Top college baseball home run hitters to watch down the stretch

We have quite a few superstars on the college baseball scene this season — and a lot of them are power hitters. There are a lot of guys hitting the long ball this season, so creating a list of the top home run hitters to watch is challenging. Some are easy picks, of course, but we also wanted to take into consideration the caliber of pitching they are facing among other factors. 

Narrowing it down to just players on top 25 teams wouldn’t do the trick either, since there are many teams in some of the strongest conferences that are not even ranked but have guys hitting homers off of the best pitchers in the nation. 

So here is our best shot at a list of the top home run hitters to watch down the stretch (stats through May 3): 

Jac Caglianone — Florida

Remember how I just mentioned some guys were easy picks? Well Florida’s Jac Caglianone was obviously one of them. The guy is a phenom, in the batter’s box and on the mound. Let’s look just at his hitting statistics. He is hitting .364 with an NCAA-best 26 home runs. As a sophomore, I might add. That means he has hit a homer in more than half of his games played this season. He just tied the UF single-season HR record, so he is likely to break that soon. He is in the top four in the nation in slugging percentage (.866), in the top six in RBI and No. 1 overall in homers per game. Plus, the majority of his shots are tape-measure shots, no-doubters, bombs, you name it. Caglianone is quite the special player, and not to mention, he is doing this all in the SEC against some of the best pitchers in the nation. 

Hunter Hines — Mississippi State

Hunter Hines is yet another sophomore at the top of the home run this list, and another one doing it against SEC competition. Hines is tied for third in the NCAA in home runs with 21, and has impressively hit 12 of those during SEC play. 

DOES LSU BASEBALL HAVE COMPETITION FOR THE TOP SPOT? — D1Baseball mid-season check-in

Ethan Petry — South Carolina 

Now for Ethan Petry, the freshman phenom over at South Carolina whose numbers don’t only scream top home run hitter, but also National Player or Freshman of the Year. The numbers make you take a double-take, because he not only has 20 home runs on the season, but he is doing that while also hitting .412. D1Baseball’s Aaron Fitt wrote this on the magnificent Petry after he hit a home run off elite LSU pitcher Paul Skenes. Petry…