Sean McGrath
Scouting Director, New Jersey

Prep Baseball Report New Jersey has been working diligently since June to provide coverage of the state's high school baseball scene and is finally ready to release its initial 2017 Player Rankings. Additionally, with the return of LHP Jason Groome, PBR's #1 ranked prospect, the 2016 class rankings have been shaken up and expanded. The 2016 Player Rankings has been expanded to feature 165 prospects.

Here is the initial 2017 Top Ten

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Commitment
1	Devin Ortiz	NJ	St. Joseph Regional	2017	RHP	Virginia
2	Andrew Papantonis	NJ	Delbarton	2017	SS	Virginia
3	Brandon Jenkins	NJ	Sterling	2017	RHP	Campbell
4	Buddy Kennedy	NJ	Millville	2017	3B
5	David LaManna	NJ	Bergen Catholic	2017	C
6	Zachary Dreznin	NJ	Bergen Catholic	2017	RHP
7	Justin Willis	NJ	St. Joseph	2017	RHP
8	Rich Racobaldo	NJ	Washington Twp	2017	RHP
9	Eric Heatter	NJ	Monroe Twp	2017	LHP	Rutgers
10	Jamil Vanheyningen	NJ	Seton Hall Prep	2017	RHP

Here is the entire initial 2017 player rankings...