Mizzou Baseball Quotes & Notes

■ As noted yesterday, Baseball America has listed Missouri's current recruiting class as #23 in the country. Baseball America has some comments about the 09-10 Mizzou class:

• Recruited class "anchored by live athletes [Dane] Opel and [Blake] Brown" . . . "both should be everyday players immediately for the Tigers"

• Eric Anderson: "a diamond in the rough" ... attacks hitters with a 90-92 mph fastball and a hard slider"

• Brannon Champagne: "could lead off and play CF for the Tigers, flanked by Open and Brown"

• Jesse Santo and Eric Garcia: "strong defenders on the infield"

• Brett Nicholas: "middle of the order hitter"

• Zach Hardoin and Jeff Scardino: "mid-to-upper-80s fastballs and solid curves"