MaxPreps 2012 Top 100 High School Baseball Players, presented by New Balance
March 1, 2012
by
MaxPreps,
AZPreps365
Courtesy David Miller Byron Buxton, Appling County
The 2012 version of the MaxPreps Top 100 Baseball Players is loaded with talented position players, but a pair of pitching teammates rank near the top of the list.
Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, Calif.) right-hander
Lucas Giolito is the No. 1-ranked player in the nation and he is joined by teammate
Max Fried, a left-hander, who comes in at No. 5. However pitchers consitute just 10 of the top 25 players among this year's group. Outfielders are the most represented among the postion players with seven, led by No. 2 overall
Byron Buxton of
Appling County (Baxley, Ga.).
California has the most players among the Top 100 with 21 followed closely by Florida with 19. A total of 26 states are represented.
The following is the MaxPreps Top 100 Baseball Players, presented by New Balance.
| Rank | Name | Position | College |
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| 1 | Lucas GiolitoHarvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, CA) | P | UCLA |
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| 2 | Byron BuxtonAppling County (Baxley, GA) | OF | Georgia |
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| 3 | Walker WeickelOlympia (Orlando, FL) | P, INF | Miami |
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| 4 | David DahlOak Mountain (Birmingham, AL) | OF | Auburn |
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| 5 | Max FriedHarvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, CA) | LHP, OF | UCLA |
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| 6 | Lance McCullersJesuit (Tampa, FL) | P, SS | Florida |
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| 7 | Trey WilliamsValencia (CA) | 3B, SS | Pepperdine |
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| 8 | Joey GalloBishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV) | 3B, RHP | LSU |
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| 9 | Matt SmoralSolon (OH) | LHP | North Carolina |
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| 10 | Gavin CecchiniBarbe (Lake Charles, LA) | SS | Mississippi |
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| 11 | Albert AmoraMater Academy Charter (Hialeah Gardens, FL) | OF | Miami |
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| 12 | Lucas SimsBrookwood (Snellville, GA) | P, SS | Clemson |
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| 13 | Stryker TrahanAcadiana (Lafayette, LA) | C | Mississippi |
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| 14 | Addison RussellPace (FL) | INF | Auburn |
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| 15 | Rio RuizBishop Amat (La Puente, CA) | INF | USC |
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| 16 | Hunter VirantCamarillo (CA) | P | UCLA |
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| 17 | Nick WilliamsBall (Galveston, TX) | OF | Texas |
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| 18 | C.J. HinojosaKlein Collins (Spring, TX) | SS | Texas |
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| 19 | Duane UnderwoodPope (Marietta, GA) | P | Georgia |
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| 20 | Mitchell TraverHouston Christian (Houston, TX) | RHP, DH | TCU |
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| 21 | Courtney HawkinsCarroll (Corpus Christi, TX) | OF, RHP | Texas |
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| 22 | Carson KellyWestview (Portland, OR) | INF, RHP | Oregon |
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