Best high school baseball freshmen across the nation in 2024
These 20 players are budding stars on the diamond, and some played varsity as eighth-graders
Spring sports are finally here, and many ninth-graders are already making an impact at the varsity level in high school baseball.
SBLive Sports set out to identify some of the brightest emerging baseball stars across the country.
Here are 20 freshmen showing off their power at the plate and/or on the mound so far in the 2024 season.
Trent Buckley, Columbia Academy (Mississippi)
Sam Dart, Spanish Fork (Utah)
Caden Dawson, Blessed Trinity (Georgia)
Manny Ehinger, Lakeridge (Oregon)
Chase Fuller, Lincoln (Florida)
Jared Grindlinger, Huntington Beach (California)
Jud Harris, Gulf Shores (Alabama)
Max Hemenway, Puyallup (Washington)
Lash Henderson, Prestonwood Christian (Texas)
Erick Jaylen Jimenez, O’Connor (Arizona)
Broder Katke, Brother Rice (Michigan)
Graham Keen, Mt. Lebanon (Pennsylvania)
Matthew Kelley, Carlsbad (California)
Teagan Leach, Battlefield (Virginia)
Connor Salerno, Legion Collegiate Academy (South Carolina)
Grant Sperandio, Memorial (Texas)
Chase Stieferman, Capital City (Missouri)
Jackson Teutsch, Magnolia (Arkansas)
Connor Wells, Dorman (South Carolina)
Sebastian Wilson, Lane Tech (Illinois)
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-- Bob Lundeberg | @sblivesports