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Stephen Strasburg Leads Keith Law's 2009 Top 60 Draft Prospects
Eli GreenspanSep 6, 2008
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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