Three months into the college baseball season and just seven weeks until MLB’s First Year Player Draft, it’s high time that we here at CBN updated our original College Player Rankings from December. In fact, we won’t just update the list, but will also double it from 50 to 100 players.
Like all seasons, the 2021 campaign from a draft perspective has treated us to a wide array of surprises, Certain players have disappointed (looking at you, Jud Fabian, Adrian Del Castillo, Alex Binelas, and Richard Fitts), others have shot up draft boards (props to you, Henry Davis, Matt Mikulski, and Sal Frelick), and unfortunately the injury bug has muddied the draft stock of a third group (condolences to Gunnar Hoglund, Jaden Hill, Matt McLain, and Ryan Webb).
As much as we love the draft, we hate to admit that 2021 will likely be a subpar year in terms of talent. While Jack Leiter, aside from a few hiccups, has emerged as arguably the best college righthander in years, the pitching ranks thin considerably after the first half-dozen or so hurlers—a development that certainly won’t be aided by Hoglund and Hill requiring Tommy John surgery. In addition, worse-than-expected seasons from Fabian & Co. have negatively impacted the college hitter crop to such an extent that it’s possible there will not be two college bats drafted within the top 10 for the first time since 2012.
1. Jack Leiter, RHP, Vanderbilt
2. Henry Davis, C, Louisville
3. Sam Bachman, RHP, Miami (OH)
4. Kumar Rocker, RHP, Vanderbilt
5. Colton Cowser, OF, Sam Houston State
6. Matt McClain, 2B/SS, UCLA
7. Jordan Wicks, LHP, Kansas State
8. Ty Madden, RHP, Texas
9. Jud Fabian, OF, Florida
10. Ryan Cusick, RHP, Wake Forest
11. Matt Mikulski, LHP, Fordham
12. Sal Frelick, OF, Boston College
13. Gunnar Hoglund, RHP, Mississippi
14. Will Bednar, RHP, Mississippi State
15. Andrew Abbott, LHP, Virginia
16. Michael McGreevey, RHP, UC Santa Barbara
17. Jaden Hill, RHP, LSU
18. Adrian Del Castillo, C/OF, Miami (FL)
19. Ethan Wilson, OF, South Alabama
20. Christian Franklin, OF, Arkansas
21. Ryan Holgate, OF, Arizona
22. McCade Brown, RHP, Indiana
23. Tommy Mace, RHP, Florida
24. Alex Binelas, 3B, Louisville
25. Sean Burke, RHP, Maryland
26. Joe Rock, LHP, Ohio
27. Mason Black, RHP, Lehigh
28. Gavin Williams, RHP, East Carolina
29. Cody Morissette, 3B, Boston College
30. Jonathan Cannon, RHP, Georgia
31. Dylan Smith, RHP, Alabama
32. Connor Norby, 2B, East Carolina
33. Robert Gasser, LHP, Houston
34. Mike Vasil, RHP, Virginia
35. Bryce McGowan, RHP, Charlotte
36. Matheu Nelson, C, Florida State
37. Christian MacLeod, LHP, Mississippi State
38. Jake Rucker, 3B, Tennessee
39. Spencer Schwellenbach, RHP, Nebraska
40. Trey Sweeney, 3B/SS, Eastern Illinois
41. Peyton Wilson, 2B, Alabama
42. Steven Hajjar, LHP, Michigan
43. J.T. Schwartz, 1B, UCLA
44. Max Ferguson, 2B, Tennessee
45. Tyler Black, 2B, Wright State
46. Dominic Hamel, RHP, Dallas Baptist
47. Kamren James, 3B, Mississippi State
48. Ryan Webb, LHP, Georgia
49. Kyle Manzardo, 1B-OF, Washington State
50. Zack Gelof, 3B, Virginia
51. Hunter Goodman, C/OF, Memphis
52. Hugh Fisher, LHP, Vanderbilt
53. Nathan Hickey, C, Florida
54. Jack Leftwich, RHP, Florida
55. Seth Lonsway, LHP, Ohio State
56. Cooper Hjerpe, LHP, Oregon State
57. Rodney Boone, LHP, UC Santa Barbara
58. Evan Shawver, LHP, Cincinnati
59. Grant Richardson, OF, Indiana
60. Tyler Hardman, 1B, Oklahoma
61. John Rhodes, OF, Kentucky
62. Justice Thompson, OF, North Carolina
63. Pete Hansen, LHP, Texas
64. Richard Fitts, RHP, Auburn
65. Eric Cerantola, RHP, Mississippi State
66. Doug Nikhazy, LHP, Mississippi
67. Chase Silseth, RHP, Arizona
68. Thomas Farr, RHP, South Carolina
69. Levi Usher, OF, Louisville
70. Bryce Miller, RHP, Texas A&M
71. Robby Martin, OF, Florida State
72. Jack Perkins, RHP, Louisville
73. Kevin Abel, RHP, Oregon State
74. Luca Tresh, C, North Carolina State
75. Landon Marceaux, RHP, LSU
76. Russell Smith, RHP, TCU
77. Jose Torres, SS, North Carolina State
78. Justin Wrobleski, LHP, Oklahoma State
79. Patrick Wicklander, LHP, Arkansas
80. Mack Anglin, RHP, Clemson
81. Elijah Cabell, OF, Florida State
82. Grant Holman, RHP, California
83. Wes Clarke, 1B, South Carolina
84. Pat Winkel, C, Connecticut
85. Brady Slavens, OF, Arkansas
86. Dominic Keegan, 1B, Vanderbilt
87. Ryan Bliss, SS/2B, Auburn
88. Mason Pelio, RHP, Boston College
89. Noah Cardenas, C, UCLA
90. Austin Love, RHP, North Carolina
91. Kris Armstrong, OF/1B, Florida
92. Casey Opitz, C, Arkansas
93. Luke Albright, RHP, Kent State
94. Caleb Roberts, OF, North Carolina
95. Troy Melton, RHP, San Diego State
96. Brant Hurter, LHP, Georgia Tech
97. Isaiah Thomas, OF, Vanderbilt
98. Cullen Kafka, RHP, Oregon
99. Ethan Murray, SS, Duke
100. Wyatt Olds, RHP, Oklahoma
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