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Draft Watch
Here is how the players currently ranked among the top 50 of Perfect Game's updated top 100 draft-eligible prospects have fared so far this season.
Hitters
| Rk. |
Player |
Pos. |
School |
Stats |
| 3 |
Dansby Swanson |
SS |
Vanderbilt |
.354/.450/.608, 17 2B, 5 3B, 7 HR |
| 5 |
Alex Bregman |
SS |
Louisiana State |
.337/.424/.596, 20 2B, 8 HR, 26 SB |
| 9 |
Ian Happ |
OF |
Cincinnati |
.373/.495/.696, 13 2B, 13 HR, 5 SB |
| 13 |
Kevin Newman |
SS |
Arizona |
.362/.423/.465, 14 2B, 1 HR, 17 SB |
| 23 |
Taylor Ward |
C |
Fresno State |
.301/.435/.524 12 2B, 7 HR, 6 SB |
| 25 |
D.J. Stewart |
OF |
Florida State |
.338/.527/.624, 7 2B, 12 HR, 45 RBI |
| 42 |
Harrison Bader |
OF |
Florida |
.321/.436/.606, 12 2B, 1 3B, 11 HR |
| 44 |
Richie Martin |
SS |
Florida |
.315/.416/.459, 9 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR |
| 50 |
Chris Shaw |
OF |
Boston College |
.345/.436/.689, 8 2B, 11 HR, 41 RBI |
Pitchers
| Rk. |
Player |
Pos. |
School |
Stats |
| 2 |
Dillon Tate |
RHP |
UC Santa Barbara |
7-3, 1.63 ERA, 82.2 IP, 84:22 |
| 4 |
Kyle Funkhouser |
RHP |
Louisville |
6-3, 2.62 ERA, 82.1 IP, 77:31 |
| 7 |
Walker Buehler |
RHP |
Vanderbilt |
3-1, 2.86 ERA, 56.2 IP, 61:16 |
| 10 |
Carson Fulmer |
RHP |
Vanderbilt |
9-1, 1.74 ERA, 77.2 IP, 107:31 |
| 14 |
Cody Ponce |
RHP |
Cal Poly Pomona |
5-2, 1.70 ERA, 42.1 IP, 48:6 |
| 15 |
Nathan Kirby# |
LHP |
Virginia |
5-2, 2.28 ERA, 59.1 IP, 75:30 |
| 20 |
Phil Bickford |
RHP |
Southern Nevada |
8-1, 1.48 ERA, 73 IP, 138:17 |
| 21 |
Jon Harris |
RHP |
Missouri State |
5-1, 2.29 ERA, 74.2 IP, 89:29 |
| 27 |
Tyler Jay |
LHP |
Illinois |
5-1, 0.73 ERA, 9 SV, 49.1 IP, 54:4 |
| 30 |
Josh Staumont |
RHP |
Azusa Pacific |
5-2, 3.41 ERA, 63.1 IP, 100:48 |
| 33 |
Michael Matuella* |
RHP |
Duke |
1-1, 1.08 ERA, 25 IP, 24:11 |
| 40 |
Alex Young |
LHP |
Texas Christian |
9-2, 1.46 ERA, 68 IP, 68:17 |
| 46 |
James Kaprelian |
RHP |
UCLA |
8-4, 2.35 ERA, 76.2 IP, 91:22 |
| 48 |
Riley Ferrell |
RHP |
Texas Christian |
0-1, 0.81 ERA, 11 SV, 22.1 IP, 36:10 |
| 49 |
Ryan Burr |
RHP |
Arizona State |
7-2, 3.06 ERA, 13 SV, 32.1 IP, 59:19 |
#Currently out due to injury
*Out for the season
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 home runs and strikeouts being listed this week.
Home Runs
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Freshmen |
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Sophomores |
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| Rk. |
Name |
School |
HR |
|
Rk. |
Name |
School |
HR |
| 1 |
J.J. Schwarz |
Florida |
13 |
|
1 |
Hunter Swilling |
Samford |
15 |
| 2 |
Austin Edens |
Samford |
12 |
|
1 |
Andrew Benintendi |
Arkansas |
15 |
| 3 |
Jesus Santana |
Jackson State |
11 |
|
3 |
Donnie Dewees |
North Florida |
14 |
| 4 |
Colton Shaver |
Brigham Young |
10 |
|
3 |
Bobby Dalbec |
Arizona |
14 |
| 5 |
Kel Johnson |
Georgia Tech |
9 |
|
3 |
Logan Gray |
Austin Peay State |
14 |
| 5 |
Ryan Flick |
Tennessee Tech |
9 |
|
6 |
Kyle Lewic |
Mercer |
13 |
| 7 |
Dylan Busby |
Florida State |
8 |
|
6 |
Will Craig |
Wake Forest |
13 |
| 8 |
K.J. Harrison |
Oregon State |
7 |
|
8 |
Conner Simonetti |
Kent State |
10 |
| 8 |
Ryan Noda |
Cincinnati |
7 |
|
8 |
Nate Mondou |
Wake Forest |
10 |
| 8 |
Reid Long |
Troy |
7 |
|
8 |
Granger Studdard |
Texas State |
10 |
| 8 |
Bobby Wenthe |
Eastern Illinois |
7 |
|
8 |
Corey Ray |
Louisville |
10 |
| 8 |
Joe Drpich |
Siena |
7 |
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| 8 |
Brett Cumberland |
California |
7 |
|
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| 8 |
James Venuto |
Elon |
7 |
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Strikeouts
|
Freshmen |
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Sophomores |
|
|
| Rk. |
Name |
School |
K |
|
Rk. |
Name |
School |
K |
| 1 |
Brendan McKay |
Louisville |
82 |
|
1 |
Mike Shawaryn |
Maryland |
100 |
| 2 |
Evan Miller |
IPFW |
81 |
|
2 |
Boomer Biegalski |
Florida State |
88 |
| 3 |
Eddie Macaluso |
Iona |
76 |
|
3 |
Eric Lauer |
Kent State |
85 |
| 4 |
Alex Lange |
Louisiana State |
74 |
|
3 |
Alec Hansen |
Oklahoma |
85 |
| 5 |
Tanner Houck |
Missouri |
71 |
|
5 |
Corbin Burnes |
St. Mary's |
82 |
| 5 |
Lane De Leon |
Delaware State |
71 |
|
5 |
Brandon Bailey |
Gonzaga |
82 |
| 7 |
J.P. Sears |
The Citadel |
67 |
|
7 |
T.J. Zeuch |
Pittsburgh |
79 |
| 7 |
Seth Romero |
Houston |
67 |
|
8 |
Andrew Lantrip |
Houston |
77 |
| 9 |
Griffin Canning |
UCLA |
66 |
|
9 |
Shane Bieber |
UC Santa Barbara |
74 |
| 10 |
Michael Baumann |
Jacksonville |
65 |
|
9 |
Anthony Kay |
Connecticut |
74 |
No. 20 Iowa 2, Michigan 0 (Sunday)
In the rubber match of the B1G series between Iowa and Michigan, we finally got to see what we had anticipated seeing in the first two games: A low-scoring, well-played defensive pitcher’s duel. Iowa’s Calvin Mathews got the better of Michigan’s Brett Adcock in this affair, giving Iowa the 2-1 series win as they try to chase down Illinois in Big Ten Conference play.
Mathews, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound junior righthander, certainly looks the part of a workhorse starting pitcher, and showed the stuff to back up that claim as well. Mathews more or less pounded the strike zone with mid-80s heat for most of the day, working comfortably in the 83-86 range, getting up to 87-88 early in the game. He generates above-average sink on his fastball though, doing a great job of keeping the ball off the barrels of Michigan bats, and while he didn't miss many bats, he did a great job of getting weak contact.
Mathews employs a pretty balanced delivery with a long arm action up to a high three-quarters slot. The arm has some serious hook in the back, but despite that he did a good job repeating his mechanics on Sunday afternoon. He was far from wild, but struggled to work within the zone, at least early in the contest on Sunday, which in turn led to the elevated pitch count of 102 pitches through only six innings. However, once he found the zone, he was able to work pretty quickly and get quick outs.
His secondary stuff consisted of a curveball and a slider, both of which were inconsistent but flashed effectiveness at times. The slider was thrown in the 75-77 range, showing some sharper tilt, although it was a bit short and was often elevated. The curveball worked more in the 71-73 range, and was more slurvy than anything, but flashed good depth with solid spin to go along with better command than the slider had on the day.
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