By Chris Fuller
Director of Operations

Some new players from the 2018 class emerged from our winter events, making an update and expansion of the 2018 rankings necessary. The rankings now include our top 40 players, but given that we are talking about sophomores, these rankings will continue to evolve and change as we continue to see more players from the class.

Ryder Green (3B/RHP, Hardin Valley Academy) hangs on to the top spot. The Kentucky commit has been hammering the baseball this spring for the defending state champs hitting .455 with two triples, four home runs, and 17 RBI’s in 10 games. Green also runs his fastball up to the high 80’s on the mound.

Mt. Juliet RHP Ethan Smith occupies the No. 2 spot. The highly projectable 6-foot-3, 180-pound RHP tops out in the high 80’s with a hard, advanced breaking ball for his age. Smith is committed to Vanderbilt.

Switch-hitting power threat Bass Cooper (1B/RHP, Knoxville Central HS), checks in at No. 3. Cooper, a member of Team Tennessee for the PBR Future Games last year has been getting largely pitched around this spring, but he is an advanced switch-hitter with home run power from both sides of the plate. Cooper is committed to Tennessee.

Biggest Risers/New Entrants

Camden Sewell (RHP, Cleveland HS) emerged in a big way at our Winter Preseason Preview Showcase in Chattanooga. The projectable, 6-foot-3, 165-pound RHP has loose and clean arm action that produces an 84-86 mph fastball that touched 88 with hard and late arm-side life. Sewel checks in at No. 8 in the rankings.

Alec Lubas (OF/LHP, Ravenwood HS) emerged at our Winter Preseason Preview Showcase in Chattanooga, showing good power and bat speed from the left side to go along with good arm strength. Lubas also showed low 80’s velocity on the mound. He has gotten off to a big start for Ravenwood this spring, hitting .524 with five doubles, a triple, and 15 RBI’s in 13 games. Lubas checks in at No. 11 in the rankings.

Rudy Maxwell (C/3B, Ensworth HS) checks in at No. 17. The physically advanced 6-foot-3, 220-pounder showed good arm strength and 1.95-2.01 pop times to go along with some pop in his bat.

Here is a look at the top 10

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Commitment
1	Ryder Green	TN	Hardin Valley Academy	2018	3B	Kentucky
2	Ethan Smith	TN	Mount Juliet	2018	RHP	Vanderbilt
3	Bass Cooper	TN	Knoxville Central	2018	1B	Tennessee
4	Andrew Benefield	TN	Siegel	2018	SS	Louisville
5	Tate Kolwyck	TN	Arlington	2018	SS	Vanderbilt
6	Paul Komistek	TN	Knoxville Christian	2018	3B	Tennessee
7	John Langworthy	TN	Siegel	2018	RHP	Louisville
8	Camden Sewell	TN	Cleveland	2018	RHP
9	Luke Murphy	TN	East Robertson	2018	RHP
10	Ryan Weathers	TN	Loretto	2018	LHP	Alabama

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