re: Official 2011 baseball commitment thread

Are you basing that on first hand knowledge??

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Baranik and Bell appear to be big time.

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I play Baranik at least twice a year, we are in the same city, he is NOT big time. Us (Airline Vikings) rip him everytime. He's a headcase, also.

Austin Southall was #13 on that list.. ashame he never qualified bc he'd prob be starting. Are there any other kids in the EBRP area being looked at?

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I play Baranik at least twice a year, we are in the same city, he is NOT big time. Us (Airline Vikings) rip him everytime. He's a headcase, also.

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From just about everything I've seen he is expected to be picked in the top 10 rounds, and it isn't based on what he does against the Airline Vikings. Every year you see guys get drafted after down years or without thoroughly dominating every opponent. I got three hits in a game off Ben Sheets, and he turned out ok.

Also, according to maxpreps your team has scored a total of 6 runs against Parkway in the last two years. Even if he pitched every inning of both games I wouldn't exactly call that ripping him.

NCAA and the NJCAA both changed the bats. Home run production is reported to be down, so I would guess there will be an emphasis on defense and creative base running.

What's up with Tyler Gibson's link saying Georgia Tech?

BAHighSchool Someone told me last week they heard RHP Carson Baranik was up to 95 in a workout a few weeks ago. Just heard it from a scout myself. about 1 hour ago via web Retweeted by kcscoliny

Looks like Baranik may be moving up the draft charts..

Another LSU Juco commit Andrew Ray from West Ouchita and Northeast Texas CC is off to a fast start as well.

Batting .455 with a home run and 5 rbi in 11 ABs
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Goody info from Perfect Game. Bold and emoticon added by me.

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Though relatively new to pitching, Goody has been possibly the nation’s most dominant junior-college arm this spring. In his first six appearances (5 starts) for the Manatees, covering 35 innings, he was 4-0, 1.53 and had walked just seven while striking out 60.

In one start against Florida State College-Jacksonville in late February, Goody fanned 19 in eight innings before being lifted with a pitch count of 115. He dominated by throwing mainly sinking fastballs in the 88-91 mph range, and mixing in late-breaking sliders at 78-81 mph and a workable change. A fierce competitor, he has the shown the ability to grab a little extra when he needs it and often tops out at 93.

Goody, who committed to Louisiana State as a pitcher last fall, has made a quick transition to pitching. He was signed out of a Florida high school primarily as a shortstop, and just started being used in a starting role last summer in the Florida Collegiate Summer League.

“He was our starting shortstop as a freshman for the first 16 games or so,” Manatees coach Tim Hill said, “but with his sporadic defense and hitting we made a change. After a couple of weeks, we decided to pitch him out of the pen as a set-up guy for our closer, and he started getting serious about pitching late in the season. He had some success in that role without much preparation, and started to get a feel for being a pitcher in the summer league and continued his development this fall.

Goody is a typical smallish righthander at 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds, and his size may ultimately work against him the draft, but his overnight success as a pitcher has not gone unnoticed in the scouting community, particularly his feel for pitching and ability to compete.

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