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Baseball America has put out their incoming 2010 Recruiting Class Rankings which are led by the University of Florida. Stanford comes in at the runner up spot with Arizona State, TCU, and Cal-State Fullerton completing the Top 5.

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Tags: 2010 Recruits, ACC, Arizona State, Baseball America, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Central Florida, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida, Kentucky, Louisville, Miami (FL), Michigan, Mississippi State, Missouri, Mountain West, NC State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Texas, UCLA, UNC, Vanderbilt, Virginia

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FROM BASEBALL AMERICA PRESS RELEASE

DURHAM, N.C.–Mississippi and Washington State lead all schools by placing five players apiece on Baseball America’s top prospects lists for 18 different summer college leagues and Team USA. Last summer, Louisiana State and Texas each led the nation with five players apiece on BA’s summer league lists, and those two teams wound up facing off for the national championship at the College World Series.

BA ranked the top 30 prospects for the talent-rich Cape Cod League, and the top 10 prospects in 17 other summer college leagues. In addition, the top 20 Team USA prospects were ranked.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, 2010 Top Players, 2011 Top Players, Alaskan Summer League, Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, Baseball America, Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League, Cape Cod League, Clark C. Griffith Collegiate League, Coastal Plain League, Florida Collegiate Summer League, Great Lakes Collegiate League, Jayhawk Baseball League, MINK League, NECBL, Northwoods League, NYCBL, Prospect League, Texas Collegiate League, Valley Baseball League, West Coast League

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We have come across a few links from around the country which feature some interesting college baseball news and notes. The first article comes from Baseball America who looks at the movers and shakers who have changed their draft stock in a positive or negative way through the first couple of weeks of the season. The Tufts Daily looks at the 2009 Tufts baseball team who is looking to win the NESCAC but have Trinity College (CT) blocking their way to the championship. The Sun in Hamburg NY has a profile on University at Buffalo head coach Charlie Karstedt who is starting to turn around the program in the competitive MAC. The official Xavier athletic site has a profile on Zac Richard whose intimidating presence at the plate and on the mound. The next link of the day comes from Division 3 school Lynchburg College where Jeff Taylor broke the school record for stolen bases in only his second season. The final link of the day comes from the South Florida Oracle which wrote a great article on Brandon Smith coming back after eight surgeries. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Baseball America, Big East, Buffalo, Division 3, Lynchburg (VA), MAC, South Florida, Tufts (MA), Xavier

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Here are some of the best links from around the country for March 10th. The first article comes from The Tallahassee Democrat which states that FSU will be changing out their weekend rotation after losing two out of three games to Boston College. The next article comes from Rivals College Baseball Editor Kendall Rogers who talks about the winners and losers from around the nation after an interesting weekend. Baseball America writer Aaron Fitt has a blog entry on the three stories from the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Baseball America, Florida State, Rivals

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Baseball America writer Kirk Kenney has an excellent article about Stephen Strasburg. He is expected to be the first pick in the 2009 MLB Draft after a tremendous summer with the USA Collegiate National Team and the USA Olympic squad. Strasburg is picking up preseason accolades for all major college baseball publications with us naming him the best college player for the 2009 season. (Full Article) The Baseball America article talks about how Strasburg has become such a good player from his high school days where he went undrafted and now will be the top picked player. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, Baseball America, MLB Draft, Mountain West, San Diego State

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Baseball America has put together previews of Division 2 and Division 3. They have Tampa as the best team in the country for Division 2. The Spartans are seeking their third title in the last four years. UC San Diego is listed as the second best team while Mount Olive who was the 2008 Division 2 champion are ranked third by Baseball America. Central Missouri and Florida Southern round out the Top 5. Baseball America has put Robbie Shields of Florida Southern as the top position player while Mike Adams of Franklin Pierce is the top pitcher. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Season Preview, Baseball America, Central Missouri, Chapman University, Cortland State, Division 2, Division 3, Florida Southern, Franklin Pierce, Hamlin (Minn), Mount Olive, Southern Maine, Tampa, Trinity(Conn.), UC-San Diego, Wisconsin-Whitewater

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Baseball America writer Aaron Fitt has put out his 2009 NCAA Tournament Projections. He has Texas A&M as the top overall seed. The rest of the top eight seeds are North Carolina at number 2, LSU at number 3, Cal State Fullerton at number 4, Rice at number 5, Texas at number 6, Ole Miss at number 7, and UCLA at number 8. The other number 1 seeds to host are Baylor, Georgia, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Arizona State, and UC-Irvine. The only number 1 seed that isn’t hosting according to Fitt is San Diego who needs to head to Louisville. Read the rest of this entry »

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Baseball America has put out their Preseason Top 25 which is led by the Texas A&M Aggies. They are coming off a 46-19 season which ended with a Super Regional appearance where they were swept by Rice. The Louisiana State Tigers come in at the number 2 spot after making the College World Series last season. North Carolina comes in at number 3 after another appearance in Omaha. Texas and Cal-State Fullerton round out the Top 25. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Polls, Baseball America

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West Virginia’s Greg Van Zant recently made a proposal to the NCAA about changing the RPI to make it more reasonable for Northern schools. The main point in his proposal was that 60 percent of games are won by the home team. This gives the Northern schools who have to start the first three weeks of the season on the road a disadvantage in the RPI. It is the primary factor in figuring out who is going to be the at-large selections for the NCAA Tournament. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Baseball America, Big East, Rule Changes, West Virginia

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Baseball America announced that Mike Minor of Vanderbilt was named the Summer POY. Minor had a tremendous summer with the USA Collegiate National Team with two victories over the Cuban Olympic Team at the Haarlem Baseball Week in Holland. Minor started five games with the team this summer accumulating a 3-0 record with a 0.64 ERA. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Team USA, 2009 Top Players, Baseball America, Mountain West, San Diego State, SEC, Vanderbilt

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Baseball America has put out their 2008 Freshmen All-American teams led by Chris Hernandez of Miami (FL) who was named BA National Player of the Year award winner. The full team is available below. Read the rest of this entry »

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Every Monday Baseball America comes out with their weekend review. Aaron Fitt ended up attending the San Diego Tournament which featured some of the best pitching matchups of the season. The full article available here.

The three strikes segment focuses on the Shooter-Hunter matchup in Minnesota, Texas A&M bats warming up, and some more thoughts on the USD tourney. The full article is available here.

John Manuel sat down for a chat session to discuss BA Top 25. The full chat transcript is available here. Baseball America’s Top 25 is available here.

Tags: Baseball America, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Minnesota, National Polls, Pepperdine, Tulane, University of San Diego