Wake Forest junior Griffin Roberts was selected as one of 40 amateur baseball players on the midseason watch list.
DURHAM, N.C. – Wake Forest junior pitcher Griffin Roberts was named to the Golden Spikes Award watch list, USA Baseball announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Roberts is one of 40 selected to the watch list, which recognizes the top amateur baseball player in the country.
The Midlothian, Virginia native has a 3-3 record and 3.05 ERA as the Friday night starter for the Demon Deacons. In 56.0 innings, he has struck out an ACC-best 79 hitters, a mark which ranks in the top five in the nation.
Roberts has struck out at least eight batters in all eight of his starts, including double-digit strikeout efforts five times.
Opponents are hitting just .212 against him and he has also significantly lowered his walk rate to just over three batters per nine innings.
Roberts is one of seven ACC selections, tied for second out of any conference.
On Monday, May 21, USA Baseball will announce the semifinalists for the 2018 Golden Spikes Award. The list of semifinalists will then be sent to a voting body consisting of baseball media members, select professional baseball personnel, current USA Baseball staff and the 40 previous winners of the award, representing a group of more than 200 voters. As part of this selection process, all voters will be asked to choose three players from the list of semifinalists. On June 6, USA Baseball will announce the finalists, and voting for the winner will begin that same day.
Fan voting will once again be a part of the Golden Spikes Award in 2018. Beginning with the semifinalist announcement and continuing through the finalist round voting deadline, fans from across the country will be able to vote for their favorite player on GoldenSpikesAward.com.
The winner of the 41st Golden Spikes Award will be named on Thursday, June 28, at a presentation in Los Angeles. The finalists and their families will be honored at the Rod Dedeaux Foundation Award Dinner that evening at Jonathan Club in downtown Los Angeles.
DURHAM, N.C. – Wake Forest junior pitcher Griffin Roberts was named to the Golden Spikes Award watch list, USA Baseball announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Roberts is one of 40 selected to the watch list, which recognizes the top amateur baseball player in the country.
The Midlothian, Virginia native has a 3-3 record and 3.05 ERA as the Friday night starter for the Demon Deacons. In 56.0 innings, he has struck out an ACC-best 79 hitters, a mark which ranks in the top five in the nation.
Roberts has struck out at least eight batters in all eight of his starts, including double-digit strikeout efforts five times.
Opponents are hitting just .212 against him and he has also significantly lowered his walk rate to just over three batters per nine innings.
Roberts is one of seven ACC selections, tied for second out of any conference.
On Monday, May 21, USA Baseball will announce the semifinalists for the 2018 Golden Spikes Award. The list of semifinalists will then be sent to a voting body consisting of baseball media members, select professional baseball personnel, current USA Baseball staff and the 40 previous winners of the award, representing a group of more than 200 voters. As part of this selection process, all voters will be asked to choose three players from the list of semifinalists. On June 6, USA Baseball will announce the finalists, and voting for the winner will begin that same day.
Fan voting will once again be a part of the Golden Spikes Award in 2018. Beginning with the semifinalist announcement and continuing through the finalist round voting deadline, fans from across the country will be able to vote for their favorite player on GoldenSpikesAward.com.
The winner of the 41st Golden Spikes Award will be named on Thursday, June 28, at a presentation in Los Angeles. The finalists and their families will be honored at the Rod Dedeaux Foundation Award Dinner that evening at Jonathan Club in downtown Los Angeles.
