College Monday Wrap-up 3/10
Posted on March 10th, 2008 by fewgoodcards in 2008 MLB draft, tags: Aaron Crow, Allan Dykstra, Brett Wallace, Brian Matusz, Buster Posery, Gordon Beckham, Ike Davis, Jacob Thompson, Jemile Weeks, Lance Lynn, Roger Kieschnick, Ryan Perry, Scott Green, Shooter Hunt, Tanner Scheppers, Tim Murphy, Yonder AlonsoGordon Beckham and Roger Kieschnick are still two of the hottest hitters on the planet. See how some of the other top college prospects did in this week’s college wrap-up.
Hitters
Roger Kieschnick 5-12, 2 homers, 2 walks, 4 runs, 4 RBIs———-how does a .429/.492/1.000 line look?
Gordon Beckham 8-14, double, homer, walk, 4 runs, 2 RBIs, 2 steals——-unbelievably hot, .544 avg., 6 HR, 4 SB
Yonder Alonso 5-9, 3 homers, 5 walks, 4 runs, 6 RBIs, steal———breaks out after 24 at bats without a home run
Jemile Weeks 7-12, double, homer, walk, 4 runs, 3 RBIs, steal——–upped his average to .415
Brett Wallace 7-11, double, homer, 3 walks, 6 runs, 4 RBIs, 3 steals——slugger on pace for 20-20 season w/ 5 HR, 5 SB
Ike Davis 7-12, double, 2 homers, 2 walks, 7 runs, 5 RBIs, 3 steals
Buster Posey 6-11, homer, 2 walks, 3 runs, 3 RBIs
Allan Dykstra 7-13, double, 2 homers, 5 runs, 4 RBIs
Pitchers
Brian Matusz 8 innings, 4 hits, 1 run, 0 earned, 2 walks, 12 strikeouts——–draft’s best pitcher back in his groove
Shooter Hunt 7 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 3 walks, 11 strikeouts———19 innings, 6 hits, 27 strikeouts
Tim Murphy 7 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 3 walks, 11 strikeouts——–fast rising lefty has devastating curveball
Lance Lynn 5 innings, 4 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts
Jacob Thompson 6.1 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts
Aaron Crow 7 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 2 walks, 9 strikeouts
Tanner Scheppers 6 innings, 7 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 10 strikeouts
Ryan Perry 7 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 7 strikeouts———best start of the year for fire-balling righty
Scott Green 6 innings, 4 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned, 0 walks, 9 strikeouts——–18 innings, 0 walks, 28 strikeouts

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ACT test question and answer
Tanner Scheppers is to Matt Garza
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Gordon Beckham is to ???
As Barney would say on How I Met Your Mother……wait for it…wait for it
Evan Longoria!
how about Aaron Murphree of Arkansas? last year he only batted .243. this year he has 12 homers in 12 games, batting .447/.500/1.298 (!!!) Lefty swinging senior, OF/LF, 6-5, 235, decent speed.
That’s funny, I actually filled Few in on Murphree over at the Post Dispatchs forums. I live in Fayetteville and have seen every game this year (the tourny in College Station was televised here) and Murphree is killing everything. He seriously reminds me of a right handed hitting Travis Hafner. He’s just big and has that “country strong” look to him. He’s had a couple HRs that weren’t even hit that well but he’s just muscled up on.
Quick note, Aaron is actually of the all too common right handed hitting, left handed throwing variety.
murphree hasn’t run much this year. but in juco he was 50/52. decent arm. competition is about to stiffen so we shall see.
Eric: A quick update from the desert you asked about Arizona State catcher Petey Paramore I agree he is the on base machine you thought, he only hitting .242 and still has a .537 ob%, he a very good defensive catcher with good gap power. Also I think scouts are might seriously look at Ike Davis as a pitcher, he is a power lefty who in 4 app & 4.3 IP has 8 k’s this season including Arkansas’s Murphree tuesday. Finally there will be another arm to look at Jason Jarvis ASU’s closer was declared academically ineligible and will petition to enter the draft.