Prep Baseball Report

Back to School: Top-100 Class of '24 prospects headed to campus


By Prep Baseball Draft HQ

In sending off the 2024 class, Prep Baseball presents the Top-100 'On Campus' Rankings, but first, here are some notes regarding these inbound freshmen as they begin to integrate themselves into their new home dugouts:

  • LSU plays the portal as well as any program right now, which balances out their expected losses in the MLB Draft. Though they got the cherries on top this offseason when three members of the Class of 2024 withdrew their names from the MLB Draft in July, ultimately committing their futures to Baton Rouge, bolstering this incoming prep class. They trail only the national champs in total number of top-100 commits (6), including the aforementioned trio ranked inside the top-25: No. 1-ranked RHP William Schmidt, No. 13 OF Derek Curiel, and No. 16 C Cade Arrambide. Schmidt is the gem of this entire class nationally, considering he was arguably the top-ranked prep arm in the Draft.
  • The SEC remains the (obvious) top dog, collecting nearly half of all top-100 recruits, and Tennessee has 10 percent of the entire list on their own. The reigning champs expectedly lost some of their championship-winning roster to the Draft, and some prep products were plucked before they had the chance to make it in Knoxville, but the Vols will still welcome some premium talent: No. 4-ranked RHP Tegan Kuhns, No. 9 RHP Brayden Krenzel, No. 26 SS Manny Marin, and No. 28 RHP Anson Siebert headline the 10 incoming top-100s. Tennessee ultimately has five recruits making it to campus from the top-50 overall, which is more top-50 recuits the Big Ten's signed combined.
  • Florida is bringing in some depth to blanket its roster in 2024-25, led by No. 20 RHP Jackson Barberi. He might be their lone top-25-ranked prep coming in, but they have four others headed to Gainesville where they'll join Barberi, three of whom are also prep righties.
  • Auburn created an interesting collection of inbound prep products (4) for themselves, led by No. 9-ranked RHP Connor Gatwood, from Alabama; No. 37 C Chase Fralick is another top-50 recruit headed their way.
  • Even though he's their lone top-100 incoming, Kentucky are still winners having held onto their top incoming prospect overall, No. 2 SS Tyler Bell, giving them a foundational up-the-middle piece to etch into their daily lineup.
  • Outside of the SEC, Virginia landed four top-100 prospects, including southpaws No. 19 William Kirk and No. 48 Tomas Valincius. They were also able to retain No. 46 OF James Nunnallee despite being selected in the 14th round of the MLB Draft by Milwaukee.
  • Wake Forest will get a tantalizing talent to work with on the mound in No. 7 RHP Chris Levonas, who was a Brewers second-round draft pick and he ultimately did not sign. They have two other top-40 incoming prospects headed their way in No. 32 SS Dalton Wentz and No. 38 RHP Duncan Marsten.
  • Miami has a lot to be happy with, having secured three incoming top-100 prospects, led by No. 23 OF Fabio Peralta; RHP Lazaro Collera and OF Michael Torres will also be headed Coral Gables.
  • It was successful haul for TCU too, bringing in two top-25-ranked players: OF Sawyer Strosnider and LHP Mason Brassfield. No. 43 OF Noah Franco is also headed to campus, and he was previously a highly regarded prospect who could certainly rebound into a Draft-type player inside the program.
  • Outside of Tennessee, Florida State was the lone program to have two top-15 players headed to Tallahassee. 1B Myles Bailey and C Hunter Carns are both quality in-state gets for the 'Noles.

Top Incoming, By Conference:

+ SEC: 47 (players ranked in the top-100)
+ ACC: 26
+ Big XII: 8
Big Ten: 7

Top Incoming, By Program:

1. Tennessee (10 players ranked in the top-100)
2. LSU (6)
3. Florida (5)
T-4. Auburn (4)
T-4. Oklahoma (4)
T-4. Virgina (4)


TOP-100 'ON CAMPUS' RANKINGS

RANK
PLAYER
STATE
POSITION
COLLEGE
1 William Schmidt LA RHP LSU
2 Tyler Bell IL SS Kentucky
3 Charlie Bates CA SS Stanford
4 Tegan Kuhns PA RHP  Tennessee
5 Anderson French PA  C Virginia Tech
6 Ty Head FL OF NC State
7 Chris Levonas NJ RHP Wake Forest
Connor Gatwood AL RHP Auburn
9 Brayden Krenzel IN RHP Tennessee
10 Garrett Shull OK OF Oklahoma State 
11 Owen Paino NY SS Ole Miss
12 Sawyer Strosnider TX OF TCU
13 Derek Curiel CA OF  LSU
14 Myles Bailey FL 1B Florida State
15 Hunter Carns FL C Florida State
16 Cade Arrambide TX C LSU 
17 Sawyer Farr TX SS Texas A&M
18 Jace Souza HI OF Texas Tech
19 William Kirk NJ  LHP Virginia
20 Jackson Barberi GA RHP Florida
21 Dax Whitney ID RHP Oregon State
22 Wylan Moss CA RHP UCLA
23 Fabio Peralta FL OF Miami
24 Mason Brassfield CA LHP TCU
25 TP Wentworth CA OF Clemson
26 Manny Marin FL SS  Tennessee
27 Michael Ryan LA SS LSU
28 Anson Siebert KS RHP Tennessee
29 Michael Mullinax GA OF Georgia
30 Rustan Rigdon GA SS Vanderbilt
31 Jake Hanley OH 1B/RHP Indiana
32 Dalton Wentz VA  SS Wake Forest
33 Cole Gibler MO LHP Arkansas
34 Joshua Whritenour FL RHP Florida 
35 Drew Dickerson MO SS Oklahoma
36 Alex Hernandez GA 3B Georgia Tech
37 Chase Fralick GA  C Auburn
38 Duncan Marsten CA RHP Wake Forest
39 Casan Evans TX RHP LSU 
40  Mavrick Rizy MA RHP LSU
41 Levi Clark GA C Tennessee
42 Arnold Abernathy Jr. GA SS Tennessee
43 Noah Franco FL OF TCU
44 Mason Russell AZ LHP Arizona
45 Burke Mabeus NV C Oregon
46 James Nunnallee VA OF Virginia
47 Dylan Volantis CA LHP USC
48 Tomas Valincius TN LHP Virginia
49 Jack DeTienne WI RHP Xavier
50 Brayton Thomas IN LHP Indiana
51 Talan Bell FL LHP Clemson
52 Michael Catalano TX RHP Oklahoma
53 Cole Crafton WI OF Louisville
54 Saxon Roberts TN RHP Auburn
55 Carson Wiggins OK RHP Arkansas
56 Tague Davis KY 1B Louisville
57 Jack Brown IN RHP Louisville
58 Jack Nobe MO RHP Xavier
59 Schuyler Sanford FL RHP Florida
60 Maximo Martinez CA SS USC
61 Jack Haferkamp CA OF UC Santa Barbara
62 Athan Kroll CO RHP Dallas Baptist
63 Bryce Navarre TX LHP Texas
64 Cade Townsend CA RHP Ole Miss
65 Jayce Lee IN OF Notre Dame
66 Nic Abraham CA RHP  Tennessee
67 Mitch Haythorn CO RHP Oklahoma
68 Anthony Quigley FL OF South Florida
69 Sam Erickson TX OF Texas A&M
70 Nolan Traeger TX C TCU
71 Smith Bailey AZ RHP Arizona
72 Jason Flores TX RHP Texas
73 Austin Irby VA 3B East Carolina
74 Charlie Foster GA LHP Mississippi State 
75 Connor Shouse GA SS Georgia Tech
76 Brodie Johnston TN SS Vanderbilt
77 Aidan King FL RHP Florida
78  Brayden Bergman TX RHP Baylor
79 Blaine Rowland FL RHP Florida
80 Bryce Clavon TX  SS Georgia
81 Jaxon Walker TN OF Tennessee
82 Tatum Marsh CA OF Stanford
83 Andrew DuMont MO RHP Tennessee
84 Hayden Federico LA SS Ole Miss
85 Logan de Groot CA OF UCLA
86 Lazaro Collera FL RHP Miami
87 Brady Kehlenbrink MO LHP Mizzou 
88 Aiden Harris VA 3B Virginia
89 Lance Davis AR RHP Arkansas
90 Landon Victorian LA RHP  Oklahoma
91 Jimmy Janicki IL C Troy
92 Addison Klepsch CA SS Auburn
93 Kasen Khansarinia CA UTL UCLA
94 Perry Hargett NC SS North Carolina
95 Adam Haight WA SS Oregon State
96 AJ Evasco NE 1B Kansas State
97 Tate Strickland GA  RHP Tennessee
98 Michael Torres FL OF Miami
99 Dane Moehler GA RHP Clemson
100 D'Marion Terrell AL OF/1B Auburn

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