DURHAM, N.C. — USA Baseball has announced the names of the five finalists for the 2010 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award (GSA). This year will mark the 33rd consecutive year that the Golden Spikes Award will be presented to the nation’s premier amateur baseball player.
The finalists are:
Chris Duffy, OF/IF, Central Florida
Yasmani Grandal, C, Miami (Fla.)
Bryce Harper, C/IF/OF, Southern Nevada
Drew Pomeranz, LHP, Mississippi
Chris Sale, LHP, Florida Gulf Coast
Fans can continue to stay up to date on the award by visiting GoldenSpikesAward.com, powered by MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball (MLB). The website features content devoted exclusively to the GSA, including news, voting history, past-winner photo galleries and photographs and video highlights for 2010 finalists.
The 2010 GSA will be awarded live at 2:30 p.m. ET (11:30 a.m. PT) on July 13 at All-Star FanFest in Anaheim, Calif., as part of a