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Posted on 4/24/14 at 1:37 pm to CayceCock13
Posted on 4/24/14 at 1:37 pm to CayceCock13
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South Carolina landed its fourth commitment of the 2016 class early Thursday morning with the pledge of right-handed pitcher Duncan Callahan (Dillon/Dillon). Gamecocks recruiting coordinator Sammy Esposito scouted Callahan on Wednesday night when the right-hander allowed one earned run on two hits with seven strikeouts over four innings pitched.
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Callahan had a little bit of an elbow problem that didn't require surgery that kept him out the first part of the season. This year, he's thrown 11 innings and allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks. He has 22 strikeouts to his credit so far. This summer, he's pitching for the Evoshield Canes.
Callahan has attended a couple South Carolina camps and is the younger brother of former USC signee Jamie Callahan, who signed with the Boston Red Sox after being drafted in the second round in 2012. His fastball is pretty powerful for his age running up to 91 on Wednesday night, which also came while pitching on a broken toe. Callahan throws a fastball, sinker, curve and changeup.
Callahan didn't pitch last summer and is just getting back on the mound, so not many schools have seen him. South Carolina is where he's always wanted to go though so when that offer came, it was a no-brainer for him. The only other school he had some fleeting interest in was Florida. He's currently ranked as the No. 10 player in SC for his class but I expect that ranking to vault this summer.
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Posted on 4/28/14 at 10:02 pm to CayceCock13
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-- One of South Carolina’s top 2016 targets, left-handed pitcher Ryne Huggins (Newberry/Newberry) took his visit to North Carolina over the weekend to see the Tar Heels take on Virginia Tech. He went to the game on Saturday night and took a tour of the facility and campus and had a sit-down meeting with the coaching staff on Sunday prior the game. Huggins, who was on the trip with his entire family, left prior to Sunday’s game.
The feedback we received following the visit is that South Carolina has a narrow lead in the race for his commitment. Clemson and North Carolina are running even and are not too far behind the Gamecocks. At one point, Huggins wanted to make a commitment over the summer. It isn’t out of the question he makes a decision sooner than that though.
-- The biggest unofficial visitor to campus this weekend was 2015 left-hander Jared Padgett (Graceville, Fla./Graceville Vocational), who is a two-sport athlete at his high school but wants to focus on baseball at the college level. He’s at least going to make his college decision based on baseball and not football and if something comes up with the school he chooses, he will cross that bridge at that point in time.
Padgett took a two-day visit to South Carolina spending Saturday and Sunday taking the full tour and going to Saturday’s game. He wrapped up the visit on Sunday morning meeting with the coaches before departing back to the Sunshine State. The Gamecocks have offered and do want him to commit. The chief competition is Mississippi State with Florida State and Florida also in the picture. Word is though, he wants to go out of state to play baseball.
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