DP Player Rankings > 2017

As the year's pile up, so do the names of players we run across that have a chance to make an impact past high school. This is actually the 5th ranking of a promising group plus legit talent coming into their approaching of their final countdown. Enjoy our slotting of 250+ players that have been identified, then a "Watch List" category too. This ra...

-TOP 20 Overall-

As we have looked back to year's past, it is a fun exercise to see how we did on previous overall rankings now that many of their careers have taken shape beyond high school. Below is 2017's edition of our Top 20 taking into account the two-way prowess of some, what they have accomplished to this point and how they project down...

-TOP 20 Overall-

As we have looked back to year's past, it is a fun exercise to see how we did on previous overall rankings now that many of their careers have taken shape beyond high school. Below is 2017's edition of our Top 20 taking into account the two-way prowess of some, what they have accomplished to this point and how they project down...

Some of the names on this board have accomplished quite a bit at the prep level and/or on the travel ball circuit, others have flashed a tool that excited a DP scout or college coach. We have chopped this class up into positions...In all, we ranked 200+ players while also creating a watch list in this 2017 class too. Our Top 20 Overall is produced ...

Some of the names on this board have accomplished quite a bit at the prep level and/or on the travel ball circuit, others have flashed a tool that excited a DP scout or college coach. We have chopped this class up into positions...In all, we ranked 200+ players while also creating a watch list in this 2017 class too. Our Top 20 Overall is produced ...

In the past few years we have made a listing of the freshman group. BUT because we are so excited about this 2020 class, we decided to slot them by position, followed by a long list of youngsters that are on the landscape with plenty of time to develop, 75+ prospects in all! And this class of talent seems to grow by the day! For those naysayers, ke...

In the past few years we have made a listing of the freshman group. BUT because we are so excited about this 2020 class, we decided to slot them by position, followed by a long list of youngsters that are on the landscape with plenty of time to develop, 50+ in all! For those naysayers, keep in mind we are ranking young teenagers...if history serves...

Each year, our favorite ranking to produce is this one. We surveyed some pretty important people in the baseball universe and put names to paper in a multitude of categories. No other poll that DP publishes is more enjoyable than this one, history proves we have hit more than we have missed! How did we do in 2017? You be the judge...

-Position Pla...

DP's ranking of youngsters have historically been a grouping that expands as the year's pile up, which proves true each time we head to the ballpark. A number of these names are established, some are still making their way in the game. Only time will tell what becomes of these Top 250+ prospects in the rising junior class!

-Diamond Rankings: Class...