Dakota Bacus A Major Force In 2012?

[bluepower]

Here's a brief from Sunday's TribStar on a recruit hoping to meet great aspirations:

• A familiar face – One perhaps unnoticed part of Indiana State’s baseball recruiting class this winter was right-handed Dakota Bacus of Southeastern Community College in Iowa.

Bacus is the Blackhawks’ No. 1 pitcher and last spring he went 7-2 as a freshman. He had 60 strikeouts, 22 walks, and a 3.38 ERA in 742⁄3 innings.

Wayne Newton Post 346 players and fans will remember him as the stud pitcher for the Moline (Ill.) American Legion team that won the regional title last summer and advanced to the Legion World Series.

“As soon as I set foot [on campus], it was a feeling, that first feeling that you get,” Bacus told thehawkeye.com. “I’ll be the No. 1. They wanted me to fill a role of a guy who got drafted in the second round. Pretty big shoes to fill.”

 

[True Blue]

Kid throws gas! They had him at 92 in the Legion Regional against Post 346. The Moline fans were saying he had just blossomed after high school and his best days are ahead of him. He's also pretty skinny so he may be 95+ by the time he's done.

 

[bluepower]

Interesting how a kid with that kind of potential flies under the radar of the major baseball powerhouses! We are lucky to be getting him!

 

[JRPCubsFan1]

This kid can be the real deal. Throws gas with nice breaking pitches. He is also very athletic and can flash the leather. Fields this position nicely.

 

[SycamoreBlue3209]

From what I have heard he didn't start playing baseball until late in his high school career.

 

[True Blue]

From what I have heard he didn't start playing baseball until late in his high school career.

That's what I heard.