The top 100 collegiate freshmen in baseball were announced today and Alabama had four of them inside the top 50.<\/p>\n
Alabama freshmen Myles Upchurch was Alabama top rated freshmen at No. 30.<\/p>\n
Upchurch, a freshman from Maryland, brings an elite arm to this Alabama pitching staff. He was the No. 2 overall high school pitcher in the state of Maryland and the No. 78 prospect overall.<\/p>\n
Upchurch brings an upper 90s fastball with elite off-speed stuff. He is looking to make a big impact his first year with the Crimson Tide with a possible spot in the starting rotation.<\/p>\n
Not far behind Upchurch, at No. 38, is Will Rhine. Rhine, a freshmen from Maryland, was the No. 2 high school shortstop in Maryland and the No. 63 overall shortstop.<\/p>\n
Rhine was the 2024-25 Gatorade Player of the Year in Maryland and\u00a0 is a get-on-base machine with a .420 average and a .612 on base percentage. He sits right behind star Justin Lebron in the depth chart at shortstop, but has a bright future for the Crimson Tide.<\/p>\n
Behind Rhine at No. 40 is Caleb Barnett. Barnett, freshmen from Alabama, was the No. 1 third basemen from Alabama and No. 2 third basemen overall. Barnett also pitches with having an upper 80s fastball with command.<\/p>\n
The 6’6” freshmen brings right handed power and an elite arm. He provides the Crimson Tide the ability to be an asset on the field and in the bullpen.<\/p>\n
Finally, the last Crimson Tide freshmen on this list at No. 47 is Eric Hines. Hines, a Tuscaloosa native, was the No. 1 outfielder in Alabama and the No. 8 outfielder overall.<\/p>\n
Hines played at American Christian Academy in Tuscaloosa and is a pitchers worst nightmare. He brings raw power to the Crimson Tide and has a strong arm for the outfield.<\/p>\n
The 2024-25 Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Alabama has a bright future with the Crimson Tide and is going to be a star in this Alabama lineup in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The top 100 collegiate freshmen in baseball were announced today and Alabama had four of them inside the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[3783,69173,5,69174,69172,38596,17327,4771,69171,2062,2332],"class_list":["post-521293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-alabama","tag-american-christian-academy","tag-baseball","tag-caleb-barnett","tag-eric-hines","tag-gatorade-player","tag-justin-lebron","tag-maryland","tag-myles-upchurch","tag-outfielder","tag-shortstop"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115897777733699224","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}