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College  | Story  | 5/25/2016

Four SEC teams advance

Matt Czechanski      Chris King      Patrick Ebert     
Photo: Vanderbilt Athletics




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SEC Tournament

No. 9 Vanderbilt 7, Missouri 0

In the first game of bracket play starting early on Tuesday morning, the sixth-seeded Commodores faced a tough matchup with Mizzou who sent out highly touted sophomore righthander Tanner Houck.

Vanderbilt won the game 7-0 behind a pair of big extra-base hits by junior outfielder Bryan Reynolds. The real story in this one, however, was with the pitching. 6-foot 3, 235-pound freshman hurler Patrick Raby dominated as one of three underclass arms for Vandy on the day.

Raby worked with an upbeat delivery from a high three-quarters arm slot and good arm speed. It was a shorter, more compact arm action on the bump, but Raby did exceptionally well to repeat with each of his three pitches. He landed online and on a stiff front leg in an athletic fielding position. He got good extension downhill and created a lot of angle with his fastball, incorporating his lower half well on the mound.

His fastball worked in the low-90s with a range of 90-92 mph and touched 93 mph several times over the course of his six shutout innings. His fastball had good arm side wiggle and he controlled it well to both sides of the plate. When Raby did leave it up in the zone, it had a tendency to level out, but that was rare. His secondary offerings included a 11-to-5 shaped curveball around 79-80 mph with good shape and bend and consistent break. Raby also worked in a deceptive changeup at 83 mph with good fade that kept hitters off balance. It was a true three-pitch mix for the freshman on the hill and an overall impressive outing.

Vandy followed Raby in the game with talented sophomore righthander Collin Snider. Snider tossed two scoreless innings of relief showing a longer arm action with above average arm speed. There was a slight stab at the end of Snider’s arm circle, but he was in a good position at foot strike and threw strikes on the mound. His fastball worked between 91-93 mph and hit 94 with good life. He also mixed in a sharp curveball at 80 mph with depth. Snider should look to make the jump to the rotation next year for Tim Corbin.

To continue the promising run of arms, freshman righthander Donny Everett handled the ninth inning duties and did so with flare. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Everett pitched with intent from a high three-quarters slot with a long and loose arm action. His fastball worked 96-98 mph and was explosive out of his hand and he also threw a slider up to 87 mph that flashed two-plane break. It’s a high effort delivery currently, but the freshman’s arm strength and potential are hard to ignore.

The biggest name playing happened to be on the losing side with sophomore Tanner Houck going for Mizzou. The highly touted righthander is already being mentioned as a possible 1:1 pick in next year’s draft and had a strong outing Tuesday.


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