BB: Pitcher of the Year Candidates

[Jim Dixon]

With that information you have made my day and season TexasBB.

Kudos to the administration.

With our first D3baseball.com all american team, it was clear that a relief specialist would not garner enough support compared to the numbers that a starting pitcher would put up.  I would like to take credit but the idea was present to me with some clear rational why it was needed.

[anotherharvest]

Hey Jim, were you at the ODAC Friday afternoon?  If you were at the VWC-HS game how would you rate Deanes the VWC closer?

[Mr. Ypsi]

Update on IWU pitchers (entering the CCIW tourney):

Pre-season first-team AA Matt Aronson (a junior) may or may not have lived up to his rep: 6-0 (and undefeated IS undefeated!), but 3.60 era, .241 oba, a 49:10 Ks to walks ratio, and a PE (hits+walks+hbp/inning pitched) of 1.145.

But check out the season of his younger (sophomore) teammate, Brent Kulavic: also 6-0, 1.69 era, .197 oba, 46:6 Ks to bbs, and an astounding .875 PE!

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

Anyone heard of Kenny Moreland at Christopher Newport? He leads the nation in wins (12-0) and is second in the nation in strikeouts with 111, at last count, he was second behind the kid from Rowan who has 112. He has a 1.70 ERA, six complete games, two shutouts, 100.1 ip, 68 hits, 24 runs, 19 ER, 15 walks, 111 stikeouts, while opponents are hitting .194 off him. He was named the USA South's Pitcher of the Year and was named MVP of the USA South's tournament. He threw the first day and then came back and threw 7+ on two days rest to win the "if" game. 

[Ralph Turner]

We can continue Pitcher of the Year talk for 2009 on this board.

[baseballbaseball]

being a fan of the south region and watching games over the last two years it is easy to see that the south region is way overlooked when it comes to player and pitcher of the years. Moreland getting the pitcher of the year last year out of the USA South put the south back on the map. Thus with that said you have to look at Moore from NC Wesleyan and Hildreth from Averett along with The Salisbury #1 and #2.  Out of those selections Moore is most likely to compete for pitcher of the year. Moore will be the favorite for Pitcher of the year in the USA South and he was a 1rst team all selection with Moreland last year. Moore went undefeated in the USA South and should have a strong year this year. Moore will be tested throwing against kids like Averett from the best state in the world VA, (lol) but it going to be hard to see why Moore will not be nominated a pre-season option to get pitcher of the year

[rlscosta]

Baseballbaseball,
I completely agree with you...I am an NCWC dad and Moore will be tough.  He is currently recovering from knee injury from what my son tells me and we'll have to see comes january how he responds but he is tough guy.  The other Moreland from CNU will be very good as well, although he is a closer.  Let's not forget NCW also has John Lucas who posted great stats last year and will be a senior.

[A.G.]

Don't forget about Lynchburg's Joe Devlin at pitcher...who was 9-0, 1.04 ERA with 3 saves last year.

[baseballbaseball]

i agree joe delvine and ben moore could be possbily the greatest #1 #2 punch in no order that a region could have. i would love to see them play on the same team or even better throw against each other. Being a VA fan my head tells me to lean towards delvine, but just after watching moore throw last year at CNU and the desire he has to win is un-real. Delvine has a better record and stats but you have to also look at the games and teams each threw agaisnt. When the pre-season polls come out for who should be pitcher of the year i wish i could vote for both. We should no question see both of them on the pre-season all american list, if the list is really true with the people they pick

[rlscosta]

Absolutely agree.  I unfortunetly did not have a chance to see Devlin throw but stats look unreal.  Good luck to LC and him this year.  My son tells me Moore has been teaching him lots...just in general about pitching and the approach and he loves it.  I think Moore will catch on as a pitching coach somewhere after this season.

[DougiesGoinDeep]

Everyone thinks Trinity (CT) lost all of their pitching, but they still return All-American Jeremiah Bayer as their ace.

Jeremiah Bayer 9-0 1.33 ERA 81 IP 71 SO

Pitched some big games including the deciding game of the National Championship last year, Bayer should definitely be in the talks for pitcher of the year.

[A.G.]

i agree joe delvine and ben moore could be possbily the greatest #1 #2 punch in no order that a region could have. i would love to see them play on the same team or even better throw against each other. Being a VA fan my head tells me to lean towards delvine, but just after watching moore throw last year at CNU and the desire he has to win is un-real. Delvine has a better record and stats but you have to also look at the games and teams each threw agaisnt. When the pre-season polls come out for who should be pitcher of the year i wish i could vote for both. We should no question see both of them on the pre-season all american list, if the list is really true with the people they pick

Unfortunately, both games are too close to ODAC series for Devlin to pitch in either game.

[baseballcrazy]

I think Chapman's Wayde Kitchens is definitely a candidate for Pitcher of the year. He has proven himself since his freshmen year and has improved since.

[utilitycat17]

I think Chapman's Wayde Kitchens is definitely a candidate for Pitcher of the year. He has proven himself since his freshmen year and has improved since.

I would think Wayde would be the early favorite for Pitcher of the Year.  He has been a D3baseball.com All-American two years in a row, first team last year.   If he stays healthy he will surely rack up a ton of wins playing for Chapman.  All he would have to do is continue to have a low ERA and high strikeouts, and it would be very difficult to knock him out of the front-running position. 

[RSSmith]

Chez Angeloni (Johns Hopkins RHP) was the 2008 College World Series MVP.  There's no reason to think he won't be at the top of the list this year.