10 headed to Cape

[57stratdawg]

Pretty impressive for a roster that just got gutted to some degree.

We have a chance to be very good on the mound next year and absolutely loaded in 2018.

 

[engie]

Yep, will be closely monitored... Just goes to show the young talent we had this year that mostly went under the radar as the juniors stepped up.

 

[MSUDC11]

Awesome. Anyone got the list of who we are sending? Can't seem to find it anywhere.

 

[hullabaloodog]

I looked at the rosters earlier today.

Mangum, Marrero, Breaux, Pilkington, Rooker, Gridley, Barlow, Padgett, Rigby and Small.

 

[57stratdawg]

Surprised Barlow made it. I know he was very highly regarded out of HS.

 

[121Josey]

Impressive. What's the criteria for acceptance into the league?

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Availability the 3rd weekend of June **

 

[MSUDC11]

Mangum, Marrero, Breaux, Pilkington, Rooker, Gridley, Barlow, Padgett, Rigby and Small.

We are going to be ridiculous on the mound in the next couple of years. Especially out of the bullpen. People don't realize that with the juniors we are losing, but the 2015 class was loaded.

Happy to see Gridley make that list. He seems like a veteran but in reality he was only a sophomore this year. He had a decent year and has room to improve and become .320 to .330 type hitter for us.

 

[121Josey]

Availability the 3rd weekend of June **

+1

 

[CadaverDawg]

Mangum, Marrero, Breaux, Pilkington, Rooker, Gridley, Barlow, Padgett, Rigby and Small.

Where did you see the rosters/list? Would you mind linking it? Thx

 

[engie]

Impressive. What's the criteria for acceptance into the league?

Must have college eligibility remaining basically. Each Cape team picks their own players on their own criteria, usually through a network of mlb scouts. It generally ends up being the best/most mlb-projectable talent in college though.

Playing there is roughly equivalent to playing in the SEC. It's not perfect science, but how players progress there has a really high rate of translating to what they do when they come back to college. A lot of individual instruction there with the best coaches in the world not confined to practice time limits, etc. Alot of stuff gets figured out during the summer up there.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Poeple don't

give Gridley enough credit, because he batted 8th and wasn't a .350 hitter, but that guy was very crucial to our team. He was a freaking vacuum at SS. He was probably one of the best defensive SS we've had in the past (nearly) 20 years. There was never a time a ball was hit to him where I was concerned.

 

[messageboardsuperhero]

I would imagine Parker Ford would have been on this list too if not for tommy john. A little surprised neither Alexander or Stovall got picked up, but not totally shocked. Keep your eyes out for a JC signee or two to make a Cape Cod roster at some point this summer as well.

Last year we had 7-8 and that was a great summer turnout- this year we'll have 10+. Not saying next season will be a repeat of this one, but the talent is there to be very good for the foreseeable future.

 

[DudyDog]

Engie....you mentioned that they would get world class instruction while in the cape. Question for you...where do these coaches come from? Do they coach other teams outside of the Cape? Do they only coach summers at the Cape? Just curious as to who they are and where they come from. Thanks.

 

[engie]

Ron Polk...Alot of those older types of semi-retired guys who have been passed by modern recruiting, but can teach the specifics of the game as well as anybody without a whole bunch of distractions. And a lot of "lower level legends" -- Kinnison types -- along with lower level guys just breaking into coaching. Those teams have 5-6 coaches each, so the instruction is very specialized. Kinda the first transition from the college to the major league model...

We have specific specialists we line up with guys to work on specific things, but Todd is probably the best one to get into those specifics. As closely as I do follow, it's still not quite that closely.

 

[hullabaloodog]

I had to go team by team

Where did you see the rosters/list? Would you mind linking it? Thx

http://capecodbaseball.org/teams/ccbl/

 

[Digging dog]

We have a chance to be very good on the mound next year and absolutely loaded in 2018.[/QUOTE]

I'm always on a mountain when I fall. **

 

[messageboardsuperhero]

Make it 11 confirmed. Paul Young got picked up by Brewster.

About half of our returning roster will be on the cape this summer, and it would have been more if not for injuries and Jack Kruger playing in California (which I assume was his decision).