This promises to be the best weekend in college baseball so far this season with several great matchups on tap:
1. Deck McGuire vs Matt Harvey: Georgia Tech goes to Chapel Hill for an ACC showdown where Matt Harvey is finally starting to show the stuff that made him a highly ranked draft prospect out of high school 3 years ago. Meanwhile, with Anthony Ranaudo missing the early season for LSU, McGuire has been the top college draft eligible pitcher, although he may have been recently passed on some draft boards by Drew Pomeranz. Great Friday night matchup here.
2. Drew Pomeranz vs Alex Panteliodis: Speaking of Pomeranz.....Ole Miss hosts Florida in a great SEC matchup with Pomeranz, who has had a dominating early season against Panteliodis who has not gotten a lot of attention, but has pitched every bit as well as higher touted college pitchers this season.
3. San Diego vs Coastal Carolina: More of a team matchup than any individual players, but what a 3 game series against two great programs on opposite ends of the coast. Players to watch include Sammy Solis, Kyle Blair and Victor Sanchez of San Diego, Rico Noel for Coastal Carolina.
Mario Hollands, Sr. LHP for UCSB gets some love in BA's Weekend Preview. It's free content, so go look it up at www.baseballamerica.com. Love his size and sounds like his fastball has taken a jump this year to go along with secondary stuff he was forced to use in the past. He's a guy who caught my eye in the boxscores. Nice to get some more info on him.
Checking in on my man, Ricky Oropesa of USC: Ricky's having a fine season so far with a line of .341/.432/.671 with 6 HR's and 5-7 SB's. USC takes on Stanford in a nice Pac 10 matchup this weekend.
Looking over the D1 baseball schedule today, there's a ton more interesting matchups around the country with draft implications: Virginia vs Clemson, ASU vs Cal, LSU vs Tennessee(Anthony Ranaudo gets a decent test), FSU vs Maryland, Texas vs Texas Tech, Louisville vs Connecticut, Miami vs NC State, Alabama vs Arkansas and Texas A&M vs Missouri.
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