24 (732)
Riley Echols RHP Freed Hardeman University R/R 6'4" 205 Senior 22

25 (762)
Chandler Ferguson RHP Jefferson HS R/R 6'3" 193 19

I don't think you're making these up, but they sound a little suspicious:

"North Greenville University" As distinguished from South Greenville University?
"Freed Hardeman University" lets see, backwards that's Deerf Hardemann, no more likely. Is this in Aruba where Sicnarf is from?

Heh. Now you see why I quit bothering to post the picks. We are in very deep water here. Never heard of any of these guys or their schools. Let alone try to find info on them.

At least we know our team is turning over every stone!

Freed–Hardeman University is a private university in Henderson, Tennessee. The university traces its heritage to the members of the Churches of Christ who helped build it. Wikipedia
Address: 158 E Main St, Henderson, TN 38340
Undergraduate tuition and fees: 20,468 USD (2015)
President: David Shannon
Total enrollment: 1,942 (2010)
Acceptance rate: 93.4% (2014)
Phone: (800) 348-3481
Typical ACT scores: 22-27 (2014)


Lady Lions End Season with 4-0 loss to Saint Francis
Tue, May 16, 2017 - [Softball]
Matt Barker, Sports Information Director
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The Freed-Hardeman Lady Lion softball team kept things scoreless through five innings of play Tuesday in the NAIA Tournament opening round, but a pair of two-run innings in the sixth and seventh by No. 1 seed University of Saint Francis sent the Lady Lions home with a 4-0 loss to end their season


http://athletics.fhu.edu/images/2016-17 ... or-Web.jpg

North Greenville University is a comprehensive university affiliated with South Carolina Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention, and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Wikipedia
Address: 7801 N Tigerville Rd, Tigerville, SC 29688
Undergraduate tuition and fees: 15,510 USD (2015)
Acceptance rate: 59.5% (2014) [much harder to get in than to freed-Hardeman]
Total enrollment: 2,312 (2010)
Mascot: The Crusader [kind of guessed it would be the Tigers considering the address]

North Greenville University has been identified as one of the top 50 Christian colleges and universities in the United States in a recent ranking by theologydegrees.org. The ranking considered affordability, student to faculty ratio, and graduation rate as listed by the NCES College Navigator Database. North Greenville University ranks #35. Theology Degrees’ mission is to help guide others as they make decisions to use their faith in both their professional and personal lives. They noted that NGU was noted as one of the top protestant evangelical universities in the United States. -

[OK: so now I see why they're the Crusaders.]

Cleveland, OH—North Greenville center fielder Clark Scolamiero was drafted in the 22nd round by the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday, making him the 672nd overall pick.

Scolamiero spent one season in Tigerville, filling a void left in center field. The Greenville, South Carolina native was a First Team All-Conference nod and was first on the team in batting average among players that had at least 150 at bats.

Scolamiero logged a .360 batting average this season and was the team leader in hits (76), runs (63), doubles (14), runs batted in (52) and was 29 of 31 in stolen bases. His RBI and stolen base numbers ranked him top five in Conference Carolinas.

Great stuff on our draft from Jordan Bastian. Ton of info.

https://bastian.mlblogs.com/the-prepara ... 197fb1ac7b

The stress on strike-throwing starters that Bastian highlights is something the team has emphasized in recent years and has resulted in solid pitching from the lower ranks up to Akron by guys like Pannone, Esparza, Hartson. Whether they make it to the big leagues, we'll find out in the next couple years.

I posted Lastoria & Ellis' comments about most of the top 10. Here is the couple I didn't. 7th and 10th round picks. I mentioned the other day that Berardi, the 10th rounder sounded interesting. Ellis seems to agree. But you guys know me, I like the guys who get on base and don't strike out.

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2017 Cleveland Indians 7th Round Draft Pick: Kirk McCarty, LHP from Southern Mississippi

Tony Lastoria

In the 7th round of the 2017 MLB Draft, the Cleveland Indians have selected left-handed pitcher Kirk McCarty with the 222nd overall pick.

Kirk McCarty, a left-handed pitcher from Southern Mississippi, saw his name taken off the board at 222nd overall in the 7th round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the Cleveland Indians.

Born: 10/12/95 — Height: 5'10" — Weight: 185 — Bats: Left — Throws: Left

Jeff Ellis: Kirk McCarty is like just about every college starter the Indians took a year ago. In other words he showed excelled control and barely walked anyone during his junior year of school. His walk rate was under two with a strikeout rate over nine. He is undersized size at 5’10” and doesn’t throw it hard. I would think the hope is that he moves to the pen and the stuff plays up. He is very much exactly what they have looked at right now which is college pitchers who rarely walk batters.

Press Release: Named first-team All-Conference USA (starting pitcher) in 2016 and 2017…Went 10-2 with a 3.52 ERA in 17 starts (99.2IP, 39ER, 103SO)…Named to 12-man Conference USA All-Academic team in 2016… Hattiesburg, MS native.

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2017 Cleveland Indians 10th Round Draft Pick: Jesse Berardi, SS from St. Johns University

Tony Lastoria

In the 10th round of the 2017 MLB Draft, the Cleveland Indians have selected shortstop Jesse Berardi with the 312nd overall pick.

At pick 312 in the 10th round, the Cleveland Indians have selected right-handed pitcher Jesse Berardi out of St. Johns University.

Born: 1/13/96 — Height: 5'10" — Weight: 185 — Bats: Left — Throws: Right

Jeff Ellis: Jesse Berardi might be my favorite pick the Indians made in the first ten rounds. For the second year in a row they allocated funds out without making a single senior selection. Berardi. He slid because he likely shifts to second, doesn't have big tools, and is all of 5’10. What he does best is hit, and also walks at a solid clip. He is an on base guy who is going to have below average power. The overall look is an average defensive second baseman with above average on base skills and below average power. It is a profile of a potential starter. He has a chance to go from 10th round pick to one of the Indians top 20 prospects. I think if one were to average the rankings of the players the Indians selected Berardi would come out with the second highest composite ranking of any player in this class.

Press Release: The Commack, NY native batted .356 (80-225) with 10 2B, 4 HR and 47 RBI in 55 games for the Red Storm this year, leading the team to a regional appearance vs. Clemson…Reached base in 37 straight games and ranked in the top 100 nationally in batting average, on-base percentage and hits per game…Was an All-Big East first-team selection and a CoSIDA Academic All-America second-team choice…Selected by the Phillies in the 40th round of 2014 draft.

Berardi nicely fits the Pratt-Phelps-Krieger-Mathias mold. It would be nice if he makes it If not he'll be a nice offensive boost to fans of the Scrappers, Hillcats and RubberDucks over the next few seasons.

This weeks farm report podcast from IBI is pretty interesting. Jeff Ellis is on there with some juicy nuggets about our draftees. It's about an hour long. The sound quality is not great but if you're a patient man there is some good stuff.

http://www.scout.com/mlb/indians/story/ ... eport-2-14

patient? not me. I rely on the highlights you post.

Carolina League All-Star Game

When: June 20. Where: Haley Toyota Field, Salem, Va.

Prospects To Watch:

Triston McKenzie, RHP, Lynchburg (Indians): The lithe righthander has dominated the Carolina League all season long. McKenzie, 19, has struck out a league-best 90 hitters in 69.2 innings. He’s done so primarily with a mid-90s fastball and a hammer 12-to-6 curveball. The Indians’ supplemental first-rounder two years ago has also permitted just 38 hits and should be moving to Double-A Akron shortly after the all-star festivities.

Triston McKenzie, RHP, Lynchburg (Indians): The lithe righthander

Thought the adjective "lithe" was attributed to females rather than males.

Women's bodies would more frequently meet the definition, but thin, graceful guys can too.

thank you for the compliment