Jason Churchill of espn.com continues his review of the opening weekend of D1 college baseball play. For more on opening weekend, click here.
- After struggling in 2009 and falling to the 10th round, Sam Dyson from South Carolina started out 2010 on a high note striking out six in 3.2IP with just one walk and no hits. Most importantly was that it only took Dyson 48 pitches to get the eleven outs. Dyson struggled with high pitch counts in 2009.
- Leon Landry will need a big spring to get into the first round, but had a good start going 1-for-3 with a double in LSU's opening win.
- Cal State Fullerton's Christian Colon went 0-for-4, struggling against Pepperdine's Matt Bywater who threw a complete game shutout with 10 Ks, two walks and four hits. Churchill feels that Bywater's questionable velocity does not make him a first-day draft consideration.
Christian Colon struggled in his season debut
- In his first two games Tyler Holt from Florida State reached base five times and is solidifying himself as a viable leadoff-type hitter. He is very fast and had a great BB-K ratio in 2009: 54-47.
- Bryce Brentz from Middle Tennessee State was 2-for-5 in his debut.
- Another top collegiate bat, Zack Cox, went 1-for-5 for Arkansas against Ball State. Kolbrin Vitek an intriguing prospect from Ball State had three singles and a triple against Arkansas.
- Miami's Yasmani Grandal was 1-for-3 with 2BB against Rutgers, but his teammates Chris Hernandez and David Gutierrez really impressed. Hernandez struck out five batters in four innings while Gutierrez struck out the side in the ninth.
Yasmani Grandal's teammates overshadowed his opening performance
- Kyle Blair struggled in his debut, inconveniently in front of espn.com's Keith Law. Despite eight strikeouts, Blair walked four in four innings against a moderate Indiana lineup.
- Similar to Blair, Brandon Workman of Texas also struggled, but didn't get much help from his defense. Workman allowed nine hits and three earned runs in six innings, but did have seven strikeouts.
