Vanderbilt Commodores baseball Vanderbilt The Commodores look like the heavy favorite to enter 2015 atop the rankings at this early stage. Five ’Dores were drafted in the top 15 rounds (Tyler Beede, Adam Ravenelle, Vince Conde, Jared Miller and Brian Miller), but even if all five signed, Vandy will be loaded. Its top three hitters will be back (Bryan Reynolds, Dansby Swanson and John Norwood), and Swanson is a playmaker who should have no trouble making the transition from second base to shortstop. Rhett Wiseman and Zander Wiel, two middle-of-the-order run producers, will also be back, as will CWS hero Tyler Campbell and catchers Jason Delay and Karl Ellison. Ro Coleman and Kyle Smith should be bigger contributors next year, and both are talented enough to be difference makers. And then there’s the pitching. Vanderbilt’s likely 2015 weekend rotation has a chance to produce three first-round picks, as Carson Fulmer, Walker Buehler and Tyler Ferguson all have electric stuff. Lefty John Kilichowski and righty Hayden Stone proved as freshmen that they have the right heartbeat for big games; Stone figures to anchor the bullpen, regardless of whether or not any Vandy juniors return for another year. And he might wind up being college baseball’s best closer, thanks to a slider that is simply unfair.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:39:05 +0000
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