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MaxPreps 2012 Top 100 High School Baseball Players, presented by New Balance

March 1, 2012 by MaxPreps, AZPreps365


Courtesy David Miller

Byron Buxton, Appling County

The 2012 version of the MaxPreps Top 100 Baseball Players is loaded with talented position players, but a pair of pitching teammates rank near the top of the list.

Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, Calif.) right-hander Lucas Giolito is the No. 1-ranked player in the nation and he is joined by teammate Max Fried, a left-hander, who comes in at No. 5. However pitchers consitute just 10 of the top 25 players among this year's group. Outfielders are the most represented among the postion players with seven, led by No. 2 overall Byron Buxton of Appling County (Baxley, Ga.).

California has the most players among the Top 100 with 21 followed closely by Florida with 19. A total of 26 states are represented.

The following is the MaxPreps Top 100 Baseball Players, presented by New Balance.

RankNamePositionCollege
1Lucas GiolitoHarvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, CA)PUCLA
2Byron BuxtonAppling County (Baxley, GA)OFGeorgia
3Walker WeickelOlympia (Orlando, FL)P, INFMiami
4David DahlOak Mountain (Birmingham, AL)OFAuburn
5Max FriedHarvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, CA)LHP, OFUCLA
6Lance McCullersJesuit (Tampa, FL)P, SSFlorida
7Trey WilliamsValencia (CA)3B, SSPepperdine
8Joey GalloBishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV)3B, RHPLSU
9Matt SmoralSolon (OH)LHPNorth Carolina
10Gavin CecchiniBarbe (Lake Charles, LA)SSMississippi
11Albert AmoraMater Academy Charter (Hialeah Gardens, FL)OFMiami
12Lucas SimsBrookwood (Snellville, GA)P, SSClemson
13Stryker TrahanAcadiana (Lafayette, LA)CMississippi
14Addison RussellPace (FL)INFAuburn
15Rio RuizBishop Amat (La Puente, CA)INFUSC
16Hunter VirantCamarillo (CA)PUCLA
17Nick WilliamsBall (Galveston, TX)OFTexas
18C.J. HinojosaKlein Collins (Spring, TX)SSTexas
19Duane UnderwoodPope (Marietta, GA)PGeorgia
20Mitchell TraverHouston Christian (Houston, TX)RHP, DHTCU
21Courtney HawkinsCarroll (Corpus Christi, TX)OF, RHPTexas
22Carson KellyWestview (Portland, OR)INF, RHPOregon