Arms Race

Oakland County's Class of 2014 on the baseball diamond has a dazzling set of top-rate pitchers, sure to keep opposing hitters on their toes for the next two years.

Here are the FIVE best;

1 Matt Ruppenthal (Birmingham Brother Rice)

Best pitcher in the state regardless of Class, committed to Vanderbilt since before his sophomore season

2 Brad Schaenzer (Lake Orion)

Dominant lefty that has an array of big-time D1 programs in hot pursuit of his talent

3 Andrew Gonzales (WL Western)

Michigan State-commit that is lights out chucking the pill, sporting a 1.39 ERA last season as a SUPER SOPH

4 Nathan Morris (Oxford)

Michigan State-commit that could be the fastest-improving hurler in the area

5 Garrett Schilling (MH Bishop Foley)

Steady as they come toeing the slab, helped take Bishop Foley to a repeat state title last spring