11/4/11

Draft 2012: - Edwin Diaz, Chris Phelan, Courtney Hawkins, Tom Murphy, Rio Ruiz


10-24-11: - http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/2011/10/marucci-elite-and-rising-prospects-impress-in-jupiter - FIVE 2012 PLAYERS WHO IMPROVED THEIR STATUS - Edwin Diaz, rhp, Naguabo (P.R.) HS  Live arm with a fastball that touched 94 mph but needs to improve feel for secondary pitches.

10-25-11: - http://www.collegesummerbaseball.net/2011/10/top-20-pitchers-in-atlantic-collegiate.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter  - Top 20 Pitchers in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League  2.   Chris Phelan   RHP   Southampton Breakers---Farmingdale State -  Chris (6-0/210 pounds) led the league with a minuscule 0.68 era in 40 innings of work. He also went 4-0 and walked just 4 batters on the summer. for the Breakers. He started 5 games and completed 3 of them for Southampton.

10-28-11: - http://orioles-nation.com/2011/10/26/wwba-2012-highlights  - Courtney Hawkins (Corpus Christi TX; Carroll HS) – Simply a hitting machine.  He is another highly explosive athlete in this draft class that shows the power and speed that teams covet, running a clean 6.6 with almost little effort.  His stroke has improved and is showing plus power in game; solid chance for dual type threat bat with a good deal of pop in the stick.  He has really taken that next step, showing a cleaner approach to the plate. He continues to push his name to the top of the 2012 HS class and is the one player that no scout wanted to miss this weekend.

10-29-11: - http://ht.ly/1fnqBA  We continue the countdown today at number 77 with Buffalo junior catcher Tom Murphy. The West Monroe, New York native attended Central Square High School. He was a three year captain for coaches Kyle Brown and John Jefferies. As a senior, he batted .510 with eight home runs, eight doubles and three triples while being named First-Team All-CNY and CNY Athlete of the Year. As a freshman in 2010, he started 36 games and appearing in six other games. He finished the season with a .313 average while hitting four homers and driving in 25 runs. Murphy had a breakout season as a sophomore leading the Bulls in hitting with a .384 batting average while hitting ten homers and driving in 44 runs. He spent the summer mostly in the NECBL with the Holyoke Blue Sox hitting .285 with 10 homers and 28 RBI. He also played in the NECBL All-Star game against the USA Collegiate National Team. He ended up hitting a long homer off of LSU’s Kevin Gausman. (Video below) After the game, he was added to the USA Collegiate National Team roster. He played in four games (two starts) where he did not get a basehit in eight official at-bats.

10-29-11: - http://www.sgvtribune.com/preps/ci_19221416#ixzz1cBgKjdRI  - Bishop Amat High School quarterback Rio Ruiz suffered a knee injury in Friday's 14-3 loss to Loyola on homecoming, leaving Amat's playoff hopes in jeopardy and Ruiz's immediate future in doubt. Ruiz, named the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 player of the year in baseball after leading the Lancers to the championship last spring, injured his left knee after he was sacked with 5:33 left in the first half.

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