SEE ALSO: High School Top 100 SEE ALSO: 2017 Draft Archive The calendar turning this week to 2017 is the latest sign both the start of the college baseball season and the draft are fast approaching. As players prepare for the season, scouts are also readying for the spring. The college class is rich in pitching, as both USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team and the Cape Cod League demonstrated over the summer. The CNT’s pitching staff posted a 1.81 ERA and held opponents to a .197 batting average in 18 games last summer, while the Cape’s Top 30 draft prospects was again dominated by pitchers. As a result, college pitching is one of the strengths of the 2017 draft class. For the second year in a row, a Florida pitcher tops the College 100 ranking entering the spring. A year after lefthander A.J. Puk ranked No. 1, righthander Alex Faedo goes into 2017 atop the list. Puk ultimately was the first college pitcher selected last year, though he slipped on draft day and went No. 6 overall to the Athletics after an up-and-down spring. Faedo, who will take over as Florida’s ace this season, will hope for a steadier draft year. Though he sat out the fall as he recovered from minor knee surgery, he has the stuff, size and track record to be the top pick in the draft. Listed at 6-foot-5, 225 pounds, Faedo has a plus fastball-slider combination and improved his changeup this summer while pitching with the CNT. He went 13-3, 3.18 and ranked third in the country with 133 strikeouts in 104.2 innings last season. A host of pitchers join Faedo near the top of the list. Righthanders J.B. Bukauskas (North Carolina), Kyle Wright (Vanderbilt), Alex Lange (Louisiana State) and Tanner Houck (Missouri) all joined him this summer with Team USA and turned in impressive performances. Righthander Tristan Beck is a draft-eligible sophomore who has a chance to be the latest Stanford pitcher to be picked early in the first round. Vanderbilt center fielder Jeren Kendall has established himself as the top college position player. A well above-average runner with surprising power in his wiry frame, he has the ability to impact the game in multiple ways. Scouts will also be keeping a close eye on another center fielder in Nashville, as Lipscomb’s Michael Gigliotti has the skill set to profile at the top of the lineup. Sluggers Keston Hiura (UC Irvine), J.J. Schwarz (Florida) and Pavin Smith (Virginia), as well as Florida shortstop Dalton Guthrie are among the other position players who will receive first-round consideration. Louisville’s Brendan McKay, the 2015 Freshman of the Year, could fit near the top of either the position players or pitchers. He has been the best two-way player in the country the last two years, and there is still no consensus as to whether he will be developed as a lefthander or first baseman in pro ball. Florida and North Carolina lead all schools with five players each on the top 100. South Carolina and Virginia closely follow with four players. In all 61 colleges are represented.

Rank Name, Pos., School B-T Ht. Wt. Previously drafted 1 Alex Faedo, rhp, Florida R-R 6-5 220 Tigers '14 (40) 2 Jeren Kendall, of, Vanderbilt L-R 6-0 190 Red Sox '14 (30) 3 J.B. Bukauskas, rhp, North Carolina R-R 6-0 196 D-backs '14 (20) 4 Brendan McKay, lhp/1b, Louisville L-L 6-2 212 Padres '14 (34) 5 Kyle Wright, rhp, Vanderbilt R-R 6-4 220 Never drafted 6 Tristan Beck, rhp, Stanford R-R 6-4 190 Brewers '15 (34) 7 Alex Lange, rhp, Louisiana State R-R 6-3 201 Never drafted 8 Tanner Houck, rhp, Missouri R-R 6-5 218 Blue Jays '14 (12) 9 Pavin Smith, of/1b, Virginia L-L 6-2 210 Rockies '14 (32) 10 Seth Romero, lhp, Houston L-L 6-3 240 Never drafted 11 Wil Crowe, rhp, South Carolina R-R 6-2 250 Indians '16 (21) 12 Brendon Little, lhp, State JC of Florida L-L 6-2 215 Giants '15 (36) 13 Colton Hock, rhp, Stanford R-R 6-5 220 Never drafted 14 Michael Gigliotti, of, Lipscomb L-L 6-1 176 Never drafted 15 J.J. Schwarz, c, Florida R-R 6-2 215 Brewers '14 (17) 16 Griffin Canning, rhp, UCLA R-R 6-1 170 Rockies '14 (38) 17 Clarke Schmidt, rhp, South Carolina R-R 6-1 205 Never drafted 18 Dalton Guthrie, ss, Florida R-R 5-11 175 Twins '14 (40) 19 Peter Solomon, rhp, Notre Dame R-R 6-4 191 Padres '14 (21) 20 Keston Hiura, of/2b, UC Irvine R-R 6-0 188 Never drafted 21 Kevin Smith, ss, Maryland R-R 6-0 188 Never drafted 22 Evan Skoug, c, Texas Christian L-R 5-11 200 Nationals '14 (34) 23 Corbin Martin, rhp, Texas A&M R-R 6-2 200 Never drafted 24 Taylor Walls, ss, Florida State B-R 5-10 180 Never drafted 25 Dylan Busby, 3b/1b, Florida State R-R 6-3 190 Never drafted 26 Joe Dunand, ss/3b, North Carolina State R-R 6-2 205 Indians '14 (35) 27 Jake Burger, 3b, Misssouri State R-R 6-2 210 Never drafted 28 Mike Rivera, c, Florida R-R 5-10 205 Athletics '14 (33) 29 Jake Mangum, of, Mississippi State B-L 6-0 185 Never drafted 30 David Peterson, lhp, Oregon L-L 6-6 242 Red Sox '14 (28) 31 Zach Rutherford, ss, Old Dominon R-R 6-2 180 Never drafted 32 Deon Stafford, c, St. Joseph's R-R 6-0 202 Never drafted 33 Evan White, of/1b, Kentucky B-L 6-3 200 Never drafted 34 Drew Rasmussen, rhp, Oregon State R-R 6-1 226 D-backs '14 (39) 35 Tyler Johnson, rhp, South Carolina R-R 6-2 205 Never drafted 36 Carl Chester, of, Miami R-R 6-0 205 Brewers '14 (38) 37 Riley Adams, c, San Diego R-R 6-4 210 Cubs '14 (37) 38 Morgan Cooper, rhp, Texas R-R 6-4 220 Nationals '16 (34) 39 Will Gaddis, rhp, Furman R-R 6-1 185 Yankees '14 (36) 40 Zac Lowther, lhp, Xavier L-L 6-2 235 Never drafted 41 Nate Pearson, rhp, JC of Central Florida R-R 6-6 245 Never drafted 42 Kade McClure, rhp, Louisville R-R 6-7 235 Never drafted 43 Jayson Rose, rhp, Utah R-R 6-0 180 Never drafted 44 Ricky Tyler Thomas, lhp, Fresno State R-L 6-1 175 Never drafted 45 Keegan Thompson, rhp, Auburn R-R 6-2 209 Tigers '16 (33) 46 Devin Hairston, ss, Louisville R-R 5-7 162 Never drafted 47 Clay Fisher, ss, UC Santa Barbara R-R 6-1 175 Never drafted 48 K.J. Harrison, 1b, Oregon State R-R 6-0 208 Indians '14 (25) 49 Brock Deatherage, of, North Carolina State L-L 6-1 186 Never drafted 50 Logan Warmoth, ss, North Carolina R-R 6-0 189 Never drafted 51 Connor Seabold, rhp, Cal State Fullerton R-R 6-2 185 Orioles '14 (19) 52 Matt Whatley, c, Oral Roberts R-R 5-10 190 Never drafted 53 J.J. Matijevic, of/1b, Arizona L-R 6-0 206 Red Sox '14 (22) 54 Kyle Johnston, rhp, Texas R-R 6-0 220 Never drafted 55 Glenn Otto, rhp, Rice R-R 6-5 240 Never drafted 56 Garrett Cave, rhp, Tampa R-R 6-4 205 Yankees '14 (17) 57 Tarik Skubal, lhp, Seattle L-L 6-3 218 Never drafted 58 Hunter Williams, lhp, North Carolina L-L 6-3 225 Giants '14 (32) 59 Ernie Clement, 2b/of, Virginia R-R 6-0 165 Never drafted 60 Michael Baumann, rhp, Jacksonville R-R 6-4 225 Twins '14 (34) 61 Josh Anthony, 3b, Auburn R-R 5-10 195 Braves '16 (16) 62 Mitch Hart, rhp, Southern California R-R 6-4 195 Giants '14 (35) 63 Adam Haseley, of, Virginia L-L 6-1 195 Never drafted 64 Zach Warren, lhp, Tennessee L-L 6-5 200 Pirates '14 (23) 65 Tyler Wilson, lhp, Rhode Island L-L 6-4 225 Never drafted 66 James Karinchak, rhp, Bryant R-R 6-3 230 Never drafted 67 Kyle Nelson, lhp, UC Santa Barbara L-L 6-1 180 Never drafted 68 Jake Bird, rhp, UCLA R-R 6-3 205 Never drafted 69 Evan Steele, lhp, Chipola (Fla.) JC R-L 6-5 210 Never drafted 70 Tommy Doyle, rhp, Virginia R-R 6-6 235 Nationals '14 (35) 71 Patrick Mathis, of, Texas L-L 6-1 215 Never drafted 72 Brian Miller, of, North Carolina L-R 6-0 186 Never drafted 73 Erich Uelmen, rhp, Cal Poly R-R 6-3 195 Never drafted 74 Zach Pop, rhp, Kentucky R-R 6-4 225 Blue Jays '14 (23) 75 Brigham Hill, rhp, Texas A&M R-R 6-0 185 Athletics '16 (20) 76 Zack Gahagan, 3b, North Carolina R-R 6-2 197 D-backs '14 (40) 77 Jake Latz, lhp, Kent State R-L 6-2 196 Blue Jays '14 (11) 78 Quinn Brodey, of, Stanford L-L 6-1 195 Nationals '14 (37) 79 Mike Papierski, c, Louisiana State B-R 6-3 210 Blue Jays '14 (16) 80 Will Toffey, 3b, Vanderbilt L-R 6-2 205 Orioles '16 (25) 81 Stuart Fairchild, of, Wake Forest R-R 6-0 195 Nationals '14 (38) 82 Charlie Barnes, lhp, Clemson L-L 6-1 170 Never drafted 83 Greg Deichmann, of/1b, Louisiana State L-R 6-2 191 Twins '16 (26) 84 Zach Willeman, rhp, Kent State R-R 6-3 200 Never drafted 85 Logan Sowers, of, Indiana R-R 6-4 220 Padres '14 (31) 86 Alex Destino, of, South Carolina L-L 6-2 225 Never drafted 87 Evan Mendoza, 3b, North Carolina State R-R 6-2 200 Never drafted 88 Connor Wong, c, Houston R-R 6-0 181 Never drafted 89 Zach Schellenger, rhp, Seton Hall R-R 6-5 210 Never drafted 90 Deacon Liput, 2b, Florida R-R 5-10 190 Yankees '16 (39) 91 Luis Gonzalez, of/lhp, New Mexico L-L 6-0 185 Never drafted 92 Brandon Bielak, rhp, Notre Dame L-R 6-1 209 Never drafted 93 Kyle Serrano, rhp, Tennessee R-R 6-3 200 Brewers '16 (40) 94 Gunnar Troutwine, c, Wichita State R-R 6-2 222 Never drafted 95 Brady Puckett, rhp, Lipscomb R-R 6-9 242 Mets' 14 (33) 96 Ryan Noda, of/1b, Cincinnati L-L 6-3 216 Never drafted 97 Nick Feight, c, UNC Wilmington R-R 5-11 200 Never drafted 98 Daulton Varsho, c, Wisconsin-Milwaukee L-R 5-10 200 Never drafted 99 Tyler Buffett, rhp, Oklahoma State R-R 6-2 197 Astros '16 (7) 100 Bryce Montes de Oca, rhp, Missouri R-R 6-7 261 White Sox '14 (14)