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State Champs! top 100 Michigan baseball players for 2019
As a cold-weather state, Michigan doesn’t produce the same levels of baseball draft talent as, say, Florida or California, or other states where kids can play year-round. But it still produces its share, and this year is no different, as there are several Michigan high school players ranked among the nation’s best. This list is assembled with an eye on both projectablity and prospect rankings (to both colleges and the pros), as well as production throughout their high school careers on the field. For comparison’s sake, each player is listed with their ranking from the two most reputable scouting sites, Perfect Game (PG) and Prep Baseball Report (PBR).
1 LUKE LETO
High school: Portage Central
Position: SS/RHP
Size: 6-foot-2, 190 pounds
Graduation year: 2021
College: Louisiana State
Class rankings: PG 1, PBR 1
Leto isn’t just the top-ranked player in Michigan, he’s the No. 1 shortstop prospect in the 2021 class, and the No. 2 overall player in the nation, according to Perfect Game. A lefty hitter that throws right-handed, and in the low-90s, Leto is a true two-way player with tremendous athleticism. As a freshman, Leto hit .524 with 13 extra-base hits, 13 RBI and 35 runs scored, posting an OPS of .602, slugging .761 and an OPS of 1.364. And it’s not like LSU coach Paul Mainieri has had bad luck with highly decorated players from Michigan (See: D.J. LeMahieu).
2 COLIN CZAJKOWSKI
High school: Brownstown Woodhaven
Position: LHP
Size: 6-foot-4, 195 pounds
Graduation year 2019
Honors: Second-team D1 all-state 2018
College: Michigan
Class rankings: PG 2, PBR 2
The ringleader among the Woodhaven pitching staff that chucked eight consecutive shutouts last season, leading the Warriors to their first state finals. Czajkowski hit .413 (.697 slugging, 1.204 OPS) with 36 RBI, 34 runs scored, and went 6-1 on the mound with a 1.27 ERA. Through seven appearances as a senior — including Monday’s no-hitter against Gibraltar Carlson, in which he struck out 16 and walked two — Czajkowski is 7-0 with an 0.33 ERA, 91 strikeouts in 42 innings pitched, allowing just two earned runs on 14 hits. His ERA currently ranks among the top 15 single-season marks in state history, while his career mark (0.76) is top-six.
3 DILLON KARK
High school: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
Position: SS/RHP
Size: 6-foot-1, 195 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: First-team D2 all-state 2018
College: Michigan State
Class rankings: PG 1, PBR 5
Played through a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder as a junior, but still hit .386 with 14 extra-base hits, 36 RBI, 39 runs and 43 walks. He’s one of the steadying factors for a St. Mary’s team that returned 13 players from its semifinal squad of a year ago, but is still relatively young, with a large contingent of freshmen and sophomores.
4 CHRISTOPHER MOKMA
High school: Holland Christian
Position: RHP
Size: 6-foot-5, 195 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: First-team D2 all-state 2018
College: Michigan State
Class rankings: PG 3, PBR 1
The lanky right-hander with a low-90s fastball and a plus offspeed pitch has thrown three perfect games in his high school career, tying the MHSAA record of three shared by Homer’s Dusty Compton and Dan Holcomb and Bath’s Ryan Orr, and breaking a deadlock in his own house with older brother Mike, who had two before also going on to pitch at Michigan State.
5 AARON DOLNEY
High school: Birmingham Detroit Country Day
Position: C
Size: 6-foot-3, 210 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: Second-team D2 all-state 2018
College: Nebraska
Class rankings: PG 5, PBR 3
A power hitter with a big frame, and good defensive skills behind the plate, Dolney can also pitch, with a fastball in the upper 80s, a curveball and a cutter. Hit .425 with six home runs, driving in 42 runs, and went 8-1 on the mound with a 1.50 ERA.
6 LOGAN WOOD
High school: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
Position: LHP
Size: 6-foot-2, 185 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
Honors: MHSBCA Dream Team 2018, first-team D2 all-state 2018
College: Michigan
Class rankings: PG 3, PBR 2
One of the best pitchers in the state, regardless of class or classification, who earned Dream Team honors as a sophomore. Fastball in the upper 80s, coupled with a quality four-pitch mix for strikes makes him a complete pitcher, not just a fireballer. Went 9-2 with a 2.17 ERA, 118 strikeouts in 77 innings.
7 ALEX MOONEY
High school: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-1, 170 pounds
Graduation year: 2021
College: Duke
Class rankings: PG 2, PBR 2
Ranked in the top 30 nationally in the sophomore class, Mooney is a slick-fielding shortstop who was already the speedy table-setter for the Eaglets at the top of the order (.325, 39 runs, 20 RBI, 22 of 28 in stolen bases as a freshman), but got bigger and stronger between his freshman and sophomore years, adding power to the mix.
8 TITO FLORES
High school: Birmingham Brother Rice
Position: 3B/OF
Size: 6-foot-2, 190 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: Second-team D1 all-state 2018
College: Michigan
Class rankings: PG 9, PBR 6
The bridge between the group that helped carry the Warriors to the semifinals last year, and the youngsters that make up much of the Brother Rice roster this season, Flores is one of the leaders who have taken the younger Warriors under his wing. Hit .395 with 40 RBI and 20 extra-base hits last season — including five RBI in the fifth inning of the quarterfinals alone.
9 ANTHONY MIGLIACCIO
High school: Birmingham Detroit Country Day
Position: C/OF/P
Size: 6-foot-1, 180 pounds
Graduation year: 2021
College: Vanderbilt
Class rankings: PG 3, PBR 5
A switch-hitter who has a lot of positional versatility, hitting in the heart of what’s a relatively stacked batting order for the Yellowjackets.
10 SANBORN CAMPBELL
High school: Birmingham Detroit Country Day
Position: OF
Size: 6-foot-0, 184 pounds
Graduation year: 2021
College: Stanford
Class rankings: PG 4, PBR 3
A starter from the time he stepped foot on Country Day’s campus, Campbell is the leadoff hitter for the Yellowjackets, hitting .420 as a freshman.
11 WERNER BLAKELY
High school: Detroit Edison
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-3, 180 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
College: Auburn
Class rankings: PG 11, PBR 1
One of the top position players in the junior class in Michigan, Blakely had the opportunity to play several places across the Midwest, but really wanted to play in the south, making the SEC powerhouse Auburn a perfect fit.
12 AVERY GOLDENSOPH
High school: Saginaw Swan Valley
Position: RHP
Size: 6-foot-2, 150 pounds
Graduation year: 2021
Honors: First-team D2 all-state 2018
College: Michigan
Class rankings: PG 9, PBR 4
One of the reasons the young Vikings made a run to the title game sooner than anyone expected, going 13-5 with a 1.51 ERA and 79 strikeouts in 60 innings pitched through quarterfinals, then giving up one run on six hits in a complete-game, 3-1 win over DeWitt in the semis.
13 RYAN ZIMMER
High school: St. Clair
Position: RHP/3B
Size: 6-foot-5, 195 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
College: Michigan
Class rankings: PG 1, PBR 3
The lanky right-hander can hit 90 with his fastball, to go with a five-pitch mix (curveball, change-up, slider, splitter).
14 LOGAN EVANS
High school: Saline
Position: RHP/3B
Size: 6-foot-5, 205
Graduation year: 2019
College: Penn State
Class rankings: PG 7, PBR 17
A big right-hander who can touch 90 with his fastball, Evans has four other pitches to fall back on (curveball, change-up, slider, knuckleball). After focusing on baseball as a junior, Evans chose to play basketball as a senior, as well, going back to being a three-sport athlete (he also plays QB in football.) Evans was 6-0 with a 1.10 ERA last season.
15 MITCH JEBB
High school: Saginaw Swan Valley
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-0, 165 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
College: Michigan State
Class rankings: PG 2, PBR 13
Hit a team-high .415 as a sophomore, with 14 extra-base hits, 31 RBI, helping lead the Vikings to the championship game.
16 NOAH STOUT
High school: Rochester
Position: OF
Size: 5-foot-11, 185 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
College: Clemson
Class rankings: PG 4, PBR 5
17 GAVIN BRASOSKY
High school: Portage Central
Position: LHP
Size: 6-foot-0, 170 pounds
Graduation year: 2021
College: Tennessee
Class rankings: PG 6, PBR 7
18 AIDAN ARBAUGH
High school: Saline
Position: OF
Graduation year: 2021
College: Michigan State
Class rankings: PG 7, PBR 10
19 SAM BASSETT-KENNEDY
High school: Birmingham Detroit Country Day
Position: LHP
Size: 6-foot-5, 160 pounds
Graduation year: 2021
College: Tennessee
Class rankings: PG 8, PBR 6
A lefty pitcher with plenty of upside, throwing in the mid-80s, Bassett-Kennedy also plays first base when he’s not on the mound.
20 JOHN LOCKER
High school: Birmingham Brother Rice
Position: RHP/OF
Size: 6-foot-0, 195 pounds
Graduation year: 2021
College: Uncommitted
Class rankings: PG 5, PBR 11
A three-pitch pitcher with a fastball in the mid- to high-80s, a curve and a change-up.
21 BROCK PORTER
High school: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
Position: RHP/IF/OF
Size: 6-foot-2, 165 pounds
Graduation year: 2022
College: Uncommitted
Class rankings: PG 1, PBR 3
An immediate impact in the rotation, Porter is one of the cornerstones of St. Mary’s much-ballyhooed freshman class, with the potential to be an impact two-way player.
22 NOLAN SCHUBART
High school: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
Position: RHP/1B
Size: 6-foot-5, 200 pounds
Graduation year: 2022
College: Michigan
Class rankings: PG 3, PBR 1
After growing four inches, and putting on 25 pounds over the last year, Schubart has grown into the body of a high-school upperclassman, even if he’s still a 15-year-old. The Durand native has been one of OLSM’s best hitters early in the season, which is a feat in and of itself, considering how talent-packed of a team the Eaglets are, returning 13 players from last year’s semifinal team. Throws in the mid-80s, when pitching.
23 CAMERON WAGONER
High school: Tecumseh
Position: RHP
Size: 6-foot-6, 175 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: Second-team D2 all-state 2018
College: Eastern Michigan
Class rankings: PG 4, PBR 4
Lanky right-hander has a fastball in the low 90s to go with a curveball, slider and change-up. He went 8-2 as a junior with a 1.07 ERA.
24 JON CAMPBELL JR.
High school: Birmingham Detroit Country Day
Position: OF
Size: 6-foot-2, 195
Graduation year: 2019
College: Boston College
Class rankings: PG 6, PBR 9
The Boston College-bound Campbell can play all over the field for the Yellowjackets, and is in the top three in the rotation with Dolney and Mason Kolean.
25 PARKER PILAT
High school: Birmingham Detroit Country Day
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-4, 200 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
College: Wake Forest
Class rankings: PG 9, PBR 6
Third straight season of starting at shortstop for the stacked Yellowjackets, Pilat was the only freshman selected for the all-state team two years ago. Hit .340 a season ago.
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THE NEXT 50:
26. RYAN MARRA
High school: Novi Detroit Catholic Central
Position: 1B
Size: 6-foot-5, 220 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Brown
Class rankings: PG 33, PBR 41
27. ALEC AZAR
High school: Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
Position: RHP
Size: 6-foot-4, 185
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: MHSBCA Dream Team 2018, First-team D1 all-state 2018
College: Uncommitted
Class rankings: PBR 52, PG NR
28. LUKE RUSSO
High school: Howell
Position: RHP/SS
Size: 6-foot-3, 175
Graduation year: 2019
College: Eastern Michigan
Class rankings: PBR 29, PG NR
29. TREVOR KILINSKI
High school: Zeeland West
Position: 3B
Size: 6-foot-1, 195 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
College: Michigan
Class rankings: PG 6, PBR 12
30. DYLAN STANTON
High school: Richland Gull Lake
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-1, 180 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
College: Michigan
Class rankings: PG 7, PBR 4
31. BRIAN ROSS
High school: Saginaw Swan Valley
Position: RHP
Size: 6-foot-8, 209
Graduation year: 2020
College: Michigan State
Class rankings: PG 8, PBR 9
32. EVAN BRUNNING
High school: Oxford
Position: RHP
Size: 6-foot-5, 230 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Michigan
Class rankings: PG 21, PBR 44
33. DOMINIC HANN
High school: Romeo
Position: RHP
Size: 6-foot-2, 215 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
College: Michigan State
Class rankings: PG 10, PBR 8
34. KEVIN TUTTLE
High school: Riverview Gabriel Richard
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-0, 175 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: First-team D3 all-state 2018
College: Central Michigan
Class rankings: PG 32, PBR 69
35. ADAM BERGHORST
High school: Zeeland East
Position: RHP
Size: 6-foot-7, 265 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Michigan State (playing football as well)
Class rankings: PBR 11, PG NR
36. JACK ORLOWSKI
High school: Birmingham Brother Rice
Position: 3B
Size: 5-foot-11, 200 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Michigan State
Class rankings: PG 11, PBR 21
37. NASIR FREDERICK
High school: Wayne Memorial
Position: OF
Size: 5-foot-10, 175 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Coastal Carolina
Class rankings: PG 10, PBR 7
38. TREY NORDMANN
High school: DeWitt
Position: RHP
Size: 6-foot-4, 205 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Evansville
Class rankings: PG 14, PBR 14
39. BILLY KOPICKI
High school: Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
Position: SS/3B
Size: 6-foot-1, 180 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Miami (OH)
Class rankings: PG 26, PBR 10
40. TOMMY SZCZEPANSKI
High school: Essexville Garber
Position: RHP
Size: 6-foot-3, 185 pounds
Graduation year: 2022
College: Uncommitted
Class rankings: PG 7, PBR 5
41. CAMERON MALLEGG
High school: Grosse Pointe South
Position: OF
Size: 5-foot-10, 175 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
College: Butler
Class rankings: PG 21, PBR 15
42. GRANT STEPHENSON
High school: Algonac
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-2, 170 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
College: Xavier
Class rankings: PG 14, PBR 25
43. ROBERT CAVIN
High school: Livonia Stevenson
Position: C
Size: 6-foot-1, 235 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Oakland
Class rankings: PG 8, PBR 20
44. ANDREW JACOBY
High school: Central Montcalm
Position: RHP
Size: 6-foot-4, 205 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Oakland
Class rankings: PG 14, PBR 37
45. EMMANUEL CLARK
High school: Detroit Western International
Position: 1B
Size: 6-foot-0, 195 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Oakland
Class rankings: PG 35, PBR 40
46. IKE IRISH
High school: Hudsonville
Position: C
Size: 6-foot-1, 185 pounds
Graduation year: 2022
College: Uncommitted
Class rankings: PG 2, PBR 6
47. ARIES GARDNER
High school: Detroit U-of-D Jesuit
Position: 1B
Size: 6-foot-4, 220 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
College: South Alabama
Class rankings: PG 12, PBR 21
48. TRENT FARQUHAR
High school: Lakeland
Position: SS
Size: 5-foot-8, 165 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Bowling Green
Class rankings: PG 28, PBR 55
49. DREW ALSOBROOKS
High school: Livonia Churchill
Position: LHP
Graduation year: 2019
College: Central Michigan
Class rankings: PBR 16, PG 38
50. MAX HUNTLEY
High school: Mattawan
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-1, 175 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors:
College: Western Michigan
Class rankings: PG 20, PBR 19
51. ZACH BRUNET
High school: Walled Lake Northern
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-1, 185 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Central Michigan
Class rankings: PG 39, PBR 68
52. AUSTIN BROWN
High school: Madison Heights Madison
Position: SS
Size: 5-foot-10, 150 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Grand Valley State (playing football as well)
Class rankings: PG 31, PBR 25
53. LOGAN BURSICK-HARRINGTON
High school: South Lyon East
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-2, 155 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors:
College: Eastern Michigan
Class rankings: PG 37, PBR 100
54. KYLE NOTT
High school: Jenison
Position: C
Size: 6-foot-0, 175 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: Second-team D1 all-state 2018
College: Central Michigan
Class rankings: PBR 62, PG NR
55. ANTHONY SHARKAS
High school: Plymouth
Position: OF
Size: 6-foot-2, 180 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Eastern Michigan
Class rankings: PG 29, PBR 35
56. JOSH SLAYTON
High school: Lake Orion
Position: OF/LHP
Size: 6-foot-2, 180 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Bowling Green
Class rankings: PG 27, PBR NR
57. CHAD LORKOWSKI
High school: Grosse Pointe North
Position: RHP
Size: 6-foot-5, 215
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: Second-team D1 all-state 2018
College: Uncommitted
Class rankings: PBR 53, PG NR
58. HUNTER MERILLAT
High school: Sanford Meridian
Position: RHP/C
Size: 5-foot-10, 190 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: First-team D3 all-state 2018
College: Saginaw Valley
Class rankings: PBR NR, PG NR
59. MASON KOLEAN
High school: Birmingham Detroit Country Day
Position: LHP
Size: 6-foot-2, 155 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College Bowling Green
Class rankings: PBR NR, PG NR
60. JOSHUA SWINEHART
High school: Mattawan
Position: 3B
Size: 6-foot-3, 210 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: Second-team D1 all-state 2018
College: Kalamazoo Valley CC
Class rankings: PBR 45, PG NR
61. CROSS DELAU
High school: Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart
Position: LHP/1B
Size: 6-foot-2, 205 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: Second-team D4 all-state 2018
College: Northwood
Class rankings: PBR 125
62. JOEY JOHNSTON
High school: Croswell-Lexington
Position: 3B
Size: 5-foot-8, 185 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: Second-team D2 all-state 2018
College: Northwood
Class rankings: PBR 112, PG NR
63. MATT FELT
High school: Shelby
Position: OF
Size: 5-foot-11, 180 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: First-team D3 all-state 2018
College: Davenport
Class rankings: PBR 60, PG NR
64. AUSTIN STIFFLER
High school: Williamston
Position: C
Size: 6-foot-4, 225 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: First-team D2 all-state 2018
College: Uncommitted
Class rankings: PBR 219, PG NR
65. WILL ELDRED
High school: Otsego
Position: SS
Size: 5-foot-9, 150 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: Second-team D2 all-state 2018
College: Uncommitted
Class rankings: PBR 248, PG NR
66. MATT SILKA
High school: Riverview Gabriel Richard
Position: RHP
Size: 5-foot-10, 170 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: First-team D3 all-state 2018
College: uncommitted
Class rankings: PBR NR, PG NR
67. KEATON PECK
High school: Traverse City St. Francis
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-1, 165 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: Second-team D3 all-state 2018
College: Northwood
Class rankings: PBR 121, PG NR
68. AERIK JOE
High school: Birmingham Groves
Position: SS
Size: 5-foot-10, 165 pounds
Graduation year: 2020
College: Air Force
Class rankings: PG 19, PBR 23
69. BRANDON SCHEURER
High school: Portland St. Patrick
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-1, 170 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: First-team D4 all-state 2018
College: Saginaw Valley
Class rankings: PBR NR, PG NR
70. NORBERT FERNANDEZ
High school: Plymouth Christian Academy
Position: SS
Size: 6-foot-0, 165 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
Honors: First-team D4 all-state
College: Taylor University
Class rankings: PBR 196, PG NR
71. NATE LOGAN
High school: South Lyon
Position: LHP/OF
Size: 6-foot-2, 190 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Grand Valley
Class rankings: PG NR, PBR 119
72. KYLE RAY
High school: Woodhaven
Position: C
Size: 6-foot-1, 170 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Wayne State
Class rankings: PG NR, PBR 91
73. GRANT BURNS
High school: Lakeland
Position: OF/LHP
Size: 5-foot-11, 150 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Northwood
Class rankings: PG NR, PBR NR
74. CASEY JONES
High school: Carleton Airport
Position: RHP/1B
Size: 6-foot-5, 180 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Northwood
Class rankings: PBR 67, PG NR
75. JACK CHERMSIDE
High school: Rochester Adams
Position: SS/RHP
Size: 5-foot-8, 160 pounds
Graduation year: 2019
College: Furman
Class rankings: PG 36, PBR NR
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ANOTHER 25 TO WATCH
(In alphabetical order):
Evan Asselin (2019), P/OF, Marshall
Camden Benedict (2019), SS/RHP, Brighton
Jeremy Bouford (2019), RHP, Troy Athens (Wayne State)
Ben Clark (2019), OF/RHP, Dearborn (Northwood)
Matt Crain (2019), LHP, Northville (Northwood)
Jack Crighton (2022), C/3B, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
Matthew DeFay (2020), RHP/OF, St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic
Jake Dresselhouse (2022), 2B, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
Cameron French (2019), 1B, Portage Northern (Wabash Valley)
Christian Gutierrez (2019), SS, Detroit Western International
Ahmad Haraji (2019), RHP, Dearborn
Nicholas Hartley (2019), C, Utica Eisenhower
Brandon Hunsaker (2022), RHP, Almont
Nathan Jaworski (2019), RHP, Bloomfield Hills
Jeff Landis (2019), 1B, Midland
Liam Pollock (2020), OF, Madison Heights Bishop Foley
Ben Redfield (2019), OF/C, Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian
Ben Riffe (2019), RHP/C, Troy Athens
Avain Rivera (2020) OF, Midland Dow
Kai St. Germaine (2019), RHP, Plymouth
Colin Seeling (2020), RHP, Utica Eisenhower
Justin Smith (2022), SS, Detroit U of D Jesuit
Braedon Stoakes (2019), OF, Grand Ledge
Lance Witlse (2020), 3B/OF, Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
David Zubor (2020), OF, Riverview Gabriel Richard
