David Seifert | DIBaseball.com | February 5, 2020

The top 150 hitters in college baseball, according to D1Baseball analytics

A look at the top college baseball matchups you don't want to miss before conference play

We hope that you’ve enjoyed checking out our breakdown of the preseason top-25 teams. To continue in our preparation for the 2020 college baseball season, we have also generated a computer version of top hitters with a method used by most organizations to identify potential prospects: statistical analysis.

As scouts begin to build their draft list for 2020, the analytics department for each front office will send its area scouts a list of analytic follows. In many instances, the names on the analytics list will match those already on a scout’s list. In other instances, names on the analytic list may be new to a scout, prompting the scout to get out and take a look at the office’s recommendations.

We have approached the analytics process in similar fashion — to identify possible under-the-radar prospects. Hitting has been broken down into three categories: Plate Discipline, Hit Ability, and Game Power. Plate Discipline (PD) is a measure of how well a batter controls the strike zone. Hit Ability (HA) simply measures a batter’s ability to hit and reach base while Game Power (GP) is straightforward: Does the prospect produce extra-base hits, getting to the power he may show in batting practice?

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Adjustments have been made to account for park effects of the most extreme hitter and pitcher-friendly parks, as well as an adjustment for a team’s strength of schedule. Our analysis is based on 2019 spring season statistics only, and it does not take into account a prospect’s position. For example, a middle of the diamond player has more value than a corner player with a similar score. Nor do the scores consider a player’s age, athleticism, swing mechanics, bat speed, running speed, defense or throwing tools. This list is all about bat skill and identifying hitters who have statistically performed in areas that are proven to correlate into professional baseball. Players are graded from 0-100.

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Rank	hitter	school	pos	overall	plate discipline	Hit Ability	Game power
1	Aaron Sabato	North Carolina	1B	92.3	79.3	89.8	92.5
2	Spencer Torkelson	Arizona St.	1B/OF	90.1	82.9	83.9	92.2
3	Nick Gonzales	New Mexico St.	2B	89.8	87.5	87.0	83.5
4	Austin Martin	Vanderbilt	SS	89.6	85.7	87.5	73.1
5	Shane Muntz	Wake Forest	UT	89.4	77.6	86.5	91.7
6	Tristan Peterson	New Mexico St.	1B	89.1	81.0	86.0	89.0
7	Alerick Soularie	Tennessee	OF	88.7	82.9	85.6	78.1
8	Ethan Wilson	South Alabama	OF	88.6	81.5	84.7	88.5
9	Alejandro Toral	Miami (FL)	1B	88.3	75.2	79.1	95.1
10	Jason Hinchman	Tennessee Tech	INF	88.3	73.0	80.8	100.0
11	Tyler Wincig	Bucknell	INF	87.8	84.4	86.2	82.6
12	Cuba Bess	Grand Canyon	INF	87.1	83.4	85.0	81.7
13	Tyler Black	Wright St.	INF	86.6	90.3	82.6	75.8
14	Hudson Haskin	Tulane	OF	86.5	83.8	85.1	79.4
15	Sonny DiChiara	Samford	P	86.4	77.1	78.1	92.9
16	Alex Binelas	Louisville	3B	86.3	77.9	77.7	86.2
17	Richard Constantine	Western Ky.	1B	86.2	80.2	84.6	82.6
18	Adrian Del Castillo	Miami (FL)	C	86.1	86.7	78.5	77.5
19	Justin Foscue	Mississippi St.	2B	85.8	84.3	78.1	76.9
20	Parker Chavers	Coastal Caro.	OF	85.7	81.4	80.5	83.9
21	TT Bowens	Central Conn. St.	INF	85.4	80.7	87.0	77.4
22	Parker Upton	Creighton	INF	85.1	77.9	86.4	79.7
23	Tyler Keenan	Ole Miss	3B	85.0	82.9	76.3	76.3
24	Taylor Smith	UIW/Grayson CC	C	84.9	75.8	83.7	84.0
25	Hunter Coleman	Texas A&M	C	84.7	78.4	74.4	82.3
26	Zavier Warren	Central Mich.	C	84.5	83.7	87.7	71.3
27	Chris Lanzilli	Wake Forest	OF	84.4	76.9	82.0	81.9
28	Heston Kjerstad	Arkansas	OF	84.4	74.2	80.8	80.1
29	Dan Bolt	Bradley	OF	84.3	76.8	84.5	80.4
30	Jake Suddleson	Harvard	OF	84.3	75.3	84.3	82.1
31	Colton Cowser	Sam Houston St.	OF	84.2	84.0	83.0	74.4
32	Dayton Dooney	Arizona	INF	84.1	79.6	80.7	80.8
33	Justin Kirby	Kent St.	OF	84.1	77.8	79.5	83.7
34	Griffin Lockwood-Powell	Central Mich.	C	84.1	83.5	81.8	76.0
35	Josh Hood	Penn	SS	83.9	84.6	78.8	76.9
36	J.D. Mundy	Radford	1B	83.8	79.1	79.3	81.8
37	Garrett Mitchell	UCLA	OF	83.8	81.3	81.9	71.5
38	Justin Russell	Kennesaw St.	OF	83.7	77.1	77.1	85.8
39	Nick Howie	Eastern Ky.	OF	83.7	81.9	84.7	73.3
40	Alec Burleson	East Carolina	1B	83.7	83.2	80.1	72.3
41	Mike Antico	St. John’s (NY)	OF	83.6	80.7	88.0	71.0
42	Gaby Cruz	Bryant	C	83.5	76.9	84.6	77.8
43	Ryan Flores	Incarnate Word	INF	83.4	81.0	76.7	81.3
44	Trevor Hauver	Arizona St.	OF	83.4	80.4	81.6	76.7
45	Tanner Allen	Mississippi St.	OF	83.3	83.9	80.4	67.6
46	Austin Langworthy	Florida	OF	83.3	81.1	73.8	74.5
47	Gabe Rivera	Miami (FL)	OF	83.3	71.3	78.1	84.9
48	Matt Goodheart	Arkansas	UT	83.2	80.3	83.4	67.9
49	Nick Biddison	Virginia Tech	INF	83.2	81.9	79.0	73.8
50	Zack Davis	UAB	OF	83.2	83.4	79.4	75.6
51	Jordan Nwogu	Michigan	OF	83.2	82.0	80.3	76.0
52	Ciaran Devenney	UMass Lowell	C	83.2	76.4	82.1	79.7
53	Tyler Gentry	Alabama	OF	83.1	75.0	77.8	79.3
54	Noah Cardenas	UCLA	C	83.0	86.2	83.0	63.4
55	Brandon Lankford	UNC Asheville	INF	82.9	78.3	76.0	83.2
56	Bobby Seymour	Wake Forest	1B	82.8	79.6	84.5	72.0
57	Austin Wells	Arizona	C/1B	82.8	84.2	83.5	69.4
58	Matthew Dyer	Arizona	C	82.8	82.4	86.7	68.1
59	Tyler Kapuscinski	Marist	INF	82.8	87.1	82.5	67.5
60	Daniel Cabrera	LSU	OF	82.7	75.9	75.0	77.2
61	Dallas Beaver	UCF/South Carolina	C/1B	82.7	78.4	82.2	76.2
62	Dylan Neuse	Texas Tech	UT	82.7	80.3	78.1	70.9
63	JT Arruda	Fresno St.	INF	82.7	84.9	81.0	70.9
64	Bryant Bowen	Southern Miss./S Carolina	C	82.6	81.9	78.9	75.8
65	Trevin Esquerra	Loyola Marymount	INF	82.6	71.7	80.3	84.6
66	Casey Martin	Arkansas	SS	82.6	73.3	77.1	79.4
67	Rigsby Mosley	Troy	P	82.6	85.1	80.6	70.8
68	John Dyer	Tennessee Tech	INF	82.6	76.2	81.6	78.6
69	Baron Radcliff	Georgia Tech	OF	82.6	75.3	76.8	79.0
70	Ray Gil	Miami (FL)	3B	82.5	71.5	81.4	79.3
71	Elijah Dunham	Indiana	OF	82.5	79.8	80.5	75.9
72	Bryce Blaum	Texas A&M	INF	82.3	84.4	74.1	69.7
73	Tyler Wilber	Southeast Mo. St.	INF	82.3	87.7	84.4	63.6
74	John Wuthrich	Texas St.	OF	82.3	79.5	78.3	77.9
75	Bryan Sturges	UTSA	C	82.3	83.4	80.7	71.5
76	Luke Shadid	Bradley	SS	82.2	78.1	81.8	75.6
77	Jackson Greer	ETSU	C	82.2	81.2	79.1	75.1
78	Hernen Sardinas	Maine	INF	82.2	81.5	74.4	79.5
79	Alix Garcia	Oklahoma St.	INF	82.2	76.5	77.0	73.0
80	Shane Marshall	Binghamton	OF	82.1	79.7	83.1	72.4
81	Quentin Selma	California	INF	82.1	76.4	77.0	81.7
82	Francisco Urbaez	Fla. Atlantic	INF	82.1	84.5	78.4	72.1
83	Andrew Eyster	South Carolina	OF	82.1	70.2	81.2	80.8
84	Ryan Stoudemire	Charleston So.	UT	82.0	80.0	75.3	79.5
85	Michael Turner	Kent St.	C	82.0	84.8	82.2	67.8
86	Michael Rothenberg	Duke	C	82.0	80.9	73.7	73.3
87	Tatem Levins	La Salle	C	82.0	84.5	75.8	76.1
88	Maxwell Costes	Maryland	OF	81.9	77.2	75.0	82.3
89	T.J. Reeves	Alabama	OF	81.9	77.4	74.0	77.1
90	Liam Hibbits	VCU	1B	81.9	83.2	82.2	68.9
91	Thomas Francisco	East Carolina	INF	81.9	82.8	79.5	67.8
92	Ubaldo Lopez	Dartmouth	INF	81.8	82.1	72.5	79.7
93	Nico Popa	Pittsburgh	OF	81.8	77.7	82.6	74.0
94	Jordan Fucci	Samford/Indiana	1B	81.7	70.9	80.6	82.5
95	Will Hollis	Texas St.	OF	81.7	82.1	81.4	70.5
96	Jacob Hurtubise	Army West Point	OF	81.7	93.2	84.9	55.8
97	Julio Marcano	NJIT	INF	81.7	84.1	76.7	73.1
98	A.J. Lewis	Eastern Ky.	C	81.7	81.1	78.6	74.1
99	Grant Mathews	Tulane	INF	81.7	84.7	75.8	73.3
100	Justice Bigbie	Western Caro.	UT	81.6	80.2	79.2	74.2
101	Matthew Guidry	Southern Miss.	INF	81.6	85.0	78.1	70.4
102	Eduardo Malinowski	Penn	INF	81.5	77.1	82.7	73.5
103	Sal Frelick	Boston College	INF	81.5	86.9	80.6	65.7
104	Nick Thornquist	UTSA	DH	81.5	77.2	80.0	76.0
105	Patrick Bailey	NC State	C	81.5	83.3	74.9	74.3
106	Andre Marrero	Quinnipiac	OF	81.4	82.3	76.2	74.5
107	Cooper Davis	Vanderbilt	OF	81.4	85.6	79.7	57.8
108	Dakota Kotowski	Missouri St.	OF	81.4	68.1	79.0	85.8
109	Anthony Forte	Richmond	OF	81.4	79.3	74.8	78.8
110	Max Ryerson	Charleston So./Gulf Coast CC	UT	81.4	76.0	78.8	78.1
111	Dillan Shrum	Nevada	1B	81.4	77.4	75.0	80.5
112	Carson McCusker	Oklahoma St.	OF	81.4	71.2	80.9	72.1
113	Zach Kokoska	Kansas St.	OF	81.3	79.8	78.4	72.1
114	Ty Duvall	Vanderbilt	C	81.3	81.8	75.8	65.1
115	Cole Barr	Indiana	INF	81.3	69.8	77.0	85.7
116	Ian Fair	Northeastern	3B	81.2	81.5	81.2	69.7
117	Kevin Graham	Ole Miss	INF	81.2	72.3	71.0	81.1
118	Colton Schultz	UAB	UT	81.2	87.4	76.5	68.4
119	Jon Clines	VMI	P	81.1	84.6	79.0	68.6
120	Damon Dues	Wright St.	INF	81.1	89.7	77.9	64.6
121	Alex Strachan	Jacksonville St.	1B	81.1	78.8	71.0	82.4
122	Chris Hamilton	Stony Brook	OF	81.1	81.7	77.5	72.9
123	Jack Thelen	Milwaukee	C	81.1	75.2	80.3	76.9
124	Michael Green	Clemson	OF	81.1	85.0	75.7	68.1
125	Jake Gitter	Northern Colo.	UT	81.1	80.8	79.1	72.1
126	JC Correa	Lamar University	INF	81.0	82.7	76.3	72.9
127	Hunter Wolfe	TCU	SS/CF	81.0	77.8	79.4	73.9
128	Dylan Harris	North Carolina	OF	81.0	85.2	75.3	67.7
129	Joe Vyskocil	Milwaukee	INF	81.0	82.1	78.0	71.9
130	Johnny Hipsman	Richmond	OF	81.0	80.4	85.6	65.7
131	Mason McWhorter	Ga. Southern	OF	80.9	74.7	78.7	78.0
132	Billy Cook	Pepperdine	INF	80.8	79.1	74.4	76.5
133	Christian Pena	Eastern Ill.	INF	80.8	88.5	81.0	61.7
134	Tyler Doanes	West Virginia	INF	80.8	81.9	77.3	68.3
135	Cullen Smith	ETSU/Arkansas	INF	80.8	87.0	75.8	68.3
136	Anthony Carrera	Tennessee Tech	OF	80.8	72.9	76.6	81.5
137	Craig Larsen	Penn	INF	80.7	83.3	76.9	70.8
138	Gabriel Montenegro	Southern Miss.	OF	80.7	84.3	80.9	65.8
139	Ben Carew	Kent St.	OF	80.7	83.2	85.8	61.8
140	Frankie Niemann	Tulane	C	80.6	84.0	78.5	68.1
141	Andy Thomas	Baylor	C	80.6	82.1	79.5	68.4
142	Bobby Morgensen	Fla. Atlantic	OF	80.6	76.1	78.7	75.8
143	Niko Kavadas	Notre Dame	INF	80.6	77.3	75.1	78.0
144	Luke Waddell	Georgia Tech	INF	80.6	89.7	76.5	59.0
145	Joe Kinker	FGCU	UT	80.5	79.1	82.6	68.7
146	Tyler Smith	Northwestern St.	OF	80.5	81.5	72.3	76.5
147	Blake Dunn	Western Mich.	C	80.5	79.8	84.6	65.7
148	Jake Gehri	Yale	C	80.5	77.2	77.5	75.4
149	Riley King	Georgia	INF	80.5	82.5	74.6	66.6
150	Mitchell Hartigan	Fla. Atlantic	OF	80.4	81.7	77.8	70.6

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