Recap: 2024 Future Stars Series 2027/2028 Grad Class National Tournaments

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Mike Ashmore

August 8, 2024

The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series wrapped up another stay in Nashville strong, finishing up with the 2027/2028 Grad Class National Tournaments from August 1-4.

Mother Nature ultimately forced the postponement of the scheduled testing day on Tuesday, but the tournament itself mostly went off without a hitch, comprised of 12 teams in three separate pools that featured some of the top 2027 and 2028 Draft-eligible players, as well as a handful of younger talent playing up. With the event mostly slated to be played at historic Shelby Park, there were also some pool play games held at Goodpasture Christian Academy, as well as a late adjustment for a return to The Webb School for three contests on Friday when rain delayed the start of games for three hours.

POOL A

BPA 4-0
LB21 3-1
NorCal 1-3
FSS Mid-South 1-3

POOL B

GamePrep 4-0
Sandlot 3-1
Trombly 2028 1-3
Citius 0-4

POOL C

Trombly 4-0
LB21 2028 2-2
Expos 1-3
The Prospect Lab 0-4

Three teams ran the gauntlet in pool play; BPA, Trombly Baseball’s 2027 team and GamePrep all went 4-0 and all earned first round byes, as did a talented Sandlot team that only suffered a one-run loss to GamePrep in pool play early on.

In the end, four teams were left standing on the last day, with LB21 and BPA set to square off for the 2028 Grad Class National Championship, while the FSS Mid-South team — formerly the Sports Academy club, and one that made a stunning run through the playoffs after going 1-3 in pool play — was up against LB21’s other team at the event for the 2027 Grad Class National Championship.

BPA dominated their game at Mickey Hiter Field, getting a complete game shutout from Quincy Pratt, one of two younger brothers of FSS alum Cooper Pratt playing at the event, to take the 2028 title in six innings via run rule. On Old Timers Field, however, a much more competitive game for the title unfolded; FSS Mid-South got off to an early lead and ultimately never looked back against a fiesty LB21 team to take the 2027 title.

Below, find All-Tournament and All-Prospect teams from the event, as selected by the scouting staff present:

Find social media coverage of the event here, with plenty more available on all platforms where FSS can be found.

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