We are past the halfway point of the season and it’s time for an update to the 2022 Draft Prospect Rankings. Preseason injuries to Reggie Crawford (UConn) and Peyton Pallette (Arkansas) had already diminished the potential star power of this draft class. Then Landon Sims (Mississippi State) went down in March with Tommy John surgery. There has been other injuries that have thinned the depth of likely Day Two picks, including Henry Williams (Duke), Adam Maier (Oregon), Dylan Ross (Georgia), Cole Stupp (Kentucky) and Will Frisch (Oregon State).
However, when guys go down, others step up. In case you missed our Draft Risers, you can read all about those prospects with draft helium: Rising Outfielders, Rising LHPs and the soon to come Rising RHPs.
This group is headlined by a strong group of college position players. That category comprises the top six in our rankings, led by Brooks Lee. The Cal Poly hit machine was ranked directly behind Jacob Berry (LSU) by the slimmest of margins at No. 2 in our preseason list, but he’s now been elevated to the top spot with a current line of .413/.510/.730, seven home runs, 28 walks and just seven strikeouts. He’s a throwback ballplayer who further endears himself to scouts with his makeup, passion and instincts for the game.
Rising from No. 7 in our preseason rankings and now sitting at No. 2 is Arizona catcher Daniel Susac. It was a close call with fellow catcher, Kevin Parada (Georgia Tech) narrowly behind at No. 3, but we went with the guy we thought would stick behind the plate in the long term. Both are raking at the plate. Susac sporting a .392/.444/.675 slash and Parada .390/.476/.773 with 15 home runs and 50 RBI.
Completing our top five is Berry at No. 4 and Gavin Cross (Virginia Tech) at No. 5. Cross got off to a slower start, but has since rebounded to post strong numbers (.342/.425/.667) to go along with his five-tool potential and the slugger Berry leads LSU with 10 home runs and a .367 batting average.
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Overall, LSU leads the way with two potential first-round picks and the SEC once again dominates the Top 150 with 36 prospects, including 12 of the top 25. The ACC comes in second with 23 and the Big 12 third with 21.
We’ve also included a rough estimate of where each player’s ranking would land them in the draft, based on past results. The 2022 draft is scheduled for July 17-19.
The prospect rankings are assembled by David Seifert, Kendall Rogers, Aaron Fitt and Mike Rooney. Our rankings are not simply an industry survey. They involve countless in-person evaluations over the years meshed with industry feedback.
(Editor's note: this article was originally published April 13)
D1baseball.com's top 150 MLB prospects
* Indicates the prospect is an underclassman who is eligible by age for the 2022 MLB Draft
Rank | Player | Position | School |
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1 | Brooks Lee | SS | Cal Poly |
2 | Daniel Susac* | C | Arizona |
3 | Kevin Parada* | C | Georgia Tech |
4 | Jacob Berry* | OF | LSU |
5 | Gavin Cross | OF | Virginia Tech |
6 | Jace Jung | 2B | Texas Tech |
7 | Hunter Barco | LHP | Florida |
8 | Justin Campbell | RHP | Oklahoma State |
9 | Chase DeLauter | OF | James Madison |
10 | Jonathan Cannon | RHP | Georgia |
11 | Cade Doughty | 2B | LSU |
12 | Jordan Beck | OF | Tennessee |
13 | Dylan Beavers | OF | Cal |
14 | Carson Whisenhunt | LHP | East Carolina |
15 | Connor Prielipp | LHP | Alabama |
16 | Zach Neto | SS | Campbell |
17 | Cayden Wallace* | 3B | Arkansas |
18 | Reggie Crawford | LHP | UConn |
19 | Cam Collier | 3B | Chipola JC, Fla. |
2nd Round | |||
20 | Drew Gilbert | OF | Tennessee |
21 | Thomas Harrington* | RHP | Campbell |
22 | Peyton Pallette | RHP | Arkansas |
23 | Landon Sims | RHP | Mississippi State |
24 | Logan Tanner | C | Mississippi State |
25 | Jud Fabian | OF | Florida |
26 | Gabe Hughes | RHP | Gonzaga |
27 | Bryce Hubbart | LHP | Florida State |
28 | Blade Tidwell* | RHP | Tennessee |
29 | Jacob Watters | RHP | West Virginia |
30 | Jacob Melton | OF | Oregon State |
31 | Sterlin Thompson* | OF | Florida |
32 | Cooper Hjerpe | LHP | Oregon State |
33 | Robert Moore | 2B | Arkansas |
34 | Jordan Sprinkle | SS | UC Santa Barbara |
35 | Marcus Johnson | RHP | Duke |
36 | Trystan Vrieling | RHP | Gonzaga |
37 | Pete Hansen | LHP | Texas |
38 | Luke Gold | 2B | Boston College |
39 | Eric Brown | SS | Coastal Carolina |
40 | Brock Jones | OF | Stanford |
41 | Riley Cornelio | RHP | TCU |
42 | Trey Dombroski | LHP | Monmouth |
43 | Drew Thorpe | RHP | Cal Poly |
44 | Cade Hunter | C | Virginia Tech |
3rd Round | |||
45 | Jacob Misiorowski | RHP | Crowder JC, Mo. |
46 | Mack Anglin | RHP | Clemson |
47 | Parker Messick | LHP | Florida State |
48 | Nate Savino | LHP | Virginia |
49 | Jake Madden | RHP | Northwest Florida JC |
50 | Clark Elliot | OF | Michigan |
51 | Brandon Sproat | RHP | Florida |
52 | Ben Joyce | RHP | Tennessee |
53 | Trevor Martin* | RHP | Oklahoma State |
54 | Ryan Cermak | OF | lllinois State |
55 | Tyler Woessner | RHP | Central Arizona |
56 | Silas Ardoin | C | Texas |
57 | Brycen Mautz | LHP | San Diego |
58 | Dominic Keegan | C | Vanderbilt |
59 | William Kempner | RHP | Gonzaga |
60 | Adam Mazur | RHP | Iowa |
61 | Tyler Locklear | 3B | VCU |
62 | Josh Kasevich | SS | Oregon |
63 | Ryan Ritter | SS | Kentucky |
64 | Carter Young | SS | Vanderbilt |
4th Round | |||
65 | Hayden Dunhurst | C | Ole Miss |
66 | Grayson Moore* | RHP | Vanderbilt |
67 | Hunter Patteson | LHP | UCF |
68 | Trey Lipscomb | 3B | Tennessee |
69 | Carson Palmquist | LHP | Miami |
70 | Jace Grady | OF | Dallas Baptist |
71 | Jared McKenzie | OF | Baylor |
72 | Ivan Melendez | 1B | Texas |
73 | Colby Thomas | OF | Mercer |
74 | Chazz Martinez | LHP | Oklahoma |
75 | TJ McCants* | OF | Ole Miss |
76 | Trey Faltine | SS | Texas |
77 | Jake Bennett | LHP | Oklahoma |
78 | Colby Holcombe | LHP | Northeast Mississippi JC |
79 | Chris Stuart | LHP | San Jacinto JC, Tex. |
80 | Matt Wood | C | Penn State |
81 | Luis Ramirez | RHP | Long Beach State |
82 | Justin Boyd | OF | Oregon State |
83 | Peyton Graham | SS | Oklahoma |
84 | Brandon Birdsell | RHP | Texas Tech |
85 | Tanner Schobel | SS | Virginia Tech |
86 | Noah Dean | LHP | Old Dominion |
87 | Connor Staine | RHP | UCF |
88 | Tres Gonzalez | OF | Georgia Tech |
89 | Jimmy Crooks | C | Oklahoma |
90 | Andrew Walters | RHP | Miami |
91 | Andrew Taylor | RHP | Central Michigan |
5th Round | |||
92 | David Sandlin | RHP | Oklahoma |
93 | Adam Maier | RHP | Oregon |
94 | Jalen Battles | SS | Arkansas |
95 | Colby Halter* | 2B | Florida |
96 | Jack Brannigan | RHP | Notre Dame |
97 | Michael Prosecky | LHP | Louisville |
98 | Chase Estep | 3B | Kentucky |
99 | Nate Ackenhausen | LHP | Eastern Oklahoma State JC |
100 | Orion Kerkering | RHP | South Florida |
101 | Tyler Schweitzer | LHP | Ball State |
102 | Zach Maxwell | RHP | Georgia Tech |
103 | David McCabe | 1B | Charlotte |
104 | Geo Rivera | RHP | Walters State JC, Tenn. |
105 | Drake Baldwin | C | Missouri State |
106 | Troy Melton | RHP | San Diego State |
107 | Drew Compton | 3B | Georgia Tech |
108 | Connor Noland | RHP | Arkansas |
109 | Spencer Giesting | LHP | Charlotte |
110 | Caleb McNeely | SS | Walters State JC, Tenn. |
111 | Dom Johnson* | OF | Kansas State |
112 | Spencer Jones | OF | Vanderbilt |
113 | Alan Roden | 1B | Creighton |
114 | Spencer Miles | RHP | Missouri |
115 | Eric Reyzelman | RHP | LSU |
116 | Kamren James | 3B | Mississippi State |
117 | Sabin Ceballos | 3B | San Jacinto JC, Tex. |
118 | Colby Backus | OF | Walters State JC, Tenn. |
119 | Marcelo Perez | RHP | TCU |
120 | Ethan Long | OF | Arizona State |
6th Round | |||
121 | Dalton Rushing | C | Louisville |
122 | Jared Beck | LHP | Saint Leo |
123 | Magnus Ellerts | RHP | Florida Southwestern JC |
124 | Nate Furman* | 2B | Charlotte |
125 | Jake Berry* | LHP | Virginia |
126 | Ben Metzinger | 3B | Louisville |
127 | Brody Jessee | RHP | Gonzaga |
128 | Chandler Simpson | SS | Georgia Tech |
129 | Tre Richardson | 2B | Baylor |
130 | Gabriel Rincones | OF | Florida Atlantic |
131 | Kale Davis | RHP | Oklahoma State |
132 | Braylen Wimmer | 2B | South Carolina |
133 | Chris McElvain | RHP | Vanderbilt |
134 | Eric Adler | RHP | Wake Forest |
135 | Seth Stephenson | OF | Tennessee |
136 | Ryan McCoy | 1B | Wabash Valley JC, Ill. |
137 | Anthony Hall | OF | Oregon |
138 | Cole Kirschsieper | LHP | Illinois |
139 | Nathan Church | OF | UC Irvine |
140 | Austin Krob | LHP | TCU |
141 | Chris Villaman | LHP | NC State |
142 | Josh Zamora | 3B | Nevada |
143 | Andy Garriola | OF | Old Dominion |
144 | Austin Knight | SS | Charlotte |
145 | Sean McLain | 3B | Arizona State |
146 | Cole McConnell | OF | Louisiana Tech |
147 | Nate Peterson | LHP | Illinois-Chicago |
148 | Garrett McMillan | RHP | Alabama |
149 | Max Rajcic* | RHP | UCLA |
150 | Joey Walls | OF | UNLV |