BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

[dp643]

UMHB's Joseph Villege, Michael Garza, and Jarred Hopper are all doing very well in summer ball. Villegas is 2nd in the league in batting average this summer. You may not know alot about Michael Garza (RB Garza's younger brother) because of injuries last year. He had an awesome series vs McMurry.


http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/stats.html?leagueid=121&seasonid=121

http://fortcollinsfoxes.com/newsstats.html

[CUAfan]

ASC pro's stat update:

Hitters
Steven Yurchick (Bay Area Toros) - .296/.345/.343, 2 3B, 16/20 SB, 108 AB
Tom Williams (Bay Area Toros) - .333/.400/.630, 2 2B, 2 HR, 27 AB
Jacob Kaase (Bakersfield Blaze*) - .256/.299/.411, 15 2B, 5 HR, 246 AB
Jeremy Macklin (Big Bend Cowboys) - .357/.404/.571, 3 2B, 2 HR, 42 AB
Paige Hodges (Coastal Kingfish) - .250/.280/.333, 2 2B, 6 K, 24 AB

Pitchers
Jonathan Miller (Florence Freedom) - 27.2 IP, 3.69 ERA, 21 K, 8 BB, 3 HR
Kyle Hudson (Bay Area Toros) - 23.2 IP, 1.14 ERA, 25 K, 8 BB, 0 HR
Curt Dixon (Big Bend Cowboys) - 31.2 IP, 3.69 ERA, 31 K, 13 BB, 1 HR
Stephen Szkotak (Big Bend Cowboys) - 15.2 IP, 4.02 ERA, 20 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Brett Holland (AZL Padres*) - 8.0 IP, 1.13 ERA, 7 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Matt Coburn (Bay Area Toros) - 9.2 IP, 3.72 ERA, 14 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Tommy Rozell (Coastal Kingfish) - 13.2 IP, 10.54 ERA, 6 K, 5 BB, 4 HR
Michael Johnson (Brooklyn Cyclones*) - 5.0 IP, 5.40 ERA, 6 K, 2 BB, 1 HR

* - part of MLB organization

The Evansville Otters released Daleiden on 6/22/2009 and Ziegler on 7/9/2009, and Stephen Derrick was released by the St. Paul Saints on 6/30/2009.

Jacob Kaase has played 52 games in Low-A and 12 for High-A Bakersfield.

[Blackcat00]

Saw Concordia is installing field turf. Same stuff the University of Texas has installed. Pretty nice stuff and should look sharp. Cant wait to see the new stadium once its done in January. Scott Lienbrink who pitched at Concordia for one season and now is a reliever for the White Sox donated a huge amount of money for the new stadium.

[hatbaseball]

ASC pro's stat update:

Hitters
Steven Yurchick (Bay Area Toros) - .296/.345/.343, 2 3B, 16/20 SB, 108 AB
Tom Williams (Bay Area Toros) - .333/.400/.630, 2 2B, 2 HR, 27 AB
Jacob Kaase (Bakersfield Blaze*) - .256/.299/.411, 15 2B, 5 HR, 246 AB
Jeremy Macklin (Big Bend Cowboys) - .357/.404/.571, 3 2B, 2 HR, 42 AB
Paige Hodges (Coastal Kingfish) - .250/.280/.333, 2 2B, 6 K, 24 AB

Pitchers
Jonathan Miller (Florence Freedom) - 27.2 IP, 3.69 ERA, 21 K, 8 BB, 3 HR
Kyle Hudson (Bay Area Toros) - 23.2 IP, 1.14 ERA, 25 K, 8 BB, 0 HR
Curt Dixon (Big Bend Cowboys) - 31.2 IP, 3.69 ERA, 31 K, 13 BB, 1 HR
Stephen Szkotak (Big Bend Cowboys) - 15.2 IP, 4.02 ERA, 20 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Brett Holland (AZL Padres*) - 8.0 IP, 1.13 ERA, 7 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Matt Coburn (Bay Area Toros) - 9.2 IP, 3.72 ERA, 14 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Tommy Rozell (Coastal Kingfish) - 13.2 IP, 10.54 ERA, 6 K, 5 BB, 4 HR
Michael Johnson (Brooklyn Cyclones*) - 5.0 IP, 5.40 ERA, 6 K, 2 BB, 1 HR

* - part of MLB organization

The Evansville Otters released Daleiden on 6/22/2009 and Ziegler on 7/9/2009, and Stephen Derrick was released by the St. Paul Saints on 6/30/2009.

Jacob Kaase has played 52 games in Low-A and 12 for High-A Bakersfield.

FYI....

Stephen Derrick is now playing with the San Angelo Colts of the United League and is off to a very good start.

[CUAfan]

Thanks hatbaseball. I'll get his stats next time I update everything.

[Just_Some_Guy]

Jacob Kaase has played 52 games in Low-A and 12 for High-A Bakersfield.

I wonder how long Kaase sticks it out. I think he's a high caliber fielder and he's handy because he's essentially a util guy than could play anywhere, but I don't know if he'll ever swing it enough to get a chance.

He's got plenty of tools, but his command of the strike zone doesn't seem to improving that much. Where he could slap stuff through the hole and turn pitches off the plate into hits in D3, he's got to learn to lay off that stuff in the MiLB.

If he ever gets his BB/K ratio closer to 1:1 he might have a chance.

Thanks for keeping us all updated CUAfan.

JSG

[Dawgsdad]

ASC pro's stat update:

Hitters
Steven Yurchick (Bay Area Toros) - .296/.345/.343, 2 3B, 16/20 SB, 108 AB
Tom Williams (Bay Area Toros) - .333/.400/.630, 2 2B, 2 HR, 27 AB
Jacob Kaase (Bakersfield Blaze*) - .256/.299/.411, 15 2B, 5 HR, 246 AB
Jeremy Macklin (Big Bend Cowboys) - .357/.404/.571, 3 2B, 2 HR, 42 AB
Paige Hodges (Coastal Kingfish) - .250/.280/.333, 2 2B, 6 K, 24 AB

Pitchers
Jonathan Miller (Florence Freedom) - 27.2 IP, 3.69 ERA, 21 K, 8 BB, 3 HR
Kyle Hudson (Bay Area Toros) - 23.2 IP, 1.14 ERA, 25 K, 8 BB, 0 HR
Curt Dixon (Big Bend Cowboys) - 31.2 IP, 3.69 ERA, 31 K, 13 BB, 1 HR
Stephen Szkotak (Big Bend Cowboys) - 15.2 IP, 4.02 ERA, 20 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Brett Holland (AZL Padres*) - 8.0 IP, 1.13 ERA, 7 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Matt Coburn (Bay Area Toros) - 9.2 IP, 3.72 ERA, 14 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Tommy Rozell (Coastal Kingfish) - 13.2 IP, 10.54 ERA, 6 K, 5 BB, 4 HR
Michael Johnson (Brooklyn Cyclones*) - 5.0 IP, 5.40 ERA, 6 K, 2 BB, 1 HR

* - part of MLB organization

The Evansville Otters released Daleiden on 6/22/2009 and Ziegler on 7/9/2009, and Stephen Derrick was released by the St. Paul Saints on 6/30/2009.

Jacob Kaase has played 52 games in Low-A and 12 for High-A Bakersfield.

CUAfan,

While your adding to your list, you can add Cody Ross (Texarkna Gunslingers) and MC's Hinson (Alexanderia Aces) to you next update.

Macklin does have some pitching stats as he's pitched 2.1 innings so far for Big Bend.  For whatever reason he's listed as "other" on their pitching stats...

[Dawgsdad]

Jacob Kaase has played 52 games in Low-A and 12 for High-A Bakersfield.

I wonder how long Kaase sticks it out. I think he's a high caliber fielder and he's handy because he's essentially a util guy than could play anywhere, but I don't know if he'll ever swing it enough to get a chance.

He's got plenty of tools, but his command of the strike zone doesn't seem to improving that much. Where he could slap stuff through the hole and turn pitches off the plate into hits in D3, he's got to learn to lay off that stuff in the MiLB.

If he ever gets his BB/K ratio closer to 1:1 he might have a chance.

Thanks for keeping us all updated CUAfan.

JSG

JSG, I think Kaase will stick it out a bit longer as he seems to be maturing and it's really a matter of time and waiting his turn as he has some larger investment guys ahead of him from what we hear - unless he's traded, or the guys of head of him are dealt somewhere his sort of stuck where he's at.

Here is a recent article released by TLU on Kaase and Macklin...

http://www.d3baseball.com/pressreleases/Texas+Lutheran/2009/07/09/Former-TLU-Bulldogs-Kaase,-Macklin-continue-baseball-success-at-pro-levels/4422

[CUAfan]

I submitted a question to the Baseball Prospectus prospect guru for his chat today, asking if he'd heard anything from scouts about Kaase. If it gets answered at all, I'm guessing it'll be something along the lines of "organizational filler" or something like that, but you never know....

[CUAfan]

ASC pro's stat update:

Hitters
Steven Yurchick (Bay Area Toros) - .304/.349/.348, 2 3B, 16/21 SB, 115 AB
Tom Williams (Bay Area Toros) - .224/.283/.510, 2 2B, 4 HR, 49 AB
Jacob Kaase (Bakersfield Blaze*) - .257/.304/.400, 15 2B, 5 HR, 265 AB
Jeremy Macklin (Big Bend Cowboys) - .302/.397/.472, 3 2B, 2 HR, 53 AB
Paige Hodges (Coastal Kingfish) - .275/.310/.325, 2 2B, 9 K, 40 AB
Stephen Derrick (San Angelo Colts) - .278/.350/.333, 1 2B, 6 K, 18 AB
Cody Ross (Texarkana Gunslingers) - .311/.446/.344, 3 2B, 19 K, 90 AB

Pitchers
Jonathan Miller (Florence Freedom) - 27.2 IP, 3.69 ERA, 21 K, 8 BB, 3 HR
Kyle Hudson (Bay Area Toros) - 30.2 IP, 2.35 ERA, 28 K, 14 BB, 1 HR
Curt Dixon (Big Bend Cowboys) - 35.2 IP, 3.19 ERA, 35 K, 15 BB, 1 HR
Stephen Szkotak (Big Bend Cowboys) - 18.1 IP, 3.93 ERA, 22 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Brett Holland (AZL Padres*) - 9.0 IP, 1.00 ERA, 7 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Matt Coburn (Bay Area Toros) - 21.2 IP, 2.91 ERA, 35 K, 11 BB, 1 HR
Tommy Rozell (Coastal Kingfish) - 13.2 IP, 10.54 ERA, 6 K, 5 BB, 4 HR
Michael Johnson (Brooklyn Cyclones*) - 6.0 IP, 4.50 ERA, 6 K, 3 BB, 1 HR
Brett Hinson (Alexandria Aces) - 8.0 IP, 3.38 ERA, 11 K, 3 BB, 1 HR

* - part of MLB organization

The Evansville Otters released Daleiden on 6/22/2009 and Ziegler on 7/9/2009.

Jacob Kaase has played 52 games in Low-A and 18 for High-A Bakersfield.

Texarkana's stats had 2 Cody Ross entries. I'm guessing it's the same guy and I added the stats together.

[mcm_sid]

http://athletics.mcm.edu/News/baseball/2009/7/20/072009bsb.asp

[mcmguy19]

So Jake Mullins is the Qb for the U (since were the only school with out a mascot)  He is looking good and I have talked to him and he is excited about football, but more excited about baseball season.

Anyone know how the teams should stack up?  I know were only a month into the school year, and I have to say on of my family members goes to UTD now.  Hope he and his team come out on top over there in the uncompetative east side of the ASC.

[Ralph Turner]

Hope that you had a good summer, guy!

Jake is doing a great job at QB.

Any news about the non-traditional season workouts?

[Blackcat00]

This past Saturday. We lost a great soldier and former ASC college baseball player. Jay Sevier , a member of the 2002 World Series team and starting shortstop for Concordia. Jay collapsed while working out at his base in North Carolina, and couldnt be revived. He was training in the special forces to become a member of the green berets. He was scheduled to graduate in a few weeks after a final PT test. Funeral is this weekend in Austin, but I thought I would pass this along to alot of you who follow the ASC baseball programs.

[infielddad]

That is tragic and sobering.  Life clearly is not fair. This is a such an example.
To his family, teammates and friends, I hope what he did in his life is an inspiration for each..