Here is College Baseball Daily’s annual look at the top players in college baseball. The list is based on personal observations from CBD Editor Brian Foley, CBD Assistant Editor Kate Moser and many other writers. We have also used many prospect lists from around the country to help out with our rankings. When possible, we have included videos so our readers can get a glimpse of the player in action. Feel free to leave your comments in the comment section of each post and if you want to discuss the entire list use the section below.
1. Carlos Rodon (NC State)
2. Jeff Hoffman (East Carolina)
3. Trea Turner (NC State)
4. Tyler Beede (Vanderbilt)
5. Ian Happ (Cincinnati)
6. Sean Newcomb (Hartford)
7. Kyle Schwarber (Indiana)
8. Thomas Eshelman (Cal State Fullerton)
9. Kyle Freeland (Evansville)
10. Max Pentecost (Kennesaw State)
11. Nick Burdi (Louisville)
12. Aaron Nola (LSU)
13. Michael Conforto (Oregon State)
14. Grayson Greiner (South Carolina)
15. Brandon Finnegan (TCU)
16. Alex Bregman (LSU)
17. Ben Wentzler (Oregon State)
18. Bradley Zimmer (San Francisco)
19. David Berg (UCLA)
20. Erick Fedde (UNLV)
21. James Kaprielian (UCLA)
22. Ryan Burr (Arizona State)
23. Michael Cederoth (San Diego State)
24. Matthew Troupe (Arizona)
25. JD Davis (Cal State Fullerton)
26. Austin Cousino (Kentucky)
27. Brett Graves (Missouri)
28. Chad Sobotka (USC-Upstate)
29. Kevin Cron (TCU)
30. Kyle Twomey (USC)
31. Karsten Whitson (Florida)
32. DJ Stewart (Florida State)
33. Ross Kivett (Kansas State)
34. Derek Fisher (Virginia)
35. Scott Squier (Hawaii)
36. Brian Anderson (Arkansas)
37. Justin Garza (Cal State Fullerton)
38. Luke Weaver (Florida State)
39. Wes Rea (Mississippi State)
40. Skyler Ewing (Rice)
41. Alex Blandino (Stanford)
42. AJ Simcox (Tennessee)
43. Matt Imhof (Cal Poly)
44. Hunter Cole (Georgia)
45. Kyle Funkhouser (Louisville)
46. Skye Bolt (North Carolina)
47. Taylor Sparks (UC-Irvine)
48. Kyle Wilcox (Bryant)
49. Nathan Kirby (Virginia)
50. Casey Gillaspie (Wichita State)
51. Ben Smith (Coastal Carolina)
52. Colin Poche (Arkansas)
53. Jonathan Holder (Mississippi State)
54. Ross Mitchell (Mississippi State)
55. Branden Cogswell (Virginia)
56. Sam Coonrod (Southern Illinois)
57. Patrick Mazeika (Stetson)
58. Adam Dian (Temple)
59. Mike Papi (Virginia)
60. Kevin Newman (Arizona)
61. Christin Stewart (Tennessee)
62. Tate Matheny (Missouri State)
63. Sam Travis (Indiana)
64. Kyle Overstreet (Alabama)
65. Matt Chapman (Cal State Fullerton)
66. Ashton Perritt (Liberty)
67. Chesny Young (Mercer)
68. Dylan Davis (Oregon State)
69. Jameson Fisher (SE Louisiana)
70. Dylan Hecht (UC Santa Barbara)
71. Mitchell Aker (William and Mary)
72. Gio Brusa (Pacific)
73. Cody Poteet (UCLA)
74. Rhett Wiseman (Vanderbilt)
75. John Tuttle (Catawba)
76. Mike Urbanski (Binghamton)
77. Garrett Mundell (Fresno State)
78. Blake Trahan (Louisiana)
79. Cam Gibson (Michigan State)
80. Alex Real (New Mexico)
81. Sutter McLoughlin (Sacramento State)
82. Lukas Schiraldi (Texas)
83. Trent Thornton (North Carolina)
84. Ben Roberts (Washington State)
85. Dillon Peters (Texas)
86. Eric Skoglund (Central Florida)
87. Jorge Lopez (Grand Canyon)
88. KJ Hockaday (Harford CC)
89. Christian Ibarra (LSU)
90. Drew Jackson (Stanford)
91. Brett Lilek (Arizona State)
92. Drew Smith (Dallas Baptist)
93. Blake Drake (Concordia, Oregon)
94. Jacob Lindgren (Mississippi State)
95. Xavier Turner (Vanderbilt)
96. J.P. Feyereisen (Wisconsin-Stevens Point)
97. Jack Fischer (Wake Forest)
98. Manny Ramirez Jr. (Central Arizona College)
99. Max Povse (UNC Greensboro)
100. Alex Calbick (Maine)