Duke Baseball - 2009 Thread

[shoutingncu]

Maybe. But keep in mind that the ACC had four teams in the CWS in 2006 and came up empty.

I was in Chapel Hill last weekend and the baby blue looked really good, Virginia is playing as well as anyone in the country and what Florida State did to Ohio State is illegal in most states.

Since this got bumped up with the draft info, thought I'd update the post season, as well.

unc continues its run at Buffalo Bills status, and UVa makes good and advances to their first ever CWS. Florida State and Clemson, unfortunately for the ACC, fell short.

[dukebsbll14]

Congratulations to the following Duke Baseball players on being selected in the 2009 MLB Draft:

Nate Freiman-San Diego Padres

Andrew Wolcott-Arizona Diamondbacks

Matt Williams-Chicago Cubs

Alex Hassan- Boston Red Sox (ugh...please come back for senior season like Nate did)


Congrats to those guys (and to the incoming frosh that I didn't mention. But please, come to school!)

[jimsumner]

From Duke SID

"Duke freshman center fielder Will Piwnica-Worms was named to the All-Ping! Freshman Baseball Team, Ping!Baseball announced Thursday.

A third team selection, Piwnica-Worms was the only ACC outfielder that appeared on the national all-freshman squad. He is the second Blue Devil in the past three seasons to appear on the All-Ping! Freshman Team, joining junior Michael Seander, who earned the recognition in 2007.

A 6-2, 195 pound native of St. Louis, Mo. (Ladue Horton Watkins), Piwnica-Worms started all 59 games in center field for Duke. He batted .317 with 13 doubles, four triples and three home runs while ending the season on a 57-game errorless streak.

Piwnica-Worms took little time to adjust in his first season and finished with 24 multi-hit games, which ranked second on the team. Twelve of those multi-hit efforts came in a 16-game span from March 20 to April 8 in which he batted .426 with six doubles, 15 RBI and his first career homer, which he knocked out in a series win against No. 1 North Carolina."

[-bdbd]

Sounds like a Duke recruit was drafted fairly highly. He must be pretty darned good, if the article is right and they have low odds to sign SS/P Stroman, then the Nats wasting a round-18 pick on a "long shot" signee makes a pretty good statement.

Gotta love the tone of the write-up -- he's committed to Duke, therefore is a long-shot to forgo college... Nats didn't draft many HS players this year, as part of their new strategy, so this furthers the statement being made about Stroman. Future looks good for Duke Baseball with recruits like this coming in.


From a Washington Nationals fan website called Nationals Farm Authority:

Round 18: With the 532nd pick, the Nationals select Marcus Stroman NY HS SS … from BA “Scouts love two-way talent Marcus Stroman, but he’s a Duke signee and stands just 5-foot-9, so don’t expect a club to make a serious run at him this year. A switch-hitter with plus speed and good hands at shortstop, Stroman will play both ways for the Blue Devils; scouts prefer him on the mound. He has an electric arm and throws strikes with a 90-93 mph fastball and an excellent hammer curveball.”

[dukebsbll14]

3 more Duke players drafted.

Here's the article:
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.db...ATCLID=3749231

[Inonehand]

3 more Duke players drafted.

Here's the article:
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.db...ATCLID=3749231

What an impressive 3 days of the MLB draft for Duke Baseball! Will help recruiting certainly. 4 seniors (Hillier recruits, McNally developees), 3 juniors (all McNally's) and 3 incoming freshmen. We will probably lose the catcher...33rd overall pick is HUGE money for a high school guy. But two big time arms.