Recruiting - Class of 2019

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

Quite the impact.

How much impact were you expecting from kids still finishing up their high school careers?

[ShockerFever]

How much impact were you expecting from kids still finishing up their high school careers?

I misread the classes. My bad.

[1972Shocker]

WSU Inks JUCO Standout Pitcher Jake Hamilton

Wichita State baseball has signed Rose State College standout pitcher Jake Hamilton, it was announced Friday, May 3.

Hamilton will join the WSU baseball roster in the fall of 2019.

A 6-foot-4, 195-pound right-hander from Asher, Okla., Hamilton is 6-1 with a 2.08 ERA in 11 appearances and starts for Rose State College, located in Midwest City, Okla., this spring, and currently leads NJCAA Division I in both strikeouts (129) and strikeouts per 9 innings (16.75).

In 69 1/3 innings pitched for the Raiders, he has surrendered just 16 earned runs on 34 hits and thrown three complete games.

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[NCAABound]

WSU Inks JUCO Standout Pitcher Jake Hamilton

Wichita State baseball has signed Rose State College standout pitcher Jake Hamilton, it was announced Friday, May 3.

Hamilton will join the WSU baseball roster in the fall of 2019.

A 6-foot-4, 195-pound right-hander from Asher, Okla., Hamilton is 6-1 with a 2.08 ERA in 11 appearances and starts for Rose State College, located in Midwest City, Okla., this spring, and currently leads NJCAA Division I in both strikeouts (129) and strikeouts per 9 innings (16.75).

In 69 1/3 innings pitched for the Raiders, he has surrendered just 16 earned runs on 34 hits and thrown three complete games.

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Sounds like a good get. Hopefully when he shows up here he doesn't join the 99 walks in 25 innings club.

[Shock&awe]

Is he draft eligible?

[1972Shocker]

Is he draft eligible?

Not sure without knowing his birth date but probably not. He graduated from high school in 2017 and then has played juco ball at Rose State College in 2018 and 2019. Most commonly sophomores who are draft eligible are players who have taken a redshirt year previously. Not sure whether there are any special rules that apply to Juco sophomores. I am not aware of any.

[Diggum]

All juco players are draft eligible at both the end of their freshman and sophomore seasons...

[1972Shocker]

Thanks for the info. That will make it interesting especially if the Shocks make the anticipated coaching change.

[WuDrWu]

There's a decent chance he'll be at WSU in the fall. Live arm.

[SekShocker]

Hamilton drafted by Texas Rangers in the 21st Round

[WuDrWu]

He knew he'd be drafted, and unless they go crazy with a signing bonus, I expect him to be in a Shocker uniform come fall.

[Shockm]

Hamilton will likely be Eric Wedge’s first recruitment jobs.

[Shockm]

I really like Wedge’s quote, “A player better be ready to be his best self before going to play in the Big Leagues” after being drafted.

[Wuzee]

Jake Hamilton named HM All American

http://njcaa.org/sports/bsb/2018-19/div1/all-americans/index

[RoyalShock]

Colin Burgess has asked out of his LOI.

[shocker22]

Well as long as we keep the catcher from campus we should be good

[Wuzee]

Colin Burgess has asked out of his LOI.

That could also impact 2020 commit RHP Konnor Lewis, who is from the same H.S., although Pelfrey staying may mitigate that.