College: Summer Scene
Paying Dividends
Jun. 16, 2009
In the spring of 2007, Matt Hayes took a chance. The coach of the Forest City Owls needed an extra arm, and it was too late to draw a big-name player into the Coastal Plain League. So Hayes brought in a stringy, 6-foot righthander out of a small junior college in Illinois named Spencer Patton. Two years later, it looks like Hayes made one heck of a good call. Patton, now a junior at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, was back in the Coastal Plain Leage and led the league in strikeouts. Through his first two starts of 2009, Patton dealt 27 Ks in just 14 innings of work. [...] Continue Reading »
Team USA Top 20 Prospects
Sep. 11, 2008
With a 24-0 record, a pair of gold medals and a team ERA of 0.88, it's safe to say USA Baseball's collegiate national team dominated its competition this summer—especially on the mound. While the position player prospects were not on par with previous national teams, the group of pitchers on Team USA was a good representation of the top college arms in the 2009 draft class. [...] Continue Reading »
Cape Cod League Top 30 Prospects
Sep. 4, 2008
Southern California shortstop Grant Green and the North Carolina duo of Dustin Ackley and Matt Harvey headline the Cape Cod League Top 30 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
West Coast Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
The Top 10 Prospects in the West Coast Collegiate League, with Washington Huskies quarterback Jake Locker—who has never played college baseball—ranking first on sheer, raw talent. [...] Continue Reading »
New York Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
Kentucky lefthander Logan Darnell leads the NYCBL top prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Northwoods League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
San Diego State outfielder Cory Vaughn leads a deep crop of top prospects in the Northwoods League. [...] Continue Reading »
Summer College Leagues: Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
Our picks of the top prospects in 19 different college summer leagues. [...] Continue Reading »
Valley League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
Louisiana State second baseman Ryan Schimpf headlines the Valley League top 10 prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Texas Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
Alabama teammates Del Howell and Jimmy Nelson headline the Texas Collegiate League top 10 prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Southern Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
Tusculum College righthander Boo Morrow leads the SCBL Top 10 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
California Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 2, 2008
Texas outfielder Kevin Keyes leads the California Collegiate Top 10 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Jayhawk League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 2, 2008
Eastern Kentucky righthander Patrick Cooper leads the Jayhawk League Top 10 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Florida Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 2, 2008
Righthander Jeff Walters tops the FCSL top prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Great Lakes Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 2, 2008
Picking the top prospects from the Great Lakes League. [...] Continue Reading »
MINK League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 2, 2008
Former Texas outfielder Jordan Danks, who signed with the White Sox at the end of the summer, headlines the top 10 prospects list for the MINK League. [...] Continue Reading »
New England Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 2, 2008
UConn shortstop Michael Olt and Dan Mahoney lead the NECBL top 10 prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Clark Griffith Summer League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 1, 2008
Aaron Fitt picks the top 10 prospects in the Clark Griffith summer league. [...] Continue Reading »
Central Illinois Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 1, 2008
Here's the highlights of the top 10 prospects in the Central Illinois Collegiate League. [...] Continue Reading »
Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 1, 2008
Aaron Fitt picks the top prospects from the Ripken summer league. [...] Continue Reading »
Alaska League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 1, 2008
John Manuel picks the top prospects from the Alaska League. [...] Continue Reading »
Coastal Plain League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 1, 2008
Georgia Tech righthander Deck McGuire tops the Coastal Plain League top prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Atlantic Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 1, 2008
The top 10 prospects from the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. [...] Continue Reading »
No Minor Feat
Aug. 27, 2008
Weeks before the USA Baseball collegiate national team finished off its perfect summer, a first-inning pickoff might have been the biggest play of the whole campaign. In the second game of pool play at Haarlem Honkbal Week in the Netherlands, Team USA was up against a Cuban national team that was the same minus one player from its 2004 Olympic gold medal team and its 2006 World Baseball Classic squad. Cuba's Glorbis Duvergel singled against USA lefthander Mike Minor to lead off the game, but Minor stopped Cuba in its tracks and gave the Americans the momentum by picking Duvergel off first. [...] Continue Reading »
Torrid Streak Lasts All Summer
Aug. 8, 2008
Southern California shortstop Grant Green positions himself to be a first-round pick next year with a spectacular hitting performance in the 2008 Cape Cod League. [...] Continue Reading »
Always Wanting More
Jul. 24, 2008
Most people who saw the home run would probably be quick to recall that the three-run blast run proved to be the game-winner. Many more would point out that Kentrail Davis hit the ball so hard that it cleared the 22-foot wall 395 feet away in dead center field, and that he broke his bat in the process. [...] Continue Reading »
College National Roster Remains Incomplete
Jun. 25, 2008
USA Baseball assembles its college national team, but is unable to set its "final" roster after two last-minute defections by a pair of North Carolina hitters. [...] Continue Reading »
Valley's Greinke Takes Top Summer Honor
Sep. 3, 2007
For the third straight year, a pitcher claimed Baseball America's Summer Player of the Year honors. However, the previous winners, Andrew Miller and David Price, didn't put together an offensive performance like Luke Greinke of the Valley League's Winchester Royals did in 2007. [...] Continue Reading »
Summer College Leagues: Top 10 Prospects
Aug. 30, 2007
Rounding up the Top 10 Prospects in 18 college summer leagues. [...] Continue Reading »
2007 Alaska League Top 10 Prospects
Aug. 30, 2007
Southern California outfielder Nick Buss tops the Alaska League Top 10 list. [...] Continue Reading »
New York Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Aug. 30, 2007
Le Moyne righthander Eric Beaulac tops the NYCBL Top 10 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Paying Dividends
Jun. 16, 2009
In the spring of 2007, Matt Hayes took a chance. The coach of the Forest City Owls needed an extra arm, and it was too late to draw a big-name player into the Coastal Plain League. So Hayes brought in a stringy, 6-foot righthander out of a small junior college in Illinois named Spencer Patton. Two years later, it looks like Hayes made one heck of a good call. Patton, now a junior at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, was back in the Coastal Plain Leage and led the league in strikeouts. Through his first two starts of 2009, Patton dealt 27 Ks in just 14 innings of work. [...] Continue Reading »
Team USA Top 20 Prospects
Sep. 11, 2008
With a 24-0 record, a pair of gold medals and a team ERA of 0.88, it's safe to say USA Baseball's collegiate national team dominated its competition this summer—especially on the mound. While the position player prospects were not on par with previous national teams, the group of pitchers on Team USA was a good representation of the top college arms in the 2009 draft class. [...] Continue Reading »
Cape Cod League Top 30 Prospects
Sep. 4, 2008
Southern California shortstop Grant Green and the North Carolina duo of Dustin Ackley and Matt Harvey headline the Cape Cod League Top 30 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
West Coast Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
The Top 10 Prospects in the West Coast Collegiate League, with Washington Huskies quarterback Jake Locker—who has never played college baseball—ranking first on sheer, raw talent. [...] Continue Reading »
New York Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
Kentucky lefthander Logan Darnell leads the NYCBL top prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Northwoods League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
San Diego State outfielder Cory Vaughn leads a deep crop of top prospects in the Northwoods League. [...] Continue Reading »
Summer College Leagues: Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
Our picks of the top prospects in 19 different college summer leagues. [...] Continue Reading »
Valley League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
Louisiana State second baseman Ryan Schimpf headlines the Valley League top 10 prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Texas Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
Alabama teammates Del Howell and Jimmy Nelson headline the Texas Collegiate League top 10 prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Southern Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 3, 2008
Tusculum College righthander Boo Morrow leads the SCBL Top 10 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
California Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 2, 2008
Texas outfielder Kevin Keyes leads the California Collegiate Top 10 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Jayhawk League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 2, 2008
Eastern Kentucky righthander Patrick Cooper leads the Jayhawk League Top 10 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Florida Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 2, 2008
Righthander Jeff Walters tops the FCSL top prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Great Lakes Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 2, 2008
Picking the top prospects from the Great Lakes League. [...] Continue Reading »
MINK League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 2, 2008
Former Texas outfielder Jordan Danks, who signed with the White Sox at the end of the summer, headlines the top 10 prospects list for the MINK League. [...] Continue Reading »
New England Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 2, 2008
UConn shortstop Michael Olt and Dan Mahoney lead the NECBL top 10 prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Clark Griffith Summer League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 1, 2008
Aaron Fitt picks the top 10 prospects in the Clark Griffith summer league. [...] Continue Reading »
Central Illinois Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 1, 2008
Here's the highlights of the top 10 prospects in the Central Illinois Collegiate League. [...] Continue Reading »
Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 1, 2008
Aaron Fitt picks the top prospects from the Ripken summer league. [...] Continue Reading »
Alaska League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 1, 2008
John Manuel picks the top prospects from the Alaska League. [...] Continue Reading »
Coastal Plain League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 1, 2008
Georgia Tech righthander Deck McGuire tops the Coastal Plain League top prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Atlantic Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Sep. 1, 2008
The top 10 prospects from the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. [...] Continue Reading »
No Minor Feat
Aug. 27, 2008
Weeks before the USA Baseball collegiate national team finished off its perfect summer, a first-inning pickoff might have been the biggest play of the whole campaign. In the second game of pool play at Haarlem Honkbal Week in the Netherlands, Team USA was up against a Cuban national team that was the same minus one player from its 2004 Olympic gold medal team and its 2006 World Baseball Classic squad. Cuba's Glorbis Duvergel singled against USA lefthander Mike Minor to lead off the game, but Minor stopped Cuba in its tracks and gave the Americans the momentum by picking Duvergel off first. [...] Continue Reading »
Torrid Streak Lasts All Summer
Aug. 8, 2008
Southern California shortstop Grant Green positions himself to be a first-round pick next year with a spectacular hitting performance in the 2008 Cape Cod League. [...] Continue Reading »
Always Wanting More
Jul. 24, 2008
Most people who saw the home run would probably be quick to recall that the three-run blast run proved to be the game-winner. Many more would point out that Kentrail Davis hit the ball so hard that it cleared the 22-foot wall 395 feet away in dead center field, and that he broke his bat in the process. [...] Continue Reading »
College National Roster Remains Incomplete
Jun. 25, 2008
USA Baseball assembles its college national team, but is unable to set its "final" roster after two last-minute defections by a pair of North Carolina hitters. [...] Continue Reading »
Valley's Greinke Takes Top Summer Honor
Sep. 3, 2007
For the third straight year, a pitcher claimed Baseball America's Summer Player of the Year honors. However, the previous winners, Andrew Miller and David Price, didn't put together an offensive performance like Luke Greinke of the Valley League's Winchester Royals did in 2007. [...] Continue Reading »
Summer College Leagues: Top 10 Prospects
Aug. 30, 2007
Rounding up the Top 10 Prospects in 18 college summer leagues. [...] Continue Reading »
2007 Alaska League Top 10 Prospects
Aug. 30, 2007
Southern California outfielder Nick Buss tops the Alaska League Top 10 list. [...] Continue Reading »
New York Collegiate League Top 10 Prospects
Aug. 30, 2007
Le Moyne righthander Eric Beaulac tops the NYCBL Top 10 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
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