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Cape Cod Baseball League


The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) kicked off its 125th season this past weekend.

For those who are not aware, the CCBL is the pre-eminent summer baseball league in the United States. It’s a wood bat league that most of the top college baseball players head off to as a means of furthering their developing and demonstrating their abilities in a format more comparable to professional leagues.

Given Mike Rizzo’s preference for more known quantities, I figured there might be some interest in keeping tabs of some of the more recognizable names for the 2010 and 2011 drafts.

Most of the ten CCBL teams have at least one player worth keeping an eye on moving forward and using some of the names mentioned by ESPN’s Keith Law (Insider required) as well as some from Perfect Game Crosschecker (draft year in parentheses):

  • Bourne Braves – Tennessee CA/1B Blake Forsythe (2010), Virginia RHP Robert Morey (2010), Ole Miss RHP Drew Pomeranz (2010), Rice IF Hector Rendon (2011), and Ohio State RHP Alex Wimmers (2010)
  • Brewster Whitecaps – Miami (FL) CA Yasmani Grandal (2010) & Miami (FL) IF Harold Martinez (2011)
  • Chatham Anglers – Virginia Tech RHP Jesse Hahn (2010), North Carolina RHP Matt Harvey (2010), and Long Beach State RHP Jake Thompson (2010)
  • Cotuit Kettleers – UCLA RHP Gerrit Cole (2011), Arkansas 3B/RHP Zack Cox (2010 draft eligible sophomore), Vanderbilt RHP Sonny Gray (2011), Georgia RHP Justin Grimm (2010), Texas OF Kevin Keyes (2010), Texas A&M RHP Barret Loux (2010), Auburn 1B Kevin Patterson (2010), & San Diego St OF Cory Vaughn (2010)
  • Falmouth Commodores – Texas Tech RHP Chad Bettis (2010), Notre Dame RHP Evan Danieli (2010), Tennessee OF Kentrail Davis (draft eligible sophomore in 2009), Auburn IF Hunter Pace (2010), and Missouri RHP Nick Tepesch (2010)
  • Harwich Mariners – Middle Tennessee State OF Bryce Brentz (2010), Florida State OF John Gast, LSU OF Leon landry (2010), LSU ID DJ LeMaheiu (2009 draft eligible sophomore), Cal St-Fullerton RHP Daniel Renken (2010), and Alabama IF Ross Wilson (2010)
  • Hyannis Mets – None of note
  • Orleans Firebirds – Georgia Tech RHP Deck McGuire (2010)
  • Wareham Gateman – Georgia Tech SS Derek Dietrich (2010), Arkansas RHP Brett Eibner (2010), Indiana OF Alex Dickerson (2011 and a 2008 Nats draft pick out of HS), and Texas RHP Brandon Workman (2010)
  • Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox – Cal State-Fullerton SS Christian Colon (2010), LSU CA/1B Micah Gibbs (2010), LSU RHP Anthony Ranaudo (2010), Oregon State RHP Kevin Rhoderick (2010), Alabama IF Josh Rutledge (2010), and Arkansas 1B/3B Andy Wilkins (2010)

Keep in mind the players on teams still in the College World Series will not join their respective teams until they are eliminated … and some might skip out entirely to allow them to rest.

There are a handful of arms who will not be playing on the Cape for various reasons, from injury to innings count to playing for other teams. Among those are:

  • Kentucky RHP Alex Meyer (2011) – IP?
  • Virginia LHP Danny Hultzen (2011) – playing for team USA (once done with College World Series)
  • Oregon State LHP Josh Osich (2010) – IP?
  • San Diego RHP Kyle Blair (2010) – was injured in 2009
  • San Diego LHP Sammy Solis (2010) – IP?
  • Miami LHP Chris Hernandez  (2010) – IP?

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  1. #1 by Marcus - June 15th, 2009 at 15:23

    Anyone have some info. on Christian Colon we should be looking for a star MI in next years first round if B. Harper doesn’t work out. I seen him mentioned by Mayo and Law figure he must be one of the top guys.

  2. #2 by cjrugger - June 15th, 2009 at 16:03

    Bryce Brentz stats are unreal 479/510/1000, although the confrence isn’t strong. I think he is the most intriguing to see how he holds up against better competition

  3. #3 by Ben - June 15th, 2009 at 16:11

    It looks more and more like our first round pick will be Harper. Unless we have a second pick because we don’t sign Stasburg, Colon will be going elsewhere.

  4. #4 by mfeld - June 15th, 2009 at 17:27

    Brian,

    I’m going to the Cape on vacation from July 1 through July 8 and plan on checking out a game or two. Out of the teams you listed, would there be any one or two teams you would see over the others? I’m going to be fairly close to both Cotuit and Falmouth (Hyannis and Bourne wouldn’t be too far away either). Also is there one or two players that really stand out above others as potentially being a top pick next year?

  5. #5 by Gary - June 15th, 2009 at 18:46

    Pardon me, but…there’s this little thing called the Valley Baseball League we have here in the Shenandoah Valley??? Perhaps you guys have heard of it…?? For example: Ryan Schimpf, from LSU (who’s playing in the College World Series) happens to play for the defending VBL champion Luray Wranglers. (I live in Luray, BTW.) The Blue Jays took him in the 5th round of the ’09 draft. ANY of this sinking in?? LMAO

  6. #6 by Jk190 - June 15th, 2009 at 20:49

    Kyle Blair is in the Cape. He’s playing for the Brewster Whitecaps. They have him on a temp. contract, but he will be signed to a full contract once a spot opens up.

  7. #7 by vb24531 - June 15th, 2009 at 23:08

    There are two pretty good Cape League blogs for those who are interested. Codball (codball.com) and Right Field Fog (rightfieldfog.blogspot.com).

  8. #8 by Scooter - June 16th, 2009 at 10:27

    Thanks for this, Brian. I’m about to find myself, through no fault of my own, on Cape Cod for about two weeks. Now I’ll have something to do.

    One thing: your links in the teams’ names appear not to be working as you intended — they lead to a 404 page on this site, rather than going to the external site.

  9. #9 by Brian Oliver - June 16th, 2009 at 10:34

    mfeld – Cotuit would be a really good one given they have top guys from both 2010 and 2011

    Scooter – Should be fixed

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