By Sean Duncan
Executive Director
 
Farewell, Class of 2017.  

It’s been a pleasure scouting you for the last four years. But now that the 2017 MLB Amateur Draft has passed, it’s time to officially close the books on this richly deep and talented class with our final Top 400 Class of 2017 Overall Rankings.

It’s important to note that our overall rankings only includes prospects within the Prep Baseball Report 34-state coverage area, and therefore differs from the PBR Draft 100. It’s also important to note that where players were selected in the draft didn’t affect the rankings order, as players slide and climb due to signability considerations, among other factors. 

With all that said, this 2017 class finished with LHP Mackenzie Gore (Whiteville HS, NC) as the No. 1 overall prospect. The highly athletic left-hander, who was selected No. 3 overall by the Padres, enjoyed a meteoric rise throughout the year thanks to an electric arsenal. 

Few players saw their stocks climb more during the spring than OF Austin Beck (North Davidson HS, NC) and SS Chris Seise (West Orange HS, FL), who both jumped into the top 10 and eventually became first-round selections.

Other big risers during the spring season included RHP Matt Tabor (Milton Academy HS, MA), OF Mason House (Whitehouse HS, TX), RHP Steven Jennings (DeKalb County HS, TN), RHP James Marinan (Park Vista HS, FL), LHP Seth Lonsway (Celina HS, OH), RHP Cade Cavalli (Bixby HS, OK) and Freddy Tarnok (Riverview HS, FL), to name a few.

Enough reading about it.

Here’s a look at the top 20:

RANK	NAME	STATE	SCHOOL	CLASS	POS	COMMITMENT
1	MacKenzie Gore	NC	Whiteville	2017	LHP	East Carolina
2	Shane Baz	TX	Concordia Lutheran	2017	RHP	Texas Christian
3	Blayne Enlow	LA	St Amant	2017	RHP	Louisiana State
4	Austin Beck	NC	North Davidson	2017	OF	North Carolina
5	Jordon Adell	KY	Ballard	2017	OF	Louisville
6	Sam Carlson	MN	Burnsville	2017	RHP	Florida
7	Chris Seise	FL	West Orange	2017	SS	Central Florida
8	M.J. Melendez	FL	Westminster Christian	2017	C	Florida International
9	Mark Vientos	FL	American Heritage	2017	SS	Miami
10	Brady McConnell	FL	Merritt Island	2017	SS	Florida
11	Ryan Vilade	OK	Stillwater	2017	SS	Oklahoma State
12	Joseph Boyle	KY	North Oldham	2017	RHP	Notre Dame
13	Quentin Holmes	NY	Msgr. McClancy	2017	OF	Mississippi State
14	Matt Tabor	MA	Milton Academy	2017	RHP	Elon
15	Conner Uselton	OK	Southmoore	2017	OF	Oklahoma State
16	Jeter Downs	FL	Pace	2017	SS	Miami
17	Steven Jennings	TN	DeKalb County	2017	RHP	Mississippi
18	Landon Leach	ON	Pickering	2017	RHP	Texas
19	Alex Scherff	TX	Colleyville Heritage	2017	RHP	Texas A&M
20	Adam Oviedo	TX	Alvarado	2017	SS	Texas Christian

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