4/14/10

DRAFT: - Reggie Williams, Andrew Barbosa, Brian Burton, Greg Nappo... and Justin Grimm

Reggie Williams:


4-13 from: - http://perfectgame.atinfopop.com/4/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=114295945&f=6174069131&m=4361060202  - Following up on Reggie Williams. He's stronger and filled out a bit since last spring for sure and he still runs very well. Lots of swings and misses vs breaking stuff, but played flawless in the OF and stole a base vs Lincoln Trail on Sunday. More projection left in him, more than LeVon in my opinion. Definitely bat speed here with solid pop, ability to hit 8-15 HR in pro ball if he can get more plate discipline which will come down the road. Arm is playable for Center and/or Left and ran a 4.0 from the left side.

Andrew Barbosa:

4-13 from: - http://blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2010/04/barbosa-at-68-a-hidden-gem-for-surging-bulls.html   - What Barbosa has done is become the surprise star of a resurgent Bulls team that has overcome a 3-12 start to finally reach .500 at 16-16. USF now sits in first place in the Big East standings with an 8-1 conference record, and Barbosa has been especially dominant in his last three starts -- three wins, 30 strikeouts and a tiny 1.61 ERA.

Barbosa was actually a 15th-round draft pick by the Giants out of Riverview High in 2006, but he said he wasn't ready and enrolled at South Florida Community College in Avon Park. The Giants drafted him again in 2007, but he stayed at SFCC, though he would go more than a year without pitching after undergoing surgery in July 2008 for a posterior labrum tear in his left shoulder.

Brian Burton:

4-13 from: http://thecollegebaseballblog.com/2010/04/13/cbb-players-of-the-week-3  - The College Baseball Blog named Canisius first baseman Brian Burton as our Player of the Week. Burton hit .667 (16-for-24) with eight runs scored, five home runs, 16 RBI, 1.458 slugging percentage and .714 on-base percentage in six Canisius wins last week. Burton was 7-for-7 in Saturday’s doubleheader at Saint Peter’s, reaching base in all 10 plate appearances. The junior had two games with two HR and six RBI.

Greg Nappo:

4-12 from: - http://thecollegebaseballblog.com/2010/04/12/big-east-players-of-the-week-11  - After throwing a complete-game shutout for the Huskies, junior lefthander Greg Nappo was named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week. Nappo pitched a complete-game shutout in a 4-0 win over Villanova on April 10. The junior pitched nine scoreless innings and struck out eight while not allowing a walk. The shutout marked Connecticut’s first blank sheet of the season and their first since March 27, 2009. The last complete-game shutout for a Huskies pitcher was May 25, 2007, a day when Connecticut actually earned two complete-game shutouts including a 3-0 win over USF by Nappo. This is his first BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honor and the first for Connecticut since May 21, 2007.

Justin Grimm:

4-13 from: - link  - I did get to see Justin Grimm, RHP for U of Georgia vs FSU, he showed plus velocity but very straight hittable fastball 91-93, topped 94-95 a few times, breaking ball was flat, hit lots of bats in his few innings

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