Round 14 | Nick Grim | RHP | Monterey Peninsula College | NOT SIGNED

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[Emperor]

A lot of Cali kids again. Beinfest likes them a lot.

[tjfla]

A lot of Cali kids again. Beinfest likes them a lot.

Alot of Cali and JC Kids again

[Omar]

Another cool name

[The_Godfather]

With that name I really hope he develops into a closer.

[Erick]

Another cool name

We have gotten some really cool names.

[MiamiHomer]

With that name I really hope he develops into a closer.

The Grim Reaper.

[Bucklin12]

Reportedly touching 94 with a good curve.

If unsigned, he will attend Cal Poly next year.

[emkayseven]

Nick Grim will not have to pitch for his future this spring at Monterey Peninsula College.
Instead, the right-hander can focus strictly on pitching after signing a letter-of-intent to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on a baseball scholarship.

Entering his sophomore season at MPC, Grim posted a 5-4 record with one save and 70 strikeouts in 752/3 innings last spring for the Lobos.

Grim, a Salinas High graduate, is projected to be a starting pitcher in 2012 for Cal Poly, which will send him to Alaska to pitch in a Summer League.

http://www.happymedium.org/Monterey-...ords-7408.html
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was projected to go in round 4-10, rank is state of California

61. NICK GRIM, rhp, Monterey Peninsula JC (So.)
FB peak at 95 in fall, more steady 92-93 this spring; 3 pitches, also CH, + CU; in 83 IP, 53 H/42 BB/95 SO.

http://www.perf-ectg-ame.org/Article...x?article=5687 (minus the dashes)

[LocoMarlinFan]

MPC's Grim, Hartnell's Jensen drafted

The first time Nick Grim realized he could be drafted was when 20 scouts showed up to watch him pitch his first game this past spring.

"It opened my eyes to what could happen,'' Grim said. ''You hope this day will come. But I never thought I'd have the honor of being drafted by a major league team. Before the year started, I never heard a thing.''

The Salinas High and Monterey Peninsula College graduate was chosen Tuesday in the 14th round of Major League Baseball's Amateur Draft by the Florida Marlins — the 433rd player selected overall.

"I'm excited and honored,'' Grim said. "It's just kind of starting to hit me. I wasn't surprised I got drafted. But when it happened, I realized it wasn't just a possibility. It actually did happen.''

Also selected on the second day was Hartnell College pitcher Michael Jensen, who was taken by the Cubs with the 789th overall pick in the 26th round.

"I didn't get a call,'' Jensen said. "I was just scanning the draft board and I saw my name. It's always a great thing to get drafted — at any round.''

Jensen and Grim were teammates at Salinas High.

"I figured he would get drafted on the second day,'' Grim said.

Grim, who has a baseball scholarship to Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, will now wait for the Marlins to make an offer.

"I don't know what I'm going to do,'' said Grim, 20. "Cal Poly has always been my dream school. I'll have to talk it over with my parents. We will see what their (Marlins) offer is.''

Last spring Grim posted a 6-3 record for the Lobos with a 2.81 earned run average. Blessed with a fastball in the mid 90s, the right-hander struck out 95 in 83 innings of work.

Projected to go as high as the 10th round, Grim actually started getting calls from scouts in the sixth round, asking if he were to get drafted, would he go?

"I told them I'd love to go,'' said Grim, who was named to the All-Northern California baseball team. "I guess it did not work out.''

How much the Marlins are willing to offer in terms of a signing bonus will likely determine whether Grim opts out of his scholarship with Cal Poly and becomes a professional baseball player.

"Now I wait until the Marlins send me an offer,'' Grim said. "I spoke with the scout that drafted me. He said Florida will be mailing an offer to my house. I don't know what a 14th round pick gets offered.''

In 2008, Colorado gave its 14th round pick a $525,000 signing bonus. In 2009, the Rangers gave their 14th round selection a $425,000 signing bonus.

"I was told I could get 10th round money,'' Grim said. "I know the Marlins have expressed an interest in paying for my college education if I sign with them.''

Grim, whose grandfather Marv Grim was a long-time Hartnell College football coach, is playing on a college summer league team in San Luis Obispo. He has declined an agent for now.

Jensen's stock may have dropped after he verbally committed to USC in May. Blessed with a fastball that has hit 95 mph on the radar gun, the sophomore compiled a 2.00 earned run average last spring.

"I don't know if signing with USC late hurt my draft stock or not,'' Jensen said. "I'm pretty excited about going to USC. But it was exciting to see my name on the draft board.''

Last spring Jensen was 6-3 for the Panthers, striking out 81 in 84 innings of work. His fastball has gone from 88 mph in high school to 95.

Jensen will likely get an offer sheet sent to his Salinas home in the next week. It will likely take more than paying his college education to lure him away from USC.

"We will do some negotiations with money and figure something out,'' Jensen said. "I am not going to sell myself cheap. I'm in a good situation.''

Teams have until August to sign their draft picks.

This marks the fourth straight year that a county athlete has been drafted. Last year Palma product Jordan Casas was chosen out of Long Beach State by the Cleveland Indians.

In 2009, Hartnell's Skyler Crawford was chosen by the Florida Marlins, while Pacific Grove product Abe Ruiz was selected in 2008 by the Giants.

"I wasn't good enough to even get a college offer out of high school,'' Grim said. "If it wasn't for MPC, I wouldn't be in this position.''

If Grim were to sign with the Marlins, he'd likely head to Jamestown, New York, the Marlins' summer rookie league team.

"It's a great problem to have right now,'' Grim said.

http://www.montereyherald.com/sports...nclick_check=1

[emkayseven]

Nick Grim and Michael Jensen both pitched for and graduated from Salinas High School in 2009.

Grim went on to throw for Monterey Peninsula College. Jensen opted for Hartnell College.

They pitched against each other in the 2011 conference opener.

Grim signed a scholarship offer from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in November. Jensen signed with USC last month.

Their careers continued on a similar path Tuesday when both were chosen in the Major League Baseball Draft.

Grim was selected in the 14th round — the 433rd pick overall — by the Florida Marlins.

Jensen was chosen in the 26th round — the 789th pick — by the Chicago Cubs.

Thirty of the 50 rounds were completed Tuesday. The draft concludes today with the remaining 20 rounds.

Grim became the highest Monterey County draft pick — community college or high school — since another Salinas High graduate, Xavier Nady, was taken in the second round by the San Diego Padres in 2000.

Grim is also the fourth Salinas-area player in the past seven years to be drafted by the Marlins. The list includes yet another former Salinas High pitcher, Skyler Crawford, who was drafted by the Marlins out of Hartnell College twice — the 41st round in 2007 and the 30th round in 2008.

The next step for Grim and Jensen could be a career-changer — college or pro ball?

"I never expected to be in this position after high school," said Grim. "I wasn't throwing very hard and was only getting looked at by some NAIA schools."

But two strong years at MPC changed everything. Grim finished this year going 6-3 with a 2.81 earned run average. In 83 innings he allowed 53 hits, walked 42 and stuck out 95.

His fastball was often clocked at better than 90 miles per hour.

"It's pretty exciting," said Grim, who is spending part of the summer pitching for the San Luis Obispo Blues in the California Collegiate League. "To be drafted, I never thought this day would come."

Grim said he'll listen to what the Marlins have to say — he and his family have discussed a dollar figure — but seems just as anxious to play ball at Cal Poly as he does in the minor leagues.

"Cal Poly was my dream school," Grim said. "That's why I committed to the school as early as I could."

Grim said both the Cal Poly head coach and pitching coach sent their congratulations on being drafted.

"I feel I can go to Cal Poly and maybe put myself in a better position in the draft when I'm done there," Grim said.

http://www.thecalifornian.com/articl...yssey=nav|head

Doesn't sound too promising.

[emkayseven]

The Blues could not deliver a victory on manager Chal Fanning's birthday and suffered their first loss of the summer on Friday night. San Luis Obispo fell 7-3 to the Conejo Oaks in a California Collegiate League game.

The Oaks roughed up Blues starter Nick Grim, a Cal Poly recruit, who was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 14th round in this week's draft. Conejo scored three runs in the first inning and added a solo run in the third to take a 4-0 lead.

http://www.ksby.com/news/blues-suffe...7-3-to-conejo/

[LocoMarlinFan]

Area Roundup: San Luis Obispo Blues fall to Orange County
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Chad Wallach singled to right-center in the bottom of ninth inning Thursday night to drive in the winning run and lift the Orange County Pioneers to a 9-8 walk-off summer collegiate baseball win over the visiting San Luis Obispo Blues.

Wade Hinkle led the Blues offensively by going 3 for 4 with an RBI. Mission Prep grad Alex Detz was 2 for 2 with two runs scored.

Cal Poly signee Nick Grim started for the Blues, scattering four hits over five innings and giving up six earned runs. He had four strikeouts and five walks.
Former Paso Robles volleyball player headed to NAIA school

Former Paso Robles High volleyball star Sadie DeQuattro has accepted an offer to play women’s volleyball at Lindenwood University, an NAIA program.

DeQuattro, who’s transferring from Allan Hancock College, will start at setter, according to a Hancock-issued news release. As a sophomore for the Bulldogs, DeQuattro was a first-team all-Western State Conference selection after ranking third in the league in assists.

Read more: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/06...#ixzz1PVsIOmOE

http://www.calsummerball.com/bl61611.htm

Still hope we sign him but has not pitched very good thus far this summer.

[LocoMarlinFan]

Grim gets save in Blues’ win
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By Tribune staff report
Cal Poly signee Nick Grim struck out seven of the 11 batters he faced Monday night, earning the save as the San Luis Obispo Blues beat the MLB Urban Academy Barons 7-2 in a summer collegiate game in Compton.

Jason Freeman earned the win, striking out seven with just one walk in six innings of two-run ball for the Blues (16-5, 13-5 California Collegiate League).
“Both of their efforts tonight were the best of the summer so far,” Blues manager Chal Fanning said. “They never allowed any offensive momentum and really kept the game in check.”

Grim, a Monterey Peninsula College transfer, was recently drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 14th round.

A solo home run by Jo Jo Sharrar in the top of the fourth inning put the Blues up 2-0 before the floodgates opened in the fifth, when a three-run shot by Chad Christensen pushed the lead to 6-0.

“That was a big blow,” Fanning said of Sharrar’s blast. “That really was a momentum-shifter in our favor.”
It was the 300th career win for Fanning.

Read more: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/06...#ixzz1QY42gBA2

Overall numbers not very impressive (6.16 ERA and 11 BB in 19 IP) but Grim has been pretty nasty since move to bullpen: 7ip, 4h, 2er, 2bb, 14k's.

[LocoMarlinFan]

Another power righty who reached 93 mph was Nick Grim (Cal Poly), though his delivery had some effort and his secondary stuff needs refinement, according to one scout.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/...all-star-game/