BA's Top 100 HS Prospects For 2016

Jaypers · 12-01-2015, 12:27 PM

High School Top 100: Groome-Pint Debate Headlines Class of ?16 - BaseballAmerica.com

Pretty impressive group of names, IMO.

bear0555 · 12-01-2015, 02:47 PM

A big auto checklist for next year's BDP may be a good thing. A lot of names I recognize and can't wait for chrome autos of.

Ferg1945 · 12-01-2015, 02:53 PM

How can anyone compile a list of 100 High School kids and have them ranked. is #12 really 63 spots better than #75?

Is someone really traveling from HS to HS and checking out every kid that is playing?

PejaD · 12-01-2015, 02:55 PM

Austin Bergner looks really low at #29. Wasn't he in contention for top overall pick according to some?

dboll20 · 12-01-2015, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Ferg1945

How can anyone compile a list of 100 High School kids and have them ranked. is #12 really 63 spots better than #75?

Is someone really traveling from HS to HS and checking out every kid that is playing?

although I agree with you to some extent, when kids are this good in today's game they are traveling all over the country to the biggest showcases and tournaments to gain exposure by scouts and colleges. That is how they are seen

Bob Loblaw · 12-01-2015, 02:59 PM

A lot of Florida kids. RIdiculous that my freshman isn't there.

MikeWilliamsFan · 12-01-2015, 03:06 PM

Jeez if some of these guys don't go pro out of high school vandy has like three top 15 guys

Jaypers · 12-01-2015, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Ferg1945

How can anyone compile a list of 100 High School kids and have them ranked. is #12 really 63 spots better than #75?

Is someone really traveling from HS to HS and checking out every kid that is playing?

John (North Carolina): Mr. Belinsky, I read your disclaimer on the opening of the chat session. It was stated guys could shoot up or down the list depending on the Spring season. Obviously the staff cannot go see all these guys play in person, how does BA track and rank these guys during the Spring.

Hudson Belinsky: Great question! We are constantly in contact with our sources, checking in with area scouts, cross checkers and scouting directors to see whose stock is rising and whose is falling. As long as we're keeping our ears to the ground, we can stay on top of it.

bagman1960 · 12-01-2015, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by PejaD

Austin Bergner looks really low at #29. Wasn't he in contention for top overall pick according to some?

I was thinking the same thing.

Hoping Mason Thompson (#96, was a potential top 10) can recover from TJ surgery so he'll have great days as a Texas Longhorn.

awz50 · 12-01-2015, 03:17 PM

Glad Kobie Taylor got on here

bankdawg · 12-01-2015, 03:18 PM

how is seth beer not on that list

Ferg1945 · 12-01-2015, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaypers

John (North Carolina): Mr. Belinsky, I read your disclaimer on the opening of the chat session. It was stated guys could shoot up or down the list depending on the Spring season. Obviously the staff cannot go see all these guys play in person, how does BA track and rank these guys during the Spring.

Hudson Belinsky: Great question! We are constantly in contact with our sources, checking in with area scouts, cross checkers and scouting directors to see whose stock is rising and whose is falling. As long as we're keeping our ears to the ground, we can stay on top of it.

Do they have sources and scouts at every HS? There are over 700 High Schools in the state of Indiana alone.

SDcardguy24 · 12-01-2015, 03:24 PM

Nice I recognize a lot of names from the PGAAC.

bagman1960 · 12-01-2015, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by bankdawg

how is seth beer not on that list

Has he decided to enroll at Clemson?

Georgia Prep Outfielder Beer May Enroll At Clemson Early - BaseballAmerica.com

VandyCards · 12-01-2015, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWilliamsFan

Jeez if some of these guys don't go pro out of high school vandy has like three top 15 guys

that would be a real bummer!

I'm fairly certain Groome never enrolls. Interesting they have Gillis so high.

PejaD · 12-01-2015, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bagman1960

Has he decided to enroll at Clemson?

Georgia Prep Outfielder Beer May Enroll At Clemson Early - BaseballAmerica.com

Beer leaving for Clemson, 22 ink scholarships at Lambert

He will be eligible for the 2017 draft since he is actually the age of a 2015 HS graduate.

D J Sportscards · 12-01-2015, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ferg1945

Do they have sources and scouts at every HS? There are over 700 High Schools in the state of Indiana alone.

It's quite easy with perfect game tournaments and such. Sure a few kids go under the radar, but for the most part nearly all compete in these tournaments and word gets around for anyone with potential. Huge programs like the Orlando Scorpions get the word out on their kids also, which is why you see quite a few on this list (Ragans, Cortes, Peterson, Baum, Mendoza, Myers and a few more I think just from their prime team).

preakness · 12-01-2015, 07:26 PM

Number 89

JuicePats · 12-02-2015, 04:30 AM

Not a bad thing to be sitting on a double relic/auto of the #3 HS prospect.

HitandRun24 · 12-02-2015, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Ferg1945

Do they have sources and scouts at every HS? There are over 700 High Schools in the state of Indiana alone.

No but most of these guys play at showcases where someone will see them.... Once they're seen they have guys who will track them.... 3 years ago we had 3 pro prospects at the highschool I coach at and had to send out weekly stats and practice schedules to 55 scouts

Orange October · 12-02-2015, 07:45 AM

Interested to see how Rutherford does. Aren't Groome, Pint, and Rutherford (along with Oklahoma pitcher Alec Hansen) the favorites to go at the top of the 2016 draft? Several articles I read had those four guys kind of in a tier above the rest.

TarjetasBéisbol · 12-02-2015, 07:59 AM

I would like to see how the 2009 or 2010 HS class is doing these days, that would show us how good these reports are or aren't.

Orange October · 12-02-2015, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by TarjetasBéisbol

I would like to see how the 2009 or 2010 HS class is doing these days, that would show us how good these reports are or aren't.

Here's 2010

Baseball Recruiting: 2010 Top 100 - MaxPreps

Jameson Taillon, Manny Machado, and Nick Castellanos are in the top 10

34JacktheRipper · 12-02-2015, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Orange October

Here's 2010

Baseball Recruiting: 2010 Top 100 - MaxPreps

Jameson Taillon, Manny Machado, and Nick Castellanos are in the top 10

A guy who scouted me from Baseball Factory scouted Castellanos. Said many inside BF had him pegged as a future all-star caliber player before he even got drafted.

34JacktheRipper · 12-02-2015, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Orange October

Interested to see how Rutherford does. Aren't Groome, Pint, and Rutherford (along with Oklahoma pitcher Alec Hansen) the favorites to go at the top of the 2016 draft? Several articles I read had those four guys kind of in a tier above the rest.

Being from NJ and a senior in HS, I have heard and seen a bunch of Groome. Kid is legit, but I've heard he's had some issues off the field. Everyone says he left IMG, but he got kicked out. They found out he had a bunch of weed with him down there. One of his buddies from South Jersey told me in the summer.

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Ferg1945 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 14,720	How can anyone compile a list of 100 High School kids and have them ranked. is #12 really 63 spots better than #75? Is someone really traveling from HS to HS and checking out every kid that is playing?

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