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The 2010 draft class is pitching heavy and slanted towards
the high school arms and potentially the college relievers. While there are a handful of collegiate starters that could emerge
as potential Top 10 selections, and a couple that look to be safe bets to end-up there, there are a good number of high school
power arms that could rocket up the rankings with a solid spring. Though we haven't lined-up the Top 300 yet (that starts
tonight), I fully expect these fifty pitchers to all fall into the Top 100, with another 20 or so having a strong case for
inclusion, as well. A couple notes before we move on to the list. First, Oregon State junior lefty Josh Osich was omitted
from the list due to his recent decision to undergo Tommy John surgery, which will keep him out of the he 2010 season. I expect him to draw late-round attention but ultiamtely return
to school to re-establish his value in 2011. He would have ranked 29th below. Second, our selection for best change-up was
based exclusively off of reports from PGCrosschecker.com, who did an excellent job of covering the summer leagues. It's
rare that we will completely defer to another site, and quite rare we'll heavily push a player with whom we are not already
solidly familiar, but 1) we greatly respect the work done at PGCrosschecker.com, and 2) their reports of scouts rating it
a true plus-plus offering was a wide enough difference from where we have other change-ups rated that we felt comfortable
going with Hald (Drew Cisco was the best of the prep ranks). We won't do this often, but when we do we want to be straight
forward about the decision not coming from our own analysis/appraisal. With all that said, for your consideration, our pre-season
Top 50 Pitchers: - Jameson Taillon, Senior, The Woodlands
HS (Texas)
- Anthony
Ranaudo, Junior, Louisiana St. Univ.
- AJ Cole, Senior, Oviedo HS (Fla.)
- Karsten Whitson, Senior, Chipley HS (Fla.)
- Deck McGuire, Junior, Georgia Tech
- Drew Pomeranz, Junior, Univ. of Mississippi
- Jesse Hahn, Junior, Virginia Tech
- Chris Sale, Junior, Florida Gulf Coast Univ.
- Dylan Covey, Senior, Maranatha HS (Calif.)
- DeAndre Smelter, Senior, Tattnal County HS (Ga.)
- Stetson Allie, Senior, St. Edward HS (Ohio)
- Brandon Workman, Junior, Univ. of Texas
- Kevin Gausman, Senior, Grandview HS (Colo.)
- Kevin Jacob, Junior, Georgia Tech
- James Paxton, Junior, Univ. of Kentucky
- Kaleb Cowart, Senior, Cook County HS (Ga.)
- Kyle Blair, Junior, Univ. of San Diego
- Bryan Margado, Junior, Univ. of Tennessee
- Chad Bettis, Junior, Texas Tech
- Alex Wimmers, Junior, Ohio St. Univ.
- Justin Grimm, Junior, Univ. of Georgia
- Sam Dyson, Senior, Univ. of South Carolina
- Brett Eibner, Junior, Univ. of Arkansas
- AJ Vanegas, Senior, Redwood HS (Calif.)
- Robert Aviles, Senior, Suffern HS (N.Y.)
- Peter Tago, Senior, Dana Hills HS (Calif.)
- Matt Harvey, Junior, Univ. of North Carolina
- Cameron Bedrosian, Senior, East Coweta HS (Ga.)
- Kevin Ziomek, Senior, Amherst Regional HS (Mass.)
- Kevin Rhoderick, Junior, Oregon St. Univ.
- Taijuan Walker, Senior, Yucaipa HS (Calif.)
- Nick Tepesch, Junior, Univ. of Missouri
- Drew Cisco, Senior, Wando HS (Fla.)
- Sammy Solis, Sophomore, Univ. of San Diego
- Addison Reed, Junior, San Diego St. Univ.
- Brian Dupra, Junior, Univ. of Notre Dame
- Cody Wheeler, Junior, Coastal Carolina Univ.
- Seth Blair, Junior, Arizona St. Univ.
- Josh Spence, Senior, Arizona St. Univ.
- Rob Rasmussen, Junior, Univ. of California - Los Angeles
- Chris Hernandez,
Junior, Univ. of Miami (Fla.)
- Tyler Wilson, Junior, Univ. of Virginia
- Jesse Biddle, Senior, Germantown Friends HS (Pa.)
- Aaron Sanchez, Senior, Barstow HS (Calif.)
- Bobby Wahl, Senior, West Springfield HS (Va.)
- Jimmy Hodgskin, Senior, Bishop Moore HS (Fla.)
- Jordan Shipers, Senior, South Harrison HS (Mo.)
- Logan Darnell, Junior, Univ. of Kentucky
- Daniel Tillman, Junior, Florida Southern Coll.
- Dixon Anderson, Junior, Univ. of California - Berkley
Best Fastball (Velocity): Stetson Allie
Best Fastball (Overall): Jameson Taillon
Best Curveball: Dylan Covey
Best Slider:
Kyle Blair
Best Off-speed: Kyle Hald, Junior,
Old Dominion Univ.
Best Future RHSP: Jameson Taillon
Best Future LHSP: Drew Pomeranz
Best
Future Reliever: Jesse Hahn
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