2012 College Baseball Prospect Notes: Opening Weekend
by Matt Garrioch on Feb 20, 2012 12:01 PM EST
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2012 College Baseball Prospect Notes: Opening Weekend
Florida had few players who had very good weekends. Senior Preston Tucker hit a couple bombs as well as a double to continue his great collegiate career.
Top catching prospect Mike Zunino had 5 hits in 12 AB's but also K'd 4 times. Brian Johnson went 2 for 4 at the plate and threw 4 innings of 2 hit ball, striking out 5.
Austin Maddox, who was a great hitter as a freshman, struggled at the plate last season but is doing well on the mound. He K'd 3 in 4 innings allowing only 1 hit.
At South Carolina Christian Walker went 4 for 11 and former closer Matt Price took a shot in the rotation throwing 5 innings and striking out 7. Those are encouraging results for the former pen Ace.
At Texas A&M, Michael Wacha K'd 8 in 5 2/3 IP and OF Tyler Naquin went 6-11 with a pair of doubles and 3 steals. He is a sleeper who could sneak into the 1st round with continued good performance. Krey Bratsen is also one to watch for there.
Stanford 3B Stephen Piscotty hit a pair of homers and drove in 8 over the weekend. Kenny Diekroger played both SS and 2B and collevted 5 hits in 11 AB's.
Jake Stewart showed some of his potential hitting a couple doubles and Tyler Gaffney is really starting to look like someone who could make an impact on the baseball field.
On the mound, it was more of the same from Appel. 97 MPH at the start of the game and wound down to the low 90's. He had inconsistent secondary pitches and ended up allowing 2 hits and K'd 5 in 7 IP. Good not great.
I didn't hear anything on Kevin Gausman's stuff but he K'd 7 and walked 2 in 6 innings allowing 4 hits. It's early and I'll see him a lot by the end of the year. More to come.
Deven Marrero was 3-11 with a steal and a couple RBI.
Brett Mooneyham is a sleeper for Stanford. He K'd 8 in 6 innings, walking 4 and allowing 5 hits. The hard throwing lefty could be a high pick this year if he keeps improving.
Brady Rogers at ASU and Martin Agosto at St. Mary's also pitched well, as did Kyle Zimmer for San Francisco.
Marcus Stroman had a rough day walking 6 in 5 innings and giving up 4 hits while striking out just 3. Just didn't have his best stuff yet.
It's early and a lot can change but it was a good start for most draft prospects.
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Matt
Do you think if Matt Price of South Carolina has a good season as a starter that some MLB team will at least try him as a starter?
I do
I think this is his chance to prove it. If he can’t do it this season, I doubt many teams would give him the chance. If he does, he could get a longer look in pro ball.
by Matt Garrioch on Feb 20, 2012 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
Price
He had a no-hitter going through 5. Came out for the sixth and completely lost it. Walked 3 and hit a guy and was just nowhere close. He said he was tired going into the fifth. Will be interesting to see how his stamina progresses over the season. Was 89-92 over the first four innings and 84-88 the next two. He’s got a two above average breaking balls, but a below average change. I think he’s destined for the pen based on his ability in the clutch.
Is there a good site for tracking college baseball stats/
ESPN doesn’t really cover it, unfortunately
I believe Matt Garrioch and John Sickels and a whole host of others would say right here at minorleagueball.com.
Thanks
but I’m not going to be comprehensive with it. If you really want to dig deep, collegesplits.com is an excellent site. I don’t know that they are running for this season yet but I used it in years past.
by Matt Garrioch on Feb 20, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
Here's a great site for college ball
It has live in-game scoring, boxscores and recaps of all Dvision 1 games:
http://www.d1baseball.com/
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
victor roache
he continued to go beastmode and knocked a couple homers, went 4-9 (from what i could gather)
Snoochies
Actually, he was 4 for 10 with:
2 HRs, 2 singles, 3 BBs, 1 K, 1 HBP
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Speaking of college notes...
by Jeff Reese on Feb 20, 2012 2:38 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
So Stephen Piscotty is hitting for power this year
Do Stanford coaches approve of home runs?
I love rebuilding.
"Do Stanford coaches approve of home runs?"
Only if they’re “accidents” and you don’t use your legs.
by charles wallace on Feb 20, 2012 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
Gausman
I saw a piece on an intrasquad game in early Feb and it sounds like new pitching coach Alan Dunn is really helping him with the curve, as he had three of his four Ks on the pitch. Apparently he uncorked a couple of wild pitches againt Air Force but he looked tough in the highlights, which are posted on LSU’s website and are well worth watching. He looks even more comfortable in his delivery than last year and the ball was coming out of his hand very well. He and Wacha both looked good and Andrew Heaney had a really nice start as well. The aforementioned Victor Roache’s teammate Chris Beck was dominant (8:1 K:BB and 3 hits in 6 IP), and Kyle Zimmer cemented his name as one to watch after reportedly hitting 98 while putting up a 4IP 1H 0R 0BB 3K line on Friday.
by charles wallace on Feb 20, 2012 8:15 PM EST reply actions
Definitely looks more comfortable mechanically...
This guy looks like he can be elite. I hope he’s around at 6 for the Cubs.
Huge fan of Gausman
He looked absolutely fired up in that highlight reel. If he has developed a more reliable breaking ball, he’ll only cement himself as the top college pitcher this year for me.
Kyle Zimmer is definitely on the rise
Not sure if I’ll be able to watch him this year, but he seems to be the college pitcher with the most helium.
I watched most of the game online and would say this assessment is very accurate. The mechanics looked good and the fastball was just exploding out of his hands. And I was impressed with a few of the hard breaking balls he snapped off, but occasionally he was trying to overthrow and pegged the ball in the dirt. Changeup looked a little flat to me when I had read the reports were he had a pretty decent change. Only one game though.
True
that the change is generally his best secondary, but he’s probably falling in love with that new breaker.
by charles wallace on Feb 22, 2012 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
i love gausman
i hope the royals take him at #5. he’s my guy right now.
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I'm starting to like him a lot more now as well
As an Astros fan it’s rapidly becoming ABA for me- Anybody but Appel.
I'm a big Gausman fan
I would definitely take him over Appel at this point. He’s currently third on my board behind Giolito and Zunino, but Zunino/Gausman gives me pause.
"Anybody but Appel."
Well, if he has a few more weeks like the last one, you might be reassessing that. I’m still a Gausman guy, but Appel, Zimmer and Wacha have come out strong and Chris Beck has been steady. So far the ostensible top arms are showing they deserve the label.
by charles wallace on Feb 26, 2012 4:12 PM EST up reply actions
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