CBD Scouting Video: Colton Plaia (Loyola Marymount)

By
Ryan Broadhead
– February 27, 2013Posted in: 2013 CBD Top 100 Players, 2013 Top Players, West Coast Conference

ColtonPlaiaLMUColton Plaia decided to return to Loyola Marymount after being selected in the 33rd round of the 2012 MLB daft because he wanted to continue to be a part of building the Loyola Marymount baseball program. In his final season, Colton is batting .321 with three doubles thru eight games. Defensively, Colton has thrown out five base runners in seven attempts. In a recent interview, Loyola Marymount head coach Jason Gill called Colton “the best catcher on the west coast.”

You can see Colton at bat and behind the plate below:

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About Ryan Broadhead

A senior at the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication, Ryan Broadhead is an avid baseball follower and hopes to one day be a beat reporter for a professonal baseball team. Ryan wrote for Pac-12.org last year covering Track and Field. His focus was primarily on writing athlete profiles, but this year he hopes to transition into covering college baseball primarily in the northwest. He will also contribute by covering the Pac-12 from Eugene and Corvallis. He can be reached at [email protected] or on twitter @BroadheadRyan