David Phelps? Alan Phelps laughs. David Phelps will be fine. It's Alan's blood pressure that the family's trying to keep from boiling over.
"I talked to him a little bit (Wednesday)," Alan said of son David, the former Hazelwood (Mo.) West star who's slated to make his first major-league start tonight against the Kansas City Royals. "He's a pretty even-keeled person. Not a whole lot upsets him."
Papa Phelps, on the other hand, is getting a bit skittish. You'd blink funny, too, if your kid was pitching for the New York Yankees, and toeing the rubber less than four hours from his childhood home.
"Oh, yeah. Nervously excited. But as a father, you're always nervous," said Alan, one of a cadre of 20 or so family members and friends expected to be in attendance at Kauffman Stadium this evening. "It hasn't sunk in yet that he's starting for the Yankees. Even though I've seen him pitch a few times, it still hasn't sunk in yet."
The Phelps clan has been on a roll lately. David and wife Maria welcomed their first child, a daughter, on March 22. Shortly thereafter, the 6-foot-3 right-hander got the call to go north with the big club, initially slotted as long-relief help. Then came last weekend, which brought word that he was the first choice to replace struggling Freddy Garcia in the starting rotation.
"One of his concerns, early on, was, 'Am I going to get a good opportunity?' He was concerned because the Yankees will spend the money and go out and sign a free agent," recalled Butch Beiter, David's prep baseball coach. "If they've got a need, they have got a tendency to go buy (a pitcher). But then I got to talking with Alan, and Alan knew more than I did. He said the Yankees just don't rush their pitchers. So he's got a good opportunity there. And I think he'll do well."
A 14th-round draft choice out of Notre Dame in 2008, David's posted a 3.57 ERA over his first six appearances, allowing just 12 hits and fanning 14 in 17 2/3 innings. His four-seam fastball pops in the mid 90s, his two-seamer cracks the low 90s, and his curveball bites like a mosquito.
"I'm trying as much as I can to take it like it's any other game, but it's a big deal for me," The 25-year-old hurler told the New York Daily News. "It's going to be awesome to have family there. Hopefully, I'll go out and do what I've been doing."
With Andy Pettitte expected to rejoin the rotation later this month, the younger Phelps is probably just holding serve until the cavalry arrives. But if he can go out there and put on a show, who knows?
"It's hard to explain," Alan said. "Anything David can put his mind to, David's going to be able to do. He's that type of kid."
He's the type of kid who respects authority, even when authority goes out and shoots itself in the foot. Beiter likes to tell the story about this time at districts, when Phelps was an underclassman and would have to be pushed up a day or two ahead of his normal rest in order to take the mound. Beiter was ready to do it -- "We didn't have a whole lot behind him at that point in time," the coach said -- but he was talked out of it by his assistants.
Sure enough, West High got beat.
"I took a bunch of grief over it," Beiter said. "And Dave went to bat (for me). I guess he got online and made some comments (explaining that) 'It was a team decision, and I support it, and I support Coach Beiter.'"
David became one of the most storied arms to come out of one of the area's most storied programs — Cardinals reliever Kyle McClellan prepped at West, a school that also counts former big-leaguers Al Nipper and Morgan Burkhart among its notable alumni. As a teen, David was driven like a '79 Pinto. Honor Roll. National Honor Society. Two letters in basketball. All-state in baseball. He even worked part-time as an agate clerk in the sports department of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, helping to enter in prep stats.
"He's kind of what I call the All-American Boy," said Jerry Daniels, grand poobah at Balls-n-Strikes, a baseball and softball instruction school in greater St. Louis, and one of David's early mentors. "He's the one who had the (good) ACT scores, he went on to Notre Dame, he was just that kid. Never in trouble. Just a class act."
The youngest of two boys, David was also pushed by sibling rivalry. Older brother Michael had a rocket arm, too, eventually pitching at Central Missouri and getting drafted by the Chicago Cubs.
"You give him a box of building blocks, he's over the corner building something. He didn't need attention like Mike did," Alan noted. "But David probably is where he is because of Mike. There are other people involved, but a lot of it is (that) he wanted to be like his older brother and do (things) like his older brother and outdo his older brother.
In high school, Mike wore No. 6. David chose 16. When people would ask the younger Phelps why he went with that particular number, he'd smile and reply: "Because it was one better than six."
"They always had a rivalry," Alan said. "It was a fun rivalry.
"David was one of the skinniest little kids you'll see in your life. When I see him on the mound, that's what I see. That skinny little kid — how did he even come to this?"
Naturally, of course. He's just that type.
St. Louis Prospects 14U and 11U Finish as Runner Ups
Prospects Have a Good Weekend in Southaven Mississippi at the Mid-South Super Nit. The 14U and 11U teams both Qualify for the Elite 32 World Series in Orlando Florida
LADUE • Sophomore hurler Alex Jasiek took the John Burroughs baseball team on a roller coaster outing on Monday.
Jasiek was both brilliant and scattered and the host Bombers were both patient and timely at the plate to earn a 8-4 victory over MICDS.
Jasiek went all seven innings to pick up his second win of the season.
“I didn't have my best control,” Jasiek said. “I had seven or eight walks, which isn't very good. But the defense held us and we got to their bullpen, which was key. Their starter was efficient. We kept battling after we got down early. I thought it was great game, though.”
Jasiek fanned 11 on the day and scattered eight hits.
“It wasn't my most efficient game,” he said. “Keeping the pitch count down was my goal, but a win is a win.”
Time and time again, Jasiek located his fastball in key moments and even his off-speed pitch was keeping the Rams guessing.
“He might not had his best stuff, but we went down the road with him,” John Burroughs coach Andy Katzman said. “He's pitched a lot against these guys. He threw twice against them last year and I really wanted to get him the complete game if we could. It was just a gutty performance that represents the type of athlete that he is.”
Burroughs, No. 6 in the STLhighschoolsports.com small-schools rankings, improved to 9-5. Ninth-ranked MICDS dropped to 6-7.
“It was good for us to piece together some good at-bats,” Jasiek said. “We've had a hard time scoring runs this season. All of the games that we have played have been really close. It was good to get this one.”
MICDS went ahead 3-1 in the fifth inning. With one out, Adam Putnam was plunked by a Jasiek pitch with the bases loaded. With two gone, a first-pitch ball in the dirt allowed Collin Palmer to score to make it a two-run game.
The Bombers chased MICDS starter Kai Rebmann in the bottom of the fifth. Davey Holmes cranked a two-run single to tie the game. When Steve Frank took the mound for the Rams, a single and a walk loaded the bases. Nick Beaulick drew a base on balls to score Holmes to make it 4-3. Sam Hefler drew a full-count walk with two gone to put the Bombers up 5-3.
Trey Baur's sacrifice fly in the sixth inning cut the MICDS deficit to 5-4 but the Bombers made sure they had insurance. In its half of the sixth, Burroughs took advantage of four walks given up by MICDS pitching and scored three runs on no hits.
“I knew we needed more,” Katzman said. “The guys were taking some pitches and hitting some good pitches.”
The two teams will meet again at 1 p.m. Sunday at Busch Stadium. Prior to the rematch, Burroughs will face Ladue, Lutheran South and Priory this week.
MICDS will be at Lutheran North on Tuesday before hosting No. 1 Westminster on Thursday.
Sophomore pitcher Cole DuPont of Lafayette allowed just two runs on five innings in a complete-game 6-2 victory Wednesday over visiting Eureka. (Rick Graefe | STLhighschoolsports.com)
The Lafayette sophomore right-handed pitcher was ready for his assignment against Eureka on Wednesday and turned in the best performance of his young varsity career.
DuPont allowed just two runs and scattered five hits over seven innings in a complete-game victory as the host Lancers topped the Wildcats 6-2 in a Suburban West Conference contest.
“I’d say it’s probably about the most excited I’ve ever been for a baseball game,” he said.
DuPont (1-1), who earned his first varsity win, didn’t show it. He just kept pounding the strike zone with his fastball, curve and change-up — 60 of his 88 pitches were strikes — and kept a Eureka squad that was averaging 7.2 runs per game guessing at what was coming next.
“He kept his change-up over the plate and kept them swinging at that and off-balance,” Lafayette coach Scott DeNoyer said. “It’s the best pitch in baseball. I think once he established that and got some confidence with that, I think it’s made a difference. Defensively, we were making the plays behind him and we came up with some big hits when they gave us opportunities to score.”
Lafayette (7-5 overall, 3-0 in league play), which had lost two of its last three games, played a strong game defensively behind DuPont with just two errors. The Lancers turned a 4-6-3 double play in the sixth inning — started by second baseman Tyler Manne snaring a hot shot — that was a thing of beauty. Left fielder Kyle Hanlon (three singles, RBI) and catcher Adam Echele (two singles, two RBIs) led Lafayette’s seven-hit attack.
“I just can’t thank my team enough,” DuPont said. “They came through with some big defensive plays. That big four-run inning, that was huge. That really got us going.”
The No. 3 team in the STLhighschoolsports.com large-schools rankings, Eureka (7-3, 0-1) had a seven-game win streak snapped with a loss to Blair Oaks in Jefferson City on Saturday and struggled defensively on Wednesday with three costly errors that led to runs.
“As of today, the only people that beat Eureka is Eureka, really, in my opinion,” Wildcats coach Jim Daffron said. “It just comes down to defense. Every game we’ve lot so far we’ve given up a lot of errors. We’ve been trying to work really, really hard on that. Just this past weekend in Jeff City we did the same thing. We let up five errors, six unearned runs. Same thing today. You have to make plays. You have to play defense. Especially when our pitching staff is as good as it is this year. It’s very simple. You have to make the routiners. Lafayette did that and we didn’t, so they won.”
Eureka left-hander Aaron Schnurbusch (2-2) took the loss after allowing six runs on five hits over five innings. He struck out 10 batters and walked four (one intentionally). Schnurbusch also paced the offense with two of his team’s five hits.
“He pitched good enough to win today,” Daffron said. “We didn’t make plays behind him. We beat ourselves.”
Eureka took a 1-0 lead in the second inning after third baseman Sean Murley reached on an error and scored on a two-out single by shortstop Trevor Fain.
Lafayette answered with two runs in the third with an RBI groundout by Manne and a two-out RBI single to right field by Hanlon that the right fielder appeared to lose track of in the sun.
The Lancers scored four runs with two outs in the fourth inning following an error on the infield. Designated hitter Connor Walk drew a walk and scored on a wild pitch. Third baseman Evan Aliano, who had reached on a fielder’s choice, scored on an error. Shortstop William DuPont and Manne, who reached on an intentional walk and the error that scored Aliano, respectively, scored on a two-run single by Echele to make it 6-1.
Eureka got one run back when center fielder Josh Stephens hustled to score from second base on an RBI infield single by Schnurbusch with two outs. But the Wildcats would not score again as Cole DuPont allowed just one single the rest of the way.
“Today was just a great day,” DeNoyer said. “He’s been working his butt off. The kid deserved a little success. He’s put in so much time. I’m happy to see somebody who works as hard as does come out on the winning end.”
BALTIMORE -- David Phelps understands how important first impressions can be in baseball, and the Yankees right-hander is certainly making a positive one.
After firing 2 1/3 innings of perfect relief on Tuesday with four strikeouts -- all looking -- Phelps entered Wednesday's game without having permitted a baserunner over his first two appearances in the big leagues, spanning three frames that included five punchouts.
"I wanted to be comfortable, wanted to have fun," the 25-year-old Phelps said. "It's really carried over. I'm having the time of my life right now."
Phelps made the Yankees' Opening Day roster as a long reliever after going 7-7 with a 2.99 ERA in 20 Minor League starts last season, taking a spot that was created by Michael Pineda's right shoulder injury.
A 14th-round pick of the Yankees in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft, Phelps said the most important difference this year has been having the ability to drive his fastball down in the zone and attack hitters.
"I just want to go out there and show them that I can do this," Phelps said. "Go out there, have fun and enjoy it while I can. ... I'm trying to prove to everyone -- myself included -- that I can get big league hitters out. It happens little by little."
Tentative Summer Schedule
15U
May 24-28 Rawlings Gold Glove Games June 1-3 Mid-America St. Louis 16U June 8-10 Mid-America U of Central Missouri June 15-17 Mid-America U of Missouri June 22-24 Mid-America St. Louis16U June 29-July 1 Mid-America Wichita State U July 12-15 Mid-America World Series (Joplin) July 20-22 Mid-America Kansas State
17U
June 1-3 Mid-America St. Louis 18U June 7-10 Mid-America Battle of the Big 12 K-State or Kansas City June 14-17 Cincy Flames Tournament of Champions (Cincinnati) or Mid-America Oral Roberts U or U of Central Missouri June 22-24 Mid-America Battle of the MVC Wichita State U or St. Louis June 25-28 Mid-America Battle of the SEC U of Tennessee June 29-July 1 Mid-America U of Missouri or Kansas State U July 5-8 Mid-America World Series West U of Arkansas or World Seris East Western Kentucky July 13-15 Mid-America Austin Peay July 17-22 Premier 17U World Series (Joplin) July 25-29 USA Showcase (Joplin)
18U
June 1-3 Mid-America St. Louis June 7-10 Mid-America Battle of the Big 12 K-State June 14-17 Mid-America Oral Roberts U or U of Central Missouri June 22-24 Mid-America St. Louis June 25-28 Mid-America Battle of the SEC U of Tennessee June 29-July 1 Mid-America U of Missouri July 5-8 Mid-America World Series West U of Arkansas July 11-15 Premier 18U World Series (Springfield)
Prospect Pitcher Tanner Houck has big day for Collinsville High
Collinsville's Chris Mathes (left) makes the catch and tags out Althoff's Mark Pfeiffer on an attempted steal of second base in the seventh inning of Wednesday's game. Mathes scored the lone run for the Kahoks in a 1-0 victory over the Crusaders. (John Swistak Jr. | Journal)
COLLINSVILLE • The Collinsville baseball team wasn't able to produce a lot of offense Wednesday afternoon against Althoff, but with Tanner Houck on the mound, the Kahoks didn't need much.
Houck, a 6-foot-4 sophomore right-hander, shut out Althoff on two hits over six innings, and Jacob Riley pitched the seventh inning to earn the save, preserving a 1-0 Collinsville victory.
"(Houck) has some great mechanics and fundamentals," Kahoks coach Pete Trapp said. "He's a very coachable kid and does everything we ask, and on top of that, he's got some special ability."
Collinsville improved to 4-1, while Althoff dropped to 1-1.
"We didn't hit the ball hard very many times and we struck out too much," Althoff coach Brett Isaacs said. "(Houck) did a nice job. We were a little behind him, which is disappointing, but early in the year we haven't faced live pitching enough and hopefully we'll come around."
Collinsville scored the game's lone run in the second inning. Chris Mathes drew a one-out walk and moved to third on a single to center field by Paul Suess. Conner Judge followed with an RBI single to center field.
The Kahoks had a chance to pad the lead when a single by Luke Stewart loaded the bases in the second inning, but Alton starter Sam Lidisky wiggled out of trouble thanks to an inning-ending double play.
Collinsville also threatened in the first, fifth and sixth innings, but each time the inning ended with the Kahoks having a runner tagged out at home. In the first, Althoff's Bryce Richter threw out Seuss trying to score on a fly to right field. In the fifth, Seuss was thrown out trying to score from second on a single to right field. In the sixth, Stewart was cut down at the plate trying to score on a wild pitch.
"On the first one, I wanted to see what kind of play they made and we probably could have held a guy at third on another one, but give credit to them. They made some plays when they had to," Trapp said. "In high school baseball, those things aren't automatic."
Houck, meanwhile, was cruising through Althoff's lineup. He walked two batters in the first three innings, but didn't allow a hit until Lidisky got a two-out infield single in the fourth. Richter got the Crusaders' only other hit, a leadoff single in the sixth, but Houck struck out the last three batters he faced.
"It's always a big help whenever you get ahead of hitters," Houck said. "You don't have to battle back against them and you can get ground balls and strikeouts a lot easier."
Riley took over on the mound for Collinsville in the seventh inning and with one out, hit Austin Bevenue with a pitch. But pinch-runner Mark PFeiffer was thrown out at second base on a disputed call and Riley retired Elijah Beal on a grounder to third for the final out of the game.
"I thought (Pfeiffer) got under him, whether he ended up tagging him on the helmet or not," isaacs said. "He was long enough that he got to the base. That's a big play, but the bottom line is we didn't do enough defensively."
Collinsville had eight hits, including three apiece by Suess and Judge.
"I feel like we have a pretty well-built team right now," Judge said. "We have a stacked defense, and our pitching has pulled through, for sure. Our bats were kind of slow today, but I think we should have some pretty good run production."
Good Luck to all the Former Prospects in Big League Camp
Sam Lecure-Cincinnati Reds Max Scherzer-Detroit Tigers Jacob Turner-Detroit Tigers Ross Detwiler-Washington Nationals Blake Tekotte-San Diego Padres David Phelps-New York Yankees Lucas May-New York Mets John Hellweg-Anaheim Angels
Former Worth Prospect Kayla Fortner Receives Conference Honors
Former Worth Prospect Kayla Fortner named Missouri Valley Player of the Week.
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou baseball team (5-5) defeated the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks (2-10) on Tuesday (March 6) night in Taylor Stadium by a final score of 14-4. Brett Graves threw four scoreless innings for Mizzou in his first career start with the Tigers, tallying four strikeouts along the way. Left fielder Dane Opel hit his third home run of the season, a shot over the bullpen in left field, and drove in three runs. Conner Mach went 3-for-4 with 4 RBI on the day at the plate, including a double off the left field well for three runs.
Graves gave up back-to-back singles to the first two batters, then a sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third. Graves then forced a fly to right, and walked the following batter to load the bases. A lineout to center then ended the inning scoreless. Blake Brown reached first after getting hit by a pitch, and Brannon Champagne bunted him to second. Mach's single to left brought Brown in from second, but Mach was thrown out attempting to advance to second. Opel then launched a home run over the bullpen in left field to take a 2-0 lead. Scott Sommerfeld followed with a single to increase his hitting streak to seven games, and Eric Garcia then notched a single of his own. Ben Turner reached on an error by the right fielder, scoring Sommerfeld from second.
In the second, Mizzou registered their first double play of the year on a 4-6-3 putout, helping Graves go through another scoreless inning that ended with his first strikeout of the game. Dillon Everett led off the bottom of the inning with a walk, then Brown moved him to third with a single to right. Champagne's sacrifice fly to right brought Everett in to make the score 4-0. Mach got his second hit of the game with another single to left, but was stranded on second to end the inning. Graves pitched a scoreless third, including two strikeouts. Mizzou then went down in order in the bottom of the frame.
The Tigers again held Nebraska-Omaha off the board in the fourth. In the bottom of the inning, Everett got hit by a pitch with one out, then Brown walked. Champagne notched a single to center, then Mach's double off the wall cleared the bases for Mizzou to take a 7-0 lead heading into the fifth inning. Dusty Ross took over for Graves in the fifth, and held the Mavericks off the board again, but the Tigers went down in order in the bottom of the inning. The Mavericks were able to score in the sixth as they converted a second-and-third, one-out situation into a run. Everett led off with a single in the bottom of the inning, then scored on Brown's double to the right-center field gap to make the score 8-1 Tigers. Champagne walked to put runners on the corners with no outs for Mach, who grounded into a fielder's choice that left runners on the corners for Opel, who tripled in both runners for a 10-1 lead. Garcia's single to left brought Opel in from third, and Quiantanilla registered his first RBI of the season with a single to right. Garcia then scored on a wild pitch to make the score 13-1. Sal Belfonte grounded into a fielder's choice with the bases loaded to grow the lead to 14-1.
Ryan Yuengel came in to pitch in the seventh, and Nebraska-Omaha scored a run after a single and double, cutting the lead to 14-2. The Tigers went down in order in the bottom of the inning, as Case Munson's long fly ball fell just short of the fence. The Mavericks pushed two more runs across in the eighth, coming off a triple and a wild pitch. Gavin Stark came through with his first career hit in the bottom of the eighth, a single to right with a runner on first. Jeff Cline came in for Mizzou to pitch the ninth inning, and he was able to hold the Mavericks off the board.
Mizzou has a four-game series at home this weekend against the Charlotte 49'ers. Keep up to date with Mizzou baseball by following the team twitter page (@MUTigerBaseball) or on the athletics site, MUTigers.com.
Former Prospects Matt Robinson Named Rookie of the Week
Photo courtesy of: Tim Mueller Matt Robinson
HANOVER, N.H. — Following the first weekend of competition for the Dartmouth baseball team, freshman outfielder Matt Robinson was pegged as the Ivy League’s Rookie of the Week. He is the first Big Green outfielder to earn the award since Nick Santomauro ’10 earned it back on April 10, 2007.
Robinson made his collegiate debut on Saturday, starting in left field at 13th-ranked Louisiana State. The native of Chesterfield, Mo., rapped out a pair of hits, walked once and scored two of Dartmouth’s three runs in a 16-3 loss to the Tigers. The next day, he got the start in center field, driving home the first Big Green run with a single in the fifth inning, then leading off the seventh with a single and coming around to score the go-ahead run in an eventual 5-4 defeat.
The left-hander hitting Robinson finished the weekend going 4-for-6 with a walk, three runs scored and an RBI. His on-base percentage was .714 and he caught all four fly balls that came his way.
Dartmouth returns to the diamond on Thursday, March 15 at Sacramento State to start a nine-game trip in California.
Rawlings/Worth Sports Club Night at Busch Stadium
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A Good start for the Rawlings Baseball Club
2012 Class
William Dupont-Mississippi State Tate Metheny-Missouri State U Sean Ullrich-U of Missouri Griffin Goodrich-U of Missouri Josh Moore-Saint Louis U Dan Holst-Texas A&M Matt Hasenbeck-Missouri State U Colin McDonough-Meramec Sean Murphy-Maryville U Carson Coffey-Freed Hardeman Tommy Hager-Austin Peay Parker Zimmerman-Wichita State U Spencer Johnson-Missouri State U Corey Hassel-Oklahoma State U Tyler Harris-Missouri State U Kyle Thurman-Missouri Western Matt Dunavant-Eastern Illinois Spencer Wilmes-Drury University Casey Willenbrink-Mineral Area College
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2011 Commitments
DAVID SCHMIDT-STANFORD BRETT GRAVES-MISSOURI DAVID MASTERS-U OF ARKANSAS KYLE BOUMAN-WICHITA STATE U CASE MUNSON-JEFFERSON COLLEGE MATT ROBINSON-DARTMOUTH ADAM PHIFFER-U OF ARKANSAS TAYLOR WHEELER-LINDENWOOD U DEREK CORNELL-U OF CENTRAL MISSOURI CJ KOEHLER-JEFFERSON COLLEGE DAN HEIM-WABASH VALLEY COLLEGE FORREST HERRMANN-SOUTHWESTERN IL BLAKE KOLONS-U OF CENTRAL MISSOURI HAGAN DUNN-U OF CENTRAL MISSOURI TREVOR JONES-U OF CENTRAL MISSOURI ADAM BAINBRIDGE-TRUMAN UNIVERSITY JOHN MILES-UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI LOGAN HERSHENOW-JEFFERSON COLLEGE DYLAN TERRELL-LINDENWOOD U CLAY MILLER-MISSOURI WESTERN U NOLAN FISHER-SOUTHEAST MO STATE MIKE EHRHARD-SOUTHEAST MO STATE Clayton Meyer-Southwestern IL Brett Martinez-Carl Sandberg Tony Forcelledo-Quincy Jared Haenni-Lindbergh-Missouri S&T Paul Semore-Maryville U
Worth Prospects
MEREDITH WILSON - SIU-C LINDSEY FEIGlL - U of TENNESEE MARTIN KAYLA FORTNER - UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE KATY MCALLISTER -SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE KATIE HEIDINGER-MISSOURI S&T MEGHAN TOUCHETTE-LAKELAND COLLEGE SHEA DEAN-ST. CHARLES CC AMANDA TRAMPE-WABASH VALLEY COLLEGE ARIANNA MUFFO-BLUFFTON UNIVERSITY CASSI RUPEL-BUTLER UNIVERSITY
12U Hammers Win GMB 2011 Fall Championships
17U Rawlings Scout Team finishes 2nd
17U Rawlings Scout Team finishes 2nd in the Premier World Series
11U Rawlings Tigers go undefeated in League Play
11U Rawlings Tigers went 12-0 in Chesterfield Select Silver and 12-0 in St. Louis County League National Red.
13U JR PROSPECTS WIN AAYBA PLATINUM DIVISION
10U JR PROSPECTS WIN AAYBA PLATINUM DIVISION
Rawlings Tigers 14U (Alley) Come in 1st in Ballwin Wood Bat Tournament
Congratulations to the Rawlings Tigers 14U (Alley) for Coming in 1st in the Ballwin Wood Bat Tournament
Rawlings Rebels 8U win Ellisville Father's Day Classic
Congratulations to the Rawlings Rebels 8U for playing a great game and winning the Ellisville Father's Day Classic over the weekend!
2011 Rawlings Prospects Basketball Tryouts for 6th Grade Boys
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Rawlings Rebels 8U Become Greater Midwest Baseball Champions
Congratulations to the Rawlings Rebels 8U who won the Greater Midwest Baseball Rawlings Club Championship!
Rawlings St. Louis Prospects 9U Win 10U AA Mid-America Grand Slam in Columbia
Congratulations to the Rawlings St. Louis 9U Prospects who won the 10UAA Mid-America Grand Slam in Columbia
CURRENT AND FORMER PROSPECTS 2011 DRAFT PICKS
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS ON BEING SELECTED IN THE 2011 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DRAFT
BRETT GRAVES 26TH ROUND DAVID SCHMIDT 47TH ROUND DAVID MASTERS 50TH ROUND CHARLIE LOWELL 6TH ROUND (WICHITA STATE) PHIL MCCORMICK 31ST ROUND (U OF MISSOURI) CONNOR MACH 47TH ROUND (U OF MISSOURI) DANE GRONEWALD 47TH ROUND (JEFFERSON COLLEGE)
Congratulations to the Rawlings Tigers 14U who won the Dick's Sporting Goods Memorial Day Tournament at EAA this past weekend!
Rawlings St. Louis Prospects 11U (Diel) Win through April and May!
Congratulations to the Rawlings St. Louis Prospects 11U (Diel) who won the following three tournaments:
Lenz Field "Play the Turf" April 8-10
Affton Super Series May Classic May21-23
Rawlings Memorial Day Tournament May 27-29
Rawlings St. Louis Prospects 14U (Bennett) Win Lake St. Louis Slugfest
Congratulations to the Rawlings St. Louis Prospects 14U (Bennett) for winning the Lake St. Louis Slugfest over the 5/20 weekend. The Prospects also improved their overall record!
Rawlings Tigers 10U (Carney) Win the Antonio "Battle of the Bullpen"
Congratulations to the Rawlings Tigers 10U (Carney) who won the Antonio "Battle of the Bullpen" the weekend of 5/20!
Congratulations to the Rawlings 8U Sluggers who have won two of their last three tournaments, the latest being the STL Batters Box Tournament in Bridgeton!
Rawlings 8U Prospects win the Mothers Day Tournament
The 8u Prospects win the Mother's Day Chesterfield Tournament, and celebrate afterwards with their moms!
Rawlings Prospects 9U Win Mother's Day Classic
Rawlings St. Louis Prospects 9U Won the Mother's Day Classic, AAA/Major!
Rawlings 10U Prospects Win USSSA Ellisville Mother's Day Classic
Rawlings St. Louis Prospects 10U had a 4-2 win over the Gators in the championship to win the 10U USSSA Ellisville Mother’s Day Classic. They also beat the STL Pirates, Team Illini & Troy Thunder!
Rawlings 11U Win Super Series Rites of Spring at Affton
St. Louis Rawlings Prospects 11U won the Super Series Rites of Spring at Affton on 4/10/11 and the Ste. Gen River Town I Tournament on 5/1/11.
In the St. Gen tournament They scored 33 runs and only gave up 1 on a walk, 2 steals and a passed ball!
Rawlings St. Louis Prospects 14U (Bennett) Win the Lenz Field "Play the Turf"
The 14-u Prospects (Bennett) won the Lenz Field "Play the Turf" tournament on 4/29- 5/1. The Prospects outscored opponents (49-17) on their way to going 5-0
Rawlings St. Louis 9U Patriots Take Home the Hardware!
Congratulations to the Rawlings St. Louis Patriots 9U for winning the Arnold Athletic Association USSSA Qualifier. The Patriots won the championship with a 9-1 mercy rule victory!
Rawlings 13U Cardinals (Glock) Win the Bigs Sunflower Seeds Super Series
The 13u Rawlings Cardinals (Glock) won the Bigs Sunflower Seeds Super Series State Qualifier going undefeated and winning the Championship game 12-4
Former Rawlings Prospect, Todd Baumgartner, receives the Terry Gwin Award, at Arkansas State
Former Rawlings Prospect, Todd Baumgartner, was recently named a recipient of the Terry Gwin Award at Arkansas State. Named after former football player Terry Gwin, the award is based on leadership, citizenship, scholarship and athletic performance.
Congratulations to the 8u Prospects for winning their first tournament
of the year, 8U machine pitch, then following it up the next weekend
with a 9U kid pitch championship at Ozzie's Sports Park!
10U Prospects Finish First
Congratulations to the Rawlings St. Louis Prospects 10U for coming in First Place in Jacksonville, IL. The 10U Prospects won with a 10-2 finish after 5 innings!
13U Prospects Win at Lenz Field
Rawlings St. Louis Prospects 13U win the Lenz Field Play It
on the Turf beating the Gamers 10-1
9U Rawlings Prospects Celebrate Win
9U Rawlings Prospects Celebrate after winning the Mid-County
Basketball League Tournament Championship. The 9U prospects went
11-1 in league play this winter.
Upcoming Events
The Rawlings Worth Prospects would like to Welcome the Worth Diamond Queens
JR Prospect Basketball Off to a Good Start Win the 2010 December Hoops Classic
Become a Prospect
STILL LOOKING FOR A TEAM? The Rawlings Baseball Club host several teams under umbrella, so if you are a High School Player still looking for your home for the summer of 2011 please contact us through the tryout section.
Do you have the drive, desire and talent to be a Prospect? The Prospects Organization is the original prospects group in the Metro Area. The goal from the beginning remains the same today, play with and against the best while exposing players to as many different college recruiters as possible. Are you considered one of the best players at your age level? It may be time for you to find out how you compare? The Prospects have a place for you; we are always looking for high quality players, we field teams from 18U down to 8U, if you're ready to Play with the Best and against the best, please email your information to: admin@rawlingsprospects.com include name, age and contact information.
BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PLAYERS FIND SCHOOLS
CLASS OF 2011 COMMITMENTS
DAVID SCHMIDT-STANFORD BRETT GRAVES-MISSOURI DAVID MASTERS-U OF ARKANSAS KYLE BOUMAN-WICHITA STATE U CASE MUNSON-JEFFERSON COLLEGE MATT ROBINSON-DARTMOUTH ADAM PHIFFER-U OF ARKANSAS TAYLOR WHEELER-LINDENWOOD U DEREK CORNELL-U OF CENTRAL MISSOURI CJ KOEHLER-JEFFERSON COLLEGE DAN HEIM-WABASH VALLEY COLLEGE FORREST HERRMANN-WABASH VALLEY COLLEGE BLAKE KOLONS-U OF CENTRAL MISSOURI HAGAN DUNN-U OF CENTRAL MISSOURI TREVOR JONES-U OF CENTRAL MISSOURI ADAM BAINBRIDGE-TRUMAN UNIVERSITY JOHN MILES-UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI LOGAN HERSHENOW-JEFFERSON COLLEGE DYLAN TERRELL-LINDENWOOD U NOLAN FISHER-SOUTHEAST MO STATE MIKE EHRHARD-SOUTHEAST MO STATE CLAY MILLER-MISSOURI WESTERN U
CLASS OF 2011 WORTH PROSPECTS
MEREDITH WILSON - SIU-C LINDSEY FEIGlL - U of TENNESEE MARTIN KAYLA FORTNER - UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE KATY MCALLISTER -SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE KATIE HEIDINGER-MISSOURI S&T MEGHAN TOUCHETTE-LAKELAND COLLEGE SHEA DEAN-ST. CHARLES CC AMANDA TRAMPE-WABASH VALLEY COLLEGE ARIANNA MUFFO-BLUFFTON UNIVERSITY CASSI RUPEL-BUTLER UNIVERSITY
CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES
12U JR Prospects Win the 104 Team Cooperstown Dream Park Tournament
The Team went 11-0, team members are Dylan Williams, Luke Kahle, Jordan Hovey, John Brinkman, Justin Perkins, Ryan Perkins, Trey Riley, Alec Whaley, Matt Henry, Josh Miller and Chase Beiter
9U JR Prospects USSSA World Series Runner Up
9U JR Prospects Win 2010 USSSA Missouri State Championships
11U JR Prospects Kessler Win the WOOD WAR III Photo to come
16U Worth Prospects Win St. Louis Metro Tournament this Qualifies them for the ASA
13U JR Prospects Win Super Series Midwest Regional Tournament
8U JR Prospects Win the May End of School Tournament at BMAC 9U Division
12U JR Prospects Win Strehl Slugfest Game 7 Baseball Tournament With a Walk Off Home Run by Ryan Perkins
10U JR Prospects Win May Madness
The 7u Rawlings Rockets Blake Vanbeers hits a Grand Slam to win the game this past weekend at Chesterfield
10U JR Prospects Fuqua Win St. Louis County Tournament
14U JR Prospects Sinovich Win the USSSA Throwin' Leather Open
9U JR Prospects Krogman, 10U JR Prospects Fuqua and 12U JR Prospects Whaley Win Tournaments
9U JR Prospects and the 12U JR Prospects Win Super Series 4th Annual Rites of Spring
10U JR Prospects Win the Game 7 Baseball Spring Warm Up
10U WORTH JR PROSPECTS
Coaches, The 10U team played in KC over the past weekend. We went 6-0 and came in 1st!! All the games got pushed back from the weather and we ended up playing the championship game at 7:30pm last night so needless to say we all pulled into St Louis around 1:00am. We were down 2-0 till the bottom of the last inning and the girls pulled off a 3-2 win! Pretty exciting for our first tournament!!! Mag http://www.usssa.com/sports/BracketPool.asp?Tournament=608276
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