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My colleague Chad Ford is projecting that the 2017 draft will be dominated by freshmen, particularly at the top. Assuming thats the case, many of the freshmen entering college right now will be sporting ball caps and large smiles come next summer.But all thats in the future. For now Im interested in what these guys can bring to the table on behalf of their college teams. So I decided to make some informed projections on what exactly stars such as Harry Giles and Josh Jackson are going to show us in the next few months.Ive chosen to use good old-fashioned per-game stats just for simplicitys sake (pardon me while I close my flip phone and grab this floppy disk), but note that each player blurb seeks to address quality in addition to sheer volume where performance is concerned.Based on the player rankings in the 2016 ESPN 100, here are my expectations for the top 20 freshmen for 2016-17: C.J. McCollum Jersey . The defending champion beat Gael Monfils of France 7-6 (6), 6-3, while second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dispatched Edouard Roger-Vasselin, also of France, 6-3, 6-3. Making his first appearance since injuring his wrist a month ago, Del Potro had difficulty with his service games in the first set. Gary Trent Jr. Jersey .com) - Richie Incognito has reportedly been admitted to a psychiatric care unit in Arizona. http://www.blazersteamofficial.com/Jusuf-Nurkic-Blazers-Jersey/ . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. Anfernee Simons Jersey . Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, announced Wednesday that the team would assign Swedish forward Elias Lindholm to his nations team for the upcoming tournament. Brandon Roy Blazers Jersey . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. Horse racings summer season kicks off in a big way this weekend at two of the sports most treasured racetracks, Del Mar and Saratoga.And what a daily double it should be -- Dubai World Cup winner California Chrome taking on six rivals in Saturdays $200,000 San Diego Handicap and undefeated filly Songbird starring in Sundays $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks.While the Del Mar meet began last week, Saratoga opens its 148th season on Friday and runs through Sept. 5.Stakes races on opening day at the Spa are the Schuylerville for 2-year-old fillies and the Lake George for 3-year-old turf fillies. On Saturday, its the Sanford for 2-year-olds.California Chrome, the 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, comes into the 1 1/16-mile San Diego with a 3-0 record this year. The 5-year-old Chrome won the $10 million World Cup in March in his last start.The field also includes 2015 Santa Anita Derby winner Dortmund, Hard Aces, Soi Phet, Crittenden, Follow Me Crev and Win the Space.Chrome leaves from the No. 6 gate, and will have regular rider Victor Espinoza aboard. The race is a prep for the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Aug. 20.Outside is good for me, Chromes trainer Art Sherman said. (Espinoza) will be able to break and see whats happening to his inside and go from there.Songbird arrived at Saratoga from California on Wednesday. A comfortable winner in all eight of her races, the 3-year-old filly will be ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith in her New York debut.dddddddddddd The filly owned by Rick Porter went for jog around the track Thursday morning.She ate up (Thursday) morning and she was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, Porter said. She went with the pony and jogged for a mile and an eighth. She wasnt too happy to go back to the barn, she probably wanted to do a little more. Shes doing fantastic considering all the travel shes had.In her last start, Songbird won the Summertime Oaks by 6 1/2 lengths.Taking on the 2-year-old champion filly trained by Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer is Carina Mia, Weep No More, Flora Dora and Mo dAmour.A week later, 3-year-olds are center stage after a Triple Crown break when Derby winner Nyquist returns for the $1 million Haskell Invitational on July 31 at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. A day earlier, its Preakness winner Exaggerator and Belmont Stakes winner Creator hooking up in the $600,000 Jim Dandy at Saratoga.Others in the Haskell include Gun Runner (third in Derby), Blue Grass winner Brodys Cause (seventh in Derby, sixth in Belmont) and Iowa Derby winner American Freedom, trained by eight-time Haskell winner Bob Baffert.Last year, more than 60,000 fans showed up at Monmouth to watch Triple Crown champion American Pharoah blow away the field in his first race since sweeping the Derby, Preakness and Belmont. ' ' '