College Baseball: 2011 Preseason All-American Teams

A new year is upon us and that means we're one step closer to baseball season. I spent New Year's Eve much like the rest of you; watching the Twilight Zone Marathon, drinking some smoked porter that my buddy made in his basement and working on my Preseason Collegiate All-American teams. Well here is the end result of that wacky crazy night. Keep in mind that most of these kids I've only seen on TV while others I haven't seen at all. It should also be noted that I tend to favor higher ceiling guys than strictly numbers guys although I tried to find a balance between those guys that have already produced gargantuan numbers and those who I feel are capable of doing so. Well enough of this palaver, let's get this show on the road.

FIRST TEAM

Position	Player	Class	School	W-L	ERA	G	S	IP	H	K	BB	Last Drafted (Round)
RHP	Gerrit Cole	JR	UCLA	11-4	3.37	19	0	123	92	153	52	NYY '08 (1)
LHP	Matt Purke	SO	TCU	16-0	3.02	20	0	116.1	91	142	34	TEX '09 (1)
RHP	Taylor Jungmann	JR	Texas	8-3	2.03	17	0	120	88	129	41	LAA '08 (24)
LHP	Danny Hultzen	JR	Virginia	11-1	2.78	16	0	106	75	123	24	ARI '10 (10)
RHP	Noe Ramirez	JR	Cal St. Fullerton	12-1	2.54	16	0	106.1	92	119	19	N/A
RHP	Sonny Gray	JR	Vanderbilt	10-5	3.48	19	1	108.2	101	113	48	CHC '08 (27)
RHP	John Stilson	SO	Texas A&M	9-1	0.80	33	10	79	51	114	23	MIN '09 (18)
UTL	Mike McGee	SR	FSU	4-1	2.96	20	13	27.1	15	33	18	ARI '10 (41)

Position	Player	Class	School	AVG	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	Last Drafted (Round)
C	Peter O'Brien	JR	Bethune-Cookman	.386	51	78	13	0	20	56	18	39	0	N/A
1B	Paul Hoilman	SR	Eastern Tenn. St.	.421	79	99	24	2	25	84	51	41	1	TB '10 (49)
2B	Kolten Wang	JR	Hawaii	.357	57	89	15	4	7	40	36	20	19	MIN '08 (16)
3B	Anthony Rendon	JR	Rice	.394	83	89	12	1	26	85	65	22	14	ATL '08 (27)
SS	B.A. Vollmuth	JR	So. Mississippi	.386	72	91	17	2	20	76	43	51	4	HOU '08 (32)
OF	Jackie Bradley Jr.	JR	South Carolina	.368	56	89	12	1	13	60	41	37	7	N/A
OF	Alex Dickerson	JR	Indiana	.419	62	99	19	0	24	75	20	35	3	WAS '08 (48)
OF	Mikie Mahtook	JR	LSU	.335	68	80	19	4	14	50	38	54	22	FLA '08 (39)
DH	Garrett Wittels	JR	Florida International	.413	47	100	21	2	2	60	22	19	4	HOU '08 (36)
UTL	Mike McGee	SR	FSU	.328	61	82	15	1	17	73	44	53	5	ARI '10 (41)

SECOND TEAM

Position	Player	Class	School	W-L	ERA	G	S	IP	H	K	BB	Last Drafted (Round)
RHP	Trevor Bauer	JR	UCLA	12-3	3.02	18	0	131.1	121	165	41	N/A
RHP	Cole Green	SR	Texas	11-2	2.74	17	0	111.2	88	75	27	DET '10 (4)
LHP	Alex Panteliodis	JR	Florida	11-3	3.51	18	0	100	86	82	26	N/A
LHP	Tyler Anderson	JR	Oregon	7-5	2.98	17	0	102.2	84	105	33	N/A
RHP	Steven Maxwell	SR	TCU	11-2	2.70	18	0	103.1	89	93	34	MIN '10 (12)
RHP	Anthony Meo	JR	Coastal Carolina	13-2	2.61	18	0	96.2	82	94	34	WAS '08 (43)
RHP	Matt Price	SO	South Carolina	5-1	2.26	31	10	55.2	37	83	19	BOS '10 (8)
UTL	Nick Ramirez	JR	Cal St. Fullerton	1-3	3.50	27	11	43.2	41	38	8	N/A

Position	Player	Class	School	AVG	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	Last Drafted (Round)
C	James McCann	JR	Arkansas	.286	32	61	6	0	9	34	18	28	3	CHW '08 (31)
1B	Austin Maddox	SO	Florida	.333	48	88	16	0	17	72	7	42	0	TB '09 (37)
2B	Zack MacPhee	JR	Arizona State	.389	67	89	8	14	9	64	41	39	20	DET '08 (22)
3B	Jason Esposito	JR	Vanderbilt	.359	65	94	25	1	12	64	34	35	31	KC '08 (7)
SS	Brad Miller	JR	Clemson	.357	71	90	19	4	8	49	50	43	9	TEX '08 (39)
OF	George Springer	JR	Connecticut	.337	84	82	16	4	18	62	60	70	33	MIN '08 (48)
OF	Chad Oberacker	SR	Tennessee Tech	.452	67	108	29	5	6	70	34	23	14	STL '10 (19)
OF	Jeremy Baltz	SO	St. Johns	.396	64	95	16	1	24	85	28	44	6	NYY '09 (45)
DH	Levi Michael	JR	UNC	.346	76	74	14	4	9	54	44	26	20	N/A
UTL	Nick Ramirez	JR	Cal St. Fullerton	.346	62	90	28	1	16	75	19	50	6	N/A

THIRD TEAM

Position	Player	Class	School	W-L	ERA	G	S	IP	H	K	BB	Last Drafted (Round)
RHP	Matt Barnes	JR	Connecticut	8-3	3.92	15	0	82.2	79	75	25	N/A
RHP	Kyle Winkler	JR	TCU	12-3	3.39	19	0	116.2	111	92	36	MIL '08 (37)
RHP	Tim Kelly	SR	Wichita St.	11-2	3.94	16	0	96	108	80	26	N/A
LHP	Jed Bradley	JR	Georgia Tech	9-5	4.83	16	0	91.1	107	99	25	N/A
RHP	Logan Verrett	JR	Baylor	5-3	3.28	16	0	90	88	97	23	N/A
RHP	Karsten Whitson	FR	Florida	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	SD '10 (1)
RHP	Matty Ott	JR	LSU	2-4	6.38	28	0	42.1	40	40	21	N/A
UTL	Will Lamb	JR	Clemson	4-4	5.02	18	2	52	57	30	25	N/A

Position	Player	Class	School	AVG	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	Last Drafted (Round)
C	Andrew Susac	SO	Oregon St.	.260	15	25	4	0	2	13	15	23	0	PHI '09 (16)
1B	Preston Tucker	JR	Florida	.331	50	81	17	2	11	49	43	29	8	N/A
2B	Ryan Wright	JR	Louisville	.366	61	93	17	2	16	80	20	26	10	N/A
3B	Harold Martinez	JR	Miami (Fla.)	.295	48	71	10	0	21	69	30	54	5	TEX '08 (19)
SS	Kenny Diekroeger	SO	Stanford	.356	42	77	12	1	5	41	12	44	1	TB '09 (2)
OF	Jason Coats	JR	TCU	.361	68	99	23	4	13	69	20	57	8	N/A
OF	Zach Cone	JR	Georgia	.363	45	77	12	7	10	53	14	33	13	LAA '08 (3)
OF	Patrick Biondi	SO	Michigan	.313	69	72	11	6	2	30	36	30	29	DET '09 (35)
DH	C.J. Cron	JR	Utah	.431	55	85	16	0	20	81	17	23	4	CHW '08 (44)
UTL	Will Lamb	JR	Clemson	.289	42	50	6	2	4	36	23	30	14	N/A