2019 BASEBALL AMERICA

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM

JANUARY 28, 2019

Contact: Teddy Cahill, (919) 213-7928 [email protected]

Oregon State catcher , the top-ranked prospect in the 2019 draft class, and California first baseman , the 2018 Golden Spikes Award winner, highlight the 2019 Baseball America Preseason All-America team.

Baseball America annually polls major league organizations’ scouting departments to vote on the team and asks that they make their selections based on performance, talent and professional potential. In the past, the Preseason All-America team has been a predictor both of the first round of the draft and of team success.

Florida led all teams with four Preseason All-Americans last year and went on to be the No. 1 national seed. Oregon State, the 2018 national champions, had two honorees. In addition, nine members of the 2018 preseason first team became first-round picks last June, including College Player of the Year Brady Singer. In all, 13 players from last year’s Preseason All-America teams were drafted in the first round last year, including the top five picks overall.

Southern Mississippi outfielder/righthander Matt Wallner and Baylor catcher Shea Langeliers are the only two players to this year repeat as Preseason All-Americans. Langeliers was a second-teamer a year ago, while Wallner earned third-team honors.

Rutschman, Texas Tech third baseman and Duke lefthander Graeme Stinson were unanimous first-team selections. Baseball America received votes from 15 major league teams.

Fourteen schools from five conferences are represented on the first team. In all, the 42 players on the three Preseason All-America teams represent 35 schools.

First team C Adley Rutschman, Jr., Oregon State 1B Andrew Vaughn, Jr., California 2B Chase Strumpf, Jr., UCLA 3B Josh Jung, Jr., Texas Tech SS , Jr., Clemson OF JJ Bleday, Jr., Vanderbilt OF Michael Busch, Jr., North Carolina OF Kyle Stowers, Jr., Stanford SP Tyler Dyson, Jr., Florida SP , Jr., Texas Christian SP Graeme Stinson, Jr., Duke SP , Jr., Kentucky RP Matt Cronin, Jr., Arkansas UTL Matt Wallner, Jr., Southern Mississippi

Second team C Shea Langeliers, Jr., Baylor 1B Spencer Torkelson, So., Arizona State 2B Noah Campbell, So., South Carolina 3B Austin Shenton, Jr., Florida International SS , Jr., Nevada-Las Vegas OF Dominic Fletcher, Jr., Arkansas OF Kameron Misner, Jr., Missouri OF Bryant Packard, Jr., East Carolina SP Matt Canterino, Jr., Rice SP George Kirby, Jr., Elon SP Erik Miller, Jr., Stanford SP , Jr., West Virginia RP Jack Little, Jr., Stanford UTL J.T. Ginn, Fr., Mississippi State

Third team C Patrick Bailey, So., North Carolina State 1B Logan Wyatt, Jr., Louisville 2B Michael Massey, Jr., Illinois 3B Nick Quintana, Jr., Arizona SS , Jr., North Carolina State OF Wil Dalton, Jr., Florida OF Heston Kjerstad, So., Arkansas OF Will Robertson, Jr., Creighton SP Kyle Brnovich, Jr., Elon SP Zack Hess, Jr., Louisiana State SP Ryne Nelson, Jr., Oregon SP Ryan Zeferjahn, Jr., Kansas RP Parker Caracci, R-Jr., Mississippi UTL Aaron Schunk, Jr., Georgia