Andrew Letourneau, Zack Powers, Chris Reed, John Stilson, Marquis Riley

•Cal-State Bakersfield continued the University of San Francisco’s early season struggles by defeating them 6-2. Junior centerfielder Andrew Letourneau led the charge at the plate going 3-5 with two runs scored and an RBI. This season, the Dons have scored a total of three runs over their first four games. They will welcome UC-Davis to campus on Friday and Sunday while playing in Davis on Saturday as they look to get their first win of the season.

http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2011/02/22/foleys-quick-hits-for-feb-21st  







Zack Powers - Powers is another member of the Gators impressive freshman class that includes Whitson, Crawford, Daniel Gibson and Keenan Kish. I know I said I was focusing on the 2011 and 2012 draft eligibles, but Powers really caught my eye, and I believe he will be a much bigger part of this team in the years to come. He has a great approach at the plate in which he seems to be going up the middle and the other way, and smacked some balls hard. He has good size with sloped shoulders with good present day strength -

 http://www.5tooltalk.com/2011-notes-2-20-11.html 




Some of that may have had to do with Stanford's pitching staff, of course, which gave up seven earned runs over 26 innings for an opening-weekend 2.77 ERA. Chris Reed took the one loss for Stanford, but scouts really liked what they saw from the 6-foot-4 lefty, who sat at 94 mph all night and showed a plus changeup.

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Texas A&M JR RHP John Stilson was only omitted from the previous entry because he slipped my mind, but, really, the guy belongs in the top college arm discussion with the likes of Cole, Purke, Jungmann, et al. Perhaps it is for the best that the least well known major college pitcher gets his own space, so we can fully appreciate his sustained run of dominance. Stilson’s 2010 season (14 K/9) was the stuff of legend, and his transition to starting on Friday nights (6 IP 3 H 0 ER 1 BB 9 K) has started with a bang. My favorite part of his Friday line: 18 outs recorded, 9 via strikeout, 9 via groundball, 0 fly balls. He’s a starter all the way for me, despite the sentiment that he is too much of a two-pitch thrower to get through the lineup multiple times. I’ve heard too many positive things about both his changeup and his slider to believe differently.

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iF Marquis Riley from near by Hillsborough NC where he attended Orange HS. Marquis is slightly over 5'9 and weighs a solid 190 with a smooth lefty swing that is flat and drives the ball where it's pitched. He's not a burner out of the box, but he is solid average as a runner with a playable arm for either the corner or second and he has enough tracking ability to play the Outfield if needed there. Marquis lined up a few mid to upper 80's fb from the Camels pitchers to all fields. In BP he has 8-10 type HR power. He loves the game and he comes to play and while he may not go in the first two rounds of the MLB Draft, he's definitely someone who will get some strong looks by area crosscheckers and scouting directors along the way

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