Quote:California Collegiate League

Gavin Johnson (Capitalists) -- .211 2 0 3 1
Ford Proctor (Captialists) -- .317 14 1 13 2
Brent Schwarz (Capitalists) 7 1-0 3.39 18.2 10 2

I was really hoping that this particular team was based in Ventura, as "Ventura Capitalists" has a nice ring. Alas, it is sponsored by a mortgage lender in the Bay Area called Pacific Union Financial. Judging from the team's website ( http://pufcaps.com ), it seems to be the archetype of an elite national traveling team.

The Owl pitchers in summer leagues are a combined 13-3 with an ERA of 2.14 (if I did the math right), lead by Blake's 0.52 ERA. Pretty stout.

I just switched to the California Collegiate League All-Star Game on Fox Sports Southwest. For several minutes, they called this pitcher who is not Glenn Otto Glenn Otto. Finally corrected their mistake. I guess this means Otto is on the team.

Edit: Sorry - missed the earlier posts on this. BTW, Glenn is now actually pitching.

Salinas also pitched an inning. Brewer struck out in his at bat. Chandler came in as a pinch runner and was thrown out trying to steal. Still 4 frosh made the All-Star team.

(07-15-2015 10:12 PM)S.A. Owl Wrote:  I just switched to the California Collegiate League All-Star Game on Fox Sports Southwest. For several minutes, they called this pitcher who is not Glenn Otto Glenn Otto. Finally corrected their mistake. I guess this means Otto is on the team.

Edit: Sorry - missed the earlier posts on this. BTW, Glenn is now actually pitching.

Otto got a couple of called strike threes in his inning of work but gave up at least one walk and one run. He threw a lot of pitches that inning.

(07-17-2015 09:00 AM)13thOwl Wrote:  

(07-15-2015 10:12 PM)S.A. Owl Wrote:  I just switched to the California Collegiate League All-Star Game on Fox Sports Southwest. For several minutes, they called this pitcher who is not Glenn Otto Glenn Otto. Finally corrected their mistake. I guess this means Otto is on the team.

Edit: Sorry - missed the earlier posts on this. BTW, Glenn is now actually pitching.

Otto got a couple of called strike threes in his inning of work but gave up at least one walk and one run. He threw a lot of pitches that inning.

Salinas struck out the side in a scoreless 8th inning.

Signing deadline just passed. Any Rice surprises?

No mention of Proctor on D1, BA or Perfect Games twitter feeds, so I'm assuming he's now safe. With Simon and Wakamatsu already gone-- and McCanna, Ditman, Stephens and Orewiler all signing right after the draft, I don't think anyone else was at risk.

Still scratching my head on how a number of 1st and 2nd round draft picks decided to return to school-- including Louisville's all-American pitcher, a U. of Kentucky pitcher and a couple Vandy recruits-- but we lose Simon, Wakamatsu and all our Junior pitchers (save for Blake). BTW, is Blake now safe or, since he was never drafted, is he still a risk to sign a FA contract?

(07-17-2015 04:19 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  No mention of Proctor on D1, BA or Perfect Games twitter feeds, so I'm assuming he's now safe. With Simon and Wakamatsu already gone-- and McCanna, Ditman, Stephens and Orewiler all signing right after the draft, I don't think anyone else was at risk.

Still scratching my head on how a number of 1st and 2nd round draft picks decided to return to school-- including Louisville's all-American pitcher, a U. of Kentucky pitcher and a couple Vandy recruits-- but we lose Simon, Wakamatsu and all our Junior pitchers (save for Blake). BTW, is Blake now safe or, since he was never drafted, is he still a risk to sign a FA contract?

Agreed. Our recruiting classes are trending in the wrong direction as of late, at least from a rankings perspective.

This is from MLB's website on the draft. Doesn't really specify a time, but it frankly looks like he could sign whenever. Not sure if "until the player returns to a four-year college full-time" means once the player is enrolled as a student or when the next college baseball season starts.

"A player who is eligible to be selected and is passed over by every Club becomes a free agent and may sign with any Club until the player enters, or returns to, a four-year college full-time or enters, or returns to, a junior college."

Both Charlie Warren and Blake Fox were selected to the Cape Cod All-star game.

Congrats!

(07-17-2015 09:54 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(07-17-2015 09:00 AM)13thOwl Wrote:  

(07-15-2015 10:12 PM)S.A. Owl Wrote:  I just switched to the California Collegiate League All-Star Game on Fox Sports Southwest. For several minutes, they called this pitcher who is not Glenn Otto Glenn Otto. Finally corrected their mistake. I guess this means Otto is on the team.

Edit: Sorry - missed the earlier posts on this. BTW, Glenn is now actually pitching.

Otto got a couple of called strike threes in his inning of work but gave up at least one walk and one run. He threw a lot of pitches that inning.

Salinas struck out the side in a scoreless 8th inning.

Actually, he got two outs via the strikeout and Chandler was caught stealing. Salinas also failed to make a play on a high toss from the firstbaseman while covering first on a groundball to the right side of the infield.

Myers, Brewer, Chandler, Proctor and Salinas continue to shine in the California League...

http://shelbyestus.com/rice/SummerBall150718.pdf

Though Brewer is hitting .333, he's striking out in 44% of his at bats (25 Ks to just 5 BBs in only 57 ABs). Even more impressive than Myers' .352 AVG is his .485 OBP...and he also has 8 SBs in just 68 plate appearances. Proctor's AVG has dropped to a still respectable .298, but his .410 OBP (18 BBs, 15 Ks in 98 ABs) is impressive for a high school Senior going against college pitchers.

Salinas appears to be the breakout pitcher of the Summer (6 app, 4-0, 22.2 IP, 1.19 ERA, 14 hits, 4 BBs, 29 Ks). Most encouraging is the exceptional K:BB ratio. On the downside, it appears Glenn Otto has hit a wall, and probably should be shut down for the Summer. He's been roughed up his last 2 - 3 outings, with his ERA ballooning to 4.02...D1baseball's report at the CCL all-star game stated that though Otto struck out 2 batters in his inning of work (allowing a couple runs), his fastball was sitting at only 87 - 89 vs. low-to-mid 90s during the college season. Sounds like the past week or two he has developed a tired arm, or hopefully, that's all it is.

(07-17-2015 09:54 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Salinas struck out the side in a scoreless 8th inning.

Any inning in which a pitcher truly strikes out the side is scoreless -- barring the bizarre case of the pitcher having four or more strikeouts, with one of those third strikes being dropped and that runner somehow scoring despite every batter striking out.

Walt,
Otto's FB speeds may or may not be a reflection of a tired arm. It could very well be the difference in radar guns, or even him throwing a different type of fastball.

(07-20-2015 11:05 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(07-17-2015 09:54 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Salinas struck out the side in a scoreless 8th inning.

Any inning in which a pitcher truly strikes out the side is scoreless -- barring the bizarre case of the pitcher having four or more strikeouts, with one of those third strikes being dropped and that runner somehow scoring despite every batter striking out.

??? No, George. Your comment only pertains to striking out the side in order. One can strike out the side, and still put runners on base, give up hits and even runs.

(07-20-2015 12:15 PM)Volente Beach Owl Wrote:  Walt,
Otto's FB speeds may or may not be a reflection of a tired arm. It could very well be the difference in radar guns, or even him throwing a different type of fastball.

True, but given he was lights out until just 2 weeks ago, with a much higher strikeout frequency than he's recorded his past 2 outing, during which he got hit hard, I'm guessing he's hit a wall....and understandably so.

(07-20-2015 03:39 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 11:05 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(07-17-2015 09:54 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Salinas struck out the side in a scoreless 8th inning.

Any inning in which a pitcher truly strikes out the side is scoreless -- barring the bizarre case of the pitcher having four or more strikeouts, with one of those third strikes being dropped and that runner somehow scoring despite every batter striking out.

??? No, George. Your comment only pertains to striking out the side in order. One can strike out the side, and still put runners on base, give up hits and even runs.

"Strike out the side" is not a formal term, and opinions vary on what it means.

(07-20-2015 03:44 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 03:39 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 11:05 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(07-17-2015 09:54 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Salinas struck out the side in a scoreless 8th inning.

Any inning in which a pitcher truly strikes out the side is scoreless -- barring the bizarre case of the pitcher having four or more strikeouts, with one of those third strikes being dropped and that runner somehow scoring despite every batter striking out.

??? No, George. Your comment only pertains to striking out the side in order. One can strike out the side, and still put runners on base, give up hits and even runs.

"Strike out the side" is not a formal term, and opinions vary on what it means.

yeah, to me "perfect game " means 81 swinging strikes.

MLB has a formal definition of "perfect game." Not so for "striking out the side."

(07-20-2015 03:52 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 03:44 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 03:39 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 11:05 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(07-17-2015 09:54 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Salinas struck out the side in a scoreless 8th inning.

Any inning in which a pitcher truly strikes out the side is scoreless -- barring the bizarre case of the pitcher having four or more strikeouts, with one of those third strikes being dropped and that runner somehow scoring despite every batter striking out.

??? No, George. Your comment only pertains to striking out the side in order. One can strike out the side, and still put runners on base, give up hits and even runs.

"Strike out the side" is not a formal term, and opinions vary on what it means.

yeah, to me "perfect game " means 81 swinging strikes.

How about 27 infield pop-ups? More "perfecter"?