BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[JAF]

Are Kenny Morelands numbers crazy or what?

Through 3 starts and 20 innings:

3 wins
26 K's
1 walk
opp BA .173

[BigPoppa]

Are Kenny Morelands numbers crazy or what?

Through 3 starts and 20 innings:

3 wins
26 K's
1 walk
opp BA .173

Anytime you can make hitters earn their way on base they will usally get themselves out. Great job on only ONE walk so far.

[A.G.]

the answer I gave him was who I was going to be scouting when I made my trip to see Greensboro vs. NCWC.  They have no other guys on the team that I have seen that would be pro prospects.  Unless one of the transfers turns out to be a pro prospect. 

Catfish--will you be at the LC-NCWC game on Weds?

[narch]

the answer I gave him was who I was going to be scouting when I made my trip to see Greensboro vs. NCWC.  They have no other guys on the team that I have seen that would be pro prospects.  Unless one of the transfers turns out to be a pro prospect. 

catfish - i understood - my point was that it doesn't take a professional scout to know that burgess and maloney are the guys to watch for gc...one is 6'4/200 and the other is 6'8/265...it'd be hard NOT to notice them - by the way, i like burgess better...

how long have you been in the scouting business?

i really thought jesus adames (mu catcher from a few years ago) had a legit shot at playing professionally for a few years...he had a plus arm, ++ speed for a catcher, was a very solid receiver and had a nice line-drive stroke that i thought might translate to a little more power as he matured...just goes to show you how difficult it is to play beyond college

[narch]

Are Kenny Morelands numbers crazy or what?

Through 3 starts and 20 innings:

3 wins
26 K's
1 walk
opp BA .173

he's a stud...

[Catfishncwc]

the answer I gave him was who I was going to be scouting when I made my trip to see Greensboro vs. NCWC.  They have no other guys on the team that I have seen that would be pro prospects.  Unless one of the transfers turns out to be a pro prospect. 

Catfish--will you be at the LC-NCWC game on Weds?

I will be going to the Old Dominion/Norfolk State today.  I will probably be at the Va Wesleyan and Lynchburg game on April 14th. 

[Catfishncwc]

the answer I gave him was who I was going to be scouting when I made my trip to see Greensboro vs. NCWC.  They have no other guys on the team that I have seen that would be pro prospects.  Unless one of the transfers turns out to be a pro prospect. 

catfish - i understood - my point was that it doesn't take a professional scout to know that burgess and maloney are the guys to watch for gc...one is 6'4/200 and the other is 6'8/265...it'd be hard NOT to notice them - by the way, i like burgess better...

how long have you been in the scouting business?

i really thought jesus adames (mu catcher from a few years ago) had a legit shot at playing professionally for a few years...he had a plus arm, ++ speed for a catcher, was a very solid receiver and had a nice line-drive stroke that i thought might translate to a little more power as he matured...just goes to show you how difficult it is to play beyond college

This is my forth season scouting.  I have been with the Braves all four of them. 
Jesus adams was the year before I started scouting.  But I did see him play in 2002 and thought he has a good catcher.  Just based on what I saw that year he would not of graded on anything better than a 40  which is average.   I learned very quickly that what I thought was plus in the Dixie Conference quickly turns into average on the scouting scale. 
I like Burgess better myself.  I think he is more complete player.  With maloney he does not have the bat quickness and enough power to play 1st base at the next level. 

[A.G.]

My son was much more impressed with Burgess, too.  He can flat out rake.

[narch]

This is my forth season scouting.  I have been with the Braves all four of them.

other than the fact that your with the braves, you've gotta love that job...watching baseball for a living - i'm sure it's high pressure, but still, what a blast

who was your highest drafted recommendation and where was he drafted?

[NCWC]

Catfish-Is burgessesseses glove holding him back any?

[NCWC]

Smith leads Wesleyan baseball to 9-3 win over Lynchburg

Rocky Mount, NC - Junior Matt Smith (pictured) was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs scored on Wednesday, leading his North Carolina Wesleyan baseball squad to a 9-3 victory over Lynchburg College at Bauer Field.  The Bishops, who got a solid pitching performance from starter Jonathan Lucas, improve to 8-3 on the season with the win.  The Hornets are now 4-2 overall.

Luke Williford and Smith each delivered bunt singles in the first.  Williford scored the game's first run on a Mark Wooten base knock to right, and Smith eventually came around on a Justin Batts RBI-single.

The Bishops added to their 2-0 lead in the second when Smith connected a two-out three-run triple to left field.  Wesleyan went on to increase its lead to 9-0 with a four-spot in the fifth.  The highlight of the inning came with Wooten's first homerun of the season, a towering two-run blast to left center.

It would prove to be more than enough for Lucas, who earned his second win of the season.  The sophomore right-hander tossed six scoreless innings, scattered four hits, struck out five, and walked one.

Lynchburg did manage to break through with three runs off of Bishop reliever Doug Roenker in the seventh.  A lead-off single by Jon Sewell and a walk to second basemen Kyle Bradley set the stage for a bases-clearing triple by Jeff Taylor.  Taylor later scored on a Cameron Grant double to right.  The Hornets, however, would get no closer than 9-3.

Jon Nichols took the loss for Lynchburg after allowing nine runs (eight earned) in 4.2 innings of work.  Nichols also allowed all 13 Bishop hits, as Evan Durrer and Connor Thompson tossed a perfect final 3.1 innings for the Hornets.

Heath Bridgers closed out the final two frames for the Bishops, allowing just one hit.

Wesleyan's Nathan West was also 3-for-4 at the plate with an RBI and run scored.  Wooten finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs on the day.

For Lynchburg, Crews and Sewell each collected two hits.

The Bishops open up USA South play this weekend when they host a two-game set with Greensboro College on Saturday and Sunday.  Saturday's first pitch is slated for 1:00 p.m. at Bauer Field

[NCWC]

nice win today for GC over bridgewater 16-10

[narch]

looks like the ncwc bats woke up today...should be a great weekend of usasac action!

[A.G.]

NCWC is very solid...
...and their bats definitely woke up today...in spades.  I like their style of play.

[Catfishncwc]

This is my forth season scouting.  I have been with the Braves all four of them.

other than the fact that your with the braves, you've gotta love that job...watching baseball for a living - i'm sure it's high pressure, but still, what a blast

who was your highest drafted recommendation and where was he drafted?

I am a Associate Scout for the Braves.  I have been offered Full-time Supervisory positions before but I would have to take a 50% pay cut in my current salary.  Plus you are on the road between January and June 99% of the time.  My scout boss slept in his own bed 5 times between that time.  I thought at once I wanted to be a fulltime scout but now you could not pay me enough to become one.  To much travel, to much work and to little pay.   
I have scouted a lot players in my area that have been drafted (taken by other teams) but the braves have only taken a couple of them.   2004 a kid in the 37 and 2005 a kid in the 46 round that I discovered last year I got shutout.  Other teams have taken players I have recommended to the braves and we were going to draft but they were taken by other teams before we had them slotted.   The highest one of those I have discovered would be Dexter Carter who was drafted in the 12th round and Matt Olsen in the 13th, both out of HS.  This year I have a potential 1st rounder in Neil Ramirez and he is slotted around where he draft in the 1st round.   
Being a associate my job is to find kids that are not the top prospects, those guys get seen by tons of scouts.  That is why i go to a lot of Division 3 games, games in the MEAC conference, JUCO games and High School games.  I get paid on guys that are under my name first in the braves systems that is why I go to a lot of lower profile college games and try to catch them early in the High School game before they hit the showcase scene and the MLB scouting bureau gets wind of them.     
I see a lot of games on the weekends and night games and I work in sales so I am able to take off if I need to see a game.   Like today I took off early to watch the Old Dominion and Norfolk State.  I have been watching the 1st basemen of NSU and trying to get a look at the freshman for ODU so I can get them under my name.   
Plus I get into all the games for free so that is bonus.