Who could blame David Chadd for being excited about his team’s haul in this year’s draft? After all, even without a first-round pick, the Tigers drafted and signed Evan Longoria, Huston Street and Cliff Lee. While that may be hyperbole, the three deals the Tigers made moments before this year’s signing deadline brought three players into the system that Chadd, the vice president of amateur scouting, described as similar to those three stars.

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Signing Deadline Wraps Up All-Star Haul For Tigers

Hours after he joined the Rockies, lefthanded reliever Matt Reynolds made his major league debut at Dodger Stadium. It didn’t last long—just six pitches, four of them strikes—as Reynolds got James Loney to fly out and struck out Casey Blake.

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Reynolds Wraps Up Success For Rockies

Braves righthander Brandon Beachy put an exclamation point on his breakout season with a performance that could win him the minor league ERA title. Baseball America attended his start for Triple-A Gwinnett and talked to Beachy afterward, touching on his repertoire, his offseason plans and his thoughts on a potential ERA title.

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Braves’ Beachy Sets Sights On Minors ERA Title

UKAthletics.com writer Eric Lindsey recently sat down with Kentucky outfielder Chad Wright and two way player Braden Kapteyn to discuss playing the in 2010 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game at Fenway Park on Wednesday evening. (FULL RECAP and LIVE BLOG). Chad Wright went 1-3 at the plate while Kapteyn struggled with

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Kentucky’s Chad Wright and Braden Kapteyn hope Success spills Over

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE COCA COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK Joseph Flynn, Wareham RHP Joseph Flynn (Franklin Pierce) of Wareham has embraced his new role as starter, earning the Coca Cola Pitcher of the Week honor in his first week on the job. Before the beginning of this week,

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Cape Cod Baseball League Players of the Week

The College Baseball Blog covered the Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star game for the third straight summer and second straight at Fenway Park. The Western Division used a strong group of pitchers to grab a 5-0 victory over the Eastern Division in front of 10,470 fans. Arizona State’s Zach Wilson was named

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2010 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game Random Thoughts

The Red Sox spent the hours leading up to the trade deadline making a pair of minor trades instead of acquiring a big-ticket item, as they have done in recent years. In their second of two deals, they shipped reliever Ramon Ramirez to the Giants for Double-A righthander Dan Turpen.

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Giants Add Boston’s Ramirez To Revamped Bullpen

If the Marlins looked like sellers when they dealt first baseman Jorge Cantu to the Rangers for a pair of pitching prospects, they sent a different message just moments before the trade deadline. Florida dealt young righthander Rick VandenHurk to the Orioles for lefty reliever Will Ohman.

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Marlins Turn To Orioles’ Ohman For Lefty Relief

A new contender entered the fray in the Braves’ two-season search for a center fielder thanks to a five-player swap with the Royals. Atlanta picked up veteran outfielder Rick Ankiel and righthanded reliever Kyle Farnsworth while trading away young relievers Jesse Chavez and Tim Collins and outfielder Gregor Blanco.

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Braves Add Ankiel, Farnsworth For Stretch Drive

The Dodgers made a late move to add a reliever just before the 4 p.m. ET deadline for trades without waivers, acquiring Octavio Dotel from the Pirates in exchange for outfielder Andrew Lambo and righthander James McDonald. Pittsburgh also kicked in $500,000.

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Dodgers Surrender Out-Of-Favor Duo For Pirates’ Dotel

The Giants dealt a couple of spare parts to the Pirates to acquire lefty Javier Lopez, a situational releiver who has held lefthanded batters to a career line of .243/.337/.351 over 608 plate appearances. The Pirates acquired a pair of 27-year-olds in righthander Joe Martinez and corner outfielder John Bowker, both of whom have spent time in the big leagues and in Triple-A Fresno.

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Giants Acquire Situational Lefty Javier Lopez

The Dodgers were able to improve their thin rotation by acquiring lefthander Ted Lilly and second baseman Ryan Theriot from the Cubs, while giving up minor league righthanders Kyle Smith and Brett Wallach and their own second baseman Blake DeWitt.

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Dodgers Nab Lilly, Surrender Three Players To Cubs

The Cardinals acquired righthander Jake Westbrook from the Indians, while simultaneously sending right fielder Ryan Ludwick to the Padres. To obtain Ludwick in the three-team deal, San Diego sent Double-A righthander Corey Kluber to the Indians and low Class A lefty Nick Greenwood to the Cardinals.

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Ludwick, Westbrook On The Move In Three-Team Deal

By: Nick Kosmider November brought an almost tangible sense of nervousness to supporters of the Arizona State baseball program. With 15-year head coach Pat Murphy suddenly gone, forced to resign in the wake of an ongoing NCAA investigation, murmurs about whether the team would crumble in the adversity it faced hung in the desert air like

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2010 CWS Preview: Arizona State

The Florida Gators enter the College World Series with a 47-15 overall record while going 22-8 in the SEC winning the Eastern Division crown over South Carolina by one game. The Gators went a perfect 3-0 in the Gainesville Regional with victories over Bethune-Cookman (7-3), Oregon State (10-2), and Florida Atlantic (15-0). They then hosted

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2010 CWS Preview: Florida

The South Carolina Gamecocks enter the College World Series with a 48-15 overall record and went 21-9 in the SEC this season. They won the Columbia Regional with a perfect 3-0 record with victories over Bucknell (9-5), The Citadel (9-4), and Virginia Tech (10-9). In the Super Regional round, they got sent to Myrtle Beach

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2010 CWS Preview: South Carolina

In 2008, UCLA was ranked #1 in Baseball America’s preseason poll, only to lose in the Regional round to Cal-State Fullerton, a team that they also lost to in 2007 in the Super Regionals. They followed that disappointing year with a sub-.500 season in 2009, but established a young core of players that would be

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2010 CWS Preview: UCLA Bruins

The Clemson Tigers head into Omaha with a 43-23 overall record. They won the Auburn Regional on the road by defeating Southern Miss (10-1) and Auburn (5-2). They then dropped the first game of the Regional final to Auburn 11-10 before bouncing back in an elimination game with a 13-7 victory.

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2010 CWS Preview: Clemson Tigers

Ball State head coach Greg Beals will be named the next head coach at Ohio State according to multiple sources. He has spent the last eight seasons with the Cardinals accumulating a 243-202 record while going 117-80 in MAC play. This past season, the team went 29-29 facing off against the fourth toughest non-conference schedule

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Greg Beals set to be named head coach at Ohio State

The baseball draft is squarely in middle age at 45 years old, and yet in many ways it feels like it’s just starting to come into its own. The past decade has seen a number of huge developments in draft history, aside from the talent that teams found each June. Here are the 10 we found the most significant:

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Middle Age May Be Best Age For Baseball Draft