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The first day of the 2012 MLB draft had a definite high school feel to it with 35 prep prospects getting drafted on Monday, highlighted by Puerto Rican shortstop Carlos Correa going No. 1 overall to Houston and Appling County (Baxley, Ga.) outfielder...

Despite missing his senior season with a blood clot, Rio Ruiz is ready to start his climb to the majors

FRAM Premier, a club based out of the southwest Los Angeles suburb of Torrance, Calif., has announced a slate of nine verbal commitments from their Girls 95 team. Class of 2013: Noel Baham, a forward from Redlands (Redlands, Calif.), will be he...

A closer look at the ESPN 100 baseball player rankings

Bishop Amat (La Puente, Calif.) senior third baseman Rio Ruiz, a potential high-round pick in June's MLB draft, underwent surgery on Friday to remove a blood clot in his neck, the Los Angeles Times and San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported. There's ...

Jason A. Churchill, who covers the MLB draft for ESPN Insider, looks at the high school senior baseball prospects who've either helped or hurt their draft stock early in the 2012 season. The Class of 2012 high school baseball class is one of great...

With spring right around the corner, ESPNHS has begun its search for the nation's top high school baseball player, regardless of school year and based solely on on-field performance. Every two weeks, we'll rank the nine players in order in The Sta...

Each week from now until early March, we'll take a look at the elite Class of 2012 high school baseball prospects by ranking our Top 10 players by position. This week, we unveil our list of the Top 10 corner infielders led by Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas...

RELATED LINKS: ESPNHS Recruiting Central | Class of 2012 Division I Commitments Freddy Ruiz, who was selected the state's high school player of the year by the Birmingham news in 2011, signed with the University of Alabama-Birmingham on Wednesday....

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday Whether you're putting together a grouping of best quarterbacks or worst albums, or you're making that special list for Santa, there's nothing quite like a good list. So in honor of the holiday seas...

While the prep baseball season is months away, it's never too soon to evaluate what we'll be watching once the schedule gets under way. "The Golden State" is typically among the three hot spots for amateur baseball with Texas and Florida in terms of ...

Rio Ruiz, out of Bishop Amat (La Puente, Calif.) is not only the Lancers' starting quarterback, but he is also one of the nation's top baseball players. The third baseman was instrumental in the Lancers' CIF-Southern Section Div. IV title last year o...

Former James Logan High (Calif.) slugger Junior Ruiz is taking his San Jose State University baseball team into the College World Series for the first time in school history.