PERFECT GAME CROSSCHECKER'S TOP TEN LIST
WEEK 30: 11/12/07 - 11/18/07
 
Thursday, November 15, 2007
SHEPHERD TOPS JUCO TALENT
There were 32 junior college players on PG Crosschecker’s list of the nation’s top 500 prospects for the 2008 draft, which was unveiled on this site Wednesday. The top juco prospect is Community College of Southern Nevada sophomore outfielder Devin Shepherd, a fifth-round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins out of a California high school in 2005 who spent his freshman season at the University of Oklahoma. Shepherd was ranked No. 90 overall.

The complete top 500 list, along with biographical information on all players, is available by subscribing to PG Crosschecker’s Insider-level service. Comprehensive scouting reports on all players in the top 500 and a master state-by-state 2008 follow list, with more than 3,000 players listed, are also available on the PG Crosschecker site.

Following are the nation’s top 10 junior college prospects, as ranked by PG Crosschecker:
 
  Player, Pos, College
1. Devin Shepherd, of, CC of Southern Nevada
2. Ben Whitmore, lhp, Fresno (Calif.) CC
3. Ryan Chaffee, rhp, Chipola (Fla.) CC
4. Justin LaTempa, rhp, Golden West (Calif.) JC
5. Colby Shreve, rhp, CC of Southern Nevada
6. Tyler Ladendorf, ss, Howard (Texas) CC
7. James Nygren, rhp, Western Nevada CC
8. Craig Kimbrel, rhp, Wallace State-Hanceville (Ala.) CC
9. Lonnie Chisenhall, 3b-rhp, Pitt (N.C.) CC
10. Taylor Cole, rhp, CC of Southern Nevada
--ALLAN SIMPSON
 
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
ARIZONA WILL BE HOT SPOT IN ‘08
The Arizona college ranks will be one of the major strengths of the 2008 baseball draft, with the likelihood of three or four first-rounders and a projected 14 picks in the first 10 rounds. All 14 players are from Arizona and Arizona State, which will be two of a handful of the nation’s top college teams next season.

This information and much more extensive information from every state is now available in PG Crosschecker’s 2008 state-by-state follow list, which includes rankings and biographical information on more than 3,000 college, junior college and high schools players that are eligible for the 2008 draft.

Here’s a sneak preview of the top 10 college prospects from Arizona in the 2008 draft crop, and their projected round:
 
  Player, Pos, Team (Order) Round
1. Ryan Perry, rhp, Arizona 1st
2. Ike Davis, 1b-lhp, Arizona State 1st
3. Brett Wallace, 1b-3b, Arizona State 1st-2nd
4. Petey Paramore, c, Arizona State 121,000
5. Mike Colla, rhp, Arizona 2nd-3rd
6. T.J. Steele, of, Arizona 2nd-3rd
7. Daniel Schlereth, lhp, Arizona 2nd-3rd
8. Diallo Fon, of, Arizona 3rd-5th
9. Preston Guilmet, rhp, Arizona 4th-6th
10. Kiel Roling, c, Arizona State 4th-6th
--ALLAN SIMPSON