JUNIOR COLLEGE 2008

Junior College Notebook

For the first time since baseball’s inaugural draft in 1965, junior college players were treated equally this year with the more established talent at the four-year college and high school levels. The abolishment of the draft-and-follow rule, effective with the 2007 draft, meant that all junior college players were required to enter this year’s draft, with none siphoned off any longer through extra drafts or a liberal signing window. The result was the selection of 33 junior-college players in the first 10 rounds (or 10.2 percent) and 221 in the entire pool of 1,504 drafted players (14.7 percent). It also led to the drafting of one juco player in the first round, one in the second and two in the third. A year ago, the highest pick was a third-rounder. Pitt (N.C.) CC shortstop Lonnie Chisenhall became only the 14th junior-college pick in draft history to be selected in the first round, when he was chosen 29th overall by the Indians.

JUCO Notebook    Updated: 6/11/2008 8:30am

Top 50 Junior College Teams (FINAL)

Top 50 Junior College Teams (FINAL)    Updated: 6/10/2008 8:45am

2008 JUCO Baseball Rankings/Notebook Archives    Updated: 6/11/2008 8:30am

Top 50 Preseason Junior College Teams (w/links to team profiles - Insider Level)

Top 50 Junior College Teams    Updated: 1/28/2008 9:45am

JUNIOR COLLEGE PROSPECTS 2008

Top 200 Junior College Prospects (Now with player profiles of top 30 prospects!)

Draft 2008: Top 200 Junior College Prospects    Updated: 1/29/2008 2:15pm