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Class of 2017 Illinois State Rankings - Ranked Prospects

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StateNatlPlayerPosHometownCommitmentDraftedDebutedHSTravel TeamLast Played 
1 82 Brendan Murphy
6-4  210  L/L 		LHP Mundelein, IL Arizona State Rd 4 by Brewers (2017) Mundelein FTB Tucci
Very good LHP and really projects
2 163 Austin Marozas
6-7  225  R/R 		RHP Plainfield, IL Kentucky San Jacinto CC Plainfield South IL Hawks
3 190 Reid Detmers
6-2  205  L/L 		LHP Nokomis, IL Louisville Rd 1 by Angels (2020)  
4 205 Bobby Miller
6-5  220  L/R 		RHP McHenry, IL Louisville Rd 1 by Dodgers (2020) Mchenry-West Campus Elite Baseball Training (Kopacz)
Up to 92 mph at WWBA
5 236 Brad Czerniejewski
6-2  200  R/R 		OF Lake Forest, IL TCU Lake Forest
Big bat speed and power potential, Can really run as well. Showed lots of quick twitch at PG Junior National
6 249 KC Simonich
6-3  190  L/R 		3B Lemont, IL New Orleans Northwest Florida State College Lemont Twp Team Demarini
7 260 Ryan Sublette
6-1  190  R/R 		RHP Lemont, IL Texas Tech Rd 7 by Dodgers (2021) Lemont Twp Team DeMarini 17u Elite
8 281 Ryan Kutt
6-3  195  R/R 		RHP Orland Park, IL Illinois Brother Rice Illinois Sparks
9 289 Erik Kaiser
6-5  205  R/R 		RHP Waterloo, IL Vanderbilt Waterloo St. Louis Pirates
Very projectable low 90's RHP
10 292 Zion Pettigrew
6-1  175  R/R 		SS Chicago, IL South Alabama Kirkwood CC Mount Carmel Rawlings Hitters
11 358 Marius Balandis
6-2  195  R/R 		RHP Lithuania, IL Iowa Western CC St. Laurence
12 413 Tyler Esplin
6-4  225  L/R 		OF Lake Bluff, IL UNC-Charlotte Rd 7 by Red Sox (2017) IMG Academy Chain National
13 424 Mark Smith
6-4  220  R/R 		RHP Edwardsville, IL Missouri Edwardsville
14 431 Tyler Mettetal
6-1  195  R/L 		LHP South Elgin, IL Memphis St. Charles North Elite Baseball Training
15 433 Glenn Albanese
6-6  220  R/R 		RHP Batavia, IL Louisville Rd 15 by Angels (2021) Batavia Illinois Sparks
16 461 Joe Donovan
5-10  160  R/R 		C Clarendon HIlls, IL Michigan Rd 33 by Cubs (2017) Westmont
17 497 Angelo Smith
5-10  160  L/L 		LHP Calumet Park, IL Michigan Rd 40 by White Sox (2017) H L Richards chicago white sox
18 500 Brooks Gosswein
6-2  180  L/L 		LHP Barrington, IL Bradley Rd 4 by White Sox (2021) Barrington DTA Wildcats
19 500 Kellen Sarver
6-2  200  L/R 		C Champaign, IL Illinois Centennial Top Tier
20 500 Ryan Loutos
6-4  220  L/R 		RHP Deer Park, IL Washington University (Missouri) Barrington
21 500 Sam Faith
6-3  195  S/R 		SS St. Charles, IL Missouri State St. Charles North Downers Grove Longshots
22 500 Matt McCumber
6-3  180  R/R 		RHP Cary, IL Northern Illinois Cary-Grove Community Pro Player Canes
23 500 Ryan Eiermann
6-0  185  L/L 		LHP Naperville, IL TCU Naperville Central Elite Baseball Training
24 500 Kevin Barry
6-1  200  L/R 		OF Bartlett, IL Valparaiso South Elgin Elite Baseball Training-Kopacz
25 500 Mike Addante
5-9  175  L/R 		OF Algonquin, IL Nebraska Harry D Jacobs Elite Baseball Training
26 500 Easton Bertrand
6-4  190  R/R 		OF Manteno, IL Minnesota Manteno Chi Town Creme
27 500 Johnny Ray
6-3  205  R/R 		RHP Quincy, IL TCU John A. Logan College Rd 12 by White Sox (2021) Quincy Notre Dame St. Louis Pirates
28 500 Brady Corrigan
6-2  200  R/R 		RHP Plainfield, IL Arizona State Plainfield North 29ers Baseball
29 500 Antonio Saldana
6-7  230  L/L 		LHP Minooka, IL Iowa Western CC Rd 38 by Giants (2017) Joliet Catholic Academy Team Demarini
30 500 Konnor Ash
5-11  191  R/R 		RHP Plainfield, IL Missouri Plainfield South Illinois Hawks
31 500 Dylan Jones
6-3  220  L/R 		OF Oswego, IL Illinois Oswego East
32 500 Trenton Wallace
6-1  200  L/L 		LHP Rock Island, IL Iowa Rd 11 by Blue Jays (2021) Assumption HS Team
33 500 Michael Gunartt
6-2  185  R/R 		OF Skokie, IL Niles West Top tier 16u Americans
34 500 Johnny Buckner
6-3  180  R/R 		RHP Grayslake, IL Mundelein
35 500 Justin Diaz
6-2  180  R/R 		SS Chicago, IL Illinois State Lake View Team DeMarini Illinois
36 500 Mark DiLuia
6-3  185  R/R 		RHP Flossmoor, IL Maryland Rd 38 by Rangers (2017) Marian Catholic
37 500 JT Weber
6-2  210  R/R 		3B Metropolis, IL Southern Illinois Massac County Nashville Knights 18U Platinum
38 500 Jordan Richardson
6-3  200  R/R 		1B O'Fallon, IL McKendree College Southwestern Illinois College O'Fallon SI Batter's Box
39 500 Connor Gurnik
5-11  185  R/R 		IF Naperville, IL Cal Poly Naperville Central
40 500 Cameron Hupe
6-1  180  R/R 		RHP Tinley Park, IL Kalamazoo Valley CC Mount Carmel Sparks
41 500 Zach Mettetal
6-1  188  R/R 		2B South Elgin, IL Memphis St. Charles North Elite Baseball Training
42 500 Tyler Pennington
5-11  190  L/R 		C Cary, IL Cary-Grove Community
43 500 Brett Bagus
5-10  155  R/R 		OF Oak Lawn, IL Brother Rice
44 500 Jimmy Burnette
6-2  195  L/L 		LHP Chicago, IL Illinois Rd 18 by Blue Jays (2021) St. Laurence Top Tier Americans
45 500 Ashton Creal
6-1  170  R/R 		OF Aurora, IL Southeastern Louisiana John A. Logan College Rd 21 by Reds (2019) Metea Valley
46 500 Jack Guzek
6-4  170  R/R 		RHP Manhattan, IL Iowa Gulf Coast CC Brother Rice
47 500 Noah Farmer
6-4  195  R/R 		RHP Metropolis, IL Southern Illinois Massac County Nashville Knights 18U Platinum
48 500 Thomas Larson
6-1  195  S/R 		OF Joliet, IL Parkland College Families of Faith Christian Academy Cangelosi Sparks
49 500 Chad Cwik
6-4  165  L/L 		LHP Hometown, IL Arkansas Oak Lawn Comm
50 500 Tristan Kellogg
6-3  200  R/R 		RHP Rockford, IL McHenry County College Rockford East East Coast Grays, Rockford Big Dogs 18 U
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Class of 2017 Illinois State Rankings - Follow List

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RankPlayerPosHometownCommitmentHSTravel TeamLast Played
Follow Anthony Alvarez
5-10  140  R/R 		C Chica, IL Wisconsin-Parkside Taft Il Indians 17u,Bollingbrook Rampage 16u
Follow Jack Arnstein
6-0  175  L/R 		RHP Highland Park, IL Highland Park Prospect Training Academy
Follow Daniel Banaitis
6-2  210  R/R 		RHP Chatham, IL Illinois Wesleyan Glenwood Chatham Warriors
Follow Benjamin Battley
5-10  178  R/R 		OF Zion, IL Indian Hills CC Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi Pirates Chicago Baseball
Follow Collin Baumgartner
6-6  225  L/R 		RHP Brighton, IL Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Southwestern
Follow Blake Begner
5-10  165  L/L 		LHP Peoria Heights, IL Southern Illinois Peoria
Follow Michael Bernal
5-10  180  R/R 		C Elmhurst, IL Waubonsee CC York Comm Elmhurst Muddogs
Follow Braedon Blackford
5-11  188  L/R 		SS Peoria, IL Carl Sandburg College Peoria Notre Dame Peoria Diamond Devils
Follow Andrew Blair
6-3  250  L/L 		1B Maroa, IL Maroa-Forsyth Macon County Jokers
Follow Isaac Bracher
6-1  165  R/R 		OF Roselle, IL Western Technical College Lake Park Fastball Usa
Follow Connor Breyer
6-1  175  R/R 		SS O'Fallon, IL McKendree College O'Fallon Southern Illinois Batters' Box
Follow Tyler Brinkmann
5-11  175  L/L 		OF Waterloo, IL Lindenwood University Gibault Catholic STL Pirates
Follow Walker Brockhouse
6-4  195  R/R 		RHP Mt. Vernon, IL Memphis Mount Vernon
Follow Cooper Burns
5-7  150  R/R 		OF Wheaton, IL Carroll University Wheaton North Dupage Training Academy Wildcats
Follow Jason Cast
5-11  180  R/R 		OF Lake Forest, IL DePauw Lake Forest
Follow Dylan Crouse
6-1  200  R/R 		C Bolingbrook, IL North Central College Bolingbrook Elite Baseball
Follow Steven Diaz
6-0  175  S/R 		OF Highland, IL Highland American Legion
Follow Frank Dixon
6-0  175  L/L 		OF Bolingbrook, IL Waubonsee CC Bolingbrook
Follow Merrik Eddington
6-0  215  R/R 		C Mount Zion, IL Millikin University Mt Zion Chi Town Cream
Follow Liam Evans
6-3  178  R/R 		SS Gurnee, IL Carmel Catholic Northern Knights
Follow Brandon Fender
6-1  170  R/R 		SS St Charles, IL Bartlett Bartlett Bandits Elite
Follow Brennan Ferguson
5-10  165  R/R 		C Winthrop Harbor, IL Montevallo Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi PBA DeMarini
Follow Ryan Fitzgerald
5-3  135  R/R 		3B Streamwood, IL Dominican University (Illinois) Streamwood
Follow Raul Flores
6-0  175  R/R 		3B Oak Forest, IL Trinity Christian College Oak Forest
Follow Tyler Franc
5-11  160  L/L 		OF Manhattan, IL St. Ambrose University Lincoln Way West Illinois Hawks-Faron/Ruge
Follow Brian Fuentes
5-11  185  R/R 		SS Crystal Lake, IL Indiana State Wabash Valley College Crystal Lake South Scorpions Baseball
Follow James Gargano
6-0  195  R/R 		IF Naperville, IL Buena Vista Neuqua Valley
Follow Pierson Gibis
6-0  175  L/R 		C Wauconda, IL Madison College Wauconda Comm Pro Player Canes
Follow Antonio Gutierrez
5-11  178  L/R 		OF Plainfield, IL University of Saint Francis (Illinois) Plainfield So Illinois Hawks Ash
Follow Daniel Gutierrez
5-10  160  R/R 		SS Thornton, IL Marian Catholic Midwest Rangers
Follow Caleb Haddon
6-0  180  R/L 		LHP Libertyville, IL Libertyville Slammers Coyotes
Follow Jake Hansen
6-2  185  L/R 		MIF Westchester, IL Cincinnati NIACC St. Joseph-Ogden Longshots Baseball
Follow Josh Harris
6-2  195  L/L 		LHP Beecher, IL Illinois Beecher HS
Follow Tyler Hilton
6-0  190   		OF East Peoria, IL Illinois Springfield  
Follow Jeremiah Hoskins
5-7  136  R/R 		2B Chicago, IL Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) Harlan High School Chicago Fusion 17u Travel Team
Follow Roy Iversen
6-3  165  R/R 		RHP Oak park, IL Stevens Institute of Technology Oak Park & River Forest
Follow Shakur Jackson
5-10  180  R/R 		SS Rock Island, IL Rock Island Top Tier
Follow Ben Jacobs
5-11  175  R/R 		C Naperville, IL Millikin University Naperville Central Naperville renegades
Follow Jacob Jump
6-2  205  L/L 		LHP Alton, IL Fontbonne University Metro East Lutheran High School Team Missouri
Follow Hunter Keim
6-2  160  R/R 		RHP Rock Island, IL Quincy Rock Island Top Tier
Follow Collin Kessler
6-5  210  R/R 		RHP Waterloo, IL William Woods University Gibault Catholic
Follow Jake Knoebel
5-9  170  R/R 		3B Plainfield, IL Webster University Plainfield East Plainfield East
Follow Joey Lake
6-0  190  R/R 		3B Wadsworth, IL Carmel Catholic Slammers Illinois
Follow John Lamantia
6-3  190  L/R 		OF Chicago, IL Saint Ignatius College Prep. Chicago, Illinois Team Demarini Illinois
Follow Evan Lawrence
6-5  210  R/R 		RHP Shiloh, IL McKendree College Belleville East Belleville East Lancers
Follow Nick Lee
5-11  160  L/R 		RHP Elmhurst, IL Benedictine University York Comm
Follow Jordan Litke
6-3  200  R/R 		RHP Gurnee, IL Warren Township Slammers Illinois
Follow Kole Lowry
6-2  145  R/R 		OF Saint Jacob, IL Illinois College Triad Extreme Elite
Follow Alex Luka
6-4  200  L/L 		LHP Downers Grove, IL Babson Montini Catholic Longshots Baseball
Follow Alec Lyle
5-8  165  R/R 		MIF Farmer City, IL MacMurray College Blue Ridge Illinois Baseball Dirtbags- Andrew Cotner
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