VANDERBILT
#1 vanderbilt
RECRUITING COORDINATOR: Mike Baxter
TOP RECRUIT: Jack Leiter, RHP (No. 21)
OVERVIEW: The Commodores land their record sixth No. 1 recruiting class (2005, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017) and extend their record streak of Top 25 classes to 15 years. They lead the nation with nine recruits from the BA500 draft prospect ranking, which includes all draft-eligible players. And for the second year in a row, they landed the top-ranked player to make it to a four-year campus. A year ago, that was righthander Kumar Rocker, who helped Vanderbilt win the national championship in 2019 and won Freshman of the Year and College World Series Most Outstanding Player honors along the way. This year, it’s Jack Leiter, another prep righthander with a famous father who headlines the class.
Shortstop is the only position player from USA Baseball’s 18U National Team team that won the gold medal at the 2017 World Cup to make it to college. He was a rising junior then but struggled over the next year and saw his draft stock fall. He still has solid tools across the board and the environment at Vanderbilt should help him get the most out of them and step right into the middle of stands out for his above-average power and arm strength. He has significant upside, but still needs to refine his approach at and behind the plate to get the most out of his tools. Infielder is an advanced lefthanded hitter with the ability to hit for power. Infielder is the younger brother of Indians prospect , who was committed to Vanderbilt out of high school. Tyler has plenty of athleticism and exciting raw tools but is still learning how to put them all together.
