by Mason McRae
With nine players dropping from my top-fifty, it meas nine new players join the board. The first of those is catcher – Carlos Perez out of Miami, he’s an unknown prospect who has elite catch and throw abilities and a loose swing that comes and goes with power.
Rising to 31st is Corner infielder and outfielder Ethan Long, a power projection guy that has a loud bat. The 33rd, 34th, and 35th spots all are held by newcomers as well in Mario Zabala, Austin Wells, and Justin Foscue (in that order). Zabala popped up at the PG Showcase where he showed off his arm and legs, while Austin showed up via the Cape Cod league and his success in there. Foscue was hidden in a loaded Mississippi State roster and I came to see him after watching every one of the CWS game’s again earlier this week.
At 37 is a standout from the USA Collegiate Team – Cade Cavelli, a hard throwing righty with command concerns when at his highest velo. At 44th is Jack Bulger, who was impressive in a High School Home run derby this week which included the likes of Zac Veen, Austin Hendrick, Blaze Jordan, and more. The second to last newly ranked player is a popup lefty in Kyle Harrison who has a low-90s arm with high upside.
Finally, the last riser is shortstop Ed Howard who’s a prototypical five-tool player with a slick glove and aggressive swing. Now, here’s my second top-fifty board which started with my June one that was released last month.
| JUNE
RK |
JULY
RK |
POS | NAME | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 1 | 1B/OF | Spencer Torkelson | Arizona State |
| 2 | 2 | RHP | Emerson Hancock | Georgia |
| 4 | 3 | OF | Dylan Crews | Lake Mary HS |
| 6 | 4 | OF | Austin Hendrick | West Allegheny HS |
| 19 | 5 | RHP | Mick Abel | Jesuit HS |
| 5 | 6 | 1B/3B | Blaze Jordan | DeSoto Central HS |
| 9 | 7 | OF | Zac Veen | Spruce Creek HS |
| 8 | 8 | RHP | Cole Wilcox | Georgia |
| 3 | 9 | C | Tyler Soderstrom | Turlock HS |
| 21 | 10 | LHP | Nate Sevino | Potomac Falls HS |
| 10 | 11 | OF | Pete Crow-Armstrong | Harvard Westlake HS |
| 7 | 12 | C | Patrick Bailey | North Carolina State |
| 12 | 13 | SS | Austin Martin | Vanderbilt |
| 15 | 14 | RHP | Jared Jones | La Miranda HS |
| 20 | 15 | SS/OF | Casey Martin | Arkansas |
| 22 | 16 | RHP | Alejandro Rosario | Miami Christian HS |
| 16 | 17 | RHP | Max Meyer | Minnesota |
| 14 | 18 | OF | Daniel Cabrera | Louisiana State |
| 17 | 19 | LHP | Hugh Fisher | Vanderbilt |
| 11 | 20 | C | Drew Romo | The Woodlands HS |
| 26 | 21 | RHP | J.T Ginn | Mississippi State |
| 18 | 22 | LHP | Asa Lacey | Texas A&M |
| 24 | 23 | RHP | C.J Van Eyk | Florida State |
| NR | 24 | C | Carlos Perez | Florida Christian HS |
| 13 | 25 | RHP | Jared Kelley | Refugio HS |
| 29 | 26 | OF | Garrett Mitchell | UCLA |
| 23 | 27 | OF | Robert Hassell III | Independence HS |
| 44 | 28 | SS | Yohandy Morales | Monsignor Pace HS |
| 32 | 29 | OF | Parker Chavers | Coastal Carolina |
| 34 | 30 | SS | Tank Espalin | Orange Lutheran HS |
| NR | 31 | 3B/OF | Ethan Long | Mountain Pointe HS |
| 30 | 32 | RHP | Tanner Burns | Auburn |
| NR | 33 | OF | Mario Zabala | Int. Baseball Academy HS |
| NR | 34 | C | Austin Wells | Arizona |
| NR | 35 | 2B | Justin Foscue | Mississippi State |
| 43 | 36 | SS | Freddy Zamora | Miami |
| NR | 37 | RHP | Cade Cavelli | Oklahoma |
| 25 | 38 | RHP | Jack Leftwich | Florida |
| 37 | 39 | LHP | Garrett Crochet | Tennessee |
| 39 | 40 | 3B | Coby Mayo | Majory Stoneman Douglas HS |
| 28 | 41 | LHP | Tommy Manning | Cardinal Gibbons HS |
| 31 | 42 | LHP | Reid Deitmars | Louisville |
| 28 | 43 | 2B | Nick Gonzales | New Mexico State |
| NR | 44 | C | Jack Bulger | Dematha HS |
| 40 | 45 | C | Corey Collins | North Gwinnett HS |
| NR | 46 | LHP | Kyle Harrison | De La Salle HS |
| 47 | 47 | LHP | Dax Fulton | Mustang HS |
| NR | 48 | SS | Ed Howard | Mount Carmel HS |
| 46 | 49 | LHP | Lucas Gordon | Notre Dame HS |
| 35 | 50 | 1B | Michael Brown | Vacaville HS |
DROPPED OUT: RHP Tommy Mace (Florida), SS Drew Bowser (Harvard-Westlake HS), RHP Cole Henry (LSU), RHP Gabe Shepard (Southern Miss), OF Justice Bigibe (Western Carolina), SS Carson Tucker (Mountain Pointe HS), RHP Nate Wohlgemuth (Owasso HS), SS Ty Collins (John Boscoe HS), and RHP Travis Sthele (Reagan HS)
