Sixteen Sun Devil baseball student-athletes took their talents to various summer baseball leagues across the country, including the Cape Cod League, Northwoods League and the New England Collegiate Baseball League.
Since the midway point of the summer season recently passed, let’s hand out some grades and analysis on how the 2013-14 Sun Devils are doing.
CAPE COD BASEBALL LEAGUE
LHP RYAN KELLOGG – Bourne Braves: A-
The 6-foot-5, 225 pound lefty has made three starts in the Cape Cod League and he boasts a 1-0 record and an impressive 1.05 ERA, which is second best amongst Braves’ starting pitchers.
Kellogg will be a sophomore for the Sun Devils next spring and he is proving why the Toronto Blue Jays used their 12th round pick in the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft to try to lock him up.
He has a 12-to-4 strikeout-to-walk ratio and he has given up just three extra base hits (all doubles) in his 17 innings of work. Kellogg should be the front-runner next season to take over the Friday night starts, especially if he continues lighting up possibly the best summer baseball league in the country.
SHORTSTOP DREW STANKIEWICZ – Hyannis Harbor: C
Stankiewicz is having a rough first half at the plate, batting just .119 in 15 games. The Sun Devils’ middle infielder did not get a hit in nine of his 13 starts and he has yet to drive in a run or steal a base for the Hawks,
The Gilbert, Arizona native has an abysmal 12 strikeouts to just two walks this summer. The one thing that is saving Stankiewicz’s grade is that he has a fielding percentage above .950 in over 60 chances. Stankiewicz had an above-average season as an every day starter for Arizona State last year and he will need to be an upperclassman leader this coming season.
