Here are the top six pitchers by ERA in the Cape Cod League in 2012:
8 |
6 |
38.1 |
27 |
5 |
12 |
44 |
1.17 |
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9 |
8 |
51.2 |
21 |
7 |
7 |
85 |
1.22 |
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7 |
7 |
36.2 |
42 |
9 |
7 |
38 |
2.21 |
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23 |
0 |
51.1 |
38 |
13 |
15 |
56 |
2.28 |
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7 |
7 |
38.1 |
29 |
10 |
7 |
47 |
2.35 |
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8 |
7 |
43.0 |
36 |
13 |
8 |
41 |
2.72 |
Aaron Blair - RHP, is a draft eligible junior out of Marshall University. He's a 4 pitch pitcher who can touch 97 MPH. He's a big arm who saved his best work for the Cape Cod league. He would be a prototypical Cardinals selection. Seems like a late 1st, early 2nd round selection.
Sean Manaea - LHP, is a draft eligible junior of of Indiana University. He's awesome, lefthanded and pitched amazingly on the cape. Forget about him, Cardinals fans, he's going in the top 5-10 in the 2012 draft.
AJ Reed - LHP, is a sophomore and a 2014 draft prospect out of University of Kentucky.
Ryan Connolly - RHP, is a bullpen specialist, a senior of out Coastal Carolina University. He's a submarine pitcher. I want the Cardinals to draft him in the 3-10 rounds as a senior sign just because I'd (selfishly) love to have a submariner in the Cardinals organization.
Tom Windle - LHP, is a draft eligible Junior out of the University of Minnesota. He looks to be a late 1st round prospect. Minor League Ball has a scouting report on him, but he only started 4 games for Minnesota in 2012, so we will see which teams project him as a starter and draft him in the first round accordingly.
Craig Schlitter - RHP, is a draft eligible Junior out of Bryant University. Bryant is a small school, however it just made the jump to Division I. On the Cape, "the league's hitters have carried an OPS+ of roughly 48; they been 52% worse than average when forced to face him. On a similar note, Schlitter's ERA+ is approximately 301, or 301% better than league average." His twitter handle of @imtheschlitt is a fantastic embrace of his potentially awkward last name. Seems like a good under the radar selection, but with such a good performance on the Cape, he will not be under the radar for long.