2009 College Baseball Thread

Mephistopheles · March 9, 2009

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Rk.     Team                  W-L     Last Week    Prev.
1.      Texas                 12-1    3-1          2
2.      North Carolina        10-2    3-1          3
3.      Texas A&M             11-3    4-1          4
4.      Louisiana State       10-2    3-2          1
5.      Baylor                10-2    4-0          6
6.      Cal State Fullerton   9-2     4-0          7
7.      Arizona State         11-1    3-0          8
8.      Georgia               12-0    4-0          10
9.      Rice                  8-4     3-2          9
10.     UC Irvine             7-4     2-2          5
11.     Pepperdine            9-3     4-1          12
12.     Texas Christian       9-2     4-1          13
13.     Miami                 10-2    4-1          15
14.     Mississippi           7-3     4-0          14
15.     Oklahoma              12-3    5-0          16
16.     Georgia Tech          9-1     3-0          18
17.     Coastal Carolina      12-1    6-0          20
18.     Arkansas              9-2     4-1          21
19.     Oklahoma State        9-2     3-1          23
20.     San Diego             8-6     2-3          11
21.     Kent State            7-2     2-2          17
22.     Clemson               6-4     2-3          19
23.     Oregon State          7-3     3-1          24
24.     Cal Poly              8-2     2-1          25
25.     UC Santa Barbara      9-2     4-0          NR

manbearcub · March 9, 2009

that guy doesnt hide the ball very well.

Mephistopheles · March 9, 2009

Hides it well enough apparently.

This is almost too funny. Only one pitcher for the 'Horns has an ERA over 2.50.

Keener98 · March 10, 2009

How about them Illini upsetting the #1 team in the nation at the time, LSU!

shnsajax · March 10, 2009

The state of Texas in general this year is very tough. 5 teams in the top 12.

Mephistopheles · March 10, 2009

Yep, and it will continue (obviously). Rice is young, very young. Texas is young, very young. aTm has lots of good young players. Baylor will need to reload though. TCU is pretty stout every year. Houston's also a solid club. Noble's incredible.

Mephistopheles · March 14, 2009

Strasburg has 12 K's through 5 innings.

Mephistopheles · March 14, 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
3/13  Strasburg, Stephen..  7.0  6  2  2  1 14 26 28     W (4-0) vs UNLV
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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..  27.1   19   7   6   5  59  99 106  1.98   4  0

Mephistopheles · March 14, 2009

Damn, Danny Hultzen had another superlative outing and has emerged as Virginia's friday starter. He's been by the far the best freshman SP thus far. Start by start:

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    2011 Prospects         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP            Opponent
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2/21 Hultzen, Danny......  6.0  6  0  0  0  5 23 24     W (1-0) vs Bucknell
2/27 Hultzen, Danny......  6.0  6  2  0  1 12 25 26 110 W (2-0) vs Fordham
3/6  Hultzen, Danny......  7.0  5  2  2  2  9 26 28 106 W (3-0) vs Wake Forest
3/13 Hultzen, Danny......  7.0  4  1  1  2 13 23 26 115 W (4-0) vs Florida State

Hultzen is a projectable lefty who runs his fastball in the low 90s. He would have been a shoe-in for the first or second round had he been signable. He's a legit two way guy.

Mephistopheles · March 16, 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..  7.0  6  2  2  1 14 26 28     W (4-0) vs UNLV
2.  White, Alex.........  6.0  5  3  2  4  8 24 28 108 W (3-0) vs Virginia Tech
3.  Gibson, Kyle........  9.0  6  0  0  4 11 32 36 124 W (3-1) vs #1 Texas
4.  Volz, Kendall.......  7.0  3  4  4  3  9 22 30 106 L (1-1) vs #3 Texas A&M
5.  Oliver, Andrew......  7.0  9  6  5  1  8 28 30     L (3-1) vs #6 Cal State Fullerton
6.  Minor, Mike.........  4.1  7  6  5  1  3 20 22  81 L (1-1) vs #14 Ole Miss
7.  Leake, Mike.........  7.0  7  2  1  0  3 25 28  86 L (3-1) vs Kansas State
8.  Smith, Blake........  1.0  0  0  0  0  3  3  3  10         vs #24 Cal Poly
9.  Tootle, Ben.........  5.0  3  1  1  3  4 18 22  78 W (1-0) vs Samford
                         4.2  5  5  4  4  3 17 23  99         vs Indiana
10. Heckathorn, Kyle....  7.0  5  2  1  1  9 26 28 106 W       vs #21 Kent State
11. Inman, Jeff.........  Did Not Pitch - Stanford had week off
12. Tolleson, Shawn.....  Did Not Pitch - Elbow
13. Lyons, Tyler........  1.0  1  1  1  0  1  4  4             vs Arizona
                         8.0 12  6  6  1  6 36 38     W (3-0) vs #6 Cal State Fullerton
14. McRee, Alex.........  Did Not Pitch - Rain Out
15. Wilson, Alex........  6.1  5  4  4  0  8 23 24 105 W (2-2) vs #5 Baylor
16. Stillings, Brad.....  5.1  5  2  2  6  6 19 25 108         vs Kennesaw State
17. Thomson, Matt.......  1.0  1  0  0  1  1  4  5             vs #9 Rice
18. Morgado, Bryan......  0.0  1  2  0  0  0  2  2             vs Louisville
                         1.0  0  0  0  0  3  3  3             vs Auburn
19. Fritsch, Craig......  1.0  3  4  4  1  0  5  8  37 L (1-2) vs #3 Texas A&M
20. Dyson, Sam..........  4.1  9  8  7  2  6 22 26  95 L (2-1) vs Mississippi State
UR. Dwyer, Chris........  7.0  6  2  2  2  5 26 29     W (2-0) vs Wake Forest
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   2010 Prospects         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP            Opponent                   Notes
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1.  Harvey, Matt........  4.0  2  2  2  2  5 13 17  74         vs Virginia Tech
2.  Loux, Barret........  Did Not Pitch - Rain Out
3.  Solis, Sammy........  Did Not Pitch - Rain Out
4.  Workman, Brandon....  7.0  2  0  0  2  7 21 23  96 W (3-1) vs Missouri
5.  Blair, Kyle.........  8.0  7  4  1  1  9 33 34     L (1-1) vs #9 Rice
6.  Pomeranz, Drew......  4.0  4  3  2  5  5 17 22 104         vs Vanderbilt
7.  Hernandez, Chris....  6.0  6  4  2  1  5 24 26  97         vs Duke
8.  Ranaudo, Anthony....  6.0  6  3  3  3 13 22 29 110         vs Kentucky
9.  Tepesch, Nick.......  8.0  7  2  2  3  4 28 33 103         vs #1 Texas
10. Alexander, Scott....  2.0  3  3  3  3  2  9 12  49         vs Wichita State
11. McGuire, Deck.......  7.0  9  4  2  4  7 29 34 121 W (4-0) vs Boston College
12. Bettis, Chad........  2.0  1  0  0  1  2  5  8  34         vs Nebraska
                         4.1  3  0  0  2  4 15 17     W (2-0) vs Nebraska
13. Eibner, Brett.......  1.1  5  3  2  0  1  8 11  42 L (1-2) vs Centenary
14. Ruffin, Chance......  8.1  5  2  2  1  3 29 31 104 L (3-1) vs Missouri
15. Raley, Brooks.......  8.0  4  1  1  1  9 27 28 115 W (4-0) vs #5 Baylor
16. Rasmussen, Rob......  2.0  7  7  7  1  2 13 16  67         vs East Carolina
17. Robles, Tanner......  Did Not Pitch
18. Danieli, Evan.......  Did Not Pitch - MRI on Shoulder
19. Osich, Josh.........  Did Not Pitch
20. Green, Cole.........  5.0  6  3  3  2  3 21 24  78         vs Missouri
UR. Goeddel, Erik.......  Did Not Pitch
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   2011 Prospects         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP            Opponent                   Notes
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1.  Cole, Gerrit........  5.0  3  3  3  1 12 19 20  89         vs East Carolina
2.  Meyer, Alex.........  6.0  0  0  0  1  6 18 19  71 W (1-1) vs Georgetown
                         5.0  2  3  3  5  6 15 22  93 L (1-1) vs #4 LSU
3.  Maronde, Nick.......  5.0  4  2  1  1  5 20 21  94         vs #18 Arkansas
4.  Gray, Sonny.........  3.2  2  1  1  2  3 12 14     W (1-0) vs #14 Mississippi
5.  Monneyham, Brett....  Did Not Pitch - Stanford had week off
6.  Hultzen, Danny......  7.0  4  1  1  2 13 23 26 115 W (4-0) vs Florida State
7.  Jungmann, Taylor....  4.0  0  0  0  2  4 12 14  67 W (3-0) vs Missouri
8.  Winkler, Kyle.......  Did Not Pitch - Rain Out
9.  Palazzone, Michael..  1.0  0  0  0  1  1  3  4             vs Le Moyne
                         2.2  4  3  3  2  4 13 15             vs Alabama
10. Pill, Tyler.........  7.0 11  3  3  0  5 31 31     W (3-0) vs Rhode Island
11. O'Sullivan, Ryan....  4.1  8  5  5  2  2 19 22  79         vs UCLA
12. Cooper, Jordan......  7.0  6  1  1  0  8 26 28  95 W (2-0) vs #11 Pepperdine
13. Hales, Ross.........  1.2  3  2  2  0  3  8  8  35         vs #6 Cal State Fullerton
14. Dicharry, Austin....  Rain Out - Starts 3/17 vs Rice
15. Roach, Donnie.......  2.0  0  0  0  1  1  6  7             vs Michigan
16. Tanner, Cecil.......  4.0  3  2  0  1  2 15 16     W (2-0) vs Le Moyne
                         1.2  1  0  0  0  3  6  6  24         vs Alabamaa
17. Marrs, Daniel.......  0.2  1  0  0  1  0  3  4  17         vs Winthrop
18. Moore, Navery.......  Did Not Pitch
19. Denhardt, Mike......  Did Not Pitch - Rain Out
20. Carpenter, Ryan.....  7.0  9  2  2  2 10 27 29 113 W (3-1) vs Utah Valley
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Transmogrified Tiger · March 21, 2009

Kyle Gibson is an absolute machine. He followed up last week's performance against Texas(seen in the previous post) with this line against #3 aTm: 9 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 16/1 K/BB. That's a 29/5 K/BB ratio in 18 IP the last two weeks against two top 5 teams.

kylescubs23 · March 24, 2009

I saw a lot of great pitching this past weekend at UK-Vandy series. James Paxton and Mike Minor on Friday, Chris Rusin and Caleb Cotham on Saturday, and Alex Meyer and Sonny Gray on Sunday.

Mephistopheles · March 30, 2009

Did Moore get into the games this weekend?

Right now I'm thinking that two likely guys the Cubs would target would be Brad Roxberger at USC and James Paxton at Kentucky if they decide to add more pitching to our system (what don't we need to add?). Paxton might be pitching his way out of our range, unfortunately. Roxberger still has some command issues, but figures to go in the 20-35 range.

Some other things across the world. Robert Stock looks to be moving into the Sunday rotation spot for USC. He blew away #3 Arizona State for five innings. His bat hasn't come around but he's a very good catch and throw catcher with plus power potential. The thing we have to remember about him is that he graduated a year early from HS and was already a year younger than his class in high school. He enrolled in USC at age 16. He'll be 19 until pretty much 2010 so his bat could be a late bloomer. He's really about as old as most freshmen (and two years younger than true freshman Chris Dwyer). Either way, his potential on the mound behind the plate is first round worthy, but his performance and lack of pitching consistently leave him in the 2-5 range. If he continues to have success as a starter like he did yesterday, he could easily vault into the first round.

Sammy Solis (pot'l 1st rounder in 2010) is done for the season. Matt Harvey has struggled mightily, and Matt Harvey probably isn't the top guy in the draft anymore. Barrett Loux and him are neck and neck and Anthony Ranuado probably moved ahead of them both.

NCCubFan · April 3, 2009

Final score of an April Fool's Day matchup (the score was not a joke): Eastern Kentucky 49, Kentucky State 1. The game, scheduled for 7 innings as the first game of a doubleheader, was stopped after 5 innings and the second game was cancelled.

TruffleShuffle · April 3, 2009

Final score of an April Fool's Day matchup (the score was not a joke): Eastern Kentucky 49, Kentucky State 1. The game, scheduled for 7 innings as the first game of a doubleheader, was stopped after 5 innings and the second game was cancelled.

i wonder why

CubInOK · April 4, 2009

Kyle Gipson is a machine. (L) 9 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 15 K

OleMissCub · April 27, 2009

Scott Bittle continues to be quit the badass for No. 7 Ole Miss. I suspect he'll easily be a first rounder this year.

2008: 7-1, 1.78 ERA, 70 IP, 130 K, 30 BB, 35 hits, 8 saves

2009 (so far): 5-2, 2.17 ERA, 45 IP, 68 K, 22 BB, 28 hits, 3 saves

Bittle's line yesterday against Georgia: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K

UK1679666180 · April 27, 2009

Scott Bittle continues to be quit the badass for No. 7 Ole Miss. I suspect he'll easily be a first rounder this year.

2008: 7-1, 1.78 ERA, 70 IP, 130 K, 30 BB, 35 hits, 8 saves

2009 (so far): 5-2, 2.17 ERA, 45 IP, 68 K, 22 BB, 28 hits, 3 saves

Bittle's line yesterday against Georgia: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K

Bittle is the best senior of the '09 class, he has a good chance to go in the 1st, but unlike last year his medical will have to have less question marks.

Mephistopheles · April 27, 2009

Bittle figures to go in the second round somewhere, maybe someone looking for a cheap sign with a boatload of early picks will pop him in the supplemental round like Arizona (6 of first 60 picks) or the Angels (5 of first 48 picks). Freshman C Taylor Hightower and Sophomore LHP Drew Pomeranz both figure to go into the first 50 picks in 2011 and 2010, respectively. Both guys could find themselves in the top half of the first round and are probably better long term pro prospects.

Bittle's a RHP with a fringy average FB and a plus "cutter" which is in the low-to-mid 80s. I see him as a potential setup man at best. He's got a good change but I'm wary of college RHPs with marginal FBs. That being said, he's a guy that should move quickly and could help his team by July 2010.

Mephistopheles · April 30, 2009

It'll be weird knowing that neither Arizona or Arizona St. will likely have a 1st rounder this year.

We're both wrong.

dougdescenzo · May 24, 2009

Congrats to former Cubs farmhand Tracy Smith as he led his Indiana Hoosiers to the Big Ten championship. The Hoosiers outscored their opponents 47-9 over the four day tournament. They'll be led into the Regional by rhp Eric Arnett who stands to be a late 1st/early 2nd round pick in a couple weeks. Catcher Josh Phegley put up a .349/.464/.656, 17 hr, 65 rbi line for the year and is the best draft eligible player on the team in my opinion. Conference freshman of the year Alex Dickerson went .374/.429/.634, 14 hr, 57 rbi for the year.

Outshined_One · May 24, 2009

Congrats to former Cubs farmhand Tracy Smith as he led his Indiana Hoosiers to the Big Ten championship. The Hoosiers outscored their opponents 47-9 over the four day tournament. They'll be led into the Regional by rhp Eric Arnett who stands to be a late 1st/early 2nd round pick in a couple weeks. Catcher Josh Phegley put up a .349/.464/.656, 17 hr, 65 rbi line for the year and is the best draft eligible player on the team in my opinion. Conference freshman of the year Alex Dickerson went .374/.429/.634, 14 hr, 57 rbi for the year.

Do you think Phegley's going to stick at catcher in the pros? He has a great bat, but I've heard he might have to change positions at some point.

OleMissCub · May 24, 2009

This is my third year saying this, but I'll just reiterate that this thread has piss poor participation (only 15 separate members have posted in it) because it is hidden away in a forum that people rarely look at. It deserves to get max exposure and be in a high traffic subforum like Social next year which is where the other College Sports threads are.

Seriously. Very few members venture into the June Draft subforum until it is...well...time for the DRAFT. There's a lot of great information and cool stats posted in this thread and it mostly goes unseen.

This 2009 version only has 4 pages. The 2008 version had 6 pages, 2007 had 5, and 2006 also had 5.

I guarandamntee you that you'd have more than 4-6 pages if this were in Social next year.

dougdescenzo · May 24, 2009

Congrats to former Cubs farmhand Tracy Smith as he led his Indiana Hoosiers to the Big Ten championship. The Hoosiers outscored their opponents 47-9 over the four day tournament. They'll be led into the Regional by rhp Eric Arnett who stands to be a late 1st/early 2nd round pick in a couple weeks. Catcher Josh Phegley put up a .349/.464/.656, 17 hr, 65 rbi line for the year and is the best draft eligible player on the team in my opinion. Conference freshman of the year Alex Dickerson went .374/.429/.634, 14 hr, 57 rbi for the year.

Do you think Phegley's going to stick at catcher in the pros? He has a great bat, but I've heard he might have to change positions at some point.

If you had asked me this question last year I'd have said no, but now i truly believe he can. Tracy has stuck with him there since day one, and this year nobody would even test him. i think his freshman year he realized catcher is where he was going to stick and made the effort to become great at that position. I think scouts have kind've backed off with the same concerns you have, but I have no doubts he can catch at the next level.

UK1679666180 · May 24, 2009

Tracy Smith has done a great job with IU, that 1-2 combo of Arnett and Bashmore is the best in the conference.

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