This week’s preview is going to be a bit different instead of an in-depth look at 1 tournament or group of games we are going to give a “Quick” Insight into some of the top series going on across the country due to the lack of time this week to get stuff done. 

Central Arizona (4-0) vs Salt Lake (3-3)

This is going to be a potential Western District Title/Post Season Match-up as well as a Pre-Season Top 50 Match-up

Top Bats

Central Arizona

Name/Pos Stats Commitment
JD McLaughlin (OF)  .538/.563/.769, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 6 R, 5 SB
Preston Godfrey (OF) .444/.500/1.00, 2 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R
Dayton Dooney (INF) .333/.412/.933, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 3 R Tennessee
Kiko Romero (OF/C) .182/.400/.636, 1 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, 1 SB

Salt Lake

“We are excited to get out and play Central! There will be a lot of quality baseball played on both sides this weekend. Also there is no better way to develop a team that has postseason expectations than hitting the road against a solid program.   Will be a fun 3 days.” Head Coach 

DG Nelson

Name/Pos Stats Commitment
Sean Keating  .471/.500/.824, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 3 R
Jake Herman (C) .333/.529/.750, 2 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, 1 SB
Dalton Hodge (OF) .364/.500/.818, 1 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 5 R, 
John Taylor (INF) .375/.412/..375, 4 RBI, 3 R

Projected Pitching Match-Ups 

Central Arizona Salt Lake
Game 1 Mat Olsen (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 20.25 K/9) (Arizona State Commit) Fynn Chester (1-0, 3.60 ERA, 9.00 K/9)
Game 2 Tyler Woessner (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 12.60 K/9)(Hope International Commit) Jake Wilson (0-0, 1.93 ERA, 3.86 K/9)
Game 3 Hunter Omlid (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 19.29 K/9) Breck Eichelberger (1-0, 27.00 ERA, 9.00 K/9) (Abilene Christian Commit)
Game 4 Daniel Davila (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 7.20 K/9) Daxton Purser (0-1, 20.25 ERA, 10.13 K/9)

St. Petersburg (4-2) vs Eastern Florida State (4-6)

Out in florida this is going to be an interesting Matchup. Both teams are generally middle of the pack in Florida but with the amount of talent on both sides this is going to say a lot about whoever comes out on top. 

Top Bats

St. Petersburg

Name/Pos Stats Commitment
Jonathan Alonso  .526/.524/.737, 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 1 R Eckerd
Gabriel Rincones (OF) .474/.600/1.00, 1 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 7 R Florida Atlantic
Christian Rivera (C) .333/.409/.722, 1 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 6 R Erskine
Justin Turk (OF) .294/.478/.412, 1 3B, 7 R

Eastern Florida State

Name/Pos Stats Commitment
Garrett Evans (INF/OF) .314/.457/.457, 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 11 R, 2 SB
Kaeber Rog (INF) .389/.463/.556, 3 2B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 5 R, 1 SB
Connor Leary (INF) .304/.515/.304, 4 RBI, 5 R, 3 SB
Nathan Housen (OF) .257/.316/.400, 2 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 4 R, 1 SB

Projected Pitching Match-Ups

St. Petersburg Eastern Florida State
Game 1 Mike Rodriguez (1-0, 3.86 ERA, 14.14 K/9) Chase Victor (1-2, 5.56 ERA, 9.53 K/9)
Game 2 Ivan Martinez (1-0, 12.00 ERA, 12.00 K/9) Tyler Vogel (1-0, .82 ERA, 11.45 K/9)
Game 3 Channing Young (0-0, 6.43 ERA, 7.71 K/9) JT Larson (0-0, 1.08 ERA, 7.56 K/9)

Capital City Bank Classic

Top Bats

St. Johns River (8-3)

Name/Pos Stats Commitment
Kyle Smith (C) .417/.543/.667, 6 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 13 R, 1 SB
J.J. Sousa (OF) .429/.500/.600, 3 2B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 10 R, 1 SB
Chase Malloy (INF) .375/.535/.594, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 16 R, 6 SB
Tripp McKinlay (INF) .290/.405/.516, 1 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 8 R, 2 SB

Pasco Hernando (5-7)

Name/Pos Stats Commitment
Matthew Coker (INF) .442/.482/.673, 3 2B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 15 R, 7 SB
Jackson Ross (INF) .375/.545/.750, 4 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 10 R, 15 BB, 2 SB Florida Atlantic
Jack Burke (OF) .364/.442/.682, 5 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 10 R, 4 SB
Jermaine White (OF) .341/.434/.409, 3 2B, 3 RBI, 11 R, 3 SB

Pensacola State (4-5)

Name/Pos Stats Commitment
Anthony Notaro (C/1B) .357/.486/.464, 3 2B, 6 RBI, 4 R, 1 SB
Bayron Acevedo (OF) .333/.407/.583, 3 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 7 R, 5 SB
Brayden Morrow (3B) .242/.324/.303, 2 2B, 7 RBI, 3 R
Alec Gonzalez (MIF) .214/.313/.286, 2 2B, 6 RBI, 4 R, 2 SB

State College of Florida (7-5)

Name/Pos Stats Commitment
Tucker Mitchell (C) .345/.525/.552, 6 2B, 6 RBI, 9 R
Jack Anderson (C/UT) .313/.410/.500, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 7 R, 1 SB
Owen Ayers (C/OF) .279/.354/.395, 2 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 6 R, 1 SB
Brayden Woodburn (INF/OF) .118/.362/.265, 1 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 8 R, 12 BB, 1 SB

Gulf Coast (7-1)

Name/Pos Stats Commitment
Josiah Miller (INF) .407/.448/.741, 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 6 R, 1 SB
Colton Hipp (SS) .417/.533/.792, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 9 R, 1 SB
Mason Smith (OF) .538/.650/1.00, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 5 R, 2 SB
Max Ryerson (1B/OF) .304/.484/.565, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 5 R Georgia State

Schedule/Projected Pitching Match-Ups

Home Team Visiting Team Innings
Thur 5:00 St. Johns River  Pasco-Hernando 9 Inn
Friday 11:00 Pensacola Pasco-Hernando (Justin Stewart) 9 Inn
Friday 2:00 St. Johns River (Jason Gonzalez) Pensacola 7 Inn
Friday 5:00 Gulf Coast State College of Florida 9 Inn
Sat 10:00 St. Johns River (Dawson Gause, LSU Commit) Pensacola 7 Inn
Sat 12:30 State College of Florida Pensacola 7 Inn
Sat 3:30 St. Johns River (Heston Mosley) State College of Florida 7 Inn
Sat 6:00 Gulf Coast Pasco-Hernando (Bryce Leonhardt) 9 Inn
Sun 12:00 St. Johns River Gulf Coast 9 Inn

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