Who do you like as draft sleepers on Day 2?

The guys I mention here are not the top 200 guys that did not get picked on day 1, I'm thinking more of the deeper sleepers.

For the second year in a row I am going to go with....

Ryan Wood, 2b-RHP, East Carolina U.   He came to ECU as a pitching prospect with a bum arm.  He is going to leave as professional infielder.  He is 6'4 or 6'5 175-185.  That is one of the longest and lankiest second-basemen I have ever seen or heard of.  His build is more SS than 2b and his arm is definately strong enough to do that too.  He is really agile on the feet, which you need to play 2b at such a size.  On offense he is a very good present hitter with the frame to project for alot more power.  He walks plenty, the strikeouts are a little high but not too high, and he has been a centerpiece for a good college team for 4 years now.  He is a senior, so he has to sign cheap, so if you need to stay with a budget but still get talent Wood is your guy.  He is hittiing .379/486/629 with 22 doubles, 1 triple, 14 homers, 50 walks, 7 HBP, 41 strikeouts and 14 steals in 16 tries this year.

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Chris Masters, LHP; Nick Liles 2b-3b and Brent Greer SS Western Carolina.  Masters is the ultimate Jekyll/Hyde.  When he is on his has a low-90s fastball and a knockout hard curve/slider.  When he is off he has a high-80s FB and he throws no strikes.  He did have one of the better K rates in the NCAA this year and has a bright future as a LOOGY.

Kipp Schutz, OF, Indiana

Matt Way, LHP and Jared Prince, OF Washington State

Chase Austin, SS/3b and Cory Harrilchak; OF Elon College

Andrew Clark, 1b/OF, Louisville

Adam Warren, RHP, U North Carolina.  His last year in a college has been his best, which is saying something considering how solid he has been.  He fastball, as a sr, has gone from 88-92 to 90-94 and he still commands a somewhat broad repertoire of good pitches well and can get ground balls.  He is a smart pitcher with tons of experience against NCAA baseball's best hitters.  Durable and versatile.  I can see him as an innings eating back-rotation arm or in relief maybe his velo plays up even more and his ground-ball tendenices make him a great set-up man.  As a Sr. he has to sign for cheap.

Alex McRee, LHP, UGA  He isa 6-7 lefty with top 2 rounds stuff (low/mid 90s FB and good slider) who has been held back by Mono this year.  UGA's Dean Weaver is another arm to watch.  He has mostly relieved in college but he thows low/mid 90s has has gone from raw to refined in just a couple years

Carlos Ramirez, C, Arizona State.  Big power, and has shown he can do it with wood bats and his arm is solid too.  Build is maybe a little chunky.

Rob Lyerly, 1b-3b, Charlotte.  He went from hitting under .200 for Campbell to hitting over .400 for a good Charlotte program.

Andrew Carraway, RHP, Virginia.  He is a good pitcher with good stuff who has been overlooked for years.

Diego Seastrunk, C/IF, Rice.  He is a sleeper only if he can catch.  Solid, sound bat but not enough offensive upside as a 1b/3b.

Daniel Tuttle, RHP, Randleman HS NC,  Low 90s FB with a solid change and slider.

Way deep sleepers (the late round roster fillers that might have a future):

Kevin McAvoy, IF/OF, Maine.  He had a freshman All-American type season on a Maine offense that was loaded with bats.  The highlight of his year was a grand slam against UNC's all-time Wins leader (and current Padres AA pitcher) Robert Woodard.  Woodard later told me that, despite going through a full ACC sced and going to Omaha that that Maine offense was one of the toughest he had ever faced.  McAvoy disappeared as a sophomore and junior and was bounced between 2b/3b/of and the pitcher's mound as Maine floundered.  As a senior he finally found his stroke again to an extent.  He had a 1021 OPS as a freshman before falling into the 750-850 range as a soph-junior before rebounding to hit 379/4469/649 as a senior.  He has a stocky build, fringe-avg athleticism and a plus arm.

Kevin Mahoney and Kevin Mailloux, 2b-3b, Canisus.  They are basically idential players.  A little old and stocky but each has shown some speed and the ability to hit for power with wood and metal.  Check out a past post of mine for more details

Jordan Petraitis, SS-3b, Miami Ohio.  He is a little old but he has a great frame, a good arm and he might be athletic enough to stick at SS at least on a part time basis as he advances.  He has good gap power and is a fundamentally sound ball player.  Has shown the ability to hit with wood

David DiNatale, OF, Miami.  DiNatale was a high school Aflac All-America who started his career at Central Florida before that program imploded.  He transferred to Miami had has had a solid, but nowhere near great career.  His tools are solid and his track record is long.  As far as guys to fill out my minor league OF, he is one I would want to have.

BJ Dail, RHP, Mt Olive College.  A 32nd round pick out of HS in 2006 he was suspended for the entirety of his sophomore season at UNC after posting a 0.00 ERA with 7 hits, only one for extra bases (a double), 6 walks and 9 strikeouts as a freshman in 11.2 innings.  After being suspended for his sophomore season he made the mistake of being involved in a drunken mishap in the Cape Cod League with a UGA pitcher.  I don't remember the exact details but Dail was somehow run over by the UGA pitcher's truck.  After that disaster (and his previous suspension) Dail vanished from UNC's roster and wound up at D-2 powerhouse Mount Olive(NC) College.   He posted a 7-0 2.90 ERA in 64 innings giving up just 43 hits, 18 walks and he got 64 strikeouts.  At his best he is an athletic RHP with a 91-93 FB who can use a change and curve

Paul Goldschmidt, 1b, Texas State.  Kyle Drabek's HS teammate at a Houston powerhouse was a late-rounder out of HS and has developed into a 6-4, 240 college slugger.  He was one of the key players in Texas State's turnaround from a nobody to a #2 NCAA seed.

Pat Irvine, OF/C, Elon.  One of the NCAA's best hitters this year.  He entered his Jr year as a prospect before falling apart.  As bat as he was as a Junior he has been every bit as good as  Senior by hitting over .400 with an OBP and SLG in the top 10 nationwide.  Despite being a 220-pound ex-catcher is actually has solid wheels and athleticism.  He lead the nations #1 offense in steals, OBP, AVG and SLG.  On the downside he swings from his heels and might get killed by pro pitching.  Also, he played in a hitter's park in a hitter's league

Evan Crawford, IF/OF, Indiana.  Raw.  He is maybe a 2b, maybe a SS, maybe a CF.  He is skinny and could develop power but right now he is a toolsy table setter with a so-so bat.

Dylan DeGraaf, OF, Western Carolina.   Long and lanky as hell.  He is a very solid defender with good speed and power.  He is still basically as refined as HS player right now but the tools are there.

D'Vontrey Richardson, OF, FSU A backup QB on the FSU football team, Richardson made a big impact as a freshman before tailing off.  He didn't play as a soph was pretty fair as a redshirt-soph this year.  He still has talent and great tools.  He is worth taking late as a summer follow.  If Christian Ponder beats him out for the QB job again this fall maybe he signs at the Aug 15 dealline.

Aerik Taylor, Radford

Daniel Cooke, OF, Gardner-Webb.  A solid college baseball player with enough tools to be a repeat all-conference safety in football.

Joey Bergman, 2b-3b, Coll. Charleston.  He isn't THIS good but he did lead the NCAA in On-Base Pct and was 2nd in Batting Average (to Bryce Bentz) and was 13 in SLG.  He isn't all that but you can't overlook what he has done.

Kevin Nolan, IF, Winthrop

I'm drafting for the Braves with the made-up picks 7, 39, 56 amd 87 tonight. (yes, that is cheating but it is no fun to do a mock draft where you only get 2 picks on day 1.)

I'm not really trying to go college players, if anything my philosophy is more HS-heavy, but I've seen the college guys much more so they are currently dominating my draft.

This is just the raw version.  I'll flesh it out with a more detailed analysis of my though process later.

7. Mike Leake RHP Arizona State.  He is just so good.  I feel he will be a really good MLB pitcher.

Who I might have taken...Aaron Crow, RHP, Indy ball. Grant Green SS USC.   Alex White RHP UNC Shelby Miller RHP TX HS

39 Kentrail Davis OF Tennessee.  I still think he is loaded with talent.  The fact that the Braves suck in the OF doesn't hurt either.

Who I might have taken...  Mychal Givens, SS, FL HS.  Everett Willaims, OF, TX HS, Tyler Skaggs LHP CA HS, Matt Bashore LHP Indiana U, Tanner Scheppers RHP indy ball. Rich Poythress 1b UGA

56 Robert Stock RHP USC.  He has been a disappointment at catcher, but that has caused him to be really overlooked as a pitcher.  His stuff has been there and he has been one of the country's most domination strikeout pitchers.  The only concern is that the rumors are he doesn't want to pitch and won't sign as such

Who I might have taken... Brian Goodwin, OF, NC HS.  Chris Dominguez, 3b, Louisville.  Kyle Seager, 2b/3b/ UNC. AJ Morriss RHP Kansas State.  Alex Wilson RHP Texas A/M

Pick 87 coming up..

My lovely place of work informed me today that I would be needing to come into work tomorrow, BLAH!, thus I will have to call out of the Mock Draft for the Reds.   WHO WANTS TO BE THE REDS MOCK DRAFTER TOMORROW?

What was going to be my MOD #2 post is below if anyone who takes over for me wants some notes:

Pick #8 overall targets:

Zach Wheeler/Shelby Miller/Tyler Matzek: Great HS arms.  They've all got their plus/minuses but those seem to have been hashed out here before I don't really have any original info or thoughts on these guys.

Mike Leake:  Good stuff, great track record, great command, great athleticism, seems like a mortal lock to be a least a good pitcher with a decent shot at becoming a perennial all-star

Donovan Tate:  I'm not afraid of taking risks.  The tools are still there.  Some say he has the highest ceiling in the draft/

Alex White:  I love White's combination of upside and safety.  The upside comes from being a great athlete with a great FB who has flashed two plus secondary pitches and has faced the best of the best in college baseball.  He could develop into a front-of-rotation starter  The safety comes from the fact that White is probably damn close to being a decent MLB reliever right now.

Grant Green:  Again, I don't mind risks.  USC plays in a pitchers park (the last time a USC team had 2 players in double digit HRs was 2003, some Southeastern teams have their whole lineup in the 10-20 HR range), he HAS performed in the past (good frosh year, great Soph year, phenomenal with wood bats on the Cape), he has a good frame and good tools.  The USC program is also kind of dysfunctional right now.  Maybe getting away from there would help him develop.  Look how quickly Brandon Crawford has shown progress in pro ball.

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Pick #43 (supplemental 1st round):

Baseball America's #43 prospect is Louisiana HS RHP Brody Colvin, a raw arm with great stuff, athleticism and potential.

Reds long-term C situation is questionable, so as much as I am normally against doing anything but "best-player-available" MLB draft wise an overdraft of Indiana C Josh Phegley or Boston College C Tony Sanchez (Sanchez will probably not be there) would be acceptable considering the dearth of college catching in this draft.  CA HS C Max Stassi would be a neat pick here too.

I still like Kentrail Davis.  If he is signable here I would be tempted to take him.  The talent is still there for me.

Matt Davidson (HS 1b/3b slugger), Wil Myers (same, except he can maybe play C) or Mychal Givens (former first-rounder, lots of upside at SS or as a P) would be great picks here too.

I would strongly consider taking USC C/RHP Robert Stock here as a P if he is signable.  Some reports say he won't sign if taken as a P so he can go back to college and try to prove himself as a hitter/catcher one last time.  I don't see any reason NOT to take Stock if he is available here.  He isn't too big but he has been raved out since he was 15 and has finally shown results this year and they have been great results off the mound and his arm backs those numbers up.

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Pick #57 (2nd round):

Baseball America's #57 prospect is Baylor LHP/OF Aaron Miller.  Miller was a huge recruit out of HS as a OF first, LHP second.  He has been a solid college slugger but hasn't been a good enough hitter overall to live up to his HS draft hype as an OF prospect.  With his offensive career fading he took up pitching again as a Jr and re-established himself as a pitching prospect with good athleticism, a good frame and a powerful left arm.

Indiana's Matt Bashore could be a great pick here.  An Ohio native, Bashore started the year as a possible top-40 pick but got off to a slow, injury-plaugued start.  As he got healthy he started to dominate and went on a huge tear down the stretch.  One thing I really like his college career is that, despite usually playing only fair competition, when he did get to face SEC lineups he struck out those monster college hitters by the boatload.

If Texas A&M RHP Alex Wilson is still around he would be a good pick here too.  I've liked his arm since I saw him pitch for Winthrop.  Great stuff.

If Indiana C Josh Phegley is still around he would be a great pick here.

I like Kansas St RHP AJ Morris here too.  Good stuff, though not great stuff.  He is not afraid to go head-to-head with anyone and has shown he can beat anyone

UNC 2b/3b Kyle Seager might be a little bit of an overdraft here but he is such a solid bat.  He has a compact line-drive swing.  It is hard to picture him NOT hitting at least .280 with 30 doubles in MLB.

Lousiville 3b Chris Dominguez is a game-changer with underrated athleticism.  He isn't a burner but he can play a decent 3b (cannon arm too!) and steal a base if a catcher isn't looking.  His power can scare anyone, it is a 70 or 80.

NC HS OF Brian Goodwin is a good tools pick.  His bat isn't quite there (I saw a 5-8 16-yo teammate have a better batting practice than him in travel ball last summer) but it is a solid bat with good potential (AFLAC All-Star game MVP) and his defensive tools are great.  Might be a tough sign though.

I would also look at any appealing HS arm that happened to fall.

Pick #88 (3rd round):

If I pick Tate  Stock or someone else likely to be tough-to-sign at pick #8 or #47 this is a good spot to make a draft a quality senior to makeup for the large expenditure earlier.  At this point in the draft you can get a senior worthy of a high-ish pick talent-wise but pay him much less than you would a junior or a HSer.

UNC's Adam Warren comes to mind here.  His fastball has been better than ever as a senior (sitting low 90s and hitting 94) has he has good control and a solid repertoire that he knows how to use.  Very experienced, smart pitcher with good stuff.

Alabama OF Kent Mattes, a corner OF with power (among the top NCAA HR leaders) and some athleticism, would also be good but he probably will not be here.

Baseball America's #88 prospect is Rhode Island RHP Eric Smith who dominated Miami earlier in the year.  It was the first time Miami had been shutout since 2004.  Miami coach Jim Morris described Smith as so:  ""That pitcher just stuffed us.  It wasn’t like he was a thumber–I think he’s going to pitch in the big leagues. He was 6-foot-3, throwing 88-92 with good sink, and a good hard breaking ball. He threw strikes, pitched inside, had a 1.1(-second) release time, and ate our lunch. We didn’t hit the ball hard off him, at all. What a crazy game. We faced pretty good pitching at Florida this weekend and hit the ball pretty hard, and this guy just ate our lunch for eight innings. He ate everybody’s lunch from one through nine.""

If any college bats like Marc Krauss, Ryan Jackson, Jason Kipnis, Kyle Seager or Chris Dominguez are here I would take 'em.

Brooks Raley is an interesting player but I'm not sure if I like him as a leadoff CF type or a quality LHP and he could stand to develop a little more at each (he is a draft-elig soph)

Indiana OF Kipp Schutz is a nice sleeper here.  I like Cal OF/RHP Blake Smith here too

I am doodling around with a Reds Mock Draft Part 2 and a draft sleepers post and was going to mention Mike Leake so heavily I decided to give him a separate entry.

He isn't a sleeper in that he is an under-the-radar guy.  He was a high pick out of HS who is now the best pitcher for one of the country's best (and most visible) teams.  He is arguably the best amateur pitcher, as far as current ability and performance, not named Strasburg.

He is a sleeper because everyone seems to agree he is really good but no one quite want to go out on a limb with a small RHP whose velo is more good than great

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I am usually someone who likes to see big stuff out of first round pitchers.  I feel that, as often as not, the polished college arms that people feel are "safe bets" are actually less safe than the "risky" 95 MPH fastball guys who can' throw a changeup because many of these "safe bet" guys won't have the stuff to get good hitters out where as many of the "risky" first round types might never been good starting pitchers but at least are not too far from being decent relief pitchers.

All that philosophy out of the way.. I love Mike Leake.  I really feel that in a few years he is going to be the guy that we look back on and say, "How did so many teams pass on him?" and the answer is going to be "Well, everyone knew he was going to be a good pitcher but ... (insert excuse here)".

I once saw an HS scouting report on Greg Maddux that said "I feel that if this young man were just a little more physical and threw a little harder we would be talking about him as one of the first picks in this draft".  Maddux fell to the second round but is now just 5 years away from becoming a HoFer.

I am NOT one of those people who is comparing him to Maddux.  I HATE that crap.  Kind of how every changeup reliant LHP in the last decade has been "the new Tom Glavine" when most were really just Kirk Reuter (don't get me wrong, I love Kirk Reuter) or Abe Alvarez.

My whole point here is that Mike Leake is going to be underdrafted.  He is going to be one of those players who every one agrees is pretty good, but several teams are going to try to make a little more sexier pick and they are going to ignore the guy that is going to be a rotation rock.

Leake doesn't throw 96 but he DOES have good stuff, he is not a soft-tosser.  You don't get taken in the 7th round out of HS unless you have at least SOME tools and projection.  He isn't going to struggle to get the ball by good hittters.

Leake is athletic.  He has played a variety of IF positions for the Sun Devils and team USA.  If he was not a great pitcher he would be a legit prospect at SS, 2b or 3b.  He played 2b for Team USA this summer and was really, really nimble.  He hit .236 with a homer for them (decent numbers considering it was with wood).  He hit .340 in 47 ABs with a .500(!) OBP and 6 extra-base hits including 2 homers as a sophomore for ASU.  He was 10-30 (.303 avg) for ASU this spring with half of those hits going for extra bases.

Leake is accomplished.  The down side to this is he has a lot of milage on the arm, which is a legitimate concern but I am just sucker for a with a big track record.  Leake has been an ace, a guy his team relies on, since Day 1 of his freshman year.  If his career ended today he would finish with a career 39-6 record, about 375 innings and around 340 strikeouts in just three years plus a sub-1 ERA run for Team USA.  And Arizona State usually plays a good out-of-conference sced plus the Pac-10 plus they are always in the postseason (which means more good teams).

He throws strikes and has command as well as control.  He has good stuff, even if he is more low-90s than anything.  He can throw multiple pitches and throw them well, and for strikes.  He has pitched excellently against the best non-pro hitters around.  He is athletic.

Barring injury I just keep being struck with the inescapable gut feeling that he is a going to be a 200 IP stud at the MLB level, despite his size and relative lack of velo

Alright.  Reds picks are 8, 43, 57 and 88.

I'm not going to lie.. I like Donovan Tate at #8 if he is there and possibly signable.

I like Alex White at 8 too.  I don't love him, but I really like him.  He isn't a perfect pitcher, he can be real inconsistent, but his wonderful arm gives him a great upside as a front-of-rotation starter and he is a relatively safe bet too because he isn't too far away right now from being a solid setup man.  That combination of safe-bet and high-upside is appealing.  He could use better command and more consistency of secondary pitches but he really knows how to pitch off his fast ball, which is huge, and can show an awesome split or slider.

There should be some combo of the best prep arms available and maybe Grant Green too.

Who do you like?

who do you guys like lower down?  Alex Wilson is one power arm I am particularly fond of.

More funny videos like the "Jay Bruce Almighty" at Heavy.com

I don't know how this hasn't been kicked around baseball sites til now. How many rookies get random folks songs sung about em? I just stumbled on this as I was googling Jay Bruce to pull up his Baseball-Reference page. Figured I'd pass it along. a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a

This happened a couple days ago and I didn't see anyone post it so I thought I'd throw it out there.  I'm kind of surprised no one posted anything about it yet (if someone did, my apologies).

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080722&content_id=436128&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

Braves prospect David Francis, 13th rounder out of JUCO power Walters (TN) State JC, struck out 16 batters in a 6 inning no-hitter. 

Thats a pretty freakin' dominant outing.

The 'pen threw another hitless inning before rain ended the affair.

On the year Francis has throw 24 IP, giving up just 9 hits and 5 walks while striking out 35 and going 3-1 with a 1.52 ERA in 5 games/3 starts.  In fact he gave up 3 of his 4 ERs in his 1st pro outing.. since then hes gone 22 IP with just 3 BBs, 32 Ks, 8 H and 1 ER.

Francis' college coach made his stuff sound good but not overpowering like he has shown this far, and keep in mind the coach is obviously biased in favor of his kid..

"College coach Ken Campbell described Francis to the Mississauga News as a "power pitcher" who can throw in the low-90s and also "has a good curveball and a pretty good change-up.""

Since he wasn't a highly drafted, his stuff sounds more "good" than "great" and short-season stats mean almost (but not quite) nothing I don't know if Francis is someone who is going to do big things pretty soon or what but 16k, 6ip, 0h is as dominant as anyone can pitch at any level.. so hes at least worth remembering.

Pretty significant story beyond the unfortunate events that happened to Mr. Oliver.  It gives you a good look-in on agent vs. agent crap coming back to hit a kid.

The great coverage from the Lorain(OH) Morning-Journal: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19829705&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46370&rfi=6
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"Oklahoma State soon-to-be junior pitcher Andy Oliver, a former Vermilion standout, has filed a lawsuit in the Erie County Court of Common Pleas against the NCAA and his past adviser, Robert Baratta, it was learned yesterday.

The complaint, filed on June 9 and amended on June 25, names Baratta, his company, Baratta & Baratta, his partner, Tim Baratta, the Icon Law Group from Cincinnati and Icon representatives Robert G. Martin and Brian M. Goldberg, along with the NCAA. It alleges that Oliver was a victim of ''unethical and unscrupulous behavior'' caused by Baratta and his group after the pitcher notified them he was switching advisors.
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Oliver was suspended indefinitely by the NCAA just prior to the Division I postseason and was not allowed to play for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The suspension came as a result of a chain of events, beginning with a letter filed on Oliver's behalf by sports agent Scott Boras on March 31, telling Baratta that Oliver was switching advisors to his firm."
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Lots more good stuff in the article, including a really weak move on the ex-agents' part.  Baratta gave Oliver some trinkets (like every "advisor" does), knowing they were technically improper under NCAA rules, and then goes and rats of Oliver for taking the gifts.

Oliver, a power lefty, is a considered an mid-to-early first round prospect for the '09 draft and turned down almost 400k from the Twins out of Vermillion (OH) HS.

Just some fun oddities I've run across...

Tigers minor league OF Jeramy Laster might be on pace to set a professional record for strikeouts in a season.  Through 288 at-bats over 76 games he has struck out 121 times putting him on a pace for almost 240 strikeouts.  Yikes!  On the brighter side, Laster (a 2003 12th rounder from a Nashville HS) has 17 homers, 31 extra-base hits, 26 walks and 10 steals in the home-run-killing high-A Florida State League.  Pity he can't put that bat on the ball to save his life.  His overall line is .219/.287/.451

Tigers minor league shortstop Shawn Roof was 0-2 in stolen bases over 70 games as a freshman and sophomore at the University of Illinois.  Then, in 57 games as a junior he went 25-33 in steals and 40-48(!) in 58 senior year games.  But as a professional he is just 7-14 in 92 games.  He might want to find dig those cleats he was wearing senior year out of storage sometime soon.  Another oddity about him.. he had more hit-by-pitches as a senior and junior than he did walks, total extra base hits or strikeouts.

Wake Forest outfielder Brett Linnenkohl managed to go from hitting 8 homers, 23 extra-base hits and a .486 SLG% in 53 junior year starts to NO homers, NO extra-base hits and a .298 slugging % as a senior.. but did manage to steal 15 bags without getting caught in 14 starts.

Anyone else watching?

Yesterday saw FSU get a clutch game-typing HR from Jason Stidham to tie the game at 5 only to give up a CWS single-inning record of ELEVEN in the top of the 9th to lose 16-5 to Stanford.  Buster Posey was the first pitcher to fail FSU in that 9th

Tony Delmonico's defense was really a problem.  Defense was FSU's huge weakness coming in and it played a huge role yesterday.  BA made an apt Posey/Wieters comp as both were catcher/closer stars in the regular season but melted down in their first Omaha appearances after catching 8 innings.  Neither got hit terribly hard but they couldn't get the ball by anyone and gave up a string of hits and runs.

Then game 2, Miami/Georgia, was another game that was tight the whole way.  Freshman of the Year Chris Hernandez struck out 5 of the first 6 (only Beckham making contact) but lost effectiveness once the extreme shadows went away but still finished with a nice start.  Alonso hit a late homerun off 2009 prospect Alex McRee to give Miami a 4-3 lead.  Georgia won the game in a CRAZY ninth inning that I can't really do justice to if I try to describe it.  It involved a passed ball strikeout to keep the ball rolling, a TERRIBLE throwing error by Miami's first rounder closer and some clutch contact hitting and basrunning by UGA.

UGA closer Josh Fields was lights out.

Weeks and Tekotte also homered for Miami.

Now FSU and Miami will be playing a rivalry game with the loser going home.  Considering the brou ha ha the teams had earlier this year that game should be fought tooth and nails.

Today's game sees Fresno State, the lowest regionally seeded team to ever make Omaha, up 16-1 in a COMPLETE dismantling of Rice's vaunted pitching.  And they are shutting down Rice's O.

All 3 lower ranked teams have one... we will have to see if #7 LSU can keep that up against #2 UNC tonight to send the ACC to 0-3.

Anyone else watching?  Any thoughts/reactions?