Stephen Strasburg Leads Keith Law's 2009 Top 60 Draft Prospects
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ESPN.com's Keith Law has put together an impressive list for next year's draft. Keep an eye out for these names come June 2009.
Note: Tanner Scheppers was not included, but is eligible for the draft in 2009. He should be, assuming he pitches well, a top-15 pick.
| RANK | PLAYER | POS | SCHOOL |
| 1. | Stephen Strasburg | RHP | San Diego State |
| 2. | Grant Green | SS | Univ. of Southern California |
| 3. | Alex White | RHP | Univ. of North Carolina |
| 4. | Kyle Gibson | RHP | Univ. of Missouri |
| 5. | Dustin Ackley | CF/1B | Univ. of North Carolina |
| 6. | Aaron Crow | RHP | Fort Worth Cats |
| 7. | Andy Oliver | LHP | Oklahoma State |
| 8. | Matt Davidson | 3B | Yucaipa H.S., Yucaipa, Calif. |
| 9. | Donovan Tate | CF | Cartersville H.S., Cartersville, Ga. |
| 10. | Robbie Shields | SS | Florida Southern |
| 11. | Matt Purke | LHP | Klein HS, Spring, TX |
| 12. | Shelby Miller | RHP | Brownwood H.S., Brownwood, Texas |
| 13. | Ben Tootle | RHP | Jacksonville State |
| 14. | Mychal Givens | RHP | H.B. Plant H.S., Tampa, Fla. |
| 15. | Tyler Matzek | LHP | Capistrano Valley H.S., Mission Viejo, Calif. |
| 16. | Kentrail Davis | LF | Univ. of Tennessee |
| 17. | Beau Wright | LHP | Los Alamitos H.S., Los Alamitos, Calif. |
| 18. | Jake Marisnick | OF | Riverside Poly H.S., Riverside, Calif. |
| 19. | Ryan Wheeler | 1B/3B | Loyola Marymount |
| 20. | Jason Stoffel | RHP | Univ. of Arizona |
| 21. | Randal Grichuk | OF | Lamar Consolidated H.S., Rosenberg, Texas |
| 22. | Josh Phegley | C | Indiana Univ. |
| 23. | Ryan Ortiz | 1B/C | Oregon State |
| 24. | Bobby Borchering | 3B | Bishop Verot H.S., Fort Myers, Fla. |
| 25. | Jonathan Walsh | C | Coppell H.S., Coppell, Texas |
| 26. | Matt Graham | RHP | Oak Ridge H.S., Spring, Texas |
| 27. | Josh Fields | RHP | No school (under control to Seattle) |
| 28. | Brad Boxberger | RHP | Univ. of Southern California |
| 29. | Brad Stillings | RHP | Kent State |
| 30. | Jacob Turner | RHP | Westminster Christian Academy, St. Charles, Mo. |
| 31. | Brian Pearl | RHP | Univ. of Washington |
| 32. | Daniel Webb | RHP | Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville, Fla. |
| 33. | D.J. LeMahieu | 3B | Louisiana State |
| 34. | Zach Wheeler | RHP | East Paulding HS, Dallas, Ga. |
| 35. | Geno Escalante | C | Rodriguez H.S., Fairfield, Calif. |
| 36. | Keyvius Sampson | RHP | Ocala Forest H.S., Ocala, Fla. |
| 37. | Bryan Berglund | RHP | Royal H.S., Simi Valley, Calif. |
| 38. | Trent Stevenson | RHP | Brophy College Prep School, Phoenix, Ariz. |
| 39. | Rich Poythress | 1B | Univ. of Georgia |
| 40. | Sean Black | RHP | Seton Hall |
| 41. | Jordan Cooper | RHP | Shelbyville Central H.S., Shelbyville, Tenn. |
| 42. | Colton Cain | 1B/LHP | Waxahachie H.S., Waxahachie, Texas |
| 43. | Bryan Morgado | LHP | Univ. of Tennessee |
| 44. | Alex Wilson | RHP | Texas A&M |
| 45. | Cohl Walla | RF | Lake Travis H.S., Austin, Texas |
| 46. | Austin Maddox | C | Eagle's View Academy, Jacksonville, Fla. |
| 47. | Shaver Hansen | 3B | Baylor |
| 48. | Ian Krol | LHP | Neuqua Valley H.S., Naperville, Ill. |
| 49. | Kendall Volz | LHP | Baylor |
| 50. | Ben Paulsen | 1B | Clemson |
| 51. | Garrett Gould | RHP | Maize H.S., Maize, Kan. |
| 52. | David Hale | RHP | Princeton |
| 53. | Colby Holmes | RHP | Conway H.S., Conway, S.C. |
| 54. | Kyle Smith | RHP | Kent State |
| 55. | Max Stassi | C | Yuba City H.S., Yuba City, Calif. |
| 56. | Jayce Boyd | 3B | J. M. Tate Senior H.S., Cantonment, Fla. |
| 57. | Matt Thomson | RHP | Univ. of San Diego |
| 58. | Deven Marrero | SS | American Heritage School, Plantation, Fla. |
| 59. | Tommy Medica | C | Santa Clara |
| 60. | Mike Leake | RHP | Arizona State |
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