Courtesy of ElmiraPioneers.com. Updated 1/18.
Pitchers
Alek Brown (Canisius)
Frank Cebek (Siena)
Michael Franza (Pace)
Shane Ryan (Mansfield)
Justin Shannon (Albany)
Ryan White (Albany)
Catchers
Kevin Cressman (Mansfield)
Infielders
Colin Barnathan (Dowling)
J.J. Conrad (Pace)
J.J. Edwards (Sacred Heart)
Sean Jamieson (Niagara County C.C.)
Mike Tirri (Albany)
Outfielders
Peter DiResta (Albany)
Mike Torello (Pace)
Sunday, December 14, 2008
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2 comments:
First time bloggee here. This league looks interesting, but in looking at the various websites, it appears that the eastern teams have bigger school names then the western teams. Is this the way it usually goes for this league?? Which side has more prospects?
The great thing about this league is that we have players from all over, whether it be larger schools from power conferences like Arizona State, Stanford and Kentucky to mid-majors like Miami of Ohio and Southern Illinois to smaller Division III schools out of New York like Ithaca, R.P.I. and Cortland State.
Just because a player is from a big name school, it doesn't mean he's a prospect. On the other side, we've had some very good players from smaller schools - the last four Players of the Year have been from Manhattan, Ithaca, Francis Marion and North Alabama respectively. Two of the four are currently playing in the minors.
Or, you have a guy like Eric Beaulac. A local kid from Troy, NY, pitching out of LeMoyne. He spent two years with the Amsterdam Mohawks. He wasn't a power conference guy (MAAC) but threw a solid plus fastball and projected well with size. He was drafted by the Mets in the 10th round or so in June and he finished up the '08 season in the South Atlantic League.
Or, James Barksdale. Another two year guy, this time from the AC Nitros. In my opinion, he's the best player that I've seen in this league over my four years. He was the 05 Player of the Year and moved on from D-II North Alabama to the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He was in the Carolina League last year.
So, to answer your question, it's subjective and hard to tell just by looking at preseason rosters. You're never really sure who will emerge coming off their college season.
As for players from certain schools going to the East or West - it's all about relationships and what type of connections exist between programs and summer teams. Most of the western teams have great Division II and midwest contacts while the Eastern teams have ties with larger schools from name conferences.
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