White Sox sign RHP Ricky Marshall (Austin Peay senior) [UPDATE]

Chronicle:

Austin Peay pitchers Ricky Marshall and David Vicini have signed professional contracts, Govs coach Gary McClure announced on Friday. Marshall, a Mansfield, Ohio, native signed a free-agent contract with the Chicago White Sox and is expected to be assigned to the Bristol (Va.) White Sox of the rookie level Appalachian League. He finished his two-year Austin Peay career with an 11-9 record in 38 appearances, compiling a 4.94 ERA. Marshall was 7-6 with a 5.19 ERA in 2010, striking out 52 batters over 78.0 innings.

Here are Marshall’s stats:

Height: 6-2
Weight: 205
Born:   July 20, 1988

Year	era	w-l	app-gs	cg	sho	sv	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	2b	3b	hr	ab	b/avg	wp	hbp	bk	sfa	sha
2010	5.19	7-6	14-13	3	0/0	0	78.0	89	64	45	42	52	18	3	15	313	.284	7	8	3	2	5
2009	4.60	4-3	24-7	0	0/0	1	58.2	75	41	30	37	52	16	1	4	284	.316	10	5	2	0	4

and his two community college years:

Year	GP	IP	R	ER	Hits	SO	BB	ERA	W	L
2008	7	31.0	32	21	36	34	17	6.10	1	3
2007	6	11	9	7	12	13	10	5.73	0	0

UPDATE: Conrad @ N-P:

Marshall’s fastball consistently registers between 90 and 93 mph, topping out at 96 this spring.

“The White Sox like that I throw hard. They said they needed a pitcher immediately,” the 6-foot-2, 205-pound Marshall said. “They said, at least for the first couple of weeks until I get back into baseball shape, I would work in relief. After that, they weren’t sure if I would be a starter or a reliever.”

Draft pick stats: LHP Jarrett Casey (32nd round), OF John Spatola (35th round)

Pick	Round	Player	School	Pos	B/T	Ht	Wt	DOB	Class
968	32	Casey, Jarrett	Northern Kentucky	LHP	R/L	6’00″	190	1987-10-27	SR
1058	35	Spatola, John	Boston Col	OF	L/L	6’00″	190	1987-04-02	SR

Stats:

LHP Jarrett Casey (32nd round):

Year	era	w-l	app-gs	cg	sho	sv	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	2b	3b	hr	ab	b/avg	wp	hbp	bk	sfa	sha
2010	4.78	6-5	13-13	1	0/1	0	52.2	67	42	28	23	43	11	1	2	216	.310	10	6	0	3	2
2009	3.40	3-4	11-10	1	0/0	0	47.2	46	28	18	20	47	6	2	3	178	.258	3	4	1	1	7
2008	13.50	0-0	6-2	0	0/0	0	13.1	27	23	20	12	10	3	0	3	64	.422	4	2	0	2	1
2007	10.80	0-2	12-1	0	0/0	0	16.2	25	20	20	11	8	7	0	4	72	.347	5	2	0	1	2

OF John Spatola (35th round):

Year	avg	gp-gs	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	tb	slg%	bb	hbp	so	gdp	ob%	sf	sh	sb-att	po	a	e	fld%
2010	.316	58-58	228	47	72	9	2	17	61	136	.596	21	11	46	3	.398	1	1	13-17	114	2	4	.967
2009	.327	42-12	55	12	18	1	0	4	12	31	.564	6	1	8	2	.403	0	1	1-1	66	3	2	.972
2008	.237	33-16	59	8	14	3	2	1	9	24	.407	6	0	11	0	.303	1	1	1-2	47	1	1	.980
2007	.154	17-5	26	1	4	0	0	0	4	4	.154	1	2	5	0	.241	0	0	0-0	24	3	0	1.000