Unsigned 2019 BA 500 Prep Players Headed To College

Image credit: Jack Leiter (Photo by Bill Mitchell)

The signing deadline for the draft passed last Friday and we now can see officially which top high school players are headed to college in the fall.

Below is a chart of all the high school players who ranked in the BA 500 who did not sign pro contracts.

New Jersey prep righthander Jack Leiter, who was No. 21 on the BA 500, was the highest ranked player not to sign. Leiter, the son of former All-Star Al Leiter, was always strongly committed to Vanderbilt and that did not change after the Yankees, which also drafted his father, selected him in the 20th round.

The top unsigned position player was Tennessee prep outfielder Maurice Hampton, who will instead play both baseball and football at Louisiana State. He was drafted in the 23rd round by the Padres, but his football commitment made him an especially tough sign. He plays cornerback in football and is also rated as a top-100 football recruit by 247 Sports.

Vanderbilt leads all schools with nine players from the BA 500 in its incoming freshman class. Mississippi and Mississippi State follow with seven and Florida, which had the No. 1 class in the fall 2019 recruiting class rankings, has six.

Overall, 119 high school players in the BA 500 did not sign pro contracts, 14 less than last year. Of those players, 50 are committed to schools in the SEC, accounting for 42 percent of the unsigned BA 500 recruits. ACC schools will take in 20 unsigned BA 500 recruits, the Pac-12 will get 17 and the Big 12 will land 15.

Rank	Name	Position	Commitment
21	Jack Leiter	RHP	Vanderbilt
32	Hunter Barco	LHP	Florida
35	Maurice Hampton	OF	Louisiana State
38	Brooks Lee	SS	Cal Poly
41	Bryce Osmond	RHP	Oklahoma State
62	Jerrion Ealy	OF	Mississippi
69	Riley Cornelio	RHP	Texas Christian
78	Spencer Jones	LHP/1B	Vanderbilt
79	Cade Doughty	3B	Louisiana State
85	Chris Newell	OF	Virginia
89	Sammy Faltine	RHP/SS	Texas
91	Will Rigney	RHP	Baylor
98	Brett Thomas	RHP	South Carolina
101	Michael Curialle	SS	UCLA
103	Hayden Dunhurst	C	Mississippi
113	Antoine Harris	RHP	New Orleans
116	Myles Austin	SS	Alabama
119	Hayden Mullins	LHP	Auburn
126	Mack Anglin	RHP	Clemson
130	Jonathan French	C	Clemson
134	Brennan Milone	SS	South Carolina
140	Sebastian Keane	RHP	Northeastern
142	Joseph Charles	RHP	North Carolina
144	Connor Walsh	SS	Mississippi
147	Andrew McDaniel	RHP	Mississippi
159	Seth Tomczak	RHP	Arizona State
165	Dylan Eskew	RHP	Miami
168	Carter Rustad	RHP	San Diego
172	Jacob Meador	RHP	Texas Christian
178	Carter Young	SS	Vanderbilt
186	Alex McFarlane	RHP	Miami
190	Will Bednar	RHP	Mississippi State
194	Tyler Nesbitt	RHP	Florida
198	Landon Sims	RHP	Mississippi State
200	Bobby Zmarzlak	OF	Maryland
210	Nathaniel LaRue	C/RHP	Auburn
219	Blake Mayfield	RHP	Texas A&M
227	Michael Prosecky	LHP	Louisville
230	Hylan Hall	OF	Miami
231	Jared Southard	RHP	Texas
233	Brandon Sproat	RHP	Florida
235	Jason Hodges	OF/1B	Arkansas
240	Cameron Meeks	RHP	McNeese State
241	Andre Duplantier	RHP/3B	Texas
245	Tres Gonzalez	OF	Georgia Tech
249	Armani Sanchez	SS	Oklahoma
250	Mason Barnett	RHP	Auburn
252	Brandon Walker	RHP	Florida State
256	Chandler Freeman	3B	Dallas Baptist
260	Alex Milazzo	C	Louisiana State
261	Hayden Travinski	C	Louisiana State
265	Randon Hostert	RHP	Utah
266	Austin Plante	OF	Texas Christian
270	Derek Diamond	RHP	Mississippi
275	Maxwell Romero Jr.	C	Vanderbilt
276	Trevor Hinkel	RHP	Pepperdine
284	Nate Rombach	C	Texas Tech
286	Chad Knight	C	Duke
287	Michael Carpentier Jr.	C	Arizona State
293	Henry Gargus	1B	Stanford
300	Connor Phillips	RHP	Louisiana State
301	Ramsey David	RHP	Auburn
305	Andre Tarver	OF	Mississippi State
312	Logan Tanner	C/RHP	Mississippi State
313	K.C. Hunt	RHP/OF	Mississippi State
323	Emanuel Dean	OF	UCLA
329	Chris McElvain	RHP	Vanderbilt
333	Joshua Rivera	3B	Florida
339	Zachary Lee	RHP	Kentucky
341	John Rhys Plumlee	OF	Mississippi
353	Trace Bright	RHP	Auburn
354	Josh Hahn	LHP/1B	UCLA
356	Evan Vanek	RHP	Texas A&M
363	Owen Diodati	C/1B	Alabama
364	Nathan Hickey	C	Florida
365	Nate Weeldreyer	RHP	Washington
369	Aaron Roberts	RHP	California
370	Trey Lafleur	OF	Mississippi
373	Christian Ruebeck	RHP	Oklahoma
374	Dawson Netz	RHP	Arizona
376	Connor Beichler	SS	Oklahoma
378	Matt McCormick	C	West Virginia
379	Cesar Valero	SS	Oregon State
385	Grant Norris	SS	Duke
392	Eli Saul	RHP	Sacramento State
393	Jake Bennett	LHP	Oklahoma
398	Jason Diaz	RHP	Miami
400	Kody Huff	SS/C	Stanford
403	Jashia Morrissey	RHP/2B	Cal State Bakersfield
406	Kellan Tulio	LHP	Louisville
407	Chris Villaman	LHP	North Carolina State
410	Michael Doolin	RHP	Vanderbilt
411	Reggie Crawford	1B/LHP	Connecticut
413	Kurtis Byrne	C	Texas Christian
415	Kyte McDonald	OF	Mississippi State
416	Logan Britt	OF	Texas A&M
419	Will Childers	RHP	Georgia
433	Morgan Colopy	OF	Cincinnati
442	Cameron Wagoner	RHP/OF	Eastern Michigan
443	Mason Auer	OF/RHP	Missouri State
448	Jose Torres	SS	North Carolina State
450	Will Frisch	RHP	Oregon State
451	Max Cotier	SS	Virginia
452	Dylan Brewer	OF	Clemson
453	Isaac Nunez	SS	Florida
456	Jimmy Obertop	C	Michigan
457	Quinn Mathews	LHP	Stanford
458	Parker Noland	3B	Vanderbilt
475	Tate Ballestero	C	Virginia
477	Brock Jones	OF	Stanford
478	J.J. Cruz	SS	Cal State Fullerton
479	Darius Perry	C	UCLA
480	Davis Rokose	LHP	Mississippi State
482	Sam Hliboki	RHP	Vanderbilt
485	Jared Karros	RHP	UCLA
486	Jax Cash	C	South Carolina
138	Zachary Maxwell	RHP	Georgia Tech
491	Bryson Ewaliko	RHP	Central Arizona JC
492	Tyler McKenzie	SS	Vanderbilt