First Pitch Friday has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? That should be a thing. BA and PG should get on that.
While they do that I’ll start the week with 111 words of whining. Skip down past the first set of stars if you don’t want to hear me bitching about something only ten or so people (give or take) in the entire world care about. Here we go…
Today is Monday. As of late Sunday night, the following teams still did not have 2014 rosters posted on their official websites:
Pittsburgh SO RHP Tanner Wilt
Alabama FR RHP Keaton Haack (Pitt CC)
Mississippi rFR 2B/SS Luke Gibbs (Itawaba CC)
Auburn FR RHP Matt Schultz (Wabash Valley CC)
Iowa SO C Anthony Torres (Point Loma)
Gonzaga SO RHP Kevin Moriarty (no longer active)
Texas-Arlington SO RHP Jordan Pacheco
Albany JR 2B/SS Gordon Madej
Stony Brook FR INF Brett Tenuto
Charlotte SO OF Leland Clemmons (Winston-Salem State)
Jacksonville FR SS Kristopher Molter (Cowley County CC)
North Florida SO LHP/1B Spencer Herrmann
Stetson SO RHP Drew Jackson
High Point FR OF Sly Edwards (Broward CC)
Kentucky rSO 2B/SS Andrew Bryant
Florida rJR 3B/2B Zack Powers (still on Florida, my bad)
UC Santa Barbara FR C/OF Joseph DeRoche-Duffin (Cypress College)
UC Santa Barbara FR LHP Art Vidrio
San Diego SO RHP Ryan Keller (Cal State LA)
Arizona FR RHP Jesse Scholtens (Diablo Valley College)
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As I finish up the position players in the coming days I figure it couldn’t hurt to spitball a bit about some of the names that have stood out to me so far. We’ll kick off the week talking college catchers because…why not?
The ACC has three excellent catching prospects in Virginia Tech JR Mark Zagunis, Clemson JR Garrett Boulware, and North Carolina State JR Brett Austin. The mid-tier ain’t too shabby either, thanks to Miami JR Garrett Kennedy and Virginia C Nate Irving. I haven’t gone through every conference yet, but it’s pretty amazing that those five currently rank higher (for me) than any other catcher in the Big 12, Big 10, or the Missouri Valley. Top guys in those conferences for the curious: Jacob Felts, Blaise Salter, and Tyler Baker. It’s also a really strong year behind the plate for the slightly evolved (for the better, I think) Conference USA. Juniors Aramis Garcia (Florida International), John Clay Reeves (Rice), and Bre’shon Kimbell (Louisiana Tech) all currently reside in my admittedly unfinished top eight for the position.
If we’re going off the radar a bit, I’ll throw out the names Alex Real (New Mexico), Garrett Russini (Stetson), and Kyle Pollock (Evansville) as potential risers this spring. The tail end of the list, as it seems happens yearly, is loaded with potential senior signs that haven’t put it all together yet in college ball. These guys frustrate me, but I just can’t quite bring myself to rule out that one big season that finally gets them a shot in pro ball. We’re talking Kai’ana Eldredge (Kansas), Levi Meyer (Florida Atlantic), Kyle Gibson (Louisville), and Austin Jarvis (Bradley).
The Baseball Draft Report 
Keaton Haack is at Pitt CC
http://www.pccbulldogathletics.com/sports/bsb/2013-14/bios/haack_keaton_3ctg
Outstanding find, thanks a bunch.
Got some more for you Rob,
Leland Clemmons is at Winston Salem St:
http://wssurams.com/sports/m-basebl/2013-14/bios/clemmons_leland_obfq
Andrew Moriarty is apparently out of baseball:
http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/mlb-draft/post?id=1222
Meant Kevin Moriarty of course.
Good stuff, thanks again. Had the 6-6, 200 pound Moriarty with a big league average fastball and plus slider, so hopefully he reconsiders. I have two more names for you that I haven’t found anything on: Oregon rFR RHP Sam Johnson and Arizona FR RHP Jesse Scholtens. Johnson has had lots of arm trouble, so he might be done for. Couldn’t find anything on Scholtens outside of his, ahem, colorful political observations on Twitter.
That’s it. I’m done. Last two names unaccounted for. College database is finished. Now it’s time to start writing…
Looked for both of them already for updating my own db and don’t think I found anything. Will check again.
I have quite a few other guys I wasn’t able to find, though most aren’t draft eligible this year.
Is it possible to get your email address and send you an email sometime with the list to see if you have anything on them? Can you see my address attached to this comment?
Spoke too soon. Looks like Scholtens is at Diablo Valley College.
http://www.cccaasports.org/sports/bsb/2013-14/players/jessescholtens0yrq
http://www.dvc.edu/events/athletics/baseball/ (mentioned here though not actually listed on the roster on the same site)
As for Sam Johnson, could he be redshirting? Because this link is awfully recent, past when cuts would’ve happened, and makes it look like he’s still with the team even if he isn’t listed on the roster:
and yet another:
Joey Duffin – Cypress College
http://sports.cypresscollege.edu/sports/bsb/2013-14/bios/duffin_joe_tskb
Damn, you’re good at this. I’ll update the original post shortly. In the meantime, I can be reached at robozga at gmail dot com (but, you know, the right symbols and everything).