We conclude for now our look at the 2028 Line Drive HOT 100 player rankings as we go across the nation by REGION and rank the players by their area of the country according to the following groupings: 

• Region 1 – Northeast
  • Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
• Region 2 – East Coast
  • New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
• Region 3 – Southeast
  • Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee
• Region 4 – Midwest
  • Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin
• Region 5 – West
  • Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon,  Washington
• Region 6  – Southwest/Mountain
  • Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Texas, Wyoming

Note: the states attributed to the players are:

1. primarily based on where they live as well and/or
2. their club team location as that, most of the time, corresponds to the region (although we do recognize that some athletes play for travel teams in a different region).

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2028 Rankings Overview:

Over the last month, we profiled the 2028 Line Drive HOT 100 which were published in the following order:

Note: Click on the BLUE LINKS to access the player bio write-ups & head shots for that day:

• #’s 100-91 (Mon., Aug. 24, 2026)
• #’s 90-81 (Tue., Aug. 25, 2026)
• #’s 80-71 (Wed., Aug. 26, 2026)
• #’s 70-61 (Thu., Aug. 27, 2026)
• #’s 60-51 (Fri., Aug. 28, 2026
• #’s 50-41 (Mon., Aug. 31, 2026)
• #’s 40-31 (Tue., Sept. 1, 2026)
• #’s 30-21 (Wed., Sept. 2, 2026)
• #’s 20-16 (Thu., Sept. 3, 2026)
• #’s 15-11 (Fri., Sept. 4, 2026)
• #’s 10-6 (Sat., Sept. 5, 2026)
• #’s 5-1 (Mon., Sept. 7, 2026)

Other lists we’ve compiled involving the 2028’s include:

• On the Bubble (101+)
• Position Rankings

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Next Up:

We finish off our final look at the 2027 class — the seniors — and then hit it hard starting in January 2027:

• 2027 Line Drive HOT 100: Nov. 2 to Nov. 12, 2026
• 2032 Line Drive HOT 100: Jan. 11 to Jan. 22, 2027
• 2031 Line Drive HOT 100: Mar. 15 to Mar. 26, 2027
• 2030 Line Drive HOT 100: May 10 to May 21, 2027
• 2029 Line Drive HOT 100: Aug. 16 to Aug. 27, 2027
• 2028 Line Drive HOT 100: Oct. 4 to Oct. 15,  2027

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Here are the REGIONAL Rankings:

First column is ranking # in that region;  “OTB” = On the Bubble