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2021 High School Baseball Preseason All-Americans



By Carlos Collazo
on February 8, 2021

Righthander Andrew Painter headlines the 2021 Baseball America High School Preseason All-America Teams. Painter is the sole unanimous first-team selection, with outfielder James Wood coming two votes shy of joining him.

Baseball America is proud to annually poll major league scouting departments to determine the first, second and third preseason teams. Because of the voting process, the Baseball America preseason All-American teams have been a predictor of the first round in the draft.

In both 2019 and 2020, seven of the 13 first-team players went on to become first-round draft picks.

Painter and Wood led all players with 16 and 14 first-team votes, respectively. Shortstops Marcelo Mayer (12), Jordan Lawlar (10) and outfielder Joshua Baez (10) were the other position players to reach double-digit first-team votes.

Righthanders Chase Petty (12), Jackson Jobe (11) and Chase Burns (11) also received double-digit first team votes.

One underclass player received enough votes to make the third-team—the No. 1 ranked player in the 2022 high school class, outfielder Elijah Green.

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FIRST TEAM
POS NAME REPORT
C Joe Mack, Williamsville East HS (East Amherst, N.Y.) See full scouting report
MIF Marcelo Mayer, Eastlake HS, Chula Vista, Calif. See full scouting report
MIF Jordan Lawlar, Dallas Jesuit HS See full scouting report
CIF Tommy White, IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla. See full scouting report
CIF Wes Kath, Desert Mountain HS, Scottsdale, Ariz. See full scouting report
OF James Wood, IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla. See full scouting report
OF Joshua Baez, Dexter Southfield, HS, Brookline, Mass. See full scouting report
OF Benny Montgomery, Red Land HS, Lewisberry, Pa. See full scouting report
SP Andrew Painter, Calvary Christian HS, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. See full scouting report
SP Chase Petty, Mainland Regional HS, Linwood, N.J. See full scouting report
SP Jackson Jobe, Heritage Hall HS, Oklahoma City, Okla. See full scouting report
SP Chase Burns, Station Camp HS, Gallatin, Tenn. See full scouting report
SP Joshua Hartle, Reagan HS, Pfafftown, N.C.

 

SECOND TEAM
POS NAME REPORT
C Harry Ford, North Cobb HS, Kennesaw, Ga. See full scouting report
MIF Brady House, Winder-Barrow HS, Winder, Ga. See full scouting report
MIF Kahlil Watson, Wake Forest (N.C.) HS See full scouting report
CIF Luke Leto, Porgage (Mich.) Central HS See full scouting report
CIF Max McGwire, Capistrano Valley (Calif.) HS  
OF Malakhi Knight, Marysville-Getchell HS, Marysville, Wash. See full scouting report
OF Braylon Bishop, Arkansas HS, Texarkana, Ark. See full scouting report
OF Daylen Lile, Trinity HS, Louisville See full scouting report
SP Brock Selvidge, Hamilton HS, Chandler, Ariz. See full scouting report
SP Michael Morales, East Pennsboro, HS, Enola, Pa. See full scouting report
SP Max Debiec, O'Dea HS, Seattle See full scouting report
SP Anthony Solometo, Gloucester Catholic HS, Gloucester City N.J. See full scouting report
SP Thatcher Hurd, Mira Coast HS, Manhattan Beach, Calif.

 

THIRD TEAM
POS NAME REPORT
C Ian Moller, Wahlert HS, Dubuque, Iowa See full scouting report
MIF Izaac Pacheco, Friendswood (Texas) HS See full scouting report
MIF Alex Mooney, St. Mary Prep, Orchard Lake, Mich. See full scouting report
CIF Cooper Kinney, Baylor HS, Chattanooga See full scouting report
CIF Aaron Downs, Heritage (Miss.) Academy  
OF Braden Montgomery, Madison (Miss.) Central HS See full scouting report
OF Jay Allen, Carroll Catholic, Fort Pierce, Fla. See full scouting report
OF Elijah Green*, IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla. See full scouting report
SP Maddux Bruns, UMS-Wright Prep, Mobile, Ala. See full scouting report
SP Ben Kudrna, Blue Valley Southwest HS, Overland Park, Kan. See full scouting report
SP Gage Jump, JSerra Catholic HS, San Juan Capistrano, Calif. See full scouting report
SP Carter Holton, Benedictine HS, Savannah, Ga. See full scouting report
SP Irving Carter, Calvary Christian HS, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
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