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College  | Story | 4/26/2016

National college notes: April 26

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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 to this point of the season.

Hitters

Rk. Player Pos. School Statistics
3 Corey Ray OF Louisville .314/.385/.593, 13 2B, 1 3B, 11 HR, 31 SB
6 Nick Senzel 3B Tennessee .340/.457/.569, 16 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 15 SB
7 Kyle Lewis OF Mercer .414/.540/.789, 10 2B, 1 3B, 15 HR, 6 SB
13 Buddy Reed OF Florida .297/.401/.449, 7 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR, 19 SB
25 Zack Collins C/1B Miami .425/.587/.726, 7 2B, 9 HR, 48 BB
28 Bryan Reynolds OF Vanderbilt .326/.459/.611, 10 2B, 2 3B, 9 HR, 4 SB
37 Matthew Thaiss C/1B Virginia .368/.475/.546, 9 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR
39 Anfernee Grier OF Auburn .398/.480/.602, 8 2B, 2 3B, 8 HR, 16 SB
40 Jake Fraley OF Louisiana State .335/.422/.453, 6 2B, 5 3B, 1 HR, 19 SB
44 Will Craig 1B/3B Wake Forest .427/.557/.872, 13 2B, 13 HR, 50 RBI
45 Chris Okey C Clemson .342/.457/.553, 7 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR, 1 SB
46 Nick Banks OF Texas A&M .307/.387/.526, 9 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 4 SB
48 Ryan Boldt OF Nebraska .308/.354/.456, 11 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 16 SB
49 Lucas Erceg 3B Menlo (NAIA) .320/.355/.649, 13 2B, 17 HR, 3 SB


Pitchers

Rk. Player Pos. School Statistics
5 A.J. Puk LHP Florida 3.07 ERA, 41 IP, 29 H, 55 K, 16 BB
10 Dakota Hudson RHP Mississippi State 2.82 ERA, 67 IP, 62 H, 70 K, 24 BB
14 Connor Jones RHP Virginia 2.08 ERA, 69.1 IP, 56 H, 50 K, 25 BB
17 Daulton Jefferies RHP California 1.29 ERA, 42 IP, 33 H, 47 K, 6 BB
18 Cal Quantrill RHP Stanford Has not pitched this season
21 Logan Shore RHP Florida 2.14 ERA, 63 IP, 48 H, 63 K, 9 BB
22 Robert Tyler RHP Georgia 2.53 ERA, 57 IP, 35 H, 71 K, 28 BB
26 Jordan Sheffield RHP Vanderbilt 2.54 ERA, 63.2 IP, 48 H, 81 K, 25 BB
30 Zack Burdi RHP Louisville 3.45 ERA, 15.2 IP, 10 H, 27 K, 7 BB, 4 SV
31 Zach Jackson RHP Arkansas 4.12 ERA, 39.1 IP, 30 H, 48 K, 26 BB, 4 SV
32 Alec Hansen RHP Oklahoma 6.58 ERA, 26 IP, 24 H, 38 K, 24 BB
33 Corbin Burnes RHP St. Mary's 1.61 ERA, 67 IP, 45 H, 69 K, 20 BB
34 Matt Krook LHP Oregon 4.29 ERA, 42 IP, 25 H, 54 K, 38 BB
36 Eric Lauer LHP Kent State 0.81 ERA, 67 IP, 36 H, 80 K, 22 BB
38 Cody Sedlock RHP Illinois 2.94 ERA, 67.1 IP, 58 H, 84 K, 21 BB
42 Anthony Kay LHP Connecticut 2.86 ERA, 39.1 IP, 35 H, 56 K, 15 BB

Read about the performance and watch video of Corey Ray here.
Read about the performance and watch video of Zack Burdi here.



Kel Johnson, of, Georgia Tech | Kyle Lewis, of, Mercer

Mercer traveled up I-75 last Tuesday to take on Georgia Tech in Atlanta for some midweek out-of-conference action. The headliner coming into the game was Mercer outfielder Kyle Lewis who has been projected as a top 10 pick since his impressive summer in the Cape Cod league. By my count, there were 15-20 scouts in attendance.

Georgia Tech provided plenty to watch as well with powerful right fielder Kel Johnson and shortstop Connor Justus. The game was slowed with 10 combined pitchers making their way to the mound and 22 combined hits.

Johnson manned the fourth spot in the Jacket’s order with above average power potential in his bat. He’s barrel chested with lots of present strength in his 6-foot-4, 214-pound frame with long limbs. What Johnson is known for is his bat. In batting practice he’ll pepper line drives all over the field and abuse the foliage and football facility behind the right-center and left field fences respectively. His power will be his carrying tool with the aforementioned strength and the ability to hunt and pull fastballs. He has slightly above average bat speed and some feel for the barrel. He struggles with some spin and will expand the zone to soft spin low and away.




In his first four trips to the plate, Johnson collected three hits and a bullet off the bat that was right at the second basemen. He has strong wrists that get through the zone with authority and swings with intent to drive the ball. There is a good bit of pre-swing movement as he shifts his weight in a slightly jerky fashion to the ball. He uses the whole field and does not get stuck trying to pull the ball. He generates good extension to the outer third of the plate, and when he matches plane can deliver a rocket off the bat. He will need to improve his pitch recognition to maximize the hit tool potential.

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