2012 MLB Draft: Joey Gallo, Richie Shaffer among top power hitters
Joey Gallo ranks as one of the top power hitters for the 2012 draft. The 2012 MLB amateur draft will be held on June 4-6. With most of the college and high school regular seasons over, and most players getting ready to participate in workouts for teams, let’s take a look at the ten best players at each skill set. First, we will focus on the power More...
2012 Draft: Five college players on the rise
Central Florida's D.J. Hicks is being compared to Adam Dunn because of his size and power. (Ted Hutton/Sun-Sentinel) The 2012 MLB amateur draft is just a couple of weeks away. With the college regular season More...
2012 Draft: Interview Arizona Wildcats staff ace Kurt Heyer
Arizona's staff ace Kurt Heyer is focused on getting the Wildcats back to the College World Series. (Anthony Gimino/Tucson Citizen) Kurt Heyer is a junior, right-handed pitcher for the Arizona Wildcats known More...
Missouri State’s Nick Petree scoreless streak to 72.1 innings
Nick Petree's magical season continues. (Mark Schiefelbein/News-Leader) The amazing story of Nick Petree continued Friday night as the sophomore right-hander tossed eight more shutout innings against Evansville More...
2012 draft: Five college players on the rise
Trenton Moses has reached base in all 48 games he's played this season. (Fred Lynch/Southeast Missourian) This is the third installment in a series about college players who have made major improvements in their More...
Missouri State’s Nick Petree runs scoreless streak to 56.1 innings
Nick Petree's scoreless-innings streak continues to climb. (Mark Schiefelbein/News-Leader) There is a story going on in the baseball world that simply isn’t getting enough attention. It started way back on More...
2012 draft: Stony Brook’s Travis Jankowski unique in today’s game
Travis Jankowski is getting a lot of attention as a leadoff hitter extraordinaire at Stony Brook. (Efal Sayed/The Statesman) Where have all the elite leadoff men gone? I’m talking about your high-average/low-strikeout More...
2012 draft: LSU’s Raph Rhymes — best hitter in the draft?
LSU outfielder Raph Rhymes has a .500 batting average through 41 games. (Mark Cornelison/The Lexington Herald-Leader) Raph Rhymes, a 6’-1”, 180-pound, junior outfielder for ninth-ranked LSU, is making Ted Williams More...
College weekly roundup: Top performers from 4/16-4/22
Trea Turner has stolen 41 bases in 43 attempts for the Wolfpack this season. (Travis Long/News-Observer) Every week, I will be breaking down the top teams and players in college baseball. Here are the top performers More...
Carlos Rodon, Michael Conforto headline midseason all-frosh team
Michael Conforto is second in the nation in RBI as a freshman at Oregon State. (Danielle Peterson/Statesman Journal) The college baseball season is a little past the halfway point. While most of the talk has been More...
