2027 Player Rankings
December 18, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - After a year of hosting events and seeing the rising freshman class matriculate into high school and complete their first fall, we are please to introduce our initial Class of 2027 Player Rankings for California.
Over the course of the year we saw many very talented 2027's at Prep Baseball events with the crescendo coming at the Jr. Future Games in LakePoint, GA. As we moved into the fall we saw many more players at the California State Games and the Underclass Games both in SoCal and NorCal.
This list will undoubtedly grow and change over time as players all grow and develop on their individual timelines and some hit their stride sooner than others. Consider the list more of an intitial framework for the Class of 2027, a framework that will almost certainly see it's foundation built and developed over the next four years.
Without further delay, we are pleased to present the Top 50 players in the Class of 2027 in California.
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CLASS OF 2027 TOP FIVE
Rank | Player | POS | School | Commitment |
1 | Jared Grindlinger | LHP/1B | Huntington Beach | TCU |
2 | Matthew Kelley | SS | Carlsbad | Miami |
3 | Carter Hadnot | SS | Aquinas | Miami |
4 | Bear Calvo | SS/RHP | La Mirada | Uncommitted |
5 | Logan Schmidt | LHP | Villa Park | Uncommitted |
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CLASS OF 2027 BY THE NUMBERS:
Top Positions:
Pitchers (19) - includes two-way | Shortstop (14) | OF (13)
Committed Players: 7
Jr. Future Games Participants: 6
UPCOMING EVENTS
Showcase | State | Date | Location |
Orange County Preseason ID | CA | 01/04 | JSerra High School - San Juan Capistrano |
SoCal Preseason All-State: Underclass (Invite-Only) | CA | 01/06 | Temescal Canyon HS - Lake Elsinore, CA |
SoCal Preseason All-State: Upperclass (Invite-Only) | CA | 01/07 | Temescal Canyon HS- Lake Elsinore, CA |
Fresno Preseason ID | CA | 01/14 | Fresno Pacific University - Fresno, CA |
Bay Area Preseason ID | CA | 01/21 | College of San Mateo - San Mateo, CA |
Inland Empire Preseason ID | CA | 01/21 | Santiago High School - Corona, CA |
NorCal Preseason All-State (Invite-Only) | CA | 01/27 | Mission College - Santa Clara, CA |
Sacramento Preseason ID | CA | 01/28 | William Jessup University - Rocklin, CA |
East Bay Preseason ID | CA | 02/04 | Chabot College - Hayward, CA |
MORE PREP BASEBALL NEWS
- CA Future Games Spotlight: '26 RHP Blake Killinger 10/03/24
- CA Uncommitted Spotlight: '25 OF/C Joshua Brown 10/03/24
- CA Future Games Spotlight: '26 Corwin Allard 10/02/24
- CA Uncommitted Spotlight: '26 RHP/OF Tristan Ramos 10/02/24
- CA Future Games Spotlight: '26 SS/2B Jack Champlin 10/01/24
- CA Uncommitted Spotlight: '25 RHP/INF Wren Woods 10/01/24
- CA SoCal Underclass Top Prospects Quick Hits 9/30/24
- CA Uncommitted Spotlight: '26 INF/RHP Julian Oliver 9/27/24
- CA Future Games Spotlight: '26 Kai Van Scoyoc 9/27/24
- CA Future Games Spotlight: '26 C/RHP Gino Cappellazzo 9/26/24