End-of-the-Month Roundup: June

The month of June is always an exciting one for Prep Baseball Report in the state of Illinois. The high school season officially came to a close and with it the IHSA crowned a new set of state champions. The MLB Draft took place, and there were plenty of Illinois natives that heard their name called this year. PBR Illinois hosted a handful of events all throughout the month and continued to provide in-depth insight for the talent that attended them. In all, it was a very eventful month, and the summer is only just starting to heat up. 

On a national level, PBR has announced their annual player of the year and has begun to unveil the All-PBR Teams. Nathan Rode has also been busy with his podcasts ‘Coffee and Curveballs’ and ‘The Rode Show’ 

Prep Baseball Report is constantly pumping out content, and because of this it is easy to miss a lot of interesting material. This post is packed with convenient links and news from the past month. Check out what you may have missed below.

IHSA STATE FINALS

• 1A: Offense powers Marquette past Gibault Catholic for 1A crown

• 2A: Teutopolis wins second title in three years, knocks off Pleasant Plains 12-6

• 3A: Montini captures first ever state title in win over St. Laurence

• 4A: Drama packed title win for Edwardsville

• Final Illinois Power 25 Team Rankings: CLICK HERE
  
  

MLB DRAFT 2019

• Day 1 (6/3): Quinn Priester | Antoine Kelly

• Day 2 (6/4): Michael Massey | Tyler Fitzgerald | John Rave | Ben Brecht | Jalen Greer | Cooper Johnson | Drake Fellows | Tanner Gordon | Drew Millas | Brent Headrick | Tyler Schlaffer | Jack Yalowitz

• Day 3 (6/5): Recap
  
  

EVENT RECAPS

• Top Prospect - St. Louis (6/4): Statistical Analysis | Quick Hits

• Underclass Trials (6/5): Statistical Analysis | Quick Hits | OF | IF | C | P

• Fox River Open (6/11): Statistical Analysis | Quick Hits

• Top Prospect - Chicago (6/18): Statistical Analysis | Quick Hits

• Metro East Open (6/25): Statistical Analysis | Quick Hits 

STATE ACCOLADES

• All-State Teams: First | Second | Third

• Player of the Year: Matt McCormick 

• Final Class of 2019 Rankings: CLICK HERE
  
  

NATIONAL POV

• PBR Player of the Year: Brett Baty

• All-PBR Teams: First | Second (Coming Soon) | Third (Coming Soon)

• National Program Invitational: Home Page

• Coffee and Curveballs saw Nathan Rode and Dave Seifert recap the 2019 MLB Draft, highlighting some of their draft high points from teams like the Rockies, Angels, and Marlins.  

• The Rode Show included more 2019 MLB Draft insight as well as discussion surrounding the 2020 MLB Draft. USA Baseball’s own Frank Jagoda also came on to the show to provide more insight.

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