Jacob Rudner

National College Reporter for Baseball America | @Cronkite_ASU Alum

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

Coastal Carolina righty Cameron Flukey, the No. 13 prospect in the 2026 draft @BaseballAmerica is in the transfer portal with a do-not-contact tag. He'll be a mid-to-early first rounder in two weeks.

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

Abilene Christian lefty Brett Lanman is in the portal with a do-not-contact tag. He's @BaseballAmerica’s No. 308 prospect in the '26 draft. Pitched to a 5.35 ERA with 76 Ks to 31 BBs over 70.2 IP in 2026. Cut-ride heater in the low 90s up to 95 with elite extension.

[Ben Badler @BenBadler]

4⭐️ outfielder and @LSUbaseball commit Nathaneal Davis is withdrawing his name from the MLB Draft.

Baseball America top 100 high school player in the 2026 class.

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

The hardest thrower on the planet went to Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri. There’s talent in college baseball everywhere.

[Ian Cundall @IanCundall]

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[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

Mason Edwards can paint and draw

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Top MLB Combine Pitchers take on...

Drawing the PitchingNinja Logo. 🤣

[Travis Goff @tgoff11]

👇🏼… Almost speechless.

Thanks to @BaseballAmerica for recognizing how exceptional Fitz is!

[Chase Parham @ChaseParham]

Ole Miss and Mike Bianco are finalizing a new four-year contract. The Rebels were in Omaha this year and won the title in 2022. Bianco just finished his 26th season.

[Carlos Collazo @CarlosACollazo]

I'm mid-move back to NC, but @jnorris427 and @JasonPennini are working hard for us out at this year's combine. Josh is grinding video.

Jason has 10 standout players to know from day one: https://t.co/sUaHQjhBXf

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

Oklahoma outfielder Alec Blair has entered the transfer portal. He was @BaseballAmerica's No. 71 overall prospect in the 2025 draft. Blair hit .247 with two home runs, four doubles and a triple in 30 appearances. Premium athlete and former four-star basketball recruit.

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

Kansas reset the boundaries of what the program has been in the modern era.

Leading that movement is Dan Fitzgerald, Baseball America's 2026 College Coach of the Year.

More on Fitzgerald and a resilient Kansas program:
https://t.co/n8ygw6RlGu

[Kansas Baseball @KUBaseball]

Best of the Best 🪄

Coach Fitz has been named the 2026 Baseball America College Coach of the Year 🏆

More information → https://t.co/ghw8CynEsP

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

Dan Fitzgerald is the 2026 @BaseballAmerica College Coach of the Year.

In Lawrence, he didn’t just build a 45-win Big 12 champion. Fitzgerald brought @KUBaseball to life in one of the deepest college basketball towns in America.

Story: https://t.co/toe4vRlKi8

[Carlos Collazo @CarlosACollazo]

We have a new draft update today. More marginal & fine-tuning on the rankings side.

The big addition is updated and finalized reports for a majority of players and BA Grades / tool grades for the top 200:

https://t.co/kK2ldh1mIq

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

A massive, albeit expected, outcome here

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

NCAA DI Cabinet has unanimously voted to adopt the age-based eligibility policy, sources tell @YahooSports - a historic moment.

Policy starts an athlete’s clock upon (1) initial enrollment in college or (2) start of academic year after 19th birthday (whichever occurs earlier).

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

FINAL COLLEGE TOP 25.

Here are the 25 best teams in the country to end the season, plus key returners for next year 👀

https://t.co/4zBKndZXk2

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

The Oklahoma team that stood in the haze of cigar smoke bore no resemblance to the regular-season version of itself.

But that’s the beauty of college baseball. It lets a team be one thing for three months and something else for three weeks.

Column: https://t.co/9epNBtispK

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

The Oklahoma team that stood in the haze of cigar smoke bore no resemblance to the regular-season version of itself.

But that’s the beauty of college baseball. It lets a team be one thing for three months and something else for three weeks.

Column: https://t.co/9epNBtispK

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

So appreciative of everyone who followed along with our college coverage @BaseballAmerica this season. You make what we do possible. Can’t thank everyone enough.

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

@txstateang Thank you!!

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

Oklahoma is the 2026 national champion after an astounding run through the postseason. It's the Sooners' first title of the super regional era and the first of Skip Johnson's career.

Story: https://t.co/qqfybS8AdR

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

Take that, rental car people.

[Jacob Rudner @JacobRudner]

The person running it told me it wasn’t looking good for Oklahoma based on their poll work thus far. I said people are clearly sleeping on Deiten Lachance. That was the end of the conversation.