Mack Draft: - Peter O'Brien, Keith Landers, Jake Tanis , Anthony Rendon, and Dan Paolini

Peter O’Brien burst onto the scene as a sophomore in 2010 to become one of the top catchers in all of college baseball. He batted .386 with 56 RBIs, while swatting 20 home runs with an 1.193 OPS as a sophomore last season. He made dramatic strides from a freshman 2009 season that saw him hit .314 / 4 HR / 30 RBIs. His sophomore efforts helped the Wildcats to an 18-0 MEAC record and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. O’Brien was also the USA Collegiate National Team’s catcher over the summer. He recently topped our list of the top college baseball catchers to watch in 2011. - http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/01/31/college-baseball-360-podcast-all-american-peter-obrien



Louisville redshirt sophomore LHP Keith Landers will be out until the second half of the season after undergoing his second surgery in the fall of 2010 after feeling discomfort in his throwing arm. He missed the entire 2010 season after undergoing surgery on the pitching arm in the fall of 2009. Keith made three appearances as a freshman in 2009 totaling 9.1 innings while going 1-0 with a 3.86 after being an 18th round selection by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2008 MLB Draft. - http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2011/01/30/louisvilles-keith-landers-out-to-midseason



Jake Tanis is a good defender coming off a sophomore season so impressive (354/417/668) that the Rockies scooped him up in the 2010 draft. He’s been able to translate solid tools into excellent production thus far; a big junior year could get him up into top fifteen round territory. - http://baseballdraftreport.com/  



#5 - 3B Anthony Rendon Rice 5'10 1/2 185 R/R - solid hitter with 20-25 type HR power, glove side range and good hands, agile on his feet and solid throwing arm which is plus. Slight hitch in long swing that starts his trigger, will tend to overswing on slow stuff away and out of zone, but get a fb up in the middle of the plate to him and he'll hurt you. A cripple shoot type hitter who generate enough stats to be 3 man in lineup or 5 man to help drive in runs. Ankle surgery on the mend which will be watched closely over the next few months and eventually he'll have 100% running speed back which is ok, he's not a burner, but that's not his game. Producing runs is. http://xmlbscout.angelfire.com/  



Dan Paolini – Siena - Now a junior, Paolini has blasted 37 home runs in his first two seasons at Siena. He was named a Freshman All-American and Metro Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Year in 2009 after batting .430 with 11 home runs. His average came down, but his home runs went off the charts last year when he hit .368 with 26 HR and 64 RBIs. His 26 long balls set a new MAAC single-season record and tied for the second-most in Division I baseball in 2010. Paolini’s .816 slugging percentage (6th in the NCAA) helped him to a whopping 1.255 OPS. The 6’0 slugger, who participated in the inaugural TD Ameritrade Home Run Derby last summer, was also stellar in the field. He committed just four errors and finished with a .985 fielding percentage. - http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/01/25/top-11-college-baseball-2b-to-watch-in-2011