DURHAM, N.C. - The UCLA baseball program's incoming class has been ranked nationally at No. 16 by Baseball America, announced the national publication on Tuesday. It marks the fourth consecutive year that the Bruins have been tabbed in the top 25.
The Bruins are one of four Pac-12 programs to be ranked in the top-25 and come in second in the conference as Arizona State earned the No. 4 ranking. USC came in one spot below UCLA at No. 17, followed by Arizona at No. 23. The only other California school to be tabbed in the top-25 was UC Santa Barbara at No. 22.
This year's incoming class totals eight players and includes three who are ranked inside Baseball America's 2017 top 500 draft-eligible players as outfielder Garrett Mitchell (Orange, Calif.), left-handed pitcher Sam Glick (El Toro, Calif.) and right-handed pitcher Chase Farrell (Valencia, Calif.) were each selected in the 2017 Major League Baseball amateur draft.
Over the summer, right-handed pitcher Holden Powell (Visalia, Calif.) was named to the All-West Coast League second team, while right-handed pitcher Zach Pettway (Long Beach, Calif.) and infielder Kevin Kendall (La Mirada, Calif.) each earned honorable mention selections.
The 2017 class also includes right-handed pitcher Michael Townsend (Los Alamitos, Calif.) and infielder RJ Teijeiro (Foster City, Calif.).
This marks the second-straight season the incoming recruiting class has been tabbed No. 16 by Baseball America.
UCLA's Incoming Players (Fall 2017)
| Name | Pos. | B/T | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown (Previous School) |
| Chase Farrell | RHP | L/R | 6-3 | 178 | Valencia, Calif. (Valencia HS) |
| Sam Glick | LHP | L/L | 6-1 | 175 | El Toro, Calif. (El Toro HS) |
| Kevin Kendall | INF | L/R | 5-10 | 160 | La Mirada, Calif. (La Mirada HS) |
| Garrett Mitchell | OF | L/R | 6-2 | 185 | Orange, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) |
| Zach Pettway | RHP | R/R | 6-1 | 190 | Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Wilson HS) |
| Holden Powell | RHP | R/R | 5-11 | 170 | Visalia, Calif. (Mt. Whitney HS) |
| RJ Teijeiro | INF | L/R | 6-1 | 190 | Foster City, Calif. (St. Francis HS) |
| Michael Townsend | RHP | R/R | 6-0 | 175 | Los Alamitos, Calif. (Los Alamitos HS) |