Comments on: The “Best of Summer” Top 25 http://blogs.eastonbaseball.com/collegebaseballtoday/2009/09/12/the-summer-top-25/ College Baseball Today Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:23:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: College Fan All Day http://blogs.eastonbaseball.com/collegebaseballtoday/2009/09/12/the-summer-top-25/comment-page-1/#comment-2241 College Fan All Day Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:46:09 +0000 http://collegebaseballtoday.com/?p=2491#comment-2241 WALTGREENBERG-- UT's ranking is justified. They're getting Walsh, Milner, Walla (who I thought was an outfielder), and others. Losing Belt, Torres, Tucker won't decimate them. The Horns have an incredible junior and sophomore class. With that said, I love Rice's upcoming team too. WALTGREENBERG–
UT’s ranking is justified. They’re getting Walsh, Milner, Walla (who I thought was an outfielder), and others. Losing Belt, Torres, Tucker won’t decimate them. The Horns have an incredible junior and sophomore class. With that said, I love Rice’s upcoming team too.

]]> By: KC http://blogs.eastonbaseball.com/collegebaseballtoday/2009/09/12/the-summer-top-25/comment-page-1/#comment-2240 KC Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:12:06 +0000 http://collegebaseballtoday.com/?p=2491#comment-2240 Do you think there'll be any pressure to perform at Arkansas for Franco Broyles considering his grandfather's legacy there? For his sake, I hope he's up to it. Do you think there’ll be any pressure to perform at Arkansas for Franco Broyles considering his grandfather’s legacy there? For his sake, I hope he’s up to it.

]]> By: waltgreenberg http://blogs.eastonbaseball.com/collegebaseballtoday/2009/09/12/the-summer-top-25/comment-page-1/#comment-2239 waltgreenberg Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:42:27 +0000 http://collegebaseballtoday.com/?p=2491#comment-2239 Eric, some really odd ranking here. For example... 1. LSU-- sure they got a big boost with Dean returning for his senior season, BUT...they still lost the 2009 SEC Pitcher of the Year, along with four of their top 5 hitters (LeMeau, Mitchell, Schempf, Ochenko), and got decimated in the draft losing 3 of their top 4 recruits. No question LSU still has a strong returning core and should be a preseason Top 10 pick, but they lost a ton from last year's national championship team...and their incoming recruiting class got decimated by the draft. 2. Texas-- yes, they return the most talented a deepest pitching staff in the country (with Ruffin, Green, Workman, Jungmann and Dicharry), which could be the most dominant since the 2003 - '04 Rice Owls, but...they lost three-fourth of their starting infield (with very little depth or experience or incoming recruits to fill those spots), as well as their top two recruits. 3. Rice-- Yes, we lost Ryan Berry (who missed 5 weeks of the 2009 season anyway), Jordan Rogers and Brock Holt (2B), but that's it from last year's squad. 12 of 13 position players with 75+ ABs return for the 2010 season, including seniors-tobe Seastrunk, Sultzbaugh and Comerota....along with 8 pitchers who threw 20+ innings this past season (including two weekend starters in Taylor Wall and Mike Ojala, Mark Haynes as the heavily used set-man, and Matt Evers as the likely closer). That's arguably the most proven, experienced and deep returning offense and defense in college baseball (Seastrunk/Manuel C, Comerota 1B, Hague SS, Rendon 3B, Fuda LF, Sultzbaugh CF and Mozingo RF), and plenty of experience on the mound. Also, the Owls did not lose a single incoming recruit to the draft. The newcomers are pitcher heavy (with 4 area code pitchers + 2 JUCO transfers alreeady on campus and throwing bullpen sessions)....and Anthony Fazio (RS Freshman), who was projected to be the #4 starter last season before going down to TJS just one week before the season opener, is already pitching bullpen sessions and should be back at full health this coming Spring. As for filling the one position void on the team, 2B, Michael Ratterree looks to follow in the footsteps of Anthony Rendon. He's yet another ex-high school SS (as were Rendon, Hague and Comerota), and was the 2009 State of Texas and Greater Houston Player of the Year. Sorry for the length of this, but add this to your info file. Eric, some really odd ranking here. For example…

1. LSU– sure they got a big boost with Dean returning for his senior season, BUT…they still lost the 2009 SEC Pitcher of the Year, along with four of their top 5 hitters (LeMeau, Mitchell, Schempf, Ochenko), and got decimated in the draft losing 3 of their top 4 recruits. No question LSU still has a strong returning core and should be a preseason Top 10 pick, but they lost a ton from last year’s national championship team…and their incoming recruiting class got decimated by the draft.

2. Texas– yes, they return the most talented a deepest pitching staff in the country (with Ruffin, Green, Workman, Jungmann and Dicharry), which could be the most dominant since the 2003 – ‘04 Rice Owls, but…they lost three-fourth of their starting infield (with very little depth or experience or incoming recruits to fill those spots), as well as their top two recruits.

3. Rice– Yes, we lost Ryan Berry (who missed 5 weeks of the 2009 season anyway), Jordan Rogers and Brock Holt (2B), but that’s it from last year’s squad. 12 of 13 position players with 75+ ABs return for the 2010 season, including seniors-tobe Seastrunk, Sultzbaugh and Comerota….along with 8 pitchers who threw 20+ innings this past season (including two weekend starters in Taylor Wall and Mike Ojala, Mark Haynes as the heavily used set-man, and Matt Evers as the likely closer). That’s arguably the most proven, experienced and deep returning offense and defense in college baseball (Seastrunk/Manuel C, Comerota 1B, Hague SS, Rendon 3B, Fuda LF, Sultzbaugh CF and Mozingo RF), and plenty of experience on the mound. Also, the Owls did not lose a single incoming recruit to the draft. The newcomers are pitcher heavy (with 4 area code pitchers + 2 JUCO transfers alreeady on campus and throwing bullpen sessions)….and Anthony Fazio (RS Freshman), who was projected to be the #4 starter last season before going down to TJS just one week before the season opener, is already pitching bullpen sessions and should be back at full health this coming Spring. As for filling the one position void on the team, 2B, Michael Ratterree looks to follow in the footsteps of Anthony Rendon. He’s yet another ex-high school SS (as were Rendon, Hague and Comerota), and was the 2009 State of Texas and Greater Houston Player of the Year.

Sorry for the length of this, but add this to your info file.

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