Category: 2013 Spotlight

Few two-way college players pull full-time double duty when they get to Cape Cod. If the first few weeks of the 2013 college baseball season are any indication, Texas A&M’s Daniel Mengden might be hard to keep off the field.

Mengden, who is on the Cotuit roster for 2013, is off to a roaring start for the Aggies. At the plate, the sophomore is hitting .348 with a .484 on-base percentage. He’s been even better on the mound, where he’s started two games and is 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA. Mengden has struck out 10 and walked only one in 12.2 innings of work.

Mengden pitched in various roles for A&M as a freshman last year, starting the year as a closer before finishing strong as a starter. He then pitched out of the bullpen and delivered a strong showing as a catcher in the California Collegiate League last summer. Baseball America tabbed him as the league’s second-best prospect.

The first weekend of the college baseball season in the books, and plenty of impressive showings have been turned in around the country. One of the best pitching performances belongs to Loyola Marymount’s Trevor Megill, who’s slated to play for Orleans this summer.

Megill, a WCC all-freshman performer last year, he didn’t disappoint in his 2013 debut. Facing Utah on Saturday, Megill tossed seven innings of two-hit, shutout baseball in a 1-0 win. He struck out 11 while walking just two.

Megill checks in at 6’8, 235 pounds. Out of high school, he was ranked 76th in his class and he enrolled early at Loyola Marymount. As a freshman last year, he went 5-8 with a 3.57 ERA while leading the Lions in strikeouts. He finished the year with a K/9 rate of 8.14.

If Saturday is any indication, Megill may be well on his way to even bigger things this season.