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3-5-21 - Joe Doyle @JoeDoyleMiLB

 

Texas RHP Ty Madden's FB command is 70-grade. Just sensational. Slider has been really tight too. Generating whiffs. Mixed in a few changeups. He's got 5 Ks through 5 IP. Just two hits. Becoming one of my favorites arms in the class.

 

Madden is mixing in some really good changeups now. Fastball completely overwhelming Houston. All four pitches are humming tonight. 8 Ks through 6 innings

 

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I’m starting to think we should consider this guy at 1.10. 

 

3-5-21 - Ian Smith @FlaSmitty

 

Another Friday guy with a career high in Ks.

 

Virginia LHP Andrew Abbott with 14 K in 5.2 IP tonight. FB up to 95, paired well with a filthy low 80s CB. Lacked feel of the CH, and ovr. command wavered at times with 4 walks but lots of swing and miss.

 

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I currently have Abbott as my 71^st pick in the draft. 

 

3-5-21 - Tyler Jennings @TylerJennings24 :

 

Jose Torres, who has been dealing with an oblique injury for a bit, has just left the yard. Has looked good today at the plate and in the field. Had a long flyout to center earlier in the game

 

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Another talented shortstop in a very deep shortstop draft.

 

I currently have him as my 56^th pick. 

 

3-5-21 - Joe Doyle @JoeDoyleMiLB

 

Bases-clearing double.

 

Final line for Jaden Hill: 0.1 IP, 8 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 1 HBP

 

Ouch

 

Doug @FTLO_Baseball

 

Jaden Hill fans, good news is, today's outing could help drop his stock towards the back of the top 10 #Mets

 

Bad news, you're drafting a fastball that currently plays below it's velocity.

 

 

Carlos Collazo @CarlosACollazo

 

Welp. Not the start you are looking for. Jaden Hill gets just one out after allowing five runs and leaving the bases loaded in the first. FB wasn't generating whiffs and left over the plate; couldn't get a feel to land the slider.

 

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Hill can really throw the ball hard.

 

The problem is it has absolutely no movement.

 

Good hitters today can tee up on pitches like these. 

 

 

3-5-21 - Joe Doyle @JoeDoyleMiLB

 

A lot of scouts really, really like Arizona OF Ryan Holgate this year in the MLB Draft. Have received a few "Trevor Larnach" comps on his profile. Have had two people tell me Holgate has 70-grade raw power. Huge bat.

 

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I currently have Holgate being picked in the 3^rd round

 

 

3-5-21 - Bryan Lazare @bldore

 

LSU P Matthew Beck will miss a few weeks due to elbow injury. 2B Cade Doughty will miss the Oral Roberts series due to a shoulder injury.

 

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Shame about Doughty. Hope it is only one series.

 

 

3-2-21 - BA

 

Wes Clarke, 1B, South Carolina (NR)

 

Last Week: 7-for-12 (.583), 4 BB, 4 K, 5 HR

 

Season: .636/.742/1.818, 8 HR, 40 total bases

 

There’s no hitter in college baseball hotter than Wes Clarke. After six games, he’s slashing .636/.742/.1.818 with eight home runs, two doubles and nine walks to just four strikeouts. That’s a blistering pace.

 

One of his more impressive homers came on Sunday against righthander Ty Olenchuk, who threw him a reasonably placed 82 mph slider low and away in a 1-1 count. That location meant nothing for Clarke, who reached out and connected with the pitch while off-balance slightly, yet still deposited it 417 feet into the batter’s eye in center field. If the eight home runs in six games didn’t make it obvious that Clarke had massive raw power, that specific homer was a pretty good encapsulation of what the 6-foot-2, 236-pound slugger can do to a baseball.

 

In terms of his pro potential, his defensive position is the big question. Clarke has caught one game this season, but every other game he’s been in the lineup as a designated hitter. Prior to the season, scouts thought he was a first base only type, but without playing much of the field so far, it’s difficult for teams to get a read on his defensive projection.

 

At this point, Clarke leads NCAA Division I hitters in most major statistical categories including: average (.636), on-base percentage (.742), slugging percentage (1.818), home runs (8), total bases (40), runs (14, tied with Stetson outfielder Andrew MacNeil) and RBIs (17).

 

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This is the guy that all of college baseball is talking about this week. We always say that each spring brings out some future stars that burn out while some nobodies turn into somebodies.

 

We will keep an eye on Clarke to see if he continues to be a 2021 somebody. 

 

 

3-2-21 - BA

 

Joe Rock, LHP, Ohio (No. 87)

 

7 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K (89 pitches)

 

Rock was a big riser last summer and fall after showing a fastball up to 95 mph and a slider that got plus future projections. The big question with him was a lack of track record with Ohio and questions about his strike-throwing after he walked 37 batters in 59 innings (5.6 BB/9) in 2019. Through two starts in 2021 he’s been impressive and was a weekend standout in week two after no-hitting Morehead State over seven innings. While it’s only 12 total innings, his strikeout rate (13.5 K/9) is up and his walk rate is down (3.8 BB/9). Rock’s lower-80s slider has been a weapon against righties and lefties, but is particularly tough against same-side hitters thanks to a low, three-quarter arm slot.

 

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What a start to the 2021 season.

 

There is concern here regarding inferior talent on second level

teams but, so far, Rock looks like The Rock. 

 

 

3-2-21 - BA

 

Tyler Myrick, RHP, Florida International (NR)

 

6 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 13 K, 2 HBP (93 pitches)

 

Like Bachman, Myrick has been equally effective for Florida International in his first two outings of the season, allowing just one earned run over 12 innings, while striking out 20 batters and walking just one. In a matchup against Bachman and Miami (Ohio), Myrick racked up 13 strikeouts and his first walk of the season, primarily by using a solid fastball/slider combination that he used to pepper the strike zone.

 

Myrick’s fastball ranged from 90-96 in this outing, mostly in the 92-93 mph range but his last pitch of the game was a 96 mph bullet. The heater has some arm-side running life, and he showed solid control for the pitch, if not precise command in this look. He paired that fastball with an 83-88 mph slider that showed impressive vertical dive at its best, but would flatten out when left up in the zone. Myrick threw a few changeups in this game, but he used the pitch sparingly in the 84-88 mph range. The best offering he hit on fell completely off the table against a lefthanded hitter and was thrown with fastball arm speed.

 

Myrick is listed at 6 feet, 205 pounds and has a well-developed and physical build with broad shoulders and a filled out lower half. He has a fast arm and a three-quarter slot, but the operation comes with some effort, though for the most part he was synced-up and consistent with his release point in this outing. At times Myrick would slow his delivery down in the leg lift to disrupt hitters’ timing.

 

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Myrick is a new name to me. I will keep a look-see out for more info on him.

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