As we move deeper into the College season, the prospects continue to fluctuate weekly. In all honesty, I thought for the most part the list was going to stay somewhat the same. I wasn’t expecting to have at least 1 new guy a week, but here we are.
Starting with Jace LaViolette, sadly, the truth is that he has not been as consistent as most thought he would be; he doesn’t have the numbers that most thought he would have at this point in the season. Jace, the past couple of weeks have been doing a little bit better and I’m hoping his numbers will go up because I do like him. His stats for the week, Friday: he started hot, 2-3, 2RBI, Sat: 1-4, and Sun: 1-3, 2BB. I’m not sure how much Jace’s draft stock has dropped to this point in the season, it may drop more, or it might go back to where it was to start the year.
Now going to Jamie Arnold, surprisingly enough Jamie got hit around quite a lot this week. It should be nothing to worry about, pitchers can’t have a fantastic outing every time, and I think that he is the favorite for the Angels’ No.2 Pick. His stats on the weekend: 4IP, 7 hits, 3BB, and 2Ks. I’m sure Jamie will bounce back in his next start. There’s not much to talk about here except for the fact that he didn’t have a great start, and that’s about it.
Staying on the bump, we’re going to Tyler Bremner next. He’s posted a pretty good stats to start his year, he has a 3.26 ERA through 30.1 IP and only 8 walks to his 33 strikeouts. Bremner’s outing fits along well with how his season has gone so far, his stat line, 6IP, 6 hits, 3ER, 2BB, and 7k’s. The only thing with Bremner to really touch on is, he hasn’t gone too deep into games yet this year and that is one thing i’d like to see from him is to get a couple complete games or just into the 7th or 8th inning. I know it’s still decently early in the year, but I just noticed he hasn’t worked very deep into games so far.
Now for our last prospect, he is a new addition, which has been a pretty common thing so far. I just think he had to be included with the season he’s put up so far, quite impressive. Shortstop from Wake Forest, Marek Housten, he’s hitting .404 in 99 AB’s so far, he has 40 hits and is slugging .758 with an 1.254 OPS. I would keep an eye out for Marek because I do belive that he will work his way up the ranks come draft day. His stats on the weekend, Friday: 1-4, Sat: 2-5 1RBI and a walk, Sun: 1-3 1RBI and a walk. Marek has not been talked about much compared to other names(that’s just what I’ve heard and seen) but he is for sure a name to look for.
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