5/17/12

Draft Notes 5-16-12 – Matt Price, Austin Nola, College Hitters, Kevin Gausman



For the past two seasons, Matt Price has been the anchor in the bullpen for the back-to-back CWS champion South Carolina Gamecocks. After a sensational campaign in 2010, in which he saved ten games (including three in the NCAA tournament) and struck out 83 batters in 55.2 innings, Price put forth a career year in 2011. He saved 20 games, and sent down 75 batters on strikes in a mere 59 innings. In the Gamecocks run to their second consecutive title he pitched in with nine scoreless innings, spanning eight outings.

            Mack projection – 5th round, as a closer      



LSU (40-13) senior IF Austin Nola

                        Tuesday vs. Nicholls State -  4-4, 2-R, 1-2B, 1-BB

                        Seasonal - .295/.415/.439/.854

LSU’s starting shortstop for four years had a great season. Heis going to be around for a few days at the draft. Does a lot of good things, none great. Projection: 8th round



Keith Law

                        Byron Buxton is an 80 run



Jim Callis

                        I’ll take Buxton.




"The college class is one of the weakest of the last decade," said a national crosschecker with a National League team. "Especially the hitters, there just aren't any. But it's not just the college guys. Even Buxton is not a typical 1/1 high school bat. He didn't play for USA Baseball. Even (2008 No. 1 pick) Tim Beckham, another high schooler out of Georgia, had proved himself more nationally compared to Buxton."




Unlike most students, Kevin Gausman isn't complaining that he has to work Friday nights. After all, a college pitcher who is handed the ball on Fridays is considered the team's ace. Gausman, a former standout at Grandview High School, is filling that bill well at Louisiana State University. He's putting together a sophomore season that could lead to him being a first-round selection in the June amateur draft. The slender 6-foot-4, 190-pound right-hander has an 8-1 record, 2.95 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 91 innings, statistics that tend to make scouts run to their radar gun. His strikeout total ranks third among Division I pitchers.

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