Trent Steele wrote:

You might remember Cozens. He was the kid who transferred to Scottsdale Chaparral after being kicked off the Scottsdale Desert Mountain baseball team for disciplinary reasons.

Chaparral tried to play Cozens soon after he was enrolled in school, but the Arizona Interscholastic Association stepped in and ruled that Cozens was ineligible under bylaw 15.10.10, which reads, "A student suspended, expelled or otherwise removed for disciplinary reasons ... from one high school shall be ineligible for interscholastic competition in any other high school for one year."

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/preps/a ... about.html

BigEd76 wrote:http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/varsityxtra/article_96383be2-9f13-11e1-811a-0019bb2963f4.html

Hit a walkoff oppo popo to win the state championship. Had 19 HRs this season....6 more than anyone else in the state

The Firebirds’ star right fielder blasted a first-pitch fastball

Cozens actually got in a fight with a coach and teammates which got him kicked off the team. A kid got off a bucket during a game, called spits, and then Cozens took the seat, but when the kid returned, he kindly asked Cozens for the seat back. Cozens got extremely upset and went after the kid who called spits but a coach interfered and Cozens punched the coach. This got him kicked off the team; no kid who punches a coach should ever be allowed to play again.

Baseball in Iowa starts later than in most places, so it's not uncommon for a prospect from there to rise up as their season gets into high gear. That's exactly what happened with Rash. The big right-hander was drawing a lot of attention as Draft day drew near. Tall and thin, there's room for growth and Rash already can crank his fastball up into the mid-90s with plenty of movement. His power slider has the chance to be an outstanding breaking ball in the future as well. A three-sport standout, Rash is very athletic, but still very raw, more of a project who will have to work on his mechanics and improve his command. While it might take him a while, the raw stuff is bound to intrigue many, especially teams that have a track record in developing young pitching.

joe table wrote:His arm action is not great. Elbow gets high. He doesn't look stiff though like some big goon pitchers

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?conte ... 4&c_id=mlb

An Iowa native who moved to Alabama with his mother as a high school junior, Rash returned to Iowa for his senior season and is the state's best prospect since Jeremy Hellickson pitched at Des Moines' Hoover High in 2005. He'll go higher than Hellickson (fourth round) if a team believes it can sign him away from his commitment to Missouri and get him to control his electric stuff. Long and lean at 6-foot-5 and 195 pounds, Rash throws a 91-93 mph fastball that hits 95 and features heavy life, and he'll push his hard slider up to 83 mph. He is a quality athlete who also starred in football and basketball, but he is still learning to repeat his delivery. His arm is so fast that it gets ahead of the rest of his body, resulting in scattershot control. Scouts grade his present command as a 30 or 40 on the 20-80 scale, and his development will require patience. Rash's upside could drive him up to the second round, but his rawness and his signability mean he might fall significantly as well.

td11 wrote:man, are they gonna sign all these bros? all of them sound like high upside guys