Anyone have any information on Seth Blair out of Rock Falls? I'm hearing he is on the Jr. Olympic team, is this true? thanks!
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Seth Blair has committed to the P&H showcase, October 1st so we shall see what he is all about. My understanding he made the USA Baseball Youth Team:
http://www.baseballamerica.com/prospectsplus/050802yr.html
http://www.baseballamerica.com/prospectsplus/050802yr.html
Been told he is a big boy with 90sh FB and an 07 kid.
He pitches in the NCIC and is a good young pitcher. He sure did not pitch in the 90's when he pitched against Streator and got out dualed by Brooks Martin from Streator when the NCIC title was on the line. He has pretty decent control and I have seen him pitch a number of times and he did not impress me that much with his ability to over power the hitter. I would take Martin before him and Martin is only one year older.
Been told wrong then, thanks for setting me straight
Don't get me wrong, for a sophmore pitching on varsity he was good. I just saw Martin simply throw the ball past batters as sophmore and all last year long, throws on upper 80's 90, and Blair just does not have that kind of velocity.
He is throwing for me this weekend at GMC stadium down Southern IL this weekend, never seen him before , so I will have a better feel for him in a week. I didnt know he was going untill this evening, not prior to the post. Where is Martin from and who is he with in the Fall?
soxfan
During the Fall we are adding and dropping due mainly to the fact that the 06 guys are on recruiting trips part of the time. We have a Fall program,(90 kids) but we have some trips we do with premier baseball. We will send a split group of 07 and 06 down to u of Mizzu for 2 Sat and 2 Sun of next week.(16 or 17kids)Gets the 07s an early look by some schools and gets the border line late 06 guys some late looks. Our core stays the same for the most part, this week we will go with most 06s and a few 07s. We have been to Bradley, St Joes, will go to Mizzu, GMC, and Mich State University this Fall with a end of Oct deal out in Peoria Az at the Padres complex with the premier group. In between those and every week we will be having our league go local, that is more for the kids to work on weaknesses as oppossed to just playing Tourny setting all the time.(and the almighty Showcases) Its almost set up like a instructional league followed by a game Sat and the exact same on Sun. Infield this weekend will most likly look like Fratto(OPRF 3rd,) Mcgee ss,(Mt Carmel) Andy Leaonard (2nd Stagg)
Pat Grady (1st Sandburg) Giller- (C St Pats)with Sexton coming from Oak lawn to get some time. The nice thing about it is if you need a weekend off because of whatever the reason , we have the flexability to take care of it without weakening to much. The best thing about these teams down there are they are long established programs with all D1 players. Its what our guys need to playing agaist if they have any intentions of playing at the next level.
During the Fall we are adding and dropping due mainly to the fact that the 06 guys are on recruiting trips part of the time. We have a Fall program,(90 kids) but we have some trips we do with premier baseball. We will send a split group of 07 and 06 down to u of Mizzu for 2 Sat and 2 Sun of next week.(16 or 17kids)Gets the 07s an early look by some schools and gets the border line late 06 guys some late looks. Our core stays the same for the most part, this week we will go with most 06s and a few 07s. We have been to Bradley, St Joes, will go to Mizzu, GMC, and Mich State University this Fall with a end of Oct deal out in Peoria Az at the Padres complex with the premier group. In between those and every week we will be having our league go local, that is more for the kids to work on weaknesses as oppossed to just playing Tourny setting all the time.(and the almighty Showcases) Its almost set up like a instructional league followed by a game Sat and the exact same on Sun. Infield this weekend will most likly look like Fratto(OPRF 3rd,) Mcgee ss,(Mt Carmel) Andy Leaonard (2nd Stagg)
Pat Grady (1st Sandburg) Giller- (C St Pats)with Sexton coming from Oak lawn to get some time. The nice thing about it is if you need a weekend off because of whatever the reason , we have the flexability to take care of it without weakening to much. The best thing about these teams down there are they are long established programs with all D1 players. Its what our guys need to playing agaist if they have any intentions of playing at the next level.
Brooks Martin will be a senior at Streator Township. He pitched on the varsity team the last 2 years and is playing on Pontiacs wood bat team this fall. Streator won 24 and 29 games, 2 regional titles, a first NCIC title the last 2 years so they were pretty good.
He has a lot of movement on his fastball and a wicked curve.
He has a lot of movement on his fastball and a wicked curve.
The kids are responsible for their rooms and travel. Asked for $30 a kid to hedge the cost of the tourny. Not in this gig to make a $, more important to me is getting them some good competition, in front of some schools and maybe , just maybe, teach them along the way.
I leave the $ for all the guys who enjoy the lessons. I enjoy the game setting too much to get away from it. This Summer a good friend of mine has offered to sponser the club and that should take the $ out of the equation. Same guy doing the Fall League. It is great for the kids, and it gives the old coach a little fix too.
I leave the $ for all the guys who enjoy the lessons. I enjoy the game setting too much to get away from it. This Summer a good friend of mine has offered to sponser the club and that should take the $ out of the equation. Same guy doing the Fall League. It is great for the kids, and it gives the old coach a little fix too.
And we do take kids not in the League on the trips.
Go Sox!
Go Sox!
Saw Seth throw and he is a top 07. No questions
Seth Blair, good ball player, i heard hes goin to ASU for ball...im in the cangelosi league with him...coaches said he topped out 94...but will throw like 91-92 whole game.
T-bolts...that is the same story that was floating about out in CA at the Area Codes. As another source, ASU is one of the schools he is interested at this time. As you may know the recruiting trial are hot and cold and change about like the weather on any given day.
Seth is scheduled to pitch again this year at the P&H showcase.