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Tournaments  | Story | 7/5/2024

17u World Series Preview

Photo: Reagan Ricken (Perfect Game)
With over 50 teams slated to take the field between the American and National divisions, Lauren Nunez takes a look at some of the talented rosters that'll be in attendance, though given the sheer depth of teams and talents competing, who's left standing at the end of the tournament is anybody's guess at this point! 

National 

The Duran Baseball 17U National team currently has a 14-2-1 record and rank No. 27 in their region, hailing from Fort Worth, Texas. This year they’ve taken part in two events, advancing to the quarterfinals in both. This will be their third event hoping to come out as champions. Players who can make that possible are Midland college commit Dylan Myrow who leads with a .654 average, Amarillo commit Garrin Graves who leads with a 0.70 ERA, second best hitter at .550 Fabian Ortega, Jax Stockton with a 2.03 ERA who is also tied for second most punchouts with 22, and Texas Tech commit Holden Hering.



The Slammers Holzemer hold a 12-5-0 record and ranks No. 35 nationally and third regionally as Eaglewood, Colorado based. This will be their second tournament this summer and they are still looking for a championship crown. Some of their best players are the No. 4 outfielder prospect in Colorado Christian Lopez, No. 5 ranked pitcher in Colorado in Ethin Woltz, No. 12 ranked outfielder in Colorado Sam Harry, and Santa Clara commit and No.7 ranked pitcher in the state in Chase Ruden.

Baum Bat NW is undefeated right now with a 5-0-0 record after winning their last tournament in the Ultimate Baseball Championship. There’s a lot of talent to look at on this team such as Davidson commit Mathew Manjooran, Washington commit Jonah Aase, No. 1 Washington ranked pitcher Bryce Collins, No. 4 ranked Hawaii pitcher Greyson Osbun, Oregon State commit and 2024 National Showcase player River Hamilton, Washington commit Aspen Alexander, top ranked Washington catcher Ethan Swallom, Portland commit Erine Whelan, and South Carolina commit Bruin Agayani.

Prime is undefeated with a 5-0-0 record but this will be their first event of the year. Their last event was last year in the 17U PG Southwest Labor Day Classic in which they won the championship. They’re currently ranked No.15 in their region with their hometown being in Highland, California. Their star players consist of Cal State Fullerton commit Esteban Olazaba, UC Santa Barba commit Trevor Busby, and Matthew Bline who is an Oregon commit. They also had players in the 2024 National Showcase in LSU commit and Reagan Ricken and Miami commit Mason Green who are coming to compete as well.

The GBG National 2025 team will head into their second event of the year with a 3-1-0 record. They also hold a current ranking as the No. 6 team nationally and are the top ranked team in their region based out of Manhattan Beach, California. Their roster is full of talented players, many have already committed to college programs and 13 competed in the 2024 National Showcase. Their players to watch are Long Beach State commit Jase DeSantis and UCLA commits Ian Fisher, Aiden Aguayo, Zach Strickland, and Angel Cervantes. They have two USC commits Rohan Kasanagottu and Waltor Urbon, and two Texas commits being Grayson Boles and Anthony Pack Jr. Lastly, they have three Oregon and three LSU commits which are Tanner Johns, Angel Laya, Tyler Wick, Brady Ebel, Landon Hodge, and Quentin Young.


American

The Wow Factor NV 2026 team is coming from Las Vegas, Nevada with a 11-6-0 record and are going into their third event of this year. In those events, they won a game in the Memorial Day Classic and made it up to the semifinals in the BCS Challenge. Here are some players to look for this weekend: No. 5 ranked catcher in Nevada in Seth Asare, their top hitter with a .467 average in Nick Armstrong, No. 4 ranked third baseman in Utah with Vincent Dutton, No. 9 ranked Nevada shortstop Hunter Iverson, No. 2 ranked Nevada third baseman Nery Gonzalez, and their top pitcher Esteban Gonzalez who is leading in both strikeouts with 19 and ERA throwing 0.44.

The CBA Marucci American team from Temecula, California is coming into this weekend for their second event this year and with a 7-2-1 record. In their last event they made it up to the round of 16 where they unfortunately lost so this go around they’ll try their best to win it all. Looking at their roster they have three college commits, who are TCU commit Chase Hilt, LSU commit Sammy Kane, and UC Santa Barbara Evan Thomas. Other successful players to watch are their top hitter Ryan Jackson who's hitting .476 and two of their stronger pitchers Lincoln Evans and Thomas Rimoldi.

Recent 17U BCS Champion, the Marucci Athletics 2025 Orange will come into this tournament looking for another event win. Their record right now is 7-3-1 and have had some quality performers to thank for their title last month. They have UC Santa Barbara commit Braden Watson, No. 8 Arizona ranked third baseman Mark Duguid, No. 6 Arizona ranked pitcher Landen Nigg, and strikeout leader Jaeden Parks who has 29 to this point of the summer. To add on to their pitching talent, they also have Garrett Theile and Hudson Litz.

Entering their third event this year, Aggies Cruz 17u team will look to add to their 10-6-1 record hoping for a better championship ending. In their past two events, they have made it to the semifinals and the championship game but lost both. Luckily, their roster is packed with talent to keep an eye out for early July. Looking at their college commit players they have Austin Cushman going to Cochise College and Jaxen Maxey committed to the University of Washington. There’s also Josue Malave who is the No. 13 ranked shortstop in Arizona, Luis Mejia whose the No. 4 ranked shortstop in Arizona, Izaiah Moraga who's also their top pitcher and ranked as the third best third baseman in Arizona, and the No.10 ranked catcher in Arizona Devin Montes.

The Wow Factor NV 2025 team currently stands as an honorable mention nationally and is a top six team in their regional rank with their hometown being in Las Vegas, Nevada. Having competed in two tournaments already this year, they're going into this one with a 9-7-1 record overall. In those events they haven’t made it to the finals, but they have plenty of strong players who can take this team all the way to the championships. Players such as Ace Hensen who is a Wofford commit, Tyler Jackson who plans on attending Seattle University, Nathan Keyes who's going to Brigham Young, and Jordan Watkins who ranks as the third best pitcher in Nevada. They also have the top pitcher Kanoa Wolfgang and Landon Blais who is leading in strikeouts with 27 and the No. 7 ranked outfielder in Nevada.


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Underclass Area Codes: Standout Arms

Joey Cohen
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Year in and year out when the best young talent from across the country is packed into one national-level event the arms tend to win the week. That feels especially true in today’s amateur game where velocity, pitch design and high-level training in general are being introduced earlier than ever, allowing young pitchers to develop impactful stuff at a faster rate than younger hitters can consistently catch up to it. The Underclass Area Code Games are no exception and this year there was no shortage of arms that made you stop and take notice. Narrowing it down to 10 was difficult, but I focused on the pitchers who either displayed starter-type traits, brought something genuinely different from a delivery standpoint whether it was slot, height, crossfire or deception or simply possessed an outlier element of stuff that separated them from the pack. These are the 10 arms that stood...
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PG Hires Nuovo-Golden in South Carolina

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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 SOFTBALL EXPANDS REGIONAL TOURNAMENT OPERATIONS WITH KEY HIRE IN SOUTH CAROLINA   Greenville, South Carolina (Monday, August 31, 2026) - Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, today announced an addition to its Southeast tournament operations team with the hiring of Michelle Nuovo-Golden as Operations Director.   In her role, Nuovo-Golden will oversee regional venue management, team relations and event logistics across South Carolina focusing on expanding Perfect Game’s fastpitch footprint within the core markets which include Columbia, Lexington, Greenville, Anderson and the surrounding regions.   Nuovo-Golden transitions to...
Draft | Rankings | 8/28/2026

2027 MLB Draft Board

Tyler Henninger
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The 2026 MLB Draft is official in the books as those players have been signed and have begun their pro career. That means it is time to turn the page and dive into the 2027 class. This class features an intriguing mix of arms both from the prep and college ranks, along with an enticing position player pool. Today, we unveil our first 2027 MLB Draft Board, ranking the Top-100 prospects in the class. There is still plenty of time for new names to emerge and established ones to rise or fall, but here is where things stand as we begin this cycle.  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 Gavin Kelly C C/UTL R-R West Virginia Presto PA 5 Tomas Valincius C LHP L-L Mississippi State Lockport IL 6 Malachi Butler H SS L-R...
Draft | Story | 8/23/2026

2026 MLB Draft Report Cards: NL East

Tyler Henninger
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With the 2026 MLB Draft officially in the books, it’s time to evaluate how each team performed. Every draft class was graded using the standard 20-80 scouting scale with risk factor assigned. While these grades won’t be proven right or wrong for years, they reflect the overall talent, value, and upside each organization added to its system. NL East Atlanta Braves  Grade: 55 Risk: High Notable Selections: OF AJ Gracia (1st rd) | OF Carter Beck (PPI) | RHP Kaiden McCarthy (2nd rd) | RHP Jensen Hirschkorn (3rd rd)   OF AJ Gracia (@UVABaseball) is seeing the ball really well & picked up a couple of hits, including a 2B into RCF. Smooth LH stroke & easy impact. Showed + pwr in BP, 46 BB: 36 K. Jr./'26 elig. @PG_Draft pic.twitter.com/C4rSc0ZNIc — PG College Baseball (@PGCollegeBall) May 30, 2026 Atlanta had $15,870,800 to spend in this year’s draft,...
Draft | Story | 8/22/2026

2026 MLB Draft Report Cards: AL East

Tyler Henninger
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With the 2026 MLB Draft officially in the books, it’s time to evaluate how each team performed. Every draft class was graded using the standard 20-80 scouting scale with risk factor assigned. While these grades won’t be proven right or wrong for years, they reflect the overall talent, value, and upside each organization added to its system. AL East Baltimore Orioles Grade: 50 Risk: High Notable Selections: OF Eric Booth Jr. (1st rd) | OF Ty Head (2nd rd) | OF Kevin Roberts Jr (4th rd)  Eric Booth Jr. (26 MS) goes big fly 💣 that carried out oppo. Explosive athlete w/ huge LH juice & tools. Big time in several facets. #NatElite #Vandy commit. @PG_DeepSouth pic.twitter.com/kXl7ZVyD9G — Perfect Game Scout (@PG_Scouting) July 12, 2025 Baltimore was about middle of the pack in terms of money available this year, having $13.1m to spend on their class. Booth Jr. is a...
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Area Code Gams: Prospect Recap

Steve Fiorindo
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2027 Draft Preview: Collegiate RHP

Ryan Miller
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2027 MLB Draft Profile Preview: College Right-Handed Pitchers  Throughout the 2027 draft cycle, I’ll be breaking down different demographics in the class. Today we begin with collegiate right-handed pitching, a strong group that is headlined by a legitimate 1-1 candidate in Dax Whitney. Most of the group is made up of high-quality power four arms, with a handful of mid-major arms mixed in. Below are the top college right-handers in the 2027 class:  Dax Whitney (@BeaverBaseball) showed LOUD stuff. FB up to 100, cruised at 95-98. Pair of plus secondaries. CB at 77-79 (2923) with sharp, 12-6 action. Firm SL at 89-91 (2714) with bite. Flashed fading CH at 87-88 (1425). Ranked No. 1 on the ‘27 board @PG_Draft So./‘27 elig. pic.twitter.com/9PNbjJ53Zo — PG College Baseball (@PGCollegeBall) February 13, 2026 Dax Whitney, Oregon State  Whitney has maintained...
All American Game | Story | 8/21/2026

Brotherly Love Inspires Carter Hadnot

Jim Salisbury
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PHILADELPHIA – Perfect Game has been a big part of Carter Hadnot’s life since he was 12. He participated in more than a dozen tournaments and showcases, including prestigious Select Festivals as a 13U and 14U player, as well as last summer’s PG All-Star Game for underclassmen in San Diego.   The PG event that Hadnot always wanted to be part of was the DICK’s All-American Classic. Now, that’s on his resume, too. He played in the 24th annual Classic earlier this week at Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies. “This means a lot to me,” he said during the event. “I always wanted to make it to Select Fest when I was younger. So, every time I get invited to an event it’s an honor and it’s fun. I don’t take it for granted. “This is definitely the one I always wanted to make it to. A lot of big names have...
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Draft | Story | 8/17/2026

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Tyler Henninger
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