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
The state of Illinois hasn’t produced a first-rounder since Kris Honel in 2001, and that streak likely won’t end this year because top prospect Mike Foltynewicz fits more in the sandwich round. Foltynewicz headlines a deep crop of high school arms, many of whom could be early picks three years from now after time in college.
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State Report: Illinois
The Florida Gators were rewarded for their 42-15 record and SEC East regular season title with the #3 national seed. They will be matched up with Florida Atlantic, Oregon State and Bethune Cookman in the Gainesville Regional, and are paired up across the board with the Miami Regional
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Florida Head Coach Kevin O’Sullivan Reacts to Regional Announcement
Results from day three of the NAIA Baseball National Championship in Lewiston, ID: Embry-Riddle 8, Belhaven 4 Point Loma Nazarene 7, Cal Baptist 6 Cumberland 8, Oklahoma City 1 Embry-Riddle 8, Belhaven 4 (Belhaven eliminated) The Blazers took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first when CF Jimmy Gilford hit an RBI triple, then scored on a ground
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NAIA National Championship Recap for May 31st
While 2010 is not a great year for Puerto Rican talent, scouts did find plenty of interesting storylines and tools, including a son of a big leaguer as the top prospect. With talk of an international draft possibly being on the horizon, opponents of the idea often point to Puerto Rico as evidence that it would be bad for the sport in a country that becomes subject to a draft.
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State Report: Puerto Rico
Wisconsin usually produces one early-round pick in each draft, but for the second time in three years the Badger State is devoid of talent. Adam Frost (21st round) was the state’s top choice in 2008, and Grafton High righthander Conor Fisk, the best prospect this year, figures to go in about the same area of the draft.
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State Report: Wisconsin
The Empire State boasts the top two prospects in the Northeast and two more top 200 talents. All of that adds up to a better than average year in New York, and the state’s first four-star rating in the last decade. Prep righthander Robbie Aviles and Oneonta State righty Dave Filak could go in the top two rounds, and prep shortstop Cito Culver offers premium arm strength and true middle infield actions that are rare commodities among Northeast high schoolers
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State Report: New York
New Mexico’s Division I baseball programs had strong years, beginning with New Mexico’s series win on the road at Texas to start the season, but the team with the most draft picks this year out of the state is likely to be New Mexico JC. The Thunderbirds could have six players drafted, including outfielder Jordan Buckley, a former two-sport standout who turned his focus to baseball this spring.
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State Report: New Mexico
The Dakotas are never a fertile draft ground, but South Dakota State did have its best season ever, tying a school record with 39 wins and earning a share of the Summit League regular-season title. The Jackrabbits fell to Oral Roberts in the conference tournament championship to end their season. They have the three best 2010 prospects in the Dakotas, starting with righthander Blake Treinen, and a commitment from the top high school prospect, righty Kolton Emery.
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State Report: Dakotas
The state of Minnesota hasn’t had a first-round pick since Glen Perkins in 2004, but Mike Kvasnicka has a chance to end that drought this spring. Kvasnicka helped Minnesota win the Big 10 Conference regular-season and tournament titles, and he and his teammates occupy six of the top seven spots on the state prospect list.
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State Report: Minnesota
Day four at the 2010 WAC Tournament saw Fresno State stave off elimination twice as they continue the quest to maintain domination of the conference tournament. The Bulldogs eliminated sixth-seeded San Jose State 13-1 in a run-rule seven inning game and then followed up with a 14-5 dismantling of fourth-seeded Hawai’i in the championship game
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WAC Tournament Day Four Recap/Day Five Preview
It’s a good year for junior college talent. Of course that will be the case when a phenom like catcher Bryce Harper graduates early from high school to enroll at JC of Southern Nevada and outfielder LeVon Washington—a first-round pick by the Rays last year—doesn’t sign and heads to Chipola (Fla.) JC
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Harper Leads A Very Talented Junior College Crop
FROM NCBWA RELEASE MORGANTOWN, W.Va – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending May 2, today. Wichita State junior designated Hitter Preston Springer was named National Hitter of the Week, while Oregon senior right-handed pitcher Justin LaTempa was named National Pitcher
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NCBWA Players of the Week
#20 Arizona vs. #3 Arizona State The Wildcats were riding high 2 weeks ago with consecutive series victories, that is before they ran into UCLA’s Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer, and weren’t able to recover this past weekend as they were almost swept by USC when visiting Dedeaux Field this past weekend and squeaking out
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5 Games to Watch for Tuesday, May 4th