Pages

3/3/12

Draft Friday Night Notes




·         You’re going to read a lot about Duke’s Marcus Stroman today.  The Duke righthander struck out 17 George Washington batters… in seven innings. 

·         There was an interesting game in Div2 play earlier this week. Seton Hall and LeMoyne combined for 13 home runs in the Hall’s 17-16 victory. I don’t have enough ink left to type out the list of players that jumped in here. Wait a minute, this isn’t a typewriter… do they still make carbon paper? 



·         SS Giuseppe Papaccio led the Seton Hall Pirates over Wright State, 11-4. I managed to catch up with “G” online and he took us through his three-hit game: 


     "Today we played Wright State at UVA in the first game of a tournament.  I’m the Seton Hall Pirates junior starting shortstop, number 2.  I went 3-5 with an RBI and 3 singles.  I hit the second pitch of my first at bat for a line drive RBI single up the middle to score a run from second and I eventually scored in the second inning.  My second at-bat I singled to left field and, in my third at-bat, I singled to short center field and moved Chase Gray to third.  I popped out and struck out in my last two at bats.  I only made one play defensively in one attempt."

 We have to get the Mets to draft this kid. I can hear the announcer now: “there’s a groundball to Giuseppe, who throws it to Valentino at first, backed up by Johnny Pants”.

·         Florida Atlantic’s No. 2 starting pitcher Jeremy Strawn out for the season - tear in his Latisimus tendon.  

·         A scout on Alex Bregman:  Bregman has starred in High School as catcher and shortstop: "Right now we think of him as more of a second baseman”. 

·         Arkansas’s Ryne Stanek just might be next year’s number pick in the draft. His line and speed check is below. For the season, he’s now 3-0 with a 1.59 ERA, Remember this name. 

·         Oregon State beat Winthrop 9-4. Winthrop is 1-9 for the season. It’s also the school my granddaughter is going to next year. Sigh. I got talk to Gio.  

·         Line: 
o   Arkansas RHP (2013) Ryne Stanek -  7 IP, 6H, 1 R, 1 ER, 7 K
o   Duke RHP Marcus Stroman – 7.0-IP, 2-H, 0-BB, 17-K, 0-R
o   East Carolina senior LHP Kevin Brandt – 8.0-IP, 0-R, 4-H, 4-K
o   North Carolina So. (2013) LHP Kent Emanuel – 6.0-IP, 0-R, 8-K
o   Florida State Fr. (2014) Brandon Leibrandt – 5.0-IP, 0-R, 4-H, 6-K
o   GT junior RF Brandon Thomas – 5-5, 2-RBI, 2-doubles, 1-SB, .350
o   Houston  Jared Ray -  7-IP, 5-H, 1-ER, 0-BB, 10-K, 115-pitches

·         Speed Check: 
o   Arkansas 6-4 junior RHP (2013)  Ryne Stanek – 93-97, 78 change, 86 slider
o   Texas Tech Duke Von Schamann – 87-88
o   Houston senior RHP Jared Ray – 90-92, 78-82 slider
o   Tennessee RHP Drew Steckenrider – 88-92, 83 change

o   Stanford – Mark Appel – 96-98 early

o   Rice – Austin Kubitka – only 87-88
·         Perfect Game’s Top 10 College Outfielders (post Roache injury): 
o   #1 - James Ramsey - Florida State
o   #2 - Tyler Naquin - Texas A and M
o   #3 - Michael Lorenzen - Cal State Fullerton
o   #4 - Barrett Barnes - Texas Tech
o   #5 - Tom Zengel - North Carolina
o   #6 - Bryan Haar - San Diego
o   #7 -  Tyler Spillner – Purdue
o   #8 - Travis Jankowski - Stony Brook
o   #9 - Preston Tucker – Florida
o   #10 - Michael O'Neill - Michigan

·         Top Pitchers on Top 10 Teams 
o   #1 – Florida – RP Austin Maddox – 8.1-IP, 0.00
o   #2 – Stanford – SP John Hochstatter – 12.2-IP, 0.71
o   #3 – South Carolina – SP Colby Holmes – 10.2-IP, 0.00
o   #4 – Rice – SP Mathew Reckling – 15.1-IP, 0.00
o   #5 – Texas A&M – SP Michael Wacha – 12.2-IP, 0.00
o   #6 – North Carolina – RP R.C. Orlan – 9.0-IP, 0.00
o   #7 – Arkansas – SP Ryne Stanek – 10.0-IP, 1.80
o   #8 – Florida State – RP Robert Benincasa – 6.0-IP, 0.00
o   #9 – Georgia Tech – SP Matt Grimes – 9.0-IP, 1.00
o   #10 – Miami – SP - Eric Erickson – 13.0-IP, 0.00


2 comments: