Devastating Miller leads Cape prospect list

By Jim Callis
August 13, 2004

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CHICAGO--The top of our annual Cape Cod League prospect rankings often resembles the top of the subsequent major league draft list. All six of the draft-eligible players on BA's 2003 Cape Top 10 list went in the first round of the 2004 draft.

Rice righthanders Philip Humber (Yarmouth-Dennis), Jeff Niemann (Harwich) and Wade Townsend (Wareham) went off the board in the first eight picks, as did Vanderbilt lefty Jeremy Sowers (Wareham). Oklahoma lefty David Purcey (Orleans) and Boston College righty Chris Lambert (Chatham) were the 16th and 19th overall choices.

Pro teams will have to wait an extra year before they can get their hands on this summer's No. 1 prospect, however. That's because Chatham lefthander Andrew Miller is just entering his sophomore year at North Carolina.

Miller turned in two of the Cape's most talked-about performances in 2004--neither of which counted in the league's official stats. He struck out the side four times in four innings against Falmouth before the game was called because of fog, then needed just 15 pitches to fan the side in order during the all-star game.

1. Andrew Miller, lhp, Chatham (North Carolina).
2. Tyler Greene, ss, Orleans (Georgia Tech).
3. Craig Hansen, rhp, Harwich (St. John's).
4. Dallas Buck, rhp, Falmouth (Oregon State).
5. Stephen Head, 1b/lhp, Chatham (Mississippi).
6. Mark McCormick, rhp, Wareham (Baylor).
7. Daniel Carte, of, Falmouth (Winthrop).
8. Ryan Mullins, lhp, Chatham (Vanderbilt).
9. Cliff Pennington, ss, Falmouth (Texas A&M).
10. Kevin Whelan, rhp, Wareham (Texas A&M).
11. Robert Ray, rhp, Wareham (Texas A&M).
12. Chris Leroux, rhp, Falmouth (Winthrop).
13. Zach Ward, rhp, Harwich (Gardner-Webb).
14. Mark Hamilton, 1b, Falmouth (Tulane).
15. Micah Owings, of/rhp, Bourne (Georgia Tech).
16. Justin Maxwell, of, Cotuit (Maryland).
17. Jacoby Ellsbury, of, Falmouth (Oregon State).
18. Matt Antonelli, 3b, Falmouth (Wake Forest).
19. Mike Costanzo, 1b/rhp, Hyannis (Coastal Carolina).
20. Clete Thomas, of, Harwich (Auburn).
21. Jensen Lewis, rhp, Falmouth (Vanderbilt).
22. Kyle Bono, rhp, Chatham (Central Florida/signed with Red Sox).
23. Justin Blaine, lhp, Yarmouth-Dennis (San Diego).
24. Danny Perales, of, Falmouth (Southern California).
25. Dan Brauer, lhp, Harwich (Northwestern).
26. Adam Davis, of/ss, Yarmouth-Dennis (Florida).
27. Matt Avery, rhp, Brewster (Virginia).
28. Chris Nicoll, rhp, Orleans (UC Irvine).
29. Matt Goyen, lhp, Brewster (Georgia College).
30. Mike Bell, 3b, Wareham (Grayson County, Texas, CC).