Michael Rocha, John Stilson, Austin Maddox, Grayson Garvin, Gerrit Cole

Another interesting draft prospect and college senior, Oklahoma SR RHP Michael Rocha, put on a show this Friday: 7 IP 1 H 0 ER 1 BB 7 K. Rocha doesn’t have near the velocity of Dupra at his best, but thrives on his funky breaking stuff, good command, and high pitching IQ. Rocha’s one-hit performance was matched by Alabama JR LHP Adam Morgan, who put up the following line: 5.1 IP 1 H 0 ER 1 BB 6 K. Unlike the power fastball lefties mentioned above, Morgan instead follows in the footsteps of the more typical, pitchability style of crafty college lefties. The lack of a big fastball stings a little less when you have a plus curve, a pitch that I think ranks in the top ten of its type amongst 2011 college draft prospects. http://baseballdraftreport.com/  











There was some concern entering the season on whether Texas A&M right-handed pitcher John Stilson could make a smooth transition from closer to starter. Well, Stilson took at least a step forward Friday by striking out nine and allowing a run on three hits in six innings in a 3-1 victory over LeMoyne. It’ll be interesting to see how Stilson, one of the nation’s top junior prospects, progresses from here. - http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=5266  






(Austin) Maddox is an impressive athlete, now playing first base this year. I think he’s at first and Tucker is in right because Maddox doesn’t run the greatest. He does have a very strong arm that would profile well in right field, as it did at third base last year and behind the plate during his prep days. His power potential is incredibly obvious, with good bat speed and an effortless load and swing path in which he generates torque from the bottom up. He didn’t have a hit in this game, but he put an easy swing on an outside fastball that traveled to the warning track in right field for a sacrifice fly. Comparisons to another former prep catcher and Gator, Matt LaPorta, are going to be connected to this young man for the next year-plus. - http://www.5tooltalk.com/2011-notes-2-20-11.html  






•Vanderbilt had a solid weekend going a perfect 4-0 with three victories over San Diego and a single win over San Diego State. Grayson Garvin had the best start of the weekend for the Commodores carrying a perfect game into the seventh inning on Sunday against San Diego. He ended up giving up a hit off his glove in the seventh before losing his shutout bid in the ninth. The 2010 Cape Cod Baseball League Pitcher of the Year ended up pitching a total of 8.1 innings giving up five hits and three runs (two earned) before being lifted. - http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2011/02/21/foleys-quick-hits-for-feb-20th  






UCLA's Gerrit Cole, whom many consider to be the best pure college arm in the Draft, didn't waste any time in showing why. He tossed a four-hit, complete-game shutout against San Francisco, allowing just four hits and a walk while striking out 11 over 104 pitches. UCLA has quite the 1-2 punch. Cole dominated on Friday. It was Trevor Bauer's turn on Saturday. He beat San Francisco, 4-1, allowing just one unearned run on two hits over 7 2/3 innings. He did yield four walks, but also struck out 10. - http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110221&content_id=16694012&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb&tcid=tw_article_16694012