7/9/10

2011 DRAFT: - Jackie Bradley Jr. , Peter O’Brien, Steve Rodriguez, Matt Purke... and Henry Owens

Jackie Bradley Jr.



7-6 from: - link=  - USA Baseball kicked off its Collegiate National Team (CNT) trials Tuesday afternoon at the National Training Center (NTC), which will run through July 11. - Jackie Bradley, Jr. (South Carolina) knotted the game at one in the bottom half of the frame scoring on a passed ball after collecting the first of his two base knocks on a shot to left field.


7-4 from: - http://pnrscouting.com/articles_teamusacollegiate_trialroster_07042010.html  - The tools-rich outfield crop begins with College World Series star Jackie Bradley, Jr., center fielder for the National Champion South Carolina Gamecocks. Bradley is a four-tool “now” talent with the chance to grow into more power as he continues to mature. He posted a slash line of .371/.477/.587 on the Spring and had one of the best CWS performances in this year’s tournament in Omaha, slashing .345/.424/.621 while totaling 10 H, 1 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 6 SO and 1 HBP in 33 PA.


Peter O’Brien:


July 7, 2010 - link=  - CNT Trials: Red-Blue game ends in tie. The nine-inning affair ended in a five-all tie when Peter O'Brien (Bethune-Cookman) singled home a pair of runs in the eighth frame.


7-6 from: - link=  - USA Baseball kicked off its Collegiate National Team (CNT) trials Tuesday afternoon at the National Training Center (NTC), which will run through July 11. - Peter O'Brien (Bethune-Cookman) paced the Red squad to a 4-1 victory over the Blue. O'Brien, who caught for both teams on the day, was 1-for-4 at the dish connecting on a home run off Noe Ramirez (Cal State Fullerton) in the top of the first inning.


Steve Rodriguez:


7-4 from: - link  - UCLA’s Steve Rodriguez lags some in his offensive game, but is an above-average receiver who handled perhaps the most talented staff in all of college baseball, including two potential 2011 1st Rounders in Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer, as well as 2010 2nd Rounder Rob Rassmussen and 3rd Rounder Steve Klein. Regardless of how his bat plays this week, he should get ample attention off the strength of his glove alone.


Matt Purke:


7-8 from: - link  - Purke is exactly the kind of player who can help a strong program like TCU make the leap to elite status, and that's exactly what he did. The lefthander emerged early on as TCU's ace, and he finished 16-0, 3.02 with 132 strikeouts and 34 walks in 116 innings. He dominated against Texas in the Austin Super Regional to help the Horned Frogs reach the CWS for the first time, and he shut down Florida State and UCLA to lead TCU to a pair of victories in Omaha. His 16 wins are tied for the most by a Division I pitcher since 2004 (Arizona State's Mike Leake also did it last year). For meeting or exceeding lofty expectations that accompanied him to TCU, Purke is the 2010 Freshman of the Year.


Henry Owens:


7-7 from: - link=  - USA Baseball 9, N.Y. All-Stars 0 - QUEENS, N.Y. -- Four Team USA pitchers combined on a one-hit shutout to propel the USA Baseball 18U National Team over the Greater Alliance N.Y. All-Stars 9-0 Wednesday afternoon at Jack Kaiser Stadium in Queens, N.Y. Henry Owens earned the win posting seven strikeouts in five innings. Owens (1-0) pitched five shutout innings, allowing just one hit and striking out five of the last six batters he faced. Owens picked off two N.Y. base runners to wriggle out of the early innings. The left-hander fanned the side in the fourth and allowed just three base runners.

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