College Baseball Daily continues our countdown to the start of the 2012 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.
We continue the countdown today at number 31 with St. John’s junior outfielder Jeremy Baltz. The Vestal, NY native attended the local Vestal High School where he was a four-time New York State scholar-athlete. He earned a total of three letters in baseball while helping the Golden Bears win three straight sectional titles and two conference championships. He was a two-time all-division selection while being named all-conference as a senior. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 45th round in the 2009 MLB Draft but decided to attend St. John’s.
Baltz had one of the best seasons by a freshman in school history leading the team in each of the triple crown categories. He finished with a .396 batting average with 24 homers and 85 RBI. He picked up a myriad of awards for his season including being named 2010 Big East Rookie of the Year, Louisville Slugger Freshman of the Year, and NCBWA National Freshman Hitter of the 
Year. He was named a Freshman All-American by NCBWA, Louisville Slugger, and Baseball America while being named a First Team All-American by Baseball America while being Second Team All-American by ABCA, Louisville Slugger, and NCBWA.
He spent the summer of 2010 in the NECBL with the Keene Swamp Bats. He ended up leading the team with a .301 average while hitting two homers and driving in 15 runs. He was named a 2010 All-Star as he went 0-3 in the game. (Game Recap).
Jeremy dropped off a little during his sophomore campaign but finished second on the team with a .311 batting average while hitting six homers and driving in a team high 60 runs. He has solid speed stealing seven bases in nine attempts.
Baltz played the summer of 2011 in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Falmouth Commodores hitting .329 with two homers and 26 RBI. He was named a CCBL All-Star representing the West Division going 0-2.
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I’m going to test my scouting skills here. Nice size. Built like a corner OF. Appears to have decent patience and selectivity at the plate. It looks to me like he drops his hands as the pitch is being delivered forcing him to bring them back up again as he starts his swing. The Swing itself appears to have some length to it. Might have trouble with higher level pitching.
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