When Cincinnati Reds second baseman Jonathan India was plucking around Plantation, Florida as a high school senior committed to play ball the following season for the University of Florida, the Gators were absolutely stacked. Their 2015 club eventually made it to the College World Series, finished with the top RPI rating in the country, and eventually sent the likes of AJ Puk, Pete Alonso, Harrison Bader, Dane Dunning, and Alex Faedo (among others) on to the professional ranks.
Infielder Richie Martin was one of their highly touted players that year, too, parlaying a season spent as the team’s shortstop into being a 1st round pick (20th overall) by the Oakland Athletics.