7/12/13

Draft 14 – Touki Toussaint, Dylan Cease, Nigel Nootbaar, LSU


 
6-13-13 - Touki Toussaint, Coral Springs Christian (Fla.), Right-Handed Pitcher - One of the fastest rising players in the class of 2014, Toussaint impressed last year on the mound as a sophomore and didn't do anything to diminish that assessment with a 5-2 record and 65 strikeouts with a 0.95 ERA. Fastball is reportedly up to 97 mph. LINK

6-30-13 - Jheremy Brown ‏@JBrownPG  - 2014 RHP Dylan Cease (Milton, GA) warming up at 92/93 on field 2 at East Cobb

6-27-13  -  Player:  Nigel Nootbaar  Position:  RHP  School:  Southern California  Date of Birth:  3/24/1993  Height/Weight:  6’1/185  Bats/Throws:  S/R  Scouting Report: from Don Olsen on 6/18/2013 - Nigel has a compact lean athletic build.  A little effort to the delivery, slightly unorthodox with a little whip arm action.  There was some deception in the delivery and hides it well, gives hop on the arsenal.  Fastball is 92-94 mph with some late movement, has some tail on it.  The slider shows more vertical tilt with late bite 82-84 mph, overall above average movement that flashed plus.  Saw a different type break of 12/6 variety that had more depth in 78-80 range, path had a bit different action, weakening slider or curveball. LINK

6-27-13 - LSU: The Tigers will be a very intriguing team entering the 2014 campaign. Starting pitchers Aaron Nola and Cody Glenn give Paul Mainieri are a very solid one-two punch on the weekend, but the Tigers must replace relievers Nick Rumbelow and Chris Cotton, among others, so the bullpen is a definite question mark going into the offseason. Meanwhile, offensively, LSU has some serious holes to fill without Mason Katz, Raph Rhymes, JaCoby Jones and even catcher Ty Ross, who meant a lot to the Tigers in '13. The good news? LSU welcomes a great recruiting class in the fall. LINK

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