3/7/12

Draft Tuesday Notes


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·         http://mlbdraftguide.com/ ranked the top 140 outfielders in the draft. The top five were: Byron Buxton, David Dahl, Albert Almora, Jesse Winker, and Victor Roache. I assume the Roache ranking is post-injury. I’m particularly smitten this month with Carrol, Texas’ Courtney Hawkins. Check it out.

·         http://baseballdraftreport.com/ ranked the top eight catchers in the SEC. They came in: Mike Zunino, Luke Maile, Michael Williams, Dante Rosenburg, Brett DeLoach, Taylor Hightower, Drew Fann, and Mitch Slauter. Nothing against the rest of them, but Zunino is a man among boys here.

·         Clemson’s Richie Shaffer, named ACC Player-of-the-Week… yearly stats: .452 on the season with 4 homers, 4 doubles, 12 RBIs, 12 runs, 10 walks, a .585 on-base %, & a .968 slugging %

·         #27 Virginia (7-4-1) produced 17 hits in their 14-6 victory at James Madison Tuesday.  Senior 1B Jared King led the way with a line of: 3-4, 1-R, 2-RBI. As usual, King stressed team:

“Mack, I'm just really happy with how our team responded tonight. We've had a rough week in terms of the way we were approaching the game and I think tonight we came out and played Virginia baseball. I'm really just trying to continue to keep things simple and not do too much and take what the game gives me.”


·         A senior you need to keep your eye on is Florida’s Preston Tucker. We all know him as a first baseball, but he’s playing right field now. This is a big bat (5-HRs already this season) that could be a great 2nd round pick, especially if he knows his way around the outfield.

·         Rice scored a run in the 8th inning of their Tuesday night game against Texas State, which was the first run that T-St gave up after 57.2-innings. They fell short of the national record by 6.1 innings (1972 Arizona).

·         Speed Check:
o   Lucas Giolito – Tues – 96-98, 99, 86-curve, 92-94 in 6th  (6.1-IP, 5-H, 4-K, 3-BB)
o   Oympia H.S. Walker Weickel  - 91-94, 10-K

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