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Message: [QUOTE="dbmill, post: 3854294, member: 2504"] Some of these rankings are no doubt based on what a player has done in past NCAA competition. Ben Casparius has never pitched in an college baseball game with UConn, and it would seem that while he was at North Carolina no one ever thought of him as a Friday night starter. In fact, he never started a game as a pitcher for the Tar Heels. Something obviously clicked in terms of his pitching ability when he arrived in Storrs (perhaps the UConn coaching staff helped him some), as the UConn coaching staff and the visiting scouts definitely see the ability that he now has. Still, I would imagine for some people Casparius will need to show what he can do on the mound this college season before they rate him higher. Given the platitudes the UConn coaches, players, and other have given him, I would expect him to move up up in these ratings as he shows what he can do as the season progresses. He has shown he can do it in summer ball, now he has to do it on Friday's for UConn. [/QUOTE]