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ESPN.com's Keith Law took in a double header between San Diego and San Diego State and filed a report about the draft prospects who played.

• Though teammate Kyle Blair has received far more attention since coming out of high school, Sammy Solis was the better pitcher of the two in San Diego's double header against San Diego State.  After missing the 2009 season with a herniated disc in his back, he appears to be suffering no linger affects and threw at 100%.  Though his fastball was only 91-88 mph, Law liked his off-speed pitches, a change up (mid-70s) and a slurve (anywhere from 72-78 with different action depending upon the speed.
• Blair struggled with his command, was not aggressive and did not have very good stuff.  Law was particularly concerned with Blair's unwillingness to attack the inner half of the plate, an indication that he's not confident in his own ability to pitch

Blair struggled again against San Diego State

• Casey Schmidt, a fourth-year junior due to an injury in 2008 and transferring in 2009, showed a nice fastball with a good change up and an mediocre curveball.  Schmidt figures to be a Day 2 (rounds 4 and up) draft pick this year.
• Law was not particularly impressed with former major leaguer Greg Vaughn's son, San Diego State's Cory Vaughn, but figures he'll be drafted higher than he should be because of his family pedigree.  Cory has too much of his weight on his front foot and has horrible plate discipline.
• Although he's not available until 2011, Brandon Meredith, figures to be a better offensive prospect than Vaughn.  He has a shorter swing and keeps his weight on his back leg.

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.

Baseball America announced its pre-season collegiate All-America teams last week.  Below is a look at the third team.  We did a review of the first team on Tuesday and the second team yesterday.

C: Cameron Rupp, Texas
1B: Cody Hawn, Tennessee
2B: Chris Bisson, Kentucky
3B: Rob Segedin, Tulane
SS: BA Vollmuth, Southern Mississippi
OF: Ryan LaMarre, Michigan
OF: Leon Landry, LSU
OF: Austin Wates, Virginia Tech
DH: Jedd Gyorko, West Virginia
UT: Mike McGee, Florida State

            Leon Landry                               Jesse Hahn

SP: Jack Armstrong, Vanderbilt
SP: Kyle Blair, San Diego
SP: Jesse Hahn, Virginia Tech
SP: Brandon Workman, Texas
RP: Addison Reed, San Diego State

The 2010 MLB Draft class might not have the star power at the top that the 2009 MLB Draft class did (Stephen Strasburg, Dustin Ackley) or be as loaded as the 2011 draft class (Sports Illustrated coverboy Bryce Harper, Sonny Gray, Alex Meyer, Anthony Rendon, Gerrit Cole and Danny Hultzen) but there's plenty of talent to track.

College Bats

• Bryce Brentz, OF, Middle Tennessee State
• Christian Colon, SS, Cal-State Fullerton
• Derek Dietrich, SS/3B, Georgia Tech
• Yasmani Grandal, C, Miami
• Josh Rutledge, SS, Albama
• Ross Wilson, 3B, Albama
• Blake Forsythe, C, Tennessee
• Leon Landry, OF, LSU
• Andy Wilkins, 1B, Arkansas
• Micah Gibbs, C, LSU

College Arms

• Anthony Ranaudo, RHP, LSU
• Justin Grimm, RHP, Georgia
• Drew Pomeranz, LHP, Mississippi
• Nick Tepesch, RHP, Missouri
• Matt Harvey, RHP, UNC
• Kevin Rhoderick, RHP, Oregon State
• Josh Osich, LHP, Oregon State
• Kyle Blair, RHP, San Diego
• Chris Hernandez, LHP, Miami
• Brandon Workman, RHP, Texas
• Chad Bettis, RHP, Texas
• Alex Wimmers, RHP, Ohio State

High School Bats

• Trey Griffin, OF, Martin Luther King HS, GA
• Austin Wilson, Harvard-Westlake School, CA
• Kris Bryant, SS/3B, Bonanza HS, NV
• Krey Bratsen, OF, Bryan HS, TX
• Nick Castellanos, 3B, Archbishop McCarthy HS, FL
• Yordy Cabrera, SS/RHP, Lakeland HS, FL
• Reggie Golden, Wetumpka HS, AL
• Taylor Lindsay, OF, Desert Mountain HS, AZ
• Marcus Littlewood, SS, Pineview HS, UT

High School Arms

• AJ Cole, RHP, Oveida HS, FL
• Jameson Taillon, RHP, The Woodlands HS, TX
• Stetson Allie, RHP/SS, St. Edward HS, OH
• Zach Lee, RHP, McKinney HS, TX
• Justin O'Connor, RHP/SS, Cowan HS, IN
• Kevin Gausman, RHP, Grandview HS, CO
• Rudy Acosta, RHP, Mt. Miguel HS, CA
• Cam Bedrosian, RHP, East Coweta HS, GA