Weekly College Prospect Update: 3/21-3/23

The National High School Invitational (NHSI) starts today, and one of the tournament's biggest names - Dylan Cease - will not pitch. Cease, a preseason All-American righthander out of Dexter Fowler's alma mater, Milton (Ga.) High School - left his March 3 start in the fifth inning with elbow soreness, and has not pitched since. Cease currently sits tenth on Keith Law's most recent Top 50 Draft Prospects list. He also underwent an MRI on Friday.

This is becoming a trend at the NHSI - in 2013, Jordan Sheffield had to bow out of the contest, eventually having Tommy John surgery; in 2012, it was Lucas Giolito with elbow soreness.

Meanwhile, some huge names will be at the tournament, headlined by names like Michael Gettys, Jacob Gatewood, Touki Toussaint, and Josh Morgan.

In the college ranks, University of Hartford lefty Sean Newcomb is grabbing a lot of headlines. Eight shutout innings against Binghamton brings him to 32.2 on the season, without allowing a single earned run. At 6'5", 240 pounds, and a fastball in the mid-nineties, Newcomb has struck out 10.5 batters per nine innings on the season, walking 4.1 per nine. Amazingly, he's at just 2-1 on the season, which tells you pretty much all you need to know about pitcher wins and losses. Opposing batters are batting just .133 on the season against him, and he's allowed just one extra-base hit - a double.

Hitters

• Austin Byler, 3B/1B, Nevada - 3/11, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI, 5 K vs. Air Force
• Branden Cogswell, SS, Virginia - 5/11, R, RBI, 2 K vs. Miami (FL)
• J.D. Davis, 1B/3B, Cal State Fullerton - 4/11, 2 2B, 3B, 2 R, 4 RBI, K, BB, SB vs. Long Beach State
• Dustin DeMuth, 3B, Indiana - 6/11, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 3 K vs. Michigan
• Casey Gillaspie, 1B, Wichita State - 4/9, 2 2B, 5 RBI, 2 K, 4 BB vs. Missouri State
• Rhys Hoskins, OF, Sacramento State - 5/11, 2B, HR, 4 R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, SB vs. Northern Colorado
• Mark Laird, OF, LSU - 5/11, R, RBI, K, 3 BB, SB vs .Georgia
• Joey Pankake, 3B, South Carolina - 5/12, 2 HR, 5 R, 5 RBI, SB vs. Kentucky
• Max Pentecost, C, Kennesaw State - 5/13, 2 2B, 3B, HR, R, 6 RBI, BB vs. Lipscomb
• Mason Robbins, OF, Southern Miss - 4/13, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 R, 4 RBI, K vs. Texas - San Antonio
• Kyle Schwarber, C/1B, Indiana - 2/8, R, RBI, 2 K, 6 BB, SB vs. Michigan
• Michael Suchy, OF, Florida Gulf Coast - 5/7, 2 2B, 5 R, 5 RBI, K, 3 BB vs. South Carolina Upstate
• Trea Turner, SS, NC State - 3/11, 2 HR, 3 R, 2 RBI, 4 K, 2 BB vs. Maryland

Pitchers

• Tyler Beede, RHP, Vanderbilt - 2.2 IP, 6 H, 11 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 2 K vs. Mississippi State
• Erick Fedde, RHP, UNLV - 9.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 12 K vs. San Diego State
• Brandon Finnegan, LHP, Texas Christian - 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 K vs. Texas Tech
• Jace Fry, LHP, Oregon State - 7.1 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 8 K vs. Arizona State
• Jeff Hoffman, RHP, East Carolina - 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K vs. UNC Charlotte
• Matt Imhof, LHP, Cal Poly - 7.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 9 K vs. California
• Zach Lemond, RHP, Rice - 8.1 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 12 K vs. Florida Atlantic
• Daniel Mengden, RHP, Texas A&M - 7.0 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K vs. Florida
• Sean Newcomb, LHP, Hartford - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K vs. Binghamton
• Aaron Nola, RHP, LSU - 6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 8 K vs. Georgia
• Austin Robichaux, RHP, Louisiana - Lafayette - 8.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 8 K vs. Georgia State
• Carlos Rodon, LHP, NC State - 4.2 IP, 6 H, 8 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 8 K vs. Maryland
• Scott Squier, LHP, Hawaii - 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K vs. Alabama-Birmingham
• Jake Stinnett, RHP, Maryland - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 14 K vs. NC State
• Ben Wetzler, LHP, Oregon State - 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K vs. Arizona State