Mack Ade - Draft Sunday

·        The Florida Gators held a scrimmage on Super Bowl Sunday. Brian Johnson (4-IP, 4-H, 3-R, 1-BB, 5-K) went up against Karsten Whitson (4-IP, 3-H, 1-ER, 2-BB, 5-K). Two excellent defensive plays by freshman 3B Josh Tobias. Home runs by Vickash Ramjit and freshman Brandon Sedell.

·        South Carolina Feb 4^th scrimmage stats…

o   Matt Price - 4IP, 5H (2HR), 3R, BB, 2K

o   Adam Westmoreland - 2IP, 4H (2B), 5R, 3BB

o   Forrest Koumas - 2IP, 5H (3HR), 5R, HBP, 2BB, K

o   Colby Holmes - 4IP, 3H, R, BK, 2K, BB

o   Nolan Belcher - 2IP, 4H (2B, 3B, HR), 2R, BB, 2K

o   Joel Seddon - 2IP, H, R, WP, HBP, 2BB, K

·        Victor Roche singled in the tying run and the Georgia Southern Blue and White team scrimmaged to a 4-4 tie. Both Justin Hess and Sam Howard had strong outings on the mound.

 

·        The home North Carolina team beat the “away” team, 6-5. They were led by Tommy Coyle’s two-out bases-loaded single up the middle drove in two runs for a 4-2 Heel lead.

·        Speed Checks:

o   Marion Catholic (IL) LHP Brett Lilek - 87-89 FB, 78-81 slider, low-80s change

o   St. Edwards (DII - NC) RHCL Stephen Johnson - 97-98, 81 slurve

Olympia H.S. (FL) RHSP Walker Weickel - 91-94, touched 95, curve 74-76 with spin/break

·        You know how high I am on Acadiana H.S. (LA) catcher, Stryker Trahan. I still consider him the #2 catcher in the draft behind Florida’s Mike Zunino and he might go as high as the Mets pick at #12. He has a + arm to second (1.85 pop) and is solid behind the plate but he just doesn’t project long time behind the plate. The kid can hit and he’s a ++ runner (6.54) for a catcher. Draft him and I’m sure you’re looking at a future corner outfielder with a power arm.

·        Does picking first in the draft make a difference? Well here’s what http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2012/02/06/worst-baseball-draft/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter had to say about it:

Not that picking at the head of the draft isn’t better than the alternatives. The 47 players selected first have combined for 799.2 WAR according to baseball-reference, significantly topping the 506.9 combined WAR of the 47 players selected second and well over twice the 286.7 WAR of all-time number five picks (in an interesting statistical anomaly, number five picks have been dramatically worse than number six picks, and number 10 picks have been more productive than number five, seven, eight, or nine picks).