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ALL PING!BASEBALL 2010 PRESEASON TEAMS

Each winter when compiling the Preseason All American Teams the phrase, "Man alive! This is even harder than last year!" is uttered from a jawdropped and astonished member of the Ping!Baseball team. This season was no different. Future major leaguers are abound all across the country making the placement and positioning of the preseason teams extremely difficult. It's like asking your niece to choose if Nick Jonas, Justin Timberlake or Justin Beiber is the most dreamy; it simply can't be definitively done. Nevertheless, statistics and figures were analyzed, scrutinized and dissected tirelessly in an effort to make a complete list.

As we've done previously we’ve once again included a “For Your Consideration” selection for each of the positions. This addition is not necessarily an “Honorable Mention” designation or the player who was next in line for All American inclusion, but instead is an athlete from a smaller school who has put up impressive stats, but just hasn’t had the opportunity to showcase them enough on a more competitive level.

Without further adieu, we present the 2010 Ping!Baseball All American Teams:

CATCHER
Player AVE G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   SB
First
Team 		Rafael Neda, New Mexico 0.415 55 205 57 85 19 2 7 49 29 21 0
Second
Team 		Dan Burkhart, Ohio State 0.362 53 196 47 71 13 3 10 60 30 25 2
Blake Forsythe, Tennessee 0.347 55 196 51 68 13 2 15 46 40 52 5
Third
Team 		Mike Melillo, Elon 0.343 55 198 67 68 19 3 18 59 43 27 7
Matt Rice, Western Kentucky 0.393 56 229 44 90 18 1 8 66 19 23 2
For your consideration: Santa Clara has two top tier catching candidates in Tommy Medica and Geoff Klein. Medica, a two time All-WCC First Team honoree and USA Nation Team member, missed almost all of the 2009 season due to a shoulder injury. Klein filled in during his absence and was the co-WCC batting champion and earned WCC First Team designation.
Tommy Medica, Santa Clara ('08 stats) 0.342 55 222 43 76 15 2 6 44 29 17 1
Geoff Klein, Santa Clara 0.379 53 214 32 81 21 0 5 56 13 30 1


FIRST BASE 
Player AVE G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  SB
First
Team 		Cody Hawn, Tennessee 0.364 50 198 46 72 15 0 22 81 27 36 0
Second
Team		 Paul Hoilman, E Tenn St 0.380 x 200 55 76 19 1 17 66 40 49 2
Nick Ebert, South Carolina 0.332 59 193 56 64 13 0 22 71 48 47 3
Third
Team		 Zach Maxfield, FGCU 0.383 51 214 59 82 16 0 20 66 34 55 0
Troy Channing, St. Mary's (CA) 0.379 55 206 45 78 11 0 20 75 26 44 2

For your consideration: After earning First Team OVC All Tournament Team and a First Team All OVC during the spring, Cunningham was named the Jayhawk Summer League Top Prospect.

Wes Cunningham, Murray State 0.411 51 192 51 79 12 5 11 52 21 29 6


SECOND BASE 
Player AVE G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
First
Team		 Ross Wilson, Alabama 0.349 53 209 57 73 14 2 9 46 33 38 8
Second
Team 		Mike Sodders, N.M. State 0.422 50 187 55 79 19 2 13 68 26 39 1
Sean Rockey, George Washington 0.420 55 193 35 81 18 1 10 60 24 31 11
Third
Team		 Chris Bisson, Kentucky  0.362 52 218 49 79 9 3 2 52 19 27 13
Wes Hobson, Appalachian State 0.380 54 234 67 89 23 4 9 60 31 19 9
For your consideration: Altman finished 22nd in the nation with 95 hits, laced 23 doubles (23 rd nationally) and was the 63 rd toughest batter to strike out.
Bryan Altman, Citadel 0.368 59 258 63 95 23 3 7 47 20 20 10


THIRD BASE 
Player AVE G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
First
Team		 Tony Thompson, Kansas 0.374 57 230 53 86 25 0 19 78 20 24 1
Second
Team		 Joey Bergman, C of C 0.452 56 221 88 100 25 1 15 57 36 19 24
Anthony Rendon, Rice 0.375 54 216 54 81 12 1 19 64 28 22 9
Third
Team		 Jake Smith, Alabama 0.365 59 195 42 70 14 2 18 54 6 45 2
Jayson Langfels, Eastern Kentucky  0.441 41 170 45 75 13 6 12 72 9 27 15

For your consideration: Sawyer led all vote-getters in balloting for the all-Canadian college baseball team after hitting .346 with 19 homers (at one stretch homering in 11 of 13 games).
Jesse Sawyer, South Dakota State 0.346 56 211 61 73 18 0 19 58 30 54 2


SHORTSTOP
Player AVE G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
First
Team		 Jedd Gyorko, West Virginia 0.421 55 228 74 96 28 1 8 58 32 25 1
Second
Team 		Clint Moore, Army 0.393 49 173 55 68 17 5 10 60 27 23 9
Drew Lee, Morehead State 0.413 52 208 62 86 18 2 17 67 25 32 5
Third
Team 		Christian Colon, Cal State Fullerton 0.347 55 225 69 78 15 2 7 32 21 20 12
Stephen Cardullo, Florida State 0.376 62 237 76 89 20 3 10 51 45 46 20

For your consideration: Playing for Vermont last season, Duffy was named the America East Player of the Year after he hit .388 and slugged at a .713 rate. The UVM baseball program was cut after the season due to sagging finances.

Matt Duffy, Tennessee 0.388 50 178 57 69 17 1 13 57 29 28 0


OUTFIELD
Player AVE G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
First
Team 		Tyler Holt, Florida State 0.388 58 214 76 83 17 2 5 25 51 43 32
Jarrett Parker, Virginia 0.375 56 224 73 84 18 6 16 60 34 61 19
Devon Dageford, Louisiana Tech 0.385 51 195 59 75 18 3 23 68 18 37 9
Second
Team		 Gary Brown, Cal State Fullerton 0.363 63 234 57 85 17 0 12 82 32 43 14
Michael Choice, Texas Arlington 0.413 56 225 64 93 13 3 11 52 29 30 5
Matt Townsend, James Madison 0.390 53 205 60 80 17 1 17 59 28 29 17
George Springer Connecticut 0.358 56 212 75 76 14 3 16 57 42 39 12
Ryan Enos, Dallas Baptist 0.376 55 229 71 81 20 2 17 56 30 41 13
Third
Team		 Rico Noel, Coastal Carolina 0.315 63 232 75 73 17 1 8 45 34 53 48
Kameron Brunty, Southern Miss 0.336 65 229 62 77 9 4 7 53 35 49 7
Trent Whitehead, East Carolina 0.376 65 279 78 105 24 2 7 47 33 51 10
Kevin Nieto, Manhattan 0.396 46 187 72 74 16 6 13 54 24 29 25
Gauntlett Eldemire, Ohio 0.313 49 198 61 62 6 2 21 56 34 43 11
Todd Cunningham, Jacksonville State 0.339 57 236 66 80 14 9 10 47 24 24 9
Tyler Sibley, Texas State 0.359 55 234 77 84 13 4 10 38 26 16 14
Kolten Wong, Hawaii 0.341 58 226 46 77 21 2 11 52 25 23 11

For your consideration: Pacific's Longmire finished third in the Big West with a .385 batting average and his .596 slugging percentage was fourth best in the conference. Additionally, he will start 2010 on a 17 game hitting streak.

Nick Longmire, Pacific 0.385 53 218 60 84 16 6 6 37 18 39 8


DESIGNATED HITTER
Player AVE G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  SB
First
Team		 Kyle Roller, East Carolina 0.336 66 256 63 86 12 1 16 75 32 39 4
Second
Team		 Phil Wunderlich, Louisville 0.369 58 225 53 83 17 1 18 74 15 18 4
Blake Dean, LSU 0.327 61 217 53 71 15 0 14 62 42 28 4
Third
Team 		Matt Alexander, Air Force 0.383 51 214 53 82 19 3 15 65 15 28 2
Alex Dickerson, Indiana 0.379 56 232 45 88 15 1 14 57 17 44 2
For your consideration: Johnson led the NCAA with 29 doubles with and added 12 homeruns to compile a .705 slugging percentage for the Fighting Camels.
Zach Johnson, Campbell 0.380 51 200 55 76 29 0 12 61 13 52 10


UTILITY (Batting Stats)
Player AVE G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
First
Team		 Bryce Brentz, Middle TN State 0.482 57 220 78 106 19 2 28 72 30 30 6
Danny Hultzen, Virginia 0.333 47 162 36 54 7 1 3 33 27 26 7
Second
Team 		Kolbrin Vitek, Ball State 0.389 50 208 57 81 25 4 13 67 28 34 17
Mike McGee, Florida State 0.376 55 181 58 68 15 1 17 68 35 44 13
Third
Team 		Richie Derbak, Eastern Illinois 0.417 47 187 34 78 12 0 5 41 10 10 0
A.J. Kirby-Jones, Tennessee Tech 0.325 56 197 49 64 15 0 20 68 42 50 1

For your consideration: Thomas led the Musketeers with 16 homeruns and 66 RBI as they earned their first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. On the mound he tied for second on the team with five wins.
Ben Thomas, Xavier 0.338 51 195 42 66 16 0 16 66 18 24 0

 

STARTING PITCHERS
Player ERA W L APP GS CG SV IP BB SO
First
Team 		Daniel Bibona, UC Irvine 2.63 12 1 15 15 1 0 106 26 108
Alex Wimmers, Ohio State 3.27 9 2 16 16 4 0 104 55 136
Drew Pomeranz, Ole Miss 3.40 8 4 16 16 2 0 95.1 37 124
Anthony Ranaudo, LSU 3.04 12 3 19 19 0 0 124 50 159
Josh Spence, Arizona State 2.37 10 1 18 15 2 1 102 30 125
Deck McGuire, Georgia Tech 3.50 11 2 16 16 0 0 100 41 118
Taylor Jungmann, Texas 2.00 11 3 25 10 1 0 94.2 35 101
Player ERA W L APP GS CG SV IP BB SO
Second
Team		 Sean Gilmartin, Florida State 3.49 12 3 18 15 1 1 98 37 83
Daniel Renken, CSF 2.69 11 3 17 17 3 0 123 35 103
Chance Ruffin, Texas 3.32 10 2 25 18 3 1 124 25 115
Sam Gaviglio, Oregon State 2.73 8 1 18 6 1 1 62.2 9 55
Jordan Cooper, Wichita State 2.78 8 6 15 13 3 0 97 20 91
Trevor Bauer, UCLA 2.99 9 3 20 10 4 2 105 27 92
Chris Sale, FGCU 2.72 8 4 14 12 1 1 89.2 27 104
Player  ERA W L APP GS CG SV IP BB SO
Third
Team		 Kyle Blair, San Diego 3.13 3 2 10 8 2 2 54.2 18 62
Randy Fontanez, USF 3.09 8 3 14 13 6 0 99 24 57
Cody Wheeler, Coastal Carolina 3.83 10 1 15 15 1 0 91.2 34 98
Kenneth Roberts, Middle TN. 3.04 8 1 16 16 2 0 103 28 62
Noe Ramirez, CSF 3.33 9 2 20 15 1 0 110 24 100
Christian Bergman, UC Irvine 3.50 9 3 15 15 1 0 97.2 16 66
Aaron Meade, Missouri State 3.39 8 2 15 14 1 1 90.1 31 89

For you consideration: Harrington won eight games, tossed two complete games and posted a 3.01 ERA and was the only freshman named to the All-Southland Conference First Team.

Eric Harrington, Lamar 3.01 8 1 15 14 2 0 83.2 26 63

 

RELIEF PITCHERS  

Player ERA W L APP GS CG SV IP BB SO
First
Team		 Addison Reed, San Diego State 0.65 0 0 25 0 0 20 27.2 7 38
Matty Ott, LSU 2.68 4 2 37 0 0 16 50.1 6 69
Second
Team		 Kevin Munson, James Madison 2.85 3 3 24 0 0 9 47.1 23 67
Scott Matyas, Minnesota 2.22 0 1 23 0 0 15 28.1 7 45
Kevin Arico, Virginia 2.70 2 3 31 0 0 11 36.2 6 47
Jake Morgan, Ole Miss 3.46 4 1 27 0 0 9 41.2 7 55
Mitchell Lambson, Arizona State 3.01 9 5 32 1 1 5 83.2 25 99
Third
Team		 Eric Marshall, TCU 1.48 2 2 24 0 0 9 30.1 5 20
Ryan Duke, Oklahoma 3.22 3 1 26 0 0 16 36.1 12 43
Jarad Miller, Valparaiso 2.15 2 0 23 0 0 17 25 5 13
Chad Sheppard, Northwestern State   2.34 4 1 23 0 0 10 34.2 15 43

For your consideration: Despite a SoCon inflated 5.33 ERA, Girdwood tied for third nationally with 17 saves and K'd 38 batters in 25.1 innings.

Thomas Girdwood, Elon 5.33 0 3 29 0 0 17 25.1 14 38

Pitching Stats for Utility Players

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Player ERA W L APP GS CG SV IP BB SO
First
Team 		Bryce Brentz, Middle Tenn. State 4.57 5 3 15 14 2 0 88.2 90 63
Danny Hultzen, Virginia 2.17 9 1 17 16 0 0 95.1 28 107
Second
Team 		Kolbrin Vitek, Ball State 5.65 4 3 12 11 0 0 57.1 9 56
Mike McGee, Florida State 4.04 6 2 15 13 0 0 69 42 72

Third
Team

 Richie Derbak, Eastern Illinois 3.76 6 3 25 0 0 7 38.1 14 43
A.J. Kirby-Jones, Tennessee Tech 5.51 3 3 18 4 0 3 49 37 52
Ben Thomas, Xavier 7.41 5 2 12 11 1 0 51 33 43