmann OF L-R 6-1 170 San Diego CA Oregon JR Padres '10 (16) 2013
29 Tommy Thorpe LHP L-L 6-0 185 Vancouver WA Oregon SO Never drafted 2014
30 Austin Diemer OF R-R 6-1 180 Rocklin CA Cal State Fullerton SO Indians '11 (26) 2014

*Transfer

Others in consideration: Kody Watts, Taylor Starr, Rhys Hoskins, Jorge Perez, Jared Fisher, Spencer O'Neil, Matt Ozanne, Kyle Pearson, Daniel Grazzini, Francisco Tellez

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Vincent Cervino
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Class of 2028 Rankings Update

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National All State Preview: Week 1

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This weekend, teams from all around the country in the 10U, 12U and 14U divisions will converge on the Houston area for the 2026 PG National All-State Select Championships. The 10U division will have 22 teams, 12U will have 23 and 14U will have 22. All ages have many different states represented - from Hawaii, to the Pacific Northwest, to Arizona, to New England, to Carolina to Florida and many more. “National All-State brings together the best players in the country across Houston,” national crosschecker and northeast scouting director, John McAdams, said. “It’s a fun atmosphere for ultimate bragging rights amongst all the regions the PG platform reaches domestically while serving as a good litmus test for myself, Jheremy Brown and Tyler Russo to see the players. We get another glimpse at the end of the year as we start to formulate our initial thoughts on the...
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2027 MLB Draft Board Update: Top 200

Tyler Henninger
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PG Draft Content Hub With the fall season winding down and the winter months approaching, it is time for another draft board update.  After getting more live looks and gathering information from the fall action across the country, we have expanded the board to a Top-200. The class continues to feature an intriguing mix of arms from both the prep and college ranks, along with an enticing position player pool.  There is still plenty of time for new names to emerge and established prospects to continue to improve their draft stock, but here is where things stand as we head into the winter.  * denotes draft eligible sophomore Rk. Name Level Pos. B-T School Hometown State Commitment 1 Dylan Seward H SS S-R Norco Eastvale CA Tennessee 2 Brendan Lawson C SS L-R Florida Toronto ON 3 Dax Whitney C RHP R-R Oregon State Blackfoot ID 4 Tomas Valincius C LHP L-L Mississippi State...
College | Story | 11/6/2026

College Fall Notebook: November 6

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Virginia Cavaliers  2026 In Review:  Under the leadership of first year Head Coach Chris Pollard, the Cavaliers won 37 games which was the second most victories by a first-year coach in program history.  Virginia went (37-23) finishing tied for 8th in the ACC and earned an at-large bid to the Hattiesburg Regional.  They fielded a talented offense that averaged over 8-runs per game, highlighted by AJ Gracia and Eric Becker who were both selected on Day 1 of the 2026 MLB Draft.  While the defensive squad wasn’t quite as elite as usual, they were ultra-competitive on the mound with a strong rotation and lock down bullpen.  With plenty of talent returning for Pollard and his staff in ’27, they should be a force on a national level once again.  Impact Returners:    Senior Antonio Perrotta (.266/.459/.431, 5 HR, 6 2B, 24 RBI) experienced...
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Wolforth Throwing Mentorship: Article 70

Ron Wolforth
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That Off-Season Program Wasn't Built for Your Son. It Was Built for Nobody. The Harsh Reality of Skill Development · Part 2 of 5 Somewhere right now, a pitcher is starting a twelve-week off-season program. It came from his travel team. Or a trainer. Or a big leaguer's Instagram. It has phases and a logo, and every kid in the building got the same one. Here is the harsh reality. That program was written before anybody looked at your son. It doesn't know he exists. It was built for the average pitcher... and the average pitcher does not exist. A Template Fixes Somebody's Problem. Maybe Not His. Every pitcher who is stuck is stuck for a reason. We call that reason his constraint... the thing that is actually limiting him right now. For one kid it is strength. For the next it is mobility. For the next it is a mechanical inefficiency, or an arm that isn't recovering, or a body that...
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Wolforth Throwing Mentorship: Article 69

Ron Wolforth
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Your Son's April Arm Injury is Being Scheduled Right Now   The Harsh Reality of Skill Development - Part 1 of 5 Let me start this series with something most people in baseball won't say out loud. In my experience, a great many of the arm problems we will see next April are being set up right now... in October, November and December. Not necessarily because a young pitcher is throwing too much. Often it's because of what happens when he stops. Here is the pattern. I have watched it for more than thirty years. The fall season ends. The arm is tired, so the family does what seems like the responsible thing.  They shut it down. No throwing. For a lot of kids, no anything. Weeks go by. The holidays come and go. Then somebody looks at a calendar in January and realizes tryouts are three weeks away. Suddenly, an arm that has done nothing since October is asked to go from zero to game...
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Class of 2027 Rankings Risers

Kyler Peterson
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Complete Class of 2027 Rankings With the end of the summer and fall seasons behind us, it was time for a quick refresh of the 2027 class rankings. Below you'll be able to read about some of the biggest risers up the board, led by North Carolina outfielder John Hucko who jumped more than 110 spots to now sit at No. 20 overall.  John Hucko, OF, Charlotte, N.C. Previous Rank: 132 | Current Rank: 20 Hucko makes a huge leap into the top-20 players in the class after a dominating showing in Jupiter. It’s as good of a left-handed swing as you’ll come across with pretty easy impact to all parts. He’s a supreme athlete with all the tools to play center long term and is a present plus runner. Hucko is a name that cemented his prospect status in Jupiter and will be a name to follow for next year’s MLB Draft. Elyjah Mason, SS, Lake Forest, Calif. Previous Rank: 71 |...
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Class of 2027 Rankings Update

Perfect Game Staff
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PG Partners Up with Minority Prospects

Perfect Game Staff
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  667 Progress Way | Sanford, FL 32771 | 319-298-2923 www.perfectgame.org | facebook.com/perfectgameusa | @PerfectGameUSA     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   PERFECT GAME ANNOUNCES MEDIA RIGHTS PARTNERSHIP WITH MINORITY PROSPECTS   Sanford, Florida (Monday, November 2, 2026) - Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, today announced a media rights partnership with Minority Prospects, the Atlanta-based organization that has become the largest platform in the world for minority baseball and softball prospects. The partnership kicked off last month at the WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla., Perfect Game's premier fall event, where Minority Prospects produced content featuring some of the nation's top amateur players in front of college coaches, professional scouts and MLB legends. Under the agreement, Minority...
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2027 Draft Preview: Prep Middle Infielders

Ryan Miller
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