There may be a lockout for Major League Baseball with many questions to be answered in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, but we can tell you who the top prospects are in amateur baseball. The first edition of the 2022 PBR Draft Board is here, as the college and high school seasons approach and the junior college season is already underway.

The top of the class is heavy with hitters, taking up the top six spots and eight of the top 10. Holding that No. 1 spot is 3B/1B Jacob Berry (Louisiana State), who followed head coach Jay Johnson from Arizona. He has an excellent approach and big power from both sides of the plate, as evidenced by his big freshman year with the Wildcats and summer with Team USA. At Arizona, he slashed .352/.439/.676 with 17 home runs. With the Collegiate National Team he did struggle against professional competition, but ended with a .387/.475/.871 line. Even coming close to a repeat performance in the SEC would make him a clear favorite for the first overall pick, but SS Brooks Lee (Cal Poly) is right on his heels. Also a switch-hitter, Lee has excellent bat-to-ball skills from the left side and some pop from both. He hit .342/.384/.626 with 10 home runs last spring, then .306/.342/.444 with Team USA and .405/.432/.667 in the Cape Cod League.

At Nos. 3 and 4 are the top two high school prospects in SS Termarr Johnson (Mays HS, GA) and OF Elijah Green (IMG Academy, FL). Johnson is the best pure hitter in the prep ranks in recent memory, showing an innate ability to control at-bats and barrel the baseball to all fields. Green is an electric athlete with five-tool potential. Rounding out the top five is OF Gavin Cross (Virginia Tech), who has fast-twitch actions with a power-speed combination.

The top two pitchers are the projectable RHP Dylan Lesko (Buford HS, GA), who sports a mid-90s fastball, excellent feel for a changeup and the makings of a power curveball, and former Vanderbilt RHP Kumar Rocker, who went unsigned as the 10th overall pick in 2021.

Rocker is just the start of the questions surrounding the college pitching crop in 2022. Three arms--LHP Reggie Crawford (Connecticut), LHP Connor Prielipp (Alabama) and RHP Peyton Pallette (Arkansas)--rank among the top 50 prospects, but will miss the season due to Tommy John surgery. RHP Blade Tidwell (Tennessee) will also start the season on the shelf. That leaves LHP Carson Whisenhunt (East Carolina), LHP Hunter Barco (Florida), RHP Landon Sims (Mississippi State) and RHP Jonathan Cannon (Georgia) as the only healthy college pitchers in the top 50.

It’s a strong year for eligible sophomores with Berry, C Daniel Susac (Arizona), C Kevin Parada (Georgia Tech) and 3B Cayden Wallace (Arkansas) ranking in the top 20 and 14 total in the top 200.

3B Cam Collier (Chipola JC) will be an interesting prospect to follow throughout the spring, after he reclassified from 2023 and graduated high school early to attend junior college. The son of former big leaguer Lou Collier, he has an easy left-handed swing with burgeoning power.

The crowding of rosters caused by COVID-19 remains an effect as there are players with the potential to be top-three-round picks who had limited exposure last spring, leaving plenty of opportunity for guys to climb the board over the next several months.

Asterisks indicate draft-eligble sophomores.

RANK	NAME	POS	SCHOOL	COMMITMENT/PREVIOUSLY DRAFTED
1	Jacob Berry*	3B/1B	Louisiana State	Undrafted
2	Brooks Lee	SS	Cal Poly	Giants, 35th round, 2019
3	Termarr Johnson	SS	Mays HS, GA	Uncommitted
4	Elijah Green	OF	IMG Academy, FL	Miami
5	Gavin Cross	OF	Virginia Tech	Undrafted
6	Jace Jung	IF	Texas Tech	Undrafted
7	Dylan Lesko	RHP	Buford HS, GA	Vanderbilt
8	Brock Jones	OF	Stanford	Diamondbacks, 16th round, 2019
9	Kumar Rocker	RHP	No School	Mets, 1st round, 2021
10	Druw Jones	OF	Wesleyan School, GA	Vanderbilt
11	Chase DeLauter	OF	James Madison	Undrafted
12	Brandon Barriera	LHP	American Heritage Plantation HS, FL	Vanderbilt
13	Logan Tanner	C	Mississippi State	Undrafted
14	Daniel Susac*	C	Arizona	Undrafted
15	Carson Whisenhunt	LHP	East Carolina	Undrafted
16	Robert Moore	IF	Arkansas	Undrafted
17	Kevin Parada*	C	Georgia Tech	Undrafted
18	Hunter Barco	LHP	Florida	Mets, 24th round, 2019
19	Landon Sims	RHP	Mississippi State	Undrafted
20	Cayden Wallace*	3B/OF	Arkansas	Undrafted
21	Andrew Dutkanych	RHP	Brebeuf HS, IN	Vanderbilt
22	Paxton Kling	OF	Central (Martinsburg) HS, PA	Louisiana State
23	Nazier Mule	RHP	PCTI, NJ	Miami
24	Brock Porter	RHP	Orchard Lake St Marys Prep, MI	Clemson
25	Jackson Holliday	SS	Stillwater HS, OK	Oklahoma State
26	JR Ritchie	RHP	Bainbridge Island HS, WA	UCLA
27	Reggie Crawford	LHP/1B	Connecticut	Royals, 37th round, 2019
28	Connor Prielipp	LHP	Alabama	Red Sox, 37th round, 2019
29	Tristan Smith	LHP	Boiling Springs HS, SC	Clemson
30	Henry Bolte	OF	Palo Alto HS, CA	Texas
31	Peyton Pallette	RHP	Arkansas	Undrafted
32	Jackson Ferris	LHP	IMG Academy, FL	Mississippi
33	Dylan Beavers	OF	California	Undrafted
34	Jordan Beck	OF	Tennessee	Red Sox, 14th round, 2019
35	Cam Collier	3B	Chipola JC	Undrafted
36	Blade Tidwell*	RHP	Tennessee	Undrafted
37	Jonathan Cannon	RHP	Georgia	Undrafted
38	Carter Young	SS	Vanderbilt	Undrafted
39	Noah Schultz	LHP	Oswego East HS, IL	Vanderbilt
40	Hayden Dunhurst	C	Mississippi	Rockies, 37th round, 2019
41	Cole Young	SS	North Allegheny HS, PA	Duke
42	Malcolm Moore	C	C.K. McClatchy HS, CA	Stanford
43	Cade Doughty	IF	Louisiana State	Tigers, 39th round, 2019
44	Chase Shores	RHP	Midland Lee HS, TX	Louisiana State
45	Tucker Toman	3B	Hammond HS, SC	Louisiana State
46	Luke Gold	IF	Boston College	Undrafted
47	Jared McKenzie	OF	Baylor	Undrafted
48	Brady Neal	C	IMG Academy, FL	Louisiana State
49	Jud Fabian	OF	Florida	Red Sox, 2nd round, 2021
50	Ryan Ritter	SS	Kentucky	Cubs, 33rd round, 2019
51	Cade Fisher	LHP	Northwest Whitfield HS, GA	Florida
52	Walter Ford	RHP	Pace HS, FL	Alabama
53	Braeden Sloan	LHP	Woodcreek HS, CA	Southern California
54	Peyton Graham	3B	Oklahoma	Undrafted
55	Mack Anglin	RHP	Clemson	Nationals, 13th round, 2021
56	Jacob Misiorowski	RHP	Crowder JC	Louisiana State
57	Zach Neto	SS	Campbell	Undrafted
58	Sal Stewart	3B	Westminster Christian School, FL	Vanderbilt
59	Roman Anthony	OF	Stoneman Douglas HS, FL	Mississippi
60	Ryan Clifford	OF	Pro5 Academy, NC	Vanderbilt
61	Cutter Coffey	SS	Liberty HS, CA	Texas
62	Mikey Romero	SS	Orange Lutheran HS, CA	Louisiana State
63	Brandon Sproat	RHP	Florida	Rangers, 7th round, 2019
64	Hayden Murphy	RHP	Tiftarea Academy, GA	Auburn
65	Yoel Tejeda Jr	1B	North Broward Prep, FL	Florida
66	Ethan Petry	3B	Cypress Creek HS, FL