Yesterday we took a look at some data supporting the idea that college catchers do not make particularly wise investments for big league clubs picking early in the draft. Today we begin to seek answers to the question posed in the title – why do college catchers always fail? Theories — and, trust me, they are [...]
Alright, always might qualify as a bit of hyperbole (you can’t make it in this world without shock value, you know?), but it’s not as big of a stretch as it sounds. A quick scan of college catching prospects over the past few gradable drafts (gradable meaning we are far enough away to begin accessing [...]
Strasburg’s latest start against TCU went pretty well: 8 IP 3 H 2 ER 1 BB 14 K (5 GO/5 AO) Carpenter, Curry, and Vern went a combined 0-8 (BB, 4 K) against him Not to pat myself on the back too hard, but I think it’s fair to say the predictions from yesterday held [...]
Stephen Strasburg takes the hill tonight against nationally ranked TCU. Here’s what he’s up against: Matt Curry (’09) – relatively slow start shouldn’t obscure the fact that the junior college transfer has a big lefty bat that will play; compared to current Phillie Matt Stairs (aka Jon Broxton kryptonite) Matt Carpenter (’09) – better college [...]
So much pitching to recap, so little time… Relievers, relievers, and more relievers Jake Morgan, redshirt sophomore from the University of Mississippi, gets a special mention for his complete wipeout of Alabama: (2 IP 1 H 0 ER 0 BB 6 K) Long, lanky Matt Miller (6-6, 215) of Michigan’s great outing (3 IP 1 [...]
By Rob Ozga
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Posted in 2009 MLB Draft, 2010 MLB Draft, 2011 MLB Draft
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Tagged Alex Rivers, Chad Bettis, Chris Rusin, college baseball, DJ Mauldin, Gerrit Cole, Jake Morgan, Justin Grimm, Kyle Winkler, Luuke Demko, Matt Harvey, Matt Miller, Preston Claiborne, Steve Kalush, Taylor Hill, Tyler Blandford
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A quartet of fine starts from high-end draft-eligible righthanded pitching prospects (including three future pro relievers who took the ball as starters for their college teams), a host of current relievers and non-star starting pitchers put forth solid efforts (gotta show the little guys some love every now and again), a mixed bag of performances out [...]
By Rob Ozga
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Posted in 2009 MLB Draft, 2010 MLB Draft
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Tagged Ben Tootle, Bobby Abreu, Brad Boxberger, Brian Pearl, college baseball, David Hale, Josh Spence, Kyle Blair, Kyle Smith, Matt Price, Michael Palazzone, Seth Frankoff, Tyler Pill
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At what point do we just give up and rename the site The Strasburg Draft Report? His latest start: 7 IP 2 H 0 ER 2 BB 15 K Season numbers: 34.1 IP 21 H 6 ER 7 BB 74 K (3 WP, 1 HBP, 5 extra-base hits allowed) His K/9 actually fell from 19.43 [...]
A quick buzz over, around, and through college baseball’s Friday night pitching landscape (whatever that means) as I continue to tirelessly input the many weeks worth of statistical data recently lost because somebody has a weird mental block about saving his work…
By Rob Ozga
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Posted in 2009 MLB Draft, 2010 MLB Draft, 2011 MLB Draft, Stephen Strasburg
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Tagged 2009 MLB Draft, 2010 MLB Draft, 2011 MLB Draft, Aaron Miller, Alex White, Alex Wimmers, Andrew Oliver, ASSMAN, Austin Stadler, Chance Ruffin, Chris Hernandez, Chris Heston, Conrad Flynn, Justin Marks, Kyle Gibson, Kyle Heckathorn, Logan Darnell, Matt Lujan, Mike Leake, Nick Hernandez, Noe Ramirez, Stephen Strasburg, Wes Musick
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27.1 IP 19 H 6 ER 5 BB 59 K (3 WP, 1 HBP, 5 extra-base hits allowed) His K/9 fell to a mere 19.43… His K/BB improved to 11.80/1… Of his 59 total strikeouts, 45 have been swinging and 14 have been looking… Batters so rarely get a ball off of him in play, [...]
One of the most popular (fine, the only) question I’ve been emailed since starting this site up goes a little something like this: I’m going to see ____ University/College/State play this weekend and I was wondering if there was anybody with a professional future that would be worth watching. The College Team Profiles are designed [...]
By Rob Ozga
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Posted in 2009 College Team Profiles, 2009 MLB Draft, 2010 MLB Draft, 2011 MLB Draft, College Team Profiles
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Tagged Adam Warren, Alex White, Brett Thomas, Brian Moran, Bryant Gaines, Colin Bates, Dustin Ackley, Garrett Davis, Garrett Gore, Greg Holt, Jacob Stallings, Jimmy Messer, Kyle Seager, Levi Michael, Logan Munson, Mark Fleury, Matt Harrison, Matt Harvey, Nate Striz, North Carolina Tar Heels, Patrick Johnson, Ryan Leach, Tarron Robinson
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