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Rankings - Top 50: 2010 Pitchers (Fall/Winter 2009)
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2010 Draft Class: Fall/Winter Positional Rankings (Pitcher)
January 27, 2010
By PnR Scouting Staff

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:
  1. Jameson Taillon, Senior, The Woodlands HS (Texas)
  2. Anthony Ranaudo, Junior, Louisiana St. Univ.
  3. AJ Cole, Senior, Oviedo HS (Fla.)
  4. Karsten Whitson, Senior, Chipley HS (Fla.)
  5. Deck McGuire, Junior, Georgia Tech
  6. Drew Pomeranz, Junior, Univ. of Mississippi
  7. Jesse Hahn, Junior, Virginia Tech
  8. Chris Sale, Junior, Florida Gulf Coast Univ.
  9. Dylan Covey, Senior, Maranatha HS (Calif.)
  10. DeAndre Smelter, Senior, Tattnal County HS (Ga.)
  11. Stetson Allie, Senior, St. Edward HS (Ohio)
  12. Brandon Workman, Junior, Univ. of Texas
  13. Kevin Gausman, Senior, Grandview HS (Colo.)
  14. Kevin Jacob, Junior, Georgia Tech
  15. James Paxton, Junior, Univ. of Kentucky
  16. Kaleb Cowart, Senior, Cook County HS (Ga.)
  17. Kyle Blair, Junior, Univ. of San Diego
  18. Bryan Margado, Junior, Univ. of Tennessee
  19. Chad Bettis, Junior, Texas Tech
  20. Alex Wimmers, Junior, Ohio St. Univ.
  21. Justin Grimm, Junior, Univ. of Georgia 
  22. Sam Dyson, Senior, Univ. of South Carolina 
  23. Brett Eibner, Junior, Univ. of Arkansas
  24. AJ Vanegas, Senior, Redwood HS (Calif.)
  25. Robert Aviles, Senior, Suffern HS (N.Y.) 
  26. Peter Tago, Senior, Dana Hills HS (Calif.)
  27. Matt Harvey, Junior, Univ. of North Carolina
  28. Cameron Bedrosian, Senior, East Coweta HS (Ga.)
  29. Kevin Ziomek, Senior, Amherst Regional HS (Mass.)
  30. Kevin Rhoderick, Junior, Oregon St. Univ.
  31. Taijuan Walker, Senior, Yucaipa HS (Calif.)
  32. Nick Tepesch, Junior, Univ. of Missouri
  33. Drew Cisco, Senior, Wando HS (Fla.)
  34. Sammy Solis, Sophomore, Univ. of San Diego
  35. Addison Reed, Junior, San Diego St. Univ.
  36. Brian Dupra, Junior, Univ. of Notre Dame
  37. Cody Wheeler, Junior, Coastal Carolina Univ.
  38. Seth Blair, Junior, Arizona St. Univ.
  39. Josh Spence, Senior, Arizona St. Univ.
  40. Rob Rasmussen, Junior, Univ. of California - Los Angeles
  41. Chris Hernandez, Junior, Univ. of Miami (Fla.)
  42. Tyler Wilson, Junior, Univ. of Virginia
  43. Jesse Biddle, Senior, Germantown Friends HS (Pa.)
  44. Aaron Sanchez, Senior, Barstow HS (Calif.)
  45. Bobby Wahl, Senior, West Springfield HS (Va.)
  46. Jimmy Hodgskin, Senior, Bishop Moore HS (Fla.)
  47. Jordan Shipers, Senior, South Harrison HS (Mo.)
  48. Logan Darnell, Junior, Univ. of Kentucky
  49. Daniel Tillman, Junior, Florida Southern Coll.
  50. 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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