USA TODAY Sports Weekly

Top 30 prospects,

USA TODAY Sports’ top 30 draft-eligible prospects:

- Compiled by Frankie Piliere, Special for USA TODAY Sports

1. LHP A.J. Puk Florida (junior) Age: 21 Best tool: Fastball

2. OF Kyle Lewis Mercer (junior) Age: 20 Best tool: Power

3. OF Corey Ray Louisville (junior) Age: 21 Best tool: Speed

4. LHP Jason Groome Barnegat (N.J.) Age: 17 Best tool: Curveball

5. OF Mickey Moniak La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad, Calif.) Age: 18 Best tool: Hitting

6. RHP Riley Pint St. Thomas Aquinas (Shawnee Mission, Kan.) Age: 18 Best tool: Fastball

7. SS Delvin Perez Internatio­nal Baseball Academy (Puerto Rico) Age: 17 Best tool: Defense

8. 3B Nick Senzel Tennessee (junior) Age: 20 Best tool: Hitting

9. RHP Ian Anderson Shenendeho­wa High (Clifton Park, N.Y.) Age: 18 Best tool: Command

10. C Zack Collins Miami, Fla. (junior) Age: 21 Best tool: Power

11. LHP Braxton Garrett Florence (Ala.) Age: 18 Best tool: Curveball

12. RHP Dakota Hudson Mississipp­i State (junior) Age: 21 Best tool: Fastball

13. OF Blake Rutherford Chaminade College Prep (Canoga Park, Calif.) Age: 19 Best tool: Hitting

14. OF Alex Kirilloff Plum (Pittsburgh) Age: 18 Best tool: Power

15. LHP Joey Wentz Shawnee Mission East (Prairie Village, Kan.) Age: 18 Best tool: Command

16. RHP Matt Manning Sheldon (Sacramento) Age: 18 Best tool: Fastball

17. RHP Justin Dunn Boston College (junior) Age: 20 Best tool: Fastball

18. RHP Forrest Whitley Alamo Heights (San Antonio) Age: 18 Best tool: Fastball

19. 3B Josh Lowe Pope (Marietta, Ga.) Age: 18 Best tool: Power

20. SS Nolan Jones Holy Ghost Prep (Bensalem, Pa.) Age: 18 Best tool: Hitting

21. RHP Jordan Sheffield Vanderbilt (sophomore) Age: 21 Best tool: Fastball

22. RHP Cal Quantrill Stanford (junior) Age: 21 Best tool: Changeup

23. RHP Zack Burdi Louisville (junior) Age: 21 Best tool: Fastball

24. OF Will Benson The Westminste­r Schools (Atlanta) Age: 17 Best tool: Power

25. OF Bryan Reynolds Vanderbilt (junior) Age: 21 Best tool: Plate discipline

26. RHP Connor Jones Virginia (junior) Age: 21 Best tool: Sinker

27. RHP T.J. Zeuch Pittsburgh (junior) Age: 20 Best tool: Fastball

28. RHP Robert Tyler Georgia (junior) Age: 20 Best tool: Fastball

29. C Matt Thaiss Virginia (junior) Age: 21 Best tool: Hitting

30. RHP Jared Horn Vintage (Napa, Calif.) Age: 17 Best tool: Fastball

 ?? DAVID BANKS, USA TODAY SPORTS ?? Riley Pint is likely to be one of the first high school pitchers drafted.
DAVID BANKS, USA TODAY SPORTS Riley Pint is likely to be one of the first high school pitchers drafted.

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