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College  | Story | 5/17/2018

College Notebook: May 17

Jheremy Brown
Photo: Mason Feole (Perfect Game)



College Notebook: May 16 | College Player Database

During the season Perfect Game scouts will be traveling to some of the top series to watch the very best players in college baseball. Those observations, captured with both written notes and video, will be shared in the College Player Database as linked above, notes that can also be accessed on the players' individual PG profile pages. Throughout the season select reports will be shared in feature format to promote the players, the teams and college baseball as a whole.


Mason Feole, LHP, UConn



Similar to what fellow Connecticut lefthander Tim Cate did last season, sophomore Mason Feole has made a loud impression in the American Conference and has established himself as one of the top arms in the entire conference with his latest performance resulting in six-plus inning effort to take down No. 9 ranked East Carolina. With the win Feole improved to 7-1 on the year and though he didn’t have his sharpest command early on, he showed the ability to buckle in and compete, eventually finding his release point all while having the feel for his big curveball. 

Athleticism is something Feole will quickly show anybody who watches him throw a single pitch as he employs an ultra-high leg lift during which he gathers on his backside before driving towards the plate, creating some deception out of the hand. For the most part he proved capable of repeating his complex delivery and whenever he did miss the zone, he missed down which limited the hard contact and kept the ace cruising over his 6.1 innings in which he struck out and walked for Pirates. 

Feole may not be the most physical arm on the roster -though he is strongly built at 6-foot-1, 194-pounds- but it doesn’t impede him from carrying his velocity over the course of the game and in fact he saw an uptick with his fastball the deeper he got into his pitch count. Throwing from his higher three-quarters slot, the Rhode Island native consistently worked on top of the ball and sat 89-91 mph early on, bumping 92s, before seeing a tick up with plenty more 92s and a handful of 93s late in the game, including on his 98th and 100th pitch of the contest. The pitched proved to be firm through the zone and while he’s pull across his body at times, he’d also create hard cutting action when on top and was able to miss a couple bats with the pitch. 

Last spring my reports spoke highly of Feole’s changeup, a pitch he didn’t show today but instead landed a much-improved curveball that shows similar hard 12-to-6 downer shape to Cate’s, minus a few ticks. Feole threw his breaker in the 75-77 mph range and it proved to be a go-to offering both early and late, especially against some of the big lefthanded bats in the Pirates’ lineup. Tunneled well and with replicated arm speed, Feole could get the pitch across for a called first strike and also showed the ability to bury the pitch for a chase swing and even went to it in a 3-2 count to end an inning. 

As Feole continues to implement that changeup we’ve seen in the past with both his heater and curveball, the young southpaw may make yet another jump next spring in terms of production despite establishing himself as one of the top Northeast arms already. With his latest performance he was able to break the 100-strikeout plateau this season, a nice jump from last season despite throwing a near identical amount of innings while sporting a 2.48 ERA and a mere .214 batting average against.


Jacob Wallace, RHP, UConn



In what seems to be a reoccurring theme down in Storrs, the Huskies have another arm to monitor moving forward and though he may not be lefthanded like Tim Cate or Mason Feole, sophomore righthander Jacob Wallace does show one of the bigger fastballs on the staff. After logging just 12 innings last spring as a true freshman, Wallace has proven to be a go-to option for the Connecticut coaching staff having already made 23 appearances which has culminated in 36.2 innings pitched.

Wallace immediately lit up the radar guns out of the bullpen this afternoon with his first two warm up pitches registering at 94 mph, something that would be a reoccurring theme throughout his 1.1 innings of work. His delivery features a high leg lift with a longer arm stroke through the back, something that can lead to timing concerns with his release, though he did work down in the zone and sat very comfortably in the 93-95 mph range with every fastball that left his right hand. He strides open with his front side and while he can continue to clean up his directionality, it’s hard to ignore the pure stuff the young righthander his able to produce. 

As his numbers (53 strikeouts, .216 BAA) on the season suggest, Wallace has proven to be a difficult at-bat and also flashed the makings of a hard, tight slider that registered as high as 85 mph on the gun. At its best the pitch showed tight rotation with hard bite away from righthanded hitters and could very easily develop into a true swing-and-miss offering. He and Feole are two arms already on scout’s radar despite the duo not being eligible for another year, meaning scouts will once again be flocking to Storrs in 2019.


PJ Poulin, LHP, UConn



On Thursday afternoon lefthander P.J. Poulin tied former Huskie John Russell atop the single season saves record with his 14th of the season, a mark Connecticut hopes he’ll continue to improve upon as they look to make a run into postseason play. While some thoughts were that Poulin would open up in the starting rotation after making five starts last season, the junior lefty has shown plenty of comfort at the back end of games this season, already making a team best 26 appearances while surpassing his total innings logged from a season ago. 

While not overly physical at 6-foot-1, 186-pounds, Poulin came out in attack mode and was immediately tasked with shutting down the Pirates best hitter in sophomore Bryant Packard. Already having the left-on-left advantage, Poulin opened up the at-bat with four consecutive sliders, a couple of which yielded swings and misses before going in on the hands with a 92 mph heater before going back to the slider on a 3-2 count to pick up the punchout. He continued to throw the slider in the 80-83 mph range and while he’d pull the pitch on occasion, when everything was on time it proved to be a solid secondary and a swing and miss option against lefthanded bats. 

Working from a lower three-quarters slot, Poulin is able to generate solid and consistent running life on his fastball, a pitch that regularly worked in the 90-92 mph range and once bumped a 93 while working exclusively out of the stretch. His arm stroke is both full and quick through the back and he gives Head Coach Jim Penders a solid option at the backend as Poulin can miss bats and showed plenty of comfort mixing his fastball-slider combo.


Chris Holba, RHP, East Carolina

It wasn’t his longest outing of the year and resulted in his first loss as well (now 9-1), but junior righthander Christopher Holba still showed fight on the mound over his four innings of work as he pounded the strike zone and mixed three pitches throughout. And even after taking the loss Holba sports a mere 2.08 ERA this spring, proving just how good he has been for Head Coach Cliff Godwin and the Pirates. 

A long and strong yet still projectable 6-foot-3, 210-pounds, Holba showed no problems working ahead in the count, throwing 14 first pitch strikes against 18 batters faced, most of which came off his fastball. Holba’s arm stroke is very compact and hidden through the back side, showing quickness while working to a three-quarters slot which helped produce the 87-91 mph pitch. Mostly true with occasional subtle action down in the zone, Holba maintained his velocity well throughout the outing and it’s easy to see another tick or two in the tank.

He also showed no problems with mixing in his slider, an upper-70s to low-80s pitch that showed consistent tilting life away from righthanded hitters and proved to be the best of his two secondaries while flashing a couple late biting ones to the backfoot of the lefthanded hitting Chris Winkle. Holba also showed a changeup in the low-80s, flashing a few good ones with diving life but also left a couple up and those lead to a couple extra-base hits for the Huskies on the day. 

Overall it’s hard to argue the dominance of Holba with what he has done this spring and though Thursday wasn’t a long look, he still showed things to like on the mound and could prove to be a difficult matchup for anybody in the AAC next weekend in Clearwater.
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