Arizona State’s Seth Blair had two pretty awesome summers in Cotuit. In fact, you could argue that no pitcher in his class had a better two-year run on the Cape. He went 4-1 with a 1.72 ERA in 2008 and authored one of the best single pitching performances of the summer. Last year, he went 3-2 with a 2.75 ERA and two complete games. It always seemed like he was steady with one or two eye-catching performances every year.
It was hard to tell if anyone noticed, though. He made the All-Star team in 2008 and got lit up in the game; he didn’t make it in 2009. In both years, he was nowhere to be found on Baseball America’s list of the top 30 Cape prospects.
These days, Blair is consistently turning in eye-catching performances. He has become Arizona State’s Friday starter and he’s 8-0 with a 2.79 ERA. In 71 innings, he has 70 strikeouts and only 16 walks.
Baseball America now says Blair is rising up draft boards. The article is subscription only, but the gist is that Blair has gotten steadily better every season and is now a legitimate prospect. Earlier in the year, his fastball hit 97.