12/22/06 - Perfect Game CrossChecker has just recently released its National Rankings for the High School classes of 2007 and 2008. The 2007 list has 2000 names and the 2008 list has 500 names. Complete lists are on www.pgcrosschecker.com.

Below is the listing of TCB players and their current rankings:

The scouting notes for each players are the thoughts of PG CrossChecker and don't necessarily represents the thoughts and opinions of TCB.

 

Class of 2007
National Rankings
Rank	Name	Pos	Ht	Wt	B T	High School	Hometown	St	College Commitment
183	Robert Bono	C P	6-1	185	R R	Waterford	Waterford	CT	Connecticut
	Good catcher who can hit and really throw. Top 2-way guy. Threw 92 from mound in Jupiter
	TCB Connection: Jupiter 2005
280	Greg Malley	RHP	6-3	185	R R	Thayer	Scitvale	MA	Harvard
	Good size, 90 mph at PG NE. 90+ again in WWBA
	TCB Connection: Jupiter 2006
330	Joseph Yermal	RHP IF	6-7	210	R R	McDonogh	Bel Air	MD	UNC Charlotte
	90 mph fastball is just the start. 88 in Jupiter with good CH
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2005
389	Gregory Annarummo	3B P	6-2	205	R R	IMG Academy	Rehoboth	MA	Elon
	Good player, good arm, bat stands out. 88 mph on mound in Jupiter
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2005, Jupiter 2005, TCB Summer 2006, Jupiter 2006
719	Colton Highlander	RHP OF/1B	6-6	190	R R	New Richmond	Augusta	KY	Volunteer State
	Promising 6'6 RHP, 86 awhile back. 89 in Jupiter
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2005, Jupiter 2006
726	David Christoffersen	RHP	6-3	180	R R	Hollis/Brookline	Hollis	NH
	Excellent body, strong arm
	TCB Connection: TCB Summer 2006
841	Matthew Taliercio	SS OF	6-0	185	R L	Norwalk	Norwalk	CT
	Big arm, lacks speed, profiles 3B/Corner OF. Big bat
	TCB Connection:Jupiter 2005, TCB Summer 2006, Jupiter 2006
937	Frank Florio	OF 3B/C	5-10	173	L R	Immaculata	Long Valley	NJ
	It's all about the LH bat.
	TCB Connection: Jupiter 2005
942	Ryan David	C OF	6-1	185	R R	Platt	Meriden	CT	Fordham
	Good quick receiver, 1.86 pop. Can hit.
	TCB Connection: TCB Summer 2002, TCB Summer 2003, TCB Summer 2004, TCB Summer 2005
960	Matt Duffy	SS P	6-2	195	R R	St. Sebastians	Milton	MA	Vermont
	Looks the part, played well in Legion World Series
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2005
1175	KC Sandstrom	RHP C	6-1	185	R R	Hunter	West Valley City	UT
	6'1 RHP/C, mid 80s.
	TCB Connection: Jupiter 2006
1281	Nathaniel Bayuk	LHP	5-11	185	L L	Xaverian Brothers	Foxboro	MA	Boston College
	Good mid 80s lefty
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2005, TCB Summer 2006, Jupiter 2006
1326	Jason Sinclair	1B OF	6-0	190	L L	St Luke's	Brewster	NY	Elon
	The LH bat stands out
	TCB Connection: Jupiter 2005, TCB Summer 2006
1329	Taylor Harrington	3B OF/2B	5-10	185	R R	IMG Academy	Rumford	RI
	Nice arm, power projection. Serious bat speed in Jupiter
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2005, Jupiter 2005, TCB Summer 2006, Jupiter 2006
1331	Austin Clark	SS P	6-2	167	S R	Monument Academy	Colorado Spgs	CO	South Carolina-Upstate
	Projects, switch hits, nice arm.
	TCB Connection: Jupiter 2006
1365	Craig Wocl	OF	6-0	180	L R	Fairfield College Prep	Trumbull	CT
	Athletic body, solid tools, shows bat
	TCB Connection: TCB Summer 2002, TCB Summer 2003, TCB Summer 2004, WWBA Underclass 2004, TCB Summer 2005, TCB Summer 2006
1389	Rocco Gondek	C OF	6-3	200	R R	Glastonbury	S. Glastonbury	CT	Massachusetts
	Big C, strong arm
	TCB Connection: TCB Summer 2005, TCB Summer 2006
1569	Andrew Janiga	RHP OF	5-11	175	R R	Ellington	Ellington	CT
	Good arm is best tools, mid 80s on mound
	TCB Connection: TCB Summer 2003, TCB Summer 2004, TCB Summer 2005, TCB Summer 2006
1600	Michael Olszyk	C P/1B	6-5	230	L R	Hill Regional Career Magnet	Hamden	CT
	6'5 C/P strong arm
	TCB Connection: Jupiter 2006
1918	Harrison Miller	OF 1B	6-0	180	L L	Weston	Weston	MA	Massachusetts
	Can hit, and play
	TCB Connection: TCB Summer 2006

 

Class of 2008
National Rankings
1	Brent Warren	OF P/1B	6-3	175	L L	Xavier	Robins	IA
	Sorry to report a genetic heart problem has ended the promising career of Brent Warren. We left him (ranked as an additional #1 in his class) temporarily because he was one of the nation's top prospects as both a LHP and an OF. Brent has grown up with Perfect Game and we wanted to take this opportunity to honor an outstanding baseball player and an even better young man. So for the first time since Lastings Milledge and Delmon Young were high school sophomores PG has released co #1 ranked players. Brent Warren has always been ranked highly because of his lean athletic body and his great tools. We hate to throw out, those “5 tool”, comments very often, but Brent was a true 5 tool talent. He also threw high 80s left handed from the mound. We compared him very closely to another player that grew up at Perfect Game, Ryan Sweeney. At the same age they were very close in ability except Brent was a better runner. His 6.5, 60 yard times were a bit better than Sweeney ran at the same age. Sweeney (21 years old) finished last season in the Major Leagues with the White Sox and is ranked their #1 prospect. Sweeney and Warren both went to the same high school in Cedar Rapids, IA.
	Brent Warren accomplished something that Ryan Sweeney didn’t, when he led the Xavier high school team in winning the Iowa State Championship last year as a sophomore. Brent will be undergoing open heart surgery at the Mayo Clinic December 21st, about the same time these rankings are released. He was born with the heart problem and it can be repaired. The danger involving playing athletics will end his playing days, but this kid is special far beyond his immense athletic ability and he will be very successful in life. We at PG plan to do all we can to help that happen! It won’t be easy for Brent, he has given baseball all he has without seeing the opportunity to realize his dreams. However, they will be replaced with new dreams and who knows, they might still involve baseball somehow. Brent is an outstanding student. Our lives are dominated by the game of baseball. This is just one more unpleasant reminder that there are more important things in life than baseball. Life itself for one!
	Update from 12-22-06, 12:33am - Brent went through a successful surgery and the doctor's are very optimistic he'll have a great recovery. He was just taken off the respirator and is breathing on his own. They hope to have him out of bed and into a chair tomorrow morning and walking by noon. The Warren family would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers.
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2005, WWBA Underclass 2006
86	Lee Ridenhour	RHP OF	6-3	190	R R	Shawnee Mission West	Lenexa	KS
	6'3/190 RHP high 80s with life and good CB, good looking athlete
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2006
102	Elliott Byers	RHP 3B	6-3	210	R R	Scranton Prep	Moscow	PA
	6'3 RHP high 80s, good 12/6 CB, projects large
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2006
118	Kyle Barbeck	LHP OF/1B	5-11	180	L L	Blue Springs	Blue Springs	MO
	Smooth lefty, upper 80s, good arm action
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2006
170	Jordan Jankowski	RHP C	6-1	200	R R	Peters Township	McMurray	PA
	90 mph FB, CB shows promise, can hit too
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2006
231	Brad Zapenas	SS	6-2	170	R R	Nashua North	Nashua	NH
	Good player, nice arm, projects, good bat
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2006
236	Michael Dowd	C IF	5-9	180	R R	Cardinal Spellman	East Bridgewater	MA
	Very strong arm, quick feet, hitting potential
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2006
338	Dexter Price	1B RHP	6-6	190	R R	Air Academy	Colorado Springs	CO
	Lots of upside on the mound, 6'6
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2006
341	Julian McWilliams	MIF 3B	6-1	160	R R	The Beacon School	New York	NY
	Tall, lean, athletic, projects
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2006
369	C. Colin Kish	LHP 1B/OF	6-2	180	L L	Germantown Academy	Worcester	PA
	Good lefty, even better as OF prospect
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2005
439	Justin Olsen	C	6-1	195	R R	Westfield	Westfield	NJ
	Strong arm catcher, good athlete, can run and hit
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2006
444	Michael Paloian	OF IF	5-11	170	R R	Fairfield Ludlowe	Fairfield	CT
	Strong arm good runner, can play
	TCB Connection: TCB Summer 2004, TCB Summer 2005, TCB Summer 2006, WWBA Underclass 2006
451	Sean Reilly	C OF	6-1	195	R R	Xaverian Brothers	Westwood	MA
	Good catcher, can hit
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2005
457	Matthew Barnes	RHP 1B	6-3	180	R R	Bethel	Bethel	CT
	6'3/180 RHP, mid 80s
	TCB Connection: TCB Summer 2006, WWBA Underclass 2006
495	Nash Blackley	RHP OF/1B	6-3	192	R R	South Granville	Bullock	NC
	6'3 RHP, mid 80s
	TCB Connection: WWBA Underclass 2005