Twins Daily College Baseball Notebook: Week 2

We’re now officially in no man's land. As I was writing this on Tuesday, the players rejected the owners ‘best’ offer and MLB regular-season games have been canceled. It stinks. There’s only one remedy, actual baseball.

So here are some highlights from the world of college baseball after the second weekend of the season. As the season goes on, I’ll highlight players the Twins may be interested in with the number eight overall pick in the 2022 draft. For now, the season is still in its early days, so let’s dig in.

Top 25 Recap
Newly-minted #2 Stanford had an excellent weekend, beating Louisiana, Arkansas, Indiana, and Arkansas again to sweep the Round Rock Classic, moving to 6-1 on the season. #1 Texas continued their undefeated start to the season, sweeping Alabama to move to 8-0. Texas’ pitching has been an early strength, they have four shutouts in their eight wins so far.

After upsetting NCAA defending champions Mississippi State on opening weekend, Long Beach State came crashing back to reality, being swept by Sacramento State. Elsewhere, Penn upset Miami, and North Carolina began knocking on the door of the top 25, beating East Carolina to move to 6-1 on the season.

At the end of the second weekend of the young season, here is where Baseball America has the top 25 teams.

Notable Performances
Tommy Tanks just does not stop. The incredible North Carolina State slugger is up to nine HR and 29 RBI through eight games. He is an 18-year-old freshman. Enjoy all nine of his home runs so far this season.

Kevin Parada has been lighting the world on fire so far in 2022. The sophomore catcher out of Georgia Tech has hit .485/.553/1.061 (yes that’s his SLG%) with five HR and 17 RBI in just eight games. Originally mocked as the #13 overall pick in Baseball America’s first mock draft of 2022, he’ll be moving up draft boards if he keeps up his incredible start to the season.

Moments of the Week
For this week's moment of the week, we go back to pre-season. Liberty had possibly the best jersey reveal of all time (baby-blues never fail) and their Celine Dion-inspired reveal was doing the rounds this weekend on Twitter and Tik Tok.

Potential #8 Pick Performances
Here are some notable performances from the top eight of Baseball America’s 2022 draft board. I’ll work on adding more players to this pool as the weeks go by, the prep season gets up and running, and big-boards get adjusted.

• Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly, 12-26 (.426), 1 HR, 9 RBI, 8 BB, 0 K
• Jacob Berry, CI, LSU, 12-35 (.343), 3 HR, 11 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K
• Jace Jung, 5-21, 2B, Texas Tech, (.238), 1 HR, 5 RBI, 10 BB, 7 K
• Chase DeLauter, OF, James Madison 11-29 (.379), 1 HR, 8 RBI, 5 BB, 10 K

What was your favorite college baseball moment of the week? Which prospects or team are you most excited about watching? Join the discussion in the comments.