2009 College Baseball Thread

Mephistopheles · March 2, 2009

Yeah he's going to fly up draft boards if he's healthy. His ceiling rivals anyone's outside of Strasburg's among draftable college arms. Just staying healthy will go along way to cementing his status as a top ten pick.

shnsajax · March 2, 2009

New Rankings today:

1. Louisiana State 7-0 4-0 2

2. Texas 9-0 5-0 4

3. North Carolina 7-1 4-1 3

4. Texas A&M 7-2 3-2 1

5. UC Irvine 5-2 2-1 5

6. Baylor 6-2 4-1 6

7. Cal State Fullerton 5-2 4-0 7

8. Arizona State 8-1 4-1 8

9. Rice 5-2 4-0 10

10. Georgia 8-0 5-0 12

11. San Diego 6-3 4-2 11

12. Pepperdine 5-2 3-1 17

13. Texas Christian 5-1 3-0 23

14. Mississippi 3-3 2-1 13

15. Miami 6-1 3-0 NR

16. Oklahoma 7-3 3-3 16

17. Kent State 5-0 2-0 18

18. Georgia Tech 6-1 3-1 20

19. Clemson 4-1 1-1 19

20. Coastal Carolina 6-1 3-0 NR

21. Arkansas 5-1 2-1 21

22. Florida State 6-1 2-1 22

23. Oklahoma State 6-1 2-1 25

24. Oregon State 4-2 3-1 NR

25. Cal Poly 6-1 4-0 NR

Dropped Out: UCLA (9), Stanford (14), Missouri (15), Florida (24).

Mephistopheles · March 2, 2009

can anyone who can read the ba chat see if they said anything about solis?

RammyFanny · March 3, 2009

Has Grant Green been doing anything good with the bat?

vance_the_cubs_fan · March 3, 2009

Will D.J. LeMahieu be around for the Cubs pick? The Cubs could get Theriot's heir apparent by drafting another LSU shortstop.

Mephistopheles · March 4, 2009

no and probably not unless he makes it known he wants to return for his junior year like khalil greene, tim lincecum and micah ownings did.

Mephistopheles · March 4, 2009

Found some stuff on San Diego LHP Sammy Solis. He's been experiencing some tendinitis. San Diego and San Diego State have a four game set this weekend. It looked like it would be Matt Thorton vs Stephen Strasburg on Thursday, but Thorton threw tonight. That means we'll probably a Strasburg versus Kyle Blair matchup, quite the headliner. Maybe Solis will be good to go. Strasburg versus Victor Sanchez is interesting to see.

Mephistopheles · March 6, 2009

Strasburg's done. He only struck out 18 more in 8 innings.

If you're keeping track, that's a 45:4 K:BB in 20.1 innings. And that's 45 out of 77 BF striking out (58%)

Mephistopheles · March 6, 2009

Stephen Strasburg Pri-O-Meter

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Date  Name                   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP            Opponent
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2/20  Strasburg, Stephen..  5.2  3  1  0  2 11 20 23 105 W (1-0) vs Bethune-Cookman
2/26  Strasburg, Stephen..  6.2  5  2  2  1 16 25 26 111 W (2-0) vs Nevada
3/6   Strasburg, Stephen..  8.0  5  2  2  1 18 28 29 116 W (3-0) vs #11 San Diego
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Year  Name                    IP    H   R  ER  BB  SO  AB  BF   ERA   W  L        --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
2007  Strasburg, Stephen..  37.0   18  11  10  15  47 128 151  2.43   1  3
2008  Strasburg, Stephen..  97.1   61  25  17  16 133 337 366  1.57   8  3
2009  Strasburg, Stephen..  20.1   13   5   4   4  45  73  78  1.77   3  0

20 next time anyone?

Edited March 6, 2009 by Mephistopheles

TruffleShuffle · March 6, 2009

i suspect his prospective employer is not thrilled to see him running up those kind of pitch counts to start the season.

March 6, 2009

i suspect his prospective employer is not thrilled to see him running up those kind of pitch counts to start the season.

Those kind of pitch counts are, sadly, standard in college baseball.

I'm glad to see he finally faced a good team last time out.

Mephistopheles · March 6, 2009

It's not sad. It's teaching pitchers not to be pusses. It's good.

Transmogrified Tiger · March 6, 2009

Those pitch counts aren't really anything super worrisome. He's giving up less than a baserunner per inning, so he's spending the majority of his pitches in the windup. Plus, college starters get more rest between starts(although the second start being on 3 days rest isn't too smart), this last outing was on 9 days rest.

Mephistopheles · March 6, 2009

That date's wrong. I forgot to change it. He's started on a Friday, Thursday, Thursday, iirc.

TruffleShuffle · March 6, 2009

Those pitch counts aren't really anything super worrisome. He's giving up less than a baserunner per inning, so he's spending the majority of his pitches in the windup. Plus, college starters get more rest between starts(although the second start being on 3 days rest isn't too smart), this last outing was on 9 days rest.

unless they have spring training for college teams, aren't they pretty much jumping from no game action to throwing 115 pitches? seems pretty dangerous for guys aged 18-21.

Mephistopheles · March 6, 2009

Truffle falls on his face again. Amateurs aren't vags. They are in shape and throw 12 months a season. They don't take a five month vacation in the middle of the year. They sometimes might take the holidays off during Christmas.

TruffleShuffle · March 7, 2009

ah yes, "aren't vags." hey i'm meph, i'm a tough guy who lives in texas and drives a big-ass pickup truck, not one of these 18 year old vags who doesn't want to throw 115 pitches in february on 3 days rest.

Mephistopheles · March 7, 2009

im pretty sure when i was 18 i did throw 115 pitches on 3 days rest.

Transmogrified Tiger · March 7, 2009

I don't think anyone put Kyle Gibson's slider in play tonight. They were only playing Ball State, but still, he could've thrown that thing 100 times and gotten 20 K's. Instead he got 13 K's in 8 IP, with 6 hits and 1 walk netting BSU 1 run.

TruffleShuffle · March 7, 2009

holy cross is out west right now... they've played two games against arizona st and lost by a combined score of 27-1. seems like a bit of a mismatch.

Mephistopheles · March 9, 2009

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   2009 Prospects         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP            Opponent                   Notes
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1.  Strasburg, Stephen..  8.0  5  2  2  1 18 28 29 116 W (3-0) vs #11 San Diego              10+ K's each start, second 15+
2.  White, Alex.........  6.0  7  4  4  1  6 25 28 108         vs #19 Clemson
3.  Gibson, Kyle........  8.0  6  1  1  1 13 31 32 114 W (2-1) vs Ball State                 1st 10+ K game
4.  Volz, Kendall.......  6.1  4  3  3  4  2 21 27  91         vs #5 UC Irvine
5.  Oliver, Andrew......  6.0  6  3  3  3  7 23 28 114 W (3-0) vs #24 Oregon State
6.  Minor, Mike.........  7.0  8  1  1  2  7 28 30 111         vs Illinois-Chicago
7.  Leake, Mike.........  7.0  1  0  0  1 10 21 23     W (3-0) vs Holy Cross                 27:3 K:BB in 3 GS
8.  Smith, Blake........  5.1  3  5  5  6  7 15 25 108 L (0-1) vs #21 Arkansas
9.  Tootle, Ben.........  6.0  3  1  1  3  8 21 24  95 W (1-0) vs Alabama-Birmingham
10. Heckathorn, Kyle....  6.0  6  7  3  2 10 25 27 109 W (1-0) vs Eastern Tennessee State
11. Inman, Jeff.........  5.0  7  5  4  3  4 22 28  97 L (0-2) vs #2 Texas
12. Tolleson, Shawn.....  Did Not Pitch                                                      Starts Big XII opener on 3/10
13. Lyons, Tyler........  6.0  4  2  1  3  7 20 25     W (2-0) vs Gonzaga
14. McRee, Alex.........  Did Not Pitch                                                      Out w/ Mono
15. Wilson, Alex........  6.0  3  1  0  1 14 22 25 103 L (1-2) vs Utah                       2nd 14 K game, 35:6 K:BB
16. Stillings, Brad.....  7.1  2  2  1  2  4 24 26  83 W (2-0) vs UNC Wilmington
17. Thomson, Matt.......  1.1  0  0  0  0  3  4  5             vs Western Carolina  
                         8.0  7  7  7  1  9 31 33     W (2-0) vs San Diego State            38 K's in 27 IP
18. Morgado, Bryan......  4.0  4  4  4  4  7 15 19     W (1-0) vs Ohio
19. Fritsch, Craig......  5.0  7  3  2  1  4 21 26  79 W (1-1) vs South Alabama
20. Dyson, Sam..........  7.0  3  1  0  2  6 22 24  95 W (2-0) vs Long Beach State
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   2010 Prospects         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP            Opponent                   Notes
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1.  Harvey, Matt........  7.0  4  1  1  1  4 27 28 109         vs #19 Clemson
2.  Loux, Barret........  5.0  3  2  1  0 10 20 20 100         vs Utah                       33:5 K:BB
3.  Solis, Sammy........  6.0  9  6  5  0  7 27 30     L (1-1) vs San Diego State            1st G since shoulder injury
4.  Workman, Brandon....  5.2  6  4  2  1  5 24 26     L (2-1) vs Stanford
5.  Blair, Kyle.........  6.1  3  3  2  4  9 21 27             vs San Diego State
6.  Pomeranz, Drew......  2.0  2  1  1  2  3  8 10             vs Arkansas State
                         5.0  1  1  1  3  6 14 17     W (1-0) vs Vermont
7.  Hernandez, Chris....  6.0  5  3  3  3  8 20 24  97         vs NC State
8.  Ranaudo, Anthony....  7.0  4  1  0  1 12 23 24  97         vs Illinois                   2nd 10+ K game
9.  Tepesch, Nick.......  6.2  8  5  5  0 12 29 31 110 W (1-1) vs Ball State
10. Alexander, Scott....  6.1  4  2  2  5  7 20 27 110 L (1-2) vs Evansville
11. McGuire, Deck.......  6.2  5  0  0  3  8 23 26 105 W (3-0) vs Maryland
12. Bettis, Chad........  0.2  0  0  0  1  1  2  3   6         vs San Francisco
                         3.0  5  1  1  0  1 12 12  41         vs Gonzaga
13. Eibner, Brett.......  4.0  2  0  0  0  6 13 13     W (1-1) vs Valporaiso
14. Ruffin, Chance......  9.0  4  2  1  3  7 30 34 117 W (3-0) vs Stanford
15. Raley, Brooks.......  6.0  5  2  2  2  8 21 25  84 W (3-0) vs Utah
16. Rasmussen, Rob......  5.0  4  2  2  5  1 17 23  91         vs #19 Oklahoma
17. Robles, Tanner......  3.0  1  0  0  4  0 10 15  52         vs UC Riverside
18. Danieli, Evan.......  Did Not Pitch                                                      Tendinitis in shoulder
19. Osich, Josh.........  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1   1         vs UC Riverside
                         0.2  3  0  0  0  1  5  5  23         vs Texas Tech
20. Green, Cole.........  7.0  3  1  1  2  3 22 24  83 W (2-0) vs Stanford
UR. Goeddel, Erik.......  Did Not Pitch                                                      Cautious w/ TJ recovery
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   2011 Prospects         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP            Opponent                   Notes
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1.  Cole, Gerrit........  3.0  9  6  4  1  3 17 20  74 L (1-2) vs #16 Oklahoma
2.  Meyer, Alex.........  4.1  4  2  2  6  6 16 22  73         vs Eastern Kentucky
3.  Maronde, Nick.......  6.0  5  2  0  0  3 23 24  92 W (1-1) vs Duquesne
4.  Gray, Sonny.........  1.0  0  0  0  0  2  3  3             vs Lipscomb
                         0.2  1  1  0  1  1  3  4  21         vs Illinois-Chicago
                         0.2  0  0  0  0  0  2  2   5         vs Illinois-Chicago
5.  Monneyham, Brett....  1.0  3  3  2  1  2  5  6  26         vs #2 Texas
6.  Hultzen, Danny......  7.0  5  2  2  2  9 26 28 106 W (3-0) vs Wake Forest
7.  Jungmann, Taylor....  Did Not Pitch                                                      Starts Big XII opener on 3/10
8.  Winkler, Kyle.......  2.1  4  3  1  2  0  8 12  52         vs Wichita State
9.  Palazzone, Michael..  2.0  1  0  0  0  3  7  7             vs Quinnipiac
10. Pill, Tyler.........  6.0  6  3  3  1  6 24 25     W (2-0) vs Southern Miss
11. O'Sullivan, Ryan....  6.0  8  4  4  1  3 25 27  97 L (0-1) vs #7 Cal State Fullerton
12. Cooper, Jordan......  3.0  8  7  7  1  1 17 20  62 L (1-2) vs #13 Texas Christian
13. Hales, Ross.........  6.0  3  1  1  1  9 20 22  93 W (3-0) vs Stephen F Austin
14. Dicharry, Austin....  3.1  5  3  2  2  2 15 19             vs Texas State
15. Roach, Donnie.......  3.0  7  5  4  0  0 14 16     L (1-2) vs UMass
16. Tanner, Cecil.......  1.0  1  1  1  1  2  4  5             vs Wofford
                         1.0  0  0  0  1  1  2  3             vs Quinnipiac
17. Marrs, Daniel.......  1.1  4  2  2  3  2  7 10  53         vs UNC Wilmington
                         2.1  3  1  1  1  1  8  9  39         vs Virginia
18. Moore, Navery.......  Did Not Pitch                                                      Buried in Pen
19. Denhardt, Mike......  2.2  4  4  4  3  2 12 15  61         vs #22 Florida State
20. Carpenter, Ryan.....  5.0  4  4  4  3  9 19 23  89 L (2-1) vs Texas Tech
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TruffleShuffle · March 9, 2009

7.  Leake, Mike.........  7.0  1  0  0  1 10 21 23     W (3-0) vs Holy Cross

the most important part of that line is "vs Holy Cross"

CubInOK · March 9, 2009

Uhhh I honestly don't follow much college baseball, but why did UCLA get swept by OU this weekend? I thought they were good.

March 9, 2009

Uhhh I honestly don't follow much college baseball, but why did UCLA get swept by OU this weekend? I thought they were good.

All the talent in the world and yet...

Mephistopheles · March 9, 2009

Uhhh I honestly don't follow much college baseball, but why did UCLA get swept by OU this weekend? I thought they were good.

Oklahoma is ranked #16 and UCLA is unranked.

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