Prep Baseball Report

Initial West Virginia Class of 2019 Rankings Released



By Greg Williams
West Virginia Director of Scouting

With the culmination of the high school season, the 2016 MLB Draft and the start of the Prep Baseball Report summer schedule of events, it is now time to shift our focus to updates to our statewide player rankings .

During the course of this week we will look at updates to the rankings in the Class of 2017, 2018 and 2019. Today we finish the process with a look at the initial rankings for the rising sophomores across the state.

Grant WellsHeading the list is two-sport standout Grant Wells (George Washington). The 6-foot-1, 180-pound SS/RHP followed a breakout season on the football field with an impressive freshman season on the diamond. Wells flashed solid feet (6.95 60-yard dash) and gap-to-gap power with a short, fluid right-handed swing at the 2015 West Virginia Top Prospect Games.

The current list goes just eight players deep, but will grow significantly as this class moves forward in their high school careers. 


2019 WV Rankings

RANK NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS COMMITMENT
1 Grant Wells WV George Washington 2019 SS  
2 Aidan Johnson WV George Washington 2019 3B  
3 Hunter Cottrell WV University 2019 3B  
4 Zack Whitacre WV Frankfurt 2019 SS  
5 Jonathan Blackwell WV George Washington 2019 LHP  
6 Garrett Matherly WV Greater Beckley Christian 2019 OF  
7 Paul Boddy WV George Washington 2019 RHP  
8 Noah Beter WV St. Joseph Central 2019 SS


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