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Week in Review: 3/2 to 3/8

March 8, 2024
Seth Fromowitz
Prep Baseball Staff

Looking back at the past week for Prep Baseball, an updated National Top-50 Rankings dropped along with the first National Player of the Week for the 2024 season, baseball was bigger in Texas during the Prep Baseball Texas Invitational, uncommitted spotlights and more.

NATIONAL NEWS


 + On Thursday, March 7, Prep Baseball announced its first National Player of the Week for the 2024 season ranging from Feb. 26 to March 3. With a complete-game shutout striking out 18 batters and only allowing one hit, ‘26 LHP Gio Rojas has earned Prep Baseball’s national honor. See more about Rojas’ performance and other players of the week from around the country.


 + Nearly two weeks ago, Prep Baseball unveiled its first National High School Rankings for the 2024 season. On Tuesday, March 5 the first in-season update went live seeing one team break into the top-3 and nine teams earn a spot in the top-50 after starting the season unranked. See the latest rankings here.


+ On Tuesday, March 5, Prep Baseball announced its partnership with former Major League Baseball player and founder of Major League Mindset, Brandon Guyer to become the official mental strength coach. The partnership will feature live, virtual seminars for players and parents to help understand and implement mental health practices to overcome challenges from the game of baseball and life. Read more about the partnership and its announcement here.

Draft HQ

 

+ This past weekend VP of scouting Shooter Hunt made the trip down to Houston, T.X. for the Prep Baseball Texas Invitational. With talent all-around, several players caught the eyes of Hunt and other scouts as prospects for the 2024 MLB Draft. See which five prospects were able to set themselves apart in the latest “On The Hunt”.

+ In the latest edition of the “College Crosscheck”, Director of College Scouting, David Seifert and VA/DC Scouting Director, Jason Burton caught a glimpse of players from UNC Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, East Carolina, Houston, Old Dominion and VCU. Featuring a potential 2024 MLB Draft prospect that can be taken day one, former JUCO players, a player to keep an eye out for in the 2025 MLB Draft and more. See what players made a statement to Seifert and Burton here.

JUCO WIRE

Our staff presented everything you need to know this season. For more information and to stay up-to-date on all things JUCO, follow @PBR_JUCO on X and @pbr_juco on Instagram.

 

+ Several schools within the NJCAA from the Carolinas rank in Prep Baseball’s JUCO Wire Div. I and Div. II top-25 rankings. NC Assistant Scouting Director, Zach Boraski takes a deeper dive into standings at the Div. I, II and III level as well as notes on the top schools and players in the “Region X Week in Review Through March 5”.

Uncommitted

+ In the latest edition of Prep Baseball North Carolina’s “Inside The Rankings”, NC Assistant Scouting Director, Patrick Johnson looks at two uncommitted prospects from the class of 2025. Two top-15 RHP’s in North Carolina’s class of 2025, see Gabe Murray and Jackson Evans.

+ On Saturday, March 2, Prep Baseball Indiana held their Preseason All-State Upperclass event. As players from the class of 2025 look to find a college home, Lead Scout, Cooper Trinkle highlights the top uncommitted position players from the event. 

+ Uncommitted Spotlights

STATE-BY-STATE

Most Viewed Profiles

Check out the following states, regions and territories most viewed profiles from the month of February:

Alabama / Coffee and Curveballs

In the third week of Alabama’s high school season, the Prep Baseball staff of Alabama has been providing weekly updates from around the state featuring notes, videos and more information on various levels on high school prospects. See all updates from around the state in “Alabama Scout Blogs” as well as the latest edition of Coffee and Curveballs where VP of Scouting, Shooter Hunt and LakePoint Sports, Cory McCartney talk with Alabama Scouting Director, Austin Sharp.

California

Highlighted as one of Shooter Hunt’s Darkhorse first round draft picks in the 2024 MLB Draft, Central Coast and North LA Area Scout, Steven Hardesty traveled to see a rain shortened opening week for the CIF-SS leagues. See what prospects made their impact in short time in “Hardy’s Hits”.

South Carolina

Over the past two weeks, Prep Baseball South Carolina has hosted and taken in tournaments and invitationals across the state. Hosting the Shipyard Showdown and watching the Coastal Invitational, see the latest in blogs and notes on talent around the state:

Texas / On The Hunt

+ With the Prep Baseball Texas Invitational taking place last weekend, the scouting staff was able to see top-tier talent in one place that also had a feature in the latest “On The Hunt”. With quality programs taking the field, see which prospects stood out over the weekend:

+ Along with the prospects that stood out to the Texas staff and MLB Draft prospects, Shooter Hunt, Prep Baseball’s VP of Scouting also shared which underclassmen he saw make an impact in this week’s second edition of “On The Hunt”.

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