Oct. 20, 2016
Recruiting rankings released
Vanderbilt’s recruiting class picked up a pair of Top 15 rankings last week from Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America. The Commodores were tabbed the 11th-best class in America by Collegiate Baseball and the 14th-best class by Baseball America.
The Dores’ 12-man class features six pitchers, five position players and one player that projects to play both in the field and pitch. The class extended Vanderbilt’s streak to 12 straight Baseball America Top 25 recruiting polls.
Ole Miss took the top spot in the BA poll with Arizona State claiming the No. 1 class according to Collegiate Baseball.
Baseball America Poll | Collegiate Baseball Poll
Vanderbilt’s recruiting class
OF JJ Bleday
IF Alex Brewer
C Tyler Duvall
RHP Drake Fellows
LHP Jackson Gillis
OF/RHP Reed Hayes
LHP Zachary King
IF Harrison Ray
LHP Michael Sandborn
RHP Reid Schaller
LHP Paxton Stover
RHP Justin Wilson
Construction continues at The Hawk
The Commodores’ new building construction continues in left field with the building beginning to take shape.
To check out the construction live click here.
Scrimmages this weekend at Trevecca Nazarene, Black & Gold Series next weekend
The Commodores travel over to Trevecca Nazarene for the team’s final two scrimmages before the Black & Gold Series next weekend at First Tennessee Park.
VU will scrimmage at 11 a.m. on Saturday (10/22) and noon on Sunday (10/23) at Trevecca. The Dores then will play the team’s annual Black & Gold Oct. 28-30 in downtown at the Nashville Sounds’ stadium. The series begins on Friday night at 6 p.m. with games following on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets are $5 to each game of the series with gates opening 30 minutes prior to game time.
To purchase tickets click here.
World Series Bound
The Vandy Boys will be represented in the World Series when it opens next week in Cleveland. The Indians topped Toronto in five games to punch their ticket to the Fall Classic for the first time since 1997 and along with that brought four former Commodores to the biggest baseball series in the world. Former Dores Carter Hawkins, Tony Mansolino and David Wallace all work in the Cleveland organization along with former VU coach Larry Day.
Hawkins serves as the Director of Player Development with Mansolino, Wallace and Day all occupying positions on the field for the Indians’ minor league teams. Wallace managed Double-A Akron to the Eastern League title this past summer. Mansolino managed the Indians’ Single-A team in Lake County while Day served as the hitting coach at Single-A Lynchburg.
Former Commodore Gil Kim was on the losing end of the American League Championship Series for the Blue Jays, who hired him as their Director of Player Development last offseason.
In the National League Championship Series, former Vandy Boy Jack Lupo is working with the Chicago Cubs’ front office.
Congrats to the @Indians & Carter Hawkins on winning the American League pennant! World Series bound! #Windians #VandyBoys pic.twitter.com/SUMMIUgRbr
— Vanderbilt Baseball (@VandyBaseball) October 19, 2016
