Mack – 10 More Names to Watch For in the 2021 Draft

 

Ian Moller, C, Wahlert HS (Ia.)

 

PG - Ian Moller is a 2021 C/3B with a 6-1 193 lb. frame from Dubuque, IA who attends Wahlert. Large, athletic frame with square shoulders and present physical strength proportioned nicely throughout frame. Primary catcher, high level actions, lower set behind the plate with flexibility, receives the ball out front, fast transfer and release on throws with advanced arm strength, 1.87 pop in drills with game like actions, high level catch-and-throw skills and played well in game as well. Righthanded hitter, begins with an even stance and a high hand set and back elbow in the box; simple shift moving into contact and maintains balance. Loose and low tension swing with quickness to hands, whips the barrel through the zone and shows the ability to square the ball up in live action. Creates separation and shows carry off the barrel to his pull side with comfort. Loud tools across the board.

 

Braylon Bishop, OF, Arkansas HS (Ark.)

 

PG - Braylon Bishop is a 2021 OF/LHP with a 6-1 185 lb. frame from Texarkana, AR who attends Arkansas High School. Large, athletic frame with broad shoulders and a high waist, advanced physical strength proportioned throughout frame. Fast-twitch, ran a 6.58 60-yard dash. Primary outfielder, moves well to the ball with light footwork and bounce to step, fields the ball out front, works through the ball with big crow hop and maintains balance, works to an over-the-top slot, carry on throws will continue to develop. Lefthanded hitter, begins with an open stance and a high hand set and back elbow in the box; gets closed moving into contact, moving parts to swing and occasionally gets mistimed. Fast hands and whips the barrel through the zone very well, looks to impact the ball at point of contact and swings with intent. Gets uphill with path at times, present bat speed through the zone stands out and shows jump off the barrel when squared

 

Seth Lonsway, LHP, Ohio State    6-3    200

 

            OSU - 2020 (Redshirt Sophomore Season)

 

1-2 with a 3.00 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 18.0 innings pitched over four starts

Led the nation with 21.00 strikeouts per nine innings while ranking second in the Big Ten and 10th nationally in total strikeouts

Limited opponents to a .175 batting average

Struck out double-digit batters in three of four starts

Fanned 12 while allowing one earned run on one hit in six innings to earn win vs. Pittsburgh (2/15)

Struck out 12 and allowed one run on three hits in five innings at Georgia Tech (2/22)

Fanned 13 in five shutout innings at Lipscomb (2/29)

 

 

Casey Opitz, C, Arkansas     5-11    195

 

            Bypassed in the 2020 draft.

 

            School - As a Junior (2020)

 

Entered the 2020 season as a Baseball America Third Team Preseason All-American … Rated as the “Best Catcher Arm” by Major League Baseball scouts (BA) … Ranked fifth at catcher in D1 Baseball’s Preseason Position Power Rankings … Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Watch List … Preseason All-SEC First Team (Coaches) … Played in all 16 games, starting 14 at catcher, entering the other two as a defensive replacement during the 2020 season … Hit fifth-through-eighth in the order as a junior, seeing five starts in the seven-hole … Finished the season with a .302/.509/.361 slash line at the plate over 53 at-bats … Tallied 16 hits, eight for extra bases, with six doubles, a triple and a homer … One of two Hogs with a triple in 2020 … Scored 10 runs, drove in 11 and walked six times … Threw out six-of-10 base stealers … Reached base safely in each of the first five games … Had two hits in the opening series against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 14-16), including a double, two RBIs, a run scored and a team-high four walks … Brought in two runs on a double, scoring once while drawing two walks in the finale against the Panthers … Punched out the one EIU runner attempting to steal … Hit .429 against Gonzaga on Feb. 20-23 with a .929 slugging percentage after four of his six hits when for extra bases … Opened the series with a two-hit, two-RBI showing, also scoring a run in the contest after hitting a double … Followed it up by coming a double shy of the cycle on Feb. 21, with a single in the fifth, a triple off the top of the right-center field wall in the sixth and a homer in the seventh … First Razorback in 2020 to come a hit away from the cycle … Recorded an RBI double in the finale against the Bulldogs … Tallied three hits at the Shriners College Classic (Feb. 28-March 1), including a multi-hit performance against Texas on Feb. 29 … All three hits in Houston were doubles … Produced a three-hit game against South Alabama on March 8, scoring twice with one RBI … Had two RBIs in the series opener on March 7 behind a sacrifice fly and an RBI groundout … Notched a knock in both games against Grand Canyon (March 10-11), driving in a run in the first game of the series, while scoring and walking in both contests … Part of an offense that finished with a .310 average at the plate with 175 hits and 118 runs scored in 2020.

 

 

Tyree Reed, OF, American Canyon HS (Calf.)

 

PG - Tyree Reed is a 2021 OF with a 6-2 181 lb. frame from Vallejo, CA who attends American Canyon. Large, athletic frame with square shoulders and a high waist, long limbs with lots of physical projection moving forward with room to fill. Fast-twitch, posted a 6.69 60-yard dash.

 

 

26. Carson Seymour, RHP, Kansas State    6-5    250

 

            KSU - REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2020)

 

Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Made four weekend starts in 2020, going 2-2 with a 3.92 ERA (9 ER, 20.2 IP) ... Rated the 36th-ranked prospect after the 2020 season ahead of the 2020 MLB Draft by D1Baseball.com ... Struck out 25 while walking 12 ... Turned in back-to-back quality outings in his final two starts of the season ... Struck out a season-best nine batters in his final start of the year, going six innings with no earned runs allowed on two hits at Stanford on March 6 ... Allowed one unearned run on four hits over six frames in a win against Fairleigh Dickinson on February 28 ...  Did not allow an earned run over his final two starts (12 innings) with 16 strikeouts against five walks and six base hits allowed ... Gave up just eight hits over last 16 1/3 innings of work ... Opponents hit .200 against him.

 

 

27. Marcelo Mayer, SS, Eastlake HS (Calif.)

 

PG - Marcelo Mayer is a 2021 SS/OF with a 6-3 180 lb. frame from Chula Vista, CA who attends Eastlake. Long and athletic build that is starting to fill out with plenty of more room to get stronger. Very smooth defensive player, has silky and fluid actions that are never rushed, fields cleanly out front and can throw quickly from multiple arm angles, quick and compact arm action, made on of the defensive plays of the summer up the middle while playing second base to highlight his athleticism and creativity. Left handed hitter, hits from a spread and slightly open stance, limited lower half shift into contact, loose explosive hands create lots of bat speed, aggressive hitter who attacks early in the count and is looking to pull the ball, ball comes off the barrel hard, has projection as a hitter with additional strength and adjustments

 

 

28. Mason Erla, RHP, Michigan State    6-4    217

 

MSU - 2020 (REDSHIRT-JUNIOR): Named a Second-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball (RELEASE) ... Robin Roberts Most Valuable Pitcher MSU team award recipient ... Posted a 2-0 record with a paltry 1.04 ERA in four starts, firing 42 strikeouts with only four overall runs allowed, with three earned, and just six walks in 26.0 IP ... Ranked second in the B1G and 10th in the NCAA with 42 strikeouts, along with tied for sixth in the conference with eight strikeouts looking ... Also ranked second in the league and 49th in the nation with a 1.04 ERA, and ranked 16th in conference with a .211 batting average against ... Also ranked fourth in the B1G and tied for 30th in the NCAA with 14.54 strikeouts per nine innings ... Also ranked tied for fourth in the league and 74th in the nation with a 7.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... Tied for second in the league and tied for 29th in the nation with four starts ... Named the Big Ten Conference Pitcher of the Week and one of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s National Players of the Week on March 10 for his performance vs. Troy on March 6 in which he fired a career-high 12 strikeouts, and had a no-hitter going for 5.2 IP, not allowing a hit until the sixth inning to lead Michigan State to a 1-0 win over Troy in a Friday night pitchers’ duel ... The Spartan hurler ended with 12 strikeouts over 7.0 IP, allowing just two hits, going 5.2 IP of no-hit baseball, before a single in the sixth and a bloop wind-aided, wind-blown double in the seventh, and only allowed one walk, as well as chalking up one pick off ... He didn’t allow a Troy base-runner to touch second base until the seventh inning, as he rang up a three-up, three-down inning in the first, second, fourth and fifth frames, and didn’t face more than four Troy batters in any inning, as the Trojans came into the game hitting .320 as a team and he stymied their bats ... The 12 strikeouts was a new career-high, marking the third time this season that he has set or tied a new career-best in four appearances ... He tallied 11 Ks in the season-opener vs. Morehead State on Feb. 14 and matched that with 11 punchouts on Feb. 21 vs. Merrimack ... The Spartan hurler’s 12 Ks are the most since former teammate Riley McCauley tallied 12 punchouts on Feb. 16, 2018 at Fresno State, allowing two hits and a run in 6.0 IP ... Fired a then-career-high 11 strikeouts in 7.0 innings in the season-opener vs. Morehead State on Feb. 14, including striking out the side in the opening inning, on the way to four-straight Ks, and also striking out the side in the fourth around a two-out walk, and in the sixth ... The 11 strikeouts made him the first Spartan pitcher with double-digit strikeouts since former teammate Mike Mokma fired 11 Ks vs. Ohio State on March 9, 2019 in Greenville ... He didn’t yield a hit until the third, and didn’t face more than four batters in an inning twice, while also retiring Morehead State three-up, three-down in the fifth on another double play, after getting an earlier twin-killing in the third ... Allowed two hits in the third and two in the seventh, until departing after seven innings, with the score 15-1 ... He then matched that mark a week later with 11 Ks in 7.0 IP vs. Merrimack on Feb. 21 in a no-decision, going 7.0 IP, allowing six hits and two runs without a walk ... In Feb. 28 game vs. Kansas, fired eight strikeouts over 5.0 IP, giving him 30 Ks in his three starts this season ... Scattered eight hits with three walks, yielding just one run, coming in the second inning ... He rang up one of his punchouts in the fifth, leaving the bases full of Jayhawks and getting out of jam.

 

 

29. Izaac Pacheco, SS, Friendswood HS (Tex.)

 

            PG – Selected as the 2020 PG MVP…

 

            .321, 6-HR, 17-RBI, 3-SB, 12-R, 1.477-OPS

 

 

30. Andrew Abbott, LHP, Virginia    6-0    175

 

2020 - • Ranked No. 7 in D1Baseball.com's Top 50 relief pitchers in college baseball• Listed on the ACC Academic Honor Roll

 

• Appeared in nine games, all out of the bullpen, the second most on the staff

 

• His 1.35 ERA was the lowest among UVA relievers and fifth lowest among ACC relievers with 10 or more innings pitched

 

• Struck out 28 batters (the most among any ACC reliever) in 13.1 innings pitched

 

• Recorded team-high three wins against VMI (2/19), William & Mary (2/25) and Dartmouth (3/1)

 

• Pitched a season-high 3.1 innings pitched and struck out a career-high eight batters in win over William & Mary (2/25)

 

• Did not allow an earned run in his first 10 innings pitched allowed only two in 13.1 innings pitched on the year

 

• Credited with a team-best three bullpen holds - vs. Oklahoma (2/14), Dartmouth (2/29) and NC State (3/6)