Mizzou Baseball in the Minors

■ Brock Bond (06-07) the second-coming of Wade Boggs? Check out this MLB.com message board discussion of Brock Bond, where he is compared to not only Boggs, but also to David Eckstein, Crash Davis and Brian Horwitz (?):

• I can't see Bond being much at the MLB level. He smells like a career minor-league guy....a slap hitting Crash Davis.

• Look at the numbers Boggs produced...and at what age...in the minors. Boggs was an eagle eyed "slap-hitter", too...and eventually developed a decent power stroke. I'm NOT saying Bond is the next Wade Boggs, but their minor league profiles certainly are similar. If Bond goes to Fresno and lights it up there...why not?

Mizzou Baseball 2010 Recruit: Rob Zastryzny, LHP/OF/DH

Rob Zastryzny, LHP/OF/DH
6'2", R/L
Calallen HS (Corpus Christi, TX)

■ 2009 Pitching stats: 9-4, 2.25 ERA, .194 BA, .290 OBP, 71.2 IP, 269 BF, 237 AB, 32 R, 23 ER, 46 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 SF, 0 SH/B, 30 BB, 98 K, 2 HBP, 2 WP, 1088 #P, 0 SV, 14 APP, 7 CG, 4 SO

■ 2009 Offensive Stats: .325 AVG, 40 G, 134 PA, 114 AB, 39 R, 37 H, 40 RBI, 13 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 1 SF, 16 BB, 16 K, 3 HBP, .418 OBP, .605 SLG, 13/14 SB

■ 2009 All South Texas Team (2nd team)

■ 2009 All District Pitcher and Designated Hitter

■ Callallen's Zastryzny pitches perfect game in playoff win (caller.com, 5/17/2009)

Zastryzny (8-2) turned in an efficient performance for his first career perfect game. He struck out nine of the 15 batters he faced, throwing 68 pitches, 46 of which were strikes. Zastryzny ran the count full on only two batters.

“My fastball was spotting up on the outside and, with my slider, I was getting them to chase it,” Zastryzny said.

■ Callalen HS was ranked #17 in the 2009 ESPN Fab 50

Mizzou Baseball in the Minors

■ Both Aaron Crow (05-07) and Andrew Johnston (05) are included in Baseball America's list of How fast do they throw? Max and average velocities for everyone in the AFL

Thanks to the Pitch F/X data that is being gathered at several Arizona Fall League sites, we have consistent pitch data that has never been available for prospects before. So if you want to know who’s the hardest and softest tossers in the AFL, now we know.

• Aaron Crow: 95.5 Max / 92.72 Avg

• Andrew Johnston: 93.4 Max / 91.42 Avg

Mizzou Baseball in the Majors

■ MU alum Ian Kinsler (03) showed up on the American League MVP ballot. As told by Baseball Time in Arlington:

Ian Kinsler received a single 10th-place vote and rolled to a 27th-place finish, despite pulling off that oh-so-coveted 30-30 season and posting an overall 4.6-win campaign.

Mizzou Baseball: Summer Ball

■ The San Luis Obispo Blues have received commitments from three current Tigers for the summer of 2010:

• Brannon Champagne

• Dane Opel

• Kale Gaden

"In restrospect, maybe that was a bad idea"

Mizzou Baseball 2010 Recruits

■ The Detroit News chimes in with Divine Child baseball player earns scholarship to Missouri

Pitcher/shortstop Myles Smith of Dearborn Divine Child has earned a scholarship to play baseball at Missouri. Smith hit .390 with six homers, 13 doubles and 27 RBI for Divine Child last season. He also had a 7-2 record as a pitcher, with 47 strikeouts in 43 innings.

Smith chose Missouri over Michigan State, Central Michigan, Arkansas and Georgia Southern

■ San Diego State's Stephen Strasburg (#1 overall draft pick in June 2009) surrendered only 5 home runs in his collegiate career. The second of those was given up to San Diego's Nick McCoy, brother to 2010 Mizzou recruit Zack McCoy. Video of the dinger on YouTube.

Mizzou Baseball: Summer Ball

■ I'm told that three current Tigers have committed to play their 2010 summer ball with the Cowlitz Black Bears of the West Coast League, coached by former Tiger Bryson LeBlanc:

• Garrison McGlagan
• Andreas Plackis
• Andy Heifner

Mizzou Baseball Quotes & Notes

■ Bryson Leblanc (05-06) is the head coach of the Cowlitz Black Bears of the West Coast League (a summer wood bat league). TDN.com has article about his first signee, with quotes from the former Tiger.