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2026 PLAYERS CHATHAM ANGLERS

TY PEEPLES
OF | GEORGIA | FR.
A 20th-round MLB Draft selection out of high school by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2025, Peeples opted to attend Georgia, where
he helped the Bulldogs emerge as a national power. Playing a reserve role in his first 21 games, he reached base at a .500 clip
and scored eight times, knocking his first collegiate hit on March 22 at Texas A&M. A Perfect Game All-American at Franklin
County High School, Peeples set the Georgia state record with 142 career walks.

MIKEY RAGUSA
RHP | NORTH CAROLINA STATE | FR.
A highly-touted recruit out of Cardinal Gibbons High School in Florida, Ragusa was ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 5 right-
handed pitching recruit and No. 30 overall recruit in the 2025 high school class. He was used sparingly in his freshman season
at NC State, pitching to a 2.25 ERA. He made scoreless relief outings against Virginia Tech on April 26 and against East Carolina
two days later.

KAYSEN RAINERI

RHP | TEXAS TECH | SO.
Raineri played his freshman season at Hawaii, pitching sparingly under former Chatham manager Rich Hill, before transferring
to Texas Tech for 2026. He punched out 24 in his first 20 innings with the Red Raiders. A native of Temecula, California, Raineri
has also pitched in both the Northwoods League and West Coast League, compiling a 2.64 ERA over the last two summers.

KORBIN REYNOLDS
C | VANDERBILT | FR.

Reynolds, a Tennessee native, entered his freshman season at Vanderbilt as the primary backstop for the Commodores. Starting
38 of his first 40 collegiate games, Reynolds clubbed five home runs and drove in 21 runs in that span. His first collegiate hit —
against Marist on Feb. 20 — left the yard and 10 of his first 26 hits went for extra bases. Reynolds is a former top-50 catcher
recruit nationally in the high school class of 2025.

ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ
IF | TEXAS | SO.

A do-it-all infielder for Texas, Rodriguez made Perfect Game’s First-Team All-America list in 2025 after he hit .313 with seven
home runs and 23 RBIs in 2025. He returned in 2026, hitting .257 in his first 35 games for the Longhorns — all starts, headlined
by a three-hit, three-RBI day in a win over Vanderbilt on April 24. A native of Flower Mound, Texas, he also leads all Texas players
with 26 stolen bases over the past two seasons.

RUSS SMITH
RHP | DALLAS BAPTIST | SO.

Used both as a starter and long reliever during his sophomore season at Dallas Baptist, Smith struck out 43 in his first 41.2 innings
with the Patriots. He made the jump to DBU after a freshman season at Cowley College in Kansas. Smith earned honorable
mention all-conference honors in 2025 after compiling a 9-1 record and a 3.60 ERA, striking out 71 hitters and walking only 14.

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