Otherwise known as the Parade of the Friday Starters. The 2018 college baseball season opened yesterday and the Friday Starters were on disaplay which included most of the top 2018 college draft pitching prospects. How did they do? Let's run them down.
The star of the day was Shane McClanahan of South Florida who dominated North Carolina with a line of 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 11 K's. His FB reportedly sat at 97 most of the night. Brady Singer of Florida, who sits on top of many early draft rankings also pitched well with a line of 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's. Casey Mize of Auburn dominated for 6 innings with line of 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K's. Ryan Rolison of Ole Miss only went 5 innings but struck out 12 batters against just 2 walks while not allowing a run.
Remember Tristan Beck of Stanford? He was draft eligible last year and ranked fairly high on many draft boards but missed the season with a back injury. He's not ranked as highly this year but got off to a strong start with a line of 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K's against Cal St. Fullerton.
A couple of Closers from last year made noise in their starting debuts: Nick Sandlin of Southern Mississippi went 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K's against Mississippi St. He's not a big guy at 5'11", 170 lbs, but was dominant as a closer last year. Griffin Roberts of Wake Forest was their closer last year. He is a big guy at 6'3", 215 lbs. Per BA he throws a heavy fastball with a wipeout slider. The FB was mid 90's out of the bullpen last year, but sat in the lower 90's last night. His line: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 9 K's.
Junior RHP Nolan Kingham of Texas was also dominant with a line of 8 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 K's. He's a big guy at 6'3", 215 lbs. who should be of interest as the draft approaches.
It is harder to get much of a read on hitters in just one game. Nick Madrigal of Oregon St went 3 for 4 with a 2B and HR. Seth Beer of Clemson went 1 for 3 with a 2B. Travis Swaggerty of South Alabama went 1 for 4 with 2 BB's and scored 3 runs. I don't have a boxscore line but Alec Bohm of Wichita St hit a monstrous HR into the night that might still be in the air. Greyson Jenista also homered in that game which was suspended with the Shockers leading 10-6. Tristan Pompey of Kentucky also homered.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
You need to check out the first weekend numbers for Trvor Larnach of Oregon State 8-9 with 2 doubles, three home runs and 7 RBI.
ReplyDeleteDefending champs (my alma mater) destroyed Sienna College in 3 games in Gainesville with strong hitting and pitching but now go TO Miami for a 3-game series.
ReplyDeleteSinger led the sweep and now face competition.