By Sean Duncan
Executive Director

It’s been a busy three months since the last overall Class of 2017 rankings update. The late summer and fall season, both on the state and national levels, have shed more light on this talented junior class. Our updated Top 300 Class of 2017 rankings reflect everything our boots-on-the-ground scouting staff has seen.

It is important to note that the PBR overall rankings only include the states that we intimately know from our scouting staff. The updated Top 300 Class of 2017 rankings is comprised of our current 27-state coverage area, which now includes all New England states.

The 2017 class continues to get deeper in talent as more and more prospects have emerged recently.  There are lots of new names in the updated rankings, including the top 10. From top to bottom, there have been significant shakeups in the overall rankings.

Starting at the top, there’s a new No. 1 overall prospect: 1B/OF Alejandro Toral (Archbishop McCarthy HS, FL). The physical 6-foot-1, 215-pound Miami recruit has continually showed elite left-handed power on the biggest national stages.

While Toral jumps three spots, SS Mark Vientos (Flanagan HS, FL) slides down to No. 2 after previously holding the top spot. The highly projectable 6-foot-3, 175-pound Vientos joins Toral in Miami’s stellar 2017 recruiting class.

OF/RHP Jordon Adell (Ballard HS, KY) features the most electric tools in the 2017 class, reminiscent of Monte Harrison (Lee’s Summit West HS, MO) in the 2014 class. The 6-foot-3 Louisville recruit runs a 6.5, was clocked in the mid-90s from the outfield, has been as high as 95 on the mound, with arguably the best bat speed in the class. Adell isn’t the only Kentucky product in the top 10, as 6-foot-9 RHP Ben Jordan (West Carter HS, KY) is also one of the top prospects in the 2017 class. Jordan is still uncommitted.

Also holding firm in the top 10 are a pair of Louisiana prospects – OF/LHP Daniel Cabrera (John Curtis HS, LA) and RHP Blayne Enlow (St. Amant HS, LA) – both Louisiana State recruits. Cabrera is arguably the top two-way player in the class, while Enlow continues his upward trend as one of the fastest-rising right-handers in the country. Hulking 6-foot-6, 245-pound RHP Nicholas Storz (Poly Prep Country Day HS, NY) is another LSU recruit who remains in the top 10 as well.

Three more Florida prospects round out the top 10, including a pair of newcomers. LHP Jordan Butler (Alonso HS, FL), a Florida recruit, has been a mainstay in the overall rankings for more than a year. The biggest riser in the country is LHP Jake Eder (Atlantic HS, FL), a hard-throwing 6-foot-4, 210-pounder who has recently emerged as one of the nation’s top prospects after he topped out at 93 mph in October. A relatively unknown prospect prior, Eder is still uncommitted.  SS Freddie Zamora (Miami Killian HS, FL) is arguably the top defensive shortstop in the class and climbs into the top 10.

Outside the top 10, there were many big risers, led by OF Quentin Holmes (McClancy Memorial HS, NY), SS Francis Villaman (Olympia HS, FL), RHP/3B Joseph Perez (American Heritage HS, FL), RHP/SS Ben Casparius (Staples HS, CT), CJ Van Eyk (Steinbrenner HS, FL), RHP Conner Nurse (Washington HS, WV), 3B Buddy Kennedy (Millville HS, NJ), INF/OF Leugim Castillo (Lancaster HS, NY), SS Jeter Downs (SLAM Charter HS, FL) and RHP Austin Marozas (Plainfield South HS, IL), to name a few.

A look at the Top 20:

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Commitment
1	Alejandro Toral	FL	Archbishop McCarthy	2017	1B	Miami
2	Mark Vientos	FL	Flanagan	2017	SS	Miami
3	Jordon Adell	KY	Ballard	2017	OF	Louisville
4	Daniel Cabrera	LA	John Curtis	2017	OF	Louisiana State
5	Jake Eder	FL	Atlantic	2017	LHP
6	Ben Jordan	KY	West Carter	2017	RHP
7	Jordan Butler	FL	Alonso	2017	LHP	Florida
8	Blayne Enlow	LA	St Amant	2017	RHP	Louisiana State
9	Freddie Zamora	FL	Miami Killian	2017	SS	Miami
10	Nicholas Storz	NY	Poly Prep Country Day	2017	RHP	Louisiana State
11	Quentin Holmes	NY	Msgr. McClancy Memorial	2017	OF	Mississippi State
12	Francis Villaman	FL	Olympia	2017	SS	Florida State
13	Jacob Pearson	LA	West Monroe	2017	OF	Mississippi State
14	Cal Greenfield	IL	St. Rita	2017	C	Florida
15	Robert Touron	FL	Gulliver Prep	2017	RHP	Miami
16	Joseph Perez	FL	American Heritage	2017	3B	South Florida
17	Tyler Ahearn	FL	Dwyer	2017	RHP	Florida State
18	Sam Carlson	MN	Burnsville	2017	RHP	Florida
19	Benjamin Casparius	CT	Staples	2017	RHP	North Carolina
20	Mason Doolittle	FL	Jupiter	2017	C	Louisiana State

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