TEAM USA TOP 10

USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team finished in July a summer unlike any before.

Due to travel restrictions and the continued fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Team USA didn’t compete in any international competition overseas or on home soil. Instead, the 48-man roster competed in a series of 11 intrasquad scrimmages mostly in the footprint of the Appalachian League and capped off the schedule with a three-game series in North Carolina against the USA Olympic team.

Unique circumstances aside, the CNT still provided a lengthy look at the best college players returning to campus for the 2022 season and a preview of what’s to come in the next couple of drafts.

The following reports and rankings were developed after talking with Team USA coaches and major league scouts.

1 BROOKS LEE, SS

CAL POLY

After missing nearly all of the shortened 2020 season due to injury, Lee, the son of Cal Poly coach Larry Lee, burst onto the scene in 2021 by hitting .342/.384/.626 with 27 doubles and 10 home runs, two