{"id":369951,"date":"2024-02-22T23:36:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T00:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=369951"},"modified":"2024-02-23T01:01:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T01:01:54","slug":"usa-today-high-school-sports-watchlist-class-of-2024s-starting-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=369951","title":{"rendered":"USA TODAY High School Sports Watchlist: Class of 2024's starting 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

High school baseball prospects always create additional intrigue as the season begins, with the top prospects holding the attention of college scouts as well as the MLB pipeline. And the class of 2024 is no exception.<\/p>\n

Among the top 20 or so talents hitting the diamond this spring, nearly all have generated buzz ahead of the MLB draft in July. Five-tool position players and a batch of electric arms fill the latest list of top=tier players to watch, including these nine from the HSS lineup card.<\/p>\n

The battery<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Catcher:<\/strong> Cade Arrambide, Tomball High School (Texas)<\/p>\n

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Eventually they\u2019ll learn not to test \u201824 C Cade Arrambide (TX) \"\ud83d\ude33\"<\/p>\n

Two absolute lazers from his hand cannon at 1.83 & 1.77 to gun down a pair of runners. <\/p>\n

Elite arm talent. @LSUbaseball<\/a> #MLBDraft24<\/a> || @PBR_Texas<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/nm06EuvqWJ<\/a><\/p>\n

— Shooter Hunt (@ShooterHunt) June 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Pitcher<\/strong>: Cam Caminiti, Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.)<\/p>\n

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Extended look here at Cam Caminiti\u2019s (\u201824, AZ) outing today and a HR. K\u2019d 8 in 2.2 giving up 3R\/1ER on 2H\/2BB. 66% strikes. Up to 97 w\/ the FB living more 93-95 (7 whiffs). Didn\u2019t have his best feel for SL (77-80) or CB (74-75) today but they flashed quality shape at times\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/6Q9uuAqPlw<\/a><\/p>\n

— Perfect Game Four Corners (@PG_FourCorners) February 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Infield<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

3B:<\/strong> Henry Allen, Auburn High School (Ala.)<\/p>\n

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.@HailStateBB<\/a> recruit & \u201824 3B Henry Allen (@HenryCAllen22<\/a>; @AuburnHighBSB<\/a>) works a quality at-bat & laces a two-out, two-RBI single up the middle.<\/p>\n

Quick turn of the barrel, matches plane on elevated FB, one of the top prep bats in junior class.<\/p>\n

Auburn leads 2-0, T2. pic.twitter.com\/FXJoOronAN<\/a><\/p>\n

— Prep Baseball Alabama (@PBR_Alabama) March 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

SS: <\/strong>Bryce Rainer, Harvard-Westlake (Simi Valley, Calif.)<\/p>\n

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\u201824 SS\/RHP Bryce Rainer of @hwbaseball<\/a>. #Texas<\/a> commit takes this outer half fastball and smokes it through the left side for a leadoff hit in T3. Off to a strong start for Wolverines in early part of \u201824 season. #PBCASI<\/a>@ShooterHunt<\/a> | @prepbaseball<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Y0WL6FhzdQ<\/a><\/p>\n

— \ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc0f \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc01\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc0b \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc05\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc00 (@PrepBaseballCA) February 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

2B:<\/strong> Ben Reiland, Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)<\/p>\n

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\u201824 Ben Reiland (CA) with the walk off through the pull side. High level bat to ball on display all day @California_PG<\/a> @PG_Uncommitted<\/a> #WWBA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/AujNakv2Ib<\/a><\/p>\n

— Perfect Game Scout (@PG_Scouting) July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

1B:<\/strong> Myles Bailey, Lincoln High School (Tallahassee, Fla.)<\/p>\n

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\u201824 Myles Bailey (FL)<\/p>\n

Simple stroke with power to all fields. Minimizes movement while still delivering thunderous barrel. <\/p>\n

Imposing presence at 6\u20194\u201d 225 <\/p>\n

Ranked #2⃣2⃣<\/a> in the class \"\ud83d\udc4d\"\"\ud83d\udc4d\"#MLBDraft<\/a> || @PBR_DraftHQ<\/a> @FSUBaseball<\/a> recruit pic.twitter.com\/NJ7Ynlc6sd<\/a><\/p>\n

— Shooter Hunt (@ShooterHunt) February 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Outfield<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

OF:<\/strong> Konnor Griffin, Jackson Prep (Miss.)<\/p>\n

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HR No. 3 for Jackson Prep OF Konnor Griffin on the season. 400+ feet to LCF. <\/p>\n

Through 7 games he's slashing .600\/.778\/1.333. Just two strikeouts in 27 PA. pic.twitter.com\/bv3WL3R2bU<\/a><\/p>\n

— Joe Doyle (@JoeDoyleMiLB) February 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

OF:<\/strong> Noah Franco, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)<\/p>\n

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Noah Franco (24 @IMGABaseball<\/a>) with two doubles in his next three ABs. First goes off the wall oppo & the second pulled down the line. Barrel feel on display. #PGDraft<\/a> #PGHS<\/a> @PGAllAmerican<\/a> @PG_Draft<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/dse0eNJA5g<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/aGla87kffH<\/a><\/p>\n

— Perfect Game Florida (@Florida_PG) February 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

OF:<\/strong> PJ Morlando, Summerville (S.C.)<\/p>\n

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A potential first-round pick from Baseball America's new 2024 MLB Draft rankings: PJ Morlando.<\/p>\n

One of the best blends of hitting ability and power in the 2024 class. Here he is hitting lefties, righties, good velo, offspeed stuff … Simple swing, big bat speed, tracks pitches\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/NaET1gGcUV<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ben Badler (@BenBadler) February 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Filling out the first lineup card of the 2024 season with nine must-watch prospects from the senior class.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=369951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369953,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369951\/revisions\/369953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=369951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=369951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=369951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}