We have put together of the 50 best college baseball players for the 2009 season. We started with the 50th ranked player and worked our way up to the number 1 ranked player. The rankings are based on what I have seen from these players in person or from many sources around the country. We are currently in the middle of the countdown and this will be updated after every post. These are my projected Top 50 players in the country.
1. Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State)
2. Grant Green (Southern Cal)
3. Alex White (North Carolina)
4. Kyle Gibson (Missouri)
5. Kentrail Davis (Tennessee)
6. Mike Minor (Vanderbilt)
7. Kendal Volz (Baylor)
8. Dustin Ackley (UNC)
9. Ben Tootle (Jacksonville State)
10. A.J. Pollock (Notre Dame)
11. Andrew Oliver (Oklahoma State)
12. Matt den Dekker (Florida)
13. Brett Jackson (Cal)
14. Preston Guilmet (Arizona)
15. Ryan Jackson (Miami FL)
16. Blake Smith (Cal)
17. Josh Fellhauer (Cal-State Fullerton)
18. Ryan Berry (Rice)
19. Jeffrey Inman (Stanford)
20. Ben Paulsen (Clemson)
21. Mike Leake (Arizona State)
22. Eric Pettis (UC-Irvine)
23. Jordan Henry (Ole Miss)
24. Jason Kipnis (Arizona State)
25. Steven Fischback (Cal Poly)
26. D.J. LeMahieu (LSU)
27. Kyle Blair (San Diego)
28. Chris Hernandez (Miami, FL)
29. Christian Colon (Cal-State Fullerton)
30. Hunter Morris (Auburn)
31. Alan Ahmady (Fresno State)
32. Kyle Parker (Clemson)
33. Chris Dominguez (Louisville)
34. Tommy Medica (Santa Clara)
35. Matt Thomson (San Diego)
36. Angelo Songco (Loyola Marymount)
37. Kyle Jensen (St. Mary’s)
38. Brandon Workman (Texas)
39. Joey Wong (Oregon State)
40. Brad Stillings (Kent State)
41. Brad Boxberger (USC)
42. Matt Harvey (UNC)
43. Matt Prokopowicz (Hofstra)
44. Tommy Mendonca (Fresno State)
45. Gavin Brooks (UCLA)
46. Sammy Solis (San Diego)
47. Eric Erickson (Miami, FL)
48. Tony Sanchez (Boston College)
49. Robert Stock (USC)
50. Hiram Burgos (Bethune-Cookman)
Please feel free to comment on a player’s rankings in the comment section on the player’s page.