The NCAA is currently looking into cracking down on the Advisers/Agents in the MLB Draft negotiations. The reason for this comes from the Andrew Oliver case where he was deemed ineligible because he had an advisor (agent) representing him out of high school during his negotiations. MLB is also not happy with the current situation with how drafted players are receiving outrageous money from some of the large market clubs.

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Kendall Rogers of Rivals.com has put out his biggest surprises from the MLB signing deadline on Monday evening. His two biggest surprises that signed are Texas A&M two-way player Brooks Raley and Rice RHP Ryan Berry. Each of them fought through issues during the 2009 season with Raley tiring at the end of the season while Berry was injured during the season which dropped his stock. He also goes over some of the biggest surprises that came back to school with LSU’s Blake Dean and Arizona State’s Josh Spence.

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Washington QB Jake Locker signed a contract today with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Locker was selected in the 10th round of the June Draft after being selected in the 40th round out of high school. He spent the summer of 2008 in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League where he played for the Bellingham Bells. He finished the summer with a .273 average including two homers in only ten games.

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Former ASU star Dustin Pedroia

I recently posted an article from the Wall Street Journal which looked at the best baseball schools in the country. (Click here if you missed it.) I didn’t recognize it when I posted the article but it fails to mention Arizona State which has been a perennial power in the CWS and also putting players in MLB. One of our readers sent me the following letter about Arizona State not being included. Read the rest of this entry »

The Wall Street Journal has an excellent article about which schools are the most successful in developing pro prospects. The interesting part about the MLB Draft is how high the failure rate of players is. One example of this is 1999 when over half of the first round picks have not been in the MLB while Albert Pujols has become the most feared hitter after being picked with the 402nd selection in that same draft. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Former Illini shortstop Brandon Wikoff (Peoria, Ill.), third baseman Dominic Altobelli (Oak Forest) and center fielder Joe Bonadonna (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) all signed or will sign their first professional contracts recently, as Altobelli inked his deal Friday, Wikoff signed on Sunday and Bonadonna will sign his contract Tuesday. In addition, Illinois signee Seth Schwindenhammer (Bartonville, Ill.) signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox on Sunday after being drafted in the fifth round and will begin playing with the rookie-league GCL Red Sox in Florida rather than attending college. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some of the best links from around the nation.

(Courtesy of Gettysburg College Media Relations)

The first article comes from The Boston Globe which checks in with four Massachusetts student athletes who have found success at Gettysburg College. The next article comes from Corky Blake which looks at MLB and College Baseball’s African-American players whose participation numbers have gone down in the last 20 years. The Daily Cal writer Matt Kawahara previews the Cal-Oregon weekend series. The State checks in with two sport Clemson athlete Kyle Parker who has been spending time in spring football and with the baseball squad while trying to balance schoolwork too. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CAPE COD BASEBALL LEAGUE
BOSTON, MA – The Under Armour Cape League All-Star Game will take place on Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 7:05 p.m. at Fenway Park for the first time in 22 years. The game will be broadcast on the New England Sports Network (NESN) and will feature a Home Run Derby prior to the game. Read the rest of this entry »

Our good friends over at Codball.com are reporting that the CCBL All-Star Game will be held at Fenway Park on July 23rd. This is an interesting move by The Cape Cod League as the All-Star game is always the top attended event on the Cape and the city of Boston very rarely supports college sports other then hockey. The Baseball Beanpot will take place on April 13th and rarely draws more then 500 people to the legendary ballpark. Read the rest of this entry »

Trevor Coleman (Courtesy of Missouri Media Relations)

Since we are eagerly awaiting the start of the 2009 College Baseball season, I thought I would do a weekly segment with users sending us questions about interesting topics about issues or teams. I will select about five questions every week to be posted with answers on Tuesday morning. You can send us your questions for next week by clicking here. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
ORLEANS, Mass. – There will be no Cardinals taking flight at Eldredge Park in Orleans this summer. The town’s entry in the Cape Cod Baseball League has officially changed its nickname to … drum roll, please … the Orleans Firebirds! Read the rest of this entry »

The New York Times has a great article about Clay Zavada’s journey through the minor leagues. He was selected in the 30th round in 2006 where he received a $1,000 bonus which was barely enough to cover his deposit on his apartment. After the 2006 summer, Clay’s father died leaving the families property to him. He ended up losing touch with the Arizona Diamondbacks who subsequently dropped his contract. He ended up finishing up his degree in the spring of 2008 and with some encouragement from a friend went to an open tryout for the independent league member Southern Illinois Miners. His performance ended up getting him a second chance with the Diamondbacks who ended up signing him in June. Read the rest of this entry »