Prep Baseball Report

Rankings Update: 2017



By: Zac Bottoms
Arkansas Scouting Director

As we just finished a busy round of winter events we have decided to rework each class rankings and release our initial 2020 rankings as we work through the month. It’s been great to review players and see player’s gains heading into the 2017 season. Today we look at the 2017 Rankings

At the Top

2017 MIF Casey Martin, Lonoke High School
Martin is a 5-foot-11 175-pound MIF/OF with an athletic frame and build. He is a premium athlete running a 6.65 in the 60. Defensively he is a versatile player with arm strength. He throws the ball 84 mph across the infield and 88 mph from the outfield. Offensively he starts from an athletic stance with a smooth load. He has fast bat speed with a slight uphill swing path. He has shown the ability to hit the ball to all fields and has flashed some pull power. Overall Martin has shown he has all the tools and a competitive spirit with a knack for winning.

Movement

CIF/RHP Paxton Wallace moved up to the No.2 spot after a big time performance at the Super 60 over the week-end. RHP Austin Kelly also improved his stock over the week end, moving to No. 3. Showing more command of the strike zone with big time stuff, including a fastball up to 92 mph with heavy sink. The 2017 rankings also added 25 new faces as we expanded the rankings to the top 150 players in the class. Our staff has worked very hard to evaluate this class from the conception of PBR Arkansas in the fall of 2014.

Top 10

Top of Form

Bottom of Form

Rank

Name

State

School

Class

Pos

Commitment

1

Casey Martin

AR

Lonoke

2017

SS

Arkansas

2

Paxton Wallace

AR

Greenbrier

2017

3B

Wichita State

3

Austin Kelly

AR

Robinson

2017

RHP

Arkansas

4

Hunter Milligan

AR

Greenbrier

2017

LHP

Arkansas

5

Evan Hooper

AR

Cabot

2017

OF

Arkansas

6

Logan Easley

AR

Heritage

2017

3B

Wichita State

7

Jaylen Deshazier

AR

Pine Bluff

2017

RHP

Arkansas State

8

Mathew Goodheart

AR

Magnolia

2017

2B

San Jacinto JC

9

Andrew Roach

AR

Springdale

2017

RHP

Cowley County CC

10

Hayden Arnold

AR

Watson Chapel

2017

RHP

Arkansas-Little Rock


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Uncommitted

23

Jackson Sloan

AR

Fayetteville

2017

RHP

24

Chase Bryan

AR

White Hall

2017

OF

30

Dalton Reeves

AR

Mulberry

2017

LHP

32

Jake East

AR

Bryant

2017

SS

35

Cole Morgan

AR

Stuttgart

2017

RHP

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