5-24 from: - http://thecollegebaseballblog.com/2010/05/24/big-south-players-of-the-week-12 - - UNC Asheville 3B Justin Schumer (Charlotte, N.C.) has been named the Big South Conference’s Choice Hotels Player of the Week. Schumer batted .579 (11-19) in four games last week, helping the Bulldogs clinch a berth in the Royal Purple Big South Baseball Championship. He opened his week with two hits at Tennessee, and went 8-10 in Saturday’s doubleheader against Gardner-Webb, recording four hits in both games. In the nightcap, Schumer helped Asheville rally from an 11-0 deficit with two home runs and a double, and drove in four runs before the Bulldogs fell, 15-14. In the first game, he pitched four innings to get the win and went 4-5 at the plate. Schumer finished the week with six RBI and a .947 slugging percentage.
5-24 from: - http://bleacherreport.com/tb/b4fLk - Bryce Harper, who the Nationals are thought to be targeting with their No. 1 pick this June, hit for the cycle on Friday in the semifinals of the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) World Series. On Saturday he outdid himself, finishing 6-for-6 with 10 RBI and four home runs as the College of Southern Nevada advanced to the NJCAA World Series final. Harper, a 17-year-old catcher, continues to amaze at the plate and is one of the most intriguing position players to ever enter the MLB draft.
5-25 from: - http://www.mlbbonusbaby.com/2010/5/25/1486642/top-5-by-position-catchers#storyjump - Do I even need to write anything about Bryce Harper? It seems I do. Harper offers two of the most coveted "tools" in all of the draft class. He can hit for power better than anyone and his arm strength is as good as or better than anyone in this class, as well. Those two tools alone make him worthy of the top overall selection in the draft. However, he’s an average runner and above-average hitter for average, making him an all-around threat in every aspect of his game. The lone question in his game now is where his long-term defensive position lies. He’s improving steadily as a catcher, but as with the great Joe Mauer, there are going to be questions about moving him off the position simply to lengthen the effectiveness of his career. He could easily play right field well, and he has experience at third base, but it’s obvious that his overall value is boosted by his position behind the plate. He’s expected to go first overall to the Nationals, but don’t expect to see him signing a contract until the signing deadline near midnight on August 16.
5-19 from: - http://baseballbeginnings.com/2010/05/19/kyle-richter-video - Kyle Richter should have a chance to develop into a pretty solid three-pitch starter in the coming years. He’s got that change-up of his that has some dive and sink to it, which I expect will be his money pitch. I would have liked to have seen more of this guy than I did this year, but I finally got him where I could reach him. He’s got enough arm speed. The one adjustment I think will probably need to come along in the future is the ability to more consistently stay on top of the ball. That’s an adjustment an athlete like this should be able to make.
5-21 from: - http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/beyond-bryce - To rank draft-eligible catchers, I used all that information (offense, defense and baserunning) for each of the last three seasons, with more recent seasons weighted more heavily. The familiar names land near the top, but not always in the order you'd expect. And a stats-only approach unveils some sleepers for draft day. 6. Blake Forsythe – Tennessee - These last three spots are separated by decimal points, so Forsythe, the least-hyped of the trio, may turn out to be the best deal on draft day. He has also been better than Rupp and Gibbs if you limit the analysis to 2009 and 2010, as his freshman year was below average.
5-24 from: - link - UT Arlington right hander Rett Varner has been named the Southland Pitcher of the Week. Varner threw his first career complete-game shutout in leading the Mavericks to a 6-0 victory over Texas State. It was the school's sixth shutout of the season, which is the most since 1992. Varner, a junior from Trophy Club, Texas (Northwest), needed only 100 pitches (69 strikes) in his dominating performance as he scattered seven hits without walking a batter and struck out four in his third complete-game of the season. The win was his team-leading seventh of the season. Varner, who never threw three balls to a batter in the game, made it through five innings of work throwing just 51 pitches. He struck out two batters through eight innings and then capped off his outing with a pair of swinging strikeouts to start the ninth. Varner now has 13 consecutive scoreless innings pitched.
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