I may have jumped the gun on Touki, but I didn't see him repeat anything when I saw him pitch. But, he was/is new to the game.

They may play Rita this week, after two weeks of games have been cancelled. But I sincerely doubt it as I haven't seen 46+ degrees in a forecast for next week yet. Even worse, their lakefront home field still has a foot of snow on the foul lines and behind the plate.

Who in the hell has actually gotten games in around here? Even today?

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Jeff Hoffman had another lackluster outing against a team he should dominate. His velocity was still down a tick as he sat 92-94 and topped at 95. 7 IP 6 H 3 ER 2 BB 2 K's

Aaron Nola threw another good game but didn't have his usual pinpoint command. Nola sat 91- 93 and topped at 94. 6 IP 2 H 0 ER 4 BB 8 K's

Brandon Finnegan had another dominating game sitting 91-95 and topping at 96. 7 IP 3 H 0 ER 2 BB 10 K's. On the season Finnegan has 9 BB's and 65 K's in 44 innings of work.

C Max Pentecost has broken out of his early season slump. Thru 26 games Pentecost is hitting .333/.408/.481 with 10 doubles 2 HR's and 18 RBI

OF Bradley Zimmer is on fire. Thru 21 games the athletic Zimmer is hitting .427/.474/.697 with 5 HR's 19 RBI's and 11 SB's.

LHP Sean Newcomb had another stellar outing on Saturday. 8 IP 4 H 0 ER 3 BB 7 K's. The big lefty has yet to give up an earned run thru 32.2 IP. He's allowed 14 hits 0 extra base hits 15 BB's and 38 K's.

Virginia High School RHP Jacob Bukauskas (Jr) has been reclassified and is now draft eligible this year. In his first start of the season Bukauskas sat 93-97 and topped at 98. Bukauskas strengthens and already amazing group of draft eligible High School pitchers. Bukauskas is committed to the University of North Carolina.

The National High School Invitational is underway in North Carolina but potential first rounder Dylan Cease (GA) will not be participating due to a sore elbow. Cease has been up to 98 this spring.

Touki sat 91-94 and topped at 95. His line read 6+IP 1 H 0 ER 5 BB 12 K's. He threw 116 pitches.

SS Trea Turner hit his 4th home run of the season. He's now hitting .315/.387/.478 with 7 stolen bases in 9 attempts.

OF Bradley Zimmer hit his 6th home run.

HS LHP Mac Marshall sat 88-91 and topped at 92. He also showed his above average curveball and plus changeup. 7 IP 4 H 0 ER 1 BB 6 K's.

If only the Cubs could get their hands on some young pitching.

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They easily could but they prefer not to so they'll draft a high school catcher(ish) with the 4th pick.

HS RHP Tyler Kolek sat 96-98 and topped at 99. He also featured a wipeout slider while striking out 13 in 5 innings of work.

HS RHP Grant Holmes sat 92-95 and topped at 96. Holmes also had his 80-82 hammer curveball working. 7 IP 2 H 0 ER 16 K's

Video of Alex Jackson hitting his 40th career home run.

https://t.co/cBWT2ZKoA4

HS LHP Brady Aiken threw a no hitter last night. He topped at 94 while walking 1 and striking out 10.

Tyler Beede made a nice recovery after a bumpy start. He sat 91-93 and topped at 95 with his 80 mph hammer curveball and plus changeup. 8 IP 5 H 4 ER 2 BB 6 K's

Jeff Hoffman had his most dominate outing of the season against Rice. He sat 95-97 and topped at 98. He also had excellent command of his plus curveball and plus change. 8 IP 7 H 1 ER 1 BB 7 K's

Carlos Rodon had another rough outing and may have lost his ironclad grip on 1-1. Rodon sat 91-93 and topped at 95. 8 IP 11 H 3 ER 0 BB 5 K's.

HS LHP Mac Marshall was up to 95 in his last outing. Marshall has yet to give up an earned run in 33 innings of work and has struck out 48.

Indiana's two big boppers are really starting to hit.

C Kyle Schwarber: .333/.437/.553 5 HR's 16 RBI 19 BB's 12 K's

1B Sam Travis (Providence): .383/.446/.522 2 HR's 26 RBI 11 BB's 12 K's

HS LHP Brady Aiken topped at 96 last night. 5.1 IP 6 H 2 ER 1 BB 8 K's

Tyler Kolek surrendered his first earned run of the season. In 33.1 IP he has 75 strike outs and 3 walks.

Keyser,
I caught the tail end of something on the radio and am not sure about it.
They were talking about a kid that threw a perfect seven inning game.
He struck out all 21 he faced and only threw 84 pitches.
I thought they said it was college.
Do you know anything?

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It was a high school kid out east, first ever varsity start. My son was telling me about it.

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Right. He's a high school junior from New York named Mike Delio. Pretty amazing accomplishment.

His name is Steve Nebraska. They made a movie about it already.

http://canadajournal.net/sports/mike-de ... 5669-2014/

Best part:

He said he didn’t feel nervous entering the game but began to in the later innings, especially on a bunt attempt that went foul with one out in the sixth.

Verlander would have called that bush league!

My son asked me why somebody wouldn't have bunted, and I told him because back when I played your buddy coming up next would have gotten ear-holed. Don't know if that would still go on today or not.

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BA updated their top 50 draft prospects. I'm not ready to move Rodon out of the top spot but it would be nice if he started dominating like he has in the past.

1. Brady Aiken lhp Cathedral Catholic HS, San Diego
2. Tyler Kolek rhp Shepherd (Texas) HS
3. Carlos Rodon lhp N.C. State
4. Alex Jackson c/of Rancho Bernardo HS, Escondido
5. Jeff Hoffman rhp East Carolina
6. Tyler Beede rhp Vanderbilt
7. Aaron Nola rhp Louisiana State
8. Nick Gordon ss Olympia HS Orlando
9. Kyle Freeland lhp Evansville
10. Bradley Zimmer of San Francisco
11. Trea Turner ss N.C. State
12. Brandon Finnegan lhp TCU
13. Touki Toussaint rhp Coral Springs Christian HS, Miami
14. Erick Fedde rhp UNLV
15. Grant Holmes rhp Conway (S.C.) HS
16. Jacob Gatewood ss Clovis (Calif.) HS
17. Michael Conforto of Oregon State
18. Kyle Schwarber c Indiana
19. Sean Newcomb lhp Hartford
20. Monte Harrison of Lee’s Summit West (Mo.) HS
21. Sean Reid-Foley rhp Sandalwood HS, Jacksonville, Fla.
22. Braxton Davidson 1b/of Roberson HS, Asheville, N.C.
23. Michael Chavis 3b/2b Sprayberry HS, Marietta, Ga.
24. Forrest Wall 2b Orangewood Christian HS, Winter Park, Fla.
25. Max Pentecost c Kennesaw State
26. Spencer Adams rhp White County HS, Cleveland
27. Michael Gettys of Gainesville (Ga.) HS
28. Nick Burdi rhp Louisville
29. Kodi Medeiros lhp Waiakea HS Hilo, Hawaii
30. Casey Gillespie 1b Wichita State
31. Jacob Bukauskas rhp Stone Bridge HS Ashburn, Va.
32. Mike Papi of/1b Virginia
33. Mac Marshall lhp Parkview HS, Lilburn, Ga.
34. Luke Weaver rhp Florida State
35. Matt Imhof lhp Cal Poly
36. Milton Ramos ss American Heritage HS, Hialeah Gardens, Fla.
37. Marcus Wilson of Junipero Serra HS, Los Angeles
38. Derek Hill of Elk Grove (Calif.) HS
39. Derek Fisher of Virginia
40. Luis Ortiz rhp Sanger (Calif.) HS
41. Alex Verdugo lhp/of Sahuaro HS, Tucson, Ariz.
42. Michael Kopech rhp Mount Pleasant (Texas) HS
43. Scott Blewitt rhp Baker HS, Baldwinsville, N.Y.
44. Foster Griffin lhp The First Academy, Orlando
45. J.J. Schwarz c Palm Beach (Fla.) Gardens HS
46. Taylor Sparks 3b UC Irvine
47. Cam Varga rhp Cincinnati Hills Academy, Ohio
48. Joseph Gatto rhp St. Augustine Prep, Hammonton, N.J.
49. Chris Oliver rhp Arkansas
50. Jake Stinnett rhp Maryland

Keyser, do you see Schwarber being a star in the big leagues?

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He's got a chance because he's gonna hit. The big question with him is if he can stay behind the plate or if he's a 1B/DH.

Carlos Rodon got back on track tonight. He sat 94-96 and touched 98. He got 20 swings and misses on his wipeout slider. His 133rd pitch of the evening was 95. 7.2 IP 6 H 1 ER 3 BB 12 K's.

Tyler Beede with another rough start. The command he showed early in the season has disappeared. 5 IP 9 H 4 ER 4 BB 4 K's

Aaron Nola was brilliant again. He sat 91-94 and topped at 95. 7 IP 4 H 2 ER 2 BB 13 K's

Kyle Freeland is rocketing up draft boards after another dominate performance. In 57 innings of work Freeland has 75 strikeouts and only 4 walks. 8 IP 4 H 0 ER 0 BB 15 K's

Jeff Hoffman had his second straight encouraging start. 6.1 IP 8 H 2 ER 0 BB 4 K's

HS LHP Brady Aiken sat 91-94 in his start yesterday. His defense made 5 errors and he reached his pitch count early. 4.2 IP 4 H 4 R 0 ER 2 BB 11 K's.