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Draft Watch
Here is how the players currently ranked among the top 50 of Perfect Game's top 250 draft-eligible prospects have fared so far this season.
Hitters
| Rk. |
Player |
Pos. |
School |
Stats |
| 6 |
Dansby Swanson |
SS |
Vanderbilt |
.360/.460/.640, 14 2B, 5 3B, 7 HR |
| 16 |
Richie Martin |
SS |
Florida |
.323/.417/.452, 7 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR |
| 17 |
Alex Bregman |
SS |
Louisiana State |
.329/.419/.601, 13 2B, 8 HR, 23 SB |
| 20 |
Ian Happ |
OF |
Cincinnati |
.374/.497/.672, 9 2B, 10 HR, 5 SB |
| 25 |
Christin Stewart |
OF |
Tennessee |
.308/.447/.642, 6 2B, 2 3B, 10 HR |
| 26 |
D.J. Stewart |
OF |
Florida State |
.303/.508/.591, 6 2B, 10 HR, 37 RBI |
| 34 |
Chris Shaw* |
OF |
Boston College |
.339/.432/.686, 8 2B, 11 HR, 41 RBI |
| 40 |
Gio Brusa* |
OF |
Pacific |
.291/.400/.527, 10 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR |
| 44 |
Steven Duggar |
OF |
Clemson |
.262/.380/.356 8 2B, 2 HR, 6 SB |
| 47 |
Joe McCarthy |
OF |
Virginia |
.357/.500/.357 (4 games since return) |
*Currently out due to injury
Pitchers
| Rk. |
Player |
Pos. |
School |
Stats |
| 3 |
Michael Matuella# |
RHP |
Duke |
1-1, 1.08 ERA, 25 IP, 24:11 |
| 4 |
Kyle Funkhouser |
RHP |
Louisville |
5-2, 2.41 ERA, 67.1 IP, 66:28 |
| 5 |
Walker Buehler |
RHP |
Vanderbilt |
3-1, 2.68 ERA, 43.2 IP, 47:12 |
| 8 |
Carson Fulmer |
RHP |
Vanderbilt |
7-1, 1.69 ERA, 64 IP, 90:24 |
| 11 |
Cody Ponce |
RHP |
Cal Poly Pomona |
4-1, 1.35 ERA, 33.1 IP, 39:5 |
| 14 |
Nathan Kirby |
LHP |
Virginia |
5-2, 2.28 ERA, 59.1 IP, 75:30 |
| 18 |
Kyle Cody |
RHP |
Kentucky |
2-4, 6.37 ERA, 41 IP, 39:10 |
| 19 |
Jake Lemoine* |
RHP |
Houston |
1-1, 4.50 ERA, 24 IP, 15:4 |
| 21 |
Riley Ferrell |
RHP |
Texas Christian |
0-1, 0.95 ERA, 10 SV, 19 IP, 33:9 |
| 27 |
James Kaprelian |
RHP |
UCLA |
7-3, 2.12 ERA, 63.2 IP, 81:19 |
| 29 |
Dillon Tate |
RHP |
UC Santa Barbara |
5-3, 1.73 ERA, 67.2 IP, 71:18 |
| 31 |
Alex Young |
LHP |
Texas Christian |
7-2, 1.67 ERA, 54 IP, 56:12 |
| 36 |
Brett Lilek |
LHP |
Arizona State |
2-2, 4.05 ERA, 46.2 IP, 37:27 |
| 38 |
Tyler Ferguson |
RHP |
Vanderbilt |
0-1, 10.12 ERA, 10.2 IP, 14:24 |
| 43 |
Marc Brakeman |
RHP |
Stanford |
1-1, 3.15 ERA, 20 IP, 15:7 |
*Currently out due to injury
#Out for the season
30th-ranked prospect, Jon Duplantier, out with arm soreness
Freshman/Sophomore Stat Pack
During the course of the season our friends at CollegeSplits.com are going to be providing statistical leaders in the freshmen and sophomore classes in five different offensive categories and four different pitching categories. Each week we will choose one of those categories to share in the weekly PG college baseball national notebook, with RBI and ERA being listed this week.
Runs Batted In
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Freshmen |
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Sophomores |
|
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| Rk. |
Name |
School |
RBI |
|
Rk. |
Name |
School |
RBI |
| 1 |
J.J. Schwarz |
Florida |
47 |
|
1 |
Will Craig |
Wake Forest |
54 |
| 2 |
Ryan Flick |
Tennessee Tech |
46 |
|
2 |
Donnie Dewees |
North Florida |
51 |
| 3 |
K.J. Harrison |
Oregon State |
36 |
|
2 |
Nate Mondou |
Wake Forest |
51 |
| 3 |
Dylan Busby |
Florida State |
36 |
|
4 |
Trenton Brooks |
Nevada |
44 |
| 3 |
Garrison Schwartz |
Grand Canyon |
36 |
|
4 |
Carmen Benedetti |
Michigan |
44 |
| 6 |
Stuart Fairchild |
Wake Forest |
35 |
|
6 |
Hunter Swilling |
Samford |
43 |
| 7 |
Charlie Carpenter |
South Carolina Upstate |
34 |
|
7 |
Chris Okey |
Clemson |
42 |
| 7 |
Carl Stajduhar |
New Mexico |
34 |
|
7 |
Andrew Benintendi |
Arkansas |
42 |
| 7 |
Austin Edens |
Samford |
34 |
|
9 |
Bobby Dalbec |
Arizona |
38 |
| 10 |
Michael Morman |
Richmond |
33 |
|
9 |
Corey Ray |
Louisville |
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
Chris DeVito |
New Mexico |
38 |
Earned Run Average
|
Freshmen |
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|
|
Sophomores |
|
|
| Rk. |
Name |
School |
ERA |
|
Rk. |
Name |
School |
ERA |
| 1 |
Tyler Wilson |
Rhode Island |
1.14 |
|
1 |
Jett Meenach |
Navy |
0.95 |
| 2 |
Chris Mathewson |
Long Beach State |
1.28 |
|
2 |
Evan Challenger |
Georgia Southern |
1.19 |
| 3 |
Alex Lange |
Louisiana State |
1.40 |
|
3 |
Anthony Kay |
Connecticut |
1.29 |
| 4 |
Sam Granoff |
San Francisco |
1.44 |
|
4 |
Brendan King |
Holy Cross |
1.47 |
| 5 |
Brendan McKay |
Louisville |
1.70 |
|
5 |
Andrew Zellner |
Cincinnati |
1.51 |
| 6 |
Shane McCarthy |
Seton Hall |
1.71 |
|
6 |
Joe Mockbee |
Michigan State |
1.62 |
| 7 |
Seth Romero |
Houston |
1.79 |
|
7 |
Mike Shawaryn |
Maryland |
1.67 |
| 8 |
Michael Baumann |
Jacksonville |
1.87 |
|
8 |
Mike Reitcheck |
Pennsylvania |
1.81 |
| 9 |
Shawn Semple |
New Orleans |
1.93 |
|
9 |
Joe O'Donnell |
N.C. State |
1.82 |
| 10 |
Connor Mayes |
Texas |
2.09 |
|
10 |
Daulton Jefferies |
California |
1.83 |
Cal State Fullerton 1, No. 20 Maryland 0 (Sunday)
Staying with the theme that developed through the first two games of the series, Sunday proved to be another well pitched, fast-paced game with both starting pitchers lasting deep into the game, again preserving the bullpens.
Making just his fifth start of the spring, Maryland junior lefthander Jake Drossner did his job Sunday afternoon, providing eight shutout innings and did so with relative ease. The Pennsylvania native will be a big piece moving forward this spring for the Terrapins, especially if he’s able to come close to repeating his Sunday performance, providing stability in series’ finales. Drossner looks the part standing on the mound with his long 6-foot-3, 205-pound frame and has put together a string of successful outings with Sunday being his best piece of work.
Working from a high three-quarters arm slot, Drossner opened the game pitching mostly off his fastball and changeup, showing feel for each and mixed very effectively, going about 50/50 early on. Hiding the ball well through his delivery with high leg raise, Drossner is able to create solid angle on his fastball, especially when getting to his glove side, due to landing closed with his front foot, causing some cross-body at release. Working comfortably in the 89-91 mph range early and still showing 88-90 in the back half of his start, Drossner peaked at 92 mph in the fifth, occasionally showing cut action on his heater due to his release.
The changeup was the secondary offering that was working for Drossner from the first pitch to the last in the eighth inning, showing consistent above average life. Maintaining the same balanced delivery and high three-quarters release, Drossner threw his changeup in the 83-86 mph range, touching an 87 while still showing late tumbling life, looking similar to a split-changeup. While his fastball proved to be an especially tough pitch on lefthanders due to his release, the changeup was equally as challenging for the batter in either box, consistently picking up empty swings.
His overall feel to throw his fastball/changeup combo in any count resulted in several uncomfortable, defensive swings, which in turn were weak ground balls hit somewhere in the infield. It wasn’t until the seventh inning that Drossner issued his first free pass and allowed just three base hits, all singles, over his eight innings while striking out six. Five times he retired the side in order, twice faced four batters, and in that seventh inning he faced five.
Mixing in a curveball early in the game, Drossner’s feel for his downward breaking curveball definitely developed and was a much more effective pitch in his last inning or two of work. Early on he wasn’t getting on top of the ball, which resulted in a softer, rolled over version that was up in the zone. As he began to work on top, Drossner was able to create tighter spin on the pitch and threw his best breaker of the day in the top of the eighth at 78 mph for a backwards punchout, showing short and late break down in the zone.
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