Junior pitcher Scott Diamond, Binghamton’s ace southpaw, was ranked by Baseball America as the seventh-best prospect in the Coastal Plain League, a summer league for top collegiate baseball players.

Diamond, whose 0.50 ERA for the Martinsville Mustangs of Virginia, the team he played for over the summer, was tops in the league, and dominated the opposition with his cut-fastball that was affectionately referred to as the “Diamond Cutter.”

“It’s definitely an honor to be listed with the guys that I was,” Diamond said. “Especially after playing with them for so long, to be one of those top ten is a real great privilege.”

Here’s an excerpt from the Baseball America article: “Diamond has good command of three pitches: an upper-80s fastball with sink and run, a curveball and a cutter. He does a good job getting ahead of hitters early in the count. Diamond’s mechanics are mostly smooth, and he’s got an outstanding pickoff move.”