@MUTigerBaseball on Twitter:The Big East, meanwhile, should be ecstatic about adding TCU in baseball. The Horned Frogs are one of the greatest success stories of the past few seasons, becoming a national power with much competition inside their state and around the Southwest region. The Frogs also have made a strong commitment to baseball with a sparking facility.
W. T. Hoover, 1999-2002The Nebraska baseball team's initial group of recruits slated to become Huskers in August has ties to what will be its Big 12 Conference past, its Big Ten future and, as always, its home state.■ Aggie baseball signs 11 to National Letters of Intent (aggieathletics.com)
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"This is a very diverse group of signees that really fit some specific needs for our team," NU coach Mike Anderson said. "We feel again that we have signed a very talented class, but also a class that has strong integrity and character."
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"This class may be one of the most talented classes we have put together here at Texas A&M," head coach Rob Childress said. "Justin Seely and Matt Deggs worked very hard to assemble this group of not only talented baseball players but quality young men. We have very good balance in this class with five position players and five pitchers along with a very special two-way player in Daniel Mengden. On the pitching side we were able to sign two very talented left handed pitchers in Ty and Matt and three right handed pitchers in Corey, Gandy and Jason that we feel like all have a chance to come in and make an immediate impact. Positionally, we feel like we signed two of the best catchers in the state in Cole and Mitchell. Our other two in-state kids we signed we feel are two of the most talented left handed bats in the state of Texas in Chance and Dillon. We also signed a very talented junior college infielder as well in Mikey who will give us some added stability in the middle infield next year."■ Baseball inks 14 for 2012 season (soonersports.com)
Overall, 12 of the 14 recruits are rated by Perfect Game Crosschecker as prospects for the 2011 MLB Draft. Four of the signees have already been selected in the draft, including three last season.
"We are very excited about this recruiting class," said Golloway. "Just like others in recent years, we feel like it's a strong class that can help us immediately. The coaching staff did another great job in landing a group of players that is full of character and talent that will continue our Sooner baseball tradition."
The University of Texas Baseball program certified the National Letters of Intent from two more of the top high school student-athletes in the nation on Tuesday to wrap up its early signing period with 11 additions.
The Longhorns combed through the finest players in Central Texas for their final two players of the early signing period adding Parker French, a right-handed pitcher from Dripping Springs, and Brooks Marlow, an infielder from Giddings.
"We added two more players to what is a very strong class," associate head coach Tommy Harmon said. "Both players are capable of making an impact early in their careers."
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UT Head Recruitrer Tommy Harmon: "Dylan Bundy is one of the top pitchers in the nation. He 95, 96 mile per hour with a power breaking ball. They don’t come a long like him very often."
Oh God, when I have food,help me to remember the hungry;When I have work,
help me to remember the jobless;
help me to remember the homeless;
help me to remember those who suffer;
help me to destroy my complacency
and stir up my compassion.
to help by word and deed, those who cry out for what we take forby Samuel F. Pugh
granted.
We're taking a look at my top 9 favorite (in no particular order) online resources for College Baseball information. 
"Due to the fact that I was hired in December and Coach Coryell didn’t get to campus until almost the end of January our recruiting class is heavily dominated by JUCO guys this year (23 players; 8 high school players and 15 JUCO). One freshman will compete for playing time if the season was starting right now."James Madison's Spanky McFarland: Why would the big schools go play at good mid major programs, they have everything to lose and nothing to gain. The only way you will get the big schools to travel more would be to change the R.P.I. formula to reflect a bigger percentage on road wins.
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UNLV's Tim Chambers: I don’t think you can get better if you don’t play the top teams and you won’t have as good of an opportunity to get to a regional if you don’t play the top teams, so for RPI, we have to do it.
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So I walk into Dave Esquer’s office on a rather surprise visit out of the blue. It’s a Friday morning and it doesn’t seem to matter what time of day it is, Coach Esquer is in his baseball uniform. He is dressed and ready for a game. He’s even got a few dirt marks on it too.
Metaphorically, the moment is not lost on me.
This guy is ready for baseball. He’s ready to crank it up, whether his university allows him to field a team or not.
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"I think he'll bring an aura of calm and confidence to the team," said Evan Pratte, the director of baseball operations for MU. "He's been through it before and knows the ins and outs of Team USA. He'll run the team well. He'll do the same thing he does here."■ Team USA puts together impressive coaching staff (rivals.com)
Jamieson, who is regarded as one of the nation's best teachers, has done a fantastic job during his tenure at Missouri. He also earned a great reputation in 2005 when he helped lead Team USA to an impressive 16-4 summer record.
USA Baseball announced the four members of the 2011 Collegiate National Team coaching staff on Thursday. Missouri's Tim Jamieson will manage the club next summer, and he will be joined by pitching coach Rob Walton (Oral Roberts) and assistant coaches Dave Van Horn (Arkansas) and Scott Stricklin (Kent State).
Jamieson and Walton made their Team USA debuts together on the 2005 Collegiate National Team coaching staff, serving as an assistant coach and the pitching coach, respectively, for manager Steve Smith of Baylor. Van Horn and Stricklin will both be wearing the red, white and blue for the first time.
"We are thrilled to announce Tim Jamieson as our 2011 manager," said Eric Campbell, USA Baseball General Manager of National Teams. "His experience from 2005 -- coaching players like David Price, Matt Wieters and Matt LaPorta -- will serve him well, and teaming him with Dave Van Horn, Scott Stricklin and Rob Walton will provide our athletes with a unique opportunity to learn from some of the best college coaches in the game. Once again, the college coaching community has rallied around the Collegiate National Team program."
Tim Jamieson enters his 17th season as the head coach of the Missouri Tigers in 2011. He is the second-winningest coach in Mizzou baseball history and will begin the 2011 campaign with a career record of 544-382-2. In 2009, Jamieson passed legendary head coach John "Hi" Simmons on the university's all-time win list and trails only Gene McArtor's 733 victories. While with the 2005 Collegiate Team, Jamieson helped lead Team USA to a 16-4 record, which included games played in Japan and Taiwan. He was accompanied that summer by Missouri players Max Scherzer and Hunter Mense, the first Collegiate National Team representatives for MU since 1991.
ORU's Rob Walton returns for his third stint with Team USA. In addition to his time with the 2005 club, Walton managed the 2008 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, which, in finishing an undefeated 24-0, is widely considered one of the greatest U.S. Collegiate Teams of all time. Known as one of the top pitching minds in baseball, Walton helped lead an '08 staff that featured the likes of Stephen Strasburg, Mike Leake, Mike Minor and Kyle Gibson. Walton will be entering his eighth season as manager of the Golden Eagles in 2011. He owns a 290-120 (.707) record over that span, and he is a four-time Summit League Coach of the Year.
Next spring will mark Dave Van Horn's ninth season as head coach of Arkansas. In 2010, the Razorbacks made it through to their second consecutive super regional for the first time ever, and they later advanced to Omaha for the sixth time in program history. Four Arkansas players were drafted in the first five rounds of the 2010 Major League First-Year Player Draft, including Zack Cox who went No. 25 overall to St. Louis. Van Horn holds a career record of 319-179 (.641) at Arkansas and an overall record of 904-419 (.683) in 22 years as a head coach.
Scott Stricklin enters his seventh season as head coach of the Kent State baseball program in 2011. The Kent State alum and 2006 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year has guided his alma mater to a 222-128 overall record, including five MAC championships and three NCAA tournament appearances. The Golden Flashes closed out the 2010 regular season with their fourth MAC East Division crown in five years, and they won five elimination games in three days to capture the MAC tournament title and earn a trip to the NCAA Los Angeles Regional -- its second consecutive NCAA berth.
The Collegiate National Team is coming off a 16-3 2010 season which ended in a heart-breaking loss in the gold medal final of the FISU World University Championships in Japan. The U.S. lost 4-3 in extra innings to a Cuban team featuring several players from its top-level National Team. The 2011 schedule is highlighted by five games against Japan, marking the 38th time the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team has met the Japan Collegiate All-Stars in an international friendship series. The complete 2011 schedule has yet to be announced.
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Love the new bats.
Yep, I said it. The new restricted bats play closer to the ones I’ve seen in the Cape Cod League over the years. Keep in mind, I’ve seen plenty of home runs in the Cape, mostly by guys who are supposed to hit home runs. On Saturday during the scrimmage at Fullerton, there wasn’t a single home run hit. There wasn’t even a shot to the warning track that I recall. The only near-dinger of the day was USD’s 6′4″ Bryan Haar taking Titan ace Noe Ramirez way, way over the left field wall, but went about 10 feet foul.
We're taking a look at my top 9 favorite (in no particular order) online resources for College Baseball information.He was going to bat for his nudity. Brandishing one of those oversized plastic pink bats, the tog-less one stepped up to home plate, took a fake swing, dropped the bat and then noticed the cops starting to run at him from the 1st base side. So he began to run down the 3rd base line instead. After stepping on 3rd, he bolted for 2nd, touched the bag and then, just kept running for the right field foul pole.
At that point, p.a. man Jack Payne blurted out over the microphone, “… and there he goes!”
The more you make CollegeBaseballToday.com a regular habit, the more you'll become a true "stitch-head".
Southern Illinois University baseball coach Dan Callahan, who was part of a long list of coaches and managers-to-be at the University of New Orleans in the late 1970s, died Monday after a long battle with a rare form of skin cancer. He was 52.
In 21 years as a college head coach, Callahan won 595 games. He is one of five coaches in Missouri Valley Conference history with 200 league victories. As he continued on the job while battling cancer last fall, Callahan received the MVC Most Courageous Award.
Callahan pitched at UNO under Ron Maestri in an era that produced new Chicago Cubs manager Mike Quade, Cubs assistant general manager and former UNO coach Randy Bush, LSU coach Paul Mainieri and Missouri coach Tim Jamieson.
Oak Ridge senior Brett Thomas caught the eye of more than one college coach when he pitched at a showcase at the University of Missouri in June.
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Thomas made his verbal commitment to Missouri official Saturday by signing his national letter of intent.
"It's good," Thomas said. "I'm glad it's over with. It's just the first step of many, I'm sure. I've got a long way to go. That's just a piece of paper. I've got to put in a lot of hours, but it's been fun."
Thomas led Oak Ridge to its second straight quarterfinal appearance with a 7-2 record last season. He had a 0.59 ERA and struck out 92 batters in 59 1/3 innings.
After dinner, it was time to open presents and Kerrick had two for Talia under the tree. The first one was a beautiful ornament marking our first Christmas. The second one was a St. Louis Cardinals Mr. Potato Head. Talia was appreciative, but puzzled, by this gift. Then, in his mitt, she saw something....a shiny ring. She pulled it out and looked at Kerrick in surprise and amazement. Kerrick dropped on one knee, popped the question and Talia said YES!
“When I first saw it [the Mizzou campus], I kind of fell in love with the place,” Platts said. “They have a really good baseball program with a lot of tradition. I felt like that was the place for me.”
It has been strongly speculated that the next Basic Agreement between Major League Baseball and the Players Association will contain the same sort of defined draft slotting system that exists in other major sports. MLB has a strong desire to reign in signing bonuses and create a more-level playing field for all 30 teams in the draft process.
A strong and less frequently discussed motivation for the powers that be at MLB is to push more high school players to college baseball, and let the colleges serve as the de facto minor leagues for developing players. The bottom line would simply be to shift a portion of the player-development costs from the existing minor leagues (i.e., 30 major league teams) to the colleges.
By signing a National Letter of Intent, a prospective student-athlete agrees to attend the designated college or university for one academic year. Pursuant to the terms of the National Letter of Intent program, participating institutions agree to provide athletics financial aid for one academic year to the student-athlete, provided he/she is admitted to the institution and is eligible for financial aid under NCAA rules. An important provision of the National Letter of Intent program is a recruiting prohibition applied after a prospective student-athlete signs a Letter of Intent. This prohibition requires participating institutions to cease recruitment of a prospective student-athlete once a National Letter of Intent is signed with another institution.
• Corbin Berkstresser 3B; 6-4 210 R-R Lee's Summit Lee's Summit MO - PerfectGame.com lists him as verbally committed to MU Baseball, but most sources list him as a verbal commit to MU Football.
• Jake Busiek LHP; 6-2 180 R-L Lafayette Eureka MO -- Verbally committed
• Brett Graves RHP; 6-1 170 R-R Francis Howell St. Charles MO -- Verbally committed
• D'Andre Heggie 3B; 6-0 195 R-R Blue Springs South Blue Springs MO -- Verbally committed
• Brandon Platts RHP; 6-4 210 R-R Mason City Mason City IA -- Verbally committed
• Jake Ivory C/OF; 6-1 160 R-R Francis Howell HS St Louis MO -- Verbally committed
• Brett Thomas, RHP/SS; 6-2 190 R-R Oak Ridge HS, Oak Ridge, MO -- unconfirmed verbal commit
• Kyle Barbeck, LHP; 6-1; 191 lb; L/L Northeast Texas Community College ('11); Ole Miss ('09,'10); Blue Springs HS (MO) - Former prep teammate of Nick Tepesch, rumored to be planning to sign a Letter of Intent with MU
• Tyler Hunt RHP; 6-0 210 R-R Westran HS, Huntsville, MO- Hunt has been recruited by MU, but no word yet on his plans
• The StL Post-Dispatch lists the following as considering Missouri:
- Nick Gregory, SS; McCleur HS
- Chase Haslett, P/IF; Clayton, MO
- Daniel Kraus, Webster Groves
- Sasha Kuebel, P/1B; SLUH
The Mizzou Baseball 2011 schedule opens in a big way on February 18th in Southern California with a tournament that pits Missouri against USC, Cal Poly and North Carolina. • "You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen." (Joe Dimaggio)
• "A home opener is always exciting, no matter whether it's at home or on the road." (Yogi Berra)
• "Every Opening Day, I have this tradition. I pray -- hard. One prayer for each loss in the previous season. It usually takes all day. But I think it's working." (Royals fan "Troy" in Liberty, Mo)
We're taking a look at my top 9 favorite (in no particular order) online resources for College Baseball information.■ Following Baseball America and the various specific College beat writers on Twitter is often the best way to get breaking news before it hits the website, as well as some rumors that never reach the website. Specifically search for the general Baseball America page, as well as those of Jim Callis and Aaron Fitt.My first job: Umpiring■ Kyle Barbeck, who will not be returning to the Rebels next season, is pulling double-duty for the the Coastal Plains League’s Thomasville HiToms. At the plate, Barbeck is hitting .243 with nine hits in 37 at-bats. On the mound, Barbeck is 1-1 in four starts with an ERA of 5.89. In 18.1 innings of work, Barbeck has allowed 12 earned runs on 13 hits and 26 walks (yikes), while striking out just seven. Opponents are hitting .206 off the former Rebel. (Oxford Eagle, 7/6/10)
My greatest love: Baseball
Favorite thing to do outside of baseball: Workout
Favorite quote: “Don’t give up, don’t ever give up” –Jimmy V
Unknown or unique fact about me: I think with my left part of my brain
The Texas Rangers have sent infielder Esteban German and right-handers Doug Mathis and Brandon McCarthy outright to the minor leagues, and the trio have refused the assignments and become free agents.
• Ryan Ampleman, C (SR)
• Eric Anderson, RHP (SO)
• Sal Belfonte, OF (FR)
• Blake Brown, OF (SO)
• Brad Buehler, RHP (SR)
• Kenny Burton, LHP (SR)
• Drew Carlile, C (FR)
• Brian Carr, LHP (JR)
• Brannon Champagne, OF (SO)
• Ryan Clubb, RHP (JR)
• Jeff Emens, RHP (JR)
• Ian Ekery, LHP (FR)
• Dillon Everett, IF (FR)
• Kelly Fick, LHP (SR)
• Eric Garcia, IF (SO)
• Ryan Gebhart, OF (JR)
• Zach Hardoin, LHP (SR)
• James Hudelson, RHP (JR)
• CJ Jarvis, IF (FR)
• Russell LaFleur, OF (JR)
• Matt Linderer, RHP (FR)
• Jeff Lusardi, OF/IF (SO)
• Conner Mach, IF (JR)
• Kevin Mahler, RFP (SR)
• Phil McCormick, LHP (SR)
• Garrison McLagan, 1B (JR)
• Dane Opel, OF (SO)
• Andreas Plackis, C (SO)
• Dusty Ross, RHP (JR)
• Jesse Santo. IF (SR)
• Jeff Scardino, LHP (SR)
• Jonah Schmidt, OF (SR)
• Myles Smith, RHP/IF (FR)
• Scott Sommerfeld, C/1B (SO)
• Matt Stites, RHP (JR)
• Andrew Thigpen, IF (SR)
• Ben Turner, C (JR)
• Jake Walsh, LHP (FR)
• Ryan Yuengel, RHP (FR)
• Rob Zastryzny, LHP (FR)
D'Andre Heggie is a powerful right handed hitter from Blue Springs South who will graduate in 2011. He shows a great combination of strength and balance that is evolving into a solid average high school player who hits for average and power. With patience and understanding D'Andre has the potential to be a true power threat at the next level.
His defensive abilities are best suited for a corner infield positions at the high school level, but with continued work on running speed and physical conditioning he may one day be a corner outfielder. To make outfield play a reality he will need continued development of his arm strength. D'Andre will be a good college player and with lots of hard work he could be a player who reaches the professional ranks.
Ian Kinsler (03) said he felt better in the playoffs than at any time and plans on using the down time to work on his quickness.■ Fans celebrate Rangers' season (espn.com)
"I just need to get my speed back," he said. "I didn't steal as many bases as I'd like this year. I didn't really feel comfortable stealing bases because I wasn't able to catch up with my speed after the spring training injury."
Kinsler looked over in the direction of Cowboys Stadium and said: "I can't even see that stadium over there. Baseball is what it's about."
Brandon Platts, RHPFrom the beginning, there was always something that separated Missouri from other schools in Brandon Platts’ mind..
The Mason City High senior had a laundry list of schools wanting his right arm in their pitching rotation but Missouri was always one of the schools that intrigued him most.
It was the Tigers of the Big 12 that wound up with his services.
On Monday, the right-handed pitcher committed to the Tigers, ending an arduous recruiting process that included Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas as the finalists.
“Looking over things, I really wanted to play in the Big 12,” Platts said. “I think it gives me the best opportunity to move on after college. I really think they are headed in the right direction and I want to be part of that.”
Platts, the Globe Gazette Player of the Year, was 10-0 with a 1.08 ERA, leading the Mohawks to the Class 4A state semifinals
Brandon Platts is a big, strong player with tremendous potential to play beyond college. He is very athletic for a big man and his work ethic is only surpassed by his coachability. Brandon receives MSA's highest grades as a recruitable athlete and is without a doubt a Division 1 prospect. As a pitcher, he is poised and confident with an excellent speed variation between his upper 80's fastball and his off-speed pitches. His command is excellent and with a few seasons of growth, Brandon could be an absolutely dominant pitcher. His delivery and balance are acceptional as well as is his mental approach to the game. As a hitter, Pro Evaluator Kevin Seitzer (Kansas City Royals Big League hitting instructor) says of Platts: "Brandon is an above average high school hitter that should adjust to the college game very quickly, he is strong with tremendous bat speed. He will continue to grow as a hitter because of his work ethic and his athletic ability. He is a powerful hitter and will learn the ins and outs of each at bat as he faces more pitching at higher levels." Brandon has an awesome oppertunity to play baseball for many years to come. Presently, we would project Brandon as a pitcher first and position player second. He has the ability to dominate a game from the mound or the batters box.■ Perfect Game scouting reports:
Brandon Platts is a 2011 RHP with a 6'4'', 210 lb. frame from Mason City, IA who attends Mason City HS. Big solid build, nice present strength. Simple hand drop delivery, clow paced, good smooth arm circle, high 3/4's release, tends to come over FB on release and not stay behind it as well as possible. Steady 86-88 mph FB from windup, CB bit soft on velo but big downer shape and commanded very well, Change up flashed good sink with nice arm speed. Threw strikes with all offerings, good idea how to pitch with 3 pitches. Solid prospect, good student.
The A's cropped their 40-man roster yet again Tuesday, this time eliminating relief pitchers Boof Bonser and Justin James (02-03), along with outfielder Matt Carson.
Bonser and Carson were outrighted to Triple-A Sacramento -- the former electing free agency and the latter agreeing to terms on a 2011 contract with a non-roster invitation to Spring Training. James, meanwhile, was claimed off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers.
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James, a hard-throwing September callup, offered the A's a feel-good story toward the end of the 2010 campaign. His year began with the Kansas City T-Bones in the Independent League and ended in Oakland, where he posted a 4.50 ERA in five relief appearances for the A's. He was immediately added to Milwaukee's 40-man roster.
Starting today we're going to look at my top 9 favorite (in no particular order) online resources for College Baseball information.■ College Splits Data: Stats on college hitters and pitchers. Not all players are included, just the ones that meet their at-bat qualifications. The basic stats are unremarkable, but then they also have park adjusted, schedule adjusted, park/schedule adjusted stats, and a daily recap of leaders during the season. I'm still looking for the page that explains their methods.
■ College Splits Blog: Lots of categorized data here, along with analysis. Topics like Reading college strikeout rates, College shortstop defense, Scouting the scouts. Many of their analysis posts actually reside on HardballTimes.com, but are linked from College Splits
■ College Splits on Twitter: A lot of Twitter pages (including mine) are just posts to push followers to the main website. But College Splits uses their tweets to post interesting news bits and to solicit input from readers on research projects.
With Kinsler: 61-42 record, .285 batting average, .427 slugging percentage and five runs scored per game■ Rangers' Ian Kinsler is praised for all-around success (Dallas News, 7/13/10)
Without Kinsler: 29-30 record, .261 batting average, .405 slugging percentage, 4.5 runs scored per game
There won't be a second consecutive 30-30 season for Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler. But as Kinsler prepares for his second All-Star Game appearance today, he'll do so playing the best baseball of his career, no matter what the numbers say.Kinsler also enjoyed the opportunity to participate in his first post-season in the Major Leagues. He was a major contributor in the Rangers' defeat of the Rays. He was 8-for-18 for a team-best .444 average in the series, with three home runs, tied with Nelson Cruz, and a team-high six RBIs.
"Two years ago, everyone was talking about him like he was a five- or six-year player," manager Ron Washington said. "He's played five years now. He's figured out what he needs to do more than what he wants to do. You get guys who do want to do things because they know they can. He's just doing what he needs to do."
Kinsler, 28, missed the first month of the season with a high ankle sprain. Since returning from the disabled list, he has hit for average in the No. 3 spot, gotten on base for fellow All-Stars Vladimir Guerrero and Josh Hamilton, and played what Washington said is the best defense of his career.
The All-Star Game was the furthest thing from Kinsler's mind when he returned to the lineup April 30, and he needed an injury by Dustin Pedroia to be one of the record six Rangers to make the American League team..
They did a hell of a job. Lincecum threw different stuff tonight than his first night. He had more velocity on his fastball, and he pitched a hell of a game. They threw the ball really well and that's what wins championships.■ At the finish Rangers, especially Kinsler, did not challenge (SportsDayDFW)
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Not much worked, we won one game. We got really hot there at the end of the season going into the postseason, and we got really hot against Tampa and New York, and we were a confident team coming in. They pitched better than us, they did everything better than us. They beat us. But we're proud of where we got, and we're going to move on from this.
Ian Kinsler had the chance in the seventh inning of Game 4, and he popped up to left field. Kinsler was a team-worst 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position during the Series.
■ Jake Busiek, LHPJake Busiek is a 2011 LHP/OF with a 6'2'', 180 lb. frame from North Port, FL who attends IMG Academies. Tall slender build, long legs, room to get stronger, projects physically. High leg kick delivery, stays tall and balanced, fluid delivery, tight 3/4's release point, some downhill angle. FB to 78 mph, big sweeping curveball with good bite and spin, some feel for change up. Have seen up to 83 mph in the past, should keep improving.■ I AM . . . Jake Busiek (blog.imgacademies.com)
I understand what my role is on my team and what I have to do for it to be successful
I say that we have a great squad this year
I dream of being respected and looked up to
I value my family and the people around me
I hope that I can go to a top Division 1 school
I am respectful and responsible
I AM Jake Busiek.
• Corbin Berkstresser 3B; 6-4 210 R-R Lee's Summit Lee's Summit MO
• Jake Busiek LHP; 6-2 180 R-L Lafayette Eureka MO
• Brett Graves RHP; 6-1 170 R-R Francis Howell St. Charles MO
• D'Andre Heggie 3B; 6-0 195 R-R Blue Springs South Blue Springs MO
• Brandon Platts RHP; 6-4 210 R-R Mason City Mason City IA
• Jake Ivory C/OF; 6-1 160 R-R Francis Howell HS St Louis MO
• Brett Thomas, RHP/SS; 6-2 190 R-R Oak Ridge HS, Oak Ridge, MO
• Tyler Hunt RHP; 6-0 210 R-R Westran HS, Huntsville, MO
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