With the 2022 draft and summer ball in the rearview mirror, College Baseball Nation looks ahead to next year. Unlike this year’s draft, 2023 should provide a rich bounty of big-time arms to go along with a plethora of thunderous bats (provided, of course, everyone stays healthy!).
We’ve produced the following list from last month’s Stars vs Stripes scouting trip in Cary, NC as well as extensive conversations with scouts. Later this month, we’ll compile a similar list of the top ’23 high school talent. Simply put, we can’t wait for next February to get here!
1. Jacob Gonzalez, SS, Ole Miss: Silky smooth shortstop who can hit for average and power from the left side of the plate.
2. Chase Dollander, RHP, Tennessee: Premium arm strength, command, and dominant secondaries make him the best college right-hander in over a decade.
3. Wyatt Langford, OF, Florida: Almost a surefire top-5 pick if the whispers that he can handle CF are true. Short, crisp swing could produce 30 home runs annually.
4. Jacob Wilson, SS/3B, Grand Canyon: Jack’s son struck out only SEVEN times all spring and showcased burgeoning power in Cary.
5. Dylan Crews, OF, LSU: The ability to do tremendous damage with an ultra-quick bat mitigates swing-and-miss tendencies against breaking stuff.
6. Hurston Waldrep, RHP, Florida: His high-spin 95-97 MPH heater, vicious slider and workable cambio allowed him to strike out 140 in just 90 IP in ’22.
7. Travis Honeyman, OF, Boston College: Live-bodied outfielder who tore up the Cape Cod League projects as a cross between Ryan Braun and George Springer.
8. Brayden Taylor, 3B, TCU: Good power from such a lithe frame; excellent swing decisions.
9. Enrique Bradfield, OF, Vanderbilt: Despite a lackluster performance on the Cape, 80 speed and improvements at the plate have evoked Kenny Lofton comps.
10. Rhett Lowder, RHP, Wake Forest: Mike Clevinger look-alike used an effective 3-pitch mis to impress scouts with Team USA this summer.
11. Will Sanders, RHP, South Carolina
12. Tanner Witt, RHP, Texas
13. Colton Ledbetter, OF, Mississippi State
14. Cade Kuehler, RHP, Campbell
15. Paul Skenes, RHP, LSU
16. Jared Dickey, OF, Tennessee
17. Matt Shaw, 2B, Maryland
18. Kyle Teel, C, Virginia
19. Tommy Troy, 2B, Stanford
20. Yohandy Morales, 3B, Miami
21. Ross Dunn, LHP, Arizona State
22. Teddy McGraw, RHP, Wake Forest
23. Maui Ahuna, SS, Tennessee
24. Jack Hurley, OF, Virginia Tech
25. Jaxon Wiggins, RHP, Arkansas
26. Nathan Dettmer, RHP, Texas A&M
27. Brock Wilken, 3B, Wake Forest
28. Joseph Gonzalez, RHP, Auburn
29. Wyatt Crowell, LHP, FSU
30. Nolan Schanuel, 1B/OF, Florida Atlantic
31. Ryan Lasko, OF, Rutgers
32. Alex Mooney, SS, Duke
33. Jason Savacool, RHP, Maryland
34. Jackson Baumeister, RHP, FSU
35. Jake Gelof, 3B, Virginia
36. Carson Montgomery, RHP, FSU
37. Patrick Reilly, RHP, Vanderbilt
38. Luke Keaschall, 2B/OF, Arizona State
39. Hunter Owen, LHP, Vanderbilt
40. Cole Carrigg, SS/OF, San Diego State
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