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The ‘09 Cotuit Kettleers

Posted by Dave | Filed Under News | 

For an early look at the Cotuit Kettleers roster, go to: http://www.kettleers.org/2009roster.htm

The Kettleers have signed an impressive collection of talent, led by returnees Kevin Patterson (Auburn) and Seth Blair (Arizona State), both of whom were 2008 CCBL all stars. Brandon Cumpton (Georgia Tech) and Drew Storen (Stanford) also return to Cotuit for a second season.

Two of the more interesting players to follow will be Gerrit Cole (UCLA) and Chance Ruffin (Texas). Ruffin is a highly regarded sophomore, righthanded pitcher. Cole was the first round pick of the New York Yankees (28th overall) in this past June’s MLB draft. Going into the draft, Cole was ranked as the 17th best prospect in the country by Baseball America. He is a 6′3″ righthander who, with Scott Boras as his advisor, passed on the Yankees offer and opted to go to UCLA. Cole’s fastball has been clocked as high as 98 miles per hour and sits at 92-94.

Rick Hague (Rice, shortstop) is also on Cotuit’s roster. Hague was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. He was on Wareham’s roster this year and was under consideration for a spot on Team USA but he spent the summer rehabbing an injury.

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3 Responses to “The ‘09 Cotuit Kettleers”

  1. CapeMan on October 27th, 2008 1:24 pm

    Team USA has the potential to gut this roster. Cole, Ruffin and Hague are definately candidates and Sonny Gray at Vanderbilt is another hightly regarded pitcher.

    Interesting Hague didn’t get signed again by Wareham. Perhaps their “gutting” last year had an impact on not getting him back on their roster.

  2. Wille on October 27th, 2008 2:18 pm

    Good topic for debate. Play for USA Baseball or the CCBL.

    If the 2 experiences didn’t collide time-wise, then the CCBL would have the vast majority of high draft potential players all in one place at the same time.

    What would you do?

  3. Brad Marrs on October 27th, 2008 4:42 pm

    Another name to watch is Navery Moore. Moore was Perfect Game’s # 1 pitcher in his high school class (2008’s) going into his junior year (early 2007), when he needed Tommy John surgery. He made it back to pitch his senior year but fell off some folks’ draft boards, and is now also at Vanderbilt along with Sonny Gray. By now he is likely 100% again.

    Gray, Moore and Cole make one very interesting trio of freshmen!

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