Homerun leaders in Ohio

[Bballfever23]

Who's hitting the long ball this year?

[bucks08]

Matt Malloy going into has 5 homeruns for Oak Hills and that is leading the Southwest Ohio area

[thePITman]

I am not sure how "up to date" these are:

Dustin Hynes, St. C - 7
____ Bias, Licking Heights, 6
Freeman Nixon, Ashland Mapleton - 6
____ Wamsley, Wheelersburg - 6
____ Hopper, Wheelersburg - 5
Matt Malloy, Oak Hills - 5
Andy Minnis, Dover - 5
Kirk Wetherell, Cambridge - 5
Ben Hammer, Elmwood - 4 or 5
Reid Rothenbuhler, Elmwood - 4 this past weekend, not sure of total
Damon Contat, Maumee - 4
____ Cook, Wheelersburg - 4

[ReesMcd3621]

Anthony Raschilla, McDonald, 5

[that guy over there]

trevor lothrop just hit his 5th tonight from sycamore in SWO..

[TheRealVille#2]

Seems like Wheelersburg got a lot of power hitters eh?
A combined 14 hr's from 3 kids.

[pcell]

Jason Ferguson from Mineral Ridge has 5

[Triple Crown]

Nick Jones, 2007 1st Team All-Ohio OF from Woodridge HS, hit his team-leading 7th tonight!

[Xslugger19]

Michael Basil has 5

[OHHS2]

Matt Malloy going into has 5 homeruns for Oak Hills and that is leading the Southwest Ohio area


Malloy has 6

[kzr0]

Pakan from Tallmadge has 5

[Yellow_Jacket06]

Brad Yinger of Sidney has 4 & counting.

[Stallion0815]

Raschilla should've had a 6th. In Southern Local, the way the field is set up, the fence is about 600 ft away to dead center, and there is a gap in 2 different areas. Raschilla hit a liner in the left center gap, and was rounding 3rd base when the ball went into one of the gaps. The umpire called it a ground rule double. It would've been his 2nd HR on the day.

[pcell]

Raschilla should've had a 6th. In Southern Local, the way the field is set up, the fence is about 600 ft away to dead center, and there is a gap in 2 different areas. Raschilla hit a liner in the left center gap, and was rounding 3rd base when the ball went into one of the gaps. The umpire called it a ground rule double. It would've been his 2nd HR on the day.


Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda

[TheRealJayDubb]

Nick Jones is hitting unbelievably right now. Our pitching staff works better knowing he'll produce runs for us. :clap:

[Stallion0815]

Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda

Not really his fault he smoked a ball that happened to go between a gap in the fence.. You're just upset that a Sophomore is keeping up with Big ol' Ferguson..

[Ohio sports guy]

mike steinke- centerville 4 homeruns

[chuck_norris]

Nick Jones, 2007 1st Team All-Ohio OF from Woodridge HS, hit his team-leading 7th tonight!


wow...he must be having a h*** of a year....isn't he the one that threw the perfect game too?

[Sportsfanatc]

Raschilla should've had a 6th. In Southern Local, the way the field is set up, the fence is about 600 ft away to dead center, and there is a gap in 2 different areas. Raschilla hit a liner in the left center gap, and was rounding 3rd base when the ball went into one of the gaps. The umpire called it a ground rule double. It would've been his 2nd HR on the day.

rounding third?? That kid must be awfully fast and/or the grass is cut like a golf green.

[BaseballRepresent]

Nick Jones is hitting unbelievably right now. Our pitching staff works better knowing he'll produce runs for us.

That's awesome. He's been a pleasure to watch this year for sure!

[bulldawg25]

That's awesome. He's been a pleasure to watch this year for sure!

Nick Jones is one of the top 5 players in the State, Hitting 500 plus 7 home runs, Fielding and no one want to face him on the mound. (Perfect Game)

So far this year it has been a plesure to watch something that special!!!!

Keep up the good work!!!!

DON"T WASTE NO SALT!!!!

[speedybaseballa21]

North Unions Cam Collum has 5, and has had 2 multi homerun games. One at Ridgedale, and one against Urbana. Plus he is only a junior.

[Wolfman1]

Bailey 5 - Murray State bound
Hough 4 - Cincinnati bound

[ReesMcd3621]

Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda

wow. ur so cool:cool:

[midge44]

Nate has 3 for Eastern Brown plus hitting .590

[ReesMcd3621]

rounding third?? That kid must be awfully fast and/or the grass is cut like a golf green.

He was three feet from third. the only reason he got to third is because thier is two fields connected at center, so its way back there.

[kzr0]

Ben Stoll from Barberton hit 3 last night against ST.V giving him 4 for the year.

[Pea_Tear_Griffin]

ryan murphy from indian hill has either 5 or 6

[Beat X]

Basil is most impressive hitting 5 home runs in GCL and I believe that I heard that he had another one robbed against Elder off of Nastold.

[pnthrz4life]

I believe Ryan Wallace of Manchester has 6.

[bigdawg33]

Nick Jones is hitting unbelievably right now. Our pitching staff works better knowing he'll produce runs for us. :clap:

He has hit well every year......it is unfortunate he plays in such a weak conference... I would like him play Walsh, Benny, Moeller, Ignatius, Strongsville, Mentor, St.X, Tallmadge, Hoban,Elder and so on. It is too bad they don't play an independent schedules as many of the private schools do so we could see how he hit against some top pitching. I can promise you the number ones and two's from these teams are much better than what he is seeing. If he played at Walsh or Ignatius for instance he would face number ones or 2 evey game from top teams in the state; and his stats would mean more. Plus HS stats are not consistent, some HS pad stats to get press. Scouts and coaches basically ignore them.

Hats off for the perfect game...would mean more if it was against Talmadge.

[earholem]

Nick Jones is one of the top 5 players in the State, Hitting 500 plus 7 home runs, Fielding and no one want to face him on the mound. (Perfect Game)

So far this year it has been a plesure to watch something that special!!!!

Keep up the good work!!!!

DON"T WASTE NO SALT!!!!

He keeps getting better and better each time he puts on the cleats.
His desire & passion paying didvidends.

He is a pure All American calber type player and I'm sure will have a tough decision between college/pro's if he continues terror on the field between now
and draft.

[sball1415]

Nick Jones is having a great year dont get me wrong, but i dont think he will get drafted and if he does it will be in the very late rounds so he should just play in college atleast one or two years to get more experience playing against better competition. Then take the next step in to the pros. I hope he has a great college and pro career and wish him the best of luck.

[coach1]

Where is Nick Jones from Woodridge H.S. going to college?

[Bseballaddict]

I heard that Jones is going to Savannah College in Georgia

[boroguy]

Springboro has two homerun hitters up there

Bailey- 7
Hough- 5

[Bseballaddict]

He has hit well every year......it is unfortunate he plays in such a weak conference... I would like him play Walsh, Benny, Moeller, Ignatius, Strongsville, Mentor, St.X, Tallmadge, Hoban,Elder and so on. It is too bad they don't play an independent schedules as many of the private schools do so we could see how he hit against some top pitching. I can promise you the number ones and two's from these teams are much better than what he is seeing. If he played at Walsh or Ignatius for instance he would face number ones or 2 evey game from top teams in the state; and his stats would mean more. Plus HS stats are not consistent, some HS pad stats to get press. Scouts and coaches basically ignore them.

Hats off for the perfect game...would mean more if it was against Talmadge.
Woodridge plays a reasonable out of conference schedule:
Twinsburg
Stow
Aurora
Tallmadge
Walsh
Hoban
Field
Strongsville

[Ramblers08]

Jason Ferguson of Mineral Ridge has 6

[BaseballRepresent]

Woodridge plays a reasonable out of conference schedule:
Twinsburg
Stow
Aurora
Tallmadge
Walsh
Hoban
Field
Strongsville

Jones destroyed t-burgs pitching, had a single off loftin, two bombs against aurora, a single against tallmadge off cochran, a single of skulina from walsh, hit around everything field threw against him, and have yet to face hoban and strongsville.

[BaseballRepresent]

You know, the PTC-County may be weak compared to the GCL's and the CRBC's of the state, but believe it or not the teams in the league have number one's and twos that would be 2's or 3's on any d1 or d2 team in the state. Wartluft from Waterloo, Frame from Waterloo, Jones and Krusinski from Woodridge, Miller from Streetsboro, Stevens from Garrettsville, and Apthorpe from Windham are all great pitchers. Yes woodridge has had a monopoly on the league the last couple of years, but that's due to the team's talent level. Losing close games to Walsh, Stow, and Tallmadge speak for the pitching staffs ability to keep big games close, and they have Hoban and possibly S-ville ( i didn't know they were on the schedule).

[bigdawg33]

Jones destroyed t-burgs pitching, had a single off loftin, two bombs against aurora, a single against tallmadge off cochran, a single of skulina from walsh, hit around everything field threw against him, and have yet to face hoban and strongsville.


Against
Loftin.....1 for 3 or 1 for 4
Tallmadge 1 for 3 or 1 for 4
Walsh 1 for 3 or 1 for 4

if he is lead off could be 1 for 5

Aurora who I don't feel is at the same level as above 3 he had 2 hits... And Field may be good in the conference but against top teams in the area would not have a chance

Thanks for proving my point 250 -333 hitter against top pitchers

So when you throw the 500 average around I don't get to excited.

Have him face 17-18 top teams out of 25 game schedule and then I will agree with you about top 5 in the state.

I think again it has been to his disadvantage to be playing D3.

[bigdawg33]

Woodridge plays a reasonable out of conference schedule:
Twinsburg
Stow
Aurora
Tallmadge
Walsh
Hoban
Field
Strongsville

7 teams out of a 22- 25 game schedule. Of that list I feel Tallmadge, Walsh, and Strongsville would be considered top tier......If you are a top player you better be batting 500.

Last I saw Brunello from walsh ....yheir clean up batter was batting in the
380's....makes me think competition has something to do with it.

[itsa3]

Against
Loftin.....1 for 3 or 1 for 4
Tallmadge 1 for 3 or 1 for 4
Walsh 1 for 3 or 1 for 4

if he is lead off could be 1 for 5

Aurora who I don't feel is at the same level as above 3 he had 2 hits... And Field may be good in the conference but against top teams in the area would not have a chance

Thanks for proving my point 250 -333 hitter against top pitchers

So when you throw the 500 average around I don't get to excited.

Have him face 17-18 top teams out of 25 game schedule and then I will agree with you about top 5 in the state.

I think again it has been to his disadvantage to be playing D3.



I agree. Playing D-3 actually hurts most players because colleges typically know that the competition is weak as is the pitching. But players can't make the schedule up and they have to play who they have to play, good or bad. I have seen Jones pitch in the summer twice and the stats were not anywhere near what they are with D-3 baseball. He is a good player but he is a .300 to.350 hitter if he played D-2 or D-1. It was very nice for him to get the perfect game. However, I have seen 2 teams this year that I would bet 10 teams top 3 pitchers would have gotten a perfect game if their coaches let them pitch against them. But instead they pitched other kids to let them throw because of the team was weak. So although it was nice to get, annoiting him to the professional level because of that is really hard to see. One thing you must ask yourself before picking a player to play professional baseball is: What do the pros look for ? A few players in the NEO area have "that" but not many.

[Triple Crown]

itsa3,
2 of the most asinine statements I've ever read on this forum. Any "educated" baseball person would tell you the same thing. As a person who follows the high school and Summer game extensively as an educated baseball evaluator in a non-biased manner:
#1: Nick Jones is clearly one of the top hitters in the area, regardless of Woodridge being DIII. He has played on one of the "top" Summer teams in the State for the past several seasons. He faced all these so-called quality division 1 pitchers and has consistently batted over .400 each of his last 4 Summers. This year, Woodridge plays one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the State, and Nick has clearly been the top hitter in each of these games, except perhaps a few of Tallmadge's hitters.(Campriana and Pakan). He has matured as a hitter each season at Woodridge, getting a little better and stronger each year.
#2: To downplay a perfect game is ridiculous. Although there are 6-8 pitchers in Northeast Ohio who I have rated higher, Nick Jones is very good. If getting a perfect game is as easy as you state, you would see dozens each Spring. I have only personally seen 2 (and only heard of 5 total) in 19 years of enjoying high school baseball and summer baseball.(I've watched thousands of games)
I don't know what you have against this young man, but give it a break. I hate to see people hide behind a screen name and badmouth good baseball talent on one of the top programs in the area. He will go on and have a great college career and hopefully obtain a degree and be very successful in his life. One can only hope that he doesn't allow misinformed people like yourself to potentially ruin his dreams!

[BaseballRepresent]

itsa3,
2 of the most asinine statements I've ever read on this forum. Any "educated" baseball person would tell you the same thing. As a person who follows the high school and Summer game extensively as an educated baseball evaluator in a non-biased manner:
#1: Nick Jones is clearly one of the top hitters in the area, regardless of Woodridge being DIII. He has played on one of the "top" Summer teams in the State for the past several seasons. He faced all these so-called quality division 1 pitchers and has consistently batted over .400 each of his last 4 Summers. This year, Woodridge plays one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the State, and Nick has clearly been the top hitter in each of these games, except perhaps a few of Tallmadge's hitters.(Campriana and Pakan). He has matured as a hitter each season at Woodridge, getting a little better and stronger each year.
#2: To downplay a perfect game is ridiculous. Although there are 6-8 pitchers in Northeast Ohio who I have rated higher, Nick Jones is very good. If getting a perfect game is as easy as you state, you would see dozens each Spring. I have only personally seen 2 (and only heard of 5 total) in 19 years of enjoying high school baseball and summer baseball.(I've watched thousands of games)
I don't know what you have against this young man, but give it a break. I hate to see people hide behind a screen name and badmouth good baseball talent on one of the top programs in the area. He will go on and have a great college career and hopefully obtain a degree and be very successful in his life. One can only hope that he doesn't allow misinformed people like yourself to potentially ruin his dreams!

TripleCrown, I thank you for your wise input. Unfortunately for me, itsa3 and bigdawg33 consistently feel it's necessary to undermine anything woodridge. Thank you for setting the record straight. I know as a biased-woodridge fan, i am at times considered blinded by my support. As i have said before though, it takes an outside party to say what you've been trying to say.

Thank you.

[BaseballRepresent]

Against
Loftin.....1 for 3 or 1 for 4
Tallmadge 1 for 3 or 1 for 4
Walsh 1 for 3 or 1 for 4

if he is lead off could be 1 for 5

Aurora who I don't feel is at the same level as above 3 he had 2 hits... And Field may be good in the conference but against top teams in the area would not have a chance

Thanks for proving my point 250 -333 hitter against top pitchers

So when you throw the 500 average around I don't get to excited.

Have him face 17-18 top teams out of 25 game schedule and then I will agree with you about top 5 in the state.

I think again it has been to his disadvantage to be playing D3.


fyi he had around 6-7 hits that day being it was a double header, the two bombs were his best hits, obviously.

[pcell]

Ferguson from Mineral Ridge has 6

[Hometeam]

I don't understand the people who say that if you go to a D3 h.s., you must not be as good of a player as those that go to a D1 or D2 h.s. Often, where you go to h.s. simply depends on where you live.

Also, I seriously think that college recruiters pay more attention to which team you play for in the summer - how competitive the team is, which tournaments you play in, etc. You see a lot more "scouts" and "recruiters" at the summer tournaments than you do during the h.s. season because the colleges are busy with their OWN teams during the h.s. season.

[thePITman]

Well, I faced a D-III team tonight that has two players on their team going to play baseball in college (one of them is going D-I and the other D-II)... and both their destination colleges are out of state.

[ReesMcd3621]

I don't understand the people who say that if you go to a D3 h.s., you must not be as good of a player as those that go to a D1 or D2 h.s. Often, where you go to h.s. simply depends on where you live.

Also, I seriously think that college recruiters pay more attention to which team you play for in the summer - how competitive the team is, which tournaments you play in, etc. You see a lot more "scouts" and "recruiters" at the summer tournaments than you do during the h.s. season because the colleges are busy with their OWN teams during the h.s. season.

Agreed, also if your really that good, no matter what division your in, they will find you.

[bigdawg33]

Agreed, also if your really that good, no matter what division your in, they will find you.

I agree whole heartedly. That has not been my point at all. My point is that batting .500 in a weak schedule is not the same as batting .500 against a strong schedules that teams like Walsh, Ignatius, Moeller, Strongsville, Mentor, Elder, X, and Ed's play. When your team is stuck in a weak conference and you face only 5-7 top teams all year batting .500 does not carry the same weight as batting .400 at one of the schools listed.

I am not dissing Nick Jones. He is very good. He will play at the next level and make his mark. But when people on the forum start throwing out he is top 5 in the state because he is batting .500 and hitting bombs, I have to challenge the thinking based on his competition.

Come to think of it no one from the above teams in on this forum claiming to have players in the top 5 of the state. I am just trying to present a balance, realistic outlook. Let his actions speak on the field and quit making claims that seem outrageous. Buckeye elite did rank him around 70th in the State. I tend to believe them.

[Raker30-8]

Regardless of Division, if it was that easy, everyone would be doing it, and they aren't. You still have to stripe it, don't you?

http://www.jjhuddle.com/news/articles/2008/4/25/woodbridges-jones-excels-on-mound-and-at-plate

[BaseballRepresent]

I agree whole heartedly. That has not been my point at all. My point is that batting .500 in a weak schedule is not the same as batting .500 against a strong schedules that teams like Walsh, Ignatius, Moeller, Strongsville, Mentor, Elder, X, and Ed's play. When your team is stuck in a weak conference and you face only 5-7 top teams all year batting .500 does not carry the same weight as batting .400 at one of the schools listed.

I am not dissing Nick Jones. He is very good. He will play at the next level and make his mark. But when people on the forum start throwing out he is top 5 in the state because he is batting .500 and hitting bombs, I have to challenge the thinking based on his competition.

Come to think of it no one from the above teams in on this forum claiming to have players in the top 5 of the state. I am just trying to present a balance, realistic outlook. Let his actions speak on the field and quit making claims that seem outrageous. Buckeye elite did rank him around 70th in the State. I tend to believe them.

They have been. You have to be good to produce those kinds of numbers, and he has hit some of the best pitching in the state in loftin, cochran, and skulina. So he's hitting against the d1 d2 recruits as well as the scrubs. Manny Ramirez has to do the same thing whether he's facing Mariano Rivera or Joe Borowski.

Now is he one of the top 5 in the state? Maybe not, but he's definitely top ten material. Buckeye Scout can only rank kids, they can't predict seasons.

[BaseballRepresent]

Regardless of Division, if it was that easy, everyone would be doing it, and they aren't. You still have to stripe it, don't you?

I see a green monster, don't you?

[Hometeam]

I'm not big on the Buckeye Scout because I never believed you can accurately rank 100 boys after seeing them only a few times. No doubt there are some very good players on there, though. On the other hand, there are some very good players that are missing entirely from that list.

That being said, I don't always believe the claims "If you're good, they will find you", either. You would THINK that's the way it should be, but the best way to get noticed is to have someone in your corner, HELPING you get noticed. You need someone with connections, and if you don't have these connections, it's a rough road trying to go D1 no matter HOW good you might be, especially for a position player. It can be done, but it's a lot harder trying to do it on your own.

[Bseballaddict]

I agree whole heartedly. That has not been my point at all. My point is that batting .500 in a weak schedule is not the same as batting .500 against a strong schedules that teams like Walsh, Ignatius, Moeller, Strongsville, Mentor, Elder, X, and Ed's play. When your team is stuck in a weak conference and you face only 5-7 top teams all year batting .500 does not carry the same weight as batting .400 at one of the schools listed.

I am not dissing Nick Jones. He is very good. He will play at the next level and make his mark. But when people on the forum start throwing out he is top 5 in the state because he is batting .500 and hitting bombs, I have to challenge the thinking based on his competition.

Come to think of it no one from the above teams in on this forum claiming to have players in the top 5 of the state. I am just trying to present a balance, realistic outlook. Let his actions speak on the field and quit making claims that seem outrageous. Buckeye elite did rank him around 70th in the State. I tend to believe them.
Give the kid a break. He is currently 7th all time in hits in Ohio. And he was one of 23 people in Ohio history to pitch a perfect game. Give the boy his due. Quit being so negative and be happy for a local kid doing well.

[itsa3]

He keeps getting better and better each time he puts on the cleats.
His desire & passion paying didvidends.

He is a pure All American calber type player and I'm sure will have a tough decision between college/pro's if he continues terror on the field between now
and draft.

My reply was for the unbelieveable statements that Earholem made. "Pure All- American" and "tough decision between college/pro". Nick is a very good HS player, no doubt about it. But to say he could be drafted ?

[TheKid08]

Basil is most impressive hitting 5 home runs in GCL and I believe that I heard that he had another one robbed against Elder off of Nastold.

most impressive if the homeruns are coming off elder lasalle or moeller.. not that impressive to hit homeruns off any other team in the gcl, you'll rarely see anyone throwing over 80 outside of the gcl south

[chuck74]

as of April 24th the MAC leaderboard Patrick Mescher from Versailles is only a Soph, and is a very good pitcher as well

http://www.dailystandard.com/sports/leaderboard/BB_LB.pdf

[TheKid08]

malloy has seven homeruns

[bigdawg33]

most impressive if the homeruns are coming off elder lasalle or moeller.. not that impressive to hit homeruns off any other team in the gcl, you'll rarely see anyone throwing over 80 outside of the gcl south


Interesting you make that popint.....
If you have been reading this post.....that is the point I have been trying to make....but no one in NEO wants to admit that the number of homeruns and your BA does coorelate with the type of competition you play. I am accused of picking on a player(s)......I believe that it is common knowledge that in any sport when you play a weaker opponent your stats are generally (I said genrally....don't give me examples of when it wasn't so)much higher,

So I tend to get less excited about high stats against weaker schedules.

[eagle172]

Brian Blasik, Valley View SS now has 8 Round-trippers.

[GRPride86]

Burns (Hoban) 7
Jones (Woodridge) 7
Pakan (Tallmadge) 6,
Hicks (CVCA) 5
Wallace (Manchester) 5

[theface18]

all from field
boggs 4
yazecko 3
eldreth 2
walchuk1
umbright 1
demyan 1

[bad2bone]

Burns (Hoban) 7
Jones (Woodridge) 7
Pakan (Tallmadge) 6,
Hicks (CVCA) 5
Wallace (Manchester) 5

Pakan at 8

[BENSPAPA8]

Colleges recruit mainly from summer baseball.

The argument of weak competition and inflated stats is a bad argument. The list of hitters in this thread are all good, and I don't see EVERYBODY doing the same thing from all the teams or they would be listed too.

If it was that easy, everyone would do it??

Give these kids some credit

[MoveYourLegs]

Junior Jeff Brothers out of Sandy Valley has 11 HR's now on the season..

saw in the paper he had some crazy run last week for 7 HR's in 6 games batting like .740.. lol..
heck of a week no matter the competition..

[GRPride86]

Pakan at 8


See, I should know better than to take information from Ohio.com and post it.

I posted exactely what was on their website TODAY!!!

It won't happen again, thanks for the correction.

[boroguy]

Bailey from springboro just hit his 9th of the season friday against lebanon

[Yellow_Jacket06]

Brad Yinger of Sidney has 7 or 8.

[Seminoles22]

See, I should know better than to take information from Ohio.com and post it.

I posted exactely what was on their website TODAY!!!

It won't happen again, thanks for the correction.

Hahaha i hear ya on that one! But the thing that is so impressive about Pakan is that he is hitting his bombs against quality opponents. He is one heck of a hitter. Oh and he is only a Junior