By Nick James We finish our positional round-up with the pitchers in the 2009 draft class. Our Fall 2008 coverage of the 2009 Draft Class (which has stretched to the Winter) will conclude with our Top 100 which will publish sometime next week. Of all the groups we’ve discussed, this is the most volatile with the highest likelihood for change over the course of the next six months. In fact, even more so than the other eight positions we encourage you to view this Top 40 as a general list of amateurs to keep an eye on during the Spring seasons. With that in mind, we fully expect Stephen Strasburg to be the first off the board this June. A special talent with electric stuff and an elite fastball, an argument can be made that he would have gone 1:1 last year had he been eligible as a sophomore. Our individual scouting reports will likely begin in February, so keep the draft-related questions coming ([email protected]) and start getting geared-up for another exciting college/high school season: 1. Stephen Strasburg, Junior, San Diego State University 2. Alex White, Junior, University of North Carolina 3. Tyler Matzek, Senior, Capastrano HS (CA) 4. Aaron Crow, Independent League, Fort Worth 5. Shelby Miller, Senior, Brownwood HS (TX) 6. Matt Purke, Senior, Klein HS (TX) 7. Andy Oliver, Junior, Oklahoma State University 8. Kyle Gibson, Junior, University of Missouri 9. Jacob Turner, Senior, Westminster Christian Academy (MO) 10. Kendal Volz, Junior, Baylor University 11. Mike Minor, Junior, Vanderbilt University 12. Zack Wheeler, Senior, East Paulding HS (GA) 13. Mychal Givens, Senior, Plant HS (FL) 14. Scott Griggs, Senior, San Ramon Valley HS (CA) 15. Madison Younginer, Senior, Mauldin HS (SC) 16. Tyler Skaggs, Senior, Santa Monica HS (CA) 17. Mike Leake, Junior, Arizona State University 18. Tanner Scheppers, Independent, St. Paul 19. Ian Krol, Senior, Neuqua Valley HS (IL) 20. Ben Tootle, Junior, Jacksonville State University 21. Keyvius Sampson, Senior, Forest HS (FL) 22. Matt Graham, Senior, Oak Ridge HS (TX) 23. Mike Nesseth, Sophomore, University of Nebraska 24. Chad Thompson, Senior, El Toro HS (CA) 25. Matt Thompson, Junior, University of San Diego 26. Slade Heathcott, Senior, Texas HS (TX) 27. James Jones, Junior, Long Island University 28. Jason Stoffel, Junior, University of Arizona 29. Tyler Lyons, Junior, Oklahoma State University 30. Daniel Tuttle, Senior, Randleman HS (NC) 31. David Renfroe, Senior, South Panola HS (MS) 32. Brad Boxberger, Junior, University of Southern California 33. Darin Gorski, Junior, Kutztown University (Div-II) 34. Chad James, Senior, Yukon HS (OK) 35. Garrett Richards, Junior, University of Oklahoma 36. Michael Heller, Senior, Cardinal Moony HS (CA) 37. Jeff Inman, Junior, Stanford University 38. Shawn Tolleson, Sophomore, Baylor University 39. Beau Wright, Senior, Los Alamitos HS (CA) 40. Matt Hobgood, Senior, Norco HS (CA) Best Fastball: Stephen Strasburg Best Curveball: Stephen Strasburg Best Slider: Kyle Gibson Best Changeup: Mike Minor Best RHP: Stephen Strasburg Best LHP: Tyler Matzek Best Future Reliever: Kendal Volz Next Position: Top 100 --

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