Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Brownsburg grads and the MLB draft

Brownsburg baseball has had recent success in the MLB draft, so here is an update on how they are doing.

Drew Storen - Has pitched in 19 games for the MLB Washington Nationals. He is 2-1 with a 1.83 ERA. He is part of a decent young pitching staff. Five of the 6 pitchers in the starting rotation are under the age of 26. Only 5 of the 15 pitchers that see most of the action are over 27 years old. Drew is pitching well and if the team can start hitting and fielding like a major league ball club, they could contend for the NL East in a few years.

Lance Lynn - Lance is struggling at AAA Memphis this year. All of his peripheral numbers are about league average. He is 5-6 with a 5.81 ERA. Lance has given up 11 home runs in 89 innings. His last three starts have been really bad. In those starts, he has thrown 12-1/3 innings and given up 22 earned runs. But, it is not all bad.....He is only 23 years old in a league where the average player is 27. He may spend another year at AAA next year, but he should have a chance at a big league roster spot in 2012.

Tucker Barnhart - Tucker just started his season at Rookie League Billings for the Reds farm team. Through 4 games, Barnhart is batting .214. However, just like Lance Lynn he is playing against much older players. Barnhart is 19 years old in a league that averages 21 years of age.

1 comment:

impurple said...

and don't forget the one BHS grad that was drafted for a post NCAA basketball tryout too.