Rice Scouting Report

Rice Owls (43-16)


Batting
**Projected batting order**

1. Brock Holt 2b #7 - .346BA, 10HR, 64R, 40RBI, 34BB, 33K, 11SB


Jr. 5'10" 170


2. Rick Hague ss #11 - .324BA, 9HR, 17DBLS, 57RBI, 22BB, 66K, 11SB


So. 6'2" 190


3. Diego Seastrunk c #5 - .289BA, 6HR, 44RBI, 44BB, 36K


Jr. 5'10" 180


4. Anthony Rendon 3b #23 - .384BA, 19HR, 70RBI, .688SLG, 31BB, 22K, 9SB


Fr. 5'11" 180

5. Steven Sultzbaugh cf #21 - .327BA, 7HR, 30RBI, 6TRIPLES,15BB, 57K


Jr. 6'3" 210

6. Michael Fuda lf #15 - .351BA, 14DBLS, 3HR, 18RBI, 42R, 6BB, 28K


So. 6'0" 190

7. Chad Mozingo rf #4 - .324BA, 8HR, 50RBI, 20BB, 36K, 10SB


So. 5'11" 190


8. Jimmy Comerota 1b #2 - .295BA, 1HR, 26RBI, 51R, 31BB, 28K, 11SB


Jr. 6'1" 185


9. Ryan Lewis DH #16 - .302BA, 0HR, 9RBI, 5R, 9BB, 8K, 1SB


Fr. 6'3" 210




Pitching


28 RHP Ryan Berry - 2.00 (7-1) - 10GS, 2SHUTOUTS, 76.2IP, 48H, 62:15K:BB, .181BAA

Goes about 88-91 and can occasionally reach 93. Has an excellent command of the fastball on both sides of the plate. He throws both a knuckle-curve and a slider. I'm probably in the minority in thinking that his slider is the better of his two breaking pitches. He also mixes in a changeup which is improving. He's the best "pitcher" of the three guys. Excellent stamina as well. His velocity and location don't drop off throughout the game.


Jr. 6'1" 195


26 LHP Taylor Wall - 3.45 (7-5) - 15GS, 2SHUTOUTS, 94IP, 80HITS, 77:37K:BB, .237BAA

He's about 87-90 on the gun with his 4-seamer, but he has an excellent changeup which in effect "speeds up" his fastball. He's got an average curve which he can mix in, but he doesn't feature it much from behind in the count. He likes to throw the change in hitter's counts. Like Berry, he has the potential to go late into games.


Fr. 6'2" 180


17 RHP Mike Ojala - 1.73 (5-0) - 62.1IP, 57H, 68:24K:BB, .248BAA

what he has been and what he is right now are slightly different.Hes still hurting SO he doesn't throw as hard. But he battles again another smart pitcher. Probably has the best stuff of the 3 although he rarely works deep into games. He's consistently 90-92 and he can get it up to 94. Has a plus slider which is his out pitch. He occasionally works in what appears to be a cutter, but he's mostly a 4-seam fastball/slider guy.


Jr. 6'3" 195

***Team ERA is 4.07***
***Relievers all have ERA's above 4.30**


Team:

.971 Fielding Percentage
.730 Stolen Bases
.541 Opponents Stolen Bases
8-3 in 1 Run games
31-11 vs RHP
12-5 vs LHP
12-8 in away games
Have scored 10+ in 17 games
Have 0 errors in 15 games
Have 2+ errors in 16 games
Been outhit 13 games (3-10)
9 Longest winning streak
2 Longest losing streak
3,172 Average attendance
Outscored opponents 443-284

Against top 50 RPI:

Rice 15-6
LSU 24-8


Special Thanks to Stagg8 and OWLFAN86 for help on pitcher analysis.