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COLLEGE RECRUITING RANKINGS

The most talented incoming freshman classes

TRIAL BY FIRE

Aaron Judge never lost focus in his historic Player of the Year season as he powered the Yankees back to the postseason

CENTER PIECE

Julio Rodriguez’s raw talent and joyful charisma made him a team leader as a 21-year-old rookie and helped the Mariners end a 21-year playoff drought

MAKING AN IMPRESSION

Four draft classes that caught our attention for their upside potential

RARE AIR

Whether hitting or pitching, Jackson Jobe does things on the field that few have seen

KIRBY'S DREAM WORLD

George Kirby has as much helium as any prospect in baseball. Along with Emerson Hancock, he headlines a wave of power pitchers making their way to Seattle.

UP TO SPEED?

Quality of play in the full-season minor leagues had suffered from the lost 2020 season

THE FUTURE IS NOW

Baseball’s golden age of young talent takes center stage at the All-Star Game

HISTORIC FINISH

Vanderbilt’s dynamic duo of Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter are the first teammates to win our College Player and Freshman of the Year awards in the same season

FINAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE

Chris Lemonis earned a reputation as a recruiter, but after winning a national title at Mississippi State, he will be remembered as a champion

CREATING HIS OWN STORY

The Brewers’ Hedbert Perez may be the son of a Venezuelan baseball icon, but the 18-year-old outfielder is forging his own identity

COMING TO FRUITION

Brooks Lee blossoms into a top draft prospect under his father’s tutelage at Cal Poly

CATCHING ON QUICK

Emerging young catchers Gabriel Moreno and Francisco Alvarez were gaining helium in prospect circles for their immense offensive upside

Fantasy – Bet The Farm

A team of breakout prospects poised to build value in dynasty leagues

WALKING TALL

Ty Madden is the latest big righthander from Texas and has the Longhorns in contention for Omaha

BOMBS AWAY

Home runs are being hit at near historic levels in college baseball, but this time the surge is not the result of equipment changes

TALENT OVER TRADITION

The ability to better measure hitting attributes has increased teams’ comfort level when valuing players who might not fit traditional positional profiles

SCOUT'S HONOR

The precision of data has in some cases edged out the expertise of scouts as teams strive for maximum effectiveness—and maximum cost-efficiency

PERMISSION TO FLY

The number of stolen bases continues to decline, but success rates are the highest they’ve ever been

TWO-WAY WONDER

Bubba Chandler excels on the mound, in the field, on the gridiron and in every other athletic endeavor

TOP 10 POPUPS

The amateurs who have done the most to boost their draft stock this spring

Dodgers scout adds three to his growing total of big leaguers

Marty Lamb has been one of baseball’s top scouts since he joined the Dodgers in 1999. As the organization’s area scout for Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky, Lamb has signed 12 major leaguers, highlighted by Walker Buehler, Will Smith and Chad Billingsley.

AN INSTRUCTIVE REMINDER

The long layoff has proven that minor league players need repetitions—and lots of them—to stay sharp

MINORS- SURVEY SAYS

Our annual survey of minor league operators highlights the ways in which things will never be the same

ORGANIZATION REPORTS

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

RESOLVE WILL BE TESTED

Teams will face new challenges entertaining fans, but they should emerge stronger for it

HIGH SCHOOL- THE TALE OF TWO TOOL SETS

Jackson Jobe realized his true upside is on the mound

THE RULE OF THREE

Bobby Witt Jr., Riley Greene and CJ Abrams are three of the prospects we’re most excited to see this season—and for good reason

LET THERE BE LIGHT

New ballpark lighting standards will help hitters and fielders see the ball better at the lower levels

The Tide Turns

Changes to MLB draft rules could make the 2020s a second golden age for junior college baseball