Best pitcher in the DFW area???

The Milner kid from Paschal is pretty special as well.

Travis Ballew, Rockwall

Crayton Bare, Highland Park

James Baune, Rockwall-Heath

Zach Lee, McKinney


lots great pitchers to many to list

This list can get pretty big and heated but a lot of guys could claim a spot....Blum, Blunt, Yarborough, Huber, Barrentine, Lee, Lipka, etc. etc. etc. (a lot more quality guys not mentioned)...BUT, from what I have seen and read it looks like Ballew has got to have the most skins on the wall this year to stake a pretty big claim to being THE best this year so far. I would say that Feckley has got to have a claim (along with Lipka) as the top OVERALL player so far this year with the numbers they have put up pitching/hitting...IMO of course.

where is blum from? the feckley kid is just a baseball player and competitor. typical aggie

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Originally posted by Panthers2009:
3. Lefty name???- Grapevine

Mason Melotakis. His teammate Cameron White is also very good.

Aaron Gilbreath from Colleyville Heritage has been unhittable in district play.

Will Lane at Mansfield. Always seems to be under the radar for some unknown reason. Money pitcher for 3 years now.

The best I have seen is Colton Cain.

I spoke to a pro scout last weekend at Baylor. The only DFW guy he mentioned was Cain. With that said, I know there are MANY very good HS pitchers in north Texas.

that's all i have heard also. Of course I do not live in that area so all I have to go on his watching our district opponents and word of mouth from the scouts

Panthers2009...Blum is at Plano West...had a great year last year as a soph and was the starting pitcher for the State Championship game. He is actually just as good (or better) in the outfield...between his pitching/OF/4.0+GPA and another year at the high school level, he'll do well.

ohh ok not sure if my son faced him when midway played plano west but it's hard to find a kid these days that is a great athlete and even better student

I think the scouts like Cain so much because of his body size and the fact he already throws hard. Obviously I haven't seen a lot of the pitchers we are talking about but I think we have a lot of quality pitchers not only in this area but statewide that will do well in college and with any luck a few in the pros.

I think the scouts are still trying to figure out whether Cain will be a pitcher or position player.

Just my humble opinion...

Mav- Will Lane just signed with Dallas Baptist.. great kid

i know this is a little out of the metroplex but one kid the scouts really like is trevor peterson from hallsville. big game between hallsville and texarkana the 25th.

Blum did not pitch for West against Midway

Jamen Parten has only given up two earned all year for Plano. Shut out Plano West through 6 and two thirds earlier this year and then followed that up with a two hit complete game against them this week.

I have not seen enough kids around the area to say where he stands, but I've seen enough of him to know he belongs in this conversation. He is having a heck of a year.

I have seen most of these I will have to go with Cain.....

Everyone can have a good year in HS baseball...but I think consistancy is what one should look at when you ask who is the best. Cain has always had very good years. Wishing him the very best!

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Originally posted by PAW-FECT:
I have seen most of these I will have to go with Cain.....

Everyone can have a good year in HS baseball...but I think consistancy is what one should look at when you ask who is the best. Cain has always had very good years. )

Well said Pawfect. When you have a player emerge onto the very talented DFW area and make a consistent impact since their freshman year AND play for Team USA Baseball.... it just doesn't get much better than that.

cain is good hitter but he is going to pitch at the next level not hit.

I agree Panthers2009 -- he pitches in the high 80 - low 90's -- is strong and left-handed -- a no-brainer.

I don't think one has to be the best. There doesn't seem to be a Kershaw in the group, but, if any of the top 5 or maybe 10 have their "A" game, you better hope for some defensive mistakes.

Well said Robert. There's no one even close to a Kershaw. The '09 class is a much better class for offense than it is for arms. I think the '10 class is the opposite of that (but again, no Kershaw's). It's always going in cycles.

Besides Milner/Pascal the top pitcher in the Tarrant Co. area will eventually be D. McAlpine from Birdville H.S. He's been hurt all season and just recently begin pitching again. First two starts he one hit Aledo and Saginaw with 25+ strikeouts. Unbelivable curve ball and has not yet begun to throw fast ball at his 90+ velocity...

Do you really expect to see a Kershaw again. Those types don't come around very often.

Sure, about once a decade...or two.

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Originally posted by Danny Boydston:
Do you really expect to see a Kershaw again. Those types don't come around very often.

Oh come on Danny, you spoiled our benchmark! Yeah Kershaw is definitely an unfair comparison. How about guys still in MILB/College?

Blake Beaven
Trey Haley
Chris Withrow
Jordan Walden
Zack Britton
Brandon Workman

Are those fair?

my thoughts exactly danny boydston. it's unfair to compare someone to a major leaguer. especially to someone like kershaw. someone like that doesn't come around every year. that's like me saying i still haven't seen anyone throw as hard as josh beckett did in high school. probably never will

Dillion,

Those are all "Top Top Shelf" pitchers that are close to being in a class of their own.

That just goes to show you how (A) truly good Kershaw was/is and (B) how much talent this great state/metroplex produces.

Some would argue that the last Kershaw was one David Clyde!

Kershaw was special at the HS level, and remains so in the MLB. He will be fun to watch for years.

When PirateSon was a freshman, he got the opportunity to go to the plate vs. Kershaw. To say he had an "at bat" might be a little strong, implying that something actually happened with the bat. He worked extra with his hitting coach that week, and was told, as the 9-hole, that he would see fastballs down the middle, just hit it.

On game night, the first pitch was 97 mph on the middle of the plate, and yet the bat didn't move. It happened twice more, and PirateSon went back to the dugout. After the game, "Dad" offered his advice, asking why in the h*&L didn't Jr swing when he knew what was coming???

The response was classic (especially for those of you who know my son) - he said "Dad, if I would have seen it, I would have swung at it".

Thats funny.
Alot of kids said that to there dad and there coach.

classic padre. go pirates son would have said that it was a foot outside and the blue made a bad call.

PSIII K'd 5 times (across two games) against Michael Russo (Texas State RHP now) when he was a freshman -- then hit a HR in his 6th AB. Baseball is strange sometimes. I think his "that sounded low" experience came against Craig Italiano from FM.

PSII had similar fun against John Danks in the 2003 Regional Finals.

Tychcobrat#1 (freshman) faced Kershaw (senior) in the 2006 playoffs. Tychco#1brat batted 9th in the order because they weren't allowed to have a 10th. Here's how it went:

1st pitch - FB 96mph called strike.
2nd pitch - FB 95mph ball outside so I hear.
3rd pitch - FB 95mph fouled off (closed his eyes and swung)
4th pitch - FB 95mph ball high rumor had it
5th pitch - Slider 88mph, broke his back..called strike three.

Walked back to the dugout with a grin, though I don't know why. He was the 9th straight strike out victim.

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Originally posted by Baseball#6:
Besides Milner/Pascal the top pitcher in the Tarrant Co. area will eventually be D. McAlpine from Birdville H.S. He's been hurt all season and just recently begin pitching again. First two starts he one hit Aledo and Saginaw with 25+ strikeouts. Unbelivable curve ball and has not yet begun to throw fast ball at his 90+ velocity...

Baseball #6
That is a very bold statement. I agree that both Milner and McAlpine are very good BUT.....

There are at least 5-10 very very good D1 committed pitchers in the Tarrant County area that could hold their own with both of these fine young players

Of course, Purke and Miller are considered the best in Texas.

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Originally posted by Dillon:

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Originally posted by Danny Boydston:
Do you really expect to see a Kershaw again. Those types don't come around very often.

Oh come on Danny, you spoiled our benchmark! Yeah Kershaw is definitely an unfair comparison. How about guys still in MILB/College?

Blake Beaven
Trey Haley
Chris Withrow
Jordan Walden
Zack Britton
Brandon Workman

Are those fair?

One more

Mark Cahoun Mansfield HS now with the Mets. He was a teammate of Walden.

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Originally posted by bball71tx:

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Originally posted by Baseball#6:
Besides Milner/Pascal the top pitcher in the Tarrant Co. area will eventually be D. McAlpine from Birdville H.S. He's been hurt all season and just recently begin pitching again. First two starts he one hit Aledo and Saginaw with 25+ strikeouts. Unbelivable curve ball and has not yet begun to throw fast ball at his 90+ velocity...

Baseball #6
That is a very bold statement. I agree that both Milner and McAlpine are very good BUT.....

There are at least 5-10 very very good D1 committed pitchers in the Tarrant County area that could hold their own with both of these fine young players

I have yet to see him, but I also hear the Easley kid from Weatherford is pretty stout.

bball71tx......

"BOLD" statement or not...that was my two cents of the two pitchers I feel in "my opinion" are the best in Tarrant County that I have actually seen pitch...Now if you have seen these other 10 pitch, then your "opinion" would be great to hear...,but in future keep in mind that this site is based on opinions...and if we were all "skilled" as you appear to be in the art of pitching you would offer up a little more than contradicting someone else's posts...... Bold or not I am just a baseball players dad who enjoy reading this site and when something appeals to me offering up my OPINION>...not trying to be bold or offend the more "knowledgable"