Wanted to get a look at what the Vols could be seeing this weekend in the NCAA regionals:
ACC record: 16-16
Tourney finish: 1-1 (ACC does four three-team pools, G. Tech lost to Pitt, beat Louisville, didn’t advance to semifinals)
Record vs. Tourney teams: 19-10 (swept Wright St., Virginia Tech, went 2-1 in series against Georgia, Florida St., Miami and North Carolina, split with Ga. Southern and Kennesaw State, went 1-2 against Virginia and Wake Forest).
**Note on these 29 games – Georgia Tech scored 250 runs (8.62 runs per game) with 10 games of 10 or more runs. They also gave up 233 runs (a little skewed by a 27-run performance by Wake).
Best players:
Lineup (used in tourney, last ACC series) with listed bat/throw:
2B Chandler Simpson (L/R)
C Kevin Parada (R/R)
1B Andrew Jenkins (R/R)
LF Tres Gonzalez (L/L)
DH Tim Borden II (R/R)
RF Stephen Reid (R/R)
3B Drew Compton (S/R)
CF Colin Hall (L/R)
SS Jaydn Jackson (R/R)
Stats Leaders:
BA – Simpson (.418), Jenkins (.386), Parada (.356), Gonzalez (.335), Reid (.321)
HRs – Parada (26), Borden (18), Jenkins (17), Ried (15)
RBIs – Parada (85), Jenkins (63), Reid and Drew Compton (57)
SBs – Simpson (23-of-27), Parada (9-of-10), Colin Hall (7-of-8)
ERA* – Josiah Siegel (4.96), Marquis Grissom Jr. (5.40), Sam Crawford (5.76)
Strikeouts – Zach Maxwell (73), Chance Huff (66), Grissom Jr. (55)
*used pitchers with at least 10 appearances
Team stats:
Batting average - .324
HRs – 110
K-BB – 457/275
Stolen bases: 52-of-64
ERA – 6.55
BAA - .289
K/BB – 516/265
Projected rotation: John Medich, Marquis Grissom Jr., Chance Huff - RHPs
Medich has been a Friday guy for the last few weeks of the season and got the start in their ACC tourney opener – just 58 strikeouts in 55.2 IP and only one start that completed six innings. Grissom Jr. (yes, he’s the son), has been one of the team’s more consistent starters over the last six weeks – he went 6+ in his last two starts (including 10 Ks against Pitt). Huff started the season as the Friday starter, but has been shelled since April and was demoted to Sunday (didn’t help – he went 1.2, 4.0 and 2.0 IP in his last three starts). Huff originally played at Vanderbilt and gives up tanks – he’s allowed 16 HRs in 61.1 innings.
Bullpen: Zach Maxwell is the horse after moving to the pen (made 5 starts early). The big righty has 15 relief appearances with a .232 batting average against (tops on the team). Dawson Brown (righty) has a team-high 26 appearances (6.94 ERA, 28/22 K-BB). Sam Crawford is the team’s resident lefty – the converted starter made 23 appearances with a 5.76 ERA.
Georgia Tech (34-22)
ACC record: 16-16
Tourney finish: 1-1 (ACC does four three-team pools, G. Tech lost to Pitt, beat Louisville, didn’t advance to semifinals)
Record vs. Tourney teams: 19-10 (swept Wright St., Virginia Tech, went 2-1 in series against Georgia, Florida St., Miami and North Carolina, split with Ga. Southern and Kennesaw State, went 1-2 against Virginia and Wake Forest).
**Note on these 29 games – Georgia Tech scored 250 runs (8.62 runs per game) with 10 games of 10 or more runs. They also gave up 233 runs (a little skewed by a 27-run performance by Wake).
Best players:
C Kevin Parada (.356 BA, 26 Homers – T2 in NCAA, 85 RBI – 3rd in NCAA, 27/28 K:BB with 15 HBP)
Parada could be one of the first taken in the 2022 MLB Draft. He’s been projected as a top 10 pick after a monster season. Scouting report from The Athletic: “Parada has had an unbelievable season at the plate for the Ramblin’ Wreck … It’s a bizarre approach where he starts with the bat slung over his left shoulder like it’s a sack of potatoes, but he gets the bat to the zone on time. He’s an offense-first catcher, maybe a 45 glove with a 45 arm if you like him, and there are scouts who think he won’t stay behind the dish.”INF Chandler Simpson (.418 BA – Best in NCAA, 23-of-27 stolen bases, 14-29 K:BB)
Transferred from UAB to Georgia Tech and has been listed a few times in the top 150 prospects for the 2022 MLB draft. Has elite speed, noted on MLB.com rankings by “multiple evaluators joking that he has 90 speed and 10 power on the 20-80 scouting scale. He can get from the left side of the plate to first base in less than 3.8 seconds after taking a full swing.”OF Tres Gonzalez (.335 BA, 51 runs, 27/43 K:BB)
Lefty hitter with good contact to all parts of the field and some good wheels. Both ESPN and MLB have him on their 2022 draft prospect boards (137 on MLB, 150 on ESPN).1B Andrew Jenkins (.386 BA, 17 HRs, 63 RBIs, 60/20 K:BB)
Jenkins has been listed in the top 200 prospects on some draft boards. He has some power, but a swing-and-miss guy as well – 60 strikeouts in 236 at-bats)RHP Zach Maxwell (5-0 record, 5.96 ERA, 73/36 K:BB ratio)
Big righty (6-foot-6, 250+ pounds) who can top out at 100 MPH on the gun. Has command issues – was drafted in the 30th round by the Yankees coming out of high school.Lineup (used in tourney, last ACC series) with listed bat/throw:
2B Chandler Simpson (L/R)
C Kevin Parada (R/R)
1B Andrew Jenkins (R/R)
LF Tres Gonzalez (L/L)
DH Tim Borden II (R/R)
RF Stephen Reid (R/R)
3B Drew Compton (S/R)
CF Colin Hall (L/R)
SS Jaydn Jackson (R/R)
Stats Leaders:
BA – Simpson (.418), Jenkins (.386), Parada (.356), Gonzalez (.335), Reid (.321)
HRs – Parada (26), Borden (18), Jenkins (17), Ried (15)
RBIs – Parada (85), Jenkins (63), Reid and Drew Compton (57)
SBs – Simpson (23-of-27), Parada (9-of-10), Colin Hall (7-of-8)
ERA* – Josiah Siegel (4.96), Marquis Grissom Jr. (5.40), Sam Crawford (5.76)
Strikeouts – Zach Maxwell (73), Chance Huff (66), Grissom Jr. (55)
*used pitchers with at least 10 appearances
Team stats:
Batting average - .324
HRs – 110
K-BB – 457/275
Stolen bases: 52-of-64
ERA – 6.55
BAA - .289
K/BB – 516/265
Projected rotation: John Medich, Marquis Grissom Jr., Chance Huff - RHPs
Medich has been a Friday guy for the last few weeks of the season and got the start in their ACC tourney opener – just 58 strikeouts in 55.2 IP and only one start that completed six innings. Grissom Jr. (yes, he’s the son), has been one of the team’s more consistent starters over the last six weeks – he went 6+ in his last two starts (including 10 Ks against Pitt). Huff started the season as the Friday starter, but has been shelled since April and was demoted to Sunday (didn’t help – he went 1.2, 4.0 and 2.0 IP in his last three starts). Huff originally played at Vanderbilt and gives up tanks – he’s allowed 16 HRs in 61.1 innings.
Bullpen: Zach Maxwell is the horse after moving to the pen (made 5 starts early). The big righty has 15 relief appearances with a .232 batting average against (tops on the team). Dawson Brown (righty) has a team-high 26 appearances (6.94 ERA, 28/22 K-BB). Sam Crawford is the team’s resident lefty – the converted starter made 23 appearances with a 5.76 ERA.
