We recently ran across an article out of the Seattle Times that talks about some of the best prospects for the 2009 draft. Larry Stone wrote the article where he talks with a CBB reader in Keith Law of ESPN and John Manuel of Baseball America. Both of them clearly state that Stephen Strasburg is the top player in the 2009 draft after competing on the 2008 Olympic team and lighting up radar guns during the 2008 collegiate season. They also talk about Kyle Gibson, Dustin Ackley, and Alex White among other players. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, ACC, Big 12, Missouri, Mountain West, San Diego State, UNC

The University of Texas at Pan American has narrowed their coaching search to four candidates. The most logical choice would be for Gene Salazar. Gene is currently the assistant coach at UT-Pan Am and has ties in South Texas. Salazar was a 4 year Letterman at St. Edwards University and was also the head Coach there from 1998-2002. St Edwards University is a DIV II school that is located in Austin, Texas. Coach Salazar served as the interim head coach of the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball program this past season where he served as the recruiting coordinator in his first three seasons and assisted in all aspects of the day-to-day operation of the Islander program.

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Tags: ACC, Big South, New Head Coach, UT-Pan American, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Brandon Anderson Named Assistant Baseball Coach At Temple

PHILADELPHIA - Brandon Anderson, an All-American and professional baseball player who played two seasons at Gloucester County College under current Temple head coach Rob Valli, has been named an assistant baseball coach for the Owls. Anderson is currently in his second season playing professional baseball for the Kalamazoo Kings of the Frontier League.

“Brandon has always been an extremely talented and highly motivated student of the game, so his transition from player to coach should be easy,” Valli said. “He will be an excellent coach and role model for our team.”

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Tags: ACC, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, CAA, Campbell, Clemson, George Mason, Kansas, New Coach, Temple

Dustin Ackley of North Carolina underwent surgery last month on his right elbow to alleviate pain. He has been one of the top players in the nation the last two years including being named the consensus freshman of the year in the 2007 season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, ACC, UNC

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Led by Most Valuable Player A.J. Pollock of the Falmouth Commodores and the trio of hard-hitting catcher Tommy Medica, infielder Joseph Sanders and pitcher Chris Manno of the league champion Harwich Mariners, the 2008 All-League Team has been announced by Cape Cod Baseball League Commissioner Paul Galop. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Auburn, Baylor, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Boston College, Cape Cod League, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Duke, East Carolina, Houston, Jacksonville State, Louisville, MAC, Notre Dame, Ohio, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Santa Clara, SEC, Stanford, Tennessee, UC-Irvine, University of San Diego, USC, Vanderbilt, Virginia, West Coast Conference

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Gamecocks set to welcome new baseball stadium

“There will not be a more impressive college baseball stadium in the country.” Those are the words of Athletic Director Eric Hyman in reference to USC’s new ballpark that will be opening in time for this year’s season.

Carolina fans sorrowfully said goodbye to Sarge Frye Field last year, a stadium rife with countless memories of players, coaches and unforgettable games. Nestled right below the Roost, the Sarge was the home site of Carolina baseball for 29 great seasons.

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Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Recruits, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big East, LaSalle, Louisville, North Carolina, Oregon, Pac 10, SEC, South Carolina

The Cape Cod Baseball League has put out press releases for the rest of the awards for the season. The MVP of the league was AJ Pollock of Notre Dame. He ended up finishing second in the league in batting average while leading the league in Slugging Percentage. Jimmy Cesario of Houston ended up winning the Batting title before signing a MLB deal with the Colorado Rockies. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Big East, Cape Cod League, CBUAO, Conference USA, FSU, Houston, Notre Dame, UNC

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina’s incoming crop of baseball newcomers was finalized at Friday’s midnight signing deadline when 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft selections shortstop Matt Harrison and right-hander Jimmy Messer elected to join the Tar Heel program and did not sign professional contracts.

Carolina will welcome a seven-man class to campus Tuesday for the first day of classes. Joining Harrison (Henderson, Nev.), Messer (Hudson, N.C.) and original signees Seth Baldwin (Forest City, N.C.) and Jacob Stallings (Brentwood, Tenn.), are recent additions Landon Adams, Jeff May and Ryan Norton.

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Tags: ACC, North Carolina

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - First round draft pick Allan Dykstra signed with the San Diego Padres about an hour before the Friday night deadline for Major League Baseball teams to sign players drafted in the 2008 MLB Draft. Senior Evan Ocheltree and incoming freshmen Austin Stadler and Daniel Marrs did not sign with the teams that drafted them and will play for Wake Forest this upcoming season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, MLB Draft, Wake Forest

HARWICH, Mass. — It’s been a long road to a Cape Cod Baseball League championship for the Harwich Mariners, who have finally broken their 21-year drought with a 2-1 win over the Cotuit Kettleers Thursday night before 6,133 fans at Whitehouse Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, ACC, Cal, Cape Cod League, Pac 10, UNC

Due to a mixup by the Boston Red Sox, the ACC Baseball tourney has been removed from Fenway Park after a scheduling mixup between the Boston Red Sox and the Fenway Sports Group. The reason behind this is the fact that the Boston Red Sox gave the wrong dates to Major League Baseball and have scheduled games for that weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Tournament, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, FSU, GT, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

The Cape Cod Baseball League Championship series starts up this afternoon when Cotuit hosts Harwich in Game 1 of the best out of three set. The Cotuit Kettleers will send Arizona State’s Seth Blair to the mound while Harwich will send Duke lefty Chris Manno. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Arizona State, Cape Cod League, Duke, Pac 10

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CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians today announced the club has signed outfielder Tim Fedroff, their seventh round selection in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.

Fedroff, 21, finished his 2008 sophomore season at the University of North Carolina where he hit .404 (115-285) with 78 runs scored, 22 doubles, 5 triples, 12 home runs, 71 RBI and 14 stolen bases in 67 games as he helped the Tarheels advance to the College World Series. The Flagtown, NJ native finished 3rd among all Division I players in the entire nation in hits (115), T5th in total bases (183), T17th in runs scored (78), 37th in average (.404) and T37th in doubles (22), while also recording a .542 slugging percentage and a .568 on-base percentage (1.110 OPS).

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Tags: ACC, MLB Draft, North Carolina

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PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Andrew Carraway of the Hyannis Mets was well aware of the importance of his start on July 28 against the Wareham Gatemen. The Mets, who once stood alone atop the Cape Cod Baseball League’s West Division standings, had been scuffling and they desperately needed a quality start from Carraway, their 6-2, 200-pound right-hander from the University of Virginia, to remain in contention. Carraway accepted the challenge and pitched eight strong innings to lead the Mets past the Gatemen, 5-1. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Cape Cod League, Players of the Week, San Jose St., Virginia, WAC

The College Baseball Blog took in the Cape Cod All-Star game on Saturday night which was won by the Eastern All-Stars 8-6 in an exciting game. We take a look at the Eastern Division today with some thoughts on the pitchers that saw action in the All-Star game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Top Players, ACC, Big East, Big West, CBB Column, CBB Visit, Duke, Long Beach State, Loyola-Marymount, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, Notre Dame, Pac 10, University of San Diego, USC, West Coast Conference, West Virginia