We have been posting recaps of the weekend action every Monday, taking a look at the top prospects in this year’s draft class. The Pittsburgh Pirates have the first overall pick in the July draft, which is why we have a special mid-week recap this week.
The mid-week games are fairly easy to ignore for the college season. If you’re following a hitter from a major school, the competition in the mid-week game is usually a filler team. Not only that, you’re seeing the non-weekend starting pitchers, making it tough to take anything of value from the game. That’s why we focus on the weekend games here for college players.
This post is really just to tell you about the must see TV on Thursday night. Tennessee is on the road taking on LSU. The two highest rated pitchers right now in this draft class will be facing each other. Chase Dollander goes for Tennessee, while Paul Skenes will be on the mound for LSU.
Dollander hasn’t had the best results this year, but he’s dominated in the past, and it’s his stuff on the mound that has him ranked so high. Skenes has been beyond dominating this year, so facing Tennessee will be a great test.
It goes beyond the great pitching match-up, as top ranked draft prospect Dylan Crews is an outfielder for LSU. Crews and Dollander were 1/2 in the draft rankings for some people coming into the year.
So if you’re interested in following the draft, then this is the game for you to watch. It happens to fall on Opening Day for the big league season, but the Pirates game should be over before this game starts at 8 PM (Eastern time) on ESPNU.
You’ve got Skenes and Dollander both facing strong opponents. You have a pitching match-up of the guys who could be the top two pitchers in this draft. You have Crews facing the best pitcher he will see. It’s all there for you.
Here’s the recap of Tuesday’s action for the three players we follow who were in action.
Crews faced Grambling State in his game. He went 2-for-2 with two singles, two runs scored and a walk, before his team cleared off the bench in the fourth inning of a one-sided game. That brought him up to a .542 average in 25 games, with ten doubles, nine homers and 27 walks.
Jacob Gonzalez and Ole Miss were supposed to face Southern Miss on Tuesday, but that game was canceled. They actually played into the fourth inning, but the field was in such bad condition that the game was stopped and called off.
Jacob Wilson had a solid opponent in Arizona on Tuesday. He went 2-for-3 with two singles, three walks, one run and one RBI. Wilson has struck out just four times in 107 plate appearances.
