{"id":18864,"date":"2025-03-24T10:45:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=18864"},"modified":"2025-03-24T10:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:45:19","slug":"six-weeks-into-div1-season-check-in-on-1-1-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=18864","title":{"rendered":"Six Weeks into Div1 Season Check-In on 1-1 Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Doyle-Liam-tennessee-via-his-X-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Doyle-Liam-tennessee-via-his-X-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Doyle-Liam-tennessee-via-his-X-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Doyle-Liam-tennessee-via-his-X-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Doyle-Liam-tennessee-via-his-X-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Doyle-Liam-tennessee-via-his-X-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Doyle-Liam-tennessee-via-his-X-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Liam Doyle can sure strike them out; but is it Nuke Laloosh style?  Photo via his X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s our third check-in on the 1-1 candidates, focusing on the College players now that they&#8217;re six weeks (aka six weekend series) into their seasons. We&#8217;re into the conference schedules, so no more patty cakes for these guys, and we should start to see some better indication of how good these guys are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aggregation Stats for all of College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fangraphs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/leaders\/college?position=&amp;type=0&amp;stats=bat&amp;qual=y&amp;seasonstart=2025&amp;seasonend=2025&amp;team=0&amp;players=0&amp;conference=0&amp;pageitems=30&amp;pagenum=1&amp;groupby=&amp;sortstat=&amp;sortdir=\">Standard Hitting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/leaders\/college?position=&amp;type=1&amp;stats=bat&amp;qual=y&amp;seasonstart=2025&amp;seasonend=2025&amp;team=0&amp;players=0&amp;conference=0&amp;pageitems=30&amp;pagenum=1&amp;groupby=&amp;sortstat=&amp;sortdir=\">Advanced Hitting<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fangraphs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/leaders\/college?position=&amp;type=0&amp;stats=pit&amp;qual=y&amp;seasonstart=2025&amp;seasonend=2025&amp;team=0&amp;players=0&amp;conference=0&amp;pageitems=30&amp;pagenum=1&amp;groupby=&amp;sortstat=&amp;sortdir=\">Standard Pitching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/leaders\/college?position=&amp;type=1&amp;stats=pit&amp;qual=y&amp;seasonstart=2025&amp;seasonend=2025&amp;team=0&amp;players=0&amp;conference=0&amp;pageitems=30&amp;groupby=&amp;sortstat=&amp;sortdir=default&amp;sortcol=16\">Advanced Pitching<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baseball-Reference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/college-baseball-stats.shtml\">College Home Page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NCAA Division 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/stats\/baseball\/d1\">Baseball Stats Home Page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D1Baseball.com <a href=\"https:\/\/d1baseball.com\/statistics\/\">Stats Home Page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Link Block for the top guys under 1-1 consideration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Jace LaViolette<\/strong>, CF, Texas A&amp;M.  <a href=\"https:\/\/12thman.com\/sports\/baseball\/stats\/2025\">TAMU stats &amp; Box Scores<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/draft\/jace-laviolette-702593\">MLBPipeline rpt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2025-top-mlb-draft-prospects\/\">BA draft rpt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jamie Arnold<\/strong>, LHP, Florida State.  <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/baseball\/stats\/2025\">FSU stats &amp; box Scores<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/draft\/jamie-arnold-701364\">MLBPipeline rpt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2025-top-mlb-draft-prospects\/\">BA draft rpt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tyler Bremner<\/strong>, RHP, UC Santa Barbara.  <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/baseball\/stats\">UCSB stats &amp; box Scores<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/draft\/tyler-bremner-803285\">MLBPipeline rpt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2025-top-mlb-draft-prospects\/\">BA draft rpt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aiva Arquette<\/strong>, SS, Oregon State.  <a href=\"https:\/\/osubeavers.com\/sports\/baseball\/stats\">OSU stats &amp; box scores<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/draft\/aiva-arquette-804109\">MLBPipeline rpt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2025-top-mlb-draft-prospects\/\">BA draft rpt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Liam Doyle<\/strong>, LHP, Tennessee.  <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/stats\/2025\">Tennessee stats &amp; box scores<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/draft\/liam-doyle-824604\">MLBPipeline rpt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2025-top-mlb-draft-prospects\/\">BA draft rpt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gavin Kilen<\/strong>, 2B, Tennessee. <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/stats\/2025\">Tennessee stats &amp; box scores<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/draft\/gavin-kilen-702264\">MLBPipeline rpt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2025-top-mlb-draft-prospects\/\">BA draft rpt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Devin Taylor<\/strong>, OF, Indiana.  <a href=\"https:\/\/iuhoosiers.com\/sports\/baseball\/stats\/2025\">Indiana stats &amp; box scores<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/draft\/devin-taylor-805127\">MLBPipeline rpt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2025-top-mlb-draft-prospects\/\">BA draft rpt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Brendan Summerhill<\/strong>, OF, Arizona.  <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/baseball\/stats\">UofA stats and box scores<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/draft\/brendan-summerhill-804911\">MLBPipeline rpt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2025-top-mlb-draft-prospects\/\">BA draft rpt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>College guys we&#8217;re removing from 1-1 discussion for now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cam Canarella<\/strong>, CF, Clemson. Clemson stats &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.clemsontigers.com\/Stats\/Baseball\/2025\/teamstat.htm\">box scores<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/draft\/cam-cannarella-703448\">MLBPipeline rpt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2025-top-mlb-draft-prospects\/\">BA draft rpt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Prep Players who are theoretically in the running: I&#8217;ll only include them if I come across some new\/live reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ethan Holliday<\/strong>, SS\/3B, Stillwater HS (OK).  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/draft\/ethan-holliday-815787\">MLBPipeline rpt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2025-top-mlb-draft-prospects\/\">BA draft rpt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Seth Hernandez<\/strong>, RHP, Corona HS (CA).  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/draft\/seth-hernandez-815825\">MLBPipeline rpt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2025-top-mlb-draft-prospects\/\">BA draft rpt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kayson Cunningham<\/strong>, SS, Johnson HS (TX). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/draft\/kayson-cunningham-815617\">MLBPipeline rpt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2025-top-mlb-draft-prospects\/\">BA draft rpt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s some commentary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>LaViolette<\/strong>:  Jace has had a couple solid weeks, raising his average from the low .200s to a more solid looking .284, part of his current .284\/.434\/.568 slash line.  His TAMU team is falling off a cliff, getting swept in their first two SEC series, but he looked decent at Vanderbilt last weekend, going a combined 4-10 with a homer and 3 walks.  He needs to get hot to get himself back in 1-1 discussions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Arnold<\/strong>: Continued his hot start with a scoreless (albeit short) outing against Boston College two weekends ago, then got shelled at Miami in his first real test of the season, giving up 7ER in 4IP.  Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalbaseball.com\/2025\/3\/22\/24391604\/mlb-draft-2025-jamie-arnold-hit-hard-with-mike-rizzo\">Mike Rizzo was in Miami for the start<\/a>, and probably didn&#8217;t like what he saw.  Curiously, he&#8217;s yet to get to 80 pitches in any start this year.  Is that b\/c its been cold (in Tallahasse??), he&#8217;s still getting stretched out (he&#8217;s got 6 starts now?) or because his team didn&#8217;t &#8220;need&#8221; him to go deeper than 75 pitches\/5 innings?  Some question marks here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bremner<\/strong>: cruised past the weaker Miami 6ip\/1ER, then gave up 3ER in the 5th against the tougher UC Irvine to take a loss despite a quality start.  His team mustered just 4 hits on the day.  His season numbers look &#8220;okay&#8221; but not fantastic, and I can&#8217;t see getting excited to take this guy 1-1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Arquette<\/strong>: his average took a nose dive in the past couple of weeks as GCU\/Santa Clara held him to just a 2-13 line, then Cal Poly &#8220;held&#8221; him to a 2-10 weekend (both hits were homers).  He&#8217;s still slashing above 1,000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Doyle<\/strong> continues to have circus numbers on the season, maintaining his 18 K\/9 rate.  But now the hard part; SEC play.  It took him 105 pitches to go 4 2\/3 against Florida two weeks ago (phew) but he only had two walks.  Sounds like a lot of full counts.  Then he got hit against Alabama, giving up 6 in 6 to take two straight losses as Tennessee&#8217;s ace (110 pitches to finish 6 innings).  I wonder; are scouts already thinking reliever here?  100 pitches to get through 5 innings in college would probably be 3 innings in the pros.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kilen<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sthorn_23\/status\/1903496201699246239\">suffered a Hamstring injury<\/a> that has had him sitting since 3\/18\/25.  He&#8217;s slashing .431\/.552\/.986 for a ridiculous 1,538 OPS figure for the season, but he&#8217;s now set to miss SEC play.  They&#8217;re hopeful he&#8217;s back for next weekend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Taylor<\/strong> sports a healthy 1,200 OPS right now.  His problem will be competition: Indiana doesn&#8217;t exactly play a powerhouse schedule.  They did have to visit UCLA last weekend, and he went 3-11 with a homer.  But, hitting .370 against Ohio State and Penn State isn&#8217;t that impressive.  Furthermore, a ton of his stats are built on mid-week games against a college called &#8220;The Mount,&#8221; who i&#8217;ve never heard of but who Indian beat 18-5 and 20-7 in two mid-week games.  I may drop covering him unless he does something against a solid opponent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Summerhill<\/strong> maintains a .400 BA 6 weeks into the season against what admittedly looks like one of the tougher pre-conference schedules I&#8217;ve seen.  He profiles as a rangy OF, maybe CF, playing RF and batting leadoff for Arizona.  He has some power.  We&#8217;ll see how he holds on as AZ enters deeper into its Big12 schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Race for 1-1: Arnold takes a step back, Bremner looks meh, Arquette comes back to reality, Doyle can&#8217;t find the plate, and LaViolette takes a step back in the right direction but is it too little, too late?  And, does this college churn pave the way for Holliday to return to 1-1 status?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s our third check-in on the 1-1 candidates, focusing on the College players now that they&#8217;re six weeks (aka six weekend series) into their seasons. We&#8217;re into the conference schedules, so no more patty cakes for these guys, and we should start to see some better indication of how good these guys are. 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