Class A Rankings 2.0

BaseballJunkie.......Good convo here. I said in the Fall of 2021. Smith is a Sr, right? IMO...... Smith is an OF. Can run. Thunder in his hands. He’s a thrower. Not a pitcher. He’ll never pitch at the next level. Maddox absolutely was nails on the last Sat in the Fall. But again.....your definition of “quality arm” is much different than mine. I saw Williams THROW at the Dale Tournament last fall. Really good HS catcher. Not a pitcher by any stretch. I’ve never seen the Randall kid pitch, so I won’t give an opinion. I have seen him play SS and I’d take him on any team.....but I have a hard time picturing that arm somehow being able to pump FB’s by people. Again, I’d take the kid all day. But his arm is not what I’d think a quality dominant pitcher would be. I’ve been around plenty of baseball at all levels over the years, so this difference of opinion looks like it’s because we have different takes on what a “quality” pitcher is.

Now your rankings......I have some MAJOR issues with. Tushka?!?! They got run-ruled in a Dist last Fall against a team who went 0-2 the next week. I love Coach Simon.....but there’s no way they’re top 5. NO WAY. Fletcher ahead of Navajo, Pioneer & Vici?!?! Again....that’s a stretch.

Velo alone.....of course not. But if the only difference you see between your SS & Henderson is velo.......then you don’t define “quality arm” the way most people do

Really good stuff! Canute will have plenty of arms next year. IMO.. they will be better off than cobb next year.

Roff has the best group of underclassmen in the small school ranks right now. That Soph class is loaded. Tushka will be good coming up too.

I’m aware of what class they are in. I said small school. And they fluctuate between A & B, so who knows by then

Ok, let me preface my post with this disclaimer: This is just my opinion of strictly how they play baseball. No disrespect in any way meant towards anyone. Bballjunkie brought up these names, not me.

You may need to go watch some baseball other than Canute and Navajo. Canute has some really good players. But if you think they have the #3 Catcher, #4 OF, & #3 SS in the state.....then im going to give you some names of people that you need to see.

SS: Wally Clark from Holland Hall. Proctor from Silo. Baldridge from Roff. Willits from FCB. Logan from Deer Creek. Brumbaugh from Ed Santa Fe. Benge from Yukon. Those guys are better players. Theyre also committed to OU/OSU/Tenn/San Jac. So its not just my opinion. You say the Canute kid is the #3 SS in the state.....yet you say he plays 2b for Canute. Seems odd that you think hes the 3rd best in the state.....but someone over there doestn think hes the best SS in the school system.

C: Daugherty from Kingfisher. Russell from Carl Albert. Lee from Yukon. Getting a scholarship to anywhere is a great achievement for a player. But I don't think the #3 catcher in the state is going to a NAIA school. Just my opinion.

OF: Im not even going to touch this one as I don't even know who the Legrande kid is. I will say that if hes the #4 OF in the state, I fully expect him to be playing D-1 at the next level. So ill wait and see

3b: Whinery. This is the one statement you made that I agree with. Best 3b in Class A Spring baseball.

Moore is a really good player. Has a high ceiling. To say hes the #3 SS in the state when hes apparently not the best SS on his team.....is a stretch to me.

"These 6 would start on any team in the state" regardless of Class......no sir. Again, that's no disrespect meant at all. Theyre one of the top 10 teams in the state regardless of class. But they aren't the HS version of the 27 Yankees.

The rankings I am referring to are the PBR rankings by graduating class.

This is what I agree with, dtrain knows where it's at on this topic

rickvaughn I totally agree with your SS picks. My son played with them 2 summers ago and they are legit. PBR is for the little Johnnies. My son was ranked in the top 5 of PBR 3 years ago and we have not been back. Now he is ranked in the teens. I have come to find out if the kids work hard and keep good grades they will get looked at and get offers. He was offered everything from several junior colleges to go play.