The 2013 Alabama baseball team recruiting class was rated the 16th best by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, as announced on Tuesday afternoon. The Crimson Tide welcomed 12 signees for the upcoming season, including 11 freshmen and one junior college transfer.

The rankings are based on players who enroll each fall. Athletes who initially signed with a school and then signed a pro contract after being drafted do not count in the overall evaluation.

Of the 12-man recruiting class secured by head coach Mitch Gaspard and his coaching staff, Alabama had three players drafted last June. Those players were catcher Wade Wass of Pensacola, Fla. (Meridian CC), a 13th round selection by the Baltimore Orioles; right-handed pitcher Ray Castillo of Seale, Ala. (Russell County HS), who was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 27th round; and infielder Mikey White of Birmingham, Ala. (Spain Park HS), a 34th round selection by the New York Mets.

Here is a rundown of the nine other signees who started school at Alabama in the fall: infielder Kyle Overstreet of Boaz, Ala. (Boaz HS); infielder Chance Vincent of Scott, La. (Acadiana HS); infielder Daniel Cucjen of Shreveport, La. (Evangel Christian Academy); outfielder Matthew Goodson of Oxford, Ala. (Oxford HS); right-handed pitcher Keaton Haack of Oak Ridge, N.C. (Northwest Guilford HS); outfielder Georgie Salem of Birmingham, Ala. (Vestavia Hills HS); right-handed pitcher Jonathan Hess of Kenner, La. (Jesuit HS); right-handed pitcher Mitch Greer of Prattville, Ala. (Edgewood Academy); and left-handed pitcher/outfielder Colton Freeman of Hoover, Ala. (Spain Park HS).

Alabama did lose one player to Major League Baseball, however, when Jackson Stephens of Oxford High School decided to sign with the Cincinnati Reds after being drafted in the 18th round of the 2012 June draft.

With Vanderbilt earning the top spot this year, a team from the Southeastern Conference has had a team ranked No. 1 nine of the last 10 years. In addition to Alabama and Vanderbilt, the SEC had 12 of the 14 schools in the conference selected to the 40-team list.