2019 18U Trials, High School All-Star Game Rosters Announced

Image credit: Dylan Crews (Photo by Bill Mitchell)

With the culmination of the inaugural Prospect Development Pipeline League, USA Baseball has cut down a roster of 80 players who were evaluated for almost a month in Bradenton, Fla., to a 40-man roster for the 18U National Team Trials.

The final, 20-man roster will eventually be decided from the 40-man group, which will head to Korea to take part in the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 World Cup. While there, Team USA will look to win gold for the ninth straight year.

The 40 players will also take part in a high school All-Star game in Cleveland for MLB’s All-Star Weekend on Saturday, July 6. You can watch the game live on MLB.com at 1:30 p.m. ET. Below you can see the full rosters.

American League

Dylan Crews, OF, Lake Mary (Fla.) HS
Enrique Bradfield, OF, American Heritage HS, Plantation, Fla.
Petey Halpin, OF, St. Francis HS, La Canada, Calif.
Cayden Wallace, 3B, Greenbrier (Ark.) HS
Kevin Parada, C, Loyola HS, Los Angeles
Nolan McLean, RHP/INF, Garner (N.C.) Magnet HS
Milan Tolentino, SS, Santa Margarita HS, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
Drew Romo, C, The Woodlands (Texas) HS
Jordan Walker, 3B, Decatur (Ga.) HS
Yohandy Morales, SS, Braddock HS, Miami
Aaron Nixon, MIF, McAllen (Texas) HS
Hunter Haas, SS/3B, Corona del Sol HS, Tempe, Ariz.
Max Rajcic, RHP, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran
Cam Brown, RHP, Flower Mound (Texas) HS
Jared Jones, RHP/OF, La Mirada (Calif.) HS
Luke Wagner, LHP, Red Land HS, Lewisberry, Pa.
Lucas Gordon, LHP, Notre Dame HS, Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Max Carlson, RHP, Burnsville (Minn.) HS
Alex Santos, RHP, Mount St. Michael Academy, Bronx, N.Y.
**Carson Montgomery, RHP, Windermere (Fla.) HS
**Tanner Witt, 3B/RHP, Episcopal HS, Bellaire, Texas

National League

Robert Hassell, OF, Independence HS, Thompson’s Station, Tenn.
Austin Hendrick, OF, West Alleghany HS, Imperial, Pa.
AJ Vukovich, 3B, East Troy (Wisc.) HS
Drew Bowser, SS, Harvard-Westlake HS, Studio City, Calif.
Jack Bulger, C, DeMatha HS, Hyattsville, Md.
Ed Howard, SS, Mount Carmel (Ill.) HS
Colby Halter, RHP, Bishop Kenny HS, Jacksonville
Colten Keith, SS/RHP, Biloxi (Miss.) HS
Jackson Miller, C, Mitchell HS, New Port Richey, Fla.
Robert Moore, SS, Shawnee Mission (Kan.) East HS
Tyler Soderstrom, C, Turlock (Calif.) HS
Cason Tucker, SS, Mountain Pointe HS, Phoenix
Mick Abel, RHP, RHP, Jesuit HS, Portland
Nate Savino, LHP, Potomac Falls HS, Sterling, Va.
Ben Hernandez, RHP, De La Salle HS, Concord, Calif.
Kyle Harrison, LHP, De La Salle HS, Concord, Calif.
Timmy Manning, LHP, Cardinal Gibbons HS, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Carson Swilling, RHP, Smiths (Ala.) Station HS
Jason Savacool, RHP, Baldwinsville (N.Y.) HS
Cade Horton, SS, Norman (Okla.) HS
Dax Fulton, LHP, Mustang (Okla.) HS
**Tre Morgan, 1B, Brother Martin HS, New Orleans
**Michael Brown, 1B, Vacaville (Calif.) HS

**designates alternates

Seven players competing in the High School All-Star game will also take part in a High School Home Run Derby on Sunday, July 7. They will also be joined by 2020 infielder Blaze Jordan (DeSoto Central HS, Southaven, Miss.), who did not participate in the PDP League but has some of the biggest raw power in the prep class. The full field of Home Run Derby participants is below.

Home Run Derby Field

Michael Brown
Robert Hassell
Austin Hendrick
Blaze Jordan
Nolan McLean
Yohandy Morales
AJ Vukovich
Jordan Walker

18U Trials Roster

The 2019 18U National Team Trials will be held in Los Angeles from August 13-17 this year, as the 18U staff will have to whittle down a 40-man trials roster t oa 20-man final roster for the 2019 WBSC U-18 World Cup, which takes place from August 30-September 8.

“We are extremely honored to announce this group,” said 18U National Team Director Frank Jagoda in a press release. “We could not be prouder of the effort that all 80 players put forth over the past four weeks. This was an incredibly difficult decision and speaks volumes to the depth of talent our country has to offer. The hard work truly begins now and we cannot wait to get back together in Los Angeles in August.”

The full trials roster is below: