Some new guys... http://www.news-leader.com/article/...baseball-signs-3--including-Kickham-s-brother “We have to get physical positionally and we did that with the position guys we signed,” MSU coach Keith Guttin said. “That’s what we need.”
Really like the transition to more juco position players. You would expect more power numbers (2 Hrs each) from both of those players with that kind of size. I can't find any numbers for Hardy from his Fr year at crowder. Makes me think he transferred from somewhere.
I heard that we offered last week, but didn't want to post until it was official, but Seth Conner from Rogersville is signing with the Bears on Friday. Personally, I think he's better than Drake on defense and he's a very good hitter as well.
another great get. good size too. We have yet to sign any position players under 6-0 tall for next year. will play for Nationals Blue with Drake this summer. Love the size we are bringing in.
http://www.news-leader.com/article/...SPORTS/Blue-Eye-s-Campbell-puts-on-power-show Rogersville High School senior Seth Conner will sign Friday to play baseball at Missouri State. Conner, a shortstop, is hitting .565 with nine home runs this season for the Wildcats (14-2). "He's always worked hard, but between his junior and senior year it was just like everything clicked," Rogersville coach Brad Lotz said. "He just has a crazy work ethic. All he does is hits and lifts, hits and lifts."
http://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=253626 Most of what I have found list him at 6-1 200 - 205
Position player signings Spiker Helms 6-0 190 SS Conor Smith 6-2 220 Ca , 1B Patrick Drake 6-3 185 SS Derek Mattea 6-2 210 OF Kyle Hardy 6-3 220 1B,3B Seth Conner 6-1 205 SS
Seth is a really good kid too, so that's always a plus. He might end up at 3B when it's said and done.
+3, he's a 3B'man (which we need). We've had a lot of team defections, and these guys will help fill the voids. It's good to see the coaches admit we need more size. I'd like to see us land one marquee hitter to bring it all together (and then hope they make it through the draft).
updated stats Mattea (OF) .374, 198 ABs, 10 2Bs, 9 3Bs, 8 HRs, 50 R, 53 RBIs, 31 K, 12-12 SB, 5 assists, 0 Errors Kickham (closer) 3-3, 3.48, 33.2 IP, 35 H, 15 BB, 39 K, 12 save Hardy (3B,1B) .414, 111 ABs, 13 2Bs, 1 3B, 6 HR, 34 R, 42 RBI, 4 errors Helms (SS) .367, 199 ABs, 12 2Bs, 5 3Bs, 4 HRs, 66 R, 43 RBI, 10 errors Conor Smith (Ca,1B) .329, 73 AB, 7 2B, 7 HRs, 14 R, 24 RBI, 0 errors Swafford (P) 4-3, 6.03, 37.1 IP, 34 H, 28 BB, 44 Ks, Crowder advanced to juco sectionals if they win they go to the juco world series. I found 4 boxscores on Ryan Hafner he went 2-0 and hit 2 Hrs in those. Drake hurt his hand but came back quickly. For the record Preston Aldridge finished at .329 10 HRs 0 errors and 2 OF assists
Fwiw, the guy on sports reporters expected Seth Cooper to sign pro. However, I used to coach with the Rogersville legion team, and his father values education highly, and I've heard he would need to be drafted pretty highly to forego college.
crowder plays iowa western at 7:30 MDT on Sun all games are being video and audio broadcast for free at the previous link I posted.
Iowa Western 12 Crowder 0 Hardy 0-2, HBP Seifert 2-4, 2 R Crowder 19 Faulkner St 18 Hardy 3-6, 3 R, 4 RBIs Kickham 1.2 IP, 4 H, O ER, BB, K, Win
