4-2 from: - http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=2050 - Zack Cox, 3b, Arkansas - "Cox is another one who's going to have to hit. He's certainly not your prototype at second base or third base—I've seen him at both spots this year. Some of his stuff has gone a little bit backwards for him since high school. His arm strength has gone a little backwards, but he's always going to be a fringy fielder. His hands are fine, balls hit to him are OK, he's got slow feet, his range should be good enough for third base. The thing that I can't figure out with him is he goes out and hits .260 with 15 home runs or whatever for Arkansas last spring and then he goes out to the Cape and hits .340 with no power and now he comes back this year and what's he hitting? [.414/.516/.606 with nine extra-base hits.]"He's strong, he's a real strong kid. You watch him in BP and he can launch balls. But it seems like he has to make a tradeoff. Either he's going to hit for power or he's going to hit for average and I'm not certain that he can do both. The thing that concerns me about his swing is that he has a lot of head movement in his swing. He starts off with his head upright—a fairly standard look—but when he's actually making contact, his left ear's touching his shoulder. He's figured it out against college pitching, but I'm concerned about as he gets more advanced. I think he is going to hit and he's a good prospect, but we'll see how everything goes signability-wise and how all that plays into it. But he's a hard-working kid, good kid, that can swing the bat a bit and I think he'll play third base enough to stick there."
4-1 from: - http://collegebaseball360.com/2010/04/01/two-east-carolina-baseball-players-dismissed-from-team - East Carolina junior shortstop Dustin Harrington and junior pitcher Sthil Sowers have been dismissed from the baseball team according to an announcement from head coach Billy Godwin Thursday afternoon. Godwin could not elaborate on a reason for the dismissal, citing federal student privacy laws. Harrington, the reigning Conference USA Hitter-of-the-Week, started 25 games and is currently ranked fourth in the conference with a .443 (47-for-106) average. The Taylorsville, N.C., native also has five home runs, 21 RBI and 31 runs scored, all among the team leaders.
4-1 from: - http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=2049 - James Paxton will follow in Luke Hochevar, Max Scherzer and Aaron Crow's footsteps by becoming the fourth unsigned first-round or supplemental first-round pick in to pitch for a Texas-based American Association team in hopes of raising his draft stock. But unlike the previous trio who all pitched for the Fort Worth Cats, Paxton will be pitching for the Grand Prairie AirHogs and manager Pete Incavilgia. Paxton, the Blue Jays' supplemental first-round pick in 2009, failed to reach agreement with the team before last August's signing deadline. He originally returned to Kentucky, but the school decided to not allow him to pitch because of concerns about his eligibility. Paxton unsuccessfully sued to get back on the field with the Wildcats, then left school after his suit failed.
4-1 from: http://baseballdraftreport.com/ : - Stanford JR SS Jake Schlander - Height, Weight: 6-2, 195 - FR – .232/.307/.256 (24 BB/41 K; 3-3 SB) - SO – .232/.288/.324 (16 BB/41 K; 3-4 SB) - JR – .283/.420/.472 (12 BB/7 K; 1-1 SB) - Jake Schlander can really pick it at shortstop, but his inability to make consistent contact, hit for power, and get on base regularly through his first two college seasons has put a damper on his pro prospects. He’s started since day one at Stanford, putting up lines of .232/.307/.256 and .232/.285/.324 in his freshman and sophomore year. Those are stunningly bad numbers. However, as mentioned, Schlander can really pick it at shortstop. I mean, he can really, really pick it. Plus range, flawless hands, strong arm; defensively, Schlander has it all. His defense is so good that I felt comfortable predicting that he’d be on draft boards back when his offensive numbers were, and I say this with all due respect, straight up horrible. One month into the college season Schlander’s bat has show such unexpected signs of life that it may be time to start recalibrating his final draft position’s ceiling. Before the season I wrote this: “Expect a forward thinking front office, maybe Seattle or Boston, to pop Schlander late (round 35+) against all offensive odds.” If the offensive gains can be maintained, Schlander could see his draft stock jump up 20 rounds. Too drastic a reaction to a small sample of early season plate appearances? Perhaps, but I’m alright with jumping the gun a bit when the tools are there to justify it.
4-1 from http://thecollegebaseballblog.com/2010/04/01/mtsus-brentz-to-miss-3-weeks/#more-24993 - According to a report by Aaron Fitt of Baseball America, Bryce Brentz will miss the next 2-3 weeks with a fracture in his right ankle. He substained the injury during warmups last week for a game on Friday against South Alabama. He will not be traveling with the team this weekend to Florida Atlantic as he will stay in Murfreesboro to get treatment. This injury is tough news for Middle Tennessee State as they were expected to compete for the Sun Belt title this year but have gotten off to a 5-4 conference mark. If the Blue Raiders are going to win the Sun Belt this season, it will be on the back of Brentz’s bat and his pitching.
4-2 from: - http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=2050 - Bryce Brentz, of, Middle Tennessee State - [Editor's note: This interview took place before Brentz's recent injury.] "He's so aggressive that he gets himself into trouble at times. I know there was a four- or five-game stretch there where he was tied for the career home run record at Middle Tennessee and it looked like every at-bat he was trying to set it. And he doesn't need to be that aggressive to hit the ball out. He has tremendous bat speed and a good swing and he gets himself out when he gets too aggressive. That's where I think a lot of the strikeouts are coming from. It's funny, as he's kind of piled up the strikeouts, I went back through some of my game notes through last year and this year, and I don't think I've seen him strike out once when I was in the park. He's got very good hand-eye coordination and he's very strong. He's not your prototypical 6-3, 6-4 outfielder with the big size, but he's very strong from the elbows to the fingertips and has great bat speed. It's nice this year that's he's not having to be their Friday night guy because you can get a much better feel for him on defense. Last year, he was playing left field and he usually wouldn't take infield/outfield, you didn't see the arm strength there—but I've seen him up to 93 on the mound and he's a guy where it really translates out in the field. He's got a plus arm and it might even be a little bit better than that. I think he profiles in right field better than center field, but I would certainly send him out there in center and let him play off the position. He's going to go really good, I think."
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