2016 Top 100 Draft Prospects

While spring hasn’t technically sprung, the spring follow season is well underway. College baseball is in full swing, and high school action has started in most parts of the country.

Teams spent all summer, fall and winter identifying the top players in the nation, lining up tentative draft boards and figuring out which players they might target in the spring. Now, scouts have begun to bear down on players, and upper tier draft prospects have started to distinguish themselves.

These rankings reflect the early reviews on players from this spring, but also give credence to each player’s track record and experience prior to this small sample. Players have moved up or down since we released our High School and College Top 100 rankings, both because the evaluations have changed and Baseball America has accumulated more information.

While Baseball America is concerned with accurately prognosticating how the draft will unfold, these rankings don’t necessarily reflect where we believe these players will be taken. These 2016 Top 100 draft rankings are based on how we value each player’s major league potential, and the risks that come with each player.

One notable riser is Nick Senzel, who sits at No. 2 on the list. Senzel is off to a fantastic start, both offensively and defensively, and is in the mix to be one of the first few players taken.

One notable slide is that of Kyle Funkhouser, who returned to Louisville for his senior season after the Dodgers selected him in the supplemental first round in 2015. The early reviews on Funkhouser this spring are overwhelmingly poor, with his fastball velocity down to 88-91 mph, his command graded as below average and his offspeed stuff lacking consistency. We ranked Funkhouser based on his track record, and previously glowing evaluations. If he can right the ship, he could move back up by the next time we rank players. If he doesn’t correct his issues, there’s no telling how far he might slide.

Rank	Player	Position	School	Height	Weight	Video
1	Jason Groome	lhp	Barnegat (N.J.) High	6-4	224	Video
2	Nick Senzel	3b	Tennessee	6-1	205	Video
3	Blake Rutherford	of	Chaminade College Prep, Canoga Park, Calif.	6-2	192
4	Riley Pint	rhp	St. Thomas Aquinas High, Overland Park, Kan.	6-5	195	Video
5	Delvin Perez	ss	Professional Educational High School, Carolina, P.R.	6-2	165	Video
6	A.J. Puk	lhp	Florida	6-7	225	Video
7	Corey Ray	of	Louisville	5-11	185
8	Kyle Lewis	of	Mercer	6-4	195
9	Alec Hansen	rhp	Oklahoma	6-7	235	Video
10	Connor Jones	rhp	Virginia	6-3	200	Video
11	Josh Lowe	3b	Pope High, Marietta, Ga.	6-4	190	Video
12	Buddy Reed	of	Florida	6-3	200	Video
13	Ian Anderson	rhp	Shenendohowa High, Clifton Park, N.Y.	6-3	175	Video
14	Kevin Gowdy	rhp	Santa Barbara (Calif.) High	6-2	171	Video
15	Mickey Moniak	of	La Costa Canyon High, Carldbad, Calif.	6-1	167	Video
16	Nolan Jones	ss	Holy Ghost Prep, Langhorne, Pa.	6-4	216	Video
17	Bryan Reynolds	of	Vanderbilt	6-2	210	Video
18	Matt Krook	lhp	Oregon	6-3	205
19	Dakota Hudson	rhp	Mississippi State	6-5	207
20	Daulton Jefferies	rhp	California	6-0	180	Video
21	Logan Shore	rhp	Florida	6-2	215
22	Robert Tyler	rhp	Georgia	6-4	226	Video
23	Will Benson	of	The Westminster Schools, Atlanta	6-5	225	Video
24	Nick Banks	of	Texas A&M	6-0	215	Video
25	Matt Manning	rhp	Sheldon High, Sacramento	6-5	194	Video
26	Reggie Lawson	rhp	Victor Valley High, Victorville, Calif.	6-3	213	Video
27	Alex Kirilloff	of/1b	Plum High, New Kensington, Pa.	6-2	195
28	Forrest Whitley	rhp	Alamo Heights High, San Antonio, Texas	6-6	253
29	Cal Quantrill	rhp	Stanford	6-3	185
30	Anthony Kay	lhp	Connecticut	6-0	187
31	Jesus Luzardo	lhp	Stoneman Douglas High, Pompano Beach, Fla.	6-1	209
32	Alex Speas	rhp	McEachern High, Powder Springs, Ga.	6-4	187	Video
33	Carter Kieboom	ss/3b	Walton High, Marietta, Ga.	6-2	185	Video
34	Joe Rizzo	3b	Oakton High, Vienna, Va.	5-11	215	Video
35	Braxton Garrett	lhp	Florence (Ala.) High	6-3	190	Video
36	Cody Sedlock	rhp	Illinois	6-4	210
37	Eric Lauer	lhp	Kent State	6-3	205
38	Jordan Sheffield	rhp	Vanderbilt	6-0	185	Video
39	Will Craig	3b	Wake Forest	6-3	230
40	Chris Okey	c	Clemson	5-11	195	Video
41	Mike Shawaryn	rhp	Maryland	6-3	211
42	Zack Collins	c	Miami	6-3	220	Video
43	Sean Murphy	c	Wright State	6-3	207	Video
44	Bo Bichette	2b/3b	Lakewood High, St. Petersburg, Fla.	5-11	201	Video
45	Corbin Burnes	rhp	St. Mary’s	6-3	205	Video
46	Bailey Clark	rhp	Duke	6-5	210	Video
47	Jon Duplantier	rhp	Rice	6-4	225
48	Heath Quinn	of	Samford	6-3	220	Video
49	Austin Bergner	rhp	Windermere (Fla.) Prep	6-4	190
50	Zack Burdi	rhp	Louisville	6-3	209
51	Cooper Johnson	c	Carmel Catholic High, Mundelein, Ill.	6-0	200	Video
52	Jake Fraley	of	Louisiana State	6-0	183
53	Ulysses Cantu	3b/c	Boswell High, Fort Worth, Texas	5-11	225	Video
54	Cole Ragans	lhp	North Florida Christian, Tallahassee, Fla.	6-4	190	Video
55	Ben Rortvedt	c	Verona (Wisc.) High	5-9	185
56	Zach Jackson	rhp	Arkansas	6-3	195
57	Errol Robinson	ss	Mississippi	5-11	170
58	Zack Brown	rhp	Kentucky	6-2	200
59	Ryan Boldt	of	Nebraska	6-2	212
60	Kyle Funkhouser	rhp	Louisville	6-3	225	Video
61	Gavin Lux	ss	Indian Trail Academy, Kenosha, Wisc.	6-0	167
62	Bobby Dalbec	3b	Arizona	6-4	219
63	Bryson Brigman	ss	San Diego	5-11	180
64	Stephen Wrenn	of	Georgia	6-2	185
65	Kyle Cody	rhp	Kentucky	6-7	245	Video
66	Erik Miller	lhp	De Smet Jesuit High, St. Louis	6-4	224
67	Jared Poche	lhp	Louisiana State	6-1	207
68	Daniel Bakst	ss/3b	Poly Prep Country Day School, New York	6-1	183
69	Zac Gallen	rhp	North Carolina	6-0	180	Video
70	Akil Baddoo	of	Salem High, Conyers, Ga.	6-1	195
71	Tyler Baum	rhp	West Orange High, Winter Garden, Fla.	6-2	170
72	Carlos Cortes	2b/of/c	Lake Howell High, Oviedo, Fla.	5-9	190	Video
73	Rian Haire	lhp	South Caldwell High, Hudson, N.C.	6-3	205
74	Zach Linginfelter	rhp	Sevier County High, Sevierville, Tenn.	6-5	220	Video
75	Max Kranick	rhp	Valley View High, Archbald, Pa.	6-3	185
76	Sam Tewes	rhp	Wichita State	6-5	200
77	Nicholas Quintana	2b	Arbor View High, Las Vegas	5-9	185
78	Avery Tuck	of	Steele Canyon High, Spring Valley, Calif.	6-5	188	Video
79	Matt Crohan	lhp	Winthrop	6-4	200
80	Brad Debo	c	Orange High, Hillsborough, N.C.	6-0	221
81	Zack Hess	rhp	Liberty Christian Academy, Lynchburg, Va.	6-4	210	Video
82	Thomas Dillard	c	Oxford (Miss.) High	5-11	224	Video
83	Nolan Martinez	rhp	Culver City (Calif.) High	6-2	175
84	Matt Cleveland	rhp	Windsor (Conn.) High	6-3	189	Video
85	Ian Hamilton	rhp	Washington State	6-1	195
86	Wil Crowe	rhp	South Carolina	6-2	240
87	Braeden Ogle	lhp	Jensen Beach (Fla.) High	6-3	185
88	Ben Bowden	lhp	Vanderbilt	6-4	225
89	Mario Feliciano	c	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy, Florida, P.R.	6-1	195
90	Dustin May	rhp	Northwest High, Fort Worth, Texas	6-6	180
91	Tyler Benninghoff	rhp	Rockhurst High, Kansas City, Mo.	6-4	180
92	Charles King	rhp	Coppell (Texas) High	6-5	201
93	Kep Brown	of	Spartanburg Methodist (S.C)	6-5	195
94	Anfernee Grier	of	Auburn	6-1	180
95	Kyle Muller	lhp	Dallas (Texas) Jesuit Prep	6-7	240
96	Nick Lodolo	lhp	Damien High, La Verne, Calif.	6-6	180
97	Jared Horn	rhp	Vintage High, Napa, Calif.	6-4	218
98	Matt Thaiss	c	Virginia	6-0	195
99	Taylor Trammell	of	Mount Paran Christian School, Kennesaw, Ga.	6-2	195
100	Cole Stobbe	3b	Millard West High, Omaha	6-1	183