[metman]

:biglmao::flame::Thumbs:John Wilson .....Clay Co, Dylan Creech.....Wolf Co..(nice stick),Storm Wilson...Somerset..(athlete),Trace Vorbeck...Corbin..(pitcher), Taylor Sears...Somerset, Gavin Miller....Pikeville, Austin Johnson...Hazard.(5-tool player),Tanner Hensley...Clay Co., Connor Hurt....Perry Central(Pitcher), zach Johnson...Paintsville, Marcus Carson ..North Laurel..(great outfielder), Zach storm..North Laurel (Crusher),Erik Manning..Somerset,David Vanhook..Somerset, Ryan Cox.. Breathitt Co. (5-tool player),Tyler Gilbert..Knox central,Clark Keene..Pikeville, Chance Westerfield...Jackson Co., Justin King ..Knox Central.

[PC Sports]

Where did you find this and who make the rankings? No one from Powell County? PPowell has the best players in the 14th region.

[Stardust]

^ No such posting.

[OU812]

Maybe the original poster meant, "I'm High".

[Commodore_Colonel]

I saw this on http://www.ihigh.com/news/article_69768.html

It had Kevin Smith from PCC at 31st. Too bad he graduated....

[OffTheHook]

This is from last season class.

[JackRabbitSlim]

This cracks me up!! I'd love to know who votes on this and what the criteria is? No way is Creech that high. Creech may be the best player in his district, but after that i'm not so sure? I agree with PC Sports Powell has some good players this year. Some of the sites like this let players make accounts and enter in stats, there is absolutely no credibility what so ever.


The date says June, 2011? So it's obviously the end of last season.......However, it is still absolutely wrong!!!!!!

[Come-On-Man]

This cracks me up!! I'd love to know who votes on this and what the criteria is? No way is Creech that high. Creech may be the best player in his district, but after that i'm not so sure? I agree with PC Sports Powell has some good players this year. Some of the sites like this let players make accounts and enter in stats, there is absolutely no credibility what so ever.


The date says June, 2011? So it's obviously the end of last season.......However, it is still absolutely wrong!!!!!!

This was last years ranking and this is voted on by Head Coaches all over the state. As for your hatred of Creech, you need to just get over it. I guess ESPN Rise don't know anything. ESPN Rise Underclass All-American-2011, Perfect Game doesn't know what they are doing either, When they came out with their top 300 class of 2013, Creech is number 241 in the nation. I guess the pro scouts that invited him to the EAST COAST PRO and then the WHITE SOX AREA CODE don't know what they are doing either.Not to mention the three other All-American teams he made this year. You may be an expert, but the experts who do it for a living do not agree with you about Creech. I think their opinions carry alot more weight.

[JackRabbitSlim]

This was last years ranking and this is voted on by Head Coaches all over the state. As for your hatred of Creech, you need to just get over it. I guess ESPN Rise don't know anything. ESPN Rise Underclass All-American-2011, Perfect Game doesn't know what they are doing either, When they came out with their top 300 class of 2013, Creech is number 241 in the nation. I guess the pro scouts that invited him to the EAST COAST PRO and then the WHITE SOX AREA CODE don't know what they are doing either.Not to mention the three other All-American teams he made this year. You may be an expert, but the experts who do it for a living do not agree with you about Creech. I think their opinions carry alot more weight.

I do not know the Creech kid, I have only seen him play? So as far as "hatred" goes, that is just obsurd. However, there is no one, outside of Campton, that thinks he is the best player in eastern kentucky. My opinion is not an isolated one, and it is an objective opinion at that. It may very well be brutal honesty, and you may think that I am wrong for posting that where he can read it, but people can't say something like that about a player, and expect everyone to agree with it? The bottomline, he is not the best player in eastern kentucky. I think he is probably the best player in that district, but I think if Wolfe was still in the 56th district that he would not be the best in that district? There has been a huge hype put on this kid that never should have been. His stats were extremely inflated, and I think if he was as good as advertised then there would be some attempt during the regular season to get him seen? Instead of traveling to Lexington or Louisville during the weekends or spring break, Wolfe County is playing a double header with Cordia at home? Out of 36 games last season this is what the majority looked like.........4 games with Menifee County, 3 games with Cordia, 3 games with Owsley, 3 games with Jackson City, 3 games with Breathitt County, 2 games with Morgan County, 2 games with West Carter, 2 games with Lee County, 2 games with Estill County, and then their remaining schedule looks like this.....Model, Buckhorn, Leslie County, Montgomery, Jenkins, Hazard, PBURG, Perry Central, and Powell County(only because they had too). If he is that good, then why does their schedule look like this? I understand playing your district, but there is not one game on here that would allow him to be seen by anyone? I know that your rebuttal to this will be that he does that in the summer and that is fine, but you have to think about a few things before you start throwing awards at me? If these organizations are getting stats thrown at them like the ones posted for him last season, they are automatically going to throw him on a list no matter what, just because of the slight chance they are legit. I want to see him in the batters box facing a pitcher like Matt Spalding or Ian Thompkins, Chandler Shepherd, and then I will become a believer? Until then I can only go on what I see, and what I have seen from him isn't the best in eastern kentucky and it isn't Division 1. That is strictly my opinion and nothing else, and it may not be what you want to hear, but it's honest.

[kai]

You all kill me. You complain about kids from Eastern Kentucky not getting press, and when one does you do your best to bring him down. Just be happy for the Creech kid. As far as his HS schedule goes that means virtually nothing as it does for rest of schedules for every team in the 14 15 and 16. If the kid getting real good press from outside scouting services then I would bet he playing summer ball with a team that plays in events with exposure. I would be more interested to know about his summer team then his HS team. If you have any of that info it may shed some light on why scouts or scouting services like him.

[JackRabbitSlim]

You all kill me. You complain about kids from Eastern Kentucky not getting press, and when one does you do your best to bring him down. Just be happy for the Creech kid. As far as his HS schedule goes that means virtually nothing as it does for rest of schedules for every team in the 14 15 and 16. If the kid getting real good press from outside scouting services then I would bet he playing summer ball with a team that plays in events with exposure. I would be more interested to know about his summer team then his HS team. If you have any of that info it may shed some light on why scouts or scouting services like him.

I haven't heard one instance of a scout liking him? I have physically seen evaluations from scouts about him, but as far as scouting services go, that is just how much you can pay? If you would actually read what I am saying you would see that I am suggesting that Wolfe County beef up their schedule so he can get seen more? No one is bringing him down at all, just bringing the situation to a place of reality.....

Like I said before, I hope he does prove me wrong in every aspect, I really honestly do...I am one of the biggest advocates of eastern kentucky kids, but sometimes the reality of a situation isn't the correct reality.

[mandan]

Slim, you make some valid points. But playing a Wolfe Co. team against some of the baseball powers around the state isn't going to happen. Wolfe can barely compete in its own district/region. They did add a few decent teams to their schedule last year (Hazard, Montgomery, Perry, Powell). While putting Creech up against top pitching would be interesting, the rest of the team would get embarrassed, most likely. Who's to say a good team would even throw a #1 against Wolfe, or even pitch to/around him.? If Creech wants to see how he compares to others' abilities, he needs to attend several of the college camps, showcases, and pro tryouts, and be evaluated. I've known of several kids who have been signed from these. You can find lots of them online.

[JackRabbitSlim]

Slim, you make some valid points. But playing a Wolfe Co. team against some of the baseball powers around the state isn't going to happen. Wolfe can barely compete in its own district/region. They did add a few decent teams to their schedule last year (Hazard, Montgomery, Perry, Powell). While putting Creech up against top pitching would be interesting, the rest of the team would get embarrassed, most likely. Who's to say a good team would even throw a #1 against Wolfe, or even pitch to/around him.? If Creech wants to see how he compares to others' abilities, he needs to attend several of the college camps, showcases, and pro tryouts, and be evaluated. I've known of several kids who have been signed from these. You can find lots of them online.

I agree with you and you make a good point about the pitching. There is no way a team would throw their ace against them? So it's really out of his hands all together. I think with the right guidance and the right support he could be a good prospect on the NAIA level or even some small division 1 schools as well. I wish him all the best, and I hope he has a great season.

[Come-On-Man]

I do not know the Creech kid, I have only seen him play? So as far as "hatred" goes, that is just obsurd. However, there is no one, outside of Campton, that thinks he is the best player in eastern kentucky. My opinion is not an isolated one, and it is an objective opinion at that. It may very well be brutal honesty, and you may think that I am wrong for posting that where he can read it, but people can't say something like that about a player, and expect everyone to agree with it? The bottomline, he is not the best player in eastern kentucky. I think he is probably the best player in that district, but I think if Wolfe was still in the 56th district that he would not be the best in that district? There has been a huge hype put on this kid that never should have been. His stats were extremely inflated, and I think if he was as good as advertised then there would be some attempt during the regular season to get him seen? Instead of traveling to Lexington or Louisville during the weekends or spring break, Wolfe County is playing a double header with Cordia at home? Out of 36 games last season this is what the majority looked like.........4 games with Menifee County, 3 games with Cordia, 3 games with Owsley, 3 games with Jackson City, 3 games with Breathitt County, 2 games with Morgan County, 2 games with West Carter, 2 games with Lee County, 2 games with Estill County, and then their remaining schedule looks like this.....Model, Buckhorn, Leslie County, Montgomery, Jenkins, Hazard, PBURG, Perry Central, and Powell County(only because they had too). If he is that good, then why does their schedule look like this? I understand playing your district, but there is not one game on here that would allow him to be seen by anyone? I know that your rebuttal to this will be that he does that in the summer and that is fine, but you have to think about a few things before you start throwing awards at me? If these organizations are getting stats thrown at them like the ones posted for him last season, they are automatically going to throw him on a list no matter what, just because of the slight chance they are legit. I want to see him in the batters box facing a pitcher like Matt Spalding or Ian Thompkins, Chandler Shepherd, and then I will become a believer? Until then I can only go on what I see, and what I have seen from him isn't the best in eastern kentucky and it isn't Division 1. That is strictly my opinion and nothing else, and it may not be what you want to hear, but it's honest.

You are entitled to your opinion, but you seem to want to dismiss all the travel ball the kid plays every summer and always jump to Wolfe's schedule to make your point. You can't dismiss travel ball because that's where the competition is and he's gone out and played against that for several years, so he's not dodging anybody at all, he just happens to be at a small school that for years has never taken baseball seriously at all. I have talked to one of his summer coaches who helped coach him for four yrs in Lexington because I wanted an unbiased opinion of him and he said that Creech could flat out hit the baseball and led their team in hitting all four years. I will also tell you that the East Coast Pro Showcase is an invite only from pro scouts and all 30 big league clubs attend that event as well as a ton of D-1 schools. Evidentally some of them liked him there because from what I hear, he got the Area Code invite from someone who saw him at the East Coast Pro. Area Code is invite only as well. So, it looks to me like the kid is doing everything he can to go out and face the best competition around and doing pretty well against it. You do have a right to your opinion and that's fine, but I don't think you should down the kid everytime he accomplishes something just because he plays here at a small school and completely disregard what he does and where he plays every summer. From talking to Coach Creech, the travel ball is where Dylan gets all the attention from. He says that's when College Coaches can really get out and see the kids play. I have seen Dylan play alot of HS games, but have not had the opportunity to see him play in the summer, but to see him hit 6 consecutive HR's, make an out after hitting one out foul and then homer in his next at bat, giving him 7 HR's in 8 at bats was simply amazing. There is no legitamate way to critisize that. Only time will tell how good he will be, but I do know that he is a very talented player and a very fine young man, classy and very respectful and seems to be unfazed by all the attention he gets. Good or bad. I wish him the very best and I believe he will play D-1 ball. That's my opinion.

[Come-On-Man]

Slim, you make some valid points. But playing a Wolfe Co. team against some of the baseball powers around the state isn't going to happen. Wolfe can barely compete in its own district/region. They did add a few decent teams to their schedule last year (Hazard, Montgomery, Perry, Powell). While putting Creech up against top pitching would be interesting, the rest of the team would get embarrassed, most likely. Who's to say a good team would even throw a #1 against Wolfe, or even pitch to/around him.? If Creech wants to see how he compares to others' abilities, he needs to attend several of the college camps, showcases, and pro tryouts, and be evaluated. I've known of several kids who have been signed from these. You can find lots of them online.

That's very true Mandan. That would be embarassing the rest of the kids on his team and Slim is right as well, those teams wouldn't burn their number 1 against Wolfe. I believe Creech did go to Uk's showcase last year and did very well from what I hear he lined the second pitch he saw out of the ball park. He plays against all the top players in and out of the state every summer when he plays travel ball. That's really all the kid can do.

[JackRabbitSlim]

You are entitled to your opinion, but you seem to want to dismiss all the travel ball the kid plays every summer and always jump to Wolfe's schedule to make your point. You can't dismiss travel ball because that's where the competition is and he's gone out and played against that for several years, so he's not dodging anybody at all, he just happens to be at a small school that for years has never taken baseball seriously at all. I have talked to one of his summer coaches who helped coach him for four yrs in Lexington because I wanted an unbiased opinion of him and he said that Creech could flat out hit the baseball and led their team in hitting all four years. I will also tell you that the East Coast Pro Showcase is an invite only from pro scouts and all 30 big league clubs attend that event as well as a ton of D-1 schools. Evidentally some of them liked him there because from what I hear, he got the Area Code invite from someone who saw him at the East Coast Pro. Area Code is invite only as well. So, it looks to me like the kid is doing everything he can to go out and face the best competition around and doing pretty well against it. You do have a right to your opinion and that's fine, but I don't think you should down the kid everytime he accomplishes something just because he plays here at a small school and completely disregard what he does and where he plays every summer. From talking to Coach Creech, the travel ball is where Dylan gets all the attention from. He says that's when College Coaches can really get out and see the kids play. I have seen Dylan play alot of HS games, but have not had the opportunity to see him play in the summer, but to see him hit 6 consecutive HR's, make an out after hitting one out foul and then homer in his next at bat, giving him 7 HR's in 8 at bats was simply amazing. There is no legitamate way to critisize that. Only time will tell how good he will be, but I do know that he is a very talented player and a very fine young man, classy and very respectful and seems to be unfazed by all the attention he gets. Good or bad. I wish him the very best and I believe he will play D-1 ball. That's my opinion.

I do know all about the invite only showcases, and you are absolutely right when you say college coaches see their prospects during those. College recruiting is done by so many people that a kid may be talked to by a recruiting coordinator in Ohio, and automatically assume he is getting recruited by that school, and then when reality hits, the head coach never knew his name? I am not saying that is his issue, I am just saying that I have seen several kids over they years that were under the impression they were be recruited and looked at by division 1 schools and the head coach of those schools never even knew who that kid is? It is a sad reality, but it is the truth. I hope that he is doing great, if he is going to those events, and I could be dead wrong, it's happened before, but it is just my opinion that he is not a division 1 player. I think he could do a good job at a JUCO or possibly NAIA school, but I just don't see him being a division 1 athlete? There are several kids from JUCO and the NAIA that get drafted every year, and I know of a few NAIA schools that could beat several D1 schools on a regular basis, and that is just how it is. It is very possible that he could get a preferred walk-on spot somewhere, but I don't think it'll be UK or Louisville or anywhere like that? Has UK showed any interest in him? I know that UofL hasn't, but I wasn't sure if UK has or not? I know if there was someone less than an hour and a half away that was that good, that UK would be all over it. Like I said before, I could very well be wrong and the kid go on to play 20 years in the pros, and I hope he proves me wrong in every aspect of everything I have said, because I want nothing more than to see kids from eastern kentucky succeed? I am not, however, going to feed them with unrealistic goals and expectations, and I think that is what is happening? I wish him nothing but the best, and I hope he has a great year.