Kentucky baseball commitments
Commitment lists are courtesy of Perfect Game, Prep Baseball Report and independently verified sources.
2025
Maxime Boies
Position: Infielder
Measurables: 6-foot, 174 pounds
School: Ecole Pointe-Levy
Hometown: Levis, Quebec, Canada
Scouting report: Boies stood out on the Canadian team at the West Coast Games in August 2023 and quickly earned an offer from Kentucky. A left-handed hitting middle infielder with a sweet swing, Boies could follow in the footsteps of Canadian greats at Kentucky like Emilien Pitre, Tristan Pompey, and Zach Pop.
Caeden Cloud
Position: Shortstop
Measurables: 6-1, 182 pounds
School: Nixa
Hometown: Nixa, Missouri
Scouting report: Cloud is one of the top players in the Midwest in the 2025 class. He was ranked in the top 100 of Prep Baseball Report when he made his commitment to the Wildcats in early September 2023. Cloud is the No. 1 ranked shortstop in Missouri and chose the Wildcats over TCU. Cloud is a right-handed hitting shortstop who’s an excellent athlete.
Josh Flores
Position: Right-handed pitcher
Measurables: 6-1, 200 pounds
School: Lake Central
Hometown: Crown Point, Indiana
Scouting report: Flores, a former Cincinnati commit, touched 95 mph during his junior summer and mostly sat at 92 mph with a 2400 RPM fastball. He has an athletic build and also mixes in a 12-6 curveball, changeup and slider. Flores is another power arm that can be added into the mix for the 2025 class.
Ryan Foscolo
Position: Outfielder
Measurables: 6-3, 180 pounds
School: Hagerty
Hometown: Oviedo, Florida
Scouting report: Foscolo hails a high school program in Oviedo, Florida, that’s produced current big leaguers Ryan Mountcastle, Riley Greene and Vaughn Grissom. He ran a 6.6 60-yard dash at Kentucky’s camp and had exit velocities in the upper 90s during a round of batting practice. The Wildcats hope he’ll be athletic enough to stay in center field.
Michael Gardner
Position: Infielder
Measurables: 6-1, 170 pounds
School: Chaminade
Hometown: Mineola, New York
Scouting report: Kentucky hasn’t dipped into New York often to land talent, but Gardner is an uber-athletic infielder with great speed. Gardner has a quick bat at the plate and has been recorded at 87 mph throwing across the infield. He’s young for his class, which could add to his projection.
Lucas Hail
Position: Right-handed pitcher
Measurables: 5-10, 173 pounds
School: Meade County
Hometown: Brandenberg, Kentucky
Scouting report: Hail is one of the most recent commits of the 2025 class, joining the class in March 2024. He’s an undersized right-handed pitcher who’s been up to 93 miles per hour. Hail threw just nine innings in 2024 before being shut down but struck out 17 batters and recorded a 1.56 ERA in that time.
Jase Mitchell
Position: Catcher
Measurables: 6-3, 195 pounds
School: Cape Henlopen
Hometown: Lewes, Delaware
Scouting report: Mitchell camped at Kentucky last summer and was later scouted during a tournament setting. He has nice size at 6-3 and nearly 200 pounds and plays above average defense at this point in his career. He’s a left-handed hitter with fluid movements.
Rantz Payton
Position: Left-handed pitcher
Measurables: 6-foot, 190 pounds
School: Lafayette
Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky
Scouting report: Payton is another local product joining the program. He’s been up to 90 mph with a 2600 spin rate breaking ball.
Toby Peterson
Position: Left-handed pitcher
Measurables: 6-2, 180 pounds
School: Palatine
Hometown: Palatine, Illinois
Scouting report: Peterson is an athletic left-handed pitcher who’s been up to 90 mph this spring with a good feel for a breaking ball. Perfect Game ranks Peterson in the top-300 nationally and considers him one of the best players in the Wildcats’ 2025 class.
Hunter Richardson
Position: Left-handed pitcher
Measurables: 6-1, 182 pounds
School: Butler
Hometown: Vadalia, Ohio
Scouting report: Richardson is an advanced pitcher for this age. Throws plenty of strikes and will continue to develop a three-pitch mix as he gets older. Fastball has already topped out at 87 mph so there’s hope he’ll eventually sit in the low 90s with good breaking stuff.
Jack Sams
Position: Right-handed pitcher
Measurables: 6-3, 185 pounds
School: Lexington Catholic
Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky
Scouting report: Sams missed his junior season with a knee injury but was solid at Lexington Catholic as a sophomore. He had a 2.46 ERA and struck out 45 batters in 37 innings pitched.
Braxton Van Cleave
Position: Outfielder
Measurables: 6-2, 185 pounds
School: Mansfield
Hometown: Mansfield, Texas
Scouting report: Van Cleave has good speed and projects to have a strong all-around game, which helped propel him all the way up to No. 63 nationally in PBR’s rankings this spring. He fits the left-handed hitting, projectable power mold that Kentucky has started adding in recent classes.
*2026 scouting reports will be available before the start of their junior season.
2026
Gary Gibson
Position: Right-handed pitcher
Measurables: 6-0, 175 pounds
School: Sayre
Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky
Evan Hampton
Position: IF/OF
Measurables: 5-11, 178 pounds
School: Owensboro
Hometown: Owensboro, Kentucky
Nate Millington
Position: Infielder
Measurables: 6-3, 155 pounds
School: Terre Haute North
Hometown: Terre Haute, Indiana
Kaden Powell
Position: 1B/OF
Measurables: 6-4, 230 pounds
School: Smith County
Hometown: Carthage, Tennessee
Nolan Ramoley
Position: Outfield
Measurables: 6-1, 191 pounds
School: Brother Rice
Hometown: Palos Park, Illinois
Sammy Swank
Position: Right-handed pitcher
Measurables: 6-2, 170 pounds
School: McCutcheon
Hometown: Lafayette, Indiana
Grayson Willoughby
Position: RHP/infielder
Measurables: 6-2, 180 pounds
School: Trinity
Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky