Thompson and his staff are working on putting together another top recruiting class for 2017 with two players in the top 100 already on board in Tanner Burns from Decatur, Ala. and Steven Williams from Albany, Ga. Perfect Game has Auburn ranked with the 22nd best recruiting class in the country from 2017.
Six players from Thompson’s 2016 recruiting class were taken in the 2016 MLB Draft. That class also included two players in the top 100 in Alex Speas from Powder Springs, Ga. and Davis Daniel from Montgomery, Ala.
Speas has decided not to fulfill his commitment to play for Auburn baseball, and instead has decided to begin his professional career with the Texas Rangers.