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By Chris Kemlo and PBR Staff
Ontario Scouting Director

Ontario Insider: Updated Class of 2017 Player Rankings (March)

With the winter season behind us and spring baseball just around the corner, we turn our attention to the latest updates for Ontario’s Class of 2017 rankings. During the course of the winter, we have been evaluating players from around the great province of Ontario.

Below we take a look at "What's New At The Top", "The Risers", "The Newcomers" as well as the top uncommitted prospects.

To view the entire list of 75 prospects please click here.

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What's New At The Top

The top four spots stay the same as Adam Hall, Cooper Davis, Landon leach, and Dondrae Bremner all stay put at their respective rankings. With some new grad year classifications, we see 6-foot-6 outfielder Tyrell Hebert move into the top ten, along with speedster Andrew Leggo crack the top ten.

In the top 15, we see 6-foot-1, 172-pound right-hander Cameron Dyck (pictured right) takes a big jump up along with left-handed hitting outfielder Alex Orenczuk. Orenczuk has always had a nice swing and is starting to fill out strength wise. Dyck has a loose arm and has continued to get better every time we see him.

THE RISERS

Along with Dyck and Orenczuk, many players made jumps in the rankings. Typically, this is the time players begin to show results from hard work in the off-season and additional maturation to their bodies and game.

Infielder Bryce O’Farrell and catcher Liam Hicks (pictured right) both see their ranking status climb into the top 20. Each player shows promise at the plate while O’Farrell is also a slick fielding infielder who shined this past year at third base.

5-foot-8 infielder Kian Bukula has improved his strength and swing over the off-season and has moved up into the top 30. He is an athletic infielder with sound actions on both sides of the ball.

Another player to make a big leap is infielder and Canisius commit Jacob Martins. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound middle infielder swings it from the right-side with bat speed and aggressiveness. He shows clean actions with arm strength defensively and should continue to only get better.

THE NEWCOMERS

We see a lot of new faces in this rendition of the 2017 rankings with players coming out of the gates strong with good winters under their belts.

Outfielder Riley Perks, a strong and physical 6-foot, 192-pound left-handed hitter makes an appearance. He swings with natural loft with lots of bat speed and power potential.

Right-hander Nate Holmes is a projectable 6-foot-4, 200-pounder that was 84-85 this year and shows signs of promise and added velocity.

Also another righty to work his way into the rankings is small but athletic Jordan Bahnuk. The 5-foot-9, 140-pound athlete was 85-86 mph with live arm during his bullpen at the College Prospect Showcase in January. His arm works and should be more to come.

Infielder who has also shown improvements over the winter is Matt Turino. The scrappy 5-foot-10, left-handed hitter shows quick hands at the plate with a dirtbag approach like his older brother and Cincinnati commit Luke Turino. Matt will be a player to keep an eye on closely.

TOP UNCOMMITTED PROSPECTS BY POSITION

+Top Right-Handed Arms: Landon Leach, Hayden Malenfant (pictured right), Jacob English
+Top Left-Handed Arms: Harley Gollert, Ben Brown
+Top Two-Way Prospects: Kyle Smyth, Ryan O’Halloran
+Top Catching Prospects: Brett Corbeth, Liam Hicks, Mitch Osborne
+Top Corner Infield Prospects: Malik Williams, Ryan Kula, Bryce O’Farrell
+Top Middle Infield Prospects: Dondrae Bremner, Justin Doran
+Top Outfield Prospects: Tyrell Hebert, Lucas Parente, Jameson Hart
+Sleeper Prospects: Mike Macdougall, Adam Plouffe, Jarod Evans

PBR Ontario Class of 2017 Top 75

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Commitment
1	Adam Hall	ON	AB Lucas Secondary	2017	SS	Texas A&M
2	Cooper Davis	ON	St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary	2017	OF	Vanderbilt
3	Landon Leach	ON	Pickering High School	2017	RHP
4	Dondrae Bremner	ON	Bill Crothers Secondary	2017	SS
5	Lucas Parente	ON	Notre Dame High School	2017	OF
6	Ryan Kula	ON	Humberside C.I.	2017	3B
7	Tyrell Hebert	ON	Cardinal Newman Catholic Secondary School	2017	OF
8	Andrew Leggo	ON	St.David's Secondary	2017	2B	Arkansas State
9	Hayden Malenfant	ON	Sinclair Secondary School	2017	RHP
10	Malik Williams	ON	Porter C.I.	2017	1B

***** To view the entire top 75, please click here.