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Cotuit Roster

Cotuit became the third team to release its 2010 roster. There are 23 players so far. The headliner is Arkansas’ Zack Cox, though he’s draft-eligible sophomore, so he may not make it back for a second summer in Cotuit.

Just two returning players, at this point:

Zack Cox – 3B – Sophomore – Arkansas
Zach Cone – OF – Sophomore – Georgia

Cox was picked by Baseball America as the second-best prospect in the league last summer. If he somehow makes it back, he’ll be one of the more proven highly-touted players to return in a few years.

Cone was 12th on the same list. A third-round pick out of high school, Cone hit .243 for the Kettleers in 2009.

As for the rest, some impressions:

  • Konstantine Diamaduros is an easy name to notice. Between that and the numbers he put up last summer, his name is one I remembered immediately. Diamaduros, a lefty-swinging sophomore from Wofford College in South Carolina, tore up the Coastal Plain League in 2009. He led the league with a .376 average and added four home runs, 19 extra-base hits and 45 RBI. Diamaduros hit .299 last season for Wofford. He was originally a Clemson signee.

  • I love the fact that Oklahoma freshman Chad Kettler is going to be playing for the Cotuit Kettleers. It’s perfect. Kettler was a 24th-round pick out of high school.

  • Freshmen represented some of the biggest names on the Cotuit roster this time last year, but there aren’t quite as many this year. Kettler is one of just four. The other other three are Arizona State’s Deven Marrero and Brady Rodgers and Vanderbilt’s Michael Yastrzemski.

  • Yes, that Yastrzemski family. Mike is Carl’s grandson.

  • Among those four freshmen, Marrero might be the best. He was a 17th-round pick and is expected to compete for the starting shortstop job immediately in Tempe.

  • Two players who were on Cotuit’s early roster last year but didn’t make it are back on there this year. Jonathan Taylor made a big splash early for Georgia and ended up hitting .309. Vanderbilt’s Sonny Gray had a strong freshman campaign and spent the summer with Team USA.

  • Kentucky’s Chad Wright hit .343 last season, second on the Wildcats to ’09 Kettleer Chris Bisson.

  • Michael Schum was a dynamic closer for Wright State last season. He finished with 13 saves, a 1.95 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 74 innings.

  • Kent State’s Andrew Chafin will be an interesting player to watch. He had a tremendous freshman season as a closer and was invited to Team USA, but he had Tommy John Surgery in June. He is working his way back but may redshirt this season. Next summer could represent his return.

  • The Citadel’s Drew Mahaffey had really good numbers as a closer last season, striking out 71 in 50 innings.

  • Cotuit had good luck with a junior college pitcher last summer — Chad Bell — and will hope for good things from San Jacinto’s David Rollins in 2010. Rollins struck out 69 in 66 innings last spring.

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    1. Konstantine is the real deal. He played for the Forest City Owls last summer. The Owls were the Perfect Game/Summer Ball #1 ranked summer league team last summer.

      Andrew

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