Duke in Pro Baseball 2017 Edition

[CDu]

Still waiting for Bailey Clark to get his assignment with the Cubs. I was thinking South Bend, but with each passing day it is seeming more like a return to Eugene.

[awhom111]

Dennis O'Grady has returned from a long injury layoff and is playing Independent ball with Long Island in the Atlantic League.

[awhom111]

Brian McAfee comes off the DL, but James Marvel was put on it.

[skidevil]

Sarkis Ohanian started his season at High A Daytona after the Reds assigned him there.

Nate Freiman is trying the independent route again, re-joining Long Island in the Atlantic League.

Ohanian has 20 strikeouts in his last 10 innings.

[skidevil]

Still waiting for Bailey Clark to get his assignment with the Cubs. I was thinking South Bend, but with each passing day it is seeming more like a return to Eugene.

Apparently stayed at ST due to a bit of tendonitis. should be assigned soon.

[awhom111]

Nate Freiman was traded to Puebla a few weeks ago.

James Marvel is off the DL, but Sarkis Ohanian was put on it recently.

[awhom111]

The MLB Draft starts on Monday with MLB Network having coverage starting at 7pm ET. It is not as big a deal for Duke compared to last year, but there should still be good news for Duke players.

[awhom111]

Justin Bellinger was picked in the 22nd Round at 647 overall by the Reds. James Ziemba was picked later in the round at 655 by the Angels. Jimmy Herron was picked in the 31st Round at 932 overall by the Yankees.

Two signees were picked in the 38th Round as the A's picked Wil Hoyle 1131st overall and then the Tigers picked Steve Mann 1145th overall. That looks to be far enough back that we should expect them on campus.

[CDu]

Bailey Clark announced as part of the Eugene Emeralds (short-season A) roster for the Cubs. A bit disappointing for a college pitcher. For reference, their other top-10 picks have started at South Bend and Myrtle Beach.

Hope Clark tears it up and moves quickly to South Bend.

[awhom111]

Bailey Clark announced as part of the Eugene Emeralds (short-season A) roster for the Cubs. A bit disappointing for a college pitcher. For reference, their other top-10 picks have started at South Bend and Myrtle Beach.

Hope Clark tears it up and moves quickly to South Bend.

Bailey recently made his season debut for Eugene.

Kenny Koplove signed a minor league deal with the Marlins and they have him at the fantastically named (even by minor league standards) Batavia Muckdogs in Short Season A Ball.

The Angels signed James Ziemba and started him at their Rookie League affiliate in Orem.

[CDu]

Bailey recently made his season debut for Eugene.

Kenny Koplove signed a minor league deal with the Marlins and they have him at the fantastically named (even by minor league standards) Batavia Muckdogs in Short Season A Ball.

The Angels signed James Ziemba and started him at their Rookie League affiliate in Orem.

Koplove was a 17th round pick and now is hardly a prospect. Ziemba was a 22nd rounder in THIS year's draft. Those are appropriate short-season guys. Short-season is where you typically send guys you just drafted, high school arms, and roster filler.

It is disappointing for a fifth round pick in LAST year's draft to be repeating short-season ball. As I noted, none of their other picks in the top ten rounds of the 2016 MLB draft started this season below full-season A ball. And a few started in high A.

[awhom111]

Koplove was a 17th round pick and now is hardly a prospect. Ziemba was a 22nd rounder in THIS year's draft. Those are appropriate short-season guys. Short-season is where you typically send guys you just drafted, high school arms, and roster filler.

It is disappointing for a fifth round pick in LAST year's draft to be repeating short-season ball. As I noted, none of their other picks in the top ten rounds of the 2016 MLB draft started this season below full-season A ball. And a few started in high A.

Yeah, it's kind of sad that we may be able to see Clark at his best in the pros after not being able to see him at his best at Duke. Mike Matuella is also one who may not be able to get back to where people thought he would be before his injury.

[75Crazie]

Moderately interesting article on Marcus Stroman, including several Duke references: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...aign=editorial

[awhom111]

It's been a while since we have had transactions...

Brian McAfee has been in limbo for a while, but Tampa did release him. The Mariners signed him and started him at Everett in Short Season A ball.

Pittsburgh promoted James Marvel to High A Bradenton.

[CDu]

Clark struggling at Eugene. Despite being older than average for the league, and probably the highest-drafted player from the 2016 or earlier draft class in the league, he's sporting a 5.71 ERA and 1.76 WHIP over 9 starts.

Hope he gets things straightened out. He is behind in his development: he should have realistically been in low A ball this year rather than short-season ball. He needs to have a strong last two months and hopefully he can move more quickly through low-A next year. But, first things first, he needs to start getting hitters out in short-season ball.

[awhom111]

Just for CDu, Bailey was promoted to Low A South Bend, but with not much to show for it in his first start.

[CDu]

Just for CDu, Bailey was promoted to Low A South Bend, but with not much to show for it in his first start.

Yeah, it has been a disappointing season for Clark. He has battled control problems (32 walks in 48 innings) all season, while also getting hit a lot. His WHIP on the year is 1.747. Hopefully he rebounds next year.