“Josh Baez is a tremendous athlete and physical specimen and can certainly have a big impact on a game. He has great tools and he is certainly someone you mark in the lineup and make sure that he does not beat you, because he certainly has that potential.”

Tim Mitropoulos

Head Coach head coach at Phillips Exeter High

Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-4, 215-pound senior outfielder and right-handed pitcher posted a .378 batting average with three home runs, 25 runs scored and 13 RBI this past season, leading Dexter Southfield to a 14-2 record. The state’s returning Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year and the nation’s No. 5 draft prospect as ranked by Perfect Game, he also compiled a 1.94 ERA on the mound while striking out 44 batters in 18 innings.

Academic Achievement

Baez has maintained a 3.09 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball on scholarship at Vanderbilt University this fall, but is projected as an early-round selection in July’s Major League Baseball draft.

Exemplary Character

Baez has volunteered locally by helping to build a weight room at one of his former schools, and he has donated his time as a youth baseball coach and umpire.