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Wednesday, November 11, 2026 | Baseball
Note: This story will be continuously updated as new student-athletes sign with the Gators.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida Baseball's 2027 recruiting class has been ranked No. 9 nationally by Perfect Game while slotting in at No. 12 per Baseball America with the arrival of National Signing Day on Wednesday.
Holding a consensus top-12 ranking nationally, Florida's 2027 class features an average player rating of 9.29 by Perfect Game's standards – good for the sixth-highest in the country. The Gators are one of 10 programs expected to sign at least four of Perfect Game's top-100 players.
Perfect Game Rank: No. 9
Baseball America Rank: No. 12
As put by Baseball America's Jacob Rudner, "Florida has once again mined its home state for a talented, athletic recruiting class with considerable upside beyond its two four-star headliners."
The class of 2027 recruiting rankings include current high school seniors expected to graduate in the spring, meaning their first-official collegiate seasons would not come until the spring of 2028. This also includes mid-year transfers who are first eligible to compete in the spring of 2028.
Confirmed Signees (as of 9 a.m. on Nov. 12)
OF Kinon Bastian (The First Academy / Winter Garden, Fla.)
INF Juan Diaz (IMG Academy / Hialeah, Fla.)
LHP Colin DiRocco (Dana Hills High School / Ladera Ranch, Calif.)
INF Gabriel Gonzalez (Melbourne High School / Melbourne, Fla.)
RHP Landon Green (TNXL Academy / Clearwater, Fla.)
LHP Will Haggerty (Moses Brown School / Rumford, R.I.)
INF Braedon MacKay (Sarasota High School / Sarasota, Fla.)
RHP Liam Nash (Huntley High School / Algonquin, Ill.)
RHP Jake Spindler (Texas Tech / Wallkill, N.Y.)
The Gators finished fall ball with a perfect 5-0 record in exhibition games, defeating South Florida (W, 10-6), Troy (W, 15-5), the Ontario Blue Jays (W, 7-4), Mercer (W, 9-3) and Air Force (W, 15-1) by a combined margin of 56-19. Florida played 52 1/3 defensive innings while committing just one error.
Entering the 2027 season, the Gators have advanced to a nation-high, 18-consecutive NCAA Tournaments dating back to head coach Kevin O'Sullivan's debut campaign in 2008. Although Florida leads the country with nine trips to the College World Series in the last 17 years, the Orange & Blue is looking to return to Omaha for the first time since making back-to-back appearances from 2023-24.
Stay informed on all the most-recent news on Florida baseball by checking FloridaGators.com and following @GatorsBB on social media.
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Holding a consensus top-12 ranking nationally, Florida's 2027 class features an average player rating of 9.29 by Perfect Game's standards – good for the sixth-highest in the country. The Gators are one of 10 programs expected to sign at least four of Perfect Game's top-100 players.
Perfect Game Rank: No. 9
Baseball America Rank: No. 12
As put by Baseball America's Jacob Rudner, "Florida has once again mined its home state for a talented, athletic recruiting class with considerable upside beyond its two four-star headliners."
The class of 2027 recruiting rankings include current high school seniors expected to graduate in the spring, meaning their first-official collegiate seasons would not come until the spring of 2028. This also includes mid-year transfers who are first eligible to compete in the spring of 2028.
Confirmed Signees (as of 9 a.m. on Nov. 12)
OF Kinon Bastian (The First Academy / Winter Garden, Fla.)
INF Juan Diaz (IMG Academy / Hialeah, Fla.)
LHP Colin DiRocco (Dana Hills High School / Ladera Ranch, Calif.)
INF Gabriel Gonzalez (Melbourne High School / Melbourne, Fla.)
RHP Landon Green (TNXL Academy / Clearwater, Fla.)
LHP Will Haggerty (Moses Brown School / Rumford, R.I.)
INF Braedon MacKay (Sarasota High School / Sarasota, Fla.)
RHP Liam Nash (Huntley High School / Algonquin, Ill.)
RHP Jake Spindler (Texas Tech / Wallkill, N.Y.)
Kinon Bastian
Juan Diaz
The Gators finished fall ball with a perfect 5-0 record in exhibition games, defeating South Florida (W, 10-6), Troy (W, 15-5), the Ontario Blue Jays (W, 7-4), Mercer (W, 9-3) and Air Force (W, 15-1) by a combined margin of 56-19. Florida played 52 1/3 defensive innings while committing just one error.
Entering the 2027 season, the Gators have advanced to a nation-high, 18-consecutive NCAA Tournaments dating back to head coach Kevin O'Sullivan's debut campaign in 2008. Although Florida leads the country with nine trips to the College World Series in the last 17 years, the Orange & Blue is looking to return to Omaha for the first time since making back-to-back appearances from 2023-24.
Stay informed on all the most-recent news on Florida baseball by checking FloridaGators.com and following @GatorsBB on social media.
2027 Season Ticket Information
Place a deposit to secure your spot for new season tickets at Condron Family Ballpark for the 2027 baseball season here
Follow the Gators
#GoGators
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