{"id":363707,"date":"2025-12-22T13:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/363707\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:41:07","slug":"new-additions-notable-risers-in-the-2027-top-100-college-draft-prospects-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/363707\/","title":{"rendered":"New Additions & Notable Risers In The 2027 Top 100 College Draft Prospects Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before flipping the page to the new year, Peter Flaherty has checked in with an update to Baseball America\u2019s ranking of the top college draft prospects for 2027<\/a> that expands the list from 50 to 100 players. <\/p>\n

There were risers and new names to know throughout the updated list, particularly in the back half.\u00a0Below, BA subscribers can read a rundown of notes on the key movers in the latest 2027 update.<\/p>\n

New Additions To The Top 100<\/p>\n

Genai Sato, RHP, Uncommitted (No. 16)<\/p>\n

Duke Stone, RHP, Mississippi State (No. 35)<\/p>\n

Hank Gomric, OF, St. Louis (No. 40)<\/p>\n

Ian Armstrong, C, Saint Mary\u2019s (No. 44)<\/p>\n

Easton Hawk<\/a>, RHP, UCLA (No. 45)<\/p>\n

Ryan McPherson, RHP, Mississippi State (No. 46)<\/p>\n

William Patrick<\/a>, OF, LSU (No. 49)<\/p>\n

Trent Grindlinger<\/a>, C, Tennessee (No. 51)<\/p>\n

Matt Ineich<\/a>, 2B\/SS, West Virginia (No. 52)<\/p>\n

Hogan Denny, UTL, Indiana (No. 53)<\/p>\n

Chris Ramirez<\/a>, SS, California Baptist (No. 55)<\/p>\n

Brenton Clark, OF, Arkansas (No. 56)<\/p>\n

Jake Souders, OF, Samford (No. 61)<\/p>\n

Linkin Garcia<\/a>, SS, Texas Tech (No. 63)<\/p>\n

Camron Seagraves<\/a>, RHP, North Carolina (No. 64)<\/p>\n

Charlie Willcox<\/a>, RHP, Georgia Tech (No. 65)<\/p>\n

Wade Walton<\/a>, RHP, High Point (No. 66)<\/p>\n

AJ Ciscar<\/a>, RHP, Miami (No. 68)<\/p>\n

Brayden Ricketts<\/a>, C, Indiana (No. 69)<\/p>\n

Brett Crossland<\/a>, RHP, Texas (No. 70)<\/p>\n

Cooper Rummel<\/a>, RHP, Texas (No. 71)<\/p>\n

Boston Kellner<\/a>, 3B\/OF, Texas A&M (No. 72)<\/p>\n

John Paone<\/a>, RHP, Virginia (No. 73)<\/p>\n

Henry Zatkowski, LHP, Virginia (No. 74)<\/p>\n

Evan Hankins<\/a>, 1B\/OF\/LHP, Tennessee (No. 75)<\/p>\n

Kai Decker<\/a>, RHP, Mercer (No. 76)<\/p>\n

Jackson Roper<\/a>, SS, Wake Forest (No. 77)<\/p>\n

Owen Jenkins<\/a>, C, Kentucky (No. 78)<\/p>\n

Danny Lachenmayer, LHP, LSU (No. 79)<\/p>\n

Brady Dallimore<\/a>, C\/OF, TCU (No. 80)<\/p>\n

Easton Barrett<\/a>, LHP, Arizona State (No. 81)<\/p>\n

Trever Baumler<\/a>, RHP, TCU (No. 82)<\/p>\n

Peter Mershon<\/a>, C\/OF, Mississippi State (No. 83)<\/p>\n

Jason Flores<\/a>, RHP, Texas (No. 84)<\/p>\n

Connor Gatwood<\/a>, RHP, Auburn (No. 85)<\/p>\n

Ty Mainolfi, 2B, Boston College (No. 86)<\/p>\n

William Kirk<\/a>, LHP, Mississippi State (No. 87)<\/p>\n

Aiden Harris<\/a>, OF, Virginia (No. 88)<\/p>\n

Ty Thompson<\/a>, SS, Auburn (No. 89)<\/p>\n

Owen Paino<\/a>, SS, Ole Miss (No. 90)<\/p>\n

Beau Hollins<\/a>, 1B, South Carolina (No. 91)<\/p>\n

Jackson Kircher<\/a>, RHP, Arkansas (No. 92)<\/p>\n

Donte Lewis<\/a>, OF\/RHP, Kansas State (No. 93)<\/p>\n

Everett Johnson<\/a>, OF, NC State (No. 94)<\/p>\n

Minjae Seo<\/a>, RHP, Florida (No. 95)<\/p>\n

Cade Arrambide<\/a>, C, LSU (No. 96)<\/p>\n

Connor Hamilton<\/a>, RHP, Vanderbilt (No. 97)<\/p>\n

Drew Rerick<\/a>, RHP, Oklahoma (No. 98)<\/p>\n

Ben Dean, RHP, Duke (No. 99)<\/p>\n

Mason Russell<\/a>, LHP, Arizona (No. 100)<\/p>\n

Notable Risers<\/p>\n

Genai Sato debuts in the teens after it was announced last week<\/a> that he would be forgoing the 2026 Nippon Professional Baseball draft and instead committing to a four-year school in the United States. He was dominant over the summer against Team USA\u2019s Collegiate National Team and collected strikeouts against a handful of top 2026 draft prospects, including Roch Cholowsky<\/a>. While he won\u2019t make his collegiate debut until 2027<\/a>, Sato is projected to play somewhere this summer.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Janicki<\/a> and Blaine Brown<\/a> jumped to No. 18 and No. 21, respectively, following continued positive feedback and impressive fall seasons. In the wake of an outstanding summer in the Cape Cod League with Chatham, Mississippi State righthander Duke Stone has positioned himself inside the top 40. A 6-foot-5 lefthanded hitter with physical projection remaining and the foundation for a well-rounded offensive profile in place, St. Louis outfielder Hank Gomric has also jumped inside the top 50<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Saint Mary\u2019s catcher Ian Armstrong has assumed the No. 47 spot in the wake of an excellent freshman season. The Gaels\u2019 backstop is one of the best defensive catchers in the class and has a solid hit-power combination.<\/p>\n

Righthanders Easton Hawk and Ryan McPherson have jumped to 45 and 46, respectively, after freshman seasons in which they cemented themselves as key pieces within their respective programs\u2019 pitching staffs. LSU outfielder William Patrick and Tennessee catcher Trent Grindlinger project early on as two of the top sophomore-eligible prospects in the class.<\/p>\n

West Virginia infielder Matt Ineich followed up a fantastic freshman season with a productive Northwoods League stint and a standout fall to jump to No. 52, while Indiana outfielder Hogan Denny paired a strong second half of the season with a big-time summer in the Northwoods League.<\/p>\n

California Baptist shortstop Chris Ramirez is an advanced defender at shortstop and perhaps the most difficult hitter in the class to strike out. After redshirting last season at Arkansas, outfielder Brenton Clark opened eyes over the summer in the California Collegiate League and rode that momentum into the fall to play himself in an optimal position to be an Opening Day starter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before flipping the page to the new year, Peter Flaherty has checked in with an update to Baseball…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-363707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}