Carlos Leal #4 on the list. Sounds he fits Cohen's style exactly. http://www.baseballfactor...444%7D&year=2009&month=2 Also now that Polk is gone we're getting Black and Hispanic athletes...interesting
Does it surprise anyone that this recruit is going to be a walk-on?
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They talk him up on that site pretty well. I'm not sure how muxh stock to put into that, though. He sounds like he has an excellent arm, and is pretty good on defense, but I have to wonder about his offense.
I also wonder if he's walking on because we were able to get him some sort of international scholarship or something.
I also wonder if he's walking on because we were able to get him some sort of international scholarship or something.
The only teams that have latinos are Miami and So Cal teams. The So. Cal teams not withstanding, the Miami players are mostly excellent, but very middle class, Cuban private school kids. The Canes may look like the bad news bears, but they are patricians like most college baseball teams. The teams that actually look questionable in terms of diversity are Texas, California, and Arizona teams that have very few latinos relative to the size of their population in those places.
MSU should go to Miami and try to get the next Nelson Arriete or Rafa Palmeiro like Polk did in the 1980's, but he must have stopped recruiting there for a reason. Maybe Miami owns Volucia, Dade, Broward.
My reason for not thinking Polk is anti-latino...he used to let Latin American students watch soccer on a Dudy Noble TV connected to a satellite dish. This was before Direct TV was around so televised soccer was hard to watch. He would have 20 latinos crammed in a meeting room and he would walk-by with a cigar in his mouth and say, cheers.
MSU should go to Miami and try to get the next Nelson Arriete or Rafa Palmeiro like Polk did in the 1980's, but he must have stopped recruiting there for a reason. Maybe Miami owns Volucia, Dade, Broward.
My reason for not thinking Polk is anti-latino...he used to let Latin American students watch soccer on a Dudy Noble TV connected to a satellite dish. This was before Direct TV was around so televised soccer was hard to watch. He would have 20 latinos crammed in a meeting room and he would walk-by with a cigar in his mouth and say, cheers.
conjunction with TeamOne. I've seen criticism of these in the past as far as evaluating players but it's possible that they've gotten a lot better.
As an example, 3 of Polk's recruits this year were UnderArmour All-Americans:
Nick Routt, Frank Rawdow and Tyler Johnson. Nick and Frank are definitely quality players and Tyler was highly thought of.
What I'm not clear on is what exactly does the Top 10 represent that Carlos Leal is on. Is it unsigned players in the spring or is it the top players that participated in the UA showcases (It appears it is the top players from the UA showcases) A quick glance shows signees from Univ of Oklahoma, Vandy, MSU, Oregon St., Central Arizona?, UNC Greensboro? and the Univ of Arizona. After seeing who most of these signed with, I would say we've got another quality recruit. I'm impressed.
As an example, 3 of Polk's recruits this year were UnderArmour All-Americans:
Nick Routt, Frank Rawdow and Tyler Johnson. Nick and Frank are definitely quality players and Tyler was highly thought of.
What I'm not clear on is what exactly does the Top 10 represent that Carlos Leal is on. Is it unsigned players in the spring or is it the top players that participated in the UA showcases (It appears it is the top players from the UA showcases) A quick glance shows signees from Univ of Oklahoma, Vandy, MSU, Oregon St., Central Arizona?, UNC Greensboro? and the Univ of Arizona. After seeing who most of these signed with, I would say we've got another quality recruit. I'm impressed.