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Draft Watch
Here is how the players currently ranked among the top 50 of Perfect Game's updated top 100 draft-eligible prospects have fared so far this season.
Hitters
| Rk. |
Player |
Pos. |
School |
Stats |
| 3 |
Dansby Swanson |
SS |
Vanderbilt |
.348/.444/.607, 15 2B, 5 3B, 7 HR |
| 5 |
Alex Bregman |
SS |
Louisiana State |
.335/.420/.595, 15 2B, 8 HR, 25 SB |
| 9 |
Ian Happ |
OF |
Cincinnati |
.377/.500/.688, 10 2B, 11 HR, 5 SB |
| 13 |
Kevin Newman |
SS |
Arizona |
.361/.415/.467, 13 2B, 1 HR, 14 SB |
| 23 |
Taylor Ward |
C |
Fresno State |
.303/.443/.539 11 2B, 7 HR, 6 SB |
| 25 |
D.J. Stewart |
OF |
Florida State |
.324/.517/.588, 7 2B, 10 HR, 38 RBI |
| 42 |
Harrison Bader |
OF |
Florida |
.338/.450/.643, 12 2B, 1 3B, 11 HR |
| 44 |
Richie Martin |
SS |
Florida |
.322/.415/.462, 9 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR |
| 50 |
Chris Shaw# |
OF |
Boston College |
.339/.432/.686, 8 2B, 11 HR, 41 RBI |
#Currently out due to injury
Pitchers
| Rk. |
Player |
Pos. |
School |
Stats |
| 2 |
Dillon Tate |
RHP |
UC Santa Barbara |
6-3, 1.57 ERA, 74.2 IP, 77:20 |
| 4 |
Kyle Funkhouser |
RHP |
Louisville |
6-2, 2.24 ERA, 76.1 IP, 75:31 |
| 7 |
Walker Buehler |
RHP |
Vanderbilt |
3-1, 2.66 ERA, 50.2 IP, 56:14 |
| 10 |
Carson Fulmer |
RHP |
Vanderbilt |
8-1, 1.52 ERA, 71 IP, 101:28 |
| 14 |
Cody Ponce |
RHP |
Cal Poly Pomona |
4-2, 1.78 ERA, 35.1 IP, 40:5 |
| 15 |
Nathan Kirby# |
LHP |
Virginia |
5-2, 2.28 ERA, 59.1 IP, 75:30 |
| 20 |
Phil Bickford |
RHP |
Southern Nevada |
8-1, 1.48 ERA, 67 IP, 126:17 |
| 21 |
Jon Harris |
RHP |
Missouri State |
4-1, 2.43 ERA, 66.2 IP, 78:28 |
| 27 |
Tyler Jay |
LHP |
Illinois |
5-1, 0.78 ERA, 8 SV, 46 IP, 53:4 |
| 30 |
Josh Staumont |
RHP |
Azusa Pacific |
5-2, 3.45 ERA, 57.1 IP, 93:45 |
| 33 |
Michael Matuella* |
RHP |
Duke |
1-1, 1.08 ERA, 25 IP, 24:11 |
| 40 |
Alex Young |
LHP |
Texas Christian |
8-2, 1.65 ERA, 60 IP, 60:15 |
| 46 |
James Kaprelian |
RHP |
UCLA |
7-4, 2.61 ERA, 69 IP, 85:20 |
| 48 |
Riley Ferrell |
RHP |
Texas Christian |
0-1, 0.89 ERA, 11 SV, 20.1 IP, 35:10 |
| 49 |
Ryan Burr |
RHP |
Arizona State |
7-2, 3.19 ERA, 12 SV, 31 IP, 58:17 |
#Currently out due to injury
*Out for the season
Freshman/Sophomore Stat Pack
During the course of the season our friends at CollegeSplits.com are going to be providing statistical leaders in the freshmen and sophomore classes in five different offensive categories and four different pitching categories. Each week we will choose one of those categories to share in the weekly PG college baseball national notebook, with stolen bases and saves being listed this week.
Stolen Bases
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Freshmen |
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Sophomores |
|
|
| Rk. |
Name |
School |
SB |
|
Rk. |
Name |
School |
SB |
| 1 |
Tanner Kirwer |
Niagara |
17 |
|
1 |
Troy Montgomery |
Ohio State |
26 |
| 1 |
Steven Foster |
Hofstra |
17 |
|
2 |
Corey Ray |
Louisville |
24 |
| 3 |
Kevin Merrell |
South Florida |
16 |
|
2 |
Stephen Wrenn |
Georgia |
21 |
| 4 |
Ryan Brown |
College of Charleston |
14 |
|
4 |
Nick Heath |
Northwestern State |
21 |
| 4 |
Brandon Montgomery |
Memphis |
14 |
|
4 |
Stephen Alemais |
Tulane |
21 |
| 4 |
Matt Whatley |
Oral Roberts |
14 |
|
6 |
Cole Billingsley |
South Alabama |
20 |
| 7 |
Dalton Hurd |
Seattle |
13 |
|
7 |
Andrew Benintendi |
Arkansas |
20 |
| 7 |
Jesse Uttendorfer |
New Jersey Tech |
13 |
|
7 |
Donnie Dewees |
North Florida |
19 |
| 7 |
Bryce Johnson |
Sam Houston State |
13 |
|
9 |
Joey Bartosic |
George Washington |
18 |
| 7 |
Michael Gigliotti |
Lipscomb |
13 |
|
9 |
Matthew Batten |
Quinnipiac |
18 |
| 7 |
Jake Palomaki |
Boston College |
13 |
|
9 |
Adam Groesbeck |
Air Force |
18 |
| 7 |
Zac Taylor |
Houston |
13 |
|
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Saves
|
Freshmen |
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Sophomores |
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| Rk. |
Name |
School |
SV |
|
Rk. |
Name |
School |
SV |
| 1 |
Jesse Stallings |
Louisiana State |
11 |
|
1 |
Eddie Muhl |
George Washington |
15 |
| 2 |
Zach Willeman |
Kent State |
6 |
|
2 |
Tommy Peterson |
South Florida |
13 |
| 2 |
Dylan Moore |
Louisiana |
6 |
|
3 |
Nolan Blackwood |
Memphis |
12 |
| 2 |
Mitch Hickey |
Oregon State |
6 |
|
4 |
Stephen Villines |
Kansas |
11 |
| 5 |
Turtle Kuhaulua |
San Jose State |
5 |
|
5 |
Matt Dennis |
Bradley |
10 |
| 5 |
Harrisen Egly |
Columbia |
5 |
|
6 |
Zach Stone |
UC Davis |
9 |
| 5 |
Seth Romero |
Houston |
5 |
|
6 |
Bryan Garcia |
Miami |
9 |
| 5 |
Patrick Peterson |
Dartmouth |
5 |
|
6 |
C.J. Saylor |
San Diego State |
9 |
| 5 |
Mac Sceroler |
Southeastern Louisiana |
5 |
|
6 |
Ian Hamilton |
Washington State |
9 |
| 10 |
Dillon Cate |
East Tennessee State |
4 |
|
6 |
Taylor Widener |
South Carolina |
9 |
| 10 |
Ryan Lillie |
UC Riverside |
4 |
|
6 |
Bryan Young |
Missouri State |
9 |
| 10 |
Teddy Rodliff |
Stony Brook |
4 |
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|
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10
|
Matthew Wade |
Southeast Missouri State |
4 |
|
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|
|
| 10 |
Sean Guenther |
Notre Dame |
4 |
|
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|
|
| 10 |
Peter Solomon |
Notre Dame |
4 |
|
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|
|
|
| 10 |
Brendan McKay |
Louisville |
4 |
|
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|
|
|
| 10 |
Mason Kukowski |
Yale |
4 |
|
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Louisiana 4, Texas-Arlington 1 (Sunday)
With the Nos. 1 and 2 teams facing one another in Baton Rouge Thursday through Saturday, Sunday was a freed up day and afforded me the opportunity to grab my first look at Louisiana's shortstop Blake Trahan. Recently ranked as the 54th best prospect in the Perfect Game Top 100, Trahan has more than done his part to capture the attention of scouts, hitting .374 over the first 43 games.
More impressive is during that stretch there have been just six games in which Trahan was held hitless and Sunday was one of them (though if not for a hit and run he would’ve had a single up the middle). Even higher than his batting average is his .490 on-base percentage, collecting more than twice the amount of walks (30) to strikeouts (11), and he has been hit by 11 pitches.
He may not have filled up the box score on Sunday but he didn’t have to in order to make an impression as he played his traditional stellar defense and showed off his advanced two-strike approach at the plate. The numbers reflect the fact that Trahan won’t expand the strike zone very often but will show an aggressive, put-the-ball-in-play approach at the plate early in the count but only on pitches he could handle. With that contact-first approach, Trahan shows comfort to hit to all fields and won’t change his swing in order to sell out for power, even in batting practice.
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