E.J. Encinosa, Jose Fernandez, Garrett Buechele, Andrew Susac, Jason Van Skike

E.J. Encinosa - Encinosa is a big fella, listed at 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds. There is a little softness to his stature, so he will have to watch his conditioning moving forward, but overall he is a pretty sturdy and durable looking righty. He has what I call a ‘lazy’ delivery, in that it doesn’t look like he puts as much effort into it as he could, landing rather upright while slinging the ball from a low, frisbee type three-quarters delivery. He doesn’t appear to be over-powering, but did a good job pounding the zone while throwing a decent curve, slider and change. He snapped off a few breaking balls in this game that looked significantly better than others, and a few of the changeups he threw really had nice fading action to them. http://www.5tooltalk.com/2011-notes-3-7-11.html



Jose Fernandez - The Alonso right-hander was initially ruled ineligible for the 2011 season because of a Florida High School Athletic Association rule that gives a player four consecutive calendar years of eligibility from the date he begins ninth grade. Fernandez began 9th grade in Cuba in 2006, but it was ruled in November that his lost year was due to his move from Cuba, and he is eligible for the 2011 season. http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=5315  






Don't try telling Garrett Buechele that the new bats are depressing power numbers. Through three weeks, Oklahoma's junior third baseman has more home runs than No. 2 Vanderbilt, No. 5 Texas, No. 6 Cal State Fullerton, No. 11 Virginia and No. 13 UCLA combined. He has as many homers—five—as No. 9 Arizona State and No. 10 Clemson have each hit as a team. http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=4176  






Catching is always in high demand, especially backstops from the college ranks who might move a little faster. Oregon State's Andrew Susac, a Draft-eligible sophomore, is off to the kind of start teams hoped to see. In a four-game series against Hartford, Susac went 7-for-13 with two homers, two doubles and eight RBIs. Overall, he hitting .441 (15-for-34) and slugging .853. -


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Indiana State’s Jason Van Skike tossed a no-hitter in Saturday’s 8-0 win over Central Arkansas. It’s the school’s 10th all-time no-hitter, but the first nine inning no-no for a Sycamore since 1943. Van Skike needed 143 pitches to complete the gem, which still had its share of base runners. Van Skike struck out five, but he walked eight batters and hit one more. http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/03/07/college-baseball-360-week-3-notebook