| HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PROSPECTS |
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| Class of 2008 National Rankings |
| Top
10, Class of 2008 |
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| #1 - Matthew Purke |
| LHP |
| 6-3 170 |
| Spring, TX |
| Class of 2009 |
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| Top
10, Class of 2008 |
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| #2 - Tyler Matzek |
| LHP |
| 6-3 185 |
| Mission Viejo, CA |
| Class of 2009 |
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| Top
10, Class of 2008 |
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| #3 - Donavan Tate |
| OF |
| 6-3 200 |
| Cartersville, GA |
| Class of 2009 |
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| Top
10, Class of 2008 |
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| #4 - Mychal Givens |
| SS/P |
| 6-2 185 |
| Tampa, FL |
| Class of 2009 |
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| Top
10, Class of 2008 |
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| #5 - Jacob Turner |
| RHP |
| 6-4 205 |
| St. Charles, MO |
| Class of 2009 |
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| Top
10, Class of 2008 |
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| #6 - Austin Maddox |
| C/P |
| 6-3 220 |
| Jacksonville, FL |
| Class of 2009 |
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| Top
10, Class of 2008 |
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| #7 - Luke Bailey |
| C |
| 6-0 195 |
| LaGrange, GA |
| Class of 2009 |
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| Top
10, Class of 2008 |
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| #8 - Chad Thompson |
| RHP |
| 6-8 215 |
| Trabuco Canyon, CA |
| Class of 2009 |
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| Top
10, Class of 2008 |
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| #9 - Max Stassi |
| C |
| 5-10 187 |
| Yuba City, CA |
| Class of 2009 |
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| Top
10, Class of 2008 |
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| #10 - Zach Wheeler |
| RHP |
| 6-4 180 |
| Dallas, GA |
| Class of 2009 |
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| Class of 2008 |
| Here is the NEW Top 2,125
High School Prospects
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Top 2,125 2008 High School Prospects  Updated:
6/2/08 4:45pm
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| 2008 Prospects - State By State Updated:
6/2/08 4:45pm
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| 2008 Prospects - State By State Rankings Updated:
56/2/08 4:45pm
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2008 College Commitments List 
Updated:
6/2/08 4:45pm
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| Top 1000+ 2008 High School Prospects by Position Posted:
10/23/07 1:00pm
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Rawlings and Perfect Game USA Announce
Preseason All-American and All-Region Teams
Annual awards recognize the top senior athletes at
the high school level. |
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (March 18, 2008) - Rawlings Sporting Goods®
announced today its annual Rawlings Preseason All-American and All-Region Teams
to recognize the top 400 high school baseball athletes in the U.S., while also
showcasing their abilities to collegiate and professional scouts. In
partnership with Perfect Game USA, the world’s largest scouting report service,
Rawlings is devoted to distinguishing “THE FINEST IN THE FIELD” with the these
two prestigious awards.
Mike Thompson, Rawlings Vice-President, said, “These selected athletes are
being recognized for their skill, athleticism, and dedication to their game
which allows them to perform to the highest level of game play. With more than
240,000 high school athletes in the nation, these players represent the very
best in their class.” |
Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason All-American and All Region Teams
Posted:
3/27/2008 10:00pm |
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| CRACK OF THE BAT |
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| Danny Coulombe: An Arizona Pitcher to Watch |
| by Jim McDonald |
This is all you need to know about Danny Coulombe: Anytime
he pitches, Scottsdale Chaparral has a chance to win. A great chance. This
year, Coulombe has been virtually unhittable. So far, he is 7-0 for the 18-6
Firebirds with an earned run average under 0.7 and an amazing 109 strikeouts in
51 innings pitched. He has walked just 11. On April 22 in a 9-1, one-hit
victory over Phoenix Paradise Valley he struck out 20 of a possible 22 hitters
(one reached base on a dropped third strike).
It might be the most dominant pitching performance over an extended period in
the storied history of Chaparral baseball, a program that has produced Paul
Konerko of the Chicago White Sox and Brian Bannister of the Kansas City Royals.
Chaparral, frequently ranked in the nation’s top 20 high school programs, also
has sent Charles Brewer to UCLA and Ike Davis and Jason Jarvis to Arizona
State, among others.
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Crack of the Bat
Posted:
4/24/2008 10:00am |
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| Tyler Chatwood: All Over The Field |
| by David Rawnsley |
The high school class of 2008 is unusually full of
extremely-talented two-way players. The list starts with first-round talents
such as OF-RHP Aaron Hicks (Woodrow Wilson HS, Long Beach, CA), RHP-3B Tim
Melville (Wentzville Holt HS, Wentzville, Mo.) and 3B-RHP Ethan Martin
(LaGrange, Ga., HS) and goes deep into the prospects lists.
Maybe the most versatile talent in the 2008 class, though, is a player that you
might as well call a four-way player. That would be SS-CF-C-RHP Tyler Chatwood
of Redlands East Valley High in Yucaipa, Calif.
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| Taylor Chatwood: All Over The Field
Posted:
4/04/08 1:15pm
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| CLASS OF 2009 |
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Top 550+ HS Prospects
Updated:
3/13/08 12:00pm
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| 2009 Prospects - State By State Updated:
3/13/08 12:00pm
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| 2009 Prospects - State By State Rankings Updated:
3/13/08 12:00pm
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| Top 250 2009 High School Prospects by Position Posted:
10/23/07 1:00pm
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| Class of 2010 |
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| Top 200+ High School Prospects |
| Class of 2010: Top 200+ High School Prospects Updated:
2/29/2008 12:30pm
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| 2010 Prospects - State By State Updated:
2/29/2008 12:30pm
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| Preseason All-America Checklists by Position |
All-America Checklists by Position
 Posted:
2/26/2008 2:30pm |
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| HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL 2008 |
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| High School Baseball Notebook 5/28/08 |
| By Jeff Simpson |
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Florida, Nevada Schools Set the Tone
With the 2008 high school baseball season starting to wind down, it looks as if
Florida’s No. 1-ranked American Heritage High (31-2) and Nevada’s No. 2 Bishop
Gorman High (41-3) will finish the year at the top of the PG Crosschecker
Top 50 High School rankings, with both schools claiming state
championships. The two teams began the year ranked 1-2.
The next three spots in the latest PG Crosschecker rankings all stayed the same
with New Jersey’s Don Bosco Prep (26-0), Florida’s Lake Brantley (30-4) and
Texas’ Plano West (36-1) rounding out the Top 5.
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| High School Notebook Posted:
5/29/08 9:00am |
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| Top 50 Teams |
| Top 50 High School Baseball Teams Posted:
5/27/08 12:00pm |
| 2008 High School Baseball Rankings/Notebook Archives Updated:
5/29/08 9:00am |
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| Preseason Top 100 Teams (with
team previews) |
| By Jeff Simpson |
1. AMERICAN HERITAGE HS, Plantation, Fla. (23-6)
American Heritage High is a clear-cut choice as the nation’s No. 1 high school
team. In fact, it may arguably have the greatest collection of talent on one
high school team in the last decade—or at least since a Seminole (Fla.) High
that featured first baseman Casey Kotchman went wire-to-wire in 2001, winning
31 straight games.
The Patriots are loaded at virtually every position and feature a pair of Aflac
All-Americans in senior 1B-LHP Eric Hosmer and senior C Adrian Nieto. Hosmer
(.380, 10 HR), an Arizona State recruit, is the nation’s top-ranked prep
hitting prospect and almost a cinch to be drafted in the first round in June.
Nieto (.376-5-18), one of the top catching prospects in the country and a South
Florida recruit, is also a target in the early rounds of this year’s draft. |
| Preseason Top 100 High School Baseball Teams Posted:
2/29/08 10:30am |
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