Verbal Commitments

[Guest dw3]

Just wondering if anyone knew of any verbal commitments by middle-Tennessee players. I guess we'll know for sure when the 13th of November rolls around.

[HiwasseeVol]

You can find some here:

Web Link: 2003 verbal commitment

[Guest WARLIKEPERSON]

My first post. Wohooo!

[ktg15]

Kenny Griffin has committed to Western Kentucky to play ball.

[LEVI]

Congratulations to Tullahoma RHP Kenny Griffin who could be the next Brazelton. He has alot of upside and is a 16 yr old Sr. I wonder who else was recruiting Kenny other than W.K. & Miss. St.?

[HiwasseeVol]

I now have 25 listed, any more out there?

 

2003 Verbals & Signings

[Edited by HiwasseeVol on 12-77-02 10:00P]

 

[hardball03]

On another board, someone mentioned than Ben Petsch verbally

committed to Belmont. You may need to confirm.

[lobo]

HV,

Great job on your website! How do these numbers stack up against previous years? I noticed on T1 board that someone had asked about Jeramy Laster and Ahmir Watkins. Do you have any word on what they are going to do? Are either one looking at juco for a possible year of college ball before going pro? Do you think either will be drafted this year? Both are phenominal players and I know there are others that may not have commited to anything at this time. Just curious if anyone knows of players that aren't listed.

[HiwasseeVol]

lobo,

I haven't heard about the intentions from Jeramy Laster and Ahmir Watkins, but speed is something that is God given and both players are well blessed. According to their T1 scores, they both may well be TeamOne's highest rated pro potential from Tennessee.

 

I take everything with a grain of salt though, if you look at the 12 high school players from the 2002 Tennessee class that were drafted, TeamOne only had 6 players listed on their service. Heck, that means TeamOne missed half the Tennessee players drafted last year in their projections. We shouldn't feel so bad when we try to look at talent.

 

As you know 2002 was a banner year for baseball talent in our state and I think we had 40+ players commit/sign in the early period. In this years 2003 class, I have 22 commit/sign that I'm aware of to date. From the numbers, I would suspect 4 to 5 Tennessee high school players will be drafted this year. 9 of the 12 drafted 2002 players had pitching experience and it seems that the 2003 Tennessee high school class of pitchers is not nearly so highly regarded.

 

Baseball/America had 44 Tennessee players listed in the last 2002 high school class I saw and the 2003 Tennessee high school class has 15 players listed. 4 to 5 players may be a stretch, but I would like to think there are some players that the scouts see something special in.

[HiwasseeVol]

Brad Isom signs with Gardner-Webb University. Congratulations.

[HiwasseeVol]

Added Ryan Connor signing to Milligan College today. That brings the total to 29 players from the 2003 class.

 

http://www.milligan.edu/athletics/Fall2002...ball_connor.htm

[HiwasseeVol]

A few new players have signed and I now have 32 2003 players with their college choice.