Dan Zielinski III, Founder/Editor-In-Chief
Dan Zielinski III is the creator of the Baseball Prospect Journal and has covered the MLB draft since 2015. His draft work originally appeared on The3rdManIn.com, a sports website he started in December 2011, until he created the Baseball Prospect Journal in March 2019.
In his first 10 years covering the draft, Zielinski has interviewed 580 of the top draft prospects, including four No. 1 overall picks. His draft coverage has been quoted by numerous media outlets, including Baseball America, The Arizona Republic, MLB.com, The Dallas Morning News, and USA Today. He’s also appeared on radio stations as an “MLB draft expert.”
Zielinski is a Milwaukee native and works full-time in the real estate industry. He previously worked as a full-time college athletics beat reporter for a daily newspaper in Nebraska for three years. He also covered the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Milwaukee Panthers as a member of the credentialed media for four years.
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Gershon Rabinowitz, Lead Minor League Baseball Writer
Gershon Rabinowitz joined the Baseball Prospect Journal as its Lead Minor League Baseball Writer in May 2019. He is based in the New York market and specializes in writing in-depth feature stories on top baseball prospects.
Rabinowitz has covered a variety of sporting events throughout his career, including the MLB draft, the 2016 World Baseball Classic, and Big Ten Hockey at Madison Square Garden. In 2013, he co-founded the website Baseball Essential and currently specializes in coverage of professional baseball and hockey.
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Logan Quinton, College Baseball Writer
Logan Quinton joined Baseball Prospect Journal in March 2023 as a College Baseball Writer focusing on the Tennessee Volunteers. He also produces content for Fox Sports Knoxville – Fanrun Radio.
Born and raised in Knoxville, Quinton graduated from the College of Communications at the University of Tennessee, where he studied Journalism and Electronic Media.
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Ava Baccari, Florida/SEC Writer
Ava Baccari is a senior undergraduate student at the University of Florida. She started interning at Baseball Prospect Journal in 2024. She is majoring in Journalism with a specialization in Sports and Media.
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Peter Bartlett, Georgia/SEC Writer
Peter Bartlett is a junior at the University of Georgia, majoring in entertainment and media studies while enrolled in the Carmical Sports Media Certificate program. He has served as a host for a sports talk radio show all three years at Georgia with a student-run network called WUOG. He has written articles and reported on UGA sporting events for the WUOG website. Last summer, he interned with the Macon Bacon, a collegiate summer baseball league. He also has experience doing volunteer work with SEC Nation and Game Time Productions. In addition to his journalism work, he has served as vice president and president of the Ethics Club at UGA for three years.
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Max Bernstein, Florida/SEC Writer
Max Bernstein is based in Gainesville, Florida, and also writes for The Independent Florida Alligator and has written for FloridaGators.com, ChompTalk.com, and ESPN Gainesville. Born and raised in South Florida, he currently attends the University of Florida, majoring in Journalism and specializing in Sports & Media.
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James Donovan, Tennessee/SEC Writer
James Donovan is a senior at the University of Tennessee majoring in Sports Journalism. His experience in journalism goes beyond his education, as he has covered local high school and college sports for the Daily Gazette, a local newspaper in his hometown of Schenectady, New York, and personal work for university clubs covering sports on campus.
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Ansley Gavlack, College Baseball Writer
Ansley Gavlak is a third-year journalism and sports media student at the University of Georgia. Her coursework has led her to opportunities such as covering the 2025 CFP National Championship, the Atlanta Hawks, Georgia baseball and much more. Outside of class, she worked at my student-run newspaper, the Red & Black, for two years, where she had the opportunity to extensively cover Georgia football, women’s tennis, and swim and dive.
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Abby Halpin, Georgia/SEC Writer
Abby Halpin is a third-year journalism and sports media student at the University of Georgia. Sports and storytelling are two of her favorite things. She has been a PA announcer, high school basketball reporter, a reporter for the AP at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and the on-field host for the Spearfish Sasquatch.
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Madison Hawthorne, Georgia/SEC Writer
Madison Hawthorne is a sophomore journalism student at the University of Georgia. She has experience covering sports as an intern with the Marietta Daily Journal, writing game recaps, previews and feature stories. She is also part of Georgia’s Sports Media Certificate Program.
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Andy Mathis, College Baseball Writer
Andy Mathis is a third-year student at the University of Georgia majoring in journalism with a minor in sports management. He has worked at the school paper (The Red and Black) for about three years, covering football, basketball, baseball and golf, among other sports.
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Jack Sellner, Wake Forest/ACC Writer
Jack Sellner is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and is studying journalism and economics as a senior at Wake Forest University. Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Jack has followed Wake Forest sports his entire life. As a journalism student at Wake Forest, Jack has had the opportunity to work on unique projects that focus on Wake Forest athletics.
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Dedrick Hendrix, Minor League Baseball Writer
Dedrick Hendrix joined the Baseball Prospect Journal as a Minor League Baseball Writer in July 2024. He is based in the Midwest and specializes in sharing stories of the top prospects in that region.
He also writes for Fansided. In the past, he wrote for Call To The Pen, Sodo Mojo (Mariners website), and Inside Pitch. He once hosted a podcast called The Midwest Swing that covered the Midwest League in MiLB. He works as a producer/co-host for 1380 The Fan (Fox Sports) in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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