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Updated and Expanded Michigan Class of 2016 Rankings





By Brent Alwine and PBR Michigan Staff

The updated class of 2016 rankings is marked by familiar faces at the top.
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Brother Rice RHP Karl Kauffmann (Michigan Recruit) remains in the top spot. The 6-foot-1, 180-poundrighty, who stared on Team Michigan at the Midwest Futures Games in August, shows advanced skills on the mound with an upper 80's fastball. 

Meanwhile, Gull Lake C/RHP 
Drew Blakely, one of the state's top two-way prospects, follows at No. 2

Rockord LHP Bryce Kelley, who picked up offers from Wichita State and Central Michigan this off-season, stays at No. 7.

With the rest of the top ten staying the same, read about the newcomers and risers below.

Movers and Shakers:

+ Gull Lake HS RHP Caleb Scoles continues to impress with a physical 6-foot-1, 190-pound frame and fastball that touches into the mid 80's.

+ Two notable additions to the overall rankings include Kenowa Hills RHP/OF Bennett Norry and Wyandotte Roosevelt RHP Tyler Thorington

+ Orchard Lake St. Mary's HS IF/RHP Drake Titus, a talented two-way prospect, made one of the biggest jumps of any players in the class.

+ Impressive showings at PBR events this winter moved Divine Child OF Shane Fugate, Utica Ford RHP Kevin Large, Vicksburg C Trace Slancik, and Grandville IF Bailey Peterson into the rankings which will create more buzz around there recruitment.

+ Other notable players entering the rankings include Northville OF Zach Prystash, Orchard Lake St. Mary's OF Griffin Sheposh, and Detroit Catholic Central SS/RHP Luke Hargis.

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2016 Rankings








1 Karl Kauffmann MI Brother Rice 2016 RHP Michigan
2 Drew Blakely MI Gull Lake 2016 C  
3 Michael Mokma MI Holland Christian 2016 RHP Michigan State
4 Dion Henderson MI Divine Child 2016 LHP Kentucky
5 Tommy Henry MI Portage Northern 2016 LHP  
6 Jack Weisenburger MI Rockford 2016 RHP Michigan
7 Bryce Kelley MI Rockford 2016 LHP  
8 Keegan Kenny MI Traverse City West 2016 RHP  
9 Grant Hartwig MI Detroit Catholic Central 2016 RHP  
10 Alex Darden MI North Farmington 2016 LHP