50 Standouts From PG Junior National For The 2027 Class

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Dylan Seward, SS, California

Seward came into the showcase as the No. 9 prospect in the 2027 class. By the end of the week, he made a clear case to move higher. Seward checks a lot of boxes consistent with players who go in the first round of the draft. He’s 6 feet, 175 pounds, a quick-twitch, athletic shortstop with plus-plus speed. He projects to stick at shortstop, where he has swift footwork, soft hands, a good internal clock and a strong arm. Seward is a switch-hitter with a mature offensive approach, using a compact swing with good bat-to-ball skills. For a player who isn’t that physically imposing, Seward generates impressive power as well thanks to high-end bat speed, giving him a well-rounded, high-upside profile as a true shortstop who can deliver impact toward the top of a lineup.

Kyler Meccage, OF/LHP, Florida

The No. 7 player in the 2027 class, Meccage is a pure hitter. It’s a polished, professional approach in batting practice to drive the ball in the air consistently to both gaps, and it translates in games with a knack for being on time and on the barrel consistently. It’s an easy lefthanded swing with good rhythm and balance, typically with a hit-over-power game but with flashes of power in games, where he had three hits including a home run and a double. Meccage is a center fielder with good defensive instincts and a plus arm that was up to 96 mph from the outfield during the workout. He’s a talented pitcher too—up to 89 mph during this showcase, registering a couple ticks higher in other looks—and should continue as a two-way player, but his talent in the batter’s box is especially exciting.

Cooper Goff, OF, Utah

Take Meccage’s report as a hitter, copy and paste, and it isn’t far off from Goff. The No. 10 player in the 2027 class, Goff has a thin 6-foot, 165-pound frame with a loose, smooth lefty stroke with great barrel control. It’s a calm, low-effort swing that produces surprising power, something he showed throughout the week in Georgia including during the showcase when he pulled an elevated fastball for a home run to right field. Goff is an average runner underway who projects best in an outfield corner. 

Chase Fuller, SS, Florida

Fuller, the No. 5 player for 2027, stands out quickly for his size (6-foot-3, 205 pounds), athleticism and power. His barrel explodes through the zone from an aggressive righthanded swing to produce some of the best raw power in the class. It’s likely a power-over-hit profile at higher levels with the ability to tap into that power in games and project as a potential 25-plus home run threat in the big leagues. Fuller has the tools to play on the left side of the infield with a strong arm and defensive actions that looked better than they did at this time last year. He should get a chance to continue to develop at shortstop, but as he gets closer to the majors he could ultimately profile well at third base. 

Max Hemenway, SS, Washington

A Washington native at IMG Academy in Florida, Hemenway showed why he’s the No. 2 player in the 2027 class. He’s 6 feet, 175 pounds with an accurate barrel from a compact lefthanded swing. He regularly puts together quality at-bats by recognizing pitches, making good swing decisions and covering all quadrants of the strike zone with little swing-and-miss and an all-fields approach in a hit-over-power offensive game. Hemenway is a high baseball IQ player with quick, athletic actions at shortstop, where he projects to stick with good footwork, soft hands and a nose for the ball. He’s a Tennessee commit. 

Harry “Chubb” Jones, RHP/SS, Georgia

Jones is one of the most exciting players in the country for 2027 and ranked No. 4 overall. He’s 6-foot-4, 190 pounds, a wiry athlete with plus speed and an extremely fast arm. He has been up to 97 mph, and while he didn’t show that top-end velocity here, the projection to throw triple-digits heat in the future was still evident. With a loose, whippy arm, Jones touched 93 mph with his fastball and paired it with a sharp slider above 2,700 rpm at times to miss bats. Jones will need to dial in his control—there was a lot of gloveside miss in this outing—but his excellent athleticism bodes well for his ability to make adjustments. It also showed at shortstop and at the plate, where he turned around a 90 mph fastball for a double that one-hopped the wall in left-center field. 

Graham Houston, SS, Florida

Wake Forest shortstop Marek Houston is a projected first-round pick next month. His younger brother, Graham, is one of the most talented shortstops in the 2027 class. Houston is 6 feet, 172 pounds and moves around gracefully in the field. He’s an above-average runner who is light on his feet with good actions and instincts to project to stick at the position. The No. 13 player in the 2027 class, Houston has a short swing from both sides of the plate with good bat-to-ball skills and gap power that should continue to tick up as he fills out. 

Samir Mohammed, RHP, Florida

Mohammed is 6-foot-5, 240 pounds at 16 with a power arm that was up to 95 mph here. It’s an extra-large frame with a big fastball for his age from a long arm stroke, but Mohammed is more than just a physically mature arm strength guy. He showed the ability to turn over a quality changeup in the low 80s that had more than 20 inches of fade at times to get swing-and-miss and should continue to pile up empty swings at higher levels. The No. 20 player in the 2027 class, Mohammed showed the ability to land his low-80s breaking ball for strikes, too.

Connor Wells, LHP, South Carolina

Wells has been one of the early up-arrow players of the summer. He’s 6-foot-6, 210 pounds with velocity that has trended up from last year, touching 93 mph here with a lot more still in the tank. Wells showed the ability to manipulate shape on a slider that got multiple swings and misses, deploying it with shorter action at times and wider sweeping action at others. Like most long-limbed pitchers who are still 16, Wells is still learning to sync up everything to repeat his delivery more consistently, but he has emerged as one of the best lefties in the 2027 class. 

Grant Sperandio, RHP, Texas

Sperandio is an athletic righthander with fast arm speed and one of the better fastballs in the 2027 class. A Texas commit, Sperandio is 6-foot-2, 205 pounds with a compact arm stroke and a fastball that touched 94 mph. Sperandio flashed a changeup that showed solid fade in warmups, but in game, it was a fastball/breaking ball attack with aptitude to spin a curveball above 2,700 rpm at times from the No. 24 player in the class. 

Connor Salerno, LHP, North Carolina

Salerno offers an impressive mix of both stuff and pitchability. The No. 32 player in the 2027 class, Salerno is 6-foot-4, 225 pounds with a fastball that he ran up to 93 mph from a low release height. Salerno has feel to spin a low-80s slider (typically above 2,400 rpm) with sharp bite and good lateral tilt to miss bats. 

Will Brick, C, Tennessee

Brick showed why he is the top ranked catcher in the 2027 class. He’s 6-foot-2, 195 pounds with elite defensive tools for his age. He’s a flexible, agile defender who is a skilled receiver, blocker and has the tools to control the running game with a strong arm and quick release, something he showed by erasing a basestealer on a 1.87-second pop time. A righthanded hitter, Brick has some unorthodox components to his swing, but he has a track record of high contact in games, strong hands, fast bat speed and big power for a young catcher with a chance to grow into a 20-plus home run hitter. 

Infielders

Bear Calvo, INF, California

Calvo has a hitterish look from the right side of the plate. He has good separation and sequence in a balanced swing that takes a tight turn of the barrel to keep his hands inside the ball and produce line drives all over the field in games, with his best hit coming on a 91 mph fastball that he drove for a double to center field. Calvo showed good timing throughout the week in Georgia with plenty of hard contact in a hit-over-power profile. A fringe-average runner, Calvo is an offensive-oriented infielder whose defensive tools fit best at second or third base in pro ball. 

Deuce Jenkins, 1B/OF, Mississippi

It takes a lot for scouts to get excited about a high school first baseman, but Jenkins (No. 36 in the 2027 class) has the skill set to get their attention. He’s 6-foot-1, 210 pounds, a lefty with a strong build and some of the better raw power in the class. While a lot of young power hitters have longer strokes or have to sell out their swing to generate their power, Jenkins delivers big impact from a compact swing, something he flashed earlier in the week during the PG Beast of the East tournament with an opposite field home run. Jenkins has some sneaky athleticism for his build and moves well enough to play left field for now, but it’s his offensive game that will drive his value.

Blake Ragsdale, SS, Illinois

A TCU commit, Ragsdale showed some of the best defensive actions of any shortstop at the showcase. He’s not a burner—he ran a 6.95 in the 60-yard dash—but he’s light on his feet and plays low to the ground with smooth actions, good body control and a strong arm. He just turned 16, so he’s young for the class, and showed a short righthanded swing, delivering an opposite-field hit during the game.

Malcolm Blaqman, SS, Maryland

A lean, athletic 6-foot-1, 175 pounds, Blaqman is an above-average runner with strong hands, quick wrists and good bat speed from the right side of the plate. He performed well in games too, going 3-for-4 with a home run on an 0-1 curveball he pulled over the big wall in left field and a double off an 0-1 fastball that was nearly a second home run but hit off the right-center field fence. 

Lubin Rincon, SS, Texas

Rincon has impressive actions in the batter’s box and at shortstop. It’s a hitterish look from the left side of the plate, where he has a smooth swing that gets into the hitting zone early with a tight turn of the barrel. He’s 6-foot-3, 170 pounds, a frame with significant strength projection remaining to add to his flashes of over-the-fence power. He’s an average runner with a good chance to stay at shortstop. 

Carter Hadnot, SS, California

Hadnot is an athletic, switch-hitting shortstop with plus speed, good hands, footwork and agility in the field. At 6-foot-2, 170 pounds, Hadnot will need to get stronger to do more damage on contact, but he he a good offensive foundation with his ability to recognize pitches, control the strike zone and make frequent contact with his compact swing from both sides. 

Frank Thomas III, 1B, Florida

Thomas—the son of Hall of Fame first baseman Frank Thomas—has a professional look with his approach in the batter’s box. He’s 6-foot-2, 195 pounds, sets his hands high above his head and uses the whole field. It’s not elite power for a first base prospect, but he makes hard contact with the strength projection for more power still to come, and he has good actions around the bag at first.

Aiden Salinas, SS, Texas

Salinas is a Miami commit with solid-average speed, fluid defensive actions and a strong arm from shortstop. His smoothness in the field has long stood out, but he’s also off to a hot start at the plate this summer, starting at the Beast of the East tournament and carrying over to the PG Junior National showcase, where he walked and homered on a 1-1 fastball. A 6-foot-3, 185-pound righthanded hitter, Salinas will turn 20 in October after his draft year, so he’s on the much older end of the 2027 class and would be a draft-eligible sophomore if he gets to Miami. 

Levi Leathers, 3B, Texas

Leathers is 6-foot-3, 200 pounds, a tall, well-proportioned build that jumps out immediately for a player who just turned 16 and is on the younger end of the 2027 class. He’s a good athlete with strong hands, good bat speed and the physical projection to grow into big righthanded power. 

Hayes Maginnis, SS, Georgia

Maginnis is steady across the board. He’s an average runner with at least an average arm from shortstop with the defensive actions to stick in the dirt. At 5-foot-11, 180 pounds, Maginnis has a compact build with short levers to the ball from the right side of the plate and a track record of producing consistent quality contact in games with a low swing-and-miss rate. 

Sullivan Reed, 3B/1B, Mississippi

Reed recorded a 103 mph exit velocity off the tee, the highest of any player at the showcase. He’s 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, a righthanded hitter who has been on a home run binge to start the summer with the potential for plus or better raw power. There’s some risk Reed could end up at first base long term, so scouts will be closely watching his defense as the draft gets closer.

Mac Morris, SS, South Carolina

Morris showed a mix of power and speed. He’s 5-foot-11, 180 pounds, an above-average runner and a righthanded hitter who loads his swing with a big leg kick. He unleashes the barrel in a hurry with good bat speed, and when his timing is right, he’s able to drive the ball out of the park with big power to his pull side. 

Jayson Parker, 1B, Florida

At 6-foot-4, 218 pounds, Parker’s size and power is reminiscent of Miami infielder Daniel Cuvet when he was at this showcase a few years ago. Parker launched towering shots in BP, demonstrating some of the better raw power of any player in attendance. As a first base prospect, Parker will have to mash, so scouts will be closely following how his pure hitting ability translates in games over the next couple years, but he also showed surprising speed for his size with a 6.76-second 60-yard dash and has a strong arm.

Hudson Holt, INF/OF, Texas

Holt is 6-foot-2, 185 pounds and drew attention in BP with a sound righthanded stroke and the ability to snap the barrel into the hitting zone quickly with good bat speed and hard contact all over the field. He’s off to a strong start at the plate this summer as well, working quality at-bats with a sense of the strike zone and good bat-to-ball skills. He’s a fringe-average runner with a strong arm who has experience in both the infield and outfield, potentially fitting at third base or a corner outfielder at higher levels.

Brayden Landry, SS, Washington

Still 15, Landry is one of the youngest players in the 2027 class. He’s an athletic shortstop with plus speed who could still get faster once he adds more strength to his 6-foot, 165-pound frame. Landry has a quick-first step with the defensive instincts and actions to stay in the middle infield. He’s a righthanded hitter whose game will benefit from getting stronger to more damage on contact, though he flashed some of that in game with a double into the left field corner. 

Outfielders

Sebastian “Sushi” Wilson, OF, Illinois

An Illinois native at IMG Academy in Florida, Wilson came into the PG Junior National showcase after a huge showing at the Beast of the East tournament, where he went 6-for-16 (.375) with three home runs. A Tennessee commit ranked No. 31 in the 2027 class, Wilson has a strong 6-foot, 190-pound build with a loud tool set, especially with some of the best lefthanded power in the country for 2027 with an aggressive mindset at the plate. Wilson runs well underway with plus speed and could see some time in center field but likely projects best as a corner outfielder with the arm strength for right field. 

Jordin Griffin, OF, Louisiana

An LSU commit and a top 50 player in the 2027 class, Griffin is just 5-foot-8, 170 pounds, but his bat speed enables him to drive the ball with raw power that stacks up with some of the top power hitters in the country. Griffin takes an aggressive, whippy swing from the left side to produce startling power for his size. He has a track record of being a patient hitter to draw his walks and is also a good athlete with plus-plus speed and good defensive instincts in center field. 

Anderson Lambert, OF/INF, Maryland

Lambert is a lean 6 feet, 170-pound righthanded hitter with quick wrists that he uses to snap the barrel through the zone with good bat speed. He’s not that physical, but he’s wiry strong with the bat speed to make hard contact with occasional over-the-fence juice now and projection for more of his doubles to turn into home runs as he fills out. He’s an average runner with a strong arm who could move around between the infield and outfield at higher levels. 

Lash Henderson, OF, Texas

Henderson was only at the workout portion of the showcase, though he did play in games right before the event during the Beast of the East tournament. He jumps out right away for his ultra-athletic 6-foot-4, 210-pound frame with some of the best tools in the class. He’s a plus runner, his arm is above-average and he has some of the best raw power in the class with a chance for that to develop into a plus to plus-plus tool. There’s still some crudeness for Henderson to iron out at the plate to be more consistent with his swing and timing, but there’s big upside if everything clicks.

Noah Goettke, OF, Indiana

Goettke was another player who stood out during the working for his athleticism and tool set. He’s a quick-twitch athlete at 6-foot-1, 190 pounds, an above-average runner with a plus arm and explosive bat speed that he used to put on a show during BP with some of the better raw power of any hitter in the 2027 class. Goettke will need to improve his pitch recognition to make more frequent contact and translate that power with more consistency against live pitching, but it’s an exciting power/speed mix if it all comes together.

Caden Dawson, OF, Atlanta

Dawson is 6-foot-2, 210 pounds and a lefthanded hitter with a promising offensive skill set. He took a smooth, controlled round of BP and has a strong offensive track record, combining an accurate barrel with the ability to drive the ball for extra-base damage, something he showed earlier in the week during games at the Prep Baseball Report’s National Program Invitational tournament. He’s an offensive-oriented player who projects best in an outfield corner. 

Nico Moritz-Toledo, OF, Virginia

Moritz-Toledo is a burner with plus-plus speed, running the 60-yard dash in 6.32 seconds, the second-fastest time of the showcase. A Virginia Tech commit, Moritz-Toledo is 5-foot-11, 190 pounds with strong hands and good bat speed to drive the ball for hard contact from the left side of the plate. 

JD Aufderheide, OF, Georgia

Aufderheide showed one of the better raw tool sets among the position players at the showcase. He’s 6-foot-1, 198 pounds, a strong, athletic build and a plus-plus runner who ran the 60-yard dash in 6.4 seconds, tied for the No. 4 time of the event. He’s a center fielder who showed a strong arm and drove the ball well from the right side of the plate during batting practice, launching multiple balls over the left field well and a couple off the fence.

Catchers

Dariel Carrion, C, Puerto Rico

Carrion already has an above-average arm and is still just 15, so within a few years he could end up with a well above-average arm. It’s a strong, physically mature build for his age at 5-foot-10, 210 pounds with an aggressive swing and approach from the right side of the plate and a likely power-over-hit offensive game. Carrion went 3-for-4 in games at the showcase, including a double that he drilled for a line drive into the left-field corner. 

Blake Lundy, C, Tennessee

Lundy is a physical catcher (6-foot-3, 225 pounds) ranked No. 46 in the 2027 class. That size and strength has produced a pair of standout tools with his raw power and arm strength. He’s a righthanded hitter with big bat speed and power to drive the ball with impact when everything is synced up and on time—something he showed with a triple over the center fielder’s head on a curveball—from an aggressive approach and a likely power-over-hit offensive game. His above-average arm is one of the strongest of any 2027 catcher. 

Tyson Moore, C, Minnesota

Moore has a strong catcher’s frame (6 feet, 195 pounds) with good catch-and-throw skills for his age. He’s athletic behind the plate with quick feet and a swift transfer to an average arm. A righthanded hitter, Moore sets up with a narrow base before taking a longer stride with strong, quick hands to drive the ball for hard contact and a chance to grow into a 15-20 home run threat. 

Quincy Pratt, C/INF, Mississippi

Pratt is the type of player who looks better in games than he does in a showcase setting. He has a rangy 6-foot-4, 195-pound frame, and while there’s not one standout tool that jumps out, it’s his hitting ability that’s his calling card. Especially for a young, longer-limbed hitter, Pratt is able to keep his swing relatively compact and efficient to make frequent contact against live pitching. Pratt has experience both as an infielder and a catcher and looked most comfortable here as an infielder, where he shows good rhythm and fundamentals and the arm strength for the left side of the infield, likely best suited at third base in pro ball.

KJ Anderson, C, Tennessee

A lefthanded hitter, Anderson had one of the louder BP sessions of the event, putting multiple balls over the fence including one high up into the right field trees, blasting deep fly balls throughout his BP. Anderson is 6 feet, 190 pounds and has one of the better offensive track records among 2027 catchers. He turns 20 in October after his draft year, so he will be a draft-eligible sophomore if he gets to college, with the offensive skill set that could make him an immediate contributor.

Caden Borcherding, C, Georgia

Borcherding just turned 16, so he’s young for the class but already generates impressive righthanded bat speed from his lean 6-foot-1, 175-pound frame to project bigger power to come once he fills out. He delivered a pair of hits during game action and showed what should be at least an average arm as he continues to layer on more strength.

Pitchers

George Ferguson, RHP, Texas

The No. 26 player in the 2027 class, Ferguson filled the zone with power stuff, pitching off a fastball that touched 93 mph while striking out four batters in two innings. A strong 6-foot-4, 210 pounds, Ferguson has some effort to his delivery but he continued his track record of good control (he threw 73% strikes here) and got empty swings on both his curveball and changeup. Ferguson’s curveball has sharp bite and has long been an effective swing-and-miss pitch for him, while his changeup looked improved from a year ago with good sink and fade, giving him a quality three-pitch mix to project as a starter. 

Hunter Wieckowski, RHP, Florida

One of the up-arrow pitchers of the early summer, Wieckowski showed starter traits and promising upside at the PG Junior National showcase. Pitching from a sound, repeatable delivery, Wickowski is 6-foot-3, 190 pounds with a lot of space left to fill out and add to a fastball that touched 91 mph here. He showed feel to manipulate multiple secondary weapons, mainly a tight slider above 2,700 rpm with 14-15 inches of horizontal break and a promising changeup that should become a bigger part of his repertoire with more experience. 

Oliver Van Tiem, RHP, North Carolina

Van Tiem showed promising projection indicators. He’s 6-foot-3, 195 pounds with a fastball that got a lot of swing-and-miss in this look. He touched 90 mph and looks like he should eventually reach the mid-90s or better once he packs on more weight. Van Tiem’s fastball was his most effective pitch here, but he showed feel to spin a slider north of 2,500 rpm at times. 

Konnor Briggs, LHP, Florida

Last year we had Briggs as the sleeper of the PG Sophomore National showcase when he was throwing 84 mph. That label still fits him here as a young lefty who doesn’t throw as hard as other top arms in the 2027 class but who has a lot of favorable projection indicators. Briggs is still 15 and will be 17 on draft day, so he’s one of the younger 2027 players. He’s 6-foot-5, 203 pounds with a fastball up to 87 mph and projection to eventually sit in the low-90s or better. His long arms and near over-the-top slot create a high release point with good carry behind his fastball. His curveball spins around 2,300-2,400 rpm with good depth and plays well off his heater.

Cole Cinnamond, LHP, Virginia

It was a quick outing on the mound for Cinnamond, but it didn’t take long for his stuff to stand out. Cinnamond has an extra-large build (6-foot-5, 210 pounds) with loose arm action into a fastball that touched 93 mph. Cinnamond didn’t throw many pitches here to gauge his offspeed stuff but he flashed a tight slider to complement a big fastball for his age. 

Cooper Vais, RHP, Colorado

An athletic righthander at 6 feet, 180 pounds, Vais snapped off one of the better breaking balls of the event. He touched 92 mph with a high-spin fastball and showed tight rotation on a hard curveball that spun in the 2,600 to 2,800 rpm range and should be a swing-and-miss pitch for him at higher levels. Vais stood out most on the mound, though he also worked out at shortstop and the outfield, showed above-average speed with impressive raw power from a compact righthanded swing and doubled during the game. 

Drew Davis, RHP/SS, Mississippi

Davis is a two-way player with intriguing traits on both sides of the ball. That’s especially true on the mound, where at 6 feet, 175 pounds, he doesn’t have the prototype projectable pitcher’s frame, but he throws strikes with a fastball up to 90 mph and can rip off a tight curveball with high spin in the 2,700 to 2,800 rpm range. He’s an instinctive, high baseball IQ player with a line-drive, contact-oriented swing from the right side of the plate. 

Bubba Day, RHP, Nebraska

An athletic righthander, Day is 6-foot-4, 190 pounds, a lean, long-limbed frame with lots of room to add weight and grow a fastball that has already reached 93 mph with good armside run. His fastball was his best pitch, though he showed some flashes of feel to get fade on a low-80s changeup that could end up a better pitch than his breaking ball with more reps. 

Cooper Jones, LHP, South Carolina

If there’s another sleeper pitcher to watch from the event, it’s Jones. He’s 5-foot-10, 175 pounds, a smaller frame that won’t draw immediate attention from scouts, but his ability to manipulate a pair of advanced secondary weapons stood out. Jones pitched off a fastball that touched 90 mph and separated himself with his ability to spin a tight, upper-70s curveball north of 2,900 rpm at times and flash a lively, tailing changeup.