TOP 10 POPUPS

In a typical year, a list of popup draft prospects and players trending up would be filled more with high school standouts who have taken a big step forward or who came out of nowhere after not playing on the summer showcase circuit.

However, given the shortened 2020 amateur season and a blown-up evaluation period for the college class last summer, it makes sense that there are plenty of players from the college ranks who are turning heads and moving quickly up draft boards.

Perhaps without the pandemic, many of these players would have been able to establish themselves as top players in the class a year ago—but that isn’t