6/28/2010

WEEK 18: College Update for Former Team USA Players

*This is the next-to-last update for the year. The only thing left to do is to crown a national champion. And if you have no rooting interest, consider that UCLA has 2 pitchers that are Team USA alumni (Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer)…

Check below for the WEEKLY PLAYER STATS (also posted on our website each Monday night); we also track the players yearly  cumulative season statistics (also updated every Monday evening); thanks for tuning in and check back often as we keep turning out new content…

WEEKLY BATTING STATS

WEEKLY PITCHING STATS

 6/7/2010

WEEK 16: Update for Team USA Alumni College Players

*Super Regionals gearing up; MLB Draft starts tonight!

*We will be reporting on how the USA alumni fares in the MLB Draft over the next few days, so be sure to check back for that info…

• 1st: UCLA sophomore Gerrit Cole pitched like an ace in regional play against Kent State Friday night; ESPN’s Keith Law has been very high on Cole since the beginning of the season; In a recent article, Law says, “There are some top names for next year’s class making the news right now, too, including UCLA right-hander Gerrit Cole. The former Yankees draft pick allowed just one hit in five scoreless innings Friday, striking out seven and issuing only one walk in another dominating performance. Cole reached the mid-90s regularly — and with ease, as I witnessed earlier this spring. When his breaking ball is being thrown with command, he’s unhittable. Cole could land somewhere in the top five next spring.” …’nuff said
• 2nd: Coastal Carolina junior Scott Woodward did not want the season to end; so he simply put Coastal on his back as he went 6-for-14 with 2 2B’s, 1 3B, 6 BB’s and 6 SB’s; the result of his otherworldly OBP was a total of 8 scored runs, 1 of those coming from a walk, subsequent steal, and then the game-tying run with the Chants facing elimination with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth…
• 3rd: Arizona State sophomore Riccio Torrez has been playing like an upperclassman all year, but he really turned it on in the post-season; Torrez went 7-for-11 with 4 2B’s, 1 RBI and 4 SB’s; on the year, Torrez is batting .404 with 9 HR’s, 51 RBI’s, and 20 SB’s to go with a .492 OBP; the only criticism of his game is an 18-to-39 walk/strikeout rate; look for a spectacular junior campaign in 2011…
• 4th: Coastal Carolina junior Cody Wheeler pitched a complete game shutout in his lone post-season appearance; Wheeler faced 32 batters, fanning 6 while walking just 2; on the year, Wheeler was 11-0 with a 3.70 ERA, 107 K’s and 32 BB’s in 104.2 IP; his name hasn’t been mentioned in first round discussions, but it’s a safe bet he’ll be off the board early on Tuesday…
• 5th: UCLA sophomore Trevor Bauer gave up just 1 earned run on 7 hits in 8 IP to notch his 10th win of the year against defending National Champs LSU; Bauer fanned 11 and walked 2 and now sports an elite 135-35 K/BB ratio over 109.1 IP this year; this time next year, Bauer’s name will be frequently mentioned among those players who are expected to go early in the 1st round…
• 6th: Miami junior Chris Hernandez has been mentioned frequently lately as a supplemental 1st round to early 2nd round pick; Hernandez isn’t doing anything to slip, as his latest post-season outing was a gem; notching the first post-season win of his career, the Miami lefty tossed 6 scoreless innings while allowing just 3 hits, fanning 7 and walking just 1 of the 21 batters he faced; a two-and-a-half hour rain delay ended his masterful night; on the year, he’s 9-3 with a 2.83 ERA to go with 102 K’s versus 31 BB’s in 95.1 IP
• 7th: UNC junior Matt Harvey looks to have an exciting night tonight, as it’s expected he’ll be drafted among the first 10-to-15 picks; this past week Harvey solidified his case with a win, pitching 6 innings and allowing 2 runs on 4 hits, while fanning 9 and walking 3…
• Getting very difficult to finish this update… THE DRAFT IS LIVE!
• 8th: Auburn junior Hunter Morris–> 2 HR’s…
• 9th: CS Fullerton junior Christian Colon–> 2 HR’s… Mayo says Colon goes 1.4 to KC, we shall see in a minute… HE DID! KC took Colon 4th overall, huge surprise!
• That’s it for this week! There’s so much more that we just can’t get to, but you should be able to get a good idea of who was hot and who was not with the WEEKLY PLAYER STATS (posted below and on our website); we also track the players yearly  cumulative season statistics (updated every Monday evening); thanks for tuning in and check back often as we keep turning out new content…

WEEKLY BATTINGS STATS

WEEKLY PITCHING STATS

5/31/2010

WEEK 15: Team USA Alumni College Player Update

*We wrapped up all of the conference tournaments over the weekend; next up is Regionals, Super Regionals & the College World Series; the MLB Draft falls in the middle of that, and we started our draft coverage just a few days ago with a list of draft-eligible USA players…

• 1st: Although Southern Nevada phenom Bryce Harper isn’t listed in the weekly stats below, he did compete in 2 games of the JUCO World Series over the past week; Harper went a combined 3-for-6 with 2 walks, 2 SB’s and 6 runs scored, striking out twice…
• 2nd: Rice junior Rick Hague came alive this past week; Hague went a combined 9-for-17 with 2 2B’s, 3 HR’s, 5 RBI’s, 1 SB and a total of 10 runs scored…
• 3rd: Hawaii sophomore Kolten Wong put the Rainbows on his back en-route to winning the WAC championship; Wong went 10-for-20 with a 2B, 3B, 3 HR’s, 8 RBI’s and 6 BB’s with no K’s…
• 4th: Texas Tech junior Chad Bettis with 10 K’s over 7.1 IP
• 5th: UCLA sophomore Gerrit Cole with 11 K’s over 6.2 IP
• 6th: TCU freshman Matthew Purke with 14 K’s over 7 IP
• 7th: The Citadel junior Asher Wojciechowski earned 2 wins over 2 starts this past week; in a combined 16 innings of work, Wojo fanned 16 while walking just 2…
• 8th: Vanderbilt sophomore Sonny Gray combined on a shutout to notch the win; Gray pitched 7 innings, fanning 8 and walking just 1 batter…
• 9th: Mississippi junior Drew Pomeranz also combined on a shutout; Pomz fanned 7 over 7 innnings with just 1 walk… it’s like deja vu…
• That’s it for this week! There’s so much more that we just can’t get to, but you should be able to get a good idea of who was hot and who was not with the WEEKLY PLAYER STATS (posted below and on our website); we also track the players yearly  cumulative season statistics (updated every Monday evening); thanks for tuning in and check back often as we keep turning out new content…

WEEKLY BATTING STATS

WEEKLY PITCHING STATS

5/24/2010

WEEK 14: USA Baseball Alumni College Player Update

* That’s a wrap for the regular season for every college that participates in a conference tournament; conference tournaments kick-off this week and coverage for the upcoming MLB Draft is starting to crank up everywhere…

WEEK 14 News & Notes in “9-Innings”

• 1st: Southern Nevada phenom Bryce Harper added to his growing legend this past weekend as he hit for the cycle in one game, then notched a four HR game to propel CSN into the JUCO World Series; his total stat line for the weekend: 18-for-22 with 5 2B’s, 2 3B’s, 5 HR’s and 18 RBI’s; there’s no question Harper is going 1.1, the only question that remains is how much it’s going to cost the Nationals…
• 2nd: The only other player to log a multi-HR week was Tennessee junior Blake Forsythe; Forsythe has had a largely disappointing season, batting .286 compared to his sophomore campaign where he hit .347; scouts still like the tools and most think he will get drafted high enough in June to pull him away from his senior year at UT as the power is still there; Forsythe has 15 HRs and 57 RBI’s on the year…
• 3rd: Auburn junior Hunter Morris dropped 30 pounds in the offseason and completely turned around his college baseball career; a Freshman All-American and SEC Freshman of the Year in 2008, Morris’s sophomore campaign took a U-turn as his AVG went from .351 to .282 and his strikeouts nearly doubled from 26 to 50; his offseason conditioning has paid dividends and he is now enjoying his best offensive year, batting .398 with 20 HR’s and 67 RBI’s and shaving his strikeouts down slightly; Morris was recently announced as one of the 25 semifinalists for the Dick Howser Trophy Award; most online sources have Morris going off the draft board in the first 2 rounds…
• 4th: Hawaii sophomore Kolten Wong put the Rainbows on his back this past weekend as they fought for a WAC Tournament berth; Wong went 11-for-22 with 3 2B’s, 1 3B, 1 HR, 6 RBI’s and a SB…
• 5th: TCU freshman Matthew Purke remained perfect after another solid outing for the Horned Frogs; in 5-innings of work, Purke allowed 1 run on 5 hits, fanning 5 and walking none; Purke is 11-0 on the year and is just shy of the century mark in K’s with 99 in 82IP; Purke was limited to 5 innings to keep him fresh for the upcoming conference tournament; he talked about the game and “finding” his changeup again in this article…
• 6th: Miami junior Chris Hernandez took a tough loss in an otherwise solid outing against ACC rival Virginia; Hernandez tossed 5.2 innings, allowing 1 earned run on 5 hits while fanning 9 and walking 5; on the year, Hernandez sports a 2.94 ERA with an 8-3 record, and 91 K’s in 82.2 IP…
• 7th: UCLA sophomore Trevor Bauer may be the best kept secret in college baseball in regards to baseball card prospectors (recent gold refractor sales all hover around $20); this is a guy Keith Law says breaks the Top 10 in the 2011 MLB Draft and whose current stats bests that of teammate Gerrit Cole (who is the early frontrunner for 1.1 in 2011); Bauer is 9-3 on the year with a 2.95 ERA, 116 K’s in 94.2 IP and just 29 BB’s; Cole is 8-2, 3.41, 113 K’s in 89.2 IP and 43 BB’s…
• 8th: Arizona State freshman Jake Barrett has thrived in the relief role this year; Barrett is 2-0 with a 3.29 ERA, 2 Saves, 42 K’s and 9 BB’s in 27.2 IP and has combined on 2 shutouts; he appeared twice this past weekend over 3.1 innings and fanned 7 of the 10 batters he faced, allowing no runs while giving up just 1 hit…
• 9th: CS-Fullerton junior Christian Colon looks like a lock to go in the 1st round of this year’s MLB Draft; Keith Law ranks him #19, BA at #12, PGUSA at #7/#11 (2 mocks); Colon’s polished defense and pure hitting ability projects him to be on the fast-track to the show and are the primary reasons for the predictions; Colon got off to a slow start this year after breaking his ankle over the summer as the captain of the Team USA Baseball National Team (he was also named BA’s Summer Player of the Year in 2009), but has consistently produced since then…
• That’s it for this week! There’s so much more that we just can’t get to, but you should be able to get a good idea of who was hot and who was not with the WEEKLY PLAYER STATS (posted below and on our website); we also track the players yearly  cumulative season statistics (updated every Monday evening); thanks for tuning in and check back often as we keep turning out new content…

WEEKLY BATTINGS STATS

WEEKLY PITCHING STATS

  5/17/2010

  WEEK 13: Team USA Alumni College Player Update

*A few teams took the week off for exams, so you’ll notice no stats for some players; most schools begin their conference tournaments this week…

Week 13 News & Notes in “9-Innings”…

• 1st: The Citadel senior Asher Wojciechowski…pitched a complete game this past Friday, described as “masterful” as he allowed just 2 runs on 2 hits, fanning 13 and walking just 1 en-route to his 9th win of the year; his 13 K’s marks the 6th time this season he notched 10+ K’s in a game, just missing 3 other times with 9 K’s; ESPN’s Keith Law has Wojo going off the draft board at #28 in his most recent Top 100 Prospects Update…
• 2nd: TCU freshman Matthew Purke enabled the Frogs to clinch the MWC Regular Season Title with a career-high 12 K’s over 6 innings against Air Force on Friday; Purke moved to a perfect 10-0 on the year, giving up just 1 run on 5 hits, fanning 12 and walking 1; Purke has 94 K’s in 77 IP on the year…
• 3rd: UCLA sophomore Trevor Bauer shrugged off a shaky 1st inning to notch his 8th win of the year; Bauer tossed 7 innings, allowing 2 runs on 7 hits, fanning 11 and walking 6; Bauer has 5 outings this year with 10+ K’s, and his most recent propelled him to the century mark at 109 in 87.2 IP…
• 4th: Mississippi junior Drew Pomeranz…gave up 1 run on 1 hit over 5 innings, striking out 9 and walking 7; Pomz has 121 K’s over 79.2 IP on the year; although it’s a nearly unanimous opinion that Bryce Harper is going 1.1, a recent Rotoworld article states the Nats are still looking at Pomeranz as a possibility…
• 5th: Arizona State sophomore Riccio Torrez… had 3 RBI’s and 3 hits to help #2 ASU defeat #25 Arizona; on the week, Torrez was 7-for-14 with a 2B, 5 RBI’s and 3 SB’s; on the year, Torrez is batting 0.388 with 7 HR’s, 45 RBI’s and 13 SB’s…
• 6th: Clemson sophomore Brad Miller notched his 5th HR as the Tigers bashed Wake Forest; over the series, Miller went 7-for-14 with a 2B, 2 HR’s and 2 RBI’s; on the year, Miller is batting 0.352 with 5 HR’s, 28 RBI’s and 8 SB’s…
• 7th: MTSU junior Bryce Brentz…appears to be back at 100% now; on the week, Brentz was 11-for-24 with 2 HR’s, 9 RBI’s and a SB; four of those RBI’s came as the result of a grand slam on Friday…
• 8th: Rice junior Rick Hague continues to perform well, this week going 7-for-19, with 3 2B’s, 1 HR, 5 RBI’s and a SB; Hague possesses 5-tools that grade fringe-to-solid-average across the board and BA’s Aaron Fitt see’s Hague going somewhere in the 3rd round next month…
• 9th: CS-Fullerton junior Christian Colon was instrumental in the Titans sweep of rival LBSU; over the series, Colon went 8-for-21, with a 2B, 3B, 2 HR’s, 10 RBI’s and a SB; BA projects Colon going off the draft board at #12, while Keith Law projects #19; either way, Colon is not getting out of the first round…
• That’s it for this week! There’s so much more that we just can’t get to, but you should be able to get a good idea of who was hot and who was not with the WEEKLY PLAYER STATS (posted below and on our website); we also track the players yearly  cumulative season statistics (updated every Monday evening); thanks for tuning in and check back often as we keep turning out new content…

WEEKLY HITTING STATS