UCLA sophomore Trevor Bauer, one of the best pitchers in the nation, is no longer on the Yarmouth-Dennis roster. If that holds, it’s a huge loss. Bauer likely would have been the top incoming pitching prospect in the league. He’s 9-3 this year with a 2.95 ERA and 116 strikeouts in 94.2 innings. He ranks sixth in the nation in strikeouts and is tops among sophomores. He’s got three more than his highly-touted teammate Gerrit Cole.
In other changes, Vanderbilt’s Regan Flaherty, Kansas’ Lee Ridenhour and LeMoyne’s Jerome Werniuk are also no longer on the roster. There are three additions: NC State’s Cory Mazzoni, Stanford’s Brett Mooneyham and Florida’s Tommy Toledo. Mooneyham was one of the top lefties in the country coming out of high school two years ago but was considered unsignable because of his commitment to Stanford. Mooneyham has a 4.82 ERA this season as a sophomore. He has struck out 87 in 74.2 innings but he has also walked 57.
That’s a big hit for Y-D. If they could’ve gotten both him and Meyer (Kentucky) to the Cape they would’ve been really tough, especially come playoff time. I wonder if this is like the Ranaudo situation last summer where they were concerned about the amount of innings he’s thrown/going to throw?
C.J. Cron (Utah) popped up on the Cotuit roster the other day. All of a sudden, Cotuit has 5 guys slated for the Team USA trials according to their website. Chatham also released the contract of Patrick Johnson (UNC), who was a pretty serviceable starter for them last summer.