Baseball America Pre-Season Rankings

by Jeff Fisher
Host, NHSCA Sports Hour

Excited to talk with Lee Yeager of Carroll High School in Corpus Christi, Texas on tomorrow's NHSCA Sports Hour.

Last year Carroll won its first-ever Texas baseball championship.  The 5A champs are off to a bit of a slow start after going 1-3 over the last three days in the Woodlands Tournament.  However, with eight  starters returning from last season, the Tigers may have a shot at becoming the first Texas team since 2002 (Elkins HS) to win back-to-back state titles.

In order to get his team focused and not paying attention to being ranked #1 by Baseball America in its pre-season poll, Yeager has made the team put away all memorabilia from last year's championship run.

Here's a look at Baseball America's pre-season poll...

Baseball America
Pre-Season Poll

1. Carroll (TX) 38-7
2. Farragut (TN) 42-6
3. St. Francis (CA) 26-6
4. Jesuit (FL) 29-4
5. Klein-Collins (TX) 29-15
6. Mountain Point (AZ) 22-12
7. Archbishop McCarty (FL) 27-5
8. Mission Viejo (CA) 18-10
9. Owasso (OK) 32-7
10. Bishop Gorman (NV) 36-4
11. Chaminade College Prep (CA) 25-7
12. Hamilton (AZ) 28-5
13. Parkview (GA) 25-5
14. Don Bosco Prep (NJ) 18-3
15. Gulliver Prep (FL) 26-6
16. Archbishop Mitty (CA) 31-3
17. Broken Arrow (OK) 32-8
18. Rockwall-Heath (TX) 39-3
19. Bishop Amat (CA) 27-4
20. West Boca (FL) 26-6
21. Columbus (GA) 32-5
22. Catholic (LA) 33-7
23. Edison (CA) 18-9
24. Sumrall (MS) 36-1
25. Petal (MS) 30-4