ESPN 3 Who to Watch: Weekend of March 9-11, 2012.

by Jeremy Strain

FRIDAY

 3/09 

4:00 PM EST #7 North Carolina vs. #19 Clemson

This could be a great pitching matchup with top prospect Kevin Brady (0-0 1.12 ERA) for Clemson going up against top 2013 draft candidate Kent Emanuel (3-0 1.00 ERA), one of the best young pitching duels in NCAA. 

SATURDAY

3/10       

2:00 PM EST #9 Georgia Tech vs. North Carolina State (Exclusive)

Georgia Tech features a top 2012 pitching prospect in Buck Farmer (2-1 3.32 ERA) and two top OF prospects in Brandon Thomas and Kyle Wren, who is the son of ATL GM Frank Wren.

2:00 PM EST #7 North Carolina vs. #19 Clemson

The Saturday pitching matchups don’t offer any BA top prospects for the 2012 draft, but Clemson 1B Richie Schaffer will be playing.

7:00 PM EST Boston College vs. #13 Miami (FL)

Miami fields three BA top 100 players in C Peter O’Brien, P Eduardo Encinosa, and SS Stephen Perez.

SUNDAY

3/11       

1:00 PM EDT #9 Georgia Tech vs. North Carolina State (Exclusive)

With Farmer pitching Friday, this matchup should be one to watch for the OF prospects Thomas and Wren.  

1:00 PM EDT #7 North Carolina vs. #19 Clemson

With Kevin Brady pitching on Friday night, the prospect to watch in this game will be 1B Richie Schaffer for Clemson, and anyone interested in the 2013 draft should be watching North Carolinas young team where a couple players should emerge as top prospects next year.