BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

LTBB1971 · July 29, 2013, 02:19:02 PM

High-A (Pam Beach Cardinals) starters look for a moment to be struggling but some Peoria guys got promoted and taken those slots. Still hopeful that by end of year Chris may get a start ot two with Palm Beach. Very good player at MU and was a NCWC killer when my son played there. Best of luck to him.

narch · August 06, 2013, 02:16:51 PM

perry's last start...5 ip, 4 h, 1 er, 1 bb, 8 k's - no decision

he is now 1-1 with a 3.04 era, 23.2 ip, 17 h, 3 bb, 26 k's and a .200 baa in 4 starts at peoria

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=623397

in the interest of fairness, austin chrismon has had a nice start to his career, as well...at rookie league greeneville, he is 2-0 with a 2.84 era, 19 ip, 14 h, 3 bb, 12 k's and a .200 baa in 7 appearances (1 start)

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=592216

the last two conference pitchers of the year have certainly performed well to this point in their professional careers!

PNeal7 · August 12, 2013, 09:00:09 AM

To add to that, Kevin Herget (Kean) is off to a great start to his career as well. For the State College Spikes (St. Louis Class A Short Season), Kevin is 5-0 in 9 appearances (4 starts). In 33 IP, he has given up 43 hits, walked only 3, and struck out 17. It's nice to see some d3 kids having some success in their early professional careers.

LTBB1971 · September 12, 2013, 01:08:54 PM

2 USA South big time players and their first season in Pro ball:

(Methodist) Chris Perry / 4-4, 3.18 ERA, 13G, 13GS, 70.2 INN, 67 H, 20 BB, 55 K (Low-A Peoria Chiefs - St. Louis)

(CNU) Austin Chrismon / 3-1, 3.06 ERA, 11G, 2GS, 32.1 INN, 25 H, 8 BB, 24 K (Rookie - Greeneville Astros - Houston)

narch · September 25, 2013, 01:44:50 PM

Quote from: PNeal7 on August 12, 2013, 09:00:09 AM
To add to that, Kevin Herget (Kean) is off to a great start to his career as well. For the State College Spikes (St. Louis Class A Short Season), Kevin is 5-0 in 9 appearances (4 starts). In 33 IP, he has given up 43 hits, walked only 3, and struck out 17. It's nice to see some d3 kids having some success in their early professional careers.

herget finished up 7-0 with a 2.89, but the low k rate (36 in 53 ip) and high baa (.306) combined with his stature (5'10"/185) make me wonder about his long-term projections vs. perry and chrismon - in the same league (on the same team, actually), perry held opponents to a .207 baa (chrismon held opponents to a .205 baa at the rookie ball level) - both perry and chrismon have bigger frames, as well (6'2"/215 for perry, 6'2"/227 for chrismon) - that doesn't diminish what herget did, though...great first season for all three

rolln2 · October 10, 2013, 01:20:18 PM

I know CNU is no longer in the USAS, but I was looking at their website earlier and noticed they had hired a new coach for pitching. Hey Pneal what is up there? Is the longtime pitching coach still there? Or did he move on and they hired a replacement?

PNeal7 · October 16, 2013, 09:58:21 AM

It's tough for me to answer this question without giving up too much information/sources, but Coach Frazor is no longer with CNU and Coach Cole is now the pitching coach.

PNeal7 · October 16, 2013, 10:01:47 AM

Narch - I 100% agree on your comments about Herget vs Chrismon/Perry. He had very good numbers in terms of W-L and ERA; however, when you dig deeper his K Rate and BAA were both very subpar. He without a doubt has an uphill climb. Perry and Chrismon are both big bodies guys that will get much more of an opportunity to compete and move up the ranks, especially given where they were drafted. As cliché as it sounds, the higher a guy is drafted the greater a shot they will be given to succeed because the ballclub has more money invested in them. Essentially, Herget has zero money invested in him, so as bad as it sounds, if he doesn't work out the club isn't out of an investment.

rolln2 · October 16, 2013, 10:34:50 AM

Ok thanks Pneal, I was just wandering if he might have retired or moved on to bigger and better things. Looking at his bio it says he started there over 20 years ago, and the CNU staffs sure have been good during his tenure.

PNeal7 · October 16, 2013, 02:54:06 PM

Rolln2 - I would say the best way to put it is that he stepped down. I do not believe he has retired from the coaching world, and he still has his scouting gig as well.

narch · January 22, 2014, 10:47:17 PM

pre-season poll is out http://usasouth.net/sports/bsb/2013-14/releases/20140109jrt3f4

2014 USA South Baseball Coaches Preseason Poll
Rank   Institution (1st Place Votes)   Pts.
1.   Covenant (3)   67
2.   N.C. Wesleyan (2)   63
3.   Methodist (1)   60
4.   Piedmont   58
5.   Huntingdon (3)   51
6.   Averett   49
7.   Maryville (1)   46
8.   Ferrum   23
9.   LaGrange   20
10.   Greensboro   13

covenant pre-season favorite coming off a 28-19 season (against a suspect schedule)? huntingdon must have lost a lot of firepower to be chosen 5th coming off a 32 win season - and with all due respect, how did maryville get a first place vote...they were 17-23/10-14 last year...hmm

Bishopleftiesdad · February 02, 2014, 09:55:21 AM

http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2014/02/perkin-ferrum-nohitter

Perkins starts d3 baseball season with no hitter.

stafford · February 04, 2014, 02:20:25 PM

What's the word on Peace baseball? I see they're starting a program this season.

narch · February 06, 2014, 01:34:50 PM

Quote from: stafford on February 04, 2014, 02:20:25 PM
What's the word on Peace baseball? I see they're starting a program this season.

they will likely have a chance to beat some of the club and jv programs on their schedule, and maybe even some of the juco's that they are playing, but i don't see them being competitive in the usasac for at least 3 to 5 years...we'll see

narch · February 06, 2014, 01:44:45 PM

baseball starts this weekend, and no talk on these boards

the monarchs start off with a dh vs. roanoke on sunday then rhodes, lynchburg and cnu visit the following weekend - i'm interested to see who will be on the hill in game 2 (assuming inman gets the call in game 1) - i've heard there are lots of talented young arms in the program, but they're still young - josh howard, who is listed as a UTL player pitched pretty well for college of the albermarle last year (7-3, 2.34, 3 cg, 2 so, 68 k's in 88.1 ip), and had a nice summer pitching in the tidewater summer league...might he be the #2 for the monarchs or do royer or judge step into that slot? rett lee is back after missing last year with arm troubles...he's got nasty stuff...can he put it together and pitch well?

i think the monarchs will scratch out runs - if they can pitch beyond inman and defend, i think they'll be alright...