AUBURN, Ala. – Highlighted by Collegiate Baseball National High School Player of the Year Tanner Burns, Auburn baseball’s 2017 recruiting class was ranked sixth nationally by Baseball America on Tuesday.
Checking in behind only Vanderbilt, Florida, Arkansas, Arizona State and South Carolina, the selection is the highest for the Tigers by Baseball America since the publication ranked the 2007 class spear-headed by Thompson as the fifth best class in the country.
Additionally, head coach Butch Thompson has now inked 11 top-10 recruiting classes since 2003, including his inaugural class as the Auburn skipper, which appeared at No.