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Michael Lananna does an excellent job of covering college baseball for Baseball America. He did a particularly excellent job of selecting the game’s best names in a beautiful act of public service today:


And now here they are, ranked:



Brock Deatherage Vitaly Jangols Handsome Monica Gunnar Troutwine Kona Quiggle Steele Walker Maverik Buffo Webb Bobo Naithen Dewsnap Blaze Hastings Blaze Bohall Jeb Bargfeldt Mojo Hagge Layne Looney Cre Finfrock Bear Bellomy Janson Junk Colton Hathcock Maddux Conger Cade Cabbiness Duke Stunkel, Jr. Nick Daddio Jax Biggers Utah Jones Isaac O’Bear Travis Swaggerty Aquib Ramkishun Jackson Parthasarathy Sam Donko Nathan Bonck Lars Nootbaar Travis Wacker Hazahel Quijada Austin Bizzle Fernando Fernandez Tarik Skubal Preston Grand Pre Radd Thomas Trevor Tinder Al Pesto Jesse Uttendorfer Spencer Brickhouse Alex Thrower (would be ranked higher if a pitcher) Zach Pop (would be ranked higher if not a pitcher) Sean Hjele Seth Beer Dan Hammer Jake Burger Matthew Barefoot Matt Villalobos Bruce Steele Tom Brady

[Michael Lananna]