Jordon Banfield
Arizona Scouting Director 

We at PBR Arizona are excited to release our initial class of 2018 top 30 state rankings. The top four prospects in the state were also featured in our recently released PBR Draft 100. The Arizona rankings feature the nation's top overall draft prospect in LHP Matthew Liberatore (Mountain Ridge), followed by 3B Nolan Gorman (O'Connor), SS Jonathan Ornelas (Kellis) and RHP Ian Mejia (Sahuarita). Liberatore, Gorman and Mehia are committed to Arizona, Ornelas to Tennessee. They are joined in the top 10 by three Arizona State commits and one each to Grand Canyon and Utah. OF Brennen Davis (Basha) is the state's highest ranked prospect who has yet to make a verbal commitment.

In the coming weeks we will also be releasing rankings for the classes of 2019, 2020 and 2021. If we haven't had a chance to see you play you can sign up for our upcoming Fall Prospect Showcase, October 29th at the Kansas City Royals Complex in Surprise for a chance to be seen. As always PBR will also be out scouting all of the major upcoming events. If you have any commitment or other relevant information please don't hesitate to reach out to [email protected] or @PBRArizona on Twitter.

CLAss of 2018

RANK	NAME	STATE	SCHOOL	CLASS	POS	COMMITMENT
1	Matthew Liberatore	AZ	Mountain Ridge	2018	LHP	Arizona
2	Nolan Gorman	AZ	Sandra Day O'Connor	2018	3B	Arizona
3	Jonathan Ornelas	AZ	Kellis	2018	SS	Tennessee
4	Ian Mejia	AZ	Sahuarita	2018	RHP	Arizona
5	Tyler Woessner	AZ	Pinnacle	2018	RHP	Arizona State
6	Chase Webster	AZ	Mesquite	2018	RHP	Arizona State
7	Brennen Davis	AZ	Basha	2018	OF
8	Leo Palacios	AZ	Carl Hayden	2018	LHP	Grand Canyon
9	David Watson	AZ	Mesquite	2018	RHP	Utah
10	Sasha Sneider	AZ	Thunderbird	2018	LHP	Arizona State
11	Ty Pohlmann	AZ	Perry	2018	RHP	Nevada-Las Vegas
12	Cole Yocum	AZ	Skyline	2018	LHP	Utah Valley
13	Calvin Schapira	AZ	Pinnacle	2018	LHP	Southern California
14	Jayce Easley	AZ	Sandra Day O'Connor	2018	SS	Oregon State
15	Kevin Jimenez	AZ	Nogales	2018	SS	New Mexico State
16	Colton Cassinelli	AZ	Queen Creek	2018	C	Washington
17	George Arias	AZ	Tucson	2018	RHP	Arizona
18	Mason Gray	AZ	Pinnacle	2018	RHP	Utah Valley
19	CJ Schwauwecker	AZ	Pinnacle	2018	1B	Grand Canyon
20	Troy Balko	AZ	Sunrise Mountain	2018	RHP
21	Seth Beckstead	AZ	Basha	2018	C	Grand Canyon
22	Bobby Meza	AZ	Red Mountain	2018	RHP	Yavapai JC
23	Conner Thurman	AZ	Red Mountain	2018	RHP	Arizona
24	Chris Barraza	AZ	Sahuarita	2018	RHP	New Mexico State
25	Dante DeNiro	AZ	Catalina Foothills	2018	C	Grand Canyon
26	Tyler Kelly	AZ	Mingus	2018	SS	New Mexico
27	Reid McLaughlin	AZ	Desert Mountain	2018	OF	Brigham Young
28	Alex Kelch	AZ	Tucson Magnet	2018	SS	San Diego
29	Isaiah Montoya	AZ	Liberty	2018	LHP
30	Jonny Weaver	AZ	Mountain Pointe	2018	SS	Grand Canyon