Mack – Draft News – Tommy Mace, Joey Lancellotti, Max Meyer, Bryce Bonnin, Miami

PG - Tommy Mace, RHP, Florida

In what was unquestionably a pitcher’s duel between Miami and Florida, Gators starting pitcher Tommy Mace put forth one of the best starts of his career to date as the 6-foot-6 righthander was masterful on the bump. Mace struck out eight batters while allowing just one earned run over seven innings on two hits and only a handful of hard hit contact all night.

Mace has seen significant innings since he arrived on campus a couple of years ago and it’s been fun to track his progress as he’s developed into what should be a fairly high draft pick. The delivery is very athletic and his slender build coupled with his arm speed portends velocity gains once he gets into a professional system and can focus full-time on baseball. There’s some length to the arm stroke but it’s very loose and he whips the arm through very quickly and consistently. He’ll wrap his wrist occasionally on the breaking ball, but for the most part he did an excellent job replicating not only his arm action but his slot on all of his pitches.

D1 - In one of Week Two’s most intriguing series, No. 22 North Carolina and MVC favorite Dallas Baptist opened their series with a doubleheader split Saturday. The Tar Heels dominated the opener 9-0 behind another strong start from two-way wonder Joey Lancellotti (7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K), who helped his own cause with an RBI double. UNC pitchers stretched their scoreless streak to 25 consecutive innings before DBU finally got on the board in the third inning of Game Two. The Patriots took control in that one with four runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by Ryan Wrobleski’s go-ahead two-run homer. Chad Arnold allowed two runs over five innings to earn the win.

Go Heels, 205, 2019: Appeared in 27 games, all but two out of the bullpen, going 6-4 with 3.12 ERA • Untouchable in the ACC Tournament as threw 8.2 innings over three games with seven strikeouts and just one run allowed • Best performance came against Georgia Tech in the title game when he threw 3.2 innings of relief, striking out three and conceding two hits and a run • Struck out 56 in 52 innings and had three saves • Career-high five strikeouts vs. Winthrop • Struck out three in a strong performance against Duke on 3/30.

Draft Site had the following first round pick for the Mets:

          RHP Max Meyer – Minnesota –  6-0    185

https://gophersports.com/sports/baseball/roster/max-meyer/16635 - 2019 SUMMER Competed for the USA Collegiate National Team · appeared in four games, including three starts and recorded a 0.64 ERA across 14 innings, striking out 12 batters · started USA’s season-opening game against Cuba, firing four scoreless innings with four strikeouts · named Outstanding Pitcher of the 2019 USA vs. Cuba International Friendship Series.

2019 | SOPHOMORE All-Big Ten Second Team selection · made 16 appearances on the mound including 11 starts, finishing 5-3 with a 2.11 ERA and two saves in 76.2 innings, striking out a team-high 87 batters · played in 35 games including 30 starts

D1 - As Texas Tech prepared for the start of the 2020 campaign back in January, the talk in Lubbock was that righthander Bryce Bonnin was ready to take a big step forward and become a potential staff ace for Tim Tadlock’s club.

He wasn’t perfect Saturday night in a 7-2 win over Stanford, but he showed flashes of being that bonafide ace type of pitcher. In addition to showing electric stuff against the Cardinal, he also overcame some early adversity against the Cardinal.

D1 Aaron Fitt’s thoughts on Miami after their 3-game loss this past weekend to Florida:

I’m not even a little bit worried about Miami — that’s still an Omaha team for me. They lost three very tight games (two in extras) to an elite opponent; they’ll be just fine, and I’m willing to wager they wind up as a top-8 national seed. The starting pitching is elite, I still think the lineup will be elite even without Freddy Zamora, and I think they’ve got enough pieces in the bullpen to figure out that piece of it.